PISCES WEEKLY FISH REPORT AUGUST 9th to 15th, 2015
Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 70% Numbers at a glance: Billfish 44%, Dorado 27%, Tuna 22%, Other 27% BILLFISH: People are so used to incredible fishing in Cabo, that it is hard when we get a few up and down days. With full moon on August 9th and a big moon all week, boats were hard pressed to have consistent fishing – they would do great one day, then were “skunked” the next, for no apparent reason – though we did notice a couple of degrees drop in water temperature. Our seventy percent success rate would be considered...
read morePISCES WEEKLY FISH REPORT AUGUST 2ND to 8th, 2014
Overall Catch Success Rate, All Species Combined 74% Numbers at a glance: Billfish 51%, Tuna 35%, Dorado 12%, Other 9% BILLFISH: Fishing was not easy this week, with some boats running up to 40 miles, though usually for tuna and still blanking out, whilst others stayed in around the 20 miles mark and did better. There was no set recipe for success an even though seventy five percent of our boats caught fish, this is not as good as we expect. It’s hard to say why, but we feel the weather is not as hot as it should be….if you are visiting you...
read morePISCES WEEKLY FISH REPORT July 19th to August 1st, 2014
Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 92% Numbers at a glance: Billfish 68%, Tuna 64%, Dorado 15%, Other 10% BILLFISH: This report covers the last two weeks as we were unable to get his out last week – but boy was the fishing good. The most unusual thing we saw this period was the amount of sailfish being caught, which have never before outnumbered marlin, but which have for the last couple of weeks. Besides a mix of billfish we saw great numbers on yellowfin tuna as well several wahoo and a few big dorado. Andrea our 28 ft....
read morePISCES WEEKLY FISH REPORT July 12th to 18th, 2014
Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 80% Numbers at a glance: Billfish 50%, Tuna 50%, Dorado 8%, Other 10% BILLFISH: We had a big moon this week, which meant some tough fishing during the phase when it was full and the day leading up to it and just after, nevertheless when the fishing was on, it was red hot. Added to this were the abundant tuna catches which were a welcome bonus most days. We were again surprised by the number of blue marlin and sailfish, which combined, outnumbered the catches of striped marlin, something we have...
read morePISCES WEEKLY FISH REPORT June 28th to July 4th, 2014
Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 93% Numbers at a glance: Billfish 75%, Dorado 20%, Tuna 38% BILLFISH: This week we had a few spots of unsettled weather, but that didn’t seem to affect the heat or the fishing, as boats busily reeled in a variety of billfish or smaller game fish. July is actually one of the best months of the year for fishing, a time when catches are plentiful and different billfish can be caught. This week we saw steady catches of striped marlin and an increase on both blue marlin and sailfish. Although a lot...
read morePISCES FISH REPORT JUNE 21ST TO 27TH 2014
Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 92% Numbers at a glance: Billfish 79%, Tuna 31%, Dorado 25%, Other 6% BILLFISH: What a great week in Cabo! Not only did we have our resident striped marlin but we also started to see some consistent blue marlin catches as well as the odd sailfish. First blue marlin of the week was caught by Lester Matlock, June 23rd, twenty eight miles out from the 11.50 the fish took a live caballito and was estimated at 184 lbs. before being released from the Pisces La Brisa. The next day out La Brisa headed...
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