Pisces Fish Report— January 7th to January
13th, 2017
PISCES FISH REPORT
January 7th to
January 13th, 2017.
Overall catch success rate, all species combined: 95%
Numbers at a glance: Billfish 19%, Tuna 63%, Dorado 8%, other 35%
Aaron Roberts (second from left) with his catch of a lifetime, landed on his 45th birthday. This 247lbs yellowfin tuna was landed aboard the Pisces Adriana. Photo by Oscar Bañagas.
We saw an
excellent catch success rate this week, with most of the boats that went out
catching some fish. Overall it was smaller game this week, as our other
category hits 35% of total catches. Pisces boats saw a varied basket of good
eating smaller game fish; many boats are catching sierra mackerel, grouper, sea
bass, red snapper, etc. The most landed species this week is yellowfin tuna,
with 63% of Pisces boats landing them, most of the tuna landed this week were
on the smaller side, although that wasn’t the whole picture, as we did have
some impressive large tuna caught on two boats. The weather this week was
pretty much perfect, with clear skies and calm seas, we had air and sea
temperatures in the 70´s.
Pisces Rebecca with anglers from Aledo, Texas and their 182lbs yellowfin tuna caught on January 8th. Photo by Oscar Bañagas.
The largest
fish boated this week was on January 8th on the Pisces Adriana, captain Nicolas
Winkler was able to put this group of anglers from Alberta, Canada on a 243lbs
yellowfin tuna, as well as a nice little grouper. Both fish were landed on
mackerel live bait at the Golden Gate spot, and we’re sure this was a fishing
trip to remember for one of the anglers Aaron Roberts, as it was his 45th
birthday as well. We’re sure this made for the fishing trip and story of a
lifetime landing the largest fish of the week. On this same day we had the
second largest fish of the week, a 182lbs yellowfin tuna that was landed on the
Pisces Rebecca, just off of the San Jaime Bank, as well as landing a 15lbs fish
for a group of anglers from Aledo, Texas. The Pisces Tiburon had a nice day out
on the 7th, captain Rosendo Gomez took this group of anglers on an offshore and
inshore fishing adventure. They caught and released a 140lbs striped marlin,
landed seven yellowfin tuna of between 10-20lbs, 5 sierra mackerel in the
4-7lbs range, as well as catching and releasing three roosterfish, all near San
Jaime.
LOCATION:
Pacific side.
WEATHER
CONDITIONS: Clear skies, clam seas, air temps in the mid 70´s.
AVERAGE
WATER TEMP: 74ºF.
BEST LURES:
Mackerel live bait, cuchi & cedar plug lures.
Anglers big and small with their sierra (spanish mackerel) caught aboard the Pisces La Brisa. Photo by Oscar Bañagas.
Based on the
catches of Pisces Sportfishing Fleet by Glenn Ehrenberg
Author:
Tracy Ehrenberg
Date
Published: 1/17/2017