Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 74%
Numbers at a glance: Billfish 57%, Dorado 9%, Other 29%
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| Top boat this week was Tracy Ann on March 30th for catching and releasing three striped marlin. |
BILLFISH:
We are pleased to report an improvement in fishing this week both
generally and for billfish. Nevertheless it still could not be
described as great. Water temperatures remain higher than normal for
this time of year which could be a factor. More marlin were spotted
this week but they tended to be fussy eaters. We had catches at both
ends of the spectrum of our fishing grounds, from Destiladeras on the
Cortez side to Margaritas and Migrino on the Pacific side. Top boat
this week was Tracy Ann on
March 30th for catching and releasing three striped marlin at Pozo de
Cota for Jamie, Benjamin, Gretchen and James from Easly, South Carolina.
All three fish took live caballito and were of a good size at 140-160
lbs. It was nice to see boats catching more than a single marlin and a
little over a third of the charters managed two stripers and often some
smaller game too. Valerie, Tracy Ann, Attitude Adjustment, Adriana, La Brisa, Rebecca were
all boats that caught more than one marlin in a day. The fishing is
becoming more consistent but has still not stabilized, for example on
April 1st a lot of the boats were skunked despite spotting multiple
marlin but the following day every boat out caught one to two marlin,
even those on shorter days. Fifty seven percent of Pisces Sportfishing boats caught marlin this week, giving us a total of 46 fish, all released, except one.
OTHER SPECIES: There
was a not a lot of action on smaller game this week with dorado catches
continuing to drop and just nine percent of boats finding the odd fish
here and there whilst trolling for marlin. Most of the dorado were
taken on live bait on the Pacific and weighed from 20 to 30 lbs. There
were a half dozen mako sharks caught between 40 and 80 lbs. Flora T
had a very nice day on March 30th for Owen Kilmury from Huntsville,
Alabama. They caught and released a striped marlin, a 70 lb. mako
shark, skipjack and sierra between Pozo de Cota and Migrino. Other
catches closer to shore were a few sierra, skipjacks, jack crevalle and
the odd grouper. These smaller game catches accounted for twenty nine
percent of the fleet production.
WEATHER CONDITIONS: Partly cloudy skies, otherwise sunny, seas moderate with light winds.
LOCATION: Migrino, Los Arcos, Pozo de Cota, Margaritas, Destiladeras – catches were better on the Pacific.
AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 75-76F
BEST LURES: Live bait, petrolero, tigrillo.
Based on the catches of Pisces Sportfishing by Tracy Ehrenberg.
