PISCES FISH REPORT FEBRUARY 1st to 7th, 2008 Overall Catch Success Rate 86% BILLFISH: We had quite a slow down on marlin catches this week, with just fifty seven percent of charters hooking up to striped marlin. The fishing seemed to be along the lines of March fishing rather than February. We did have one boat that seemed to have a secret fishing spot; they headed up far beyond the mass of boats at Golden Gate and met with extreme success. “Spartacus at Sea” hosted the Hardy brothers Doug and Dan fishing with sister Jennifer, who are from Glen Ellyn, Illinois and Ladue, Mo respectively. They fished February 2nd and 3rd and were blown away by great fishing provided by this crew which ended up catching and releasing them twenty nine striped marlin and two mako sharks over two days, making the Hardy siblings our anglers of the week. On February 1st, “Falcon” also did very well, releasing nine striped marlin for Mark Fuller and friends Butch Pedersa, Carlos Magallanes and Debra Esquivel, all from Southern California. “Libre” did well too this day with six marlin released and a mako shark for Ken Mahez from Portland, who fished with Ray Kelly, Jeff Marsh and Scott Dahlgrey all from the Pacific Northwest. It was harder to find marlin this week and then when found it was not easy to get them to bite. It was also a pretty slow week for anglers, which is a factor in the lower numbers also. Nevertheless Pisces fifty seven percent of anglers were able to fight marlin, giving us a total of 86 striped marlin of which all but two were released. Our total catch for January we can now report was 889 striped marlin of which 98% were released. OTHER SPECIES: The humble sierra was the fish most widely caught this week with 200 caught by Pisces anglers, ranging in size from 4 to 10 lbs. This fish are extremely tasty and fun on light tackle, with the larger amounts caught from pangas. We had quite a lot of mako sharks ranging from 30 to 80 lbs, most released. No dorado for us this week but we did have some tuna over a couple of days, though seldom over 30 lbs. Inshore boats also caught good amounts of roosters, some jack crevalle and snappers. WEATHER CONDITIONS: Partly cloudy, windy on several days which produced rough seas, calm at the end of the week. LOCATION: Golden Gate, Old Lighthouse, Pedregalito. AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 68 F BEST LURES: live bait, rapalas. BASED ON THE CATCHES OF PISCES BY TRACY EHRENBERG