Anglers - September 7, 2003 It always seems that tropical storms develop in a pattern one after another, this was the case this past week as Los Cabos was just recovering from the passing of Hurricane Ignacio another system named Kevin spun to life some 300 miles from Cabo San Lucas. Though this storm did not take the same northerly track as Ignacio did, instead it headed out towards the west, the high surf and thunder showers did cause havoc, waves to twelve feet pounded the local beaches and dry arroyos once again turned into roaring rivers. By the weekend conditions were clear and the high waters were residing, though plenty of work remained, especially on the beach of La Playita, where there was tonnage of debris to deal with before panga fleets could resume their fishing operations. It looks clear on the horizon now, so hopefully this next week will be back to normal. Warm and humid days are here for another few weeks, though evenings are now starting to show a cooling trend. The ocean has been stirred up, especially close to shore, average water temperature has been in the low 80s. Live bait fish were scattered and the most consistent fishing action has been taking place from Chileno to El Faro on the Pacific. The action was not exactly red hot, but there were some respectable catches accounted for, included some anglers reporting multiple marlin days, both blue and striped marlin were being hooked while trolling lures and larger baits. There were also increasing numbers of dorado found, ranging up to 45 pounds, with most boats averaging one or two of them in their overall catch. Yellowfin tuna were being found further offshore, but this was a hit or miss bite, if you were lucky enough to find the fish you could load up on a dozen or more of the tuna in a hurry, average sizes ranged from 15 to 40 pounds. The same open blue water areas produced more numbers of wahoo as well, fish weighing 40 to 60 pounds were striking on trolled lures, this is a favorable sign that the fish are here and the traditional peak bite for the fall is right on track. Inshore fishing has been dead due to the churned up dirty water, but will certainly improve as the water clears back up. Not many anglers were opting to try bottom fishing, but for those that did they reported fair catches of grouper, amberjack and pargo while using yo-yos and chunk bait. The snook bite never did happen this week as predicted it might, the San Jose Estuary area was a mess of debris and muddy water, but once this clears those monster snook should provide some excitement. Good fishing, Eric