Unveiling of Marlin Monument in Cabo

This past Friday, March 31st the Pabellon Cultural de La Repulica was opened. In English that is the Cultural Pavillion of the Republic - in other words, that huge odd shaped, modern building behind Pisces headquarters. Seeing as we are now neighbors we thought we should know what it was all about and got involved in the event. This is a center for the arts, including a 1200 seat outdoor theatre, a movie theatre and an indoor theater with seating for 700 with a proper stage, hydraulic orchestra pit and the whole nine yards.
The event on March 31st began with the unveiling of the plaque at the entrance by the Governor, Narciso Agundez, who gave a speech flanked by politicians and the public. Next was the unveiling of the huge marlin sculpture, located at the marina entrance of the pavillion, donated to the people of Cabo by Pisces Sportfishing.  This is a replica of the largest marlin ever caught and written about. The original fish was taken aboard a commercial longliner off of Venezuela and was so large that it had to be cut into three pieces to be weighed. The fish totaled 4500 lbs approximately. We thought it fitting that such a giant marlin should be on the marina of Cabo San Lucas. The inscription reads "World's Largest Blue Marlin. This is a replica of the largest marlin ever recorded, caught aboard a longliner in 1976 - 4500 lbs. In Honor of the Magnificent Marlin upon which our town was built. Donated to the people of Cabo San Lucas by Pisces Sportfishing. In memory of Pedro Ehrenberg B & Peter Ehrenberg S.
Cabo San Lucas Marlin Capital of the World". After the unveiling there was a performance by Mariachi Vargas from Jalisco, considered the best mariachi band in the world, followed by a performance inside by two Mexican Divas, Oliva Gorra a soprano currently on tour with Andrea Bocelli &  Guadalupe Pineda a famous Mexican singer - both gave an incredible performance.

From left to right: Secretary of Tourism Alberto Treviño, city councilmen Dr. Ibarra & Gabriel Larrea, Mayor Mirna Xbille, Tracy Ehrenberg, Governor Narciso Agundez, Marco Ehrenberg, Ruth Ehrenberg, Luis Alvardo & Andrea Ehrenberg

Wow This Made Us Feel Good!

We just received this letter from a lovely lady from Alaska who fished with us in March. She didn't just get on marlin on her birthday but two....this proves the skill and dedication of our captains, particularly in such a tough month. Both fish were caught at the Cabrillo Sea Mount on live caballito.

Looks like Susie is in love with Cabo....

Dear Friends at Pisces,

I wanted to send you a few lines and an awful lot of compliments concerning my fantastic experience I encountered with your "family." From the first phone encounter with PAM, to the success I had on the Tracy Ann. I am so very pleased with everything and everyone involved. Thank you Pam for all your information, concern and kindnesses. Thank you to the rest of the office for your courtesies and sincere interest you all extended to me with my quest for catching my birthday Marlin. Thank you to Ady, Martin, Julio, Jr. and Julio, Sr. I would not have realized any of this happiness and elation if it were not for the most wonderful crew ever. To Julio,Sr,,,A special thank you is extended to you for all your patience and sincere concern and love of fishing you showed me. Thank you so much and I hope to see you next year. I extend my warmest thoughts and wishes to you and yours. Thank you again and take care. This picture and show of happiness is for all of you. Please enjoy.

Love,

Susie Hodnik from Juneau, Alaska

New Rod - Revealed

New Rod has arrived and first impressions are good, Very sensitive, ideal for soft plastics. 

Not sure if it will be my all rounder as I'm used to a bit more power for some situations. 

We shall see when the action really begins.....

reader submitted driftless trout report

Love your blog. Fished the driftless area this past week. Great outfitter, guide and time. I caught my first brown with my good friend Jim Tingey. You might like this video.

Todd


Fly Fishing from Todd Burleson on Vimeo.

Todd,

Thanks for taking the time to share your experiences in the driftless area of Wisconsin. I appreciate the kind words and the thought. Congrats to you on your first brown trout and make sure to catch them in moderation, word on the street is that they can become quite addicting...!

Blake

Please send all reports, photos and videos to- illinoiswisconsinfishing@gmail.com

Nice Bass By Ritchie

Well on Saturday i went out targeting some Wrasse with a friend Ben Bates, we had 5 in total up to 2lb 10oz. Then i decided to wack out a lure! after a few casts Boom Fish on i saw the flash of silver i estimated it around 3/4lbs and as it came to surface shook his head and off he swam :( !

So went out Sunday with Ritchie Campion and his rod doubled over! ....

Good start to the month 

Time to get the lures ready...

We had our first real go of the year chasing bass with hard lures on a Waterford rock mark yesterday. Hopes were high, tides were spot on, life on the water and reports of plenty of bass around.

We made our way out along a rocky ledge (its going to take a while to get back into the swing of rock hopping again) out to some weed clear water. From the off the bass were hitting our lures. Cian moved out onto a promising looking rock, fishing his favourite megabass x-140 (hama shirasu) into a nice deep gully.......Cians first 4 casts resulted in 3 drooped fish and one landed!

At this stage I was all thumbs desperately trying to get on my own x-140 after seeing the damage it was doing. It didnt take too long, fish started nipping the lure almost immediately and a brief pause of the lure during the retrieve resulted in that unmistakable bang of an aggressive bass. These bass were really putting up great scraps and it was nice to finally have a bend back in the lure rods.

As I looked down to my right Cian was still hitting fish and managed to land a few more bass on the Zonk Gataride pm hot shad.

Plenty of action was being had by all of us along the rocks, a great session for this time of the year. Most of the fish landed were aound the 3-4lb mark however just as the tide made it final push Ger Carey stole the show as he connected with the fish below on the feed shallow, the fish came in at 7lb a great fish on the hard lure for this time of the year.

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A great evenings fishing was had by all and hopefully this is a sign of things to come this summer.

So if your thinking of getting out with those lures dont waste any time the bass are back along our shores and are more than happy to hit some of those shiny lures.

Tight lines,

James.

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.. We have glimmerings of impending Spring. The temperature hit 40° F, and the sun was readily apparent in the broken cloud cover. Things are looking up.