While the catch numbers would reflect a 60-40 chance in favor of catching a billfish this past week, that was not the case, at all. There were a total of 21 billfish caught/released but they were all taken aboard 7 boats and the high boat for the week, "Gaviota IX", caught 8 of them and the "Gaviota XI" had 5 and the "Fish Cabo" had 3. Considering 34 boats fished this past week, there were quite a few boats that didn't catch a billfish, albeit, there were other fish taken in the mixed bag catches. The combined total for 34 boat days reflected 21 stripers, (20 released) 22 dorado, 21 yellowfin tuna, 56 Sierra and 15 roosterfish. It was not a bad fishing week even though there were a couple of slow fishing days and a few of the boats had skunk days, too.

Cabo Climate: Mostly sunny and clear days with temps that ranged from 60 nights to 85 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions: On the Pacific side, from the Finger Bank to the Cristobal Ridge, the water temps were fairly stable at 72-73 degrees with the temp break starting a Cristobal and wrapping Cabo to Palmilla Point with rising temps at 76-77 degrees.

Best Fishing Area: Most of the billfish came from the Golden Gate Bank area and all of the fish came from the Pacific side of Cabo.

Best Lure/Bait: Live bait was best for the billfish and the roosterfish. Dorado on lures and live bait, yellowfin on the feathers and cedar plugs and Sierra on the hoochies.

Live Bait Supply: Good for our boats with a few mackerel in the mix with the caballitos.