PISCES FISH
REPORT - August 6th
to August 12th, 2016
Overall
catch success rate, all species combined: 74%
Numbers at a
glance: Billfish 41%, Tuna 24%, Dorado 9%, other 19%
BILLFISH:
This week our main event was the near pass by Tropical Storm Javier, that had
Cabo’s port closed on Monday the 8th of August. No boats were able to go out
that day, and we saw some nice rain. Something that our desert landscape is
always thirsty for is a good soaking of rain by a summer storm.
Our week
started of with a few different boats landing blue marlin and some sailfish.
The Pisces Adriana, captained by Nicolas Winkler caught and released a
sailfish. They also landed a nice 80lb yellowfin tuna on a cedar plug, for a
group of anglers from San Antonio, Texas. The Pisces Bill Collector caught and
released three blue marlin, the largest was estimated at around 280lb, for the
Sullivan family from San Antonio, Texas. The Pisces Andrea saw a good day for
billfish on the 7th, with three striped marlin released and a blue marlin
landed for Ty from Texas. This day saw three boats land the same combination,
of one striped marlin and one blue marlin.
The day after the storm most people
had to reschedule their bookings, so only one boat went out, the Pisces Rebecca.
They caught and released a blue marlin on caballito live bait for some anglers
from Cleveland, Ohio. On the 10th, the Pisces Adriana had a nice combo catch of
a striped marlin and blue marlin released, as well as a 45lb wahoo. These were
all landed on caballito live bait at the 95 Spot, for a group of anglers from
Kansas.
OTHER
SPECIES: The 10th of August saw yellowfin tuna catches go up, the Pisces La
Brisa caught nine yellowfin tuna. The Pisces C Rod landed five yellowfin tuna,
they were 10-65-85-141-155lb respectively, for a group of anglers from Houston,
Texas. The fish were all landed on lures, mainly pink, gree, cedar plugs at the
San Jaime Bank. The Pisces Valerie captained by Roberto Sandez had a really
nice day for Cabo local Brian, as they landed a 156lb yellowfin tuna about 20
miles out from The Arch.
The 11th of August saw an absolutely spectacular day
for massive yellowfin tuna for Pisces boats, landing five yellowfin tuna over
100lb (with two of those being over 200lb) out at the San Jaime Bank. The
Pisces C Rod captained by Abel Ramirez landed two yellowfin tuna weighing
100-156lb respectively. As well as catching and releasing a decent sized blue
marlin estimated at around 430lb for Robert Thomson from New Mexico. The Pisces
Ruthless came in second place for largest yellowfin tuna of the day with a
massive 205lb fish, landed for the Daniel’s from Ashburn, Virginia on a
green-yellow lure.
The largest tuna of the week was landed on the Pisces La
Brisa. Captained by Ray Winkler, with his deckhand Fernando. The fish weighed a
whopping 212lb, the beast took a green-yellow lure out at the San Jaime Bank
for a group of anglers from Maryland. And to finish of the week we had the
Chivato bring in a nice 197lb yellowfin tuna for a group of anglers from Gig
Harbor Washington. While the Pisces Bill Collector caught and released three
dorado, caught 16 yellowfin tuna (four released), and a nice 25lb wahoo for a
group of anglers from Kingsville, Texas.
We also saw a smattering of catches of
different species from the pangas and boats that fished in-shore, catching and
releasing roosterfish, needlefish, skipjacks and silky sharks mostly. We also
saw the arrival of more wahoos in the area, as some boats landed the occasional
fish throughout the week.
LOCATION:
11:50 Spot, 95 Spot, San Jaime Bank.
WEATHER
CONDITIONS: Clear and calm most days, except for August 8th when Storm Javier
went by and we saw heavy rain for about 3 hours.
AVERAGE
WATER TEMP: 88ºF, 83ºF on the 9th after
the passing of Javier took out energy from the Pacific Ocean and resulted in
its cooling.
BEST LURES:
Caballito live bait, green-yellow lure, pink lure, purple lure, petrolero lure,
red-black lure.
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Author:
Tracy Ehrenberg
Date
Published: 8/15/2016