New Record Northern Pike in Canada

Hi anglers,

Our friends Judy and Dale Harkonen from Houghton Minnesota were kind enough to share this with us and we want to share it with you.

This is a new record Northern Pike in Canada . He caught it on Rainy Lake .
Check this thing out.. The man (in the photos below), was fishing and caught a 36" Pike.
As he was reeling it in, a 56" - 55 lb Pike tried to eat it !!!!!

He landed them both in the same net. The last picture is unreal.

Pisces ask our friends and customers to catch and release sharks...

Sharks continue to make a comeback and once again this week we had a couple of threshers, a hammerhead and a mako. We heard of a big 180 lb thresher caught aboard "Retriever", the fish was extremely strong, probably because it was hooked with a circle hook and wasn't feeling much pain. Once boated it was found to be a pregnant female with almost fully developed embryos, two were almost full formed and were taken out of their sacs and began swimming around in the bait tank and were then put into the sea, hopefully to survive.

Sharks are now an endangered specie, we would like to ask our customers and friends to catch and release sharks, just like you do with marlin.

Thank you and best wishes,

Tracy

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Caught aboard 61 ft Viking “Retriever” by Martha Walmurut on January 11th

This is about a 180lbs thresher shark which we caught today. We had a live mackerel down deep and the bite was pretty weird, not exactly like a marlin, but that is what was in the area. I never give up a fight, but, after an hour, and a broken back- 40# line, I gave it to Larry. It took another hour: and all three of us, me, Larry, and Omar, fought it before we finally got it up. My back is now officially broken! just kidding.

I am copying this to Tracy because i think this is probably what we had on last week that we broke off after 2 hours or so.

A couple of interesting things:

Look at the hook in the corner of the mouth on the right side. It is a rather small 8/0 circle hook, then look at the mouth and the teeth. Hard to believe that the line did not break - although, the rod did and we had to tie onto another rod to finish the fight. this is a testament that circle hooks do not hurt fish...

Second, look at the size of the tail. it was 52", more than half the size of the body.

Finally, the most interest thing was that when we cut it open, there were a number of almost fully formed babies inside. We kept two. They had the same long tail, teeth were formed, but look at the size of the eyes..

When we took them out of the umbilical sack, they appeared to be dead, but after pictures, we put them in the bait tank and they started swimming around and we finally released them in hopes they will live. Also, there were 3 or 4 more sacs with less developed embryos in the shark.

We never know what wonders we are about to encounter when we leave the dock each morning.
See ya
Marna

Around the Globe...

Well you know we are down here in sunny Cabo and you know what type of species we catch, but we think about you all in your different locations over the globe and what you do for fishing when you can’t be here….so we thought this was interesting and wanted to share this with you.

Got Fish!!!! Ontario Fish Story (a big one!)

FYI: This Sturgeon is Still alive , just worn out from the fight.
They turned him loose after the photo.



This Sturgeon was caught at TWO CREEKS CONSERVATION AREA, Wheatley, ON (at Lake Erie ) 11/19/2007
It weighed out at over 1,000 lbs and measured out at 11'1'. It was 56' around the girth and took over 6 and a half hours, and 4 dozen beers, for the 4 guys taking turns at the reeling
it in.

Any Sturgeon OVER five feet has to be released unharmed and cannot be removed from
the water.

They are brood/breeding stock and probably older than most of us.

Full color Stripey.

IN THIS PHOTO YOU CAN PLAINLY SEE THE STRIPES OF THIS STRIPED MARLIN WHO IS “LIT UP” DURING THE FIGHT.






PHOTO BY MARIO BAÑAGA ABOARD ADRIANA SUNDAY JAN 11, 2009

Testimonial from Todd Barile..

We fished on the Valerie Thursday, December 11 and had a phenomenal experience. Nicholas, Roseando, and Julio were great! We caught our first ever marlin (striped) as soon as we got out to the Golden Gate and the bites did not slow down. We ended up landing 5 striped marlin and had an amazing time on the water. We saw hundreds of sea lions, several whales, and upwards of 100 marlin. Our captain and mates were constantly working, changing the bait and their tactics, to help us get as many fish as we could! Not only did they help us get our catches in the boat, they also took pictures of us fighting our fish and even got a priceless photo of our "double" hook-up, making it a memory we will never forget! Again, we cannot say enough good things about our experience with Pisces. We absolutely recommend Pisces to anyone looking for a great day of sport-fishing! We will be back next year and plan to book again with Pisces.

An old saying says "you get what you pay for" and we absolutely believe that to be true in our experience with Pisces. Although Pisces is a little higher priced than some competitors, it is without-a-doubt worth the expense! We have fished with another reputable company in Cabo, and although they were respectable, our experience with Pisces does not even compare to our experience with the other. Pisces far surpassed our expectations!

Thank you Tracy and crew for a great day in Cabo!

Happy Holidays!
Todd Barile and Sara Knafel
Fort Wayne, IN

LaFace family Testimonial...

Hi Tracy,

Just wanted to share with you the McIntrye Family fishing experience this week (12/23) aboard "Rebecca & Ruthless".


The LaFace brothers of Milwaukee, WI aboard Rebecca caught and released 6 Striped Marlin, 2 Dorado and 1 Hammerhead Shark - while Palmers, Flemings and Uncle Bruce of Minneapolis caught 6 Marlin and 1 Dorado.

I have included a picture of 11 yr old Colton LaFace w/ Dad (Sal) boating the largest striped marlin caught aboard Rebecca on the 23rd for your fishing report consideration - I know Colton would be thrilled to see the picture on line if posted.

Thanks for your consideration.

Happy New Year!

Sal LaFace, Oconomowoc, WI

“Sunrise heading out of Cabo to the Golden Gate……if you are looking at snow right now, you could be looking at this…and catching fish to boot. Photo c

Mark Marcus testimonial...

We fished on the "Ruthless" on Tuesday December 9, 2008.

My son and son-in-law caught their first marlins. My granddaughter and daughter also hooked-up their first marlin which I brought to the boat for release.
The trip was anticipated for most of the year and greatly exceeded my expectations.
The "Ruthless" crew is unbelievable in how well they work together and helped our first time marlin fishermen catch and release four fish. The action was continuous with one hook-up after the next.
I have fished Pisces often with the Sandy Schwinn group and never disappointed.
Thank you so much for making this day of our Cabo vacation so successful.
Please thank the "Ruthless" Captain and crew for a fabulous day.
A VERY SATISFIED CUSTOMER!!!
Mark Marcus

Malangone brothers testimonial....

HELLO PISCES,

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR GUIDING US TO AN AWESOME TWO DAYS OF MARLIN FISHING. THE HONESTY AND LOYALTY OF YOUR BUSINESS AND STAFF IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. CAPTAIN REY FROM "LA BRISA" IS BY FAR, THE BEST WITH JUST ENOUGH AGRESSIVENESS TO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO PUT YOU ON THE FISH. HIS FIRST MATE "ERNESTO" WAS JUST AS PROFESSIONAL AND PROVIDED US WITH GREAT ENTERTAINMENT. THIS WAS A TRIP OF A LIFETIME AND WE WILL RETURN. IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE MY BROTHER AND I HAVE SPENT QUALITY TIME TOGETHER AND YOU HAVE MADE IT HAPPEN HERE IN CABO.

SINCERELY,

JERRY & JOE MALANGONE, NEW JERSEY

Spectacular Sunrise

The sunrise was so beautiful here in Cabo this morning that we just had to share it with you. Weather right now is about the best we have all year. Leave those winter blues behind and come on down to Cabo.