October
6th to 12th, 2012
Overall
Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 95%
This
week at a glance:
Billfish
55%
Dorado
92%
Tuna
5%
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| Dorado was the name of the game, shown here the Iverson Family from Folson, Ca. |
BILLFISH:
This week we saw plenty of activity in Cabo, with lots of anglers taking
advantage of the outstanding fishing we are currently experiencing. Billfish rates climbed slightly to fifty five
percent, with striped marlin the most frequently caught, followed by sailfish
and then blue marlin. We had a handful of blue marlin, all were between 200 and
300 lbs – minimum weight for the upcoming tournaments is 300 lbs. Pisces “Valerie”
did well to release two blues this week – on October 9th and 12th,
for the same angler, Brian Barnsley from Walden, Colorado. Both of Brian’s fish
were caught on a blue and pink lure, on the Cortez side at Cabeza de Ballena
and Palmilla. Pisces “Fearless” a 50 ft Viking released a blue marlin on the
Pacific side at San Cristobal, also on a pink lure, for Tommy Bowden from Gulf
Shores, Alabama. Another boat that did well this week was Pisces 31 ft Cabo, “Cabolero”
with two sailfish and six dorado in front of Pedregal, then a blue marlin, caught
on live bait at Los Arcos the following day. Top striped marlin boat, was
Pisces 28 ft Uniflite “Adriana” with three released plus six dorado for Michael Flora from
Dinuba, California; they fished on the Pacific near Migrino, with live caballito
doing the trick on the billfish. “Tracy Ann”, Pisces 31 ft Bertram had a great
day with Patrick Neville & family from Bradenton, Florida on October 9th.
They fished their way up the Pacific from San Cristobal to Golden Gate and
picked up two sailfish, one striped marlin and fifteen dorado…not too shabby.
There were so many other great catches, too many to mention but Pisces anglers
caught 59 billfish this week, consisting of 32 striped marlin, 22 sailfish and
5 blue marlin.
OTHER
SPECIES: Practically every
boat out this week caught dorado and a lot of it. Catches ranged from one to a
maximum of thirty caught aboard “Rebecca” – of course a lot were released but
our final tally was an impressive 607 fish, either caught or released. The
dorado are hungry so are taking pretty much anything, though green colored
lures seemed to be the most productive, as well as red and black lures, caballito
and ballyhoo. Best place to find dorado was all the way up the Pacific coast as
far as Golden Gate. Tuna catches were on the slow side, but that does not mean
they are not there. With the excellent dorado and billfish catches, anglers
tended to concentrate on these rather than go offshore in search of big tuna; nevertheless
some boats did find them, such as Pisces “Great Escape Jr” who headed 22 miles
out from Land’s End to catch a total of fifteen, up to twenty pounds plus a
sailfish. We caught just one small wahoo this week and a few skipjack.
LOCATION:
Pacific
side was the most productive for all species.
WEATHER
CONDITIONS: Calm seas, except one day with whitecaps,
clear skies.
AVERAGE
WATER TEMP: 84 F
BEST
LURES: green, pink, red, caballito, ballyhoo.
Based on the catches
of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg
