Striped marlin by the dozens between the 95 spot and the 1150, but they were not interested in biting. Some boats were throwing baits every five minutes to fish, but rarely found one that was hungry. Now the numbers are diminishing. The depth sounders were showing squid with marlin around them; one theory was that the marlin were stuffing themselves with squid and were not in the mood to expend energy chasing lures or caballito and mackerel. Putting out artificial squid as lures brought more attention. The marlin are moving closer, and at this writing, they were pretty concentrated three to four miles off of the Cape.

Big news this week: the snook showed and were biting?Ķhow long will it last??

There are pargo in the rocks and live bait is still the way to go. You have to button down the drag on these guys or they will rock you. There have been some nice sized jacks in with them.

On the Cortez side, roosters from 5 to 35 pounds have begun to show. Live bait slow-trolled in 15 to 30 feet of water brought fish to the boat for pictures. There have been very few sierra caught and the yellowtail bite has slowed down.

Water temperature: 75 ??? 78
Air temperature: 70 ??? 93
Humidity: 45%
Wind: WNW 16 to 21 knots
Conditions: Partly Sunny
Visibility: 10 miles
Sunrise: 6:33 a.m. MST
Sunset: 8:02 p.m. MST