Pisces Fish
Report—December 10th to December 16th, 2016
Pisces Fish
Report—December 10th to December 16th, 2016
PISCES FISH
REPORT
December
10th to December 16th, 2016
Overall
catch success rate, all species combined: 98%
Numbers at a
glance: Billfish 68%, Tuna 3%, Dorado 23%, other 45%
Sea Bass caught aboard the Pisces Ruthless, photo by Oscar Bañaga
We saw an
overall decrease in boats trips this week, and numbers weren’t as impressive as
of late, the fishing can’t be spectacular forever. Although with that being
said, the boats that did go out ended up having some great catches.
The main
attraction as per ever was striped marlin this week, with fewer dorado catches
than we had been seeing although it varied throughout the week. There were a
lot of nice smaller game fish caught, with grouper, sea bass and jack crevalle
as well as an odd wahoo or thresher shark (not really that small a game).
Top marlin
numbers went to the Pisces Tracy Ann captained by Julio Castro, they caught and
released seven striped marlin of between 90-150lbs out at the Finger Bank for a
group of anglers from Danville, California. Proving that for those wanting to
spend a little extra on the fuel costs, the Finger Bank is still the most
productive fishing ground in the area.
The Pisces Ruthless had a really nice
day out at the Golden Gate on the 10th, captain Beto Lira managed to put their
anglers from Texas on to three striped marlin of around 120-140lbs, caught and
released. As well as boating a nice 30lbs grouper, and also releasing a 90lbs
thresher shark. The Ruthless had another mixed bag day for some anglers from
Tieton, Washington on the 13th. They caught and released a striped marlin,
landed five dorado of between 10-15lbs, as well as three sea bass of between
10-20lbs on macarela live bait out at the Golgen Gate.
Our largest tuna catches
this week, and almost the only ones goes to the Pisces Knot Workin who landed
ten yellowfin tuna of between 10-20lbs on cedar plugs for a group from Florida.
LOCATION:
Pacific side, Golden Gate.
WEATHER
CONDITIONS: Clear skies and calm seas, with average high temp of 78ºF.
AVERAGE
WATER TEMP: 75ºF
BEST LURES:
Macarela and caballito live bait.
Based on the
catches of Pisces Sportfishing Fleet by Glenn Ehrenberg
Author:
Tracy Ehrenberg
Date
Published: 12/22/2016 –