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Pisces Weekly Fish Report August 27th to September 2nd

Overall Catch Success Rate 95.2%

BILLFISH: Water is not getting any cooler, weather was very hot as well starting on 95f with one day reaching the 105. We had a little bit of rain near San Jose del Cabo but so far not a drop in Cabo San Lucas. This week the Billfish catch rate dropped from 46% to 35% with only a few boats catching Billfish. “Ruthless” released two Striped Marlin, landed 6 Dorados and a 20 lbs white skipjack for Matt & Heather Adamson from Midlothian TX on August 27^th. On the 31^st, “Tracy Ann” released two Striped Marlin as well and landed 10 Yellow Fin Tuna for Larry Berriochoa from Aurora, CO. 9 Striped Marlin were caught this week, 7 were released.

OTHER SPECIES: Well, what can we say about small game this wee? Week started a little bit slow but “Falcon” started the tuna frenzy landing 15 tunas for David Fox from New York, NY. Next day “Tracy Ann” caught 20 yellow fin between 10/30 lbs and 2 dorados over 20 lbs for Mike Conger and son from Atlanta GA, the very next they, father and son took a trip on “Ruthless” and landed 21 more tunas and 1 more dorado to their count. Tim Johnston from Montana on a memorial trip for his brother caught 12 tunas, 1 dorado and a 140 lbs striped marlin who died before they could release it, he and his friend Luis Tavarez went on a second trip aboard the “Rebecca” and added 25 more tuna and one more dorado. Tim and Luis get the catch of the week with most fish caught in one day.

Rebecca Bañaga with her dinner.

LOCATION: Golden Gate, Los Arcos.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: 90 to 96F. Partly cloudy.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 86 – 88F

BEST LURES: Green petroleros, caballito.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Jorge Narro

It's Mario's Birthday

Our beloved dockmaster Mario celebrates a birthday today. His is no easy job, to be up early and as the dock every day making sure the boats have what they are supposed to have, to greet the anglers, take care of paperwork and be there when they get back in the afternoon. He has juggled as many as 100 boats in a day, so he has to know what he is doing. So how does he keep a smile on his face.....well take a look at who he gets to work with... a lot of cool girls as well as the captains and mates. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIO; we are not saying how many it is.



Cabos Smallest Sailfish!

 Chris Fuller, Ruben Orantes & Rob Lawford Pose with a 3 lb Sailfish

Rob Lawford captain of "Petrolero" called us today to tell us about his unique catch this past Saturday. He was fishing close to the Iman Bank just east of La Fortuna looking for tuna. They were using live sardines as bait and fishing with 40 lb leader and size 2 circle hooks, when their bait got bit by what they thought was a needlefish, according to one of the crew, but Rob insisted "you know I think it's a sailfish", sure enough as it got closer to the boat, putting on an incredible aerobatic display, they realized that it was definitely a tiny sailfish. This is when the importance of circle hooks is clearly illustrated; the hook did its job, catching in the corner of the mouth, not damaging any soft tissue and not being swallowed - after a brief five minutes on the line and posing for the paparazzi, the tiny sailfish was successfully released.  Pisces has been using live bait exclusively with cirlce hooks for the past three years now in an attempt to lower fish mortality rates.

Striped Marlin Release Video

Pisces Weekly Fish Report August 20th to 26th

Overall Catch Success Rate 62%

BILLFISH: Water is still hot 86 to 88 F, which is quite normal for this time of year; clouds gathered on the horizon turning the air humid but no rain was produced. Live bait was on the scarce side, which may have been a factor in less striped marlin catches, but again, this is the time of year when we see a dip on this species and should see more action on blues and blacks. “La Brisa” caught and released 2 striped marlin for Dirk and Tricia Rachfall from Westminster B.C. and landed a very nice 30 lbs dorado for a lovely dinner. On the 24^th, “Ruthless” released the only sailfish of the week as well as a striped marlin and kept 20 lbs dorado for Matt & Heather Adamson from Middleton, TX – both of these groups were repeat clients that always seem to do well. Forty six percent of our boats caught billfish, a total of 7 striped marlin and one sailfish, all released.

OTHER SPECIES: Tuna catches are on the slow side, but when caught tended to have a better size than the norm, with most being over 30 lbs and the largest was a150 lb species caught by Harvey Rosen & Mort Perchick from New York aboard the “Bill Collector” they hooked this large tuna 30 miles out from the Old Lighthouse on the Pacific Side. Dorado were mostly absent at the start of the week, but by Wednesday the catches changed with most boats catching between six and nine ranging from 25 to 45 lbs. Some skipjack made an appearance and “Rebecca” caught a 30 lbs wahoo along with 7 dorados and one striped marlin released for our good friend Dr. Gary Allison from Henderson, NV.

Harvey Rosen & Mort Perchick, New York, N.Y. with their 150 lbs yellow fin tuna.

LOCATION: 95 spot, Los Arcos, Herradura, Golden Gate.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: 90 to 96F. Partly cloudy.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 86 – 88F

BEST LURES: Green petroleros, caballito.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg and Jorge Narro

Pisces Weekly Fish Report August 13th to 19th

Overall Catch Success Rate 68%

BILLFISH: Full moon combined with 88F waters are giving anglers a hard time. Many clients report they are watching the marlin jump out the water and even play with the bait but they are just not biting. Still, “Shambala” went kite fishing and managed to catch and release one Sailfish and one Striped marlin for Johnny Mac Powers from Rockwall, TX on August 13^th. After that it got pretty slow for billfish, until the 17^th when “Adriana” released a Blue Marlin estimated at 250 lbs and landed 9 Dorados between 25 to 44 lbs for Javier Guzman from Ynez, CA. And on the 18^th, “Great Escape” caught a 350lbs Blue Marlin, the angler fought for over an hour and used a petrolero lure. This week only 30% of the boats caught billfish, a total of 4 striped marlin, one sailfish and two blue marlin, only one was kept by the angler.

OTHER SPECIES: On small game, tuna catches keep dropping as the season ends until they come back later on the year, on the other side, dorado keeps getting better with over 76% of the boats catching this gorgeous and delicious fish. We had some great catches this week, on August 15^th, Dylan Allman (age 9) from Stamford CT caught a 25 lbs dorado and a 65 lbs Wahoo. Fish was caught outside the Old Lighthouse with a grey/green lure. It took him 20 minutes to boat the fish. Same day “CROD” caught a 154 lbs yellowfin tuna for Steve, Heather & Patrick Sack from Chicago IL, they fought for the fish for over 3 hours on 30 lbs test line. We had a couple of rooster fish closer to shore but no other species caught.

LOCATION: Punta Gorda, Destiladeras, Herradura, 11:50, Los Arcos, San Jaime.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: 91F feels like 105, clear skies.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 86 – 88F

BEST LURES: Green petroleros, caballito.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Jorge Narro

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Wahoo 62 lbs Caught by 9 1/2 year old boy

With summer here and the kids off school a lot of parents are looking for a place to take the kids, not too expensive, not too far, lots of outdoor adventure and safe....guess that's why they came up with Cabo, which paid off for 9 1/2 year old Dylan Allman from Stamford, CT who caught an impressive 62 lbs Wahoo today aboard the "Tracy Ann". Fish was caught outside the Old Lighthouse with a grey/green lure. It took him 20 minutes to boat the fish. Seeing as Dylan caught the fish, he gets the spotlight alone first but here he is shown with proud mom and dad.

The Allman family were not the only ones having fun in Cabo, the Sack family from Chicago had their work cut out for the today board "  C Rod" after they hooked a brutish tuna on 30 lb test, 30 miles off of the Old Lighthouse on a live caballito. It too them three hours to bring in this 154 lb yellowfin  - now that's team work!

 

Perfect End To The Day

These two lovely Texan ladies went out on a panga the other day and did really well catching a marlin and a dorado.  We had the dorado delivered to Captain Tony's who do an excellent job as always. Fish prepared several ways, a crisp salad and their signature mesquite oven foccacia.