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The striper action at the Golden Gate is still going pretty strong,
albeit, the full moon has hampered the catching a little in
conjunction with the cooling water trends. High boat for the week
was the "Gaviota II", skippered by Captain Freddy Talamantes, with
14 stripers for 7 days fished, along with 13 dorado. Overall
combined fish counts for a total of 59 fishing days reflected 81
stripers, (76 releases) 1 wahoo, 118 dorado, 1 bonito, 8 yellowfin
tuna and 118 dorado, 31 Sierra and 2 roosterfish. The interesting
part of the catch report this week is the is the various areas for
the different fishing. Golden Gate for the marlin, into the beach
and southerly for the sierra, most of the dorado from El Arco to
Chileno, a wahoo from Gorda Banks and 2 roosterfish from the Gorda
Point area. At least the anglers had some choices that didn't have
to focus on the billfish only action of the past few months.
Cabo Climate: Partly cloudy days, cooler nights, temps from 61
nights to 80 daytime highs.
Sea Conditions: Starting to see some cooling trend with the waters
on both, the Pacific side and the Sea of Cortez side. Current sea
temps are 72 at the Golden Gate & slowly rising to 73-74 at the
Gorda Banks. Above the Gorda Banks, the temps fall rapidly to 67
degrees as it does just above the Finger Bank on the Pacific
side.
Best Fishing Area: Continues to be on the Golden Gate Bank for
billfish and inshore from there is an excellent sierra bite.
Best bait/lure: Live bait at the Golden Gate for billfish is still
the leader of the catches.
Live Bait Supply: Remains very good even with the full moon
conditions and can still be replenished at the Golden Gate Bank and
occasionally at the Cabo Falso drop-off.