Merry Christmas! I am so excited about spending Christmas down here in Cabo. I am used to the more traditional things like bundling up for the cold weather... snowboarding... skiing... etc. This year we will be in this tropical paradise we call home. Maybe we'll even BBQ on the beach for Christmas! I love it here.

This time of year really speeds things up in regards to real estate. So if you have been considering a purchasing a vacation home down here, it might be the right time to give yourself a big Christmas gift! There is a good chance that someone else might buy that dream home down here first. Prices are still rising and selling. Don't wait too long. I'd hate to see you miss the opportunity.

Take care, and we'll see you soon!

Real Estate HOT BUY: Alegranza

Luxury for half the price, with twice the view!

Alegranza Residential Resort is an exclusive community located on the serene residential golf course of San José del Cabo, within walking distance to the beach and the historic downtown, where the best shopping and dining of Los Cabos can be found. 

From its hilltop location, Alegranza dominates the entire San José Bay, from Punta Gorda to Palmilla, offering you magnificent unobstructed views to the Sea of Cortez, golf fairways, the estuary, the new marina and the desert.

Tip of the Month: USE A SURGE PROTECTOR!

Thankfully this is the "Almost Monthly Newsletter"... Earlier this month, just before this newsletter was to go out, I had one of the most unfortunate thing happen. My computer got fried from a surge in the power lines.

One minute I'm working on my computer, I leave the room for a minute, when I get back to my computer... everything is blank and the computer will not turn on! Just like that! Gone! Fortunately I had most of my work and information backed up on an external drive. That only helps a little bit, when you have to wait days if not weeks for someone to bring down a replacement computer.

I could have bought one down here in Cabo... they even have great computers at COSCO down here. The only thing is that I don't realy want my computer to be running Windows OS in Spanish.

The lesson learned is ALWAYS USE A SURGE PROTECTOR for your electronics while in Cabo.

Fish Report: The Fish Are Biting...

Most common daily catches include dorado, yellowfin tuna and striped marlin, with an outside chance at a wahoo and a few other miscellaneous species. Water clarity was clear and blue within a couple miles of shore and water temperatures ranged from 79 to 82 degrees throughout most of the region.

For the past several months live sardinas were plentiful in the area of La Playita, but this past week was a different story, the preferred baitfish moved out of this area and were now being found further south, from Palmilla to Santa Maria and they were of smaller size. This meant that the local panga fleet now had to back track in order to obtain bait and this contributed to all around more difficult fishing for the San Jose fleets.

Cabo San Lucas charter boats reported excellent action for dorado on the Pacific, particularly on the more distant Banks. Action was wide open on both lures and bait and the fish were quality sized, ranging from 15 to 50 pounds. The dorado action inside the Sea of Cortez was much more scattered and the fish were of smaller size, most of them weighing less than twenty pounds.

Wahoo action was very slow, only about one in a dozen charters accounted for one fish and many of them were taken incidentally while fishing for tuna or dorado with small baits and only monofilament. Anglers that were targeting these elusive fish specifically were not reporting much action at all. We still are hoping that there will be a late season bite on these fish, water temperatures are holding above normal and hopefully these prized gamefish will become more prevalent in the coming weeks.

Larger yellowfin tuna continued to be found on both the Inner and Outer Gordo Banks, though the numbers of fish actually landed were not significant, the quality was definitely there, as many fish that weighed from 50 to over 100 pounds were brought in this past week. Several fish that would have topped 200 pounds were hooked into, only to be lost after extended battles. Most successful techniques were using fresh dead sardinas in a chum line, chunking with skipjack or cocinero and trolling with chihuil. Fluorocarbon leaders of  50 to 90 pound also proved to be an advantage.

Billfish action was good for striped marlin on the Pacific and outside of Chileno, up to thirty miles out. On Saturday there was a double hook up on blue marlin reported from a cruiser out of Palmilla, they were fishing within one mile of Cabo Real and using lighter forty pound gear, after losing one of the blues they did manage to land the other one after a five hour battle and it weighed in the 400 to 450 pound range.

The combined panga fleets launching from La Playita sent out approximately 226 charters for the week, with anglers accounting for a fish count of: 7 striped marlin, 14 sailfish, 345 dorado, 18 wahoo, 225 white skipjack, 338 yellowfin tuna, 9 grouper, 14 cabrilla, 5 amberjack, 20 pargo, 15 rainbow runners, 18 roosterfish and 72 sierra.

Brought to you by

Jeremiah Blackwell, REALTOR®
Sales Associate - Cabo 4 Sale - Cabo San Lucas - BCS

Come to the wonderful paradise of Los Cabos, Mexico. If you are looking for a destination for your next vacation or looking for real estate in Mexico, the Los Cabos area is no doubt the most attractive region. Imagine yourself in a villa, condominium or hotel right on or near the beach where the sun shines everyday and the sky is turquoise and cloudless; enjoying yourself golfing on one of the top signature golf courses in the world with breathtaking views of the Sea of Cortez or fishing while fighting the largest fish of your life in the "Marlin Capital of the world".

In Los Cabos there is an opportunity for everyone to buy, ranging from pre-construction projects, land investments or development sites.

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