Striped marlin action has still been extremely slow. On the positive side, there are a few fish out there, and at least some of them are willing to bite if you get a bait in front of them. The fish that have been seen have been scattered around, from the inshore water on the Pacific side to the offshore water on the Cortez, and everywhere between, indicating that the bait has been scattered as well. Normally we find concentrations of marlin where there is bait. No such luck on either count for us the past couple of months though, except for a few scattered days. On another positive note, there was a small blue marlin reported, one that was estimated to be 180 pounds. The yellowfin tuna bite has been off again and on again, one day here, the next day there, and occasionally nowhere. Recently there were fish found at approximately 15 miles to the southwest, outside the 1,000 fathom curve below the San Jaime Bank. Not a lot of fish, but at least the boats that found them early got into some decent action. The fish have not been large, mostly footballs, but some in the 30 pound class have been mixed in there as well. With the cool water, the dorado have packed their bags and moved south. A few of them could not find their luggage and got hungry, so we have been seeing a couple of flags here and there. Most of the wahoo got free tickets to travel to warmer climes, getting discounts on seats by buying in bulk. That's my story and I am sticking to it. Only three of these speedsters were caught that I heard of, and all of them were when the full moon was up. All the other "wahoo" flags I saw were for sierra. There have been roosterfish close to the beach on the Pacific side past the lighthouse early, as well as off the beach on the north side of Chileno on the Cortez side providing action. Also there has been a good amberjack bite off of almost all the points. The most common inshore catch has been sierra, and the bite was good on them for the boats that targeted these fish. A scattering of yellowtail to ten pounds rounded up the inshore action.