The billfish bite for the past week offered anglers some terrific action as the boats reported an average of 2-plus billfish landed per boat day fished. The "Gavitota IX" had a 6 striper release day early in the week and remained the high boat for the week. The fleet wide action continued throughout the week with the hot spot in the area of the 1150 fathom spot. The catches are expected to continue right into the upcoming IGFA Tournament taking place on May 14 thru 17, (next week) and the teams should have some outstanding action over the dark of the moon. The overall fish counts for 14 days fished reflected 37 stripers, (33 released) and a single dorado taken aboard the "Gaviota IV".

Cabo Climate:
Partly cloudy during the early part of the week and changing to mostly sunny toward the week's end with temps ranging from 63 nights to 94 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions:
A couple of windy days flowing in from the West but having little effect on the fishing as most of the boats are fishing the Sea of Cortez side of Cabo. Sea temps ranged from a cool 61 to 66 degrees on the Pacific side to 69 degrees outside of Cabo and rising to 74 by Chileno and reaching 75-77 from Palmilla Point, outside to the 1150 fathom spot and on up to Las Frailes.

Best Fishing Area:
The focus was in the area of the 1150 Fathom Spot but billfish were scattered about the entire area and for the most part, they were biting.

Best Lure/Bait:
Live Bait was the hot ticket but the lures were also producing a good number of strikes. The coming IGFA Tournament will probably result in most of the boats using rigged trolling baits due to the "catch your own live bait rule" element.

Live Bait Supply:
Excellent during the past 5 days and a few mackerel showing up in the mix of caballitos.