Comments on: Cabo Blanco and Its Marine Life

By: dennis plante

dennis plante — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:29:01 +0000

I would very much like to get in-touch with Tom & John Hulsey regarding CBFC.

By: Russell Elwell

Russell Elwell — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:16:54 +0000

The statement that Glassell’s 1560 pound black marlin was “the largest bony fish ever caught by rod and reel” is not true. While it is the IGFA record holder, Capt. Cornelius Choy’s 1805 pound blue marlin caught in 1970 on the Coreen C in Honolulu is the largest bony fish ever caught on rod and reel. It doesn’t qualify as the IGFA world record because of rule disqualifications, but it was caught on a rod and reel.

By: Tom Hulsey

Tom Hulsey — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:14:27 +0000

Hey John, glad you saw the show. It was cool to see the Fishing Club after 36 yrs. When we were there the walls had pictures of all the big catches. Lots of interesting people in those pictures. What a great place

By: john hulsey

john hulsey — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:47:47 +0000

In 1973, I lived at the Cabo Blanco fishing club with two of my brothers and the rest of an oil exploration crew for two weeks – they had reopened it just for us, and it was still in good shape, parquet floors,pink bathroom fixtures and all. We arose at 3:30 each morning to go to sea where we found oil for Peru, returning each afternoon to walk up the Marlin-tail lined drive to our new home. I’ll never forget the gigantic mounted Marlin(Glassell’s) and the 400 lb. Tuna on the wall in the bar. We had many adventures on and off the job that summer!

By: Javier Esbona

Javier Esbona — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:43:49 +0000

Why is it that when they go to Australia they hire a boat captain to show them around? But when they go to Peru, all they talk about is poverty and over fishing? Instead of providing a sound scientific reason for the diminishing numbers of “peces espada” they immediately attribute it to the poor people of the coastal villages. The first ones to be blamed are the big fishing companies overfishing the “anchoveta” and secondly the nino phenomenon. The documentary left a lot wish for as it pertains to the segment in Peru. The granders concentrate where the currents merge, that place is not always Cabo Blanco, it goes up and down the peruvian coast. I found the part about Peru, preachy and short on reserach.