Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined: 98%
Numbers at a glance: Billfish 39%, Dorado 72%, Tuna 7%, Other 37%
BILLFISH: The Valerie
wowed us this week, showing us a nice variety of fish caught last
Tuesday. The anglers caught and released three striped marlin averaging
about 110 lbs. out of Migriño and Las Margaritas. They also caught
three dorados and four wahoos out of La Antena and La Lobera. Marlin
was caught on caballito bait, as were some of the dorado, while the
others bit on black/red lures.
The Tiburon
had a similarly spectacular day towards the end of the week, with David
and Caly from California catching and releasing three striped marlin as
well as two dorados and a nice 20 lb wahoo. Fish were caught out of
Los Arcos and Pozo Cota, all on caballito bait.
OTHER SPECIES: Again, we saw
tons of wahoo, which is quite surprising for the season. Pisces
Sportfishing boats caught a total of thirty-six wahoo this week, with
the Ruthless
being a perfect example of what we’ve been seeing now for the past two
weeks; they caught eight wahoo all between 15 and 20 lbs. However, most
wahoo caught by other boats did average about 10 lbs. The Ruthless
caught their wahoo on rappala and blue/white lures. The Ruthless and
anglers Kerry and Matt from Washington also landed three dorado this
same day, averaging 15 lbs and releasing one. These bit on green and
tigrillo lures out of Golden Gate and La Ballena.
Dorado took the win for most fish caught this week with 143 fish total. Most dorado averaged about 15 lbs and Pisces boat Rebecca
is a nice example of the dorado caught this week. Anglers from Idaho
caught ten dorados ranging from 10 to 25 lbs., respecting catch limits,
as well as one wahoo and one red snapper. All fish were caught on
red/black and blue/white lures out of Golden Gate.
The Flora-T
also had an excellent day of fishing catching six dorados all around 20
lbs, caught on green lures, as well as five wahoo around 10 lbs, caught
on tigrillo lures. They also caught and released two striped marlin
and one sardine shark, out of Las Margaritas.
As for tuna, we didn’t see too many this week, but we were happy to see the C-Rod
and anglers Joe, Cassie, Corey and Trisha all land a yellowfin each,
with the biggest weighing in at 112 lbs. The remaining three tunas
averaged 15 lbs. and all were caught on caballito bait outside of San
Jaime.
As for other species caught this week, we saw
the Diablo Loco panga catch four roosterfish, all released, ranging from
20 to 30 lbs. Other fish caught this week were skipjacks, triggerfish,
sailfish and snapper.
Total number of fish caught this week: 33 billfish, 143 dorado, 13 tunas, 36 wahoo and a variety of others.
LOCATION: Golden Gate, Cerritos, Los Arcos, La Antena, Migriño
WEATHER CONDITIONS: Clear and calm
WATER TEMP: 77 – 80 F
BEST LURES: Caballito, green, red/black, pink/black, rappala, blue/white.
Based on the catches of Pisces Sportfishing by Rebecca Ehrenberg
