vseasport
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WHEN THEY MAKE THE TURN
WHEN THEY MAKE THE TURN
Yellowfin tuna jumping and feeding with schools of porpoise are being found 35 to 50 miles from Los Barriles. The tuna have been very finicky and even
the first boat to find a school is having a hard time getting bit. After a couple other boats arrive on the scene it is game over.
Close to home billfish and dorado have been more cooperative and providing lots of action. Most of the dorado have been too small to keep but the
sailfish, striped and blue marlin are keeping anglers busy.
My brother from another mother Accurate Jack Nilsen shot photography and field tested new products while fishing Jen Wren III for a few days. Jack
invited different guests to fish each day. Catching multiple billfish daily allowed everyone invited to land one. All were released except for one
blue marlin that died in battle after being brain hooked.
Most of the fish caught came into our lure pattern and we were able to switch them to bait. It is a hoot to sit in the bridge and watch marlin in
pursuit. When coming from behind it is very difficult for them to get a good line on the bait. With eyes being on the sides of their head and a big
snout sticking out over their mouth its pretty hard to catch a bait straight in front of them. As the lures are trolled away the fish chases, becomes
more frustrated and lights up. I watched fish after fish in pursuit. It is when they make the turn on a bait the game begins.
It has been a hay day for billfish. Between Jack and myself we captured some incredible images.
I couldn't resist posting this picuture of sea turtles hatching on the beach. Jen and I discovered these the other night while going for a walk on the
beach. We helped more than 30 to the waters edge. Now we are discovering hatches all up and down our Buena Vista beach.
Accurate Jack reporting for work.
Jack filming Accurate pro staffer Kathy Rounds
Triples on the marlin. It doen't get much better.
We were surprised this blue marlin didn't make it until discovering it was brain hooked. Bad luck for the fish but none went to waste.
Mark Rayor
www.thejenwren.com
markrayor.blogspot.com
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woody with a view
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the next to last shows a lamprey? on the gill plate? is that common????
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That's a remora. Cute little suckers.
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woody with a view
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mine sucks, also! thanks for the clarification. are they common?
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Now, that's some serious billfish porn! b-tchen pix!!!!!!!!
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Great action pics.
But, you have to be there to really appreciate the beauty of the Sailfish in the water. I caught one in 1995 in Acapulco. The colors of the fish in
the water were unbelievably beautiful; radiant metallic reds, greens, blues. It looked more like a light show. The colors did not look like pigments
but more like electrified sources of colors of light, as though the colors were eminating from an elecrtronic source. Magnificent, radiant,
brilliant, metallic, illuminant, almost phosporescent. Just about the most beautiful sight a human could see.
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Great pic's Mark
Best close up's, I've ever seen.
Dave & Stevie
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MitchMan
Great action pics.
But, you have to be there to really appreciate the beauty of the Sailfish in the water. I caught one in 1995 in Acapulco. The colors of the fish in
the water were unbelievably beautiful; radiant metallic reds, greens, blues. It looked more like a light show. The colors did not look like pigments
but more like electrified sources of colors of light, as though the colors were eminating from an elecrtronic source. Magnificent, radiant,
brilliant, metallic, illuminant, almost phosporescent. Just about the most beautiful sight a human could see. |
Ditto's...
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Great photo's! And the turtle's are cool. I will be at Rancho Leonero next week. I have some new fisherman joining me, and plan is to do some close
in fishing in the rocks.
Your boat looks fantastic. Next year I want to do the multi night trip with you, like your recent report. What a great sounding trip!
Say hi if you happen to be at RL, we arrive 10/13.
Scot
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bill erhardt
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Mitch.....This photo does not capture the iridescence that you describe, but it does show the spots on the sail, like on the tail of a peac-ck, that
make it so spectacular.....
And, Woody.....Yes. Billfish often serve as hosts to remora, and often they remain attached right up to the boat.....
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
mine sucks, also! thanks for the clarification. are they common? |
Almost all billfish will have one or two but I have seen 3 or 4. Some experts think that is why you see billfish jumping repeatedly because they are
trying to dislodge the "little suckers". They ride around on the host fish and catch the pieces that come through the gills as the fish eats the
baitfish. They also eat on the sea lice that most bigger fish have.
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vseasport, Thanks.
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