The bite is on for the Cabo San Lucas sportfishers with the boats focused on dorado and yellowfin tuna this past week. While the billfish counts were down for this time of year, we believe the boats focused mainly on the easy to catch dorado and yellowfin this week. High billfish count for the week came from the "Gaviota XI", with Captain Julian Ruiz, producing 7 stripers & 1 sailfish released for 7 days fished, along with 46 dorado, and 1 wahoo and this was followed by the "Fish Cabo I", reflecting 6 stripers, 1 sailfish and 22 dorado for 5 days fished. For the anglers that wished to focus on billfish, the opportunities were readily available. Overall combined fish counts for 61 days fished reflected 26 stripers, (22 released) 4 sailfish, (3 released) 1 roosterfish, 13 wahoo, 1012 yellowfin tuna and 416 dorado.

Cabo Climate: An excellent week's weather that was mostly sunny and warm with temps from 63 nights to 85 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions: Overall, very good sea conditions on both sides of the peninsula. Temps from the Pacific side, down to Cabo Falso and out 30-plus miles or so was stable at 79 degrees. From Cabo to Gorda Banks and out 8 miles, temps were 79-80. From the 95 and northerly, from 81 and rising to 83-84 degrees.

Best Fishing Area: Cabo Falso drop-off for the billfish, Golden Gate & Jaime Banks for the wahoo & tuna and the dorado were everywhere on the Pacific side.

Best Lure/Bait: Live bait was best for the billfish. Dorado hot on the lures, live bait, strip baits and surface cast lures. Tuna on the live bait and the feathers.

Live Bait Supply: The bait supply was getting back to normal as the week progressed, following the Tournament.