The fishing this past week through the full moon has certainly taken it's toll on the anglers and the various Cabo Sportfishing fleets with only a little more than a third of the boats landing a billfish. While most of the boats had an opportunity to bait a billfish, they were mostly not interested and would just sink out when the bait was presented. "Gaviota IX" landed the only blue marlin for the week, a smaller fish that checked in at 280 lbs.

Overall counts for a total of 12 days fished reflected 1 blue marlin, 2 stripers release, 1 sailfish released, 1 wahoo, 1 yellowfin tuna and 14 dorado.

Cabo Climate:
Lots of cloud cover this past week with periods of intermittent sunshine and temps that ranged from 73 nights to 95 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions:
Bigger swells approaching from the effects of TS Greg that is moving westerly and several hundred miles offshore from Cabo. Sea temps are good on both sides of the peninsula and range from 80-81 on the Pacific side to 88-89 on the Sea of Cortez side.

Best Fishing Area:
Fish were scattered about but mostly on the Pacific side of the peninsula. The blue marlin came from the Golden Gate Bank.

Best Lure/Bait:
Live bait was the best for the billfish and even resulted in a few dorado.

Live Bait Supply:
Remained pretty good through the full moon for the caballitos.