PISCES WEEKLY FISH REPORT December 7th to 13th, 2007 Overall Catch Success Rate 96% BILLFISH: The first two weeks of December are traditionally some of the slowest of the year in regard to anglers being around, being between Thanksgiving and Christmas; the fish however are here in great numbers. The striped marlin continue in excellent numbers both at Golden Gate and the Finger Banks. On Monday we awoke to thunder, lightning and rain, making most anglers reluctant to go out, however those that did caught fish, as the skies had cleared by ten o clock. The day after the storm was when we saw a bit of a slowdown, with several boats “skunked”. Top boat this week was “Tracy Ann” with 21 striped marlin, released at the Finger Bank by Tony Vancooten, Stuart Whitam and Phil Keoch from Newcastle, U.K. on December 13th. This same day 28 ft “Andrea” fished the same area and released 12 for Sabine Foster and Karl Merlich from Cerritos and Palmdale, Ca. This same boat also had 12 marlin released earlier in the week for Chris Baynes from Welwyn, U.K. “C Rod” did best at Golden Gate, releasing 11 for a group from Nebraska on December 7th. It was quite common for boats to catch six or seven, whilst others just fought a single fish. Ninety percent of charters caught striped marlin this week. Total catch was 208 fish, with just one 150 lb’er kept. OTHER SPECIES: We saw a big slow down on dorado and tuna this week, in fact we only caught two dorado and one tuna. We did see several boats catch mako sharks and “Tracy Ann” caught the largest one we have seen in over a decade at close to 200 lbs, for angler George Fee from Fanwood, New Jersey. Other makos were 30 to 50 lbs. There were quite a lot of roosters, in fact Dave Smith from Seattle, released 19 aboard the panga “Sirrius”. Sierra, skipjacks and a few groupers were also caught. LOCATION: Golden Gate, Finger Banks, inshore close to Cabo both sides. WEATHER CONDITIONS: Great all week with the exception of Monday when we had a storm in the early hours of the morning, seas got rough later this day but the rest of the week were calm. AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 74 F BEST LURES: Live bait. Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg