Pisces
Fish Report—January 28th to February 3rd, 2017
PISCES
FISH REPORT
January
28th to February 3rd, 2017
Overall
catch success rate, all species combined: 97%
Numbers
at a glance: Billfish 6%, Tuna 91%, Dorado 3%, other 13%
These anglers show off their catch aboard the Pisces Ruthless (Photo by Oscar Bañaga).
This week
saw a nearly perfect catch success rate for all Pisces boats; this was
definitely the week of yellowfin tuna catches. With 91% of boats that went out
fishing the Pacific side and catching large numbers of football-sized tunas,
sometimes Pisces boats were catching tuna into the triple digits (although with
most being so small, the majority were released). Dorado and billfish species
were almost a blip on the radar with very few of these being landed, it seems
like the Finger Bank may be slowing down after weeks of crazy productivity.
Smaller game and inshore fish remained the main attraction after tuna, with
anglers seeing action from skipjack, grouper, ladyfish, yellowtail, roosterfish
and sierra mackerel.
Top tuna
boat of the week was the Pisces Ruthless, captained by Roberto Padilla. They
were out on the Pacific with some anglers from Newcastle, California when they
caught (and released most) of the 61 yellowfin tuna they landed, they were all
near 10 pounds and were landed on cedar plugs. The Pisces Tracy Ann had a very
nice day out by the Golden Gate, landing (and releasing some) 50 yellowfin tuna
in the 10-20 pound range, three groupers and a yellowtail; all for some anglers
from Ione, California. While our top marlin boat was also the Tracy Ann on the
31st they caught two striped marlin near 130-140lbs as well as 35 yellowfin
tuna in the 10-20 pound range (some released) for some anglers from Argyle,
Minnesota.
LOCATION:
Pacific side.
WEATHER
CONDITIONS: Clear skies and mostly clam seas this week, with high temps in the
low 70´s.
AVERAGE
WATER TEMP: 70ºF.
BEST LURES:
Cedar plugs, cuchi lures.
Based on
the catches of Pisces Sportfishing Fleet by Glenn Ehrenberg
Author: Tracy
Ehrenberg
Date
Published: 2/5/2017 –