John and Maria Dlouhy next to his 241lbs yellowfin tuna landed aboard the Pisces Valerie.
This week was the tale of two bites, the inshore roosterfish
bite and the offshore yellowfin tuna bite.
Pisces boats focused on the inshore roosters in the first
half of the week, landing some very large specimens that were sure to give any
angler a thrill as they reached anywhere from 45 up to 60lbs.
While we saw the tuna bite get hotter in the second half of
the week, with some boats landing fish from football size in large numbers up
to a fish in the triple digits. There was a reduction in some of the other
species targeted as the main catch was tuna, striped marlin and the odd dorado
and wahoo, however some boats still landed sierra mackerel and even an
amberjack.
However, our top story this week is without a doubt the
landing of a 241lbs yellowfin tuna aboard the Pisces Valerie by the Dloughy’s
of Nevada. Captain Roberto Sandez was fishing on the Pacific near the Old
Lighthouse when the fish struck their cuchi lure. It hit a setup with 40lbs
test line, and gave angler John Dloughy an eight-hour fight before being
boated.
As for the roosterfish bite, our top boat this week was
without a doubt the Pisces Ruthless. Captain Roberto caught and released nine
roosters from 30 all the way up to 60lbs, also making it the boat with the
largest roosterfish this week. But that wasn’t it, as they also caught and
released both a 130lbs striped marlin and a 20lbs Jack Crevalle for the
Cahill’s from Florida.
The Pisces Andrea also had a very nice rooster catch that
same day, with four fish in the 40-50lbs range. Our top marlin release boat
this week was the Pisces La Brisa with Captain Bruce Montaño, he put the
Babineaux’s of Louisiana on three striped marlin (released). As well as being
able to land some good eating fish with a 15lbs dorado and three tunas of
around 10lbs.
Later in the week, we saw that the yellowfin catches began
to increase with the Pisces Cabolero being a good example. They landed 20 tuna
on cedar plugs for their anglers from California, as well as catching and
releasing a small dorado and two 100lbs striped marlin.
Angler Gerard Krause of Ohio lifts up this near 40lbs rooster accompanied by the captain of the Pisces Tracy Ann, Julio Castro.
LOCATION: Inshore from the Old Lighthouse on the Pacific to
the Corridor on the Cortez, offshore at the 180 Spot and 20 miles off the Old
Lighthouse.
WEATHER CONDITIONS: We had clear skies with mostly calm seas
throughout the week, and daytime air temps in the low 80´s.
AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 76ºF.
BEST LURES: Caballito live bait, cedar plugs, feather lures.
Based on the catches of Pisces Sportfishing Fleet by Glenn
Ehrenberg