Striped marlin continued to dominate; every boat that tried for them was able to get hooked up. The best bite for the boats that stayed local was at the Golden Gate Bank. The fish were coming up on small bait balls. As soon as the pelicans and frigates started to dive on the bait, the seals started feeding as well, and then suddenly there would be a half-dozen or more marlin swirling on the bait. Sometimes they remained up for 15 or 20 minutes, other times they would disappear almost as fast as they showed up. Live bait tossed into the ???feeders' almost guaranteed a hook-up. There were also plenty of fish found at the Finger Bank, but with hot action at the Golden, there was little reason for boats to travel that far. Some fish were showing up on the ledge at the lighthouse and on Friday evening quite a few scattered singles were feeding just outside of Cabo San Lucas Bay.

The Dorado bite definitely dropped off for almost all the boats this week as the water temperature continued its slow but steady drop. A good catch of dorado this week seemed to be two fish, but most boats did not catch any.

The sierra action for fish between 8 and 10 pounds continued throughout the week. There are also some quality-sized yellows starting to show occasionally off of the Rocky points as well as some pargo to twenty-five pounds near the rocks.

Still no gray whales to report, but plenty of humpbacks.

Water temperature: 73 - 82
Air temperature: 55 - 81
Humidity: 72%
Wind: WNW 3 to 4 knots
Conditions: Partly Sunny
Visibility: 10 miles
Sunrise: 7:00 a.m. MST
Sunset: 6:05 p.m. MST