Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 96%
Numbers at a glance: Billfish 16%, Dorado 95%, Other 22%
BILLFISH: This week we had
picture perfect weather, flat seas, tons of whales, lots of fish; but
they weren’t billfish. The catch rate for marlin remains low even
though this week more fish were spotted and our catch rate climbed a few
points up to sixteen percent. Slowly but surely more fish are being
caught. This week we did have a full moon which usually means slower
catches due to the fish gorging all night with better visibility and not
being so hungry during the day. Nobody got more than one marlin in a
day, but more boats were able to achieve that single fish. All the
fishing was on the Pacific side and some quite close. Stephen &
Karen from Sacramento took a half day trip aboard “Attitude Adjustment”,
not something we normally recommend, but seeing as this is a fast 46
ft. vessel they nipped up the coast and were able to release a 130 lb.
striped marlin and boat two dorado off of San Cristobal and were back a
little after 11.00 am. La Brisa
had a superb day on February 5th for Bob & Matthew from New York
when they released a 135 lb. striped marlin and caught twelve dorado up
to 25 lbs. The striped marlin took live caballito and was from 120 to
150 lbs. in weight. Pisces Sportfishing anglers caught a total of nine
striped marlin this week, all released.
OTHER SPECIES: Practically
every boat out caught dorado this past week, with the catches varying
from one to twelve fish per boat in the 15 to 25 lb. class. Dorado took
a variety of live bait such as caballito, sardines and ballyhoo as well
as lures; in other words they were hungry. Tracy Ann
was the top dorado boat, scoring a dozen up to 30 lbs. on February 5th
for Ian and Wendy from England at Pozo de Cota. Ninety five percent of
our charters caught dorado giving us a total of 233 fish. A few of the
boats went strictly for small game and did well on sierra up to 6 lbs.
A group from Florida out on Andrea
caught eighteen plus a couple of dorado. There were also some small
sea bass and amberjacks as well as few skipjacks. The wahoo run may be
over as we only had a few of this species this week which is a dramatic
drop.
LOCATION: Pacific, Old Lighthouse to Golden Gate, with Pozo de Cota, Margaritas and Cerro del Golden being the most productive.
AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 74 F
WEATHER: Perfect in every sense.
BEST LURES: Live caballito, ballyhoo, green, orange/black.
BASED ON THE CATCHES OF PISCES SPORTFISHING BY TRACY EHRENBERG
