Mid August and the fish seemed to have taken a powder. Still some fish around but they aren't exactly jumping in the boats. Three out of four reports this week drug the "full moon" explanation off the shelf to explain the poor fishing. The moon is like Baja if anything goes wrong it gets the blame. Have you ever read that fishing was wide open...must have been the full moon?

How slow was it, Mark Rayor of Jen Wren Sportfishing, spent more time reporting on birds than fish? There were a few highlight for the lucky ones.

Buenavista Beach Resort boats Liliana and Dottie B11 managed to capture the top prizes in dorado and tuna categories. Last weekend in the La Ribera tournament that coincided the La Ribera Days festival that takes place every August.

John Ireland, Rancho Leonero reported the inshore produced more quality sized roosters again this week along with some large amberjack. Lots of pompano are still around. A couple of nice pargo in the 20 to 30 # range taken this week.