PISCES FISH REPORT
April 14th to 20th, 2012
Overall
Catch Success Rate 71%
BILLFISH:
Marlin were about the only game in town this week and with few anglers and few
boats going out, the catch rates hovered at sixty percent. The weather has not
stabilized, meaning some days it would be baking hot, then the next breezy and
fresh, which caused the water temperature to drop several degrees this
week. Catches of striped marlin remained
consistent up until the 19thk when they dropped considerably, with the only
remarkable catch taking place on that day, for “Tracy Ann” who did remarkably
well to release five striped marlin ranging in size from 100 to 150 lbs for
John Staub, Ed Cain, John Courson, Mogen Smeel and Jack Matthews, a group of
guys from Arizona, Texas, Illnois and Calgary.
All of their marlin took bait, ballyhoo and jurelito between Cabeza de
Ballena and Lands’ End, three and a half miles offshore. April 17th
was a good day too, when “Bill Collector” released three at the 11.50 spot and
Chileno for Charlie Keeny and Mike Weinsz from Canton, Ohio. This same day “Tracy
Ann” had three at the 11.50 spot for Lance Kozak, Rick Mully and Rick Carson
from Alberta, Canada. The only other boat with a triple fish day was “C Rod” on
the 15th with three fish between 130 and 145 lbs also at the 11.50
spot for Guy Schweppe & Leah Poporich from Austin Texas. These fish took a
combination of caballito and ballyhoo. David Wanderer & Brett Walker from
Bozeman, Montana, were not far behind them though, as they released two striped
marlin, one actually on a Petrolero lure, one of the only marlin caught on artificial
bait this week and the other on live bait aboard “Attitude Adjustment”. Pisces
anglers caught 28 striped marlin this week, with all but one released.
OTHER
SPECIES: We caught just one dorado this week and no
tuna. Inshore there were just a few roosters and sierra, but then again most
boats were off in search of marlin so it’s not to say that there was no small
game action. Up the Pacific coast a little we did hear of some boats doing well
on yellowtail up to 35 lbs, which is great eating by the way.
LOCATION:
Sea of Cortez, Lands End to the 11.50 spot.
WEATHER:
Clear, sunny skies, calm on the Cortez, windy on Pacific, rougher at the weeks’
close.
AVERAGE
WATER TEMP: 69 F
BEST
LURES: Live caballito and jurelito, dead ballyhoo.
Based
on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg
