For most of the week the marlin and sailfish would not bite; you could find them but they were not hungry. Finally at the end of the week the bite picked up a little and boats began to get them to take both bait and lures. Most of the fish caught were found on the Cortez side of the Cape and the majority of them were striped marlin. There were some sailfish caught as well, a real surprise considering the water temperature.

Yellowfin tuna still spotty...a few fish found here and there. Mostly it seems to be a matter of luck by boats that are actually in the historically producing areas. The fish that were found were smaller school fish to 35 pounds, but most of them were footballs from 5 to 15 pounds. All the fish found were associated with porpoise.

Early in the week dorado were tough to find, but just after the first heavy winds came through there was a big school of small fish (and some of them were really small...smaller than sierra) just off of the beach between Gray Rock and the Westin on the Cortez side. These fish were within a mile of the beach and unfortunately they were hammered hard by the fleet. The school was blasted quickly and by the end of the week the fish were almost gone. There were a few larger fish found offshore on the Cortez side with some of the fish going as large as 35 pounds. Most of these were caught on lures by boats looking for marlin.

There were a few wahoo being caught this week, and they were found close to the beach by boats working for the dorado in the area. None of the fish were large, averaging around 15 pounds.

While the action offshore was slow, the inshore fishing was the way to go if you wanted action. There were plenty of sierra on both sides of the Cape to keep rods bent and fishermen happy. Along with the sierra were the occasional showing of yellowtail, snapper and grouper....George and Mary Landrum