The striped marlin bite picked up a little bit as the couple we had fishing for three days demonstrated. There were no fish on the first day; the water was rough and it was an early return. The second day they caught two marlin and they saw a few fish on the third day. Other boats were doing about the same; the fish were showing around the 95 spot moving slowly to the east. One of the fleet boats landed a small blue marlin in the 250 pound class while fishing up around Palmilla.

Tuna were once again a 'hit or miss' fish. A few boats were able to get fish, but most of them were blind strikes with no porpoise in the area at the time. The fish were slightly larger than footballs at 20 to 25 pounds, but there were no large numbers of them reported. A few boats did find porpoise that held fish, but they were on the San Jaime Banks in very rough water and only a few boats braved the conditions to fish there; those that did had only scattered success.

The water in the Sea of Cortez has warmed up and there are a few more dorado being caught. No large numbers but the fish were decent sized at a 20-pound average.

There were a few wahoo caught in the area of the Gorda Banks, but no large numbers of them. They averaged 25 pounds with the best bite being very early in the morning. Fishing out of San Jose on a panga was the best bet, since there was only a 15 minute boat ride to get there. By the time most of the boats from Cabo San Lucas arrived, the bite was finished.

Inshore action has remained good for sierra, roosterfish, grouper and snapper. The sierra and roosterfish provided great action close to the beach and the grouper and snapper were a steady pick for those anglers bottom fishing.

With the water warming up and a blue reported the other day, we might have a few more showing up soon....George and Mary Landrum