Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition 3813 June 7-21 2019 | Page 33
VOL.38 • ISS. 13
BAJA ROUNDUP
June 7 - 21, 2019
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Cabo Anglers Land Full Menu of Gamefish
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By Capt. Tracy Ehrenberg, Pisces Sportfishing
his week the weather has remained
pretty stable, with only one or two
days of strong winds, but this didn’t seem
to affect fishing much. The inshore action
picked up quite a bit, with roosterfish,
sierra and jack crevalle being the main
targets. Top boats caught and released up
to 13 roosterfish in one day. Marlin catch
and release percentages also remained
constant, although many boats did spot
many marlin but struggled to get them to
bite. With that said, the top boat, Pisces 31’
Tracy Ann, released 5 stripers. And, seems
like we’ve been closing out the week with
great wahoo catches. Again, a nice wahoo
caught on Pisces 31’ La Brisa, estimated at
60 lbs.
We’ll start off the report this week
with the wahoo catch by anglers Darrin
Heisey, James Thiele and John Frost
The tuna bite is on off the East Cape. This
beauty was landed on May 16.
Photo courtesy of VAN WORMER RESORTS,
East Cape, Baja
from Carlsbad. They were trolling a blue
and pink lure close to Vinorama area on
the Sea of Cortez when the fish struck.
Captain Rey winkler (who has over 35
years fishing experience with us) estimated
the fish at about 60 lbs.
Top marlin boat this week, Pisces 31’
Tracy Ann, and anglers the Azoulay’s
and friends from Vegas, Nevada, caught,
tagged, and released 5 striped marlin. The
marlin varied in weight from 80 to 100
lbs each, and all hit on live caballito bait.
Double hook up at one point as well. Three
of the marlin hit at the Cabrillo Mount and
the other two at the 11:50 Spot.
Father-daughter anglers Mark and Leyah
Farber from Miami, FL also caught 5
striped marlin with 31’ Tracy Ann over
the course of their 3 days fishing aboard.
Most of the fish were caught at the 11:50
Spot and only one at Punta Gorda area.
All were caught on live caballito bait,
pitched at the marlin they spotted. The
largest of the marlin caught was about
140 lbs, with others averaging 100 lbs.
They also caught one 20 lbs yellowfin tuna
on a cedar plug lure and a jack crevalle,
released, on caballito
out of Destiladeras.
Another jack crevalle
caught and released
of about 20 lbs hit on
slow trolled caballito
bait at Punta Gorda
as well.
Pisces 28’ Andrea
also had a great week
and released 2 striped
marlin of about 100
lbs each, which hit
on live caballito and
trolled bait at the
11:50 spot. The next
day they released
1 striped marlin on
live caballito outside
of Destiladeras and
landed 7 yellowfin
on cedar plugs and
feathers, all of which
were around 15 to
20 lbs for anglers
David Beardmore
and Morgan Wylie
from CO.
Lots of tuna on
Pisces 38’ C Rod too
Big marlin are on tap for anglers plying the waters off Baja’s East Cape. This trophy was
landed and released in mid-May.
Photo courtesy of VAN WORMER RESORTS, East Cape, Baja.
— 20 yellowfin total which hit on a variety
of lures, cedar plugs, feathers, hoochies,
and green lures, using the kite too. All
fish hit around the La Herradura area
art about 25-30 miles out. Anglers were
Zach Collins and friends from Nevada.
Pisces 31’ Rebecca also caught some tuna,
landing 10 total, which weighed between
15 and 25 lbs each, hitting on cedar plugs,
and green/yellow lures at Cabrillo. Anglers
Melvin and Mona Scherer also released
1 small striped marlin which hit on slow
trolled caballito.
LOCATED JUST
These anglers got their tuna on when they visited the East Cape this
May.
Photo courtesy of VAN WORMER RESORTS, East Cape, Baja.
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Top roosterfish boat this week, was
hands down, Pisces 23’ Panga Samantha
with 16 roosterfish released. Their best
day was this Friday, with 13 roosterfish
and 2 Sierra mackerel caught. Anglers
Jason Bellati, Jeff Chastain and Ricardo
Gutierrez from San Diego, CA, caught
the roosters on live bait out of Pedregalito
area, with the largest of them weighing
about 20 lbs, and all released. The sierra
hit on green/white hoochis and weighed
between 5 and 7 lbs. Not bad for a half day
of fishing!