Stretching the Season

In spite of the north wind, the hard core fishermen continue to stretch the season out a bit farther.

Making the long run down to Gordo Bank has definitely done just that. The big tuna, as well as the more manageable smaller ones, continue to bite. Even the billfish and wahoo are biting well.

It is a good thing something is biting because the ride back uphill to East Cape is not pleasant.

Closer to home, it's an early morning gig. Get out as early as possible, catch a few sierra and whatever else that bites and haul-tail back before the wind picks up.

Same deal for fishing from the beach...if you get up early and hear the waves crashing, it might be a good day to break out the blender for margaritas.

Current East Cape Weather http://tiny.cc/EastCapeWeather303

Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico

Better late than never...the striped marlin are beginning to trickle into the neighborhood. Several boats have reported catching a few near Thetis Bank. Now that the weather is cooperating, more boats have been getting outside where they are finding wahoo, dorado and lots of smaller tuna.

There's much less pressure in the Esteros this week as the attention turns to offshore. The few boats that did fish inside caught pargo, golden jacks, a few grouper and snook....Bob Hoyt

Current Magdalena Bay Weather http://tiny.cc/MagBayWeather150

Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico

The 80° blue water is still close to the beach, and action has not let up. Each boat is raising an average of six to eight sailfish a day and actually catching three to four. Plus, every boat is also getting a nice dorado or two.

Adolfo, on the panga, Dos Hermanos, had an excellent day with his fly fishing client. They raised eight sailfish, hooked and released three.

The inshore has slowed down a bit for the local roosters, with none of the boats traveling any distance to find them. Cheva, on the panga, Dos Hermanos II, fished the local waters, getting a small rooster and a whole bunch of jack crevalle, enough that the clients were worn out....…Ed Kunze

Current Zihuatanejo Weather http://tiny.cc/zihuatanejo582

Cabo San Lucas

No blue or black marlin being caught now even though the water temperature is fine for them. The high catch rate per trip for striped marlin are three per boat with the average probably less than one release per boat. There have been some very small fish in the releases...some of them as small as 15 pounds, but the average seems to be staying around the 100 to 110 pound mark. An occasional fish is in the 160 pound range.

It's still slow for yellowfin with a few fish being found on the Golden Gate Bank every few days as well as off of Palmilla on the Cortez side.

The water temperature across the area warmed back up and the dorado have remained in the area, but the bite has been slower than it was last month. Boats are averaging four to eight fish per trip with an occasional limit load. The fish were spread across the area but the best results seemed to be close to the shoreline and close to Cabo.

There's still an occasional wahoo bite, but not nearly the numbers we were seeing during the full moon phase. Once again the shallower waters near steep drops and around rocky points supplied what little action there was.

Inshore has been a decent mix of sierra, small roosterfish and dorado. Most of the activity has been taking place on the Pacific side of the Cape, and you did not have to go very far to get into the action...…George and Mary Landrum

Current Cabo Weather http://tiny.cc/cabo191