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

We Don't Think This is How It Is Supposed to be Done

This photo was sent in by long time friend and fishing buddy, Ken Eberle from Texas. He said he had never been spearfishing before, but he was pretty sure this is not the way it is done. We bet that really hurt! That said Los Cabos is an ideal place to learn to spearfish and we have a couple of expert guides that can show you the ropes.

Marlin Bite Heats Up, Five on One Boat

Tracy Ann is already back in port today, she was tied up by 2.30 pm and as you can see from the photo she had happy anglers on board. They proudly backed in with FIVE marlin flags flying. All of their fish were released and took live bait; one took a ballyhoo and the other four took "jurelitos" or greenjacks, they fished three to four miles offshore at Cabeza de Ballena and Cerro Blanco, in other words close to Cabo. The anglers shown in the cockpit are

Mogens Smeel de Calgary Alberta, Ed Cain from Phoenix, Az, John Staub from Scottsdale, Az. John Courson de Southlake, Tx. and Jack Matthews from Oak Park, Illinos. Crew shown in the background are Captain Julio up on the bridge and deckhands Fernando and Martin on the engine boxes. Great work guys! 

Jaws Up Close!

Here is another picture of the huge shark found dead in a net off of the coast of Sonora. What a beautiful fish and what a shame, nevetheless not one scrap went to waste; it fed the whole town.

2000 lb Shark Caught in Sea of Cortez

On Sunday April 15^th, two commercial fishermen Guadalupe y Baltazar, motored out in their panga with its 75 hp outboard motor, from the Sonoran region, on the mainland side of the Sea of Cortez, known as El Choyudo to check their nets that they had set the night before. Little did they know that they were in for the surprise of their lives.  As they began to haul their net in, it seemed much heavier than usual – more than their usual catch of smaller scale fish. “We were amazed and immediately realized that we had a huge, dead, great white shark and  then we thought what are we going to do?” said Guadalupe. They were in a dilemma; how to get it back to shore? Though they were less than two miles from the beach, there was no way they could possibly get this monster into their 22 ft skiff. They thought about it for a few minutes then decided to tow it to shore and radioed for help. It took an hour to make it back to the beach where it took fifty people to drag it up onto the sand. The shark was measured and was just shy of twenty feet long and a record catch for this area, with it weighing one ton or 2000 lbs. Guadalupe y Baltazar swore they had never seen a fish this big before in their lives, even though on March 13^th of this year, some of their fellow fishermen had also caught a great white, which had weighed 450 kg or 990 lbs. They added “we have seen a lot of sharks, in fact this is an area known for sharks, but we have never seen anything like his”. Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency (Profepa) are investigating as this is a protected species and they thought is strange that a fish like this would be so close to shore

Another Swordfish and Fishing Updates

April 7^th to 13^th, 2012

Overall Catch Success Rate 78%

BILLFISH:  The week started out on the slow side, but as the moon began to decrease in size the marlin catches started to come back. Starting out the report was “Tracy Ann” with two striped marlin released for Riley and Drew Walker from Lakeville, Minnesota, at the 11.50 spot on live jurelito, aboard “Tracy Ann”. Boats went back the next day to this same place and drew a blank with the exception of “Andrea” who released a solitary marlin for Steve Ruthenberger from East Greenville, Pennsylvania. Then we started seeing the majority of boats getting at least one. The best day of the week though was Friday, the 13^th which was decidedly lucky for several of our anglers. Andy Banbury and friends from Surrey, in B.C Canada had a fabulous day on “Rebecca” catching and releasing three striped marlin on ballyhoo at the 11.50 spot.  “Valerie” also had Canadians on board, Darcy Burton & Kyle Schuarte from Calgary; they released three marlin too on live bait in the same area. Catch of the week however, has to go to “El Gallo” a beautiful 61 ft Viking. Jess and Stacy Richards from Sugarland, Texas were on board and released two marlin on ballyhoo at the 11.50 spot, when legendary local captain Nayo Winkler, spotted what he thought was another marlin, it submerged and turned purple at which he shouted “swordfish”. They lost sight of the few and crew and anglers scanned the sea trying to find it. Nayo brought out his binoculars and found the fish, again. In the meantime the deckhand brought out his special rig, ready for an opportunity like this. It is a two speed Shimano 30, with 50 lb test line, a number ten hook and double leader consisting of 400 and 150 lb fluorocarbon. They cast live bait to the fish and hooked up, putting angler Jess in the chair, who had it to the boat one hour and ninety minutes later. When they were confident they could get it on board, the fish got a second wind and went nuts, striking the boat so hard with its bill, thrashing constantly that it broke its bill.  They managed to get it on board and back to the dock, where it was taped out at 350 lbs.   One other notable catch was a 190 lb striped marlin, released at Punta Gorda by Shawn Hall form Arlington, Washington aboard “Andrea”. Fifty three percent of our anglers caught marlin this week giving us a total of 29 striped marlin and one swordfish.

The bill had to be taped on for the photo. Anglers Jess and Stacy Richards shown Left with Legendary Captain Nayo Winkler shown standing behind them, deckhands on right.

OTHER SPECIES: Most boats concentrated on billfish this week, so not a lot happened on smaller game. Boats had to decide either to try for marlin, or skip it altogether on big moon day and try for stuff inshore, along the windy Pacific, making it tough to get hooked up. There were just a few dorado caught, mostly when looking for marlin on trolled lures. Inshore sierra, skipjacks, a few yellowtail and jack crevalle were caught as well as the odd mako and hammerhead shark.

LOCATION: 11.50 spot, Punta Gorda, Cerro Colorado, Desal plant.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Sunny, calm on Cortez, rough on Pacific, windy on Pacific.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 71 F

BEST LURES: Live caballito or jurelito, dead ballyhoo.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

Pisces NEW Sportfishing Website Homepage

For the past four months, we have been working on a few surprises for our Cabo Sportfishing enthusiasts, worldwide! Pisces Sportfishing has provided more than 300,000 fishing charters to guests for more than 34 years now. We take great pride in offering the best captains and crews to our clientele visiting Los Cabos, Mexico.

Our company philosophy has always been dedicated to an excellence in customer service standards. As an industry leader in sportfishing and yachting, our credibility and brand name has allowed our company to grow into various divisions all under the umbrella of Pisces Group Cabo. Pisces Group Cabo also includes real estate, sportfishing, yachting, a marina within the Cabo San Lucas Marina, three restaurants and one club such as Captain Tony's, El Squid Roe and Billygan's at Medano Beach and even commercial leases.

Look for the launch of our dynamic, new Pisces Sportfishing website at the end of April. Lastly, the world renowned Pisces Sportfishing Fleet Blog and Pisces Fish Report will also have a new home within the sportfishing website.

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