Cabo San Lucas is one of the best places to experience traditional beach-launched panga fishing. Pangas are smaller powered skiffs and are the ideal craft to take out on the water to do some inshore sport fishing. There are endless possibilities for inshore sport fishers in Los Cabos.

Along the Sea of Cortez, the reef systems and rocky underwater structures attract popular sport fish like Cabrilla, Snapper, and Sierra. Roosterfish is one of the most common inshore species and because they are fast, heavy (50 pounds +), and hard fighting; they offer a challenge to any inshore sport fisherman.

These fish can be caught within casting distance from shore and further out at the surfline. The well-known “Rooster Alley” off of Los Frailes beach on the East Cape is a popular surf fishing spot because of the high numbers of exotic-looking Roosterfish that are caught here.

The offshore fishing in Cabo San Lucas is some of the best in the world. Out in the deep blue waters of Los Cabos is where serious sport fisherman may find a 300-pound Tuna, a lightning-fast Sailfish, or a 1-ton Blue Marlin. The numerous trenches, canyons and seamounts in the Sea of Cortez and the Pacific Ocean host a myriad of baitfish and middleweight sport fish, as well as many big game species.

Common offshore sport fish include: Sailfish, Swordfish,Shark, Tuna, Dorado, Wahoo, and Striped, Black, and Blue Marlin.

With a seemingly endless coastline and miles of sandy beaches stretching around the Cape, Los Cabos is a premiere hot spot for onshore sport fishing. Onshore fishing is extremely accessible and affordable in Cabo San Lucas since you don’t need a boat and can fish off most of the beaches, both on the Pacific Side and along the Sea of Cortez.