Pisces Fish
Report—December 31st, 2016 to January 6th, 2017
PISCES
FISH REPORT
December
31st, 2016 to January 6th, 2017
Overall
catch success rate, all species combined: 84%
Numbers
at a glance: Billfish 31%, Tuna 32%, Dorado 18%, other 29%
Pisces Rebecca with anglers from Conneticut and their 213.5lbs yellowfin tuna, photo by Oscar Bañagas
The New Year
started this week, and fishing was hit or miss depending on the day (crews had
January 1st off), but even with that we saw 84% of all trips land fish.
Although last week we saw many large tuna landed throughout Cabo, this week
most of the yellowfins were in the football tuna range. The Finger Bank remains
productive for those willing to spend the extra money on fuel. Top boat of the
week was definitely the Pisces Valerie, captain Roberto Sandez who put the
Dow’s from Greenbrae, California on seven striped marlin on both the 4th and
5th of January. Heading out to the Finger Bank they caught and released all
fish on mackerel live bait, they estimated them at around 100-150lbs. On
January 3rd the same boat and crew caught and released five striped marlin in
the exact same area.
Pisces Bill Collector and two wahoo’s of 30-40lbs caught for the Holmes from Midland, Texas. Photo by Oscar Bañagas
As far as
other species go we saw boats this week landing smaller tuna, some dorado and
wahoo. We saw the following smaller game fish caught throughout the week:
grouper, jack crevalle, sierra Spanish mackerel, sea bass, skipjack,
roosterfish, amberjack and ladyfish. Top wahoo numbers went to the Pisces Bill
Collector, landing three wahoo of 10-30-40lbs respectively, as well as two
football size yellowfin tunas and eight skipjack all out about 30 miles from
the 200 Spot for a group of anglers from Midland, Texas. Bucking the small
yellowfin trend we saw the Pisces Rebecca, captained by JR Alucano land a
213.5lbs yellowfin tuna for some anglers from Conneticut, as well as two
smaller 15lbs fish. They were all landed out at the Golden Gate on kite lures.
LOCATION:
Pacific side.
WEATHER
CONDITIONS: Clear skies and calm seas most of the week, with daily high air
temperatures in the mid-70s.
AVERAGE
WATER TEMP: 75ºF.
BEST LURES:
Mackerel live bait, cedar plug.
Based on the
catches of Pisces Sportfishing Fleet by Glenn Ehrenberg
Author:
Tracy Ehrenberg
Date
Published: 1/8/2017