Billfish action is recovering from the unsettled conditions caused by Hurricane Jimena earlier this month. Marlin have been showing just a few miles offshore on the Pacific side. While black marlin have been among the missing, more small blues are filtering into the area every day.

Yellowfin tuna have been thick; almost every boat targeting them has scored. Sure there are more fifteen pounders but there are some huge ones that exceed 200 pounds. Almost all the fish in our area were caught inside the 1,000-fathom line from due south, then up to the San Jaime Bank and then up to the Golden Gate. This made it easy to find the fish, and at least one caught just off the lighthouse weighed over 200 pounds.

Dorado have been sporadic...appearing one day, disappearing the next. More often they have been located close to shore on the Pacific side in the warmer water. Averaging 12 to 15 pounds, there were enough larger ones to make things interesting. Boats that did well on dorado were catching between five and ten per trip and releasing two or three of the smaller fish.

Because tuna and dorado are close to shore, most of the Panga Captains are doing well. There are still some decent roosterfish being found and a few snapper and grouper as well. The Pacific side was the preferred side of the Cape this week.

With fishing this good, almost all the anglers have been very happy with the results of their trips; some of them have been worn out afterwards from fighting marlin and some of the huge yellowfin that have been around.