South African Anglers Fish in Cabo

We recently met a group from South Africa, two couples, with one couple that have relocated to Vancouver Island, Canada and the other couple still living in South Africa. They came into the Pisces office and seeing as we were fully booked we recommend them to fish with Yoyo on Fish On, (we use this captain as overflow when we are full) they had a fantastic time & caught three marlin and three dorado. We suggested they have their catch prepared at Captain Tony's next to our office and this is what they wrote " We have also had the best time at Capt. Tony's - been there pretty much every day this week!  The food and atmosphere are amazing and we will miss our daily excursion for sure when we go back to Canada tomorrow. Thanks again for your hospitality. Cabo really is a bit of heaven on earth!"
Adri Pretorius, shown below, was so enamored of Cabo she said she wants to move here.

GIRLS FISHING TRIP!

The crew look happy and why not, they hosted this group of lovely ladies aboard Tracy Ann on August 1st -  Michelle Pavlik, Kelly Jones, Sarah Mayer and Kala Brendon are from Houston and Katy, Texas caught and released three striped marlin and boated these three dorado ranging from 15 to 40 lbs. Well done girls!

 

 

Weekly Round Up

July 27th to August 2nd, 2013

Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 99%
Numbers at a glance: Billfish 97%, Dorado 54%, Tuna 24%

BILLFISH: We are having a fantastic summer with billfish thick off of the Cabo coast. Once the moon waned we saw high marlin numbers come back for many boats. Best one day today was for Pisces Tracy Ann with twelve striped marlin released at Punta Gorda for Frank & Joseph Ianno from Staten Island, New York – that’s a lot of fish for two guys. This same day, July 27th, Pisces La Brisa managed to release eight marlin in the 100 to 130 lb. range for Paul Stoakes, Jay Moroso & Brent Crifton from Orange, California. Cabolero equaled this catch with eight marlin too for a group from Caldwell, Texas headed up by Gene Chemelari. One of the most spectacular catches was aboard Great Escape Jr by Doug Schwindt, Robert Coleman & Joseph Vlatner; they caught and released two blue marlin in the 300-400 lb. class at the Carbrillo sea mount as well as landing eight tuna and a dorado – now that’s a great day…To add to the mix of blue & striped marlin, sailfish catches increased. Pisces Valerie released three up to 70 lbs. as well as a striped marlin and a dorado for William & Lisa Molfetto from Sugarland, Texas. Pisces C Rod also had three sailfish & a striped marlin, but did even better by adding a dorado, two tuna & a jack crevalle for Kevin Sihey & Charlie Gillerang from Los Angeles. Pisces Ruthless was top boat on August 1st for Kevin Chiles from Natalia, Texas with three sailfish, two striped marlin and two dorado. Practically every boat out this week caught billfish giving us a catch rate of ninety seven percent. Pisces anglers caught 152 striped marlin, 15 sailfish and 2 blue marlin, all but two fish were released.

OTHER SPECIES: You know summer is here when you start to see the dorado numbers creep up and that’s what they did this week as fifty four percent of charters caught fish up to 50 lbs. Instead of the usual one or two fish, we saw boats catching four and five in a day, giving anglers some great fish to have cooked here or to take home.  Our total dorado count was 69 fish. Tuna catches dropped slightly but then most boats weren’t risking a long ride out for an unsure result and preferred to go for the more sure billfish. When tuna were caught it was when they were a little closer. La Brisa took a 35 mile ride out on August 1st and caught eleven tuna up to 25 lbs., a 30 lb. dorado and released a striped marlin for Nate Pugh from Pasadena, Ca. Twenty four percent of our boats caught tuna giving us a total of 54 fish. Listo was the only boat to catch a wahoo for us, actually on a half day charter, with the weight at just above 40 lbs.  Inshore roosterfish could be found, along with a few jack crevalle, white skipjacks and the odd stray marlin.
WEATHER: Great, mostly clear skies, days are hot but nights bearable even without a.c – seas moderate to calm.
LOCATION: Mixed –Punta Gorda. 95 spot, Chileno, 3 miles off of Land’s End, San Jaime, Santa Maria, Old Lighthouse – Pacific and Sea of Cortez.
AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 83 F
BEST LURES: Live bait, green/yellow lures, cedar plugs

Marlin Bite Continues in Cabo

These three shots were taken aboard Pisces Ruthless by Craig Wall from Corpus Christi, Texas  - marlin for everybody on board, all fish released.
Interesting to note the remoras (parasite sucker fish) attached to the marlin.

SEEMS LKE THESE FISH KNOW THE ROUTINE, THIS ONE LOOKS PRETTY CALM.  NOTE THE BEAUTIFUL BRONZE COLOR

ANOTHER STRIPED MARLIN WITH LESS NOTICABLE STRIPES, FISH IS MELLOW AND HAS A REMORA ON THE UNDERSIDE

THIS IS A VERY HEALTHY FISH, DESPITE HAVING A LARGE REMORA NEAR THE TAIL- ABOUT TO BE CAREFULLY RELESAED

 

 

 

HOT CATCHES IN CABO, AS SUMMER FISHING SIZZLES

HOT CATCHES! Fishing is sizzling this summer. Notable catches from this weekend- Pisces Great Escape Jr. two, yes two blue marlin around the 400 lb mark released on Sunday, plus 8 tunas and a dorado for Douglas Schwindt, Robert Coleman & J...oseph Vlatner from West Inn, Oregon; OR how about TWELVE striped marlin released aboard Tracy Ann for Frank & Joseph Ilanno from Staten Island, New York. REALLY THE BEST FISHNG WE HAVE SEEN IN YEARS.....

 

Bisbee East Cape Results & Fish Report

July 20th to 26th, 2013
Overall Catch Success Rate 95% All Species Combine
Numbers at a glance: Billfish 77%, Dorado 34%, Tuna 53%


JOHN POREMBA FROM JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA RELEASED THREE MARLIN & BOATED TWO DORADO ABOARFD REBECCA

BILLFISH: This last week saw the East Cape Bisbee Tournament take place, which is no longer a warm up for the Black and Blue but rather a well-attended and popular event.  A total of 70 teams took place, including a sailboat rigged to fish. The three day event produced a total of 214 billfish, but it was down to a nail biting conclusion as no fish were weighed in on day one or day two, the third day sped by and though lots of hook up’s and captures were reported they all ended up being releases, as none of the fish fought would make the 300 lb. minimum mark. In 2012 no qualifying fish were weighed so tournament organizers were on the edge of their seats hoping this year some big fish would make it back to the scale. Late in the day team Hayseeds from Oregon fishing aboard 29 ft. local boat “Eclipse” pulled in with a 337 lb. blue marlin and won the event – their total winnings were $44,100.00. Another big payout was for local angler Chucky Van Wormer aboard “La Hielera” with a 192 lb. yellow fin tuna that earned him $63,150.00. Meanwhile in Cabo we enjoyed fantastic fishing with the highlight of the week a 420 lb. blue marlin, bigger than anything in the tournament , caught by Pisces Adriana by angler Trey Carlile from Bullard, Texas; the fish took an orange and black lure 23 miles out from Land’s End. Trey also caught seven tuna and a dorado with wife Jennifer. We had full moon this week and unlike the last couple of months, during this phase we did see a slow down on striped marlin catches, where averages per boat dropped to one and two marlin, plus a dorado & some tuna. However, directly after the full moon the catches began to creep up and we saw catches like Great Escape Jr. with seven released for Doug Miller & Doug Miller III from San Antonio, Texas, at Punta Gorda. Your odds of catching fish of any type this week with Pisces were ninety five percent with seventy seven percent catching billfish. Our total count was 92 striped marlin, 1 blue marlin and 3 sailfish – two marlin were kept, the rest were released.

PORTER GROUP FROM TEXAS HAD LOTS OF FUN, JUST ONE OF THE DORADO THEY CAUGHT

OTHER SPECIES: After marlin, yellow fin tuna was the next fish you were most likely to encounter this week. As in previous reports, when found in schools anglers could have a field day, loading up on football size tuna perfect for eating. Fifty three percent of our boats caught this species with catches ranging from one to thirty plus fish in a day. Pisces La Brisa had a super busy day for Ola Steimoen & Stig Torudi, visiting all the way from Norway. They caught 35 tuna, 2 dorado and released a striped marlin.  Our total tuna count for the week was 297. Dorado catches percentage wise, weren’t far behind with thirty four percent of our boats finding fish in the 20 to 50 lb. class, however the catches were usually of a single fish, whilst trolling for marlin and occasionally up to three per boat.  Great Escape got a nice 40 lb. wahoo for Chad Gaudet from L.A as well as a tuna and striped marlin.
LOCATION: San Jaime, off of Land’s End, Chileno, 11.50, Punta Gorda
WEATHER: Moderate seas, some days partly cloudy, hot.
AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 82 F
BEST LURES: Live bait, green/black, orange/black, cedar plugs.
Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

420 LB BLUE MARLIN CAUGHT ABOARD ADRIANA

420 LB blue marlin caught aboard Pisces 28 ft cruiser Adriana, one day before the East Cape Bisbee, which got underway today with a line up of 70 boats - shame that this boat is not in the tournament. This impressive fish was caught by Trey & Jennifer Carlile from Bullard, Texas who also caught a 45 lb dorado and 7 tuna, 23 miles off of Lands End. The blue marlin took an orange/black lure.

"I HAD A BLAST"

Kimberly Kunz sent us this photo, taken July 12th aboard Pisces Adriana, when she caught and released her first marlin. She wrote  "I miss Enrique and Fernando. I had a blast". Well done Kimberly the first of many more fish that we hope you will be catching with Pisces.

NEW FISH REPORT

JULY 23th to 19th, 2013
Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 98%
Numbers at a glance: Billfish 93%, Dorado 36%, Tuna 26%, Wahoo 8%

BILLFISH: Another fantastic week in Cabo; surely we have the best sports fishery in the world.  We had a landmark day July 18th, when two of our boats showed up at the dock with swordfish, as well as releasing a striped marlin each. First up was a nice 215 lb. fish, taken aboard Great Escape Jr. by  Harrison Stern from Laguna Hills Ca. followed by a 94 lb. for a young lady angler, Krista Bava from Hughson, Ca. – both fish took live bait in the San Jaime area, both were caught on 40 lb. test, taking a little over an hour to land. It was a bit strange this week that the fishing switched abruptly from Punta Gorda to San Jaime on the Pacific for a couple of days, before settling in between the two points at the 95 and11.50 spots. Marlin fishing continues to be outstanding with not as many double digit, per boat days, but plenty of two to five fish days for a good number of boats. Pisces Tracy Ann was our top marlin boat with six, eight and nine marlin on three consecutive days – the nine marlin day had 12 year old Kyle Sofhauser from Philipsburg, New Jersey thrilled as they also caught a 55 lb. roosterfish and 30 lb. snapper – what a day!  Patrick Neville from Bradenton Florida along with wife Jean, released eight striped marlin aboard Tracy Ann, a fabulous day, but then Patrick once caught practically the combined weight of these eight fish in one day, back in 2011, when on this same boat, he caught a 746 lb. blue marlin, one day before the Bisbee Black & Blue. Not only were there striped marlin, we are beginning to see more sailfish between 50 and 80 lbs.; Great Escape Jr released two for Jon McNulty and caught 8 tuna and 1 dorado at the 95 spot. Ninety three percent of our anglers caught billfish this week, breaking down into 146 striped marlin, 6 sailfish and 2 swordfish. The swordfish were boated as well as two marlin, the rest were released.

OTHER SPECIES: The yellow fin tuna, so abundant last week began to move further out so we did not have the record catches of school size fish this week but boats could land two to nine in day as they found smaller outer schools, when looking for marlin – the exception was Pisces Rebecca who caught 23 ranging from 20 to 40 lbs. for Andrew Enos and Andrew Allen from Santa Fe Springs, Ca. on July 14th, who also released a striped marlin and boated a dorado. Twenty six percent of our charters found tuna giving us a total catch of 103 fish. Dorado catches were a bit higher at thirty six percent, with catches of one and two fish when found. A couple of boats such as Pisces Valerie, caught four up to 40 lbs. for Mark & Garrett Benson with friends from Grapevine, Texas – they also released four marlin, so a great day for this group. It was nice to see more wahoo this week, in fact eight percent of boats caught fish up to 45 lbs.; the meat of this fish is so delicious that it rivals swordfish.  A great mixed day was had Sandy & Scott Logan from Springfield, VA, when they released three striped marlin and a 60 lb. mako shark, before boating 2 dorado up to 40 lbs. and a 40 lb. wahoo. Roosterfish were taken further offshore than normal and we had several in the 40 to 50 lb. class.
WEATHER: Looking at the news and the scorching temperatures around the world, we have enviable weather right now. Sunny though not overly hot, especially on the Pacific, air temperatures were mostly in the 80’s seas was moderate to calm.
AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 80 F
BEST LURES: Live bait, ballyhoo, blue/white, orange/yellow, guacamaya

LANDMARK FOR PISCES, TWO SWORDFISH SAME DAY

Yesterday boats did an abrupt about face and headed up to the Pacific after months of fishing the Sea of Cortez. The area around San Jaime produced not only striped marlin, dorado and roo...sterfish but also TWO swordfish. Our first one of the day was aboard Pisces Great Escape Jr. caught by Harrison Stern from Laguna Hills, Ca, a nice 215 lb specimen which took him an hour and 15 minutes to boat on 40 lb test; they also released a striped marlin. The second swordfish of the day, was taken by a young lady aboard Pisces Rebecca, Krista Bava from Hughson, California, reeled in the 90 lb swordfish, while fishing with her dad, who released a striped marlin.