Pisces Weekly Fish Report November 26th to December 2nd, 2016
Pisces Fish Report Overall catch success rate, all species combined: 96% Numbers at a glance: Billfish 53%, Tuna 5%, Dorado 79%, other 21% This week we saw air temperatures decrease a bit and it definitely feels like winter has arrived, even though our winter is mild by all accounts compared to other places to the North. Striped marlin catches remain consistent and for those willing to spend the money on extra fuel, the Finger Bank near Todos Santos remains the top location. Incredible double-digit catches of marlin and dorado were had in...
read morePisces Weekly Fish Report November 19th to 25th, 2016
Overall catch success rate, all species combined: 93% Numbers at a glance: Billfish 49%, Tuna 7%, Dorado 61%, other 7% This week was another good one with 93% of boats catching fish; it was definitely the time for dorado and striped marlin more than anything. As tuna catches were down to about 7%, however there was a pretty mixed bag of smaller inshore game with sierra mackerel, skipjack, grouper, triggerfish, pompano and roosterfish all landed this week. Those boats that ventured the furthest north on the Pacific side this week were again...
read morePisces Weekly Fish Report October 29th to November 4th, 2016
Overall catch success rate, all species combined: 78% Numbers at a glance: Billfish 46%, Tuna 22%, Dorado 22%, other 12% This week saw the last of the big tournament’s of the season in Cabo take place, the 18th edition of the Los Cabos Tuna Jackpot. There was huge turnout this year with 168 teams and 612 anglers registered, the second largest field in the tournament’s history. All vying for a chance at the large tuna known to inhabit the waters off of Cabo and almost $750,000 in prize money. As far as our regular fishing went, we saw good...
read morePisces Weekly Fish Report October 22nd to 28th, 2016
Overall catch success rate, all species combined: 72% Numbers at a glance: Billfish 49%, Tuna 12%, Dorado 30%, other 7% This week we saw an overall decrease in our catch success rate, with 72% of boats catching fish. The beginning and end of the week saw better catches, with about half of boats catching fish during the middle of the week. Despite this, we still saw individual boats get lucky and land some impressive catches. We had a very large 639lbs blue marlin boated on the 23rd by Jamie and Ben from California, as well as a 35lbs dorado....
read morePisces Weekly Fish Report October 15th to 21st, 2016
Overall catch success rate, all species combined: 83% Numbers at a glance: Billfish 50%, Tuna 18%, Dorado 34%, other 13% BILLFISH: This week saw two Bisbee’s tournaments hit town, with the Los Cabos Offshore, and the world famous Black & Blue. The top team was Quiteña, from Tampico, Tamaulipas on Mexico’s Gulf Coast; angler Julio Fernandez (whom Pisces exclusively interviewed), brought in a 534lbs black marlin on the second day of the tournament. Although we will be covering the tournament story separately in its own article, so that we...
read morePisces Weekly Fish Report October 8th to 14th, 2016
Overall catch success rate, all species combined: 82% Numbers at a glance: Billfish 46%, Tuna 26%, Dorado 40%, other 15% BILLFISH: This week saw the first big tournament of the season in Cabo San Lucas. The Los Cabos Billfish Tournament, sponsored by the local hotel association, ran from October 11th to the 15th was in its 17th year. And saw John DeDominic as the unofficial winner of the tournament. John landed a beautiful 378lbs black marlin on the second day of the three-day event that put him in the top slot. He told us “we were strictly...
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