Steve Bailey from the Channel Islands, UK; holds up a Pacific shortbill spearfish abord the Pisces Adriana before release.
July is off with a bang for Pisces Sportfishing, as the
summer weather and warming seas have seen the fishing come alive with many
species, with a few of them being rarely caught in Cabo. Fishing was in a few
different locations this week, from the 95 Spot to San Jaime and the 180 Spot.
While inshore fishing produced jack crevalle, roosterfish, white skipjack, ladyfish,
triggerfish, sea bass, grouper, and a silky shark that was released. This week
we saw our boats land a large number of billfish, with large numbers of striped
marlin, blue marlin and two rarities for Cabo, a Pacific shortbill spearfish
and a swordfish. We can’t really pick a top boat for this week, as it was that
outstanding, below you’ll find a rundown of some of the most impressive catches
this week:
The 31ft Pisces La Brisa, captained by Bruce Montaño along
with deckhand Fernando had an extremely productive day out at the 95 Spot on
the 5th. They released a blue marlin of around 220 pounds, as well as two
striped marlin between 100-120 pounds. All billfish were landed on caballito
live bait, while the three yellowfin tuna and three skipjack caught, were
landed on cedar plugs. All this action was seen by a pair of anglers from
Hitchcock, Texas; they went home with sore arms and big smiles to say the
least!
-Steve Bailey and Bob Pallot of the St Brelade, in the
Channel Islands of the United Kingdom were fishing aboard the 28ft Pisces
Adriana on the 4th of July. Captained by Nicolas Winkler, with the help of his
deckhand Pablo managed to put their anglers on to an extremely rare fish for
Cabo. They released a 50 pound Pacific shortbill spearfish, and although this
fish isn’t rare in the Central Pacific we don’t see them very often here. They
where fishing about 30 miles south of Cabo San Lucas, with the fish taking a
feather lure.
The 48ft Pisces Listo captained by Lupe Gomez, saw the
largest blue marlin of the week on the 3rd. He was fishing with the Parker
family of Texas, when they released a blue marlin estimated at 300 pounds on
caballito live bait. They also had four yellowfin tuna in the 10-20 pound
range, all fishing was done out at the San Jaime bank.
The 31ft Pisces Ruthless captained by Roberto Padilla was
fishing out at the 220 Spot, about 35 miles offshore when they picked up a
small five pound yellowfin tuna. A short while later they landed another tuna,
this time however it was 156 pounds and gave them a 45-minute battle. All this
for a group of anglers from Kansas, the larger tuna was landed on a petrolero
feather lure, and the smaller one on a cedar plug.
Second time lucky family, the Hansen’s from Idaho Falls, Idaho and their 148-pound swordfish landed aboard the Pisces Tracy Ann (photo by Oscar Bañaga).
The 31ft Pisces Tracy Ann captained by Bruce Montaño,
alongside deckhand Martin went fishing far offshore with the Hansen family and
Gary Barnes from Idaho. While fishing with feather lures and cedar plugs, they
managed to land seventeen yellowfin tuna in the 10-20 pound range. They also
engaged in a two-hour battle with a 148 pound swordfish, landed with caballito
live bait. It was the first one landed so far this year for Pisces
Sportfishing. The lucky group from Idaho Falls didn’t go unrecognized by
dockmaster Oscar Bañaga, who realized that one of the anglers George Hansen,
had caught a 566 pound blue marlin on the Pisces Rebecca in October of 2013.
Both the Pisces Adriana and the Pisces Bill Collector
landed blue marlin on the 6th. The Adriana’s estimated at around 250 pounds,
and the Bill Collector’s at around 200. They took a caballito live bait, and
the other a pink lure. The Pisces Tiburon was fishing with a group of anglers
from Queensland, Australia when they tucked into a 70 pound yellowfin tuna. As
well s a nice 25 pound dorado, both landed at the 95 Spot.
LOCATION: Offshore, varied locations throughout the week.
WEATHER CONDITIONS: Clear skies and calm seas most of the
week, with air temps in the high 70s to mid 80s.
AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 76ºF.
BEST LURES: Cedar plugs, feather lures and caballito live
bait.
Based on the catches of Pisces Sportfishing Fleet by Glenn
Ehrenberg
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Author: Tracy Ehrenberg
Date Published: 7/10/2017