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Capt. Tracy Ehrenberg
July 26, 2015
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report

PISCES FISH REPORT
JULY 18TH TO 24TH, 2015
Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 63%
Numbers at a glance: Billfish 51%, Tuna 25%, Dorado 6%, Other 7%
BILLFISH: After the port being closed for a few days last week, the fishing was a little mixed up and the fish not always easy to locate resulting in several boats getting "skunked" and the less productive trips were for those on half days. Nevertheless we also had many outstanding catches. We are actually experiencing one of the best blue marlin bites in years. First up for us this week was a 300 lb'er caught aboard Halcon by John and Aaron Overral from South Fork, Colorado – their fish took an ever popular

"petrolero" lure six miles out from the 95 spot on July 18th. This same day Pisces Bill Collector released a blue marlin off of Land's End for John Hayes from Houston. Next day was one of the toughest of the week with boats hard pressed to get any hook up. The following day though, July 20th saw Pisces C Rod release both a 250 lb. blue marlin and a sailfish off of Twin Dolphin for the Guinn family from Jennings, Louisanna.La Brisa had a similar size blue this same day that took a live caballito for Dwaynee Pusley and family from Texas. The Guinn's were out again on July 22nd, this time on Knot Workin where they did really well to release another blue marlin as well as boat three tuna up to 110 lbs., which they caught on a kite twenty miles out. July 23rd was an exceptional day for the fleet, headed up by Kathy Morris from Austin, Texas who fished aboard Pisces Andrea and caught a 220 lb. blue marlin, plus two sailfish that were released - they were thirty three miles out. The most unique catch was a black marlin caught this same day by John May from Tucson, Arizona aboard Rebecca; the fish was not huge at 180 lbs. and was released along with a sailfish, twenty five miles out. Tracy Ann had a double header on sailfish plus a tuna for Andre Willitts from MI as did Scotty Edwards from Portland, Oregon aboard Bill Collector. July 24th saw the fish keep coming with a blue marlin and a sailfish released aboard Adriana for Norman Jevne and two sailfish aboard Andrea for Tim and Christine Millasch at the 11.50 spot. Pisces anglers caught a total of 38 billfish this week consisting of 9 striped marlin, 21 sailfish, 7 blue marlin & 1 black marlin.
OTHER SPECIES: After billfish tuna were the most likely catch, as boats landed between one and seven often sizeable fish. On what was a slow day for everybody else Pisces Shambala had a nice 160 lb. fish that they caught 25 miles out from Chileno on a green lure for Garry Podesta from Pleasanton, Ca. Bill Collector had the biggest tuna of the week for Scotty Edwards & Tracy Cruz from Oregon – their massive fish weighed in at 174 lbs. and took a live caballito at the Herradura. Other tuna caught ranged from 10 to 150 lbs., with our total catch being 49 fish. Dorado catches were very slow with just four caught by our boats. We had one pilot shark that was released and a couple of wahoo in the 30-40 lb. category. Inshore pangas caught a few roosterfish, jack crevalle and skipjacks.
LOCATION: 25 miles off of Lands' End, Herradura, 11.50 spot, 20 miles out from the 95 spot, Los Arcos – there was an about turn from the Pacific to straight out from Lands' End and the Cortez side.
AVERAGE WATER TEMP: High temps it the 80-89 F range.
WEATHER CONDITIONS: Hot, humid, partly cloudy, some light rain, seas moderate with swells, now calming.
BEST LURES: Live caballito, purple, petrolero, green
Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

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