Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition 3811 May 10-24 2019 | Page 37
VOL.38 • ISS. 11
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BAJA ROUNDUP
May 10 - 24, 2019
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Pisces Fleet Lands 800 Plus Pound Marlin
A
lthough this week presented one
extraordinary catch, with the 814
lbs blue marlin caught by Pisces 31’ Tiburon
(which is actually presumed to have weighed
more than that. more on this later), most
fishing this week was somewhat inconsistent.
April tends to have more inconsistencies in
the fishing, compared to other seasons, and
these past weeks have been hard to peg,” said
Capt. Tracy Ehrenberg of the Pisces Fleet.
“The fish have been moving quite rapidly
and the bottom fishing and small game have
gotten quite some pressure from all Cabo
fleets because of it. The tuna on the other
hand, have turned up again, even if far out
and even if not the largest specimens. There
still have been a few marlin releases, with 1
marlin released per boat on average, and a
great day looking at 5 striped marlin released
at Golden Gate. A few dorado sprinkled in to
the catches of sierra, roosterfish, ladyfish, jack
crevalle and yellowtail,” said Ehrenberg.
“April 14th will be a day to remember for
Pisces anglers Sam Ferrans, Mark Molnar,
Dinesh Poudel and Curtis Paul, who fished
aboard Pisces 31’ Tiburon and caught the 814
lbs blue marlin. But still, some controversy
has surrounded this fish, which at 167.5”
long and 66” around, that is, almost 15 feet
long and almost 6 feet around only weighed
814 lbs. We all know that the scale used to
weigh the fish is not “certified” and so cannot
claim this weight as the official and free
of error. Using measurement calculations
to figure weight it comes out to 1,072 lbs
when dividing by 650 which is what is used
for Pacific marlin, and if you divide by 800
which is what you use for Atlantic marlin,
it is 871 lbs. Either way, we will never really
know the ‘official’ weight, but a great effort
by anglers and crew, will be remembered for a
long time coming,” Ehrenberg exclaimed.
“This same day actually, the 35’ Bill
Collector 2 went in search of marlin and
released five total. The marlin ranged in size
from 80 to 120 lbs each and hit on mackerel
batt at Golden Gate. Pisces 38’ C Rod also had
a great day later in the week, releasing 1 striped
marlin at Golden Gate along with 20 yellowfin
tuna, all weighing between 10 and 20 lbs each
on mackerel bait.
Pisces 31’ La Brisa also had luck in releasing
marlin this week, with 1 striped marlin released
at Herradura. The marlin hit on ballyhoo bait,
and 5 yellowfin hit on cedar plugs. For more
tuna, Pisces 31’ Rebecca, landed 16 yellowfin
on April 16th, although all were about football
size. Found just outside of San Jaime, hitting
on cedar plugs. Later in the week the Rebecca
would land 2 of the only 3 dorados caught this
week. Anglers Hilary Andrews and Naeem
Khalid caught both dorado, about 15 and 20
lbs, outside of San Jaime on caballito bait.
Pisces 31’ Ruthless would also catch a dorado
later in the week, also out of San Jaime, but
would release it, as it was only about five or
so pounds. The anglers aboard did, however,
get to keep their
tuna, all 20 of
them that hit on
cedar plugs at
San Jaime. Tuna
weighed between
2 and 20 lbs
each,” Ehrenberg
concluded
LOCATED JUST
Bobby enjoyed some blue water excitement when this big wahoo
came knocking on a long range adventure this spring.
Photo courtesy of RED ROOSTER III SPORTFISHING, San Diego.
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These anglers enjoyed epic wahoo fishing during a recent long range adventure
aboard the Excel.
Photo courtesy of EXCEL LONG RANGE SPORTFISHING, San Diego