Mostly striped marlin and fairly close to shore on the Pacific side, the fish have been scattered up and down the coast. On Saturday a private boat fought and landed a 650-pound blue marlin in about 600 feet of water just north of the Golden Gate Bank.

Tuna were scarce this week but toward the end of the week there were a few schools found to the southwest of the San Jaime Bank along the 1,000-fathom line and the temperature break. Most of the fish were footballs to 30 pounds but there were a few fish that pushed the 60 to 80 pound mark.

The dorado have moved a little farther to the north every day on the Pacific side. The bite was not wide open but it was a fairly steady pick on fish that ranged between 8 and 25 pounds in size.

There were a few wahoo caught this week but there were more lost than landed.

Pangas are having good luck on the Cortez side for large sierra and there have been a few large roosterfish found on the Pacific side.

The following was a report from Mark Sheehan who recently fished on the Baja Raider: "I had a wonderful time fishing with Antonio and Gabi. We landed nine dorado and one 60 pound wahoo. I was able to hook three dorado on a nine-weight fly and landed two of them (teasing with a live bait without a hook, then casting to the fish). The rest of the fish were landed on conventional gear. We saw many marlin, but they were not hungry. We thoroughly enjoyed the experience, and will do it again in one year"