While the billfish count tilted upward this past week, the dorado counts fell to a new low. High boat was the \"Gaviotaq VIII\", with Captain Juan Dominguez, releasing 4 stripers and landing 4 tuna and one dorado for 3 fishing days. Overall counts for 26 days fished reflected 19 stripers, (11 released) 2 dorado and 36 yellowfin tuna. There\'s lots of talk about the black and blue marlin in the area, but in reality, very few have been taken so far and it\'s probably due to the lack of the feed biomass abundance, especially dorado, skipjack and yellowfin tuna. Water temps are near perfect for the warmer water dorado, but they have yet to show up in force. Perhaps after the coming full moon we\'ll start to see some plus-sided changes that will improve the billfish catches overall.

Cabo Climate: Mostly cloudy, hot days and warm nights, temps from 78 nights to 100 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions: Mostly calm with very light swell. Temps from Golden Gate Bank to Cabo to Jaime Bank and into Cabo Falso at 80 degrees and rising to 85-87 into the Sea of Cortez at Gorad Banks.

Best Fishing Area: From Cabo Falso and out to the southwest 10-15 miles and on into the Sea of Cortez, with scattered stripers along the way. The tuna were found in the same areas, running with the porpoise.

Best Lure/Bait: Live bait was best for the billfish, with an occasional fish rising to the lure patterns, enabling a live bait drop-back. Feathers & cedar plugs for the tuna.

Live bait supply: A couple of difficult days for bait but getting back to the normal caballito, (goggle eye) supply