The striped marlin have shown up again in fair numbers from the 1150 to the Cabrillo Seamount. They have not shown much interest in live bait?Ķthey just play with them and turn their bills away from the bait that was dropped back into the pattern. However, most of the fish came in pretty aggressively to the lures. The boats where the mates and Captains worked the lures, teasing the fish into eating what they were already focused on, had best results. Boats targeting striped marlin averaged two fish per boat with some getting as many as four releases per trip.

A few scattered dorado have been caught by boats working the beach on the Cortez side, but with the water warming up there may be a better bite on its way.

Fishing from a panga has been the way to go and the cold water on the Pacific side did not deter the fish from biting. Action just to the north of the lighthouse yielded 16 firecracker yellowtail and another one lost that felt much larger. Pargo are beginning to show up as well and the catch is becoming a mixed bag. On the Cortez side there were scattered sierra between Cabo and San Jose and past San Jose they were getting into some decent bonito.

Water temperature: 75 ??? 78
Air temperature: 61 ??? 97
Humidity: 45%
Wind: WNW 8 to 11 knots
Conditions: Sunny
Visibility: 10 miles
Sunrise: 6:36 a.m. MST
Sunset: 7:56 p.m. MST