Billfish took center stage this week with the best April showing of sailfish in recent memory! While it wasn't WFO as far as bites, there were enough shots to cause some to complain about a malady?Ķsomething akin to tennis elbow.

Dorado action seems to have slowed with mostly singles showing up in the teasers and then disappearing quickly.

As in Cabo, the tuna seiners seem to have scooped up the current crop of football sized tuna leaving only a few scales here and there!

Inshore and beach action consisted of more jacks than roosters though there were a few small roosters to ten pounds caught on rooster alley and between La Ribera and the lighthouse.

The following falls into the "I don't make this stuff up" department:

"Highlight of my beach fishing this week was finding a freshly beached amberjack of about 10lb's. Must have beached itself chasing bait. We took him home and filleted him--still twitching as I cut it. Very tasty stuff!"

Tip: When trolling teasers for billfish, the best way to control your line is by keeping it in a bucket or container of some kind so that it doesn't get blown about the deck, being stepped on or tangled. When a fish comes up behind the teaser, immediately drop your fly into the water a short distance so that you can use the water to load the rod. As the person teasing calls for the cast and the boat comes out of gear, with a single false cast, cast your fly across the wake. Don't use the rod tip to set the hook. Instead, strip strike and let the fish run.

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Water temperature
66-78

Air temperature
65-95

Humidity
29 %

Wind:
SSE 7 to 9 knots

Conditions:
Sunny

Visibility
11 miles

Sunrise
6:45 a.m. MDT

Sunset
7:47 p.m. MDT