The striped marlin are still showing in good numbers on the Cortez side of the Cape from the 95 spot and past the 1150 spot. Most of them seemed to be mixed in with an enormous pod of common Pacific dolphin that moved in, probably feeding on the same squid. The difference this week was that the marlin were willing to eat live bait. Later in the week the action was starting later in the day so the boats that stayed out an extra hour or so were doing much better than the boats that came in early.

Find something floating on the water and you might get a dorado?Ķor not, and the chances of this happening in the warm water of the Sea Of Cortez were much greater than in the cooler waters of the Pacific.

Fishing from a panga was the way to go this week. One of the pangas we use got into a nice school of pargo late in the day farther up the beach and had 10 fish over 20 pounds for his two anglers. Small live caballito were the way to go. The yellowtail bite dropped off a bit and the fish were scattered. Trolling Rapallas at 6 knots found some of the fish and then working yo-yo's in the area would result in a few more bites. There were some bigger skipjack just outside the 50-foot depth that made a few reels scream as well. On the Cortez side there were scattered sierra between Cabo and San Jose and past San Jose they were getting into some decent bonita.

Water temperature: 75 ??? 78
Air temperature: 66 ??? 91
Humidity: 45%
Wind: WNW 8 to 11 knots
Conditions: Mostly Sunny
Visibility: 10 miles
Sunrise: 6:34 a.m. MST
Sunset: 7:59 p.m. MST