Duncan's Thank You Letter

 I have attached a photo of the Marlin we released with Captain JR on the Rebecca on June 4th. This was my 10th Marlin and we caught it on our 10 Year Anniversary! Me and my wife Linda had a wonderful time fishing with Capt JR and Ernesto. We can’t wait to come back and fish with you guys again! I have few more photos of the Marlin jumping and a nice photo of the Wahoo we caught with JR on June 3rd. I will send them on separate emails so you can open them quicker. We are hoping that you can put some of these photos on your website.

Please tell Oscar that we really appreciate everything. He did a great job and took great care of us! Also thank Capt JR for us and show him the photos if you get a chance.

Have a great day!!

Duncan V. Giddens III from Lighthouse Point, FL

Fishing news: the past two days fishing has been great !!

June 7th

Scarlett & Lee Gibson from Newman, GA released four Striped Marlin and caught a 20 lbs Yellow Fin Tuna aboard "Tracy Ann"

June 8th, 2010

- Nick Kokinelis from Tampa, FL released one Striped Marlin and caught four Yellow Fin Tuna between 10 to 15 lbs aboard "La Brisa" with captain Ray Winkler.

- Top anglers of the day where Richard Kernion and family from Louisiana catching two nice Wahoo between 40 to 50 lbs…pretty unusual to get two in a day and this is just about the best eating fish you can get, one Yellow Fin tuna, and one striped marlin released…..way to go guys.

They are tucking into the wahoo right now next door at Captain Tony´s, who do the best fish in town.

Video: Striped marlin action with Pisces

A client’s experience of fishing with Pisces…the fishing was so good, he was wondering if he could handle it….but expertly coached he came through with flying colors.
First catches were aboard Ruthless, followed by Adriana.

Meet our crew from "Andrea"

Orlando Murillo and Abraham Castro, make a great team, they are dedicated and professional and Abraham especially has a cheery character. Orlando is originally from Loreto further up the peninsula and Abraham has fishing in his blood as he is the son of one our most popular captains’ Julio from the Tracy Ann. Abraham learned about fishing from the time he could walk. Captain Orlando speaks fair English. They are aggressive at fishing and work hard to come back with flags flying, as it is a matter of personal pride for them, they have lots of knowledge between them. Abraham is young with a lot of energy and we have received many comments as to how likeable he is as well as what a great fisherman.

Here is a picture from them with our friend Butch Bustamante.

Latest Fish Report

May 27th to June 2nd, 2010

Overall Catch Success Rate 98%

BILLFISH: We had a huge improvement on fishing in Cabo this week, as the El Niño current winds down. But Cabo was not the only news, once again Loreto surprised us all, with two swordfish being caught again, by Robert Ross aboard “Bad Company”, on the same day, May 31st. Robert and his crew were fishing 6 miles east of Isla Catalina when they hooked the first fish, estimated at 160 lbs. They then went on to boat another which they estimated at 400 to 500 lbs. Our thanks to the deckhand Jorge Luis Hernandez for keeping us updated, texting us the info, as it happened and then sending photos for the skeptics. This is quite an achievement anywhere for an angler to catch three swordfish in one month. Marlin catches improved substantially and at the close of the week most boats were catching at least one per day each, with catches of two not uncommon, plus some smaller game fish as well. We had a couple of boats with three marlin days…first was “Rebecca” with three striped marlin and a dorado off of Medanos Blancos for Pat Volpe fishing on her birthday with son John & daughter Lisa from New York City on June 1st. On June 2nd, “La Brisa” fishing the same area, the next day out also released three marlin and boated a 38 lb wahoo for Neal O’Russa and Ryan Cushing from Illinois and Kevin Merta from North Carolina. Other notable catches were again for “Rebecca” on May 31st, with two striped marlin, two dorados and one yellowfin tuna for Megan Weakly from Denver and Chris Potts from Memphis. “Andrea” and “Fearless” also had double billfish days. Live bait was the most effective method for catching marlin. Forty four percent of charters caught marlin, with catches of one to three fish per boat. Twenty five striped marlin were caught overall with all but two released; those brought in weighed 100 and 170 lbs respectively

 

OTHER SPECIES: At the start of this report yellowfin tuna was the top catch, but this species started to decline as the week progressed. Fifty six percent of boats caught between one and ten tuna from 15 to 30 lbs. “Tracy Ann” was one of the top tuna boats, catching nine up to 20 lbs and releasing a striped marlin for Matt Lewis and friends from Los Angeles. “Bill Collector” also did well to catch eight, plus four roosterfish and a marlin which was released, fishing 12 miles from Cerro Blanco for Kelli & Linda Bullin, Anthony Woods and Christian Smith from Fort Worth, Texas. The total tuna count was eighty six. Dorado catches were average at twenty eight percent, with catches usually of a single fish and occasionally two. There were quite a lot of roosterfish caught inshore as well as a few jack crevalle. Wahoo catches slowed down, with just two 30 lb fish for us. “Ruthless” released two hammerhead sharks 13 miles out from Cerro Blanco and also boated a tuna for Daniel Pacheco and John Knox from San Antonio, Texas.

LOCATION: Three to eleven miles out from Chileno, Cabeza de Ballena, four to 12 miles from Cerro Blanco, Medanos Blancos, Destiladeres.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Quite cool for June….seas on Cortez calm to moderate, windy with whitecaps on the Pacific.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 75 F

BEST LURES: live caballito, ballyhoo, petroleros, guacamaya.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

Here is a great picture of our regular client and good friend Creighton Lawhead from Carlsbad, CA with his favorite captain Julio Castro from “Tracy Ann”.

Creighton has been fishing with Pisces for over 20 years! He released a Striped marlin yesterday.

Pat Volpe and family

Our friend and manager of Pisces Real Estate, Pat Volpe, celebrated her birthday with her family who came from New York; they had a blast aboard "Rebecca".

Pat released the largest Striped marlin of the day of 140 lbs approximately, John La Pierre her son, a New York City Detective, released a smaller striped marlin and Lisa Kelly, Pat’s daughter caught a nice 20 lb Dorado for dinner.

Dennis released a baby blue marlin , the first of the season.

Here is some great pictures that we received from Pat.

Best wishes from the whole Pisces team.

Fishing news June

Neal O´Roussa and Ryan Cushing from Illinois on June 2nd caught and released three striped marlin and caught one nice 38 lbs wahoo aboard "La Brisa".

Randy Bergeron from Cypress,TX and Kevin Taker from Houston, Tx had a great fishing day aboard "Bill Collector". They caught and released one striped marlin (approximately 150 lbs), seven rooster fish and keep ten yellowfin tunas between 12-30 lbs.

Here is Ernesto Moyron, one of our deckhands, loved by many of our clients..

Here are some pics from May 31st

David Ko and friends from Lynnwood, WA caught four yellowfin tunas  between 12-35 lbs aboard "Valerie".

Who had some action where John & Chris Potts and Dave Nolt & Megan Weakly sharing the 31ft Rebecca. They caught two nice dorado between 25-28 lbs, one yellowfin tuna(18lbs) and released two Striped Marlin.

Ron and Kyle Canion from Aledo,TX caught five Yellowfin tunas between  8 to 12 lbs aboard "Great Escape Jr"

Rooster fish in Cabo

Characterized by its spectacular "rooster comb," is one of the world's most exotic fish species. Roosterfish identification is about as easy as it gets. No other fish looks anything like this true oddball.

The Roosterfish is a member of the Carangidae or Jack Family but it looks like no other jack.

They are widely distributed throughout all waters of Mexico, including all offshore islands. It is viewed as a prized game fish that can generate an adrenaline rush as it chases live bait on the surface. Once hooked it is one of the strongest hombres in the sea.

The Roosterfish is normally a “catch and release” species, as its food value is poor.

It has been reported to reach over four feet in length and up to 114 pounds (the current I.G.F.A. Roosterfish world record, with the fish caught in Mexican waters), and is found along the beach, predominately during warm seasons with water temperatures in excess of 80 degrees, and at depths of up to 100 feet.

The Roosterfish is a true visual phenomenon. It feeds on sardines and other small silvery fishes and travels in packs chasing food onto the shore.

It is usually caught with slowly trolled mullet, ladyfish, or sardines just outside the surf line, outwards from shore to about a quarter-mile. It has also been caught with good regularity from shore using Ranger Plugs and Klassen Poppers, and can also be caught by fly casting

We received a couple of pictures from our friend Butch Bustamante of his fishing trip from a couple of weeks ago.

They released three nice roosterfish aboard Andrea.