Wind was relentless most of the week ... again.

Optimistic reports qualified by wind conditions is that there are still some dorado, wahoo and stripers in the neighborhood. Inshore the sierra frolic, while jacks and pompano play hide and seek.

The highlight for the week was fat pargo being suckered on weighted jigs along with a few amberjack and bonito. Amber jack and bonita....Cindy Kirkwood, East Cape Tackle, noted that many are waiting with baited breath for the yellowtail to make their appearance.

Anglers found billfish action offshore, a bit hit or miss, but this week the bite for striped marlin improved offshore of San Jose del Cabo, from four to six miles out; many marlin were hooked into while drift fishing live baits down deep and trolling on the surface. Dorado were spread out, with most closer to shore. The majority of the dorado were small- to medium-sized, with an exception of a handful of the fish being over 20 pounds.

Yellowfin tuna action picked up, especially in the Inner Gordo Banks. The wind factor was an issue ... too much wind and swift current on certain days made this option difficult to impossible. Though there was a larger grade of yellowfin up to 100 pounds, many in the 30- to 80-pound class were hooked into, biting best on sardina rigged on lighter forty pound test leader.

Some boats had as many as three or four of these nice tuna; other days we would see maybe one or two tuna all together. So this late season bite was still sporadic, though fairly impressive to even have a chance at these quality fish at this time of year!

These same fishing grounds were producing a mix of bottom structure species -- not a lot of large fish, most were under fifteen pounds, though there was always a chance of a much larger specimen and all of these fish are the excellent eating variety. Catches were made on yo-yo jigs, as well as on whole and cut bait, including pargo, snapper, porgy, island jacks, bonito, triggerfish, amberjack, cabrilla and parrot fish.

Close to shore the sierra run is now in full swing. Once found, these schooling fish are voracious feeders and the action often can be fast and furious for the fish averaging three to five pounds, as it can be for a few roosterfish and jacks rounding out inshore catches. Most of the roosterfish now being found are juvenile-sized and should be released unharmed whenever possible. Early in the morning while panga charters were waiting for bait suppliers, some nice fish have been hooked into directly outside of the Puerto Los Cabos jetties, including yellow snapper, cabrilla and amberjack. This was an early bird special and would happen one day and then maybe not the next, though a few fish in the 20- to 30-pound class were caught. Eric Brictson, Gordo Banks Pangas