If you were to drive from La Paz to Cabo San Lucas, the area commonly known as "East Cape", you would encounter some of the best sportfishing in all of Mexico.

      The mood is very tranquilo in this region, with many quaint beachfront hotels offering relaxed and affordable accommodations.

     The majority of hotels have their own private beaches and ocean-view pools affording vistas of the moored fleet of sport-fishing boats awaiting your patronage.

     The sport-fishing fleet here is extensive with the majority being the ever-popular 28- to 32-foot diesel-powered cruisers. 

     The fishing grounds off East Cape are very close offshore. Occasionally, 15- to 25-mile runs will be needed to reach the bite, but on most days you can hook billfish just a mile or so off the beach where a few deep canyons run adjacent to the coast.

     In Bahia Los Frailes, the 100-fathom curve lies merely a few hundred yards offshore, where it's not uncommon to see billfish chasing bait just beyond the surf line.

     Billfish can be caught here year-round, but a winter fish is an uncommon occurrence. In March a showing of striped marlin will get the season in gear. By May their numbers increase to the point that hookups are the rule rather than the exception.

     Striped marlin here average 100 to 200 pounds, with water temps increasing to the high 70s and low 80s. By June or July an influx of sailfish arrives. 

     Typical of the Pacific stock, they average 80 to 140 pounds. The months of July through October are considered prime time for blue marlin, which can venture close to this coast in search of their preferred forage of mackerel, skipjack tuna and small yellowfin.

   PUNTA COLORADA
Standard room
4 per boat/2 per room - $516.00 p/p
3 per boat/3 per room -   588.00 p/p
2 per boat/2 per room -   801.00 p/p
Panga:
2 per boat/2 per room -   620.00 p/p

   PLAYA DEL SOL
Standard room
4 per boat/2 per room - $516.00 p/p
3 per boat/3 per room -   588.00 p/p
2 per boat/2 per room -   801.00 p/p
Panga:
2 per boat/2 per room -   620.00 p/p

   PALMAS DE CORTEZ
Standard room
4 per boat/2 per room - $638.00 p/p
3 per boat/3 per room -   679.00 p/p
2 per boat/2 per room -   910.00 p/p
Panga:
2 per boat/2 per room -   744.00 p/p

   RANCHO LEONERO

4 per boat/2 per room - $667.00 p/p
3 per boat/3 per room -   705.00 p/p
2 per boat/2 per room -   917.00 p/p
2 per panga/2 per room - 753.00 p/p

   BUENO VISTA BEACH RESORT

4 per boat/2 per room - $610.00 p/p
3 per boat/3 per room -   657.00 p/p
2 per boat/2 per room -   901.00 p/p
2 per panga/2 per room - 722.00 p/p

   MARTIN VERDUGO'S BEACH RESORT
No meals

4 per boat/2 per room - $425.00 p/p
3 per boat/3 per room -   430.00 p/p
2 per boat/2 per room -   650.00 p/p