The striped marlin are moving closer to the tip. When the move began, they weren't eating. Now they are on-the-chew between the 1150 and the 95. The boats having the best success are pulling (10 to 12 inch) lures at the right speed (8.5 knots). The color did not seem to matter, it was size and speed that got them going. Few fish were hooked on live bait. Good catches at the end of the week were four or five releases per boat, but the average was just two. There have also been more reports of blue marlin recently.

Yellowfin tuna are mostly found with porpoise. Well, not entirely; there are still a few unassociated fish out there, but not the numbers that were being seen. Hopefully the fish will move our way soon! Two purse-seiners were reported moving north on the Pacific side recently indicating the possibility of fish up to the north.

The warmer the water the better the dorado fishing gets! Almost every trip is producing a few with the larger ones offshore with fish to 40 pounds have been biting lures meant for striped marlin. There have been plenty of smaller fish close to the beach. Finding Frigate birds working has been the key to finding the school fish as they could be seen swooping down on the flying fish being chased.

The roosterfish have moved a tad farther out in 80 to 100 feet of water. Slow trolling live mullet was the key to getting bit on a regular basis, and for those with plenty of sardina, tossing out a live one after chumming around the rocks in the shallows, worked on the smaller fish. There were amberjack and some snapper before the swells picked up, as well as some grouper found by the fishermen working the bottom or around the rocks...George and Mary Landrum