Fish Report: The Fish Are Biting...
 La Playita panga fleets found the most consistent
action around the Gordo Banks, through last weekend
the action considerably picked up for yellowfin tuna
and dorado. Catches were not huge in numbers, but
quality was impressive, average sized was in the 20
to 50 pound range and the majority of the dorado
taken was in the 10 to 20 pound class. Some panga
anglers accounted for catches of 4 to 8 yellowfin per
day, with average numbers of dorado being slightly
less than were the tuna.
We expect the inshore action on sierra to improve as
the water continues on a cooling trend and as more
concentrations of baitfish move in along the
beaches. At this time there are sierra and smaller
roosterfish, but with offshore fishing still productive,
not many charters have concentrated on the smaller
species close in.
Bottom fishing did not produce too much consistent
action, a strong current may have contributed to
this, and anglers found mainly smaller snapper or
triggerfish off the bottom rock piles.
Striped marlin dominated the action on the Pacific, all
the way from the Old Lighthouse to Golden Gate,
charters were landing multiple marlin per outing, most
successful technique was drifting with live bait down
deep, marlin were also found into the Sea of Cortez,
but in fewer numbers.
La Playita panga fleets launched approximately 65
this week, anglers accounted for a fish count of: 136
yellowfin tuna, 134 dorado, 11 striped marlin, 3
sailfish, 295 skipjack, 42 pargo, 36 triggerfish, 5
amberjack, 17 cabrilla, 16 roosterfish and 60 sierra.
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