Water: 81-83 degrees. Clear, flat, afternoon breezes.

Air: Cooler than normal; very pleasant with highs in the mid 90's.

The extraordinary fishing continues. Almost a carbon copy of last week. With the exception of five days during Hurricane Henriette, we have had six weeks of the best fishing I can recall! Every species that normally is available this time of year is biting aggressively. Yellowfin, dorado, roosterfish, wahoo, sailfish, striped marlin, blue marlin, are all within five miles. Anglers targeting any of the gamefish, with the exception of wahoo, are going to limit. We have huge schools of bait blooming in the inshore storm debris. Sardine, mackerel and caballito are abundant. The roosters are going crazy on the sardines.

Yellowfin: Most taken within three miles of hotel. A couple of big skipjack released for every yellowfin boated. Most anglers releasing tuna under ten pounds. The average fish is fifteen to forty pounds. A large stationary school, three miles off La Ribera is producing most of the fish. All anglers are limiting. Live sardine and mackerel best, on the top and the bottom.

Dorado: Mixed with the tuna and very spread. Big fish under almost any floating debris. Best closer inshore. Mostly taken on live bait. Average fish about twelve pounds, but two or three fifty pounders are showing at the cleaning table daily. Limits most anglers.

Billfish: Very light pressure as most anglers targeting tuna and dorado. Lots of tailers very close inside, every other boat is picking one up just by chance. We are releasing at least one blue per day. They are feeding on the tuna on the inside banks.

Roosterfish: No real size this week. That said, I have never seen more gallos roaming the beaches. For two days, I personally fished schools of five hundred or more five to ten pounders. They are sticking around and feeding on all the sardines. They are very line shy, with twelve pound test, you can catch them till the bait runs out.

Wahoo: As usual they’re hard to target. The whole fleet is catching two or three per day. A 91 pounder the largest. Mostly on marauders and rapalas.

With all the bait and this good water, the good fishing should continue.

Thanks...John

Week Ending Sep 17, 2007

Water: 81-83 degrees, flat. The water has cleared from last weeks storm.

Air: Cooler than normal, highs in the 90's. Very pleasant for this time of year.

The outstanding fishing we were enjoying before Hurricane Henriette has returned! The fishing this week has actually been better than before the storm. Literally every species available this time of year is biting aggressively. Dorado, yellowfin, sailfish, striped marlin, blue marlin, roosterfish, pargo, and even wahoo are all plentiful and very close. The dorado bite is the best we’ve seen in years with limits for most anglers. Yellowfin are thick two miles off La Ribera, and under the porpise outside. Blue marlin are feeding on the yellowfin and skipjack inside, hotel anglers are releasing two or three per day, most taken off the La Ribera bank. The inshore fishing is unbelievable with roosterfish feeding everywhere. Lots of good bait available, sardine, mackerel, and caballito are really holding the fish. It really has been one of our best weeks ever.

Yellowfin: A very large stationary school of tuna, yellowfin mixed with skipjack, are on the La Ribera bank, two to three miles offshore. Lots of boats on the school daily, all boats limiting. the average tuna ten pounds, lots of 20 to 40 pounders, most anglers releasing tuna under ten pounds. Almost all taken on live sardine and mackerel, hitting on both the bottom and the surface. Larger tuna outside under the porpise.

Dorado: Again, all anglers limiting. They’re mixed with the tuna, and very spread. There is still a lot of floating debris in the water, and there seems to be dorado under every floater. Lots of big bulls to fifty pounds, the average fish ten to twelve pounds. The best dorado bite we’ve seen in years. Almost all fish taken on live bait.

Billfish: Light pressure, as most anglers are targeting tuna and dorado. A strong blue bite this week, two or three released daily. All blues in the 200 to 300 pound range. Very close on the inside banks, in particular the La Ribera bank. Lots of sails and stripers, most boats releasing at least one per day. Live bait working best.

Inshore: Wide open roosterfish! Large schools roaming most beaches. Almost no pressure as most anglers are on the tuna. The gallos are biting until the bait runs out. The average fish twelve pounds to sixty. Pargo are also active on the bottom in the areas holding the tuna.

Wahoo: We are taking two or three per day, no real size, to forty pounds.

Anglers of the week:
Mike Mason of Kona, and Dan Walsh from Encinitas, fished four days on pangas and cruisers.
They released all tuna under ten pounds
23 Yellowfin 20 to 40 pounds
25 Dorado with four bulls over fifty pounds
5 Roosters released
2 Pargo
countless Skipjack released
2 Striped marlin released

Thanks...John

Week Ending September 9, 2007

Water: It’s cooler and dirty from the storm, but clearing and warming rapidly. 78 degrees to 80.now.

Air: Cooler, with fifteen inches of rain from Henriette early in the week. Very pleasant, highs in the low 90's.

Hurricane: Henriette hit the east cape midday Tuesday. We had 24 hours of non-stop rain, totaling somewhere between fourteen and seventeen inches of water. The rain was not torrential and very steady, so damage was minimal. The storm passed directly over our area, but the highest sustained winds were eighty miles per hour, and did little damage. The fishing was outstanding before the hurricane, with tuna and dorado wide open. The dirty, cooler water generated by the storm has, as expected, slowed down the fishing. The water is cleaning and warming rapidly, so we expect the fishing will improve over the week. We have lots of good bait along most beaches, sardine, mackerel, and caballito are abundant. Striped marlin are around and very spread, taking lures and live bait. Inshore is pretty good. Medium sized gallos are mixed with the bait and biting. The tuna are far outside under porpoise in the cleaner water. Some big dorado being taken as well, mixed with the tuna.

Striped marlin: Very spread, lots around. Very picky biters, live macks working best. Averaging one for every two boat departures. The bite should improve as the water clears.

Inshore: Lots of medium sized gallos, ten to twenty-five pounds. Very good inshore fishing despite the dirty water. Most rocky beaches holding lots of bait, and gallos. Live sardines working best.

Outside: Cleaner water outside. Some big tuna under porpoise, forty to fifty miles off Los Frailles. Other hotels in the area reporting tuna to 100 pounds. Big bull dorado also being taken in the cleaner water.

As the water clears, we expect the fishing to improve.

Thanks...John

Week Ending August 26 2007

Water: 79-81 degrees, much cooler than usual, flat, afternoon breezes.

Air: Cooler than normal for late August, highs in the mid 90's, very pleasant weather.

Very good fishing this week! The most consistent billfish bite I can recall continues, we've had a dependable striped marlin bite since March. Sailfish are plentiful, and more blue marlin are around than we've seen in years. This week we have schools of yellowfin within a mile of the beach. The fish are very spread inside and outside. Big dorado are mixed with the marlin. Inshore fishing is very good especially for gallos, most boats however are opting for the gamefish outside. We have an abundance of bait around, sardine, mackerel, and caballito are all plentiful.

Blue marlin: About one blue taken for every six or seven stripers. Which is very good, considering the fleet boats are taking 1-6 stripers per day. There are a lot of blues around in the two hundred pound range. The best fishing is on the inside drop offs, especially off La Ribera. Most taken on lures.

Sailfish and stripers: Are abundant and very spread. Biting inside and outside, we've had a number released around our boat moorings! Good north and south. There are quite a few sails around, about average for this time of year, they are however, dwarfed by incredible number of stripers. All anglers targeting marlin enjoying luck, as many as seven fish released by some boats. Live bait on tailers working best.

Yellowfin: In and out. Very strong the last couple of days. As close as a mile from the beach. Some nice fish average six pounds to twenty-five. Not under porpoise. Right now: limits all anglers! Almost all taken on sardines.

Inshore: Very light pressure. As usual for this time of year, huge roosterfish are working close inshore. A couple of sixty pounders released this week. Lots of bait on most beaches, really helping the bite.

Thanks...John

Week Ending August 5, 2007

Water: Clear, flat, afternoon breezes. 81-85 degrees.

Air: Cool for August, highs in the mid 90's. Very pleasant cool evenings and mornings.

The strong billfish bite continues. Blues, stripers and sails are plentiful. The East Cape Bisbee anglers all released lots of billfish. Some big bull dorado, and decent tuna fishing. Inshore has picked up with clearer water than last week. The sardines are more plentiful; really helping the inshore bite.

Blue Marlin: The Bisbee winner caught by 3 Hermanos was 418 pounds. Lots of blues under 300 pounds were released. Most productive fishing on the closer offshore banks. Almost all taken on lures.

Billfish: Loads of stripers and a few sails are very spread through out the east cape. This year has been one of the most consistent for stripers, that I can recall. The bisbee numbers aren’t out yet, but two boats fishing the tournament out of Leonero, released over ten fish apiece Most on lures, a few on caballitos and sardines.

Dorado: Big solitary bulls taken on marlin lures this week. the largest in the bisbee was Chucky VanWormer’s 52.7 pounder. Smaller schooling mahi-mahi closer to shore. Quite a few in the ten pound range, taken off the Leonero boat moorings. Kayakers using squid and live sardine are doing well, especially in the evening.

Yellowfin: Big tuna under the porpoise. A long boat ride south on the inner Gordo banks. Under fast moving schools of porpise. Average fish to 20; 164 pounds was the largest tuna taken in the tournament. Schools of smaller football sized yellowfin are biting only two to five miles off off the hotel and La Ribera. Hoochies and cedar plugs and sardines all working.

Inshore: Very light pressure, with most boats opting for outside. The water has cleared and there are more sardines than we've seen for the last few months. Big roosters to 70 pounds mixed with jacks are biting aggressively. Live sardines, caballito, and lisa best baits.

Thanks...John

Week Ending July 29, 2007

Water: 81 degrees with some cooler green water inside.

Air: Pleasant days with highs in the low 90's.

The weather finally warmed up. Everything seems to be lagging about a month behind normal. The seas are calm after the breezy conditions last week. At last, we have good quality sardinias available for bait after a long bait drought.

Blue Marlin: The big news is that we are having a wonderful Blue Marlin bite. The fish are much bigger than in previous years, averaging about 350 pounds. Some VERY LARGE fish have been seen and broken off. This bodes very well for the East Cape Bisbee, which begins this week. The best area is from La Ribera to the Lighthouse about five miles out.

Striped marlin: They are still plentiful. One boat got five (released) in one day. Lures are working well and rigged ballyhoo are producing results both trolling and on drop back rigs.

Tuna: There is a smattering of tuna 25 miles out. It’s not a solid bite, but fish to twenty five pounds have been caught by the early boats. There are also some smaller fish inside, a few miles off Cabo Pulmo.

Dorado: It’s been a quieter week for Dorado. Fewer big fish this week. The boats fishing to the north near Cardonal are running into schoolies. These are smaller fish to fifteen pounds.

Inshore: The inshore was also quieter this week. Green water all along the beach from Punta Colorado to Los Frailles shut down all the favorite rooster hangouts. However, some big yellowtail were taken off the light house in about 100 feet of water. Smaller roosters and decent jacks were also caught in the bay at La Ribera.

Week Ending July 21, 2007

Water: 80-87 degrees, mixed water. Cooler greener inside; warmer blue outside.

Air: High's in the 90's, afternoon easterly winds.

The real action this week has been the blue marlin bite. Real quality blues with at least one 350-400 pounder taken or released per day. The Bisbee is the week after next, hopefully this bite will continue and make for an epic tournament. Lots of stripers everywhere, two were released yesterday around the hotels mooring buoys. Very strong marlin fishing. Some quality dorado mixed with the marlin, mostly bulls in the thirties and fourties. Closer inside a lot of smaller schooling dorado. Yellowfin are in and out under porpoise, the first boats on the schools are catching the tuna. No real size, average ten pounds.

Inside, we have green water, it has really slowed inshore fishing this week.

Blue marlin: Blues over 300 pounds are being taken or released daily. Last year the average blue was two hundred pounds. This year the blues are bigger and more plentiful. The bite is further outside, twenty to thirty miles off, in the warmer blue water, 85-87 degrees. The 88 off Cerralvo Island has been holding blues. Almost all marlin taken on lures, petrolero and squid colors working best.

Striped marlin: Inside and outside. Very close to the beach, we've released a number of stripers within sight of the shore. Lots around, the good striper bite continues. Most taken on lures.

Dorado: Large dodo's taken on marlin lures mixed with the marlin. Not as strong as last week but quite a few bulls are coming to the beach. Smaller schooling dorado inside; average fish eight pounds. Kayak fishermen are really scoring. Frozen squid is working best.

Tuna: Under porpoise; outside in the blue water. Not very consistent, nor are the fish big, average ten pounds. The first boats finding the schools are having success. Not much pressure as most anglers targeting marlin.

Inshore: Midweek, green water rolled in and really shut down inside. Early in the week, big roosters and lots of jacks were around.

Angler of the week:
Doug Van Gordon from Lake Tahoe, fought a blue for four hours and ten minutes; releasing the four hundred pounder. Daily blues over
three hundred.

Thanks... John

Week Ending July 08, 2007

Water: Mixed 72-82 degrees, some cool green water and warmer blue water.

Air: Hotter, summer weather, highs in the 90's.

It was an interesting fishing week with patches of cool green water mixed in with warmer blue water. This was concentrating the fish in the blue water areas. Anglers fishing those spots scored well. Conditions improved offshore with less green water farther out. The inshore bite is still wide open. The offshore action was spotty at the beginning of the week, but has improved toward the end of this week. The tuna bite is on and off. There are lots of big dorado being taken. The striped marlin bite continues to be very good. It’s the most consistent bite we’ve seen in years. The bait situation is stable, with sardines and bigger baits available.

Marlin: At least one per boat, with many multiples. Very spread throughout the bay, with fish both inside and outside. About half bait and half lures, with the darker colors working best.

Yellowfin: The tuna moved inside earlier this week. Some are being caught right in front of the ranch near the boat moorings! Most tuna in the football range inshore. The bigger fish (30# to 50#) are still offshore under porpoise about 30 miles south. Bright colored hoochies and cedar plugs are working well trolling. Sardines are also productive.

Dorado: Lots of big dorado still mixed in with the marlin. Most being taken on lures. Some smaller fish are also showing up with the tuna this week.

Inshore: The jacks are still biting well. Big toros and amberjacks are being taken. The rooster fish are still very active, but getting BIGGER. Many released in the 40 – 60 pound range. Pompano to 12 lbs are also cooperating.

Thanks . . . . John

Week Ending July 01, 2007

Water: warming 80-84 degrees, clear, flat.

Air: Hotter, summer weather, highs in the 90's.

An improved week. The tuna bite has improved, with lots of yellowfin taken. There are more dorado this week, than anytime this year. The striped marlin are almost a guaranteed catch, with some nice blues mixed in. Inshore is red hot again this week, with big roosters, pargo and pompano all biting aggressively.

Marlin: Our most consistent striper year I can recall. Very spread, lots of tailers, both inside and outside. Stripers are taking bait within a mile of the beach. At least one per boat per day, with lots of multiples. We released over ten blues this week. All blues taken on lures, most stripers on live bait. Best color this week, petrolero.

Yellowfin: Three different schools producing almost all of this week. Under porpoise, most tuna in the 5-20 pound range. Limits all anglers, a wide open bite. Hoochies working best.

Dorado: Best week of the year. Quite a few more around with the warming water. Big bulls as usual on the marlin lures. Smaller schooling fish mixed with the tuna. Hoochies best, a few on live sardine.

Inshore: The roosterfish are big and theres lots around. Fourty pounders are not unusual, with a number of fifty plus gallos released daily. Big pompano to fifteen pounds are mixed with pargo to ten pounds. Inshore is really wide open with all anglers enjoying nonstop action.

Thanks . . . . John