Nice Weather & Catches Today

It was cold on the Pacific today but not on the Cortez side, as shown here at the 11.50 spot where La Brisa released this 145 lb striped marlin for Larry Haight from Moor Park Ca, mate Salvador is also in the photo. Fish took Larry 30 minutes to get to the boat after it took a ballyhoo.

Australia Gets Meal Aboard Rebecca

Australian angler gets a great meal aboard the Rebecca, with J.R Alucano. Meet Ross Martin from Australia; he caught the biggest dorado we have seen in awhile today, this male (recognized by the square head) was caught on a ballyhoo at the 11.50 spot. Now which one do you think is Jose Ramon and which one is the Australian?

PISCES FISH REPORT April 28th to May 4th, 2012

Overall Catch Success Rate 100%

BILLFISH: What a great week for fishing, beautiful weather, clear sunny sky and tons of striped marlin. Multiple catches on most boats, there were actually quite few the ones who caught only one fish, most of them were between 3 and 4 striped marlin. Our 42 ft “Yahoo” and the 32ft “Bill Collector” were the only two boats to reach 5 marlin released in one day, Yahoo with Captain Ricardo Escamilla released all 5 of them for the Kenedy party from Englewood CO on April 29^th, and Captain Julio Gonzales aboard the Bill Collector for Mattew Rainwater and Sean O’neil from Texas on May 3^rd. “Andrea” released 4 striped marlin for Joseph Eskew from Lewsville TX on April 30^th, and another 4 for Danny Dale King’s party from Syracuse, UT on May 2^nd, same day “Adriana “ also released 4 stripeys for Brad Child and Zack McGahey from San Mateo, CA, and the “Yahoo” released also 4 striped marlin for Mark Chiavetta and Captain Julio Gonzales from the Bill Collector, weird isn’t it? 85% of the boats caught marlin, a total of 67 striped marlin were caught, all of them were successfully released :D

OTHER SPECIES: Very few boats went out looking for small game this week, however, the ones who did, came back with roosterfish, yellowtail and Spanish mackerel (sierrita). Still very slow for Dorado, only 4 were caught in the whole week, tuna season is closing in, remember last May we caught 157 tunas and it jumped to 800 in June.

LOCATION: 11:50 spot for the marlin, Old Lighthouse and Pedregalito for small game.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: 91 – 94 F, beautiful week, although on Friday there was an electric storm and huge black clouds, however, only 20 seconds of rain, that was our London weather of the year.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 68 - 72F

BEST LURES: Live bait, small yellowtail, dead ballyhoo. Green lures.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Jorge Narro.

Todays Roundup by Popular Request

It has been brought to our attention that some of you just want the quick facts and not a whole story, so here goes.

April 30th: La Brisa 3 striped marlin, Andrea 3 striped marlin.
April 29th: Valerie 2 striped marlin, Yahoo 5 striped marlin, 1 dorado.
April 28th: Rebecca 2 striped marlin 1 dorado, Ruthless 4 yellowtail 2 sierra,  Andrea 1 striped marlin.

Latest Fish Report

April 20th to 27th, 2012

Overall Catch Success Rate for all Species Combined 90%

Ruthless April 27th, this angler was overjoyed to meet his marlin up close and personal before letting him go.

BILLFISH: This week we had very good marlin catches, making it the number one fish in Cabo. Close to seventy percent of our charters caught striped marlin between 120 and 180 lbs with catches ranging from one to six fish per boat per day. This is quite surprising as the weather has been rather windy and very breezy on the Pacific; however the catches have all be on the Cortez side with the 11.50 spot still the best place for a marlin encounter. Our top boat this week was 31 ft Bertram “La Brisa”; they had a total of eighteen marlin over five trips. Best day for this boat was April 26^th when they had Randy & Steve Mazzuca aboard from Walnut Creek, Ca along with Jamie Jose from Graham, Wa.  All of their fish were caught on live bait, with the largest being 140 lbs. This same day “Ruthless” had four at the same location, the 11.50 for the Rowe’s from Stewart, British Columbia. One other boat with a quadruple marlin day on this same date was “Yahoo” for group from Cambridge Mass, headed up by Robert Walsh.   A few days before this it was the “Rebecca” that came back with most flags, for releasing four marlin on ballyhoo for Pam & Jeff Redmond, Barry & Connie Gosselin from Canada. Anglers had a lot of fun and it was exciting to have so much action, even though there was an odd boat here and there, doing everything right, being in the right place at the right time, with the right bait, that failed to get a hook up”; but that’s fishing. Pisces anglers had a total of seventy two striped marlin this week, with seventy released.

More marlin aboard Ruthless April 27th, great day, just look at the colors.

OTHER SPECIES: It was a bonanza inshore this week. We had a group that fished several pangas from Pedregal up to El Molino on the Pacific, which was cold and windy, but who cares when you are catching fish. The water on the Pacific was considerably colder 67 to 70 degrees, but the fish liked it, affording opportunities for yellowtail, roosterfish, sierra, skipjack and some nice cabrillas caught aboard the panga “Salsa”. The group we had from Colorado had a fabulous time having a friendly competition, followed by an informal awards dinner at Captain Tony’s where they brought their catch to be cooked. We had a thresher

Thresher shark 110 lbs aboard La Brisa, they also released three marlin

 shark, the largest we have seen in a while aboard “La Brisa” on April 27^th. Captain Rey had anglers Greg Nelson, Teymur Englesby & Harley Mayers from Vancouver aboard at the 11.50 spot. They had already released three striped marlin when the crew spotted the shark jumping amongst the marlin. They had ballyhoo ready to go and pitched it to the shark which took it immediately. The anglers decided to keep, what turned out to be a 110 lb specimen.

LOCATION: For marlin the 11.50 spot and just beyond it was the ticket. This is on the Cortez side about 27 miles from Cabo and around 20 miles offshore. For smaller game it was Pacific from Land’s End to the desal plant.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: We use Terrafin to check sea surface temperatures and what to look for is the temperature break, in other words, where two different temperatures appear side by side, this causes an upwelling of nutrients and usually spells fish in the area. This week we could see 67 F next to 72 F water, exactly at the 11.50 spot, which is probably why the catches were so good there for marlin.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Some partly cloudy days especially towards the close of the week, rough on the Pacific, calm to moderate seas on the Cortez side.

BEST LURES: Live bait or ballyhoo

Based on the Catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

Inshore Catches Were Great Today!

The guys in the photo above are Phil Owens & Chris Frey from Denver, Colorado. They had a great time on Ginny, sierra, rooster and yellow tail.

Shown on the left is style icon captain Francisco of the panga Salsa. A catch not often seen was three cabrillas (sea bass) as well as a yellowtail for Rob Tichy, Steve Pohl, Kelly Wood from Colorado.

 In this panga, Santi, they also had some nice yellowtail  for Mike Lisisko, Mike Ortega, Pete Holt, also from Colorado.

Happy anglers from the Panga Gloria, they have enough fish here to feed several people. 

Hey, this guy doesn't care that he only caught a sierra he was still thrilled.

Who Are These Guys?





A fine looking group and pretty happy too, then again they did catch four striped marlin aboard "Ruthless" with captain Leon Camacho. Pictured here are Larry Rowe, Neil Rowe, Larry Smith, Codie Rase, Tom and Adam Smith all from British Columbia, Canada. They caught their fish at the 11.50 spot  on jurelito and ballyhoo. Great job team!

Not A Bad Day...

Andrea took top honors today, releasing three striped marlin at the 11.50 spot . Two of the fish took dead ballyhoo baits and the third took a squid colored lure. Anglers were Brian Peterson from Bemidji, Minnesota, Eric Peterson from Stillwater, Oklahoma, Bruce Peterson from Littlefork, Minnesota and I guess the lady didn't count, because the dockmasters did not pass us her name....but she was the best looking one on the boat. Deckhand Ernesto is seen on the far left and captain Orlando on the far left.

 

We Are on TV!

Famous British actor Robson Green challenges Julio from the Tracy Ann to a '"fish off". No prizes for guessing who wins.....anyway we can't view it from Mexico it block us, so if you can watch it for us and let us know your feedback http://www.channel5.com/shows/robsons-extreme-fishing-challenge/episodes/episode-3-400

Pisces Weekly Fish Report April 14th to 20th

PISCES FISH REPORT

April 14^th to 20^th, 2012

Overall Catch Success Rate 71%

BILLFISH: Marlin were about the only game in town this week and with few anglers and few boats going out, the catch rates hovered at sixty percent. The weather has not stabilized, meaning some days it would be baking hot, then the next breezy and fresh, which caused the water temperature to drop several degrees this week.  Catches of striped marlin remained consistent up until the 19thk when they dropped considerably, with the only remarkable catch taking place on that day, for “Tracy Ann” who did remarkably well to release five striped marlin ranging in size from 100 to 150 lbs for John Staub, Ed Cain, John Courson, Mogen Smeel and Jack Matthews, a group of guys from Arizona, Texas, Illnois and Calgary.  All of their marlin took bait, ballyhoo and jurelito between Cabeza de Ballena and Lands’ End, three and a half miles offshore. April 17^th was a good day too, when “Bill Collector” released three at the 11.50 spot and Chileno for Charlie Keeny and Mike Weinsz from Canton, Ohio. This same day “Tracy Ann” had three at the 11.50 spot for Lance Kozak, Rick Mully and Rick Carson from Alberta, Canada. The only other boat with a triple fish day was “C Rod” on the 15^th with three fish between 130 and 145 lbs also at the 11.50 spot for Guy Schweppe & Leah Poporich from Austin Texas. These fish took a combination of caballito and ballyhoo. David Wanderer & Brett Walker from Bozeman, Montana, were not far behind them though, as they released two striped marlin, one actually on a Petrolero lure, one of the only marlin caught on artificial bait this week and the other on live bait aboard “Attitude Adjustment”. Pisces anglers caught 28 striped marlin this week, with all but one released.

OTHER SPECIES: We caught just one dorado this week and no tuna. Inshore there were just a few roosters and sierra, but then again most boats were off in search of marlin so it’s not to say that there was no small game action. Up the Pacific coast a little we did hear of some boats doing well on yellowtail up to 35 lbs, which is great eating by the way.

LOCATION: Sea of Cortez, Lands End to the 11.50 spot.

WEATHER: Clear, sunny skies, calm on the Cortez, windy on Pacific, rougher at the weeks’ close.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 69 F

BEST LURES: Live caballito and jurelito, dead ballyhoo.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg