Well, it's only been a bit over a week with the yellowfin bite finally hitting Cabo and now, the seiners are on the fish which are close in to Cabo. Hopefully, one of the navy patrol boats will come by and put a stop to the netting within the illegal fishing zone for seiners. Even with the vultures lurking about the area, the fishing has picked up considerably and reflects scattered billfish in most directions, a few quality sized dorado and good yellowfin tuna fishing. The overall catches for a combined total of 24 days fished reflected 9 stripers released, 1 sailfish released, 13 dorado and 65 yellowfin tuna. High boat for the week was "Tuna Time", reflecting 1 sailfish and 2 stripers released, along with 14 yellowfin tuna and a couple of dorado for 2 days fished.

Cabo Climate: Warm & humid days with temps ranging from 75 nights to 93 daytime highs under partly cloudy skies and southerly breezes in the 10-15 mph ranges.

Sea Conditions: Some well spaced swells rolling in from Hurricane Fabio but no wind connected with that now defunct system that passed nearly 600 miles out to the southwest. Water temps on the Pacific side are up from the Finger Bank to Cabo and range from 82-84 degrees. Rounding the tip of Cabo and into the Sea of Cortez, temps are holding at the 84-85 degree mark. Water on the Pacific has a bit of a greenish tint to it and blues up perfectly on the Sea of Cortez side.

Best Fishing Area: Good fishing in the Herradura area out to the south of Cabo and stretches out to the 95 fathom spot and on to the 1150 fathom spot. There have been a few good tuna spots and the fish are running with the porpoise that started on the Golden Gate Bank on the Pacific side. The billfish are scattered about the area with the stripers showing up on both sides of the peninsula, an occasional blue marlin in the Gorda Banks area and sailfish are now popping up in the mix, too. Haven't seen or heard of any black marlin but giving the temps and the tuna and dorado, it won't be long. They will be there.

Best Lure/Bait: Live bait is always my preference but moving around from one location to another, a host of artificials are working pretty well for all the species. I remain partial to anything in the mackerel or dorado colors at this time of year for the billfish and dorado and like the feathers and cedar plugs for the tuna, often dropping back a live bait at the time of a tuna hookup that usually will result in a bigger fish than the normal 10-25 pounders.

Bait Supply: The caballito supply continues to be plentiful for the anglers but those that want sardines are having a more difficult supply.