PISCES WEEKLY FISH REPORT AUGUST 31st to SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2007 OVERALL CATCH SUCCESS RATE 100% BILLFISH: Fishing was fantastic for striped marlin again this week, even with the interruption of Hurricane Henriette, a catergory one storm that caused the port to be closed on Tuesday and Wednesday. As far as hurricanes go, this was quite a mild one, damage to the town was minimal, with some trees and telephone lines down; we did unfortunately get damage to one of our boats. Fishing didn’t miss a beat, with striped marlin catches picking right up after the storm at Golden Gate . Best day was September 1st when each boat we sent out caught a minimum of four striped marlin each. This day we had several outstanding catches, “Bill Collector” released nine stripers and boated one dorado for Matt Rainwater, “Cabolero” released eight plus a Mako shark and one dorado boated. This same day “Sr Moment” also released eight for Bob Alvarado, plus a token dorado. Next day out “Valerie” had seven striped marlin for Brett Rive, Colen McLarrery and Troy Steiner frm Canyon Lake and Fallbrook, Ca. Live bait was definitely the most productive method of catching striped marlin and sizes ranged from 110 to 160 lbs. Everybody caught something this week, though some boats concentrating on small game, hence a marlin catch success rate of eighty nine percent. Even with the shortened fishing week, Pisces anglers managed to catch 130 marlin with all but one released. OTHER SPECIES: Dorado continued to give a good showing with sixty nine percent of boats catching fish up to 40 lbs. The average catch was one to four fish and occasionally some boats got as many as eight. The dorado were picked up whilst trolling for marlin with more caught on lures than on bait. Tuna catches were extremely slow with just one solitary fish for us. Again we had a few small Mako sharks, all released and seldom over 50 lbs. The most enviable catch of the week was a 75 lb wahoo, aboard “Tracy Ann” for Mike and Sheryl Denan from Satellite Beach, Fl, they also caught five striped marlin and a dorado…..hard to beat a day like this. They fished in the Cortez at the Gordo Banks. LOCATION: Predominantly Golden Gate. WEATHER CONDITIONS: Port closed on Tuesday and Wednesday; Monday afternoon we saw big waves before the storm arrived. By Wednesday the seas were like glass, but the port remained closed on the Port Authorities instructions. Seas clear, air temps in the 90’s. AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 78 F BEST LURES: Live bait. Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg