White marlin in Cabo?

Bottom Line · Aug-21-2006, 07:44 PM

Has anyone ever heard of a white marlin being caught in Cabo/East Cape? I realize this species isn't supposed to live in the Pacific but I did in fact catch about a 70 lb one about 10 years ago. I am POSITIVE it was a white marlin - I am just curious if anyone has heard of this happening in this region.

frijolitos · Aug-21-2006, 08:17 PM

yeah it's true. there are a few that get caught every once in a while. I didn't want to believe it for a long time and even called bullshit without pics until I actually saw, touched, and triple checked to be sure it was whitey!! One caught by capt steve on the High Maintenance out of PV about 3 yrs ago.

Bottom Line · Aug-21-2006, 08:19 PM

Oh good....I'm not loosing my mind then!

frijolitos · Aug-21-2006, 08:37 PM

got a buddy here in PV and he has a old b/w photo of a white he caught off mazatlan in 65 or 66. Almost came to blows with him when I was telling him he's full of shit.(this was back when I knew it all and had all the answers). I have mellowed and been humbled many times since. By the way....you might be losing your mind anyways

Bottom Line · Aug-21-2006, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by frijolitos

got a buddy here in PV and he has a old b/w photo of a white he caught off mazatlan in 65 or 66. Almost came to blows with him when I was telling him he's full of shit.(this was back when I knew it all and had all the answers). I have mellowed and been humbled many times since. By the way....you might be losing your mind anyways

Haha! I'm definately loosing my mind but it's sorta fun since I have good friends to take care of me...

Yeah, I've been told I was full of shit for years over my white marlin story and stopped mentioning it since I was tired of arguing about it. The fish bit in a flurry of sails and was the 3rd fish to the boat - my friend Ernie that owns the panga witnessed the catch and identified the fish - he said it was only the 2nd one he'd seen in his lifetime of fishing Cabo.

frijolitos · Aug-21-2006, 08:49 PM

yeah I would have called BS also I guess. I can understand why you gave up trying to convince people. It will be interesting to see some other replies.....I hope some others can back it up too

Bottom Line · Aug-21-2006, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by frijolitos

yeah I would have called BS also I guess. I can understand why you gave up trying to convince people. It will be interesting to see some other replies.....I hope some others can back it up too

Me too, but I'm not too optomistic about it since it is so rare.

Double Z · Aug-21-2006, 10:20 PM

Seen pix in Mags, they are way cool. Can't imagine keeping one. Take a pic and have a trophy made if you want one.

Captain Jeff Illingworth · Aug-21-2006, 10:26 PM

A couple guys in Hawaii thought they might have caught white marlin but after being laughed at they just called it a striper and some good weed!

It is a fact that after taking dna test of blue marlin from both the Atlantic and Pacific they did find the Atlantic dna in several Pacific blues...

Jeff

capt josh · Aug-21-2006, 10:26 PM

Stripers with malnutrition and a pigment problem...

Wait...or was that strippers with malnutrition and a pigment problem...

Captain Jeff Illingworth · Aug-21-2006, 10:28 PM

Your on a roll dude!

-J

tap · Aug-22-2006, 01:52 PM

A few years ago Bob Van Wormer, Sr. (owner of Punta Colorada, Palmas de Cortez, etc.) told me that one of his boats had caught a white marlin on the East Cape and that they actually encounter a few over several years of fishing. I have never seen one personally on the Pacific side. I guess anything is possible since fish can swim about anywhere they want to. In 1997 I caught a 45 lb tarpon on the Pacific at Pinas Bay, Panama when I was fishing for roosters. Came back to the spot and hooked another one on a PILI popper and it jumped off at boatside. My crew had never even seen ONE in their entire lives.

Tony Pena
"The Roving Angler"