Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition 3811 May 10-24 2019 | Page 37

VOL.38 • ISS. 11 “ BAJA ROUNDUP May 10 - 24, 2019 35 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. 3705 These anglers enjoyed epic wahoo fishing during a recent long range adventure aboard the Excel. Photo courtesy of EXCEL LONG RANGE SPORTFISHING, San Diego