The striped marlin have continued to bite at the Golden Gate Bank. Catch rates varied from between two to ten fish per day. Running to the diving pelicans and frigates and throwing a couple of live baits in among the feeding seals and marlin resulted in many hook-ups on both marlin and pelicans. The striped marlin have also begun to show just off of the lighthouse on the Pacific side. Along the flats at the point, the bait has begun to stack up and many boats are fishing there instead of making the run to the Golden Gate Bank.

There were also a few yellowfin between 15-20 pounds found among porpoise off of Gray Rock, and the same type of action was occasionally found 8-10 miles off the beach on the way to the San Jaime Bank on the Pacific side.

There were decent catches of dorado averaging 12 pounds this week from the Pacific side of the Cape just a few miles off the beach. Farther off shore at 10+ miles, the fish seemed to be bigger... one boat came in with three dorado over 35 pounds

The sierra bite is picking up and the fish are good sized, between 8 and 10 pounds, and a few quality yellowtail are starting to pop up occasionally off of the Rocky points, as well as pargo to 25 pounds right in the rocks. Many of the pangas working just offshore for dorado and striped marlin are doing fairly well.

Water temperature: 73 - 82
Air temperature: 54 - 85
Humidity: 67%
Wind: ENE 2 to 2 knots
Conditions: Mostly Cloudy
Visibility: 8 miles
Sunrise: 7:03 a.m. MST
Sunset: 5:55 p.m. MST