Jump to content
Welcome to the Reel Boating Forum.
From Trailer Boaters to Captains to Marine Industry Professionals, the Reel Boating Forum welcomes you to join in with other boaters and fishermen discussing topics including sportfishing, marine electronics, boating safety, boat engines and more.
Use our FREE boat classifieds to sell your boat or fishing gear.
Marine Industry Vendors are also welcome to register a username and freely post their products or services

Shades of blue


Recommended Posts

Billfish have been the name of the game this week.  Boats targeting marlin have good action and  averaging 2 to 3 fish a day.  Most have been stripers but more blue marlin are in the count everyday.  Fishing yellowfin tuna has been a tough proposition.  A few of the larger 100 to 200 models have been brought to the scale which has gotten everyones attention but most of the anglers with tuna fever are not having success.  A few wahoo have been picked off but the solid bite we enjoyed for the last 2 months has tapered off.

The bite down south dried up so there are not many footballs.  Tuna are on porpoise schools 20 to 30 miles off shore from north of Punta Pescadero spreading south to below Los Frailes.  It has not been hard to find porpoise but only about one out of ten schools are holding tuna.  Then when the right one is found the fish are very spooky.  Kite fishing has been deadly when conditions are right but there has been little wind and the porpoise changing direction and speed too much to make a good bait presentation.

Marlin have been scattered everywhere but the best bet has been about 15 off shore on a sea temp break that has been there for a few weeks.  Today the Sea of Cortez was very grumpy with small craft advisories in the afternoon and we still managed a blue marlin just 3 1/2 miles from our mooring.  Also a broadbill or two are still being sighted everyday.

So, the other day I was talking about how spectacular blue marlin are. An angler asked how do you know when you have a blue on the line versus a striper or sailfish?   Here is a quick photo illustration. Some of these photos are not my best work but they were all captured this week.

712161.jpg
THAT'S a blue marlin

712162.jpg
Striped marlin

712163.jpg
Blue

712164.jpg
Stripy

712165.jpg
Blue

712166.jpg
Sailfish

712167.jpg
Getting the idea?

712168.jpg
Sail

712169.jpg
Blue

7121610.jpg
Nice striper

7121611.jpg
Today's blue


Mark Rayor
teamjenwren.com
markrayor.blogspot.com
www.facebook.com/JenWrenSportfishing
US cell 310 308 5841

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...

Join the conversation

You are welcome to post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...



  • Member Statistics

    • Total Members
      14,185
    • Most Online
      1,975

    Newest Member
    BassHoles17
    Joined
×
×
  • Create New...