PISCES FISH REPORT AUGUST 11th to 17th, 2012

Overall Catch Success Rate 94.44%

BILLFISH: What a week! Héctor brought us 3 days of rain, in a row! That does not happen often; last rain we saw was about a year ago and lasted 10 minutes. For a little bit we were worried about the strong rain and the wind, but the Harbor Master gave us a go and we went fishing with rain and wind, all the clients were happy to go and the catch was amazing, they got soaked but they caught fish, a lot of fish.

The sea was a little bit rough on the way out, 5 to 6ft waves but after a 5 mile ride it was like a swimming pool. As the water ran down the hills, the creeks brought a lot of debris to the ocean which is great for fishing, usually the logs they drag are filled with bugs and dorado just love them bugs! There were only a couple of people who got seasick, the rest did take the Dramamine and did perfectly fine, I always say it’s better to be sleepy or take a nap on the way out than be sick all day and ruin the trip for the rest of the party.

Ok, now, the catch report, we did not see many billfish this week, dorado was the number one catch, but it was still pretty decent, 22 out of 34 boats caught at least one, that’s a very nice 65% catch rate. We saw an improvement on sailfish and blue marlin, “Rebecca” released a blue marlin estimated at 220 lbs for William Scott Fricke from Orlando FL, and the same day, Tracy Ann caught a 180lber, unfortunately, the fish died, they also released a 70 lbs sailfish and landed 3 dorado for Sean & Robert Rayner from Menifee, CA. The billfish catch of the week goes to “Andrea” with Captain Orlando Murillo, releasing 3 pacific sailfish for Robert and Jeremy Vargas & Al Stellan from Colonia NJ, they also release 3 dorados. A total of 28 billfish were caught, 25 were released.

Vanessa, Lori, Steve and Brock Lloyd from Lake Crystal MN, ready to release Steve's stripey.

OTHER CATCHES: Tuna is still a bit slow with only 53% of the boats catching this babies, still there were some very nice catches, C-Rod landed 10 tunas with an average weight of 15 lbs, for Clay Mazur from Forthworth, TX. “La Brisa” with Captain Rey Winkley landed 15 tunas and 2 dorados for Paul Michael from Paradise TX, and “C-Rod” the same day landed 16 tunas, 1 dorado and a sailfish released for Alexa Egnotovich from Canal Fulton, Ohio. Dorado was much better, 88% of the boats caught an average of 4 dorados, the average size was 15 to 25 lbs. Best catches of the week were for Rebecca with 10 dorados, 9 tunas and 2 striped marlin released for Greg & Ryan Cohn from Setauket, NY and the Tracy Ann with 12 dorados and a striped marlin released for Steve & Vanessa Lloyd from Lake Crystal MN.

LOCATION: Pacific, Migrino, Gaspareno, Margaritas, Golden Gate.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Rainy and cool the first part of the week, now it’s free sauna everyone! The sky is still a bit cloudy some parts of the day but mostly the sun is back and with a vengeance. HOT!!!

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 86-87 F

BEST LURES: Caballito, guacamayo lures, yellow lures.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Jorge Narro

PISCES FISH REPORT AUGUST 4th to 10th, 2012

Overall Catch Success Rate 97.77%

BILLFISH: Thought last week was good? Well, 2% better overall but when it comes to marlin count, this week was awesome. 75% of the boats returned with at least one marlin released, a total of 95 striped marlin were caught, 93 were released, plus 3 pacific sailfish and a blue marlin released as well.

Catches averaged 1 or 2 striped marlin per boat but you know that’s just not enough for some of our guys, Captain Ricardo Agundez released 4 striped marlin for Jayce McMhahon’s party from Keller TX aboard the Great Escape Jr. On August 5^th, Adriana released 5 stripeys for Kieran Meaney from Sydney Australia, and the same day, celebrity Captain Julio Castro released 9 stripeys for Ross Donahue & James Connelly from Spearman, TX, followed by Captain J.R. Alucano aboard the Rebecca with 5 striped marlin for Jim Olstad from Canada. Next day, again Captain Julio gets the catch of the day with 8 striped marlin released for Ron, Elizabeth, Alexandra and Christopher Eckhoff from Irving TX plus 2 20 lbs dorado for a nice supper. Captain Enrique Martinez aboard Adriana released 2 striped marlin and 2 pacific sailfish for Matt Tabbert from Dallas TX. Dr. Rick Walsh released a blue marlin estimated at 350 lbs aboard the Tracy Ann with Captain Julio Castro and mate Martin, these guys are on fire!

OTHER CATCHES: Tuna catch slowed down a little bit by the number of fish caught, still 58% of the boats caught an average of 4 fish. La Brisa with Captain Rey Winkler wins the catch of the week with 19 tunas, 4 striped marlin and 2 dorados for Van, Haddon and Duncan Alford from Lexington KY. Dorado on the other hand was a hoot, 90% of the boats caught at least 2 dorados with an average weight of 18 to 20 lbs, however, 17 year old Landon Tabor from Duluth GA wanted to make it to our Facebook page and landed a very nice 61 lb’er aboard C-Rod with Captain Abel Ramirez.

Stephen Passy's 35lbs Dodo caught aboard the Great Escape Jr, Captain Ricardo Agundez on the left with the white shirt.

LOCATION: Pacific, Migrino, Gaspareno, Margaritas, Golden Gate.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Partly cloudy, a bit windy by the end of the week.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 83-85 F

BEST LURES: Billfish were mostly caught on live bait (caballito), tunas were more interested on cedar plugs and dorado on yellow, purple and green lures.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Jorge Narro

Blue Marlin Season is Here

I woke up this morning and said to my brother who is visiting with his family "this is blue marlin weather", that is humid, overcast and hot and with tropical weather down below us, it seems to push blue marlin towards us. There have been a flurry of blue marlin catches in the last few days but none of any great size, with most in the 180 to 250 lb class. Today, my prediction was true as we had one released on "Rebecca" at the 95 spot on a Petolero lure by William Fricke from Orlando Florida and another one aboard "Tracy Ann" also at the 95 spot on a Chiliwillie lure; they also released a sailfish and boated three dorado for Sean and Robert Rayner from Menifee, California.

JONATHAN LINDSEY FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS, POSES WITH THE MALE DORADO HE CAUGHT TODAY ABOARD RUTHLESS

Catch Of The Day

Fishing continues to be fabulous, even though the marlin slowed down a bit today, nevertheless here are some of the top catches from the last two days - read the captions for more info

VALERIE TODAY, STRIPED MARLIN RELEASED FOR BILL GALVIN ON LEFT. DECKHAND ROSENDO ON RIGHT

LARGE DORADO ABOARD GREAT ESCAPE JR, CAPTAIN RICARDO AGUNDEZ

BEAUTIFUL STRIPED TOOK THIS DORADO COLORED LURE TODAY FOR CHERYL KOOPMAN ON HER BIRTHDAY, CONGRATULATIONS- HER BOYFRIEND PROPOSED TO HER TOO

LARGE DORADO 61 LBS CAUGHT BY 17 YEAR OLD LANDON TABOR FROM  DULUTH, GEORGIA ABOARD  C ROD

THIS 300 LB BLUE MARLIN WAS RELEASED ON TRACY ANN FOR DR. RICK WALSH, A DREAM COME TRUE FOR HIM AND A LONG TIME COMING MANY TRIPS TO LAND THE BIG ONE, EVEN THOUGH HE HAS CAUGHT DOZENS OF STRIPERS

CHERYL KOOPMAN KISSES HER FISH GOODBYE BEFORE DECKHAND RELEASES IT ABOARD ADRIANA

Summer Fishing Fun in Cabo

Fishing is so great right now, it is hard to put into words. Seems a lot of people have chose Cabo as a place to spend time with family, whether it be those with younger kids, teenagers or even brothers that have flown from different parts of the U.S.A. or the world to meet up in Cabo and have some quality time out on the water together with no interruptions other thant the reels zinging when a fish strikes. Boats have been loading up on tuna, dorado, striped marlin and sailfish. The numbers have been nothing short of amazing. Tracy Ann released nine marlin on Sunday, one of the highlights..other boats preferred to release a marlin or two, then try for tuna, whose prescence was obvious by the number of porpoise (dolphins) which were described by one fisherwoman as "bubbling everywhere in the water".
Pictures say more than words, so here are some of the catches of the past few days.

Marlin Catches at 73%

JULY 30^th to AUGUST 3^rd

Overall Catch Success Rate 99%

BILLFISH: Fishing was remarkably good this week, seeing as we had a big moon all week and quite rough seas on the Pacific. At the end of the week we saw huge waves hitting the shore, mostly on the Sea of Cortez; they were so large that they left the steps of some of the resorts, buried in sand and made swimming un safe – this is very unusual as we don’t see this unless there is a hurricane around, which there isn’t. Anyway, the people fishing were not worrying about the beaches but were concentrating on catching fish. The best catches were at the start of this period, when we saw “Adriana” release five striped marlin and a sailfish at Gaspareno for the Porter family from Poway, Georgia.  This same day “Andrea” released four marlin as did “Ruthless”, whilst other boats averaged one to three. For variety, “Tracy Ann” had one of the best day on August 1^st with two striped marlin and a sailfish released, nine tuna and two dorado. As the week progressed and the moon reached its zenith, marlin catches slowed a little but tuna took up the slack, however, the most likely catch this week was still billfish. Seventy three percent of boats caught marlin and sailfish, giving us a total of 38 marlin and four sailfish.

OTHER CATCHES: We had some decent catches this week that is until the tuna seiners moved in and started wrapping the schools in their nets. Unfortunately, tuna is categorized as a commercial fish, not a species reserved for sportfishing, which is a shame, because commercial fishing techniques take a lot of non-targeted species, including, billfish, dorado and turtles as by catch. “Tracy Ann” had the busiest tuna day on July 31^st with 43 (many released) for Larry & Kellie Hemingway from Kingwood, Texas, if this wasn’t enough they also released a striped marlin and caught a dorado. Catches of twelve to twenty fish were not unusual in the size range of 12 to 25 lbs. Our total tuna count was 224 fish. Fifty four percent of boats caught tuna, whilst dorado catches were just a shade higher, that is there were found slightly more frequently but catches were usually of one or two fish only. Andrew Holmes from La Canada, California, did the best on dorado catching twelve as well as twelve tuna aboard “Valerie”. The dorado preferred the mackerel, while the tuna stuck to their favorite cedar plugs.  Only other species we caught was skipjack this week.

LOCATION: Pacific, Migrino, Gaspareno, Margaritas, Golden Gate, a couple of days on the Cortez at the 95 and 11.50 spots.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Partly cloudy, hot, humid, some perfect weather days and some rough days with whitecaps on the Pacific as well as big waves towards the end of the report.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 80-83 F

BEST LURES: live bait was not always available so ballyhoo was used and bait when found was jurelito and caballito. Lures, green combos and cedar plugs.

Catches Continue to Soar in Cabo

Catch rates are soaring as the weather heats up and it seems like the fishing is keeping pace with it.  Yesterday we had a total of 24 billfish, 22 striped marlin and 2 sailfish. Some of the highlights, were 28 ft Adriana with, 5 striped marlin and 1 sailfish released for the Porter family from Poway, Georgia or how about Valerie for 3 striped marlin, 9 tuna and a doardo. We have a big moon as we write this, usually a sure sign of a slow down at least for billfish and yes, the numbers dipped slightly but the tuna fishing exploded. Today Tracy Ann caught a whopping 45 fish (many released) and then released a striped marlin and boated a doardo for Larry and Kellie Hemmingway from Kingwood, Texas. You know Texans are really smart, they know to get out of town, as it is bloody hot there, much hotter than Cabo and they know that fishing is at its best in the summer months in Mexico. Our fish tally for two days and sixteen trips:
22 striped marlin
2 sailfish
177 yellowfin tuna
27 dorado
20 skipjacks.

If you love to fish now is the time to be here.

Hey, take the skin off first!

 Our local vet Humberto Macias,had visitors from Guadalajara in town and being from here, he knew where to turn to make sure his friends had a successful trip, Pisces of course. They were out on Ruthless and released a striped marlin and caught 8 tuna and a dorado, probably something the vet's city slicker friend had never seen before which is why he was trying to eat it whole....well he wanted fresh fish..

Stop Press....Fishing Was Brilliant Today!

PICSES CAUGHT 22 STRIPED MARLIN BETWEEN SIX BOATS TODAY

 Six Pisces boats went out fishing today and caught
22 Striped Marlin & 1 Sailfish
24 Yellow Fin Tuna (one was 160 lbs)
1 Dorado
1 White Skipjack
Top boat was Rebecca for 8 striped marlin released plus a sailfish for James and Tammy Kiser from Cyprus, Texas.
Followed by Tracy Ann with six striped marlin and six tuna for Amy & Jeremy Ross from Lufkin, Texas.
La Brisa had ten tuna ranging from 10 to 60 lbs, PLUS a tough 160 lb fish that took Holt Jones from Lake Charles, Louisiana two hours to boat.
NOW IS THE TIME TO BE IN CABO AND FISHING WITH PISCES OF COURSE.

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JULY 21^st to 27^th, 2012

Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 99%

DECKHAND MARTIN GONZALEZ MAKING SURE THIS BLUE MARLIN IS RECOVERED FROM THE FIGHT BEFORE LETTING HIS BILL GO

BILLFISH: The only way to describe Cabo fishing this week was superb, with plenty of action to keep anglers busy, with a variety of game fish available. Every boat we sent out, except one who wanted to concentrate solely on finding a big blue marlin, caught fish. The big story this week was that of a 750 lb blue marlin caught by a boat named Acero Azul, we heard about this story and posted the news and received several comments, some angry, asking why the fish was killed. We just reported this story, but thought the captain should give his input. Firstly, the fish may well have been over 750 lbs as that was as high as the scale went, secondly, they crew intended to release this beauty but it died after ninety minutes and almost spooling them three times. They knew they had a dead fish and angler Gary Steelberg from Newport Beach, CA, had his work cut out for him, taking another 40 minutes before the fish appeared belly up at the transom, then another 30 minutes for the crew to manhandle it onto the swim-step. The fish was caught at the 95 spot on a flying fish color lure.  In regular fishing news “La Brisa” released a blue marlin a little under 300 lbs at San Jaime on the Pacific as well as catching five tuna for Heath Jones from Lake Charles, Louisiana. At the start of this report “Rebecca” was hot, releasing three striped marlin, at Migrino then going onto land six tuna and a dorado for James & Nancy Oden from Kaufman, Texas. This same day, “Tracy Ann” had Alyson & Tom Fix from Glendale, Arizona on board who did well to release two striped marlin and a sailfish that was quite large at around 100 lbs, plus six tunas. On July 22^nd “Great Escape Jr.” had an outstanding day with a quadruple billfish count, consisting of three striped marlin and a sailfish for a group of guys from Oregon headed up by Joey Blatner. Captain J.R on “Rebecca” loves to fish striped marlin which is evident by the amount he catches, proving it again on July 23^rd, with his second triple header of the week, plus three tuna for Wendi Tillen Lloyd Wynn & Ken Gregory from Atlanta Georgia & Madison, Alabama….go southerners! Rounding out the week for better than average catches was “C Rod” who fished at Pozo de Cota and  Los Arcos areas catching three striped marlin, six dorado and three tuna for the Reynolds family from Cleburne, Texas.   Fifty seven percent of our charters caught billfish this week, giving us a total of forty five billfish; 41 striped marlin, 3 sailfish and 1 blue marlin, all released

OTHER SPECIES: Yellow fin tuna catches, still topped the tables this week with seventy one percent of boat catching between one and twenty seven fish normally in the 12 to 25 lb class, with cedar plugs the most popular hook up method as well as regular lures. “Tracy Ann” caught the most in one day, 27, for Kevin Love and friends from Humble, Texas fishing off of the Old Lighthouse and San Cristobal. There was disappointment for Derrick Baker from Missoula, Montana – he hooked an enormous tuna aboard “Valerie” at the Jaime Bank, that he struggled and sweat over for almost six hours, before losing it. His consolation prize were four smaller fish up to 25 lbs. The big one that got away took a live caballito.  Our total tuna count was 202 fish. Dorado catches were at thirty five percent with catches of one to seven fish and weights up to 45 lbs, though more commonly between 18 and 25 lbs, on the Pacific at various spots. Just one wahoo this week, smallish at 30 lbs for an angler from Hawaii, aboard “Falcon”. Inshore not much happening or we are simply not fishing there, though there were a few roosters up to 50 lbs and some white skipjacks.

LOCATION: Pacific, Old Lighthouse to San Jaime, 95 spot on Cortez.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: We had some beautiful days where the sea didn’t even look like it was moving, then towards the end of the week some warm breezes on the Pacific strong enough to produce whitecaps. It is still cooler than normal for this time of year and still not a drop of rain for Cabo San Lucas.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 79 F in the areas we are fishing.

BEST LURES: Caballito, cedar plugs, silver, green colors.