Fishing news

Here is a very nice picture from our client Richard Anderson and family from Texas who went fishing today for half day aboard “C-Rod”.

They caught one Striped Marlin which weighed approximately 150 lbs which they decided to send to the taxidermist.

Later on, Gary and Jason George from North Carolina also released one striped marlin and got a lot of tuna action with a total of twenty yellow fin tunas between 10 to 30 lbs aboard Andrea.

We are sure this ended as a delicious dinner and there are still plenty of fillets to take home.

Fishing news

Yesterday was all about yellow fin tuna

Szalez Mayer from Charleston, SC caught one yellow fin tuna (18-20 Lbs) and one Dorado (18 Lbs) aboard “No Big Deal”.

Jerry and Jake Smith from Winsconsin caught a 24 lbs yellow fin tuna aboard “Ruthless”.

Top anglers were the Powell & Reed family from Oregon aboard “Valerie” with six yellow fin tunas between 10 to 18 lbs.

Basking Shark caught in Rosarito

This 18 ft Basking shark was caught by commerical fisherman in Rosarito, Baja California on May 14th and weighed about 2600 lbs. It's a shame that such a magnificent creature was killed, but it got caught on their longline. We hear that it was cut up and given to the locals for food.

 

The basking shark is the second largest living shark, after the whale shark. It is a cosmopolitan species, found in all the world's temperate oceans. It is a slow moving and generally harmless filter feeder.

Taxonomy

This shark is called the basking shark because it is most often observed when feeding at the surface and appears to be basking in the warmer water there. It is the only member of the family Cetorhinidae.

Range and habitat

The basking shark is a coastal-pelagic shark found worldwide in boreal to warm-temperate waters around the continental shelves. It prefers 8 to 14 °C (46 to 57 °F) temperatures, but recently has been confirmed to cross the much-warmer waters at the equator. It is often seen close to land, including bays with narrow openings. The shark follows plankton concentrations in the water column and is therefore often visible at the surface.

Anatomy and appearance

The largest accurately-measured specimen was trapped in a herring net in the Bay of Fundy, Canada in 1851. Its total length was 12.27 metres (40.3 ft), and it weighed an estimated 19 short tons (17 t).

 Normally the basking shark reaches a length of between 6 metres (20 ft) and a little over 8 metres (26 ft). Some specimens surpass 9–10 metres (30–33 ft), but after years of large-scale fishing, specimens of this size have become rare.

They are slow-moving sharks (feeding at about 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) and do not evade approaching boats (unlike great white sharks). They are harmless to humans if left alone and are not attracted to chum.

Even though the basking shark is large and slow, it can breach, jumping entirely out of the water.

Importance to humans

As a result of rapidly declining numbers, the basking shark has been protected and trade in its products restricted in many countries. It is fully protected in the UK, Ireland, Malta, Florida and US Gulf and Atlantic waters. Targeted fishing for basking sharks is illegal in New Zealand. Once considered a nuisance along the Canadian Pacific coast, basking sharks were the target of a government eradication program there from 1945 to 1970. As of 2008, efforts are underway to determine if any sharks still live in the area and monitor their potential recovery.

Pisces Fish Report

June 10th to 17th, 2010

Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 68%

BILLFISH: We wish we could say that fishing was better than it is, but we can’t; even though we had some great catches, the consistency just wasn’t there. It tended to be feast or famine. Nevertheless, marlin was the top catch this week with forty two percent of charters catching stripers. Two of our boats fought the most prized of all billfish, the broadbill swordfish, on June 13th, both at the 11.50 spot, but unfortunately could not get them on board. A group from South Carolina, fishing aboard “Attitude Adjustment” fought the first swordfish and tried to bait four striped marlin without success. The Gordon’s from Weimar, Texas fought their swordfish for over an hour before losing it, aboard “Rebecca”….pretty disappointing for everybody. It’s been a tough week with clients, as Cabo has such a great reputation that people expect to catch fish all the time and the crews feel the pressure, as they want to catch fish too; it’s a matter of professional pride and they want their anglers to be happy. However, with the effects of the El Niño current on the way out we are confident that it won’t be long until things are back on track and of course the only way to catch fish is to go out and get some lines in the water. We did have some very nice catches though, such as those on June 10th, when the Damon family from Satellite Beach, Florida fished aboard “Tracy Ann”, just a mile and a half from shore at Cabeza de Ballena, where they released two striped marlin and boated a dorado and a tuna. A few days later they went on to release another striped marlin and boat a tuna, on the same boat, this time off of the Old Lighthouse. We met a lovely young English couple from Sheffield, Chris and Sally Wade, who went out on the “Rebecca” and did extremely well to release three striped marlin at the 11.50 spot, estimated at 100 to 130 lbs, all on live mackerel. This same day, June 15th, “Tracy Ann” fishing this same area released two striped marlin for Lindsay Jones & Jackson Halder from Helena, Montana. “Tracy Ann” scored big again, on June 14th, with a triple marlin day, seven miles from the 11.50 spot, all released after taken live mackerel for Ted O’Neil & Douglas Cole Jr, from Dublin and Livermore, California, respectively. “C Rod” also had a good mixed bag day for James Fowler from Mound, Texas with a striped marlin released, four tuna and one dorado boated, again at the 11.50 spot. Pisces anglers caught a total of 24 striped marlin this week, all released.

 

OTHER SPECIES: Slim pickings on smaller game this week, with just sixteen percent of boat catching tuna and nine percent catching dorado. Tuna catches were usually of a single fish as were dorado, with weights just average on both species at 15 to 25 lbs. We had a couple of wahoo, one at 45 lbs that took at guacamaya lure six miles from Cerro Colorado, for Matt Covell from La Cañada aboard “No Big Deal”. The other wahoo was 38 lbs aboard “La Brisa” on a petrolero lure for Dan Emerson from Boise, Idaho. A few skipjacks, jack crevalles and even a manta ray was caught and released.

LOCATION: 11.50 spot, Cabeza de Ballena, Cerro Colorado, Old Lighthouse, and Destiladeres.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Clear, sunny skies, moderate to choppy seas, no calming, pacific side rough.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 77 F

BEST LURES: Live mackerel, caballito, petroleros, guacamaya, green, cedar plugs, and feathers.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

Damon Denan from Satellite Beach, Florida, was a bit overwhelmed by his marlin.....but did a good job anyway, aboard Tracy Ann

Fishing News: June 19th , 2010

- Yvette Ray from Franklin, NC released one striped marlin (approximately 130 Lbs) aboard “Rebecca”

-Aboard “Valerie”, Ashik Revdiwala from Houston TX released one striped marlin and caught 3 yellow fin tunas between 18- 20 lbs.

- Here is the picture of Kevin Skillern from Dallas, TX who caught this impressive 50 lbs Dorado aboard “Andrea”, shown here with Captain Orlando and Deckhand Beto Lira.

Nice wahoo for Emerson Family from Idaho

The Emerson family were thrilled to catch this beautiful wahoo which weighed 38 lbs aboard “La Brisa” on Tuesday June 15th . Many meals will come from this one fish and the meat is about the best you can get, firm, white and no bones. Shown here also are crew members Nicolas Winkler and Salvador Flores……Salvador is particularly good with kids.

Top Anglers - June 15th

Top anglers today were Chris and Sally Wade from Sheffield, England.

They have been travelling for five months and have been all over the world. They considered fishing in New Zealand which is actually home to the largest striped marlin on record; getting up to 495 lbs, but decided Cabo was better value and gave them better odds and they were right……they released three striped marlin today.

Pancho - Pisces P.R

This is Pancho our P.R guy…..he meets anglers at the dock when they get back from fishing and is always available to take any unused bait off of their hands…..the sweet face belies a huge body that hasn’t missed too many meals.

Pancho our friendly local sea-lion, loves to impress with his agility and P.R skills……

Look at those kids faces, they never knew a sea lion was so big!

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