October 17, 2023 – 2 Dorado Caught
A morning on the Pacific brought Scott, Harriet, Michelle, Ryan, Drew, Phillip, Whitney, Gillian, Levi and Oliver together aboard Blue Sea, the 60-foot Bertram operated by Blue Sky Cabo Fishing and Tours. Captain Alex departed shortly after sunrise for a private five-hour charter, giving this group of ten plenty of room to enjoy Cabo San Lucas from offshore while searching for game fish. Two dorado highlighted the morning, bringing the unmistakable color and energy of mahi mahi into a charter that was as much about sharing the experience as recording a catch. With clear Baja weather, a waxing crescent moon and a spacious sportfishing platform, the morning offered a relaxed way for a multigenerational group to experience fishing together.
Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Boat: Blue Sea – 60′ Bertram
Captain: Alex
Guests: Scott, Harriet, Michelle, Ryan, Drew, Phillip, Whitney, Gillian, Levi and Oliver
Home City: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Catch: 2 Dorado
Total Game Fish: 2
Kept: Not Confirmed
Released: Not Confirmed
Fishing Location: Offshore Cabo San Lucas
Charter Length: 5 Hours
Fishing Time: 6:15 AM – 11:15 AM
Departure: 6:15 AM
Trip Type: Private Morning Offshore Fishing Charter
Tackle / Dredge: Not Confirmed
Water Temperature: Not Confirmed
Air Temperature Start → End: Approximately upper 70s°F → upper 80s°F
Weather: Warm and predominantly clear
Rainfall: 0 mm
Wind: Moderate regional conditions; exact offshore reading not confirmed
Humidity: Approximately 71% regional October reference
Cloud Cover: Limited / predominantly clear
Visibility: Approximately 10 km regional reference
Pressure: Approximately 1012 mb
Wave Height / Period: Not Confirmed
Swell: Not Confirmed
Moon: Waxing Crescent, approaching First Quarter
Moon Illumination: Approximately 42%
Moonrise: Approximately 12:08 PM
Moonset: Approximately 10:47 PM
Sunrise: Approximately 6:17 AM
Sunset: Approximately 5:54 PM
Cabo Morning Charter Reference
| Charter Detail | Recorded Information |
|---|---|
| Boat | Blue Sea – 60′ Bertram |
| Captain | Alex |
| Guests | 10 |
| Home City | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Game Fish | 2 Dorado |
| Charter Length | 5 Hours |
| Departure | Morning |
| Charter Type | Private Offshore Fishing |
Sunrise Over Cabo Gives Morning Fishing Its Own Sense of Beginning
There is a particular atmosphere around the Cabo San Lucas Marina shortly before sunrise. The waterfront has not yet reached the pace it will carry later in the day, crews are preparing boats, and anglers are arriving with the anticipation that comes from not knowing what the Pacific will offer.
For this group, the timing placed departure almost directly alongside sunrise.
That creates a natural transition. One moment guests are surrounded by the lights and structures of the marina; shortly afterward, daylight begins revealing the Baja coastline and open water.
Morning departures remain popular for practical reasons as well. Temperatures begin cooler, guests have several hours on the water before the strongest afternoon heat, and a five-hour charter still leaves much of the day available after returning to Cabo.
For a group of ten, that balance can be particularly useful.
Not everyone in a larger party necessarily wants an eight- or ten-hour fishing day. Some guests may be passionate anglers, while others are primarily interested in being together on the water and experiencing something distinctive during their Cabo vacation.
A five-hour morning charter can accommodate both interests without making the excursion dominate the entire day.
A 60-Foot Bertram Gives a Larger Cabo Group Room to Enjoy Fishing Together
Boat size becomes more significant as group size increases.
Ten guests aboard a small fishing boat would create an entirely different experience. Space becomes valuable not only when a fish is hooked but throughout the hours between encounters.
Blue Sea’s 60-foot Bertram platform gives a group room to spread out, watch the water, talk, take photographs and enjoy the ride without everyone occupying the same small area.
That matters on a private charter.
Fishing is naturally the central activity, but a charter is also several hours spent together on the Pacific. Comfort can influence how much guests enjoy those hours, particularly when a party includes different generations or varying levels of fishing experience.
A larger sportfishing vessel also allows the experience to remain social without becoming crowded.
Some guests may want to follow every move in the cockpit. Others may prefer to watch the coastline or simply enjoy being offshore. Both can be part of the same private charter.
For families and groups traveling together, that flexibility can be as important as the number of rods aboard.
Dorado Bring Brilliant Color to Cabo While Fishing Offshore
The two game fish recorded during this charter were dorado, known to many visiting anglers as mahi mahi.
Few offshore species are as immediately recognizable.
Dorado can display extraordinary combinations of yellow, green, blue and gold, particularly as they approach a boat. Their colors are part of what makes them so memorable, but appearance is only one element of their reputation.
They are athletic fish.
Dorado can accelerate quickly, change direction and create exciting surface action. That visual quality makes them particularly engaging for groups because people who are not holding the rod can still become immersed in what is happening.
A fish that remains deep throughout a fight can sometimes be difficult for other guests to appreciate until it reaches the boat. Dorado frequently provide a much more visible experience.
The exact offshore location where these fish were encountered was not included in the charter information, nor was the specific technique used.
Rather than reconstructing an imagined weed line, bait concentration or trolling pattern, those details remain unspecified.
The documented catch itself provides the useful record.
Mahi Mahi and Dorado Mean the Same Fish When Researching Cabo Fishing
Travelers researching a Cabo charter often encounter two different names for this species.
Some search for dorado fishing.
Others search for mahi mahi fishing.
They are looking for the same fish.
“Dorado” is the name commonly used throughout Mexico and much of Latin America, while “mahi mahi” is widely recognized among North American travelers and seafood consumers. The species is also sometimes called dolphinfish, despite having no relationship to marine mammals.
Understanding the terminology can make planning easier.
A visitor researching Cabo San Lucas mahi mahi fishing may find charter reports using the word dorado, while someone searching for Cabo dorado season may discover articles describing mahi mahi.
Both paths lead to the same offshore species.
This is also why genuine fishing reports are useful for more than simply documenting a day’s catch. They connect the language travelers use while researching with the terminology commonly heard at the marina and aboard local boats.
Five Hours of Cabo Fishing Creates a Practical Vacation Schedule
Charter duration is one of the most important decisions visitors make when planning a fishing trip.
A longer charter offers more time and potentially greater range. Serious anglers may prefer eight or ten hours because fishing itself is the primary objective of the day.
A five-hour trip serves a different purpose.
It provides a legitimate offshore experience while preserving a significant part of the vacation day.
For this group, the morning schedule meant returning before midday. That leaves time for lunch, the beach, resort activities, shopping, sightseeing or simply relaxing after several hours on the Pacific.
This can be especially valuable when traveling with a larger group.
Ten people rarely have identical interests or energy levels. A shorter private charter allows everyone to participate without requiring the entire party to commit to a full day offshore.
It also provides younger guests with a more manageable introduction to sportfishing.
The best charter is not automatically the longest one. It is the trip that fits the people aboard.
Warm Cabo Weather Developed as Morning Fishing Continued
The day began near the lower end of the regional temperature range and warmed steadily through the morning.
Archived Los Cabos conditions place the broader daily range around 77°F to 90°F, with predominantly clear skies and no measurable rainfall. For a morning departure, that meant relatively comfortable temperatures initially before the Baja sun became stronger as the hours progressed.
Cabo Morning Weather Reference
| Weather Factor | Recorded / Regional Condition |
|---|---|
| Air Temperature | Approx. upper 70s°F → upper 80s°F |
| General Sky | Predominantly Clear |
| Rainfall | 0 mm |
| Humidity | Approx. 71% |
| Visibility | Approx. 10 km |
| Pressure | Approx. 1012 mb |
| Water Temperature | Not Confirmed |
| Wave Height / Period | Not Confirmed |
| Swell | Not Confirmed |
Exact conditions at the boat’s offshore position were not logged for several categories.
Regional weather information is useful for establishing the general environment around Cabo San Lucas, but it should not be presented as though a sensor aboard Blue Sea recorded every measurement.
Water temperature, wave height and swell therefore remain unconfirmed.
Maintaining that distinction keeps the report accurate while still preserving useful environmental context.
A Waxing Crescent Moon Adds Context to Cabo Fishing Without Predicting Results
The moon was in a waxing crescent phase and moving toward first quarter.
Illumination was approximately 42%, although the moon was not above the horizon during most of this morning charter. Moonrise occurred around 12:08 PM, after the scheduled return to the marina.
This provides an interesting contrast with the afternoon charter operating later the same day, when the moon was already visible above the horizon.
Moon information belongs in a detailed fishing record because some anglers pay close attention to lunar cycles when planning trips.
However, a moon phase should never be treated as a guaranteed explanation for a particular result.
Offshore fishing involves too many variables for that.
Current, bait, water temperature, fish movement, structure, weather and many other factors can interact during a single charter. The moon is one environmental element within that larger system.
Recording it adds information.
Claiming that it caused the fish to bite would go beyond what the charter data supports.
Group Fishing From Cabo Can Be About More Than the Number of Fish
Catch totals matter. Anglers naturally want to know what was caught, and accurate statistics are central to any useful fishing report.
But numbers do not describe everything that happens during a private charter.
For a ten-person group, much of the experience comes from being together offshore.
Someone may be watching a younger guest experience sportfishing for the first time. Another person may be taking photographs. Others may simply be enjoying the coastline and the novelty of spending the morning on a large sportfishing boat in Mexico.
Those moments do not appear in a catch statistic.
That becomes particularly relevant when a group spans different ages and potentially different levels of fishing experience.
A private charter allows the day to remain centered on the group rather than requiring everyone to adapt to strangers sharing the boat.
The value of that privacy becomes easier to appreciate when ten friends or family members are traveling together.
Younger Guests Can Discover Cabo Fishing Without an All-Day Commitment
Introducing children to offshore fishing can create lasting memories, but the structure of the trip matters.
A full ten-hour day may be ideal for an experienced adult angler and overwhelming for a child who has never spent significant time offshore.
A five-hour morning provides a more approachable introduction.
The boat leaves while the air is relatively comfortable, daylight develops almost immediately, and the group can return before the afternoon becomes the dominant part of the day.
A larger vessel also provides more room for younger guests to move within appropriate areas under adult supervision.
The objective does not have to be turning every child into a dedicated angler.
Sometimes the first experience simply needs to be positive.
Seeing a dorado near the boat, watching the coastline from offshore or participating in a family adventure can create the kind of memory that later develops into a deeper interest in fishing.
Cabo Fishing Reports Are Stronger When Unknown Details Remain Unknown
Accuracy is more useful than artificial completeness.
The charter information confirms the boat, captain, guests, schedule and recorded game fish. It does not confirm several other details.
There is no verified water temperature.
No exact wave measurement was supplied.
No specific swell data was recorded.
The tackle configuration is not documented.
The disposition of the dorado was not provided.
Those fields remain unconfirmed.
It would be easy to fill them with numbers or techniques that sound reasonable for Cabo, but doing so would weaken the value of the report.
The same principle applies to storytelling.
There is no verified record identifying which guest caught which fish, how long either fight lasted or what lure or bait generated a strike.
A fishing report does not need invented drama.
The authentic charter record provides enough information to preserve the day honestly.
October Keeps Cabo Fishing Connected to Dorado Opportunities
October occupies an important place within the broader Cabo sportfishing calendar.
Warm Pacific conditions can support a range of pelagic opportunities, although no seasonal calendar can predict exactly what an individual boat will encounter on a particular day.
That is why individual charter reports matter.
A general fishing calendar may indicate that dorado can be available during October. An actual report demonstrates that they were encountered during a specific charter.
Over time, those individual records create a much more useful picture.
Anglers researching future trips can compare dates, charter lengths, departure times and species across many outings instead of relying solely on generalized claims about the “best” month.
Fishing remains unpredictable.
The archive simply makes that unpredictability more visible and better documented.
A Morning Cabo Charter Leaves the Afternoon Open After Fishing
One of the practical advantages of a 6:15 AM departure is what happens after the boat returns.
The day is far from finished.
Guests can leave IGY Marina before lunch and transition into whatever else they have planned in Cabo San Lucas. That might mean returning to a resort, spending the afternoon at Medano Beach, having lunch downtown or simply relaxing after several hours in the sun.
This makes morning fishing particularly easy to combine with a broader vacation.
It also gives a large group flexibility.
Some people may want to continue exploring together. Others may prefer to separate for the afternoon. The charter becomes one shared experience within the day rather than consuming every available hour.
For travelers with limited time in Los Cabos, that efficiency can be important.
A Large Bertram Changes the Feel of Cabo Fishing for Ten Guests
Blue Sea’s size plays a meaningful role in this particular charter story.
A 60-foot sportfishing boat is a substantial platform for a five-hour trip, especially when compared with smaller boats commonly used around fishing destinations.
For ten guests, however, the space has a purpose.
People are not forced to remain shoulder-to-shoulder throughout the morning. There is room for different conversations, different viewpoints and different levels of engagement with the fishing itself.
That creates a more relaxed social environment.
A private charter also means the experience is not being shared with unrelated passengers who happened to purchase individual seats.
For families, celebrations, groups of friends and multigenerational travelers, that distinction can matter enormously.
Fishing remains the activity that brings everyone onto the boat.
The boat itself helps determine how comfortably they can enjoy it together.
Real Cabo Fishing Records Give Future Visitors Better Planning Information
One charter should never be used to promise what another group will catch.
Its value lies somewhere else.
It shows what actually happened.
Future visitors researching Cabo dorado fishing, mahi mahi charters, family fishing trips or larger private boats can examine a genuine trip rather than relying exclusively on marketing language.
They can see the number of guests, the duration, the vessel and the species recorded.
They can also see which details were not documented.
That transparency is useful for people making decisions about their own trip.
As the Blue Sky Cabo report archive grows, each individual charter becomes one small part of a much larger picture of fishing around Cabo San Lucas.
Some days will feature marlin.
Others may bring tuna.
Some will produce dorado, wahoo or different combinations of offshore species.
And some trips will simply be quieter.
That variability is not a weakness in fishing.
It is the reality that makes each departure different.
Ten Guests, Two Dorado and a Morning Together on the Pacific
This Cabo fishing trip was built around more than a catch number.
Scott, Harriet, Michelle, Ryan, Drew, Phillip, Whitney, Gillian, Levi and Oliver had five hours together aboard a private 60-foot Bertram, beginning their morning as daylight appeared over Cabo San Lucas and returning before midday.
Captain Alex guided the charter offshore, where dorado provided the recorded game-fish action.
The warm, predominantly clear conditions created a classic Baja setting, while the morning schedule kept the experience accessible for a group that included different generations.
That combination is what gives this charter its individual character.
It was not an all-day expedition or a long-range fishing mission. It was a private morning on the Pacific designed around a larger group, with enough time to fish seriously while still preserving the afternoon for the rest of their Cabo vacation.
For visitors researching family fishing in Cabo San Lucas, private group charters, mahi mahi fishing, dorado fishing or larger sportfishing boats, this trip provides a practical example of how a five-hour morning aboard a 60-foot Bertram can fit into a Los Cabos vacation.
The two dorado belong in the record because the catch matters.
The larger story is ten people getting to experience Cabo from the water together.
Blue Sky Cabo Fishing and Tours
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F Dock, IGY Marina, Cabo San Lucas, B.C.S., Mexico
