Striped marlin fishing remained slow, with the bulk of the fish outside. Swordfish bit last week. G.J. Sacco on the Fresh Start caught four swordfish in five days, with the fish ranging from 175-to 380 pounds. The Gaviota VI also nailed a 150-pound swordfish. Boats are averaging about a marlin a day, with the bulk of the fish coming off the 88 Spot.
Fish are deep and feeding on squid.
San Diego brothers Michael and James Green both landed marlin fishing with their father, Bud, on a Rancho Leonero boat. La Jolla's Bill Decker hooked a striped marlin from a Rancho Leonero Resort kayak last week, but it threw the jig a minute and a half into the fight. Decker was about a mile outside of Rancho Leonero fishing the break when the marlin hit. Karen Dunn, and her father, Steve, fishing a cruiser for two days, three marlin to 200 pounds, including Karen's first ever. Sensational sailfishing, according to Larry Edwards of Cortez Yacht Charters in Lemon Grove.