Pisces
Fish Report—January 21st to January 27th, 2017
PISCES
FISH REPORT
January
21st to January 27th, 2017.
Overall
catch success rate, all species combined: 87%
Numbers
at a glance: Billfish 18%, Tuna 67%, Dorado 7%, other 24%
ConnieJo from Nashville, Tennessee is pictured here with first marlin, aboard the Pisces Adriana.
We had less
boats go out this week than last, and fishing was hit or miss depending on the
day. Yellowfin tuna was our top catch this week with 67% of Pisces boats
bringing in tuna in the 15-30 pound range. Fishing remained on the Pacific side
over a large swath of fishing spots; each of them producing their own different
catches. Inshore fishing continues to be productive and fun with roosterfish,
jack crevalle, red snapper, sierra mackerel, skipjack and other species being
landed. The most prolific boat this week was the Pisces Rebecca captained by JR
Alucano headed out to the Finger Bank near Todos Santos on the 25th & 26th
with a group of anglers from Millbrook, New York. On the first day they caught
and released six striped marlin in the 125-145 pound range, while on the second
day they caught and released 10 striped marlin; they were all caught on
mackerel live bait. And they also caught 10 yellowfin tuna from 20-30 pounds on
the first day, and 16 tuna on the second day. All the tuna were landed on cedar
plugs and feather lures.
This group of anglers from Arizona is pictured aboard the Pisces Bill Collector with their dorado and yellowfin tunas. (Photo by Oscar Bañagas).
On the 24th
the Pisces Ruthless had a really nice and well rounded Cabo day on the water,
with their anglers from spring Valley, California. They caught and released a
130 pound striped marlin, landed four yellowfin tuna of around 15 pounds and a
25 pound wahoo; all of this out about 31 miles from the 180 Spot. While the
Pisces Adriana had a really nice inshore day at Migriño, they caught five
sierra mackerel on rapala lures, they all weighed in the 8-10 pound range. They
also caught eight grouper, two sea bass and a triggerfish for their anglers
from Rochester, Minnesota. While on the 21st we saw a group of fishermen from
El Paso, Alabama head out to the Pacific side near Rancho Las Margaritas. They
landed a 15 pound dorado, 17 yellowfin tuna in the 15-20 pound range, two
sierra mackerel and a 30 pound jack crevalle.
Inshore fishing has been very productive, here we see a range of fish on the Pisces Adriana.
LOCATION:
Pacific side.
WEATHER
CONDITIONS: Clear skies some days, with partly cloudy to cloudy others. Seas were
calm some days and moderately rough on others. High air temperatures this week
were in the los 70´s.
AVERAGE
WATER TEMP: 69ºF.
BEST LURES:
Cedar plugs and feather lures.
Based on the
catches of Pisces Sportfishing Fleet by Glenn Ehrenberg
Author:
Tracy Ehrenberg
Date
Published: 1/29/2017