Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 87%
Numbers at a glance: Billfish 70%, Dorado 7%, Other 42%
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| Adriana, one of our top boats, SIX marlin in one day! |
BILLFISH: This week produced
great catches that remained consistent throughout the week and some red
hot fishing that we haven’t seen in months. The striped marlin bite was
great at the 11.50 spot as far as Punta Gorda & multiple marlin
catches per boat occurred on several days. One of the best days was May
21st, when 28 ft Adriana caught six striped marlin up to 150 lbs for Alex, Brenda, Jeff & Joe from Kalispell, Missouri. Listo
the 35 ft Cabo, also had six marlin all on live caballito for a group
from Colorado. Joseph Capezio from & friends from California had an
amazing time aboard Tracy Ann
as they released four striped marlin & five pilot sharks. Calvin
Baker from North Carolina also figured in our top anglers for releasing
five marlin up to 120 lbs on the La Brisa
with Captain Rey Winkler. The Valerie had a quadruple marlin day for
the Bateman’s from Texas on May 20th. Striped marlin were not the only
catch this week we also had a couple of sailfish both aboard Rebecca
– the first catch was for the Rasmussen family from New Mexico – they
had a busy day, releasing the sailfish, plus three striped marlin &
two pilot sharks – what a day! The next sailfish was caught by Jake
Steinsberg who also released three striped marlin at the 95 spot.
Catches for other boats were of one or two fish. We also heard of a
700 lbs blue marlin caught out of San Jose, however, the disturbing part
is that we were told it was never weighed but was sold on the black
market – remember marlin is a species reserved for sportfishing &
cannot be sold commercially. Pisces anglers caught a total of 96
striped marlin this week & two sailfish, all released except one.
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| This unusual catch of a sheep’s head was on the panga Salsa |
OTHER SPECIES: A lot of sharks
were caught this week mostly pilot sharks (presumed to be silky sharks)
with as many as five caught on a single boat. A couple of thresher
sharks were fought, one aboard Listo estimated at 160 lbs by Russell Daniel, who also released three striped marlin at the 11.50 spot. The other was caught aboard Shambala &
was around 120 lbs. We saw a slight increase on dorado this week with a
half dozen caught up to 30 lbs. Wahoo catches also picked up with a
nice 50 lb’er aboard Bill Collector at Destiladeras. Knot Workin did
not catch as big a wahoo but did catch eight up to 35 lbs off of Cabeza
de Ballena for Richard Campbell & friends. Smaller game accounted
for forty two percent of the catches this week. Skipjacks, grouper,
bonita, triggerfish, mojarras, roosterfish, snapper & sierra were
all caught. One of the more unusual catches was a “vieja” or sheep’s
head aboard the panga Salsa.
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| Knot Workin’ worked hard to catch EIGHT wahoo! |
LOCATION: 11.50 spot, 95 spot, Punta Gorda, Destiladeras.
WEATHER CONDITIONS: Partly cloudy skies, calm seas.
AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 76 F
BEST LURES: Live bait
Based on the catches of Pisces Sportfishing by Tracy Ehrenberg.
