Pisces Fish Report

June 10th to 17th, 2010

Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 68%

BILLFISH: We wish we could say that fishing was better than it is, but we can’t; even though we had some great catches, the consistency just wasn’t there. It tended to be feast or famine. Nevertheless, marlin was the top catch this week with forty two percent of charters catching stripers. Two of our boats fought the most prized of all billfish, the broadbill swordfish, on June 13th, both at the 11.50 spot, but unfortunately could not get them on board. A group from South Carolina, fishing aboard “Attitude Adjustment” fought the first swordfish and tried to bait four striped marlin without success. The Gordon’s from Weimar, Texas fought their swordfish for over an hour before losing it, aboard “Rebecca”….pretty disappointing for everybody. It’s been a tough week with clients, as Cabo has such a great reputation that people expect to catch fish all the time and the crews feel the pressure, as they want to catch fish too; it’s a matter of professional pride and they want their anglers to be happy. However, with the effects of the El Niño current on the way out we are confident that it won’t be long until things are back on track and of course the only way to catch fish is to go out and get some lines in the water. We did have some very nice catches though, such as those on June 10th, when the Damon family from Satellite Beach, Florida fished aboard “Tracy Ann”, just a mile and a half from shore at Cabeza de Ballena, where they released two striped marlin and boated a dorado and a tuna. A few days later they went on to release another striped marlin and boat a tuna, on the same boat, this time off of the Old Lighthouse. We met a lovely young English couple from Sheffield, Chris and Sally Wade, who went out on the “Rebecca” and did extremely well to release three striped marlin at the 11.50 spot, estimated at 100 to 130 lbs, all on live mackerel. This same day, June 15th, “Tracy Ann” fishing this same area released two striped marlin for Lindsay Jones & Jackson Halder from Helena, Montana. “Tracy Ann” scored big again, on June 14th, with a triple marlin day, seven miles from the 11.50 spot, all released after taken live mackerel for Ted O’Neil & Douglas Cole Jr, from Dublin and Livermore, California, respectively. “C Rod” also had a good mixed bag day for James Fowler from Mound, Texas with a striped marlin released, four tuna and one dorado boated, again at the 11.50 spot. Pisces anglers caught a total of 24 striped marlin this week, all released.

 

OTHER SPECIES: Slim pickings on smaller game this week, with just sixteen percent of boat catching tuna and nine percent catching dorado. Tuna catches were usually of a single fish as were dorado, with weights just average on both species at 15 to 25 lbs. We had a couple of wahoo, one at 45 lbs that took at guacamaya lure six miles from Cerro Colorado, for Matt Covell from La Cañada aboard “No Big Deal”. The other wahoo was 38 lbs aboard “La Brisa” on a petrolero lure for Dan Emerson from Boise, Idaho. A few skipjacks, jack crevalles and even a manta ray was caught and released.

LOCATION: 11.50 spot, Cabeza de Ballena, Cerro Colorado, Old Lighthouse, and Destiladeres.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Clear, sunny skies, moderate to choppy seas, no calming, pacific side rough.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 77 F

BEST LURES: Live mackerel, caballito, petroleros, guacamaya, green, cedar plugs, and feathers.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

Damon Denan from Satellite Beach, Florida, was a bit overwhelmed by his marlin.....but did a good job anyway, aboard Tracy Ann

Fishing News: June 19th , 2010

- Yvette Ray from Franklin, NC released one striped marlin (approximately 130 Lbs) aboard “Rebecca”

-Aboard “Valerie”, Ashik Revdiwala from Houston TX released one striped marlin and caught 3 yellow fin tunas between 18- 20 lbs.

- Here is the picture of Kevin Skillern from Dallas, TX who caught this impressive 50 lbs Dorado aboard “Andrea”, shown here with Captain Orlando and Deckhand Beto Lira.

Nice wahoo for Emerson Family from Idaho

The Emerson family were thrilled to catch this beautiful wahoo which weighed 38 lbs aboard “La Brisa” on Tuesday June 15th . Many meals will come from this one fish and the meat is about the best you can get, firm, white and no bones. Shown here also are crew members Nicolas Winkler and Salvador Flores……Salvador is particularly good with kids.

Top Anglers - June 15th

Top anglers today were Chris and Sally Wade from Sheffield, England.

They have been travelling for five months and have been all over the world. They considered fishing in New Zealand which is actually home to the largest striped marlin on record; getting up to 495 lbs, but decided Cabo was better value and gave them better odds and they were right……they released three striped marlin today.

Pancho - Pisces P.R

This is Pancho our P.R guy…..he meets anglers at the dock when they get back from fishing and is always available to take any unused bait off of their hands…..the sweet face belies a huge body that hasn’t missed too many meals.

Pancho our friendly local sea-lion, loves to impress with his agility and P.R skills……

Look at those kids faces, they never knew a sea lion was so big!

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PISCES FISH REPORT

June 3rd to 9th, 2010

Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 90%

BILLFISH: We saw a very nice increase on marlin catches this week, making them the number one catch in Cabo this report. Nevertheless, anglers were noticeably absent from Cabo, so very few boats went out. This is a shame as the fishing is now back, after six pretty much dry, marlin months. Top boat for us this week was “Tracy Ann” with four striped marlin released plus one tuna boated on June 7th, all caught close by, just two miles out from Chileno by Scarlett and Lee Gibson fishing with Brent Stiehl all from Newman, Georgia. Another boat that did well was “Ruthless” with two marlin released, this time a long way off at Destiladeres on June 4th; both marlin took live caballito for Robert Kleypas and Gaylon Freeman, from Texas. This same day Duncan Giddings celebrated his tenth wedding anniversary with wife Linda by fishing aboard “Rebecca”, they were thrilled to release a striped marlin (see photo, that’s Duncan embracing his marlin) and to boat one dorado, which were scarce this week. “La Brisa” had a double marlin day on the 9th for Nicolas Kokinelis and Chris Vasiliou from Tarpon Springs, Florida and Bethesda, Maryland, respectively; they fished just one mile from Cerro Blanco with the marlin taking live mackerel, they also caught a jack crevalle. The boat with most variety this week was “Valerie” on June 8th, with one striped marlin released, two wahoo and one tuna boated for a group of fathers and sons consisting of Richard Kernion, Sr. and Jr from Matarie, Louisiana fishing with friends, Luke Manfre, John & Brandon Brignac, David and Pierce McBride. Sixty one percent of charters caught marlin this week, all stripers. Pisces anglers caught a total of 18 marlin, with 16 released. Those boated were 100 and 130 lbs.

OTHER SPECIES: Not a great deal of action on smaller game this week as marlin dominated the catches. As mentioned above there were two wahoo on the Valerie, quite nice sizes at 40 and 50 lbs each that took blue and while colored lures. There was one other wahoo, a bit smaller at 30 lbs caught aboard “Rebecca” taken by Duncan and Linda Giddens, mentioned above, from Lighthouse Point, Florida who also got their second dorado. Yellowfin tuna catches were sporadic with twenty two percent of boats catching football size fish in the 10 to 20 lb class. The most any boat caught was four, “La Brisa”; this was for Nick Kokinelis & Chris Vasilion who also released a striped marlin this day, June 8th. Just a few jack crevalle around, otherwise, no other small game for us.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Skies clear, seas moderate tending to rough the days the wind blew. The Sea of Cortez was much calmer than the Pacific which experienced cold and windy days, with whitecaps and fog on some mornings.

LOCATION: Chileno, Cerro Blanco, Santa Maria, Destiladeras.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: Depending on where you fished, it ranged from 77 to 81 F.

BEST LURES: Live bait for marlin, cedar plugs for tuna, green/yellow, blue/white.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

Fishing news

Sheryl Denan from Satellite Beach, FL had a great time with her children aboard “Tracy Ann” on Thursday.

This was the first time that her kids were fishing for marlin. They released two striped marlin and also caught one dorado and one yellow fin tuna.

Good job boys!

Fishing on the Tracy Ann Monday June 7th 2010

We had a great time on the Tracy Ann this past Monday! It was my 6th trip and my wife's 5th trip to Cabo and our friend Brent Stiehl came on his first trip and bagged his first two striped marlin! We've fished with the Pisces Fleet on several occasions and have never come back disappointed! The Captains are expert fishermen and the mates are first class! Our Crew, Captain Julio, Martine, and Raul, worked especially hard all day and never took a break! We caught 4 Striped Marlin all were good size and even the small one gave us a great show on top of the water! The three largest were all well in the 120 to 150 pound range. And there were even 3 or 4 that the crew worked hard to hook but we couldn't get them to take the bait. In all my trips to Cabo this was the most fish I've ever seen on a single day! My wife caught a real nice Yellow Fin Tuna in the 25 pound range. It was promptly filleted and bagged at the marina and we had the hotel cook it for dinner. Without a doubt the best tuna you could ever have! If you are coming to Cabo and thinking about fishing you can't go wrong with Pisces!

The prices are competitive and the crews will work hard to find and catch fish!

Thanks for a great time! We'll be back!!

Lee and Scarlett Gibson from Newman, GA

Brent Stiehl