Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 86%
Numbers at a glance: Billfish 85%, Dorado 70%, Tuna 9%, other 24%
BILLFISH: Another great
week for late season blue marlin catches in Cabo! We are not used to
seeing all these blues so late in the year and surely this is the result
of the “El Niño” current which has brought consistent warm water
throughout the year and therefore steady, good catches. Let's start
with the Pisces 28ft “Adriana”
who released a blue marlin estimated at 200 lbs. outside of la
Herradura for Ulf Cristiansson and Lennart Arrenius visiting from
Sweden. Pisces 38ft “C Rod”
released another 200 lb. blue outside of el Cerro for William Gluckman
and Sonia Schaeffer from New Jersey along with one Dorado and two yellow
fin tuna. Pisces “Andrea”
headed up to the San Jaime Bank and released yet another blue marlin
for Allyson, Sean, Chris and Lizzie Park from Nashville, Texas. “Bill Collector”
our 32 ft. Cabo, worked really hard and got a 350 lbs. blue marlin,
forty miles out from Land’s End for Richard & Grey Simoncic and
Joseph Zucarello from Paradise, Az. To round up the blue marlin catches
Pisces 55 ft. “Flora T” released 250 lbs. blue some way up the Pacific coast at Migriño, for Wade & Forrest Threadgill from Austin, TX. Pisces “Speedwell”
a 38 ft. Mediterranean released one Striped Marlin, one sailfish and
one dorado for Jason Allen, Brian Van Holland and Narciso Flores from
Laguna Hills, Ca. at La Antena close to Migriño. Brian Dodd and friends
from Colorado and Montana fished aboard 31ft Pisces “Tiburon” and were really pleased releasing their first Striped Marlin! “Cabolero” released two Striped marlin and one dorado at the Old light house for John Thompson & Diana Goettle from Helena, Montana. Pisces 31ft “Rebecca” and 31ft “Tracy Ann”
with our good friends Anders Lundgren of Sweden released two Striped
Marlin, one Sailfish at the 95 Spot and two Striped Marlin at the 11.50
spot during their last trip of this year”. Pisces “Ruthless”
did well too with one striped marlin released and ten dorados at Elias
Gaspareño for Ken & Elizabeth Kerr, Kevin and Laura Atamamuk from
San Clemente. Pisces “Valerie”
released two Striped Marlin and boated two dorados, two sierras and
released two rooster fish at the Golden Gate for Susan, Eddie and Katie
Janecheck from Costa Mesa & Sacramento, Ca. Panga Poseidon
released a striped marlin at the Old Lighthouse for Mike & Erin
Elgru from South Carolina. Eighty five percent of Pisces Anglers
released a total of 79 billfish, consisting in 69 Striped Marlin, 5 Blue
and 5 sailfish.
OTHER SPECIES: Dorado
fishing was hot this week, with seventy of our clients catching a total
of 341 dorado, ranging from 10 to 25 lbs. Tuna catches were on the slow
side with just nine percent of our anglers bringing in a total of 35
yellow fin tuna, ranging in size from 10 to 15 lbs. Four of our vessels
brought in wahoo, whilst others caught rooster fish, needlefish and
sierras which are excellent for making ceviche. Pisces “Bill Collector” brought in eight dorados , with one released at La Ballena, on the Pacific side for the Stein Family visiting from Miami, Fl. Pisces Shambala
a 60 ft. Hatteras, caught five dorados at Elias Calles for Manuel
Araujo and Stephanie & Matthew Mason from Houston, TX. On November
25th the majority of boats had a great day for dorado fishing, such as Pisces “Tiburon”, “Ruthless”, “Tracy Ann” over at the Golden Gate. Pisces “Andrea” caught six tunas for Paul Smith and Tom Dufell from United Kingdom at San Jaime.
LOCATION: Pacific Side -Golden Gate, La Ballena, San Jaime, El Faro, Elías Calles, Pescadero. Sea of Cortes: 11.50, 95 spot.
WEATHER CONDITIONS:
Rain on a couple of days which cause the port to be closed for two days
due to tropical storm Sandra. Cool, nice, overcast, cloudy a little
choppy. The outlook is for excellent fishing.
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE: 82F- 85FT
BEST LURES: live bait, green, pink, red/black, blue/white.
Based on the catches of Pisces Sportfishing by Ady Moya.
