Fishing news

This impressive dorado was one of three caught on Monday, July 26th by Michael White and Bryan Northcutt from Houston, Texas. It was one of three fish they caught aboard “Ruthless” at  11:50 Spot on petrolero lure.

 Deckhand Beto Lira, is in the foreground with the red visor and Captain Leon Camacho can be seen in the background.

Latest Fish Report

            PISCES FISH REPORT

           
         JULY 15th to 21st, 2010

Overall Catch Success Rate 92%

BILLFISH: We are thrilled with the fishing right now, we had great catches abounding around our shores. Ninety percent of charters are catching billfish right now, with blue marlin showing, up sailfish present and the most numerous being striped marlin. Striped marlin can be found from the East Cape down to Cabo. We had some great catches, such as one blue marlin around 200 lbs and four striped marlin released aboard “Tracy Ann” on July 21st by Matthew Pace, Peter Page and Roman King, from Stockton, California, at the 11.50 spot. This same day “Valerie” had two striped marlin, a sailfish and two tuna in the same location for Chris Oswalt and friends from Memphis, Tn. For sheer marlin numbers, “Attitude Adjustment” was the top boat with six stripers released for Wes & Brandie Leifer, from Yorba Linda, Ca fishing with Brad Robinson. “Ruthless” had the first blue marlin of the week, a little over 200 lbs, at Punta Gorda for Mark Cherney from Ladesa Ranch Ca. Jerame & Mandi Shultz from Salt Lake City fished with Steve & Laura Lee from Houston and did very well to release four striped marlin aboard “No Big Deal” on live bait. Pisces anglers caught a total of 54 striped marlin, 2 blue marlin and 2 sailfish; all but four fish were released.


OTHER SPECIES: Marlin was by far the most abundant game fish this week followed by dorado. Thirty-two percent of boats caught dorado though usually the catches were no more than one or two fish with sizes from 15 to 50 lbs. The Dorado Shootout took place at East Cape, in which over 400 anglers participated with the winning fish 53 lbs that took $33,000.00 dollars and a new pickup truck for first place. Yellow fin tuna catches were at thirteen percent with catches usually of a single fish; the exception was “ C Rod” with ten caught at Destiladeras in the 10 to 15 lb class, plus a wahoo and one dorado for Kathryn & Chris Collins, Nicholas & Joe Warner, all from Las Vegas. “Ruthless” had a fabulous day on July 20th, with Amy & Rusty Olsen from San Antonio, Texas when they caught three wahoo up to 40 lbs, plus two dorado and a sailfish released, all at Destiladeres. “Ruthless” was also the only boat to catch a hammerhead shark plus a striped marlin, for Jason Smyrl and friends from Texas.


LOCATION: 11.50 spot, Destiladeres, 95 spot, Palmilla.


WEATHER CONDITIONS: Sunny, hot, clear skies, seas mostly calm….the Pacific seems to have its own climate though; still cool and breezy.


AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 76 F


BEST LURES: Live bait, green/black, orange/black, petrolero, guacamaya.


Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

Rusty & Amy Olsen from San Antonio, TX

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This beautiful, large male dorado was caught by Ben Barnhill from Greenville, SC at 11:50 Spot on Black/Brown lure

The male is distinguished from the female by the shape of its head; the male has a square head and the female a rounded one.

There are some small tuna around, like this one caught by Emily Barnhill ; tuna are actually one of the strongest fish in the ocean and not that easy to reel in…this one will make great sushi.

Fishing news : July 23rd

- Benjamin Comeskey, Evan Stuller and Lauren Hendrickson from Austin & Dallas, TX released one sailfish and two striped marlin aboard “La Brisa”

- Dana and Phill Zeip from Scotts Valley, CA released one striped marlin and caught six nice yellow fin tuna which made a delicious dinner and there are still plenty of fillets to take home.

- Jorge and Antonio Arteaga from Chula Vista, Ca released 2 striped marlin and decided to keep one aboard “Valerie”

- Ben, Emily and Jane Barnhill from Greenville, South Carolina were the top anglers of the day by releasing three striped marlin , catching a 20 lb yellow fin tuna and a nice 50 lb dorado aboard “Tracy Ann” with captain Julio Castro..Congrats!!

 

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We received some great pictures from Scott , Beth and daughter Morgan Wilcox from Freeville, NY

They released three striped marlin and were also fortunate to boat two dorado aboard “Rebecca”

Latest Fish Report

July 8th to 14th, 2010

Overall Catch Success Rate 96%

BILLFISH: This week we saw a vast improvement on marlin catches with eighty one percent of our charters catching between one and six billfish per day. It seems that we have finally turned the corner and our good old Cabo catches are back. Nevertheless, the Pacific continues to be considerably colder than the Sea of Cortez. Daniel Myers Sr. & Jr. fished aboard “Valerie” and got our first blue marlin of the season, estimated at 270 lbs, caught out of Punta Gorda on a brown and green lure on July 8th. Kathy Morris, is a petite woman with a lot of gumption, she is from Austin, Texas and fished alone aboard “Andrea” on July 9th, at the 95 spot, where she released a total of SIX striped marlin…..way to go…fish were caught on a combination of live bait and pink lures. This same day “La Brisa” got out second blue marlin of the season, a bit smaller at 180 lbs – released and also a striped marlin was fought and freed and they boated one yellowfin tuna for Chad & Kristin Shimaitis also from Austin, Texas. On July 12th “Ruthless” was the hot boat, releasing four marlin at the 11.50 spot, all on live caballito for Jeremy & Esther Nichols from San Francisco fishing with Jaime & Bob Tarpley from Washington. “Ruthless” equaled this catch again on July 13th, same place, same technique, giving them four striped marlin for Ray King III & Ray King Jr. from Muskogge, Oklahoma. There were several boats that had triple and double marlin days plus an odd table fish too. Pisces anglers caught a total of 75 marlin of which all but one were released.

OTHER SPECIES: Dorado catches were actually quite good with forty two percent of charters catching between one and five fish – best dorado boat was “Rebecca” the day they fished Destiladeres, giving them a total of five, plus two wahoo for the Gelhaus family from Concord, California. Dorado were found over a wide area being picked up at Chileno and 11.50 spot as well. Tuna catches were not that far behind those of dorado, with thirty five percent of boats catching between one and thirty three football size fish (from 15 to 30 lbs). “Andrea” was the top tuna boat with 33 fish caught on cedar plugs and green colored lure, four miles from the 180 spot, caught by Nick and Mary Beth Hazeldine from England…..many were released in keeping with the quotas. Pretty good wahoo catches this week with some boats getting a couple in a day with weights no more than 48 lbs. They were found off of San Jose and also at the 11.50 spot. Closer to shore there were some jack crevalle and a few rooster fish.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Good on the Cortez mostly calm seas and clear skies, rougher on the Pacific.

LOCATION: 11.50 spot, Chileno, 95 spot, live bait, cedar plugs, green, petrolero, pink lures.

AVERGE WATER TEMP: 82 F

Based on the catches of Pisces By Tracy Ehrenberg

Jared Wabbel and friends from Vista, CA released three striped marlin,

caught two wahoo and one dorado aboard "Rebecca"

Kathy´s Thank you letter

Good Afternoon!

I just want to thank you all again for 2 wonderful fishing trips! I will remember them for a lifetime and tell my future children and grandchildren in the years to come! The captains and the mates working on both the Andrea and the Rebecca were very friendly and professional. I am attaching a few pictures from both trips that were on Friday, July 9th and monday, July 12th. I hope that you like them and I look forward to fishing with you all again in the future! :-)

Sincerely,

Kathy Morris from Austin, TX

Fishing news: July 17th

- Top anglers of the day were Wes and Brandie Liefer from Yorbalinda, CA and Brad Robinson from Blythe, CA aboard "Attitude Adjustment" releasing a total of six striped marlin and they also caught one nice dorado for dinner… Well done!

- Mike Moertl and Tom Hayes from Phoenix, Arizona released two striped marlin aboard "Rebecca"

- Last day of fishing for Joe McPeek and Bill Sledge from Texas aboard "Andrea"

   They released two striped marlin and kept one wahoo to take home

Anglers of the day: July 15th

Anglers of the day: July 15th

What a great fishing day for Joe McPeek and Bill Sledge from Houston, Texas, yesterday they released two Striped marlin and caught a 100 lbs Yellow fin tuna and a 50 lbs Dorado aboard "Rebecca"

Congratulations guys!!

Fishing news : July 13th

Ray King III and Ray King Jr from Muskogge, OK our anglers of the day, released four striped marlin aboard “Ruthless”

Cary Wolfrom and Shawni Warner from Yorbalinda, California released three striped marlin abord “Tracy Ann”

Scott and Beth Wilcox from Freeville, NY released three striped marlin and also caught two dorado aboard “Rebecca”

Pictured below is Richard Bolcerek, Traci Sweeten and Bonnie Strong from Springs, Texas went fishing for half day releasing three striped marlin and caught a 40 lbs wahoo aboard “Valerie”