Water temperatures are still in the high 70's, unbelievably warm, and the few boats heading out are still getting few stripers and a few dorado. The action seemed to be split about fifty-fifty between the areas off of Punta Pescadero and La Ribera?Ķprobably depends on the wind. When the Captains think the north wind will blow, they tend to point the boat up toward Punta Pescadero so the ride will be downhill back to the hotels when the wind kicks up.

The other benefit of the warm water is that the sardina are still abundant along the beaches from Rancho Buena Vista to Punta Colorada according to our friend David Lee from Northern California, who was down for almost two weeks. He and Candida experienced slow-to-good fishing from the beach from the Lighthouse Estates to Punta Colorada.

The two of them landed 18 different species, roosterfish, sierra, toro, ladyfish, leopard Grouper, flag cabrilla, barred pargo, yellow snapper, yellowfin croaker halibut, pacific porgy , lookdown , needlefish, cornet fish, bulls-eye puffer, and three miscellaneous. One of the sierra taken on the fly weighed in at fourteen pounds, a possible new IGFA record, and there was also a fifteen pound rooster on the fly.

During their trip they were blown out for 3 days and had some wind in the afternoon on the other days.

Speaking of sierra, the ???tin boat' fleet is catching the sierra early mornings tight to the beach. If they would stay in an area where they get bit instead of straight-lining up and down the beach they could really whack them. "Don't leave fish to find fish!"

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Water temperature: 76-80
Air temperature:
61-78 Humidity: 80%
Wind: N 10 to 13 knots
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility: 10 miles
Sunrise 6:55 a.m. MST
Sunset: 5:36 p.m. MST