There were some very good days and some very slow days from Cabo San Lucas, but overall, it was a substantial improvement over the past few weeks and has the appearance of some stability. Better yet, it's very close with most of the fish being caught at the Cabo Falso Drop-Off, just a few miles from the Marina. Most of the boats are drift fishing for the billfish at the edge of the drop-off and for anglers that have never fished billfish by drifting along with sinkers and live bait, it can appear to be a "snipe hunt". This is the only place that I am familiar with that sets live baits at various depths, using 8-10 oz weights and drifts along and waits for the marlin to bite. Most of the time, the fish will make a jump before the angler realizes the fish is on the end of his line. It's a very different way to fish for marlin but at certain times of the year, it can be enormously effective and most every boat will have more than one opportunity at a striper. The overall fish counts for 29 days fished reflected 14 stripers, (11 released) 5 mako sharks, 11 dorado, 2 yellowfin tuna, 2 skipjack tuna and 1 yellowtail.

Cabo Climate: Partly cloudy to very sunny and warm days with temps from 62 nights to 85 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions: Temps have been fairly stable this past week and holding between 696 and 71 degrees from the Finger Bank on the Pacific side to 71 degrees around to Las Frailes.

Best Bait/Lure: Live bait was by far the best.
Best Fishing Area: The bulk of the billfish were taken just out in front of Cabo Falso. A few came from Golden Gate Bank and one came from the Palmilla Ridge area.
Live Bait Supply: A fairly good mix of caballitos and mackerel