Bisbees Offshore Results

The two day pre-cursor to the Black & Blue Tournament took place this week-end and results were as follows:

59 Boats

$248,120.00 Cash Awards

50 billfish released: 14 blue & 28 striped marlin, 8 sailfish

Top Marlin

Incognito— Barnes Cooper— 540 lb. blue marlin ($19,328.40)

Bad Company— Anthony Hsieh— 490 lb. black marlin ($6,690.60)

Bandit— Rich Hamilton— 470 lb. black marlin ($3,717.00)

Top Dorado

No Qualifying Dorado were Weighed

Top Yellowfin Tuna

Missing Lenk— Aaron Riggins— 161.8 lbs. ($19,824.00)

Top Release Teams

Tenacious— 700 points/2 blue marlin, 1 striped marlin (on time)

Ez-Duz-It— 700 points/2 blue marlin, 1 striped marlin (on time)

Bull Rider— 700 points/2 blue marlin, 1 sailfish

Day 1 Jackpot Winners

Marlin: Bad Company— $76,330.00 (490.0 lbs. / Anthony Hsieh)

Tuna: Muchacho Alegre— $22,950.00 (155.0 lbs. / Jesus Franco)

Day 2 Jackpot Winners

Marlin: Bandit— $76,330.00 (470.0 lbs. / Rich Hamilton)

Tuna: Missing Lenk— $22,950.00 (161.8 lbs. / Aaron Riggins)

Final Standings Los Cabos Billfish Tournament

Last night saw the conclusion of the Los Cabos Billfish Tournament and the awards dinner and prize giving ceremony.  As we suspected the day one catches stood firm throughout the tournament producing the following results:

1st Place "Fisherman": not only  for their first day 713 lb black marlin but another 466 lb black marlin on day three -making their status as leaders undeniable and creating a new tournament record for most points earned.
Total winnings $204,764.00
2nd Place "Sneak Attack" for the largest blue marlin at 629 lbs on day one.
Total winnings $101,025.00
3rd Place went to "Rum Running" for first time marlin angler Jason Prudent for a 465 lb blue marlin.
Total winnings $18,500.00

Release Division ended up as follows:
1st Place "Game On" earning them $9250.00
2nd Place "Hang Em High" giving them $5550.00
3rd Place "Alure"  who because of the different jackpots in , for releasing two blue marlin and a stripe ended up with $8897.00

In the smaller game divisions there was quite a bit of action:
1st day tuna prize went to "Retriever" for a 123 lb fish earning them $4247.00
2nd day tuna prize went to "Santi" the smallest boat in the tournament (22 ft panga) for a 209 lb fish giving them $4347.00
 3rd day tuna went to "Blue Marlin" for a 125 lb fish, plus day 1 release jackpot giving them $9545.00

Wahoo Division:
1st & 3rd went to "High Risk" for a 52.1 & 41 lb fish respectively, giving them $8695.00
2nd went to "Chupacabra" for a 50.90 fishi earning them $4247.00

Dorado Divsion:
Only one qualifying dorado was weighing in at 41.7 lbs for "Bullrider" giving them $13,043.00 (all three days).
The hook up rate was very good in this tournament at 79%.

The Bisbee Offshore is currently underway, a warm-up for the main event that starts on Wednesday.
"Bad Company" is the current leader with a 490 lb fish on day one, followed by "Shambala" with a 307 lb'er.

Thank you letter from Glenn & Diane Schneck and friends

Dear Pisces,


On behalf of Glenn and Diane Schneck and Michael and Melissa Segreaves (Orlando, FL) we wanted to thank the entire Pisces team for the excellent time we had on our recent fishing charter. Your customer service and professionalism throught the experience was incredible - From the greeting we received outside of your establishment on the pier, to the staff on the fishing boat, to the feast we enjoyed at the restaurant next door it was an amazing experience. Being cruise passengers, we were only in port for a short while, aboard "Ruthless" with Captain Leon Camach and Beto, they accommodated our schedule and allowed us to catch 10 Dorado - what fun it was reeling those in!


We are hoping to come back to Cabo and see you again in the future! Attached are a few pictures.



Regards,

The Schneck's and Segreaves

Record Double Large Fish First Day of Los Cabos Billfish Tournament

Well we told you that there were BIG fish here in Cabo and in the week's leading up to tournament season we have reported large fish, such as the 780 lb'er caught aboard "Shambala" a few weeks ago....so we are into our first major marlin tournament of the season and the proof is in the pudding so to speak. Yesterday, Wednesday dawned with perfect big marlin weather....seas a deep blue mostly calm, and a light chill in the early morning. Thirty seven boats lined up off of the arch to await the shotgun start of the Los Cabos Billfish Tournament, now in its twelth year. The night before at the anglers meeting I had bumped into the guys from "Fisherman" the hot boat and team of the moment, a group of local guys from San Jose del Cabo and told tournament director Dan Jacbos, "these are the guys to watch; they are serious" and guess who pulled in with the biggest fish of the day....well yes, hate to say I was right, but it was team "Fisherman" with an incredible 713 lb black marlin for angler Daniel Fisher-Guerreo, which took him, believe it or not, just 32 minutes to boat. It was crazy, but "Sneak Attack" had also hooked a very large blue about 15 minutes after "Fisherman" had theirs on board and at this stage  nobody knew the weight...so the "Sneak Attack" guys  were probably thinking they had it made....it was a really big fish, the kind that wins tournaments...it took angler Shawn Gutterson and team 77 minutes to subdue the fish and get it into the boat. They took off for the scale were the fish registered 629 lbs, they also relesed a striped marlin.  I do not remember two such large fish coming in on the same day in a touranment....but let's wait and see how the monies pan out, as there are many optional daily jackpots and the largest fish doesn't always get the largest prize it depends on what optional jackpots they entered. So we are now onto day two of this three day event and anglers have a daunting task before them to try and top either of these fish, but there are release divisions as well as dorado, tuna and wahoo. Total tally so far for the tournament is:
1 black marlin
7 blue marlin
30 striped marlin
2 sailfish
3 tuna and 2 wahoo
Photos show top two fish from day one.....wow!

Ahem.....The Tuna Tournament is Next Month Ken......

Ken Eberle from The Woodlands, Texas caught this beautiful 260 lb tuna on Tuesday seven miles out from Solmar. The fish took a blue and white trolling lure and took 40 minutes to boat on 80 lb test. Ken was thrilled and called us to tell of his catch, saying he was on the way back.....little did he know that he would be detained by an approximately 350 lb blue marlin on the way in that he successfully released. Not a bad day of fishing....shame he caught this Tuna a month early; this would have definitely been a money fish in next month's Western Outdoor News Tuna Tournment. There have been a LOT of big tuna just click back through out blog posts to see and start researching areas, methods etc to get ready for next month.

Pictured here is Ken Eberle aboard Auriga with his catch and also a photo of the lure that the tuna took.

Beautiful Tuna Trio

Tracy,
Here are the photos from our second day October 9th on C-Rod. We had a great trip and ended up with 150 lbs of fillets. Thanks for helping set this up. Captains were great both days.
The photo with the big tuna and the guy with the beard is Michael Hearn. The other photo with all of us is in it are, from left to right, Kyle Estes, Greg Hearn, Michael Hearn and Ryan Carel.
We got the smaller tuna on a cedar plug about an hour after sunrise. Then we trolled around and found a huge pod of dolphins. On the second pass through the dolphin pod we got hit on four of the five lines in the water. We lost one setting the hook but were still tripled up with 100 lb tuna on three of the lines. After a short fight one of the tuna got off by spitting the hook. About 25 minutes later Ryan Carel got his in the boat. It was caught with a trolling lure. Then the battle continued on for Michael Hearn and his fish of a lifetime. He battled for about 70 for 90 minutes. We saw color at the boat five times but the fish would take off running every time he saw the gaff. Once it stopped fighting we all cheered as if finally surfaced and was put in the boat, also caught with a trolling lure.
Thanks Again

Greg Hearn, Orange County, California (Michael Hearn pictured here)
October 11th, 2010

Latest Fish Report

PISCES FISH REPORT

OCTOBER 1st to 6th, 2010

Overall Catch Success Rate 100%

BILLFISH: We saw quite a drop on billfish catches this week, down to thirty three percent; that is not to say fishing is not good, because every boat out caught something but just that more small game were caught. That said, we did have several blue marlin this week, just not the impressive sizes seen over the past few weeks. First blue marlin of the week was caught aboard “Yahoo” for Denny Scott and Jeff Ham from Piqua, Ohio six miles before the 95 spot. The fish took pink and blue lure and weighed approximately 250 lbs, they also boated a dorado. “Valerie” did well for blue marlin releasing one for long time Pisces client Gary Allison, with the fish around 260 lbs that took a yellow tail; they also boated three dorado, fishing 22 miles offshore. The next blue marlin for “Valerie” was on October 3rd this time for Rob Denkewalter and friends from Chicago, fishing at the 95 spot on the Cortez side, they released a 270 lb blue marlin and boated seven dorado. An enviable day was that had by Marla and George Goodman from Los Angeles, Ca. aboard “La Brisa” on October 5th. They fished the Pacific between Gaspareño and Golden Gate and caught and released both a blue and striped marlin and caught eleven dorado (six released) - the striped marlin took a petrolero lure and the blue a yellowtail. Another notable catch was aboard the 61ft Viking “El Gallo” on October 1st, for Barry Satterfield and friends from Franklin, Tn for three striped marlin released all on live caballito twenty miles out, plus a couple of dorado. Our only sailfish of the week was caught aboard “Fearless”, just four miles out by David Fisher from Columbus, Ohio. The reason striped marlin catches may have dropped is the bait source, right now mackerel has not been readily available so ballyhoo and other baits are being used, such as caballito, which work but are not ideal. Pisces anglers caught a total of 17 striped marlin, 4 blue marlin and 1 sailfish this week, all but one fish were released.

OTHER SPECIES: This could almost be called the dorado report, as we caught so many this week. Ninety percent of boats caught between one and seventeen fish with weights ranging from 10 to 40 lbs. “Rebecca” caught the most in one day, with the seventeen fish caught on October 5th at Migriño on a combination of lures and ballyhoo for Nicole Shepherd, Brian Roberts, Jason & Tara Wakefield from Kansas City, Mo. Our total dorado count was 264 fish. Hope the yellowfin tuna catches continue like this a month from now, when we have the Jackpot tuna tournament as this week we had some very nice fish. First up was on October 2nd aboard “Bill Collector” ; Kari & Eric Wilson fishing with Haylee & Seth McGinnis from Dallas, Tx caught a 180 lb yellow fin on sardines 20 miles out from the Old Lighthouse as well as two dorado. We had some anglers visiting from Holland who did really well aboard “C Rod” with two large tuna at 120 and 180 lbs at the 180 spot the tuna took black and green lures; they also had a striped marlin released, for anglers Ron Veendaal, Kees de Bie, Piet Weldam, Louis Bakker Bary Silleman, Siemen & Theo Buddingh. “Falcon” also had two nice tuna on October 6th for Dave and Tanya Petrucci from New Albany, Ohio. Their fish were caught on flying fish seven miles out from the 120 spot and weighed 70 and 185 lbs respectively. The only other catches for us were three wahoo all around the 40 lb mark.

LOCATION: Golden Gate, Migriño, San Jaime, out from Old Lighthouse, Pozo de Cota, Los Arcos, 95 spot, Herradura, 180 spot.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Clear, sunny skies, seas mostly calm, some chop in the afternoons on the Pacific late in the week.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 85 F

BEST LURES: Ballyhoo, tigrillo, petrolero, green, red/black, blue/white.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

Dutch Anglers Get Big Tuna

We have a group visiting from Holland right now, who are having the time of their lives.

Yesteday they fished aboard 38 ft Blackfin " C Rod" and did very well to release a striped marlin and then to boat two hefty yellow fin tuna. The first tuna took a black & green lure and took 45 minutes to land on 80 lb test, weighing 160 lbs; the second fish took a dead ballyhoo and weighed a little under 200 lbs taking one hour and 15 minutes to bring to the boat. They were fishing at the 180 spot on the Cortez side which is about 1 hour and 15 minutes out from Cabo. Pictured here are  Ron Veenendaal, Kees de Bie, Piet Weldam, Louis Bakker, Barry Sillerman and Theo Buddingh.

Latest Fish Report

PISCES FISH REPORT

September 26th to 30th, 2010

Overall Catch Success Rate 100%

BILLFISH: Wow what a week…the big fish continue to appear and the biggest story of the week was aboard our very own “Shambala” the 60 ft Hatteras, with Captain T.J Dobson producing his third fish over 600 lbs in the last two months. T.J had a group from Texas aboard on September 26th this fish was just a few pounds shy of 800 lbs. Yesterday a group of Texans were aboard fishing with T.J and were having a great time; they had already released a striped marlin and a sailfish, when T.J spotted a huge marlin in the Destiladeras area where they were fishing, attracted by a teaser tied to the back of the boat. Captain T.J was quick thinking and told his deckhand to toss a sierra; he had on board, back to the fish. The fish leapt on it, grabbing the bait, but then jumped and spat it out. He must have been hungry because he turned with a vengeance and inhaled a lure still in the water, known as a "Gay Bob", which is blue, white and pink. The fish was solidly hooked and Ed Shatte from Houston, Texas was on the other end of the line. Ed pumped and heaved the fish on 80 lb line for three hours, when they realized that it had died.....it takes a while to haul up 780 lbs of dead weight and then drag it onto the deck through the transom door, but they did it. Another large fish was a 500 lb’er aboard “La Brisa” for first time angler Adam Damini from Pittsburgh who had never been fishing before in his life.....we are talking not even a river, lake or stream, but today he was fishing with his friend Roger Young from Connecticut, just three miles off of Los Arcos when a large marlin assaulted a green/yellow lure being dragged by "La Brisa", after a considerable battle they got what ended up being an approx 500 lb blue marlin aboard, but wait, there's more......they also caught 18 dorado and released seven. Sixty one percent of charters caught billfish, with many excellent catches – we had a total of five blue marlin, two sailfish and twelve striped marlin.

OTHER SPECIES: Dorado were the number one catch in Cabo this week with eighty seven percent of our boats catching from one to thirty two fish (many released) – we should mention here that catch limits are being strictly enforced in Cabo and the limit is two dorado per fishing license. To enable our anglers to keep a few more fish, we have purchased yearly fishing licenses for our crew members, so that anglers have the opportunity to take more fish home if they like. Weights on dorado are from 15 to 30 lbs. Our total dorado tally this week was 266. Wahoo catches were pretty good with nineteen percent of boats catching fish in the 35 to 45 lb class. Yellow fin tuna catches are beginning to increase slightly too with twenty five percent of boats catching mostly football size fish with the odd big one up to 100 lbs.

LOCATION: Los Arcos, Herradura, 7 miles out from Solmar, Punta Gorda, Migriño, Gaspareño, Pozo Cota, Golden Gate, San Jaime.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 84 F

BEST LURES: Ballyhoo, guacamayo, tigrillo, purple, green/yellow, red/black, green/black, petrolero.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

Nice Tuna Caught Today Aboard Bill Collector

Seth McGinnis from Dallas, TX caught this beautiful yellow fin tuna estimated between 180 lbs -200 lbs.  The fish took a petrolero lure (brown, gray and cream colored) and took 20 minutes to boat on 100 lb test,  20 miles out from the Old Lighthouse aboard Bill Collector with Captain Julio Gonzalez. They also boated two dorado. Congratulations Seth, but it t his is about a month too early for the Tuna Tournament.