August came and went with hardly a notice. Normally August is our solid summer Pelagic all hands on deck month. Tuna, wahoo, Dorado and all variety of Marlin. This year not so much. That’s not to say we didn’t have great days on the water, we did. You just had to spend a lot of time out here or get lucky to get those days. We had some guest come in at the end of the day saying they had the best fishing ever, we also had some wondering what happened to the epic summertime bite of the Sea of Cortez.

Water conditions definitely seem to be improving. Water temperature are now in the mid 80s a few miles offshore and the water is blue. Bait is everywhere, large shoals of chihuil, bolitos and sardines are breezing anywhere there’s structure with the occasional predator ripping through them sending bait in every direction. I think its safe to say the Dorado bite is the best bet. They are literally everywhere. Yesterday I got a report that the dorado are in the bay hanging out under the Pemex tankers. They did this all winter making for fun light tackle action and good eating 3 minutes from the marina. Large schools of porpoises holding large tuna are south of us but headed our way. These fish are 50-200lbs. This is the type of fish that will settle in on the seamounts if the conditions are favorable. We can only hope.