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Pisces Fish Report

August 5th to 11th, 2010

Overall Catch Success Rate 94%

BILLFISH: Hot weather, usually produces hot fishing and that is exactly what we had this week. Blue, black, striped marlin and sailfish were all present. It’s hard to know where to start as there was so much good fishing this week, so I guess we’ll do it by date. The week started off with a bang when the biggest fish of the week was caught, a black marlin estimated between 600 and 700 lbs caught at Punta Gorda aboard “Shambala”; the anglers two young guys from Los Angeles, had a double hook up on yellow fin tuna, which they had targeted with 40 lb test, one of the fish got off and the other was snatched up by the large marlin. It took almost two hours to bring to the boat before being successfully released. August 5th “Ruthless” released a blue marlin just under 250 lbs at Punta Gorda after it took a blue and black lure for the Leonard & Wendy Hawkins from Brooklyn, Michigan, they also had a 20 lb dorado. This same day “Andrea” fished closer to Cabo and released four striped marlin, on a combination of lures and bait for the Berkman’s from Houston, Texas. Next day out “Andrea” again did well to release a 350 lb blue and a 120 lb striped marlin at the Cabrillo Sea Mount for a group from Paso Robles, Ca. “Andrea” (top boat overall this week) went on to release both a blue and striped marlin on August 7th at the 11.50 spot for Amber Jesic & Dexter Carpenter; petrolero lure for the blue and a live caballito for the striper. “Andale” had a busy day on the 8th for a group from Harper Texas, including Scott Brown & the Doyle family; they released a striped marlin and a sailfish then went on to catch twelve tuna and three dorado. This same day “Bill Collector” had an outstanding day at the Gordo Banks with a 400 lb black marlin released, three tuna, two dorado & a 60 lb wahoo; doesn’t get much better than that. “No Big Deal” released a smallish blue for John Matthews from Columbia, South Carolina, eight miles from Palmilla on the 10th and “Falcon” fished a completely different location on the 11th nineteen miles out from the arch and caught both a blue & striped marlin for David & Roxana Bednar from St. Charles, Iowa. Johnny Mack Powers along with wife Stacey, took their 13 & 15 year old granddaughters out on “Shambala” where they did exceptionally well to reel in a 250 lb blue marlin, which they released, plus eight tuna; well done Molley & Presley…These were just some of the highlights and there were plenty more double marlin days, plus small game. We did have a couple of boats “skunked”, but even these saw fish, but just couldn’t get them to bite. Sixty nine percent of our charters caught billfish giving us a total of 32 striped marlin, 9 blue marlin, 2 black marlin & 2 sailfish.

OTHER SPECIES: Billfish weren’t the only game in town, dorado and tuna catches were brisk also. Fifty three percent of boats caught between one and eleven dorado giving us a total of 82 fish overall. “Andrea” had the most dorado, eleven, caught at the Golden Gate bank, on the Pacific but the fish on this side tended to be smaller. We saw an increase in size of fish on the Cortez side with the average weight around 30 to 35 lbs and “Ruthless” had two 50 & 55 lbs for Jim and Cynthia Hamner from Rockland, Ca. Dorado were hungry and took lures, live sardines & caballito. Thirty one percent of boats caught yellow fin tuna giving us a total of 72 fish, with main locations near Punta Gorda on the Cortez and Golden Gate on the Pacific, like the dorado the Pacific fish were smaller 10 to 15 lbs and on the Cortez they were 20 to 35 lbs, with the one exception a 100 lb fish, aboard “Andrea” for Jim & Cynthia Hamner from Texas, also mentioned above; these anglers did well all week being our top dorado catchers and they also released two hammerhead sharks. An example of a great mixed day would be “Rebecca” on August 10th with two striped marlin released, six dorado up to 55 lbs, two yellow fin tuna, a 38 lb wahoo and an 80 lb pilot shark released and that was with just two anglers Amanda Kacal & Kurt Sanders from Katy, Texas on board…..they must have been exhausted. The only other fish caught were a few roosters.

LOCATION: 95 spot, 11.50 spot, Punta Gorda, Golden Gate, 8 miles off Palmilla, Cabrillo.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: We had a couple of baking hot days, even on the Pacific but the breezes are back, Sea of Cortez is warmer, clear skies, sunny, seas calm, now a bit rough on the Pacific as the breeze returns.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 77 on the Pacific to 83 F on the Cortez.

BEST LURES: Live bait, red/black, blue/black, guacamaya, cedar plugs.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

Christopher and Frank Gialketsis with a 45 lbs Dorado aboard "Cabolero"

August 11th, 2010

Molley 13 , and Presley 15 Lisner were congradgulated by they're grandparents J. M. and Stacey Powers as they joined the 250 lb Blue Marlin Club. The catch and release of this monster was not easy, BUT with a little sister team work they did it!!! Altogether they caught 8 tuna weighing in up to 35 lbs! On none other than the Shamballa, with Captian TJ and Captain Steve. We can't wait to get back to Texas and tell fish stories, and we don't have to add to this storey. Until next year we will be back.


J.M Powers
Rockwall, Texas

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- Amanda Kacal & Kurt Sanders from Katy,TX released two striped marlin and one pilot shark, caught six dorado between 30 to 55 Lbs, two yellow fin tuna (18 lbs), one wahoo (38 lbs) aboard "Rebecca" -- Top Anglers of the Day, good job !!

- Christopher Gialketsis form Huntington Beach, CA released one striped marlin, one wahoo (35 lbs) and two dorado (20 to 30 Lbs) aboard "Cabolero"

- Kristin Cushenbery from Jacksonville, Fl released one blue marlin and caught two yellow fin tuna (12 lbs) aboard "Tracy Ann"

-Tommy Curtner caught nine dorado (12 to 40 lbs) and four yellow fin tuna (12 lbs) aboard "La Brisa"

- Jim and Cynthia Hamner from California released two hammerhead sharks and caught eleven dorado (15 to 30 lbs) aboard "Andrea"

- Samycia family from Edmonton, Canada caught one striped marlin and three dorado (20 to 24 lbs) aboard "C-Rod"

- John Matthews from Columbia, SC caught one blue marlin aboard "No Big Deal"

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Pisces Fish Report

July 29th to August 4th, 2010

Overall Catch Success Rate 90%

BILLFISH: What was a really nice surprise this week was the amount of blue marlin in the area, with several large fish reported as fought and lost and many others released, as well as some being boated. The last day of this report was the best with “Attitude Adjustment” releasing a blue marlin at Punta Gorda that took a black and red lure for Blake Bailey and party from, Texas. “Rebecca” had Scott Mobey from Cedar Creek, Texas on board with friends Josh Issac & Shane Haynes, also from Texas, they did really well to get two billfish, a striped marlin released and a 350 lb blue marlin; both were caught on blue and white lures at the Cabrillo Sea Mount. “Ruthless” also had a blue marlin, close to 250 lbs, which they released just below Punta Gorda as well as boating three tuna and a dorado for the Medhurst family from Naperville, Illinois. “Ruthless” had a slightly smaller blue earlier in the week for the Seiferts from Rockwall, Tx. “ Valerie” had an active day on July 31st for Tyler & Ryan Newsome, Carl & Adam Riley, all from Galveston, Tx, they caught a blue marlin estimated a little over 200 lbs and then boated ten yellow fin tuna in the 18 to 25 lb class, straight out from Cerro Blanco (maybe this should be called the Texas anglers report….people from this state tend to be very lucky when it comes to fishing). “La Brisa” was our only boat with a double striped marlin day at the 95 spot, plus a dorado for the Hartmeier’s from Kennewick, WA. Basically this week we did not see as many striped marlin, maybe because the water is warming up, but we did see more blue marlin. Bait has been scarce in the Cabo area, though it is still being supplied. The bait vendors are buying it in San Jose and bringing it to Cabo as they have not been able to catch bait on this end. Thirty four percent of charters caught billfish this week, consisting of six blue marlin and six striped marlin.

OTHER SPECIES: Yellow fin tuna were the top catch this week with sixty five percent of boats catching from one to thirteen in a day. Most were school size fish around 20 lbs but we did also have hook ups on large fish, with one reported as lost close to 200 lbs. Dorado catches were also pretty good with forty one percent of boats catching from one to three fish. The largest this week was aboard “Valerie” caught by Christa Gray from Brooklyn, New York…the fish took a pink lure and weighed 45 lbs. This same boat had the only wahoo of the week a 50 lb’er at the 11.50 spot for Chic McSherry from Scotland; they also boated a small tuna and lost a blue marlin. The only other small game for us this week was a few skipjack.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: We had a couple of really hot days on the Pacific but the cooler breezes are back. Seas are calm, skies are blue …..it was so flat one day, one of our boats reported spotting twenty sea turtles…never heard of..plus a gray whale in the bay.

LOCATION: Sea of Cortez, 95 spot, 11.50 spot, Cerro Blanco, Punta Gorda, Cabrillo sea mount.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP. 81 F

BEST LURES; Squid colors, cedar plugs, petrolero, blue/white, green/black, green/yellow, pink blue, guacamaya (orange/green/yellow).

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

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)

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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!