Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 93%
Numbers at a glance: Billfish 51%, Dorado 53%, Other 16%
BILLFISH: This week saw steady
catches of striped marlin for a little more than half of the boats, with
a few sudden spikes of multiple catches per single boat. Weather has
been colder and windier, which meant boats couldn’t always fish the
Pacific where more marlin were believed to be. One of the top catches
in a single day goes to Pisces Yahoo
for six stripers up to 140 LBS at Pozo de Cota for the Hattners from
Keller, Texas on December 20th; they also caught two dorado. Tracy Ann
had the only sailfish of the week, a big one, estimated at 110 LBS,
plus two striped marlin released for Swedish anglers Ola Eklund, Peter
Mucander and Johan Ingenmanusson; all three fish took live caballito at
the Herradura. Next day out it was Greg & Jack Sullivan who had the
best day, this time aboard La Brisa
as they released four striped marlin up to 120 LBS at Los Arcos. They
also managed to land two dorado for the dinner table. It’s no wonder Tracy Ann
won top marlin boat for Pisces this year; they seem to have a knack for
it and proved it by releasing six marlin up to 100 LBS on December 21st
for McCullough family from Fayetteville, Georgia – well done! One of
the most enviable days was aboard Flora T
for a group from Dallas headed up by Darrell Overcash – they released
three striped marlin and caught six dorado and two wahoo, fishing at Los
Arcos. The marlin were spread out this week, with no one set location.
Boats started out fishing on the Cortez side then moved up the Pacific
as far as Golden Gate. Fifty one percent of our charters caught between
one and six marlin giving us a total catch of 61 billfish.
OTHER SPECIES: Dorado
catches were steady for most boats and could be caught over a wide area.
When found, catches ranged from one to nine fish in the 15 to 25 LB
class. Pisces Valerie
had an active day on dorado on the Pacific at Migrino where they caught
nine dorado on a combination of ballyhoo and ballyhoo for Brad Lassila
and family from Colorado. Adriana,
one of our 28 ft. boats, had some good dorado action too, with eight
caught up to 25 LBS at Los Arcos and Margaritas for a group of anglers
from Kansas. Fifty three percent of our anglers caught dorado this week
giving us a total catch of 129 fish. Tuna catches were very slow this
week with just a few boats even finding them. The exception was Bill Collector
who headed to Jaime Bank on the Pacific and managed to land fifteen up
to 20 LBS for Ross Benson and Steve Buckley and friends from New Jersey
and Massachusetts respectively. Several boats caught wahoo this week
but they are by no means plentiful and tended to be small at 15 to 20
LBS. There was not much inshore action except for an odd triggerfish,
rooster or sierra.
LOCATION: 95 spot on the Cortez side, then Los Arcos, Pedregal, Migrino, Margaritas and Golden Gate.
WEATHER CONDITIONS: Windy and on the cold side, mostly overcast, seas moderate to choppy.
AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 77 F
BEST LURES: Live bait.
Based on the catches of Pisces Sportfishing by Tracy Ehrenberg.
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