Overall catch success rate, all species combined: 85%
Numbers at a glance: Billfish 62%, Tuna 2%, Dorado %, other
21%.
Anglers Alex, Bobby, Don and Steve from Anaheim, captain Rosendo Gomez and deckhand Abraham Castro show off this large yellowfin landed aboard the Pisces Tiburon.
This week saw a complete turnaround and went offshore, we’ve
been talking about the great inshore fishing that we’ve been having for about
the last month or so. Now it seems that the striped marlin bite is starting to
come back. Boats were mostly offshore between San Jose and Cabo San Lucas at
the 11:50 Spot and the Cabrillo seamount, chasing after striped marlin. We had
an amazing day on the 22nd with 42 striped marlin released (100% of all marlin
caught), most boats landed multiple marlin catches on caballito live bait, from
anywhere between 3-5 striped marlin being landed per boat. Our top marlin boats
this week are without a doubt the Pisces Tracy Ann captained by Julio Castro
came in top spot landing multiple marlins almost everyday this week; coming in
a close second was the Pisces La Brisa captained by Bruce Montaño who nearly
puled off the same feat. However, these
incredible fishing levels did not sustain themselves and slowly tapered off
during the week.
Just to give an example of how good the fishing was, just on
the 22nd we had the Pisces Ruthless and the La Brisa both caught and released
six striped marlin, the Tracy Ann and the Andrea released five, while the
Valerie and the CRod released four striped marlin. We saw another unusual if
welcome catch, it seems as thought the big pelagic fish must have had the right
conditions to move into the area. The Pisces Tiburon captained by Rosendo Gomez
managed to land a massive 184.5lbs yellowfin tuna on a white/blue lure out for
a group of anglers from Anaheim, California, as well as catching and releasing
a striped marlin near 80lbs also at Cabrillo seamount. As far as other species
go, we saw the odd wahoo landed as well as yellowtail, jack crevalle, sierra
mackerel, roosterfish, red snapper and skipjack.
Striped marlin jumps, as it gets near the boat, ready for release.
LOCATION: 11:50 Spot and the Cabrillo seamount.
WEATHER CONDITIONS: Mostly clear skies and calm seas, with
some moderate swells towards the end of the week. Air temperatures ranged from
the 60´s at night to the 80´s in the day.
AVERAGE WATER TEMP:
73ºF.
BEST LURES: Caballito live bait.
Based on the catches of Pisces Sportfishing Fleet by Glenn
Ehrenberg,
Photos by Oscar Bañagas.
Author: Tracy Ehrenberg
Date Published: 5/1/2017