It looks like the end is near for our pelagics. On Monday the break to the south looks to have dropped from 74.5 to 73 degrees. We’ll see if it can hold out with several days of good wind in the forecast – just in time for all of our good holiday vacationers.
The yellowtail are still showing up off of San Antonio in the 8-11 pound class. They are finicky though. The boils are up and down and they are feeding on small bait. I don’t think that anyone trolling lures is having much luck. I just got a good shipment of smaller Rapalas, so we’ll see if I can turn their heads. I’ve caught a few lately in the boils with smaller lures. Those jigging have been able to have some good luck if you are persistent and find yourself in the right place at the right time.
We tried the Island today and only caught a couple of skipjack. The fishfinder didn’t mark much bait or anything else. The other boat in our area did manage to find a couple of yellowtail, and I heard of one boat finding four earlier in the week. The bonita there and off the point have been missing this past week, as have the sierra. Maybe they are up feeding all night under the moon. Sounds like the inshore action is pretty slow too. Some corvina are being caught though in the right areas on the high tide.
The striped marlin are still hanging off of San Antonio, just outside and even in with the yellowtail. As we headed in today, we saw some birds working and I started to get some lines ready for yellowtail. It turned out to be a school of marlin though and I threw a ballyhoo in as we passed the first fish. After a thirty second follow, it finally took the bait and after a gruelling battle, one of the couples on board was able to tag-team and release a 130 pound fish. The last of the year? They still may hang around for a few more days. I haven’t given up hope on a few dorado hanging out on the sardine schools 20-30 miles to the south either.
On Friday, we headed out 34 miles to catch five nice bull dorado in the 10-18 pound class. We saw a sailfish and had a nice Blue marlin look at our spread. One boat supposedly caught three Blues that day and lost another four. On Saturday, we headed out with great expectations, but the fog came in and the wind kicked up. We caught a small dorado and missed one, and my friend impatiently turned back hearing reports of fish farther in. Coming back in through the mist I saw a boil behind a bait. I jumped down and picked up the rod and got ready for a strike. The line came out of the clip and I fed the line. The fish dropped it but picked it up again. The second time the hook stuck and a nice Blue of 170-180 pounds took a couple of horizontal leaps. We slowed down and I called my friend out of the tower to fight the fish. Then the hook came out. That fish will haunt us all winter long. ‘Till next season, my friend.
Tight lines, Bryan Replogle repsilon@aol.com
Team Margarita Sportfishing, San Carlos Aquatic Adventures
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