Huge Black Marlin Released Today

Thirty something Justin from Los Angeles got the surprise of his life today, out at the Gordo Banks fishing, aboard our latest addition to the fleet, “Shambala” a 60 ft Hatteras, captained by renowned local Captain T.J Dobson; he and his buddy got a double hook up on school size tuna…which is exactly what the plan had been at the start of the day. Justin’s friend lost his tuna after a short battle, but a huge black marlin appeared out of the depths and grabbed Justin’s tuna; then ensued a battle which lasted almost three hours, before the monster fish came to the boat. Justin and crew kindly released this beautiful fish estimated between 600 and 700 lbs. The fight may have been shorter if they were targeting big marlin, but they had been after tuna, which is why they were using 40 lbs test.

Anyway, a happy ending for everybody.

Summer is in mid-swing and school is out…..so what to do with all that energy, why bring them to Cabo of course for a fishing trip….this is exactly what these families did and see what a fantastic time they had. Shown here are:

- Juan Garduño with his three kids; Ian (11 years old), Stefan (8 years old) and Gillian (6 years old) went fishing for half day with a catch of two dorado aboard “La Brisa”

- Paul Turnbull from Corpus Christi, TX and friends released one striped marlin and caught a 35 lbs dorado aboard “Attitude Adjustment”

- The Hawkins family from Michigan released a blue marlin and caught three dorado aboard “Ruthless”

- Mike, Beth, Alex and Ben Falcone from Baltimore, Maryland released two striped marlin aboard “Falcon”

 

- Glenn, Scott and Chad Berkman form Houston, TX where the anglers of the day with a total of four striped marlin released aboard “Andrea”

Fishing news

August 3rd

- Bob, Morgan and Tyler Beggs and friends from Charlotte, NC caught ten yellow fin tuna and two dorado aboard "Bill Collector"

- Pellegrin family from Arlington, TN released one striped marlin and caught one yellow fin tuna aboard "Rebecca"

- Arthur and Sally Carter and friends from Rockwall, TX caught a 200 lbs blue marlin aboard "Ruthless" with Captain Leon Camacho

- Patrick Page from Brooklyn, NY caught a 45 lbs dorado aboard "Valerie"

August 4th

- Lavona Kuh from Amarillo, TX released one blue marlin aboard "Attitude Adjustment"

- Wayne Lin and friends from Seattle,WA released one striped marlin and caught three yellow fin tuna aboard "La Brisa"

- Scott Mobley, Josh Isaac and Shane Haynes from Texas caught a 350 lbs blue marlin and released a striped marlin aboard "Rebecca"

- Charles, Trudy, Chris and Erik Medhurst from Naperville, IL released one blue marlin and caught three yellow fin tuna and a 35lbs dorado

 

Bisbee Tournament East Cape Offshore Final Standings

July 31st , 2010

56 teams, $304,335.00

108 Billfish Released: 2 black, 33 blue, 64 striped marlin, 9 sailfish

9 dorado & 7 yellowfin tuna have been weighed

TOP MARLIN

Dreamweaver - Tom Lansing - 581 lb. black marlin / $18,345.60

Cowboy VII - J.V. Lattimore - 441 lb. blue marlin / $6,350.40

Cowboy VII - Vic Lattimore - 377 lb. blue marlin / $3,528.00

TOP DORADO

Incognito - Randy Hinton - 55.8 lbs. / $9,408.00

TOP YELLOWFIN TUNA

Mi Sueno - Alan Martin - 151.8 lbs. / $9,408.00

TOP RELEASE TEAMS

Don Valerio - 1700 points

Sea Fevers - 1600 points

Cabo Magic - 1000 points (on time)

DAY 1 JACKPOT WINNERS

Marlin: Dreamweaver - $64,515.00 (581.0 lbs. / Tom Lansing)

Dorado: Dottie B II - $10,625.00 (50.8 lbs. / Togo Hazard)

Tuna: Zhao - $10,625.00 (128.0 lbs. / Donald Whittier)

DAY 2 JACKPOT WINNERS

Marlin: La Negra - $64,515.00 (366.0 lbs. /Ricardo Bernal)

Dorado: Condor - $10,625.00 (45.8 lbs. / Alonso Aspe Franco)

Tuna: Zhao - $10,625.00 (106.7 lbs. / Donald Whittier)

DAY 3 JACKPOT WINNERS

Marlin: Cowboy VII - $64,515.00 (441.0 lbs. / J.V. Lattimore)

Dorado: Dream Weaver - $10,625.00 (52.3 lbs. / Tom Lansing)

Tuna: Zhao - $10,625.00 (120.4 lbs. / Donald Whittier)

Latest Fish Report

PISCES FISH REPORT

JULY 22nd to 28th, 2010

Overall Catch Success Rate 88.3%

BILLFISH: After a stupendous report last week, things dipped down a bit this week. Catches were not as good, mainly due to greener water moving into the area and the temperature dropping somewhat, sending the fish in search of better conditions. So we had a few slow days with things starting to now rebound somewhat, with bluer water. The bait being used is not ideal; mullet, which although a very hardy bait, living longer in the bait well, is not the first choice of marlin, who prefer mackerel, scarce at this time. Still striped marlin was the number one catch in Cabo with fifty three percent of charters catching between one and three marlin in a day, with a few sailfish mixed in. Those boats that did get “skunked” usually saw fish but couldn’t get them to bite, or hooked up but couldn’t register true a release, with the fish mouthing the baits only, or not staying on the line for very long. Best day was July 23rd, when “La Brisa” released two striped marlin and a sailfish at the 11.50 spot, all on live mullet, for Benjamin Comeskey from Austin, Texas fishing with Evan Stuller & Lauren Hendrickson from Dallas, Texas. This same day, “Tracy Ann” had an enviable day releasing three striped marlin on live bait, boating a beautiful 50 lb dorado and a 20 lb tuna for Ben, Emily and Jane Barnhill from South Carolina. Not to be left out “Valerie” caught three striped marlin at the 11.50 spot too, for Jorge & Antonio Arteaga from Chula Vista, Ca. Pisces anglers caught a total of 27 billfish, 24 striped marlin all but one released and three sailfish, all released. As we write this the East Cape Bisbee is underway…where the water is quite a bit warmer….and the unofficial second day results are in as follows: 1st Dreamweaver with a 581 lb black marlin, 2nd Cowboy VII with a 377 lb blue and 3rd La Negra with a 366 lb blue, day three results are still not in, but we shall know shortly who won…check our blog for an update

OTHER SPECIES: Dorado catches were in second place after marlin this week with twenty nine percent of boats catching between one and five fish, with some as large as 50 lbs, like the one caught on “Tracy Ann” on a petrolero lure. Others ranged from 18 to 30 lbs and took a combination of live bait, green and petrolero lures- found from the 11.50 to Punta Gorda. Tuna catches were at twenty three percent with catches of between one and seven fish. “Attitude Adjustment” had the largest tuna of the week a 70 lb fish on July 26th, plus two others around 30 lbs at the 95 and 11.50 spots for the Jove family from Miami, Florida. What we did get excited about this week, were the roosterfish; we had several really large ones; Michael White & Bryan Norther from Houston Texas, landed a 48 and 56 lb rooster each respectively aboard the panga “ Sirius” as well as a hammerhead shark, which they released on July 27th, off of the Old Lighthouse. This same day “Rebecca” had 40 and 50 lb roosters two miles of the Old Lighthouse for Safdar Sajjad from Los Angeles, Ca…..mullet might not be so popular with marlin, but they are just about the favorite food of big roosterfish. The only other smaller game we had was a few jack cravelles and a couple of cabrilla.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: At the risk of sounding like a broken record….the weather is still off….much cooler than normal on the Pacific, we also had a surprise thunderstorm and some rain on Sunday. Cortez side is warmer but not as it should be. Skies mostly clear and sunny, seas calm.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 82 F

BEST LURES: Live bait, green, petrolero, cedar plugs.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

Safdar Sajjad and family from Los Angeles, Ca

Roosterfish are in……

The biggest we have seen in a long time and caught today by the anglers mentioned yesterday, Michael White and Bryan Northcutt from Houston, Texas .

We see over and over again that Texans tend to be lucky when it comes to fishing.

The size on these fish is impressive at 48 and 56 lbs respectively and who knows about the scale, as they look larger. Both fish took live mullet off of the Old Lighthouse.

Thanks to Captain Norberto aboard the panga Sirius for taking them to the right spot!

Congratulations guys!

Fishing news

This impressive dorado was one of three caught on Monday, July 26th by Michael White and Bryan Northcutt from Houston, Texas. It was one of three fish they caught aboard “Ruthless” at  11:50 Spot on petrolero lure.

 Deckhand Beto Lira, is in the foreground with the red visor and Captain Leon Camacho can be seen in the background.

Latest Fish Report

            PISCES FISH REPORT

           
         JULY 15th to 21st, 2010

Overall Catch Success Rate 92%

BILLFISH: We are thrilled with the fishing right now, we had great catches abounding around our shores. Ninety percent of charters are catching billfish right now, with blue marlin showing, up sailfish present and the most numerous being striped marlin. Striped marlin can be found from the East Cape down to Cabo. We had some great catches, such as one blue marlin around 200 lbs and four striped marlin released aboard “Tracy Ann” on July 21st by Matthew Pace, Peter Page and Roman King, from Stockton, California, at the 11.50 spot. This same day “Valerie” had two striped marlin, a sailfish and two tuna in the same location for Chris Oswalt and friends from Memphis, Tn. For sheer marlin numbers, “Attitude Adjustment” was the top boat with six stripers released for Wes & Brandie Leifer, from Yorba Linda, Ca fishing with Brad Robinson. “Ruthless” had the first blue marlin of the week, a little over 200 lbs, at Punta Gorda for Mark Cherney from Ladesa Ranch Ca. Jerame & Mandi Shultz from Salt Lake City fished with Steve & Laura Lee from Houston and did very well to release four striped marlin aboard “No Big Deal” on live bait. Pisces anglers caught a total of 54 striped marlin, 2 blue marlin and 2 sailfish; all but four fish were released.


OTHER SPECIES: Marlin was by far the most abundant game fish this week followed by dorado. Thirty-two percent of boats caught dorado though usually the catches were no more than one or two fish with sizes from 15 to 50 lbs. The Dorado Shootout took place at East Cape, in which over 400 anglers participated with the winning fish 53 lbs that took $33,000.00 dollars and a new pickup truck for first place. Yellow fin tuna catches were at thirteen percent with catches usually of a single fish; the exception was “ C Rod” with ten caught at Destiladeras in the 10 to 15 lb class, plus a wahoo and one dorado for Kathryn & Chris Collins, Nicholas & Joe Warner, all from Las Vegas. “Ruthless” had a fabulous day on July 20th, with Amy & Rusty Olsen from San Antonio, Texas when they caught three wahoo up to 40 lbs, plus two dorado and a sailfish released, all at Destiladeres. “Ruthless” was also the only boat to catch a hammerhead shark plus a striped marlin, for Jason Smyrl and friends from Texas.


LOCATION: 11.50 spot, Destiladeres, 95 spot, Palmilla.


WEATHER CONDITIONS: Sunny, hot, clear skies, seas mostly calm….the Pacific seems to have its own climate though; still cool and breezy.


AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 76 F


BEST LURES: Live bait, green/black, orange/black, petrolero, guacamaya.


Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

Rusty & Amy Olsen from San Antonio, TX

Fishing news

This beautiful, large male dorado was caught by Ben Barnhill from Greenville, SC at 11:50 Spot on Black/Brown lure

The male is distinguished from the female by the shape of its head; the male has a square head and the female a rounded one.

There are some small tuna around, like this one caught by Emily Barnhill ; tuna are actually one of the strongest fish in the ocean and not that easy to reel in…this one will make great sushi.

Fishing news : July 23rd

- Benjamin Comeskey, Evan Stuller and Lauren Hendrickson from Austin & Dallas, TX released one sailfish and two striped marlin aboard “La Brisa”

- Dana and Phill Zeip from Scotts Valley, CA released one striped marlin and caught six nice yellow fin tuna which made a delicious dinner and there are still plenty of fillets to take home.

- Jorge and Antonio Arteaga from Chula Vista, Ca released 2 striped marlin and decided to keep one aboard “Valerie”

- Ben, Emily and Jane Barnhill from Greenville, South Carolina were the top anglers of the day by releasing three striped marlin , catching a 20 lb yellow fin tuna and a nice 50 lb dorado aboard “Tracy Ann” with captain Julio Castro..Congrats!!