ENSENADA, MEXICO: Ivan Villarino of Vonny's Fleet said local Ensenada weather over the weekend was clear in the high-60s, with light winds, ocean swells of 2 to 3 feet, and the water temperature at Punta Banda averaging 59 degrees. Vonny's Fleet pangas caught barracuda, some calico bass, rockcods, cinnamon rockfish, lingcod, 2 yellowtail to 20 pounds, and 1 white seabass of 29 pounds caught on Tuesday by Jeff and Kim Sexton of Simi Valley, Calif., who fished with Capt. Beto on the charter panga Vonny I.

ENSENADA, MEXICO: Emerald Argonza of Matador Sportfishing reported on a half-day trip Saturday by the charter boat Matador with Capt. Alex Gonzalez, fishing locally at University Point and San Miguel reef with Trampus Grindstaff's group from San Diego for tough action in red tide conditions and a catch of: 10 red rockcod to 5 pounds, and 10 mixed bottom fish. "The fishing was quite challenging for the group due to the menacing red tide and no live bait at all from Mike's or Gordo's," Argonza said. "All fish were caught using squid strips on 3-hook leaders." Ensenada fishing area weather was calm but with dirty water stained by the red tide. "I hope it goes away soon to help out the local sportfishing industry," Argonza said.

SAN QUINTIN, MEXICO: Pete Hillis of Pedro's Pangas reported on 6 boats fishing out of San Quintin during the week with red tide at Isla San Martin and most boats working rockcod and lingcod south at Socorro. "There are lots of fish but the yellowtail and white seabass turned off on us," Hillis said. "I hope the water clears up for a better report next week." Anglers fishing with Pedro's Pangas during the week included Bernie and Chato Dominguez who limited out on rockcods and lingcod to about 18 pounds.

SAN QUINTIN, MEXICO: Marita Melville of Don Eddie's Landing said more anglers were present in the San Quintin area last week, with generally good weather, some moderate winds, water temperatures of 55 to 57 degrees, and catches of yellowtail to about 24 pounds plus some white seabass. "The fish are here and ready to be caught," Melville said. "Squid are also in the area and have been brought in by a few people. The fishing in San Quintin has been very good to those who have been going out. The hotspot has been over at Socorro." On Thursday, Capts. Gordo Garcia and Roman Gonzalez took clients out on the charter boats Fanny I and Fanny II for 7 yellowtail and limits of barracuda and bottom fish. On Saturday Capt. Juan Cook found 2 white seabass to 25 pounds plus bottom fish limits for his clients on the charter boat Mona Lisa. Anglers fishing out of Don Eddie's Landing during the week included: Reynaldo Aguilar, Alex Aguilar, Ramon Cornejo, Panayotis Makris, John Siliverdis, Bud Steinert, Lee Fritz, and Ray Fritz.

MAGDALENA BAY, MEXICO: Gary Graham of Baja On The Fly reported continued offshore winds and consistent corvina surface fishing inside the Magdalena Bay mangrove channels last week. "Deeper in the water column the grouper and pargo are the best bet," Graham said. "There was also a decent halibut bite along almost any sandy beach in shallow water." Cabrilla, grouper, and some smaller pargo were caught at the San Carlos bridge. Magdalena Bay fishing area weather was clear in the high-80s, with water temperatures at 62 to 72 degrees.

CABO SAN LUCAS, MEXICO: Larry Edwards of Cortez Yacht Charters reported on 37 outings by Gaviota Fleet and the Cabo charter boats Fish Cabo and Fish Cabo I, with a catch including released fish of: 17 striped marlin, 11 yellowfin tuna, 3 dorado, 1 mako shark, 1 hammerhead shark, 1 amberjack, 4 yellowtail, 2 pargo, 7 sierra, and 2 skipjack. "The fishing has been difficult this past week from Cabo San Lucas," Edwards said. "Finding billfish that want to bite has been difficult." Cabo San Lucas fishing area weather was partly cloudy in the mid-90s, with local water temperatures of 70 to 71 degrees, warming to 75 degrees north of Punta Gorda. Fleet boats fished in all directions. Live bait available was mostly caballitos. "Live bait was best, but no matter what was used the fish were not being cooperative," Edwards said.

CABO SAN LUCAS, MEXICO: Jorge Navarro of Pisces Fleet Sportfishing said 45 percent of fleet boats released striped marlin last week and 67 percent landed all species combined. A total of 40 billfish were caught and 34 released. "It was a bit of a slow week here," Navarro said. "The fish were moving really fast from 35 miles into the Sea of Cortez to 5 miles out on the Pacific, making them hard to find." Top catches for the week included a 250-pound class broadbill swordfish landed by angler Clint Hughey aboard the charter boat Sun Dancer. Very few dorado and yellowfin tuna were caught.

CABO SAN LUCAS, MEXICO: Tommy Garcia of Cabo Magic reported on 40 charter boats, with a catch including released fish of: 4 striped marlin, 6 dorado, 10 yellowtail, 34 pargo, 7 roosterfish, 2 skipjack, 1 barracuda, 2 mako shark, 7 Humboldt giant squid, and 6 sierra.

CABO SAN LUCAS, MEXICO: George Landrum of Fly Hooker Sportfishing reported continued variation in water temperatures and fishing conditions last week, with water temperatures as low as 65 degrees on the Pacific side of Cabo and up to about 80 degrees on the Cortez side. "During the middle of the week, tides and shifting wind dropped water temperatures by 5 or more degrees and put the fish into shock mode," Landrum said. "Surface conditions remained good but the water cooled off and became very green. The water turned over and the fish moved offshore. June has always been a difficult month to figure out as things are in constant flux. This year is no different."

CABO SAN LUCAS, MEXICO: Ramon Druck of the Cabo San Lucas charter sportfishing super panga Cheer's reported on 4 outings during the week, fishing on both the Pacific and Sea of Cortez sides with a total of 7 anglers for a catch including released fish of: 6 roosterfish of 0.5 to 1 pounds, 25 yellowtail of 1 to 8 pounds, 3 amberjack of 1 to 2 pounds, 12 sierra of 3 to 4 pounds, 1 bonito, 1 skipjack, and 5 red snapper of 8 to 10 pounds. The Cheer's fished mostly on the Pacific side up to Faro Viejo finding the best action on trolled hoochies. Local Cabo San Lucas fishing area weather was mostly calm, with some light wind and swell and water temperatures of 70 to 73 degrees, but with one day of much cooler air temperatures, slower fishing, and water temperatures down to about 65 degrees.

CABO SAN LUCAS, MEXICO: Jim Dillon of Salvador's Sportfishing reported on 10 inshore and offshore outings by the Cabo San Lucas charter boats El Budster, El Budster I, and El Budster II, with a catch including released fish of: 2 striped marlin, 37 sierra, and some limits of red snapper to over 25 pounds.

CABO SAN LUCAS, MEXICO: For the previous week, Marshall Pilcher of Nashville, Tenn., fished as part of a multi-boat group aboard the Picante Sportfishing charter boat Shameless for a catch of: 1 striped marlin, and 1 jack crevalle. "That was it for our boat," Pilcher said. "Some of the others fared a little better, with several landing yellowfin tuna or double striped marlin hookups and I also saw a roosterfish and dorado flag from others in the fleet."

CABO SAN LUCAS, MEXICO: David Zarraonandia reported a 200-pound class broadbill swordfish landed by his son Donald, 17, after a fight on 40-pound line of 1 hour 35 minutes during an outing with Picante Fleet. "We were fishing the Gordo Banks at about 40 miles northeast of Cabo," Zarraonandia said. "At about 11:30 a.m. we spotted a swordfish on the surface and cast a live bait. The sword took the bait and the fight was on." Another Zarraonandia son, Jordan, 13, also landed a striped marlin for the day.

CABO SAN LUCAS, MEXICO: Boots Fawcett of Carlsbad, Calif., fished fly tackle out of the Hotel Solmar aboard the charter boat Solmar Zero with Capt. Javier for a multi-outing catch with fishing partner Bob Newcomb of 4 striped marlin missed or broken off. "It was just plain good to be back to Luis Bulnes' Hotel Solmar," Fawcett said. "Despite the lack of blue water and water temperatures in the low-70s, there were enough striped marlin available and it was a wonderful trip in many different ways. We saw mako sharks every day. Perhaps we made a mistake in not targeting them. We saw marlin every day but were unable to set any fish up in the final 3 days."

SAN JOSE DEL CABO, MEXICO: Eric Brictson of Gordo Banks Pangas reported on 89 combined La Playita fleet pangas fishing off San Jose del Cabo, with a catch of: 116 roosterfish, 7 striped marlin, 13 dorado, 32 jack crevalle, 19 amberjack, 17 pompano, 42 sierra, 5 hammerhead shark, 7 mako shark, 4 yellowfin tuna, 9 dog snapper, 46 colorado snapper, 145 yellow snapper, 23 cabrilla, 55 Mexican bonito, 38 triggerfish, and 3 halibut. Unusually strong currents and varied water temperatures continued to affect the Los Cabos fishing area, with water temperatures in the mid-60s on the Pacific side of Cabo San Lucas warming gradually to about 80 degrees on the Cortez side at East Cape. "There were reports of clean blue water one day turning greenish and cool the very next day," Brictson said. "This repeated pattern made for difficult offshore fishing. Overall catches were not all that impressive for this time of year. Looking back on reports from the same time period we saw similar patterns. All we can do is wait for it to pass, certainly by July."

SAN JOSE DEL CABO, MEXICO: Randy Morishita of Carlsbad, Calif., reported on a panga fishing trip at San Jose del Cabo with Gordo Banks Pangas' Capt. Manuel for catches of yellow snapper, sierra, and a few bonito and jack crevalle, close to shore at El Cardon and Punta Gorda. Morishita noted good results with butterfly jigs, saying, "Those high speed lures did get down in a hurry. I loved being able to try again so quickly because of the speed of the fall. We were able to bring in fish from a greater depth after the live bait bite shut off and I attribute it to the ability of the lure to get to the right zone so quickly."

EAST CAPE, MEXICO: Gary Graham of Baja On The Fly reported continued very good big roosterfish action on the beaches for fly fishing guide Lance Petersen including roosterfish in the grande class on 3 different outings. "So far, this year has proven to be one of the best in recent memory for large roosters," Petersen said. "On the 11th we had terrible conditions with very strong south wind but the fish went nuts again in the afternoon. I landed 2 grandes in the 40-pound class as large roosters surfed the wind waves right to the beach." Graham noted that Petersen has been using his own "Bubba" fly for big roosterfish. "I would say he has come up with a good one," Graham said. "There are even reports of others trying to copy it." East Cape offshore boats were fishing for yellowfin tuna inside 30 miles, some sporadic dorado action, and striped marlin present but still not biting actively. East Cape fishing area weather was in the high-90s, with some wind and water temperatures of 74 to 85 degrees.

EAST CAPE, MEXICO: Eddie Dalmau of Van Wormer Resorts reported on 270 East Cape charter fishing boats from Hotels Palmas de Cortez, Playa del Sol, and Punta Colorada, with a catch including released fish of: 188 striped marlin, 1 sailfish, 206 dorado, 1,086 yellowfin tuna, 205 roosterfish, 5 wahoo, 20 cabrilla, 41 pargo, 86 triggerfish, 1 yellowtail, 5 mako shark, 8 jack crevalle, and 15 sierra. "The tuna bite has been about 30 to 50 miles out," Dalmau said. "The dorado were at the ocho-ocho near Cerralvo Island and the rooster hotspots were near Punta Colorada, Los Frailes, and Boca Salada."

EAST CAPE, MEXICO: For the week ending June 7, 2007, Chris Moyers of East Cape Smoke House reported on 442 charter boats from combined fleets including Hotels Palmas de Cortez, Playa del Sol, Punta Colorada, Buena Vista Beach Resort, Rancho Leonero, and Martin Verdugo's Beach Resort, with a catch including released fish of: 192 striped marlin, 177 dorado, 599 yellowfin tuna, 1 wahoo, 87 roosterfish, 5 triggerfish, and 1 mako shark. East Cape fishing area weather was mostly calm in the low-90s, with water temperatures at 68 to 84 degrees. "Some anglers had fun on the inside going for roosterfish," Moyers said. "In fact, some real toads were landed. Most of the roosterfish action was inshore off Rancho Leonero, La Ribera, and El Faro."

EAST CAPE, MEXICO: Russ Fritz of La Ribera reported cool 74-degree water inshore from La Ribera south to Cabo Pulmo and slow billfish action for his boat. "We saw a number of tailers, but no biters after washing our lures for 4 hours," Fritz said. "We stopped inside and metered some red snapper in 300 feet of water and ended up with 12 nice fish for dinner." East Cape inshore weather was in the high-90s, with some stiff afternoon wind and chop from the east. "Everyone is waiting for the dorado arrival, with only a rare fish or two being taken all week," Fritz said. No commercial fishing boats were sighted inside of about 15 miles.

EAST CAPE, MEXICO: Torrance Eddy of Buena Vista reported the results of his recent experiments with trying to prepare a palatable dish with jack crevalle or toro in Spanish, saying, "Well, I poached the filleted meat and put the covered pan in the frig to cool. When I took it out and lifted the lid, the aroma and color was enough...yuk, basura. Cats really like toro raw only."

EAST CAPE, MEXICO: Simon Cazaly of the Vista Sea Sport diving service at Buena Vista said last week's sea life sightings at Los Frailes and Cabo Pulmo included 2 whale shark. "Dive master Juan Diego Romero had 6 divers when they came across a 21-foot whale shark," Cazaly said. "He could only convince 2 of them to jump in the water, even though it was completely harmless. The 2 that went in were rewarded with a 10 to 15-minute encounter they will surely never forget." East Cape diving waters were still chilly at about 68 degrees at depth, with visibility at about 20 feet. Other sea life sightings at El Cantil, El Bajo, and Punta Perico included large grouper, thousands of yellow snapper, Panamic porkfish, diamond stingrays, and mobula manta rays.

SANTA ROSALIA, MEXICO: Michael Kanzler of Isla San Marcos said, "Its summer for sure now, with the heat of the fishing matching that of the air." Santa Rosalia fishing area weather was hot and windless in the high-90s with inshore water greenish at 77 to 78 degrees. Offshore water was blue at 80 to 83 degrees with visibility over 70 feet. Three days of fishing at Isla San Marcos and Isla Tortuga produced a catch of: 32 yellowtail of 22 to 32 pounds, all at the Isla San Marcos 110 bajo, 2 sawtail grouper of 18 to 25 pounds, 1 sailfish, a few leopard grouper, and very hot action on dorado around weed patches about 5 to 7 miles off Isla San Marcos. "We caught and released well over 100 dorado in the 5 to 25-pound class with 95 percent caught on surface poppers," Kanzler said. "What a howl to see the hordes of green flashes rush the poppers! We kept only a few fish each day."

SANTA ROSALIA, MEXICO: Syd Lindsay of San Lucas Cove reported 5 yellowtail to 31 pounds landed on jigs by 7:30 a.m. during an outing to the 110 bajo with Kevin Ward of the San Diego charter boat Searcher aboard Ward's boat Frigg'it, recently bought from Lindsay's brother Bob Lindsay. "After 35 years, and on its third motor and in need of a little paint, the Frigg'it is now with its new owner Kevin Ward," Lindsay said. Santa Rosalia fishing area water temperatures were in the mid-70s.

SANTA ROSALIA, MEXICO: Larry Sovern reported on a good run to the Santa Rosalia yellowtail bajos by Tom and Kit Bishop of Vashon, Wash., for a catch of 4 yellowtail to 40.3 pounds out of San Lucas Cove.

SAN CARLOS, MEXICO: Fernando Almada of Catch-22 Sportfishing said fleet charter boats struggled to find blue water last week but still picked up some dorado and sailfish. "The dorado seem to be far out while the sailfish and marlin are closer to shore," Almada said. San Carlos fishing area water temperatures were at 78 to 80 degrees.

SAN CARLOS, MEXICO: For the previous week, Curtis Grant of Phoenix, Ariz., reported on a run out of San Carlos by his boat Bonus Time, fishing to 28 miles out on a heading of 200 degrees for a catch of: 1 bull dorado landed by his son Matt on a Mexican flag feather about 17 miles out, a few skipjack, 1 sailfish lost, and a session of peanut dorado on a weed paddy about 12 miles out. San Carlos weather was very smooth, with the water temperature at 82 degrees.

SAN CARLOS, MEXICO: John Hilderbrand of Jon Jen Charters said San Carlos boats fished in variable water conditions but landed "a lot of dorado if you can find them." Capt. Abel on the charter boat JonJen had an outing with 2 dorado to 45 pounds landed and another San Carlos boat reported 2 blue marlin released.

MAZATLAN, MEXICO: Larry Edwards of Cortez Yacht Charters reported on 25 Aries Fleet offshore boats fishing out of Mazatlan's Marina El Cid, with a catch including released fish of: 36 sailfish, and 4 striped marlin. Inshore super pangas continued to find all day catch-and-release dorado action at the buoys. "The sailfish bite picked up considerably this week. The charter boat Aries I led the pack with a 6-sailfish release day," Edwards said. "As water temperatures increase more sailfish are moving in and dorado action continues to be explosive with all you want light tackle fish in the 5 to 8-pound range. Look for these smaller dorado to begin attracting the black marlin and blue marlin soon." Mazatlan fishing area weather was partly cloudy at 90 degrees, with mostly calm seas and water temperatures at 80 degrees inshore and 85 degrees offshore. Offshore boats fished about 22 to 25 miles southwest of Marina El Cid, and the dorado were caught on buoys about 18 to 20 miles out.

PUERTO VALLARTA, MEXICO: Danny Osuna of Marla's Sportfishing said all 4 fleet boats moved north of Puerto Vallarta to the San Blas sailfish tournament for 5 days as his brother, Capt. Scott Osuna, took first place, and his father, Jose Luis Osuna, won second place. "Alonso and I did not qualify because we caught only small sailfish," Osuna said. "We just got back this morning about 10 a.m."

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HUATULCO, MEXICO: Eric Weissman of Explore Fly Fishing reported multiple billfish releases from his Puerto Escondido and San Agustinillo fishing locations near Huatulco last week, plus roosterfish, jacks, sierra, and big dorado close to shore around the river mouths. "Storms and thunderstorms are around, the rivers are outflowing nicely, and shore action is very nice," Weissman said. "Blue water is everywhere. Multiple marlin and sailfish are common within 5 miles of shore. Some boats are hooking between 4 and 6 blue marlin in a day." Yellowfin tuna of 30 to 100 kilos were also being caught within minutes of the hotels. Huatulco fishing area weather was in the high-80s.