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Cabo October Events

nanci — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:57:19 +0000

12 – Todos Santos Fair and Festivals

Event held in Todos Santos. October 12 is the date of the festival of Nuestra Señora del Pilar, the patron saint of Todos Santos. This date is celebrated as the founding of the town of Todos Santos. There are usually activities, including a fair and live music in the plaza, most of the week of the 12th. There is dancing to live music in the evenings on the zocalo. And lots of food and drink.

12 – Dia de la Raza

This day also celebrates Columbus’ arrival to the Americas, and the historical origins of the Mexican mestizo race which blended the Spanish and the indigenous.

Annual Los Cabos Billfish Tournament

October 12-16

Events held in Cabo San Lucas.

http://www.loscabosbillfishtournament.com

October 14-16 Los Cabos Bisbee Fishing Tournament

http://www.bisbees.com/

18 – Fiesta de Cabo San Lucas, is a festival which celebrates the patron saint of Cabo San Lucas. Every October 18th, streets are closed off downtown for a parade. The festival features dancing, music and food vendors.

October 18-22 Bisbee Black and Blue Fishing Tournament http://www.bisbees.com

October 22 13th Annual Pimp N’Ho Costume Ball at the Passion Club

http://www.pimpnhomexico.com/

Cabo San Lucas’ Sea of Cortez

nanci — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:10:56 +0000

This beautiful body of water is known as the world’s youngest sea. The Baja Peninsula is the world’s third longest peninsula with over 2000 miles of coastline. The cool waters of the Pacific Ocean are found off the west coast and the much warmer Sea of Cortez is on the east. The Sea of Cortez is a thousand-mile ocean trench between the Baja on the west and the Sierra de la Madre Mountains of mainland Mexico on the east.

It is recorded that about 4-6 million years ago, a segment of the East Pacific Rise split, separating Baja from mainland Mexico shifting the Baja and much of southern California in a northwesterly direction. Organisms flourished in the sea created and the Sea of Cortez is now home to at least 3,000 species of marine creatures. It is known to have the richest abundance of sea life of anywhere on the planet.

The Sea of Cortez was discovered by Spaniard Francisco Ulloa in 1540. He named it for Hernan Cortes and although its official name is the Gulf of California, it’s widely known as the Sea of Cortes, the original name given.

The Colorado River empties into the northern end of the Sea of Cortes. At this point the area is flat and shallow with tides that vary by almost a mile between highs and lows and a heavily silted bottom.

The lower portion of the Sea of Cortes is a deep trough between the continental blocks that comprise the American continent and the Pacific shelf. The initial drop is about 2500 feet but just south of Cabo the depth increases to about 4,000 feet. The waters are warm ranging from 65 degrees in the winter to 88 degrees in the summer.

Most of the shoreline of the Baja is inaccessible by road and largely uninhabited. There are rugged islands surrounded by pristine bays that dot the Sea of Cortez. Jacques Cousteau, how explored the region, referred to the sea as the “world’s aquarium.” The Sea is renowned for its sport fishing, diving, snorkeling, boating and windsurfing. The amazing bounty includes shrimp, yellow fin tuna, dorado, red snapper, squid, black and striped marlin, sailfish and a huge variety of tropical reef fish.

Catch and release has become more common than not and the Mexican government has made efforts to prevent this rich sea from being fished dry. Cabo Pulmo, located on the East Cape has been designated as an underwater national park. Divers and snorkelers are welcome but no one may fish in this area.

A variety of water activities are offered in Cabo and there are several weeklong adventure and wildlife cruises that depart from Cabo, going as far north as Loreto. Whether you enjoy the Sea of Cortez in Los Cabos or take a longer cruise, this body of water is worth the adventure.

****Photo: Punta Chivato near Mulege on the Sea of Cortez

Cabo San Lucas June Events

nanci — Fri, 20 May 2011 00:31:57 +0000

June 1 Navy Celebrations Day

June 3 Casa Natalia Mediterranean Chill Out San Jose del Cabo

June 3 Tecate Score Baja 500

June 15-16 BACS “Billfish Invitational

June 18 Cabo Yacht Party aboard the Cabo Rey

June 19 Father’s Day

June 22 Dia de Corpus Christi- Annual religious festival

June 23 Las Arenas Spearfishing Meet - East Cape

June 23-26 Annual Stars & Stripes Fishing and Golf Tournament

Cabo San Lucas Fishing

nanci — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 23:19:33 +0000

The Bisbee Fishing Tournament is one of our biggest events in Cabo. October 2010 was the year one of my clients won $440,237.00! What fun! I located some Bisbee facts by the number that I thought were interesting

2005: 185 BOATS 304 BILLFISH CAUGHT $3,363,600 IN JACKPOT

2006: 183 BOATS 152 BILLFISH CAUGHT $4,165,960 IN JACKPOT

2007: 166 BOATS 216 BILLFISH CAUGHT $3,858,620 IN JACKPOT

2008: 41 BOATS 129 BILLFISH CAUGHT $2,975.960 IN JACKPOT

2009: 94 BOATS 71 BILLFISH CAUGHT $1,926,715 IN JACKPOT

2010: 103 BOATS 78 BILLFISH CAUGHT $1,933,190 IN JACKPOT

If any of you who have fished this tournament have stories to share we would love to hear them. Hope you can join us for this fabulous fishing event in Cabo San Lucas, October 19-23, 2011.

We have a large selection of private condos, homes and villas that we offer as Cabo vacation rentals and can help you with accommodations and services.

Cabo San Lucas 30th Annual Bisbee Results

nanci — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:54:13 +0000

30^th Annual Bisbee Black and Blue sets record

Wow, what a fishing tournament this year! A few changes in tournament rules were made one being the use of only circle hooks for both live and dead bait and live online GPS tracking was provided. After the first day a new record was set for the number and size of fish that arrived to the scale. There were 9 fish the first day the largest at 599 lb. balck. At the other end of the spectrum was a 351 lb black.

The biggest loser was an 800 lb. black that took more than 5 ½ hours to catch but arrived at the scales a few minutes late so could not be counted. Obviously the team of The Great Escape was disappointed but the next day landed a 440lb black.

Day 2 brought only 4 qualifiers, the largest being a 484 lb black caught by John Boratto of Team 10 Brothers on Dreamweaver.

Congrats to Jon and his Dreamweaver Team!

Thanks for sharing your photos!

Results posted are as follows:
1st Place: Rehab      560 lb. and 347 lb Blacks $254,905.00
2nd Place: Reelaxe     599 lb. Black   $176,530.00
3rd Place: C-Bandit     549 lb Black   $614,612.50
4th Place: Dreamweaver    484 lb Black   $440,237.00
Jackpots Day 1& 2 Tiger Spirit 427 lb. black  $255,000.00
Day 2 Jackpots  426 lb. Blue

Congratulations to all of the winners!!