This week the Golden Gate Banks still held billfish but they were not as hungry as last week. A few boats ventured up to the Finger Bank and reported excellent action there. Scattered strikes were reported almost all over the place but the normal fishing areas for the stripers still produced better than others, i.e., Golden Gate Banks, the ledges off of the lighthouse on the Pacific side and off of Red Hill in the Cortez as well as the point off of Los Arcos on the Pacific.

The Inner Gorda Bank produced a few fish to 50 pounds on live bait early in the week and there were tuna to 35 pounds found at the same time up in the Punta Gorda area. At the end of the week, the fish moved off but there were reports of some yellowfin to 30 pounds being caught by blind trolling 10 miles south of Cabo.

The dorado were on the flats up off of Punta Gorda yielding two to five fish per trip. The point off of Los Arcos had two days of excellent fishing with many boats getting their anglers their limits of two dorado each. The ledge off of the lighthouse on the Pacific side also produced quality fish averaging 15 pounds.

A few wahoo were found on the flats at Punta Gorda as well as a few from the rocky points on the Pacific side. These fish were small.

The sierra bite has been good and the fish are nice sized?Ķbetween 8 and 10 pounds. Also a good grade of yellows is beginning pop occasionally near the Rocky points as well as some pargo to 25 pounds right in the rocks.

The first few gray whales of the year appeared this week very close to the beach in 30 feet of water.

Water temperature: 75 - 78
Air temperature: 57 - 83
Humidity: 69%
Wind: WSW 5 to 6 knots
Conditions: Clear
Visibility: 10 miles
Sunrise: 6:58 a.m. MST
Sunset: 6:09 p.m. MST