The groups fishing with us during the last few weeks are thrilled with the amount and quality of yellowtail, and lately the calicos, which were absent or not hungry from the regular fishing grounds near the island.

For instance, a couple of days ago a couple of our anglers were able to get almost 100 calicos in their last afternoon with us. Extremely happy guys!

On the yellowtail front, limits have been reached in the morning for some, averaging in the 20-pound range, with a few exceptions in the 30's and 40's. The bait is coming back slowly, but some mention that the bite is evenly live bait and jigs with preferred blue on white 6x. The best spots for the yellowtail are next to the salt town and also at Punta Prieta Bank.

Also worth mentioning is the common appearance of white seabass in the scene with one or two for every group. Weather is magnificent in the 70s at night and the high 80s during the day with mostly sunny skies. We are expecting this trend to continue until the end of the season, and maybe visiting by some dorado and some tuna species.

Bonito has been seen in giant schools on the plane outside Punta Norte, but too far for our pangas to reach regularly. What is becoming more popular is our chartered planes from Brown Field in San Diego straight to Cedros (a stop in San Felipe for customs) allowing our guests to fish by noon... Jose Angel Sanchez-Pacheco