PISCES FISH
REPORT
September
3rd to September 9th, 2016
Overall
catch success rate, all species combined: 93%
Numbers at a
glance: Billfish 45%, Tuna 36%, Dorado 70%, other 14%
Bill Collector is at it again, landing a large yellowfin tuna this week.
BILLFISH:
This week our main story is the passing of Hurricane Newton through the area on
Tuesday. The storm made landfall on Tuesday night as a category 1 storm,
bringing strong winds and rains. When the morning came it was obvious that this
storm was not very destructive at all, causing some leaks in homes, and
generating windblown debris from plants and signage.
In fact, Hurricane Newton will probably end up
bringing more benefits than damage to the region, as these tropical storms are
Cabo’s main source of water. This winter season we will have an astoundingly
green and lush landscape due to all the rain we’ve had. Making Cabo’s desert
seem more like tropical Hawaii than Arizona.
With all
that being said, it did have an impact on fishing, as the port was closed on
Tuesday and Wednesday. Resuming on Thursday the 8th, so this week’s fish report
will only include five days. And despite all this, the days that we were able
to fish, we saw some fabulous fishing.
Our week
started with most boats landing bucket-loads of fish of all different kinds.
Best exemplified by the Pisces Tracy Ann captained by Bruce Montaño, who took
out a group of anglers from Colorado. They ended up catching and releasing
three striped marlin, 15 dorado (10 little guys released), and six skipjack
(also released). The Pisces Rebecca also managed a nice triple striped marlin
catch and release, as well as landing ten dorado for a group of anglers from
Pennsylvania.
On the 4th,
the Pisces Rebecca repeated its marlin magic, landing a striped marlin, and a
black marlin estimated at around 200lb (both released). As well as having two
blue marlin get off the line, making this our top billfish boat for the week.
The day before hurricane Newton, saw a
fantastic day for the Pisces Tracy Ann, and anglers Jeff, Paul, Phillip and Tim
from Gary, Alabama. They managed to catch and released three striped marlin, as
well as landing two dorado and three yellowfin tuna in the 25lb range.
Jeff, Paul, Phillip and Tim at the dock after a great day’s fishing, the day before Hurricane Newton.
OTHER
SPECIES: This week saw a nice mix of catches, with dorado being the most
prevalent of all. The fish were all quite young and on the smaller size,
including the yellowfin tuna. Which were generally a bit smaller this week.
With that
being said, there was one exception to the rule, and that was the Pisces Bill
Collector. They landed a nice 110lb yellowfin tuna just of the San Jaime bank,
for a group of anglers from Longmont, Colorado. As well as landing two more in
the 30lb range.
The Pisces
Shambala captained by Nayo Winkler headed out to Las Margaritas the day before
Newton, and they sure had a spectacular day for a group of anglers from
California. They caught and released a striped marlin, as well as four
dorado’s, fours skipjack, and the only wahoo of the week at 35lb.
first
day back fishing, on September 8th, saw The Pisces La Brisa, captained by Bruce
Montaño as our top boat, catching and released a nice sized striped marlin. As
well as a dorado and 16 yellowfin tuna ranging from 15-20lb.
Back on the Tuna grind, first day fishing after Hurricane Newton.
LOCATION:
Pacific side—Las Margaritas, Pozo de Cota, Old Lighthouse.
WEATHER
CONDITIONS: Our main weather event this week was hurricane Newton. For the rest
of the days we saw overcast conditions, with the sun returning towards the end
of the week.
AVERAGE
WATER TEMP: Mid to low 80’s most of the week.
BEST LURES:
Caballito live bait, green lures, blue-white lures.
Based on the
catches of Pisces Sportfishing Fleet by Glenn Ehrenberg
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Author:
Tracy Ehrenberg
Date
Published: 9/12/2016