Better late than never...the striped marlin are beginning to trickle into the neighborhood. Several boats have reported catching a few near Thetis Bank. Now that the weather is cooperating, more boats have been getting outside where they are finding wahoo, dorado and lots of smaller tuna.

There's much less pressure in the Esteros this week as the attention turns to offshore. The few boats that did fish inside caught pargo, golden jacks, a few grouper and snook...Bob Hoyt