THE CABO SAN LUCAS FISHING REPORT FOR THE GAVIOTA SPORTFISHING FLEET AND FISH CABO FLEET

The sportfisher, "Tuna Time", skippered by Captain Roberto Padilla, sets the pace on billfish and yellowfin tuna for their two fishing days this past week. Day one, fishing with the Robert Wesley group of five, from Deer Park, TX, landed 25 yellowfin tuna and released a striper. Day two, fishing with the Peter Khai family of six, (Mom, dad and the four boys, ages 13,12,8 & 4) North Hills, CA, released a black marlin that was estimated at 250-275 lbs. and two stripers for their fishing day. The "Gaviota X" produced the first sailfish for the season fishing outside of the Palmilla Ridge. The overall fish counts for a combined total of 15 days fished reflected 1 black marlin released, 1 sailfish, 7 stripers released, 1 mako shark, 11 dorado and 62 yellowfin tuna. Even the full moon phase of the past week had little effect on the fishing as the catching seemed to be steadily improving as the water temps kept moving upwards.

Cabo Climate: Intermittently cloudy days with periods of sunshine and temps from 74 nights to 96 daytime highs and a SSE breeze at 10-15 mph. Chance of rain by Saturday resulting from Hurricane Dora.

Sea Conditions: SSE breeze at 10-15 mph and southerly swell starting to show from Hurricane Dora, but still very fishable. Temps from
83-84 and range from the Golden Gate Bank, down across the Jaime Bank, wrapping Cabo San Lucas and on up to Las Frailes on the Sea of Cortez side.

Best Fishing area: Billfish were scattered abbout with fish caught in several different locations. The bulk of the yellowfin tuna cam from two areas, Herradura, just south of Cabo about 10 miles and off the "White Hills" about 25 miles outside of Cabo.

Best Lure/Bait: The black marlin was taken on an artificial and most of the stripers were taken on live bait. The tuna catches were on the feathers and cedar plugs with most of the fish in the 20-30 lb.
ranges.

Live Bait Supply: Good supply of caballitos and an occasional mackerel in the mix.
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THE MAZATLAN FISHING REPORT FOR THE ARIES SPORTFISHING FLEET

The full moon seemed to help the bite from Mazatlan and the yellowfin
tuna and dorado action kept the anglers very busy through the week,
The overall averages reflected limit fishing for dorado with many releases for both, super pangas and the offshore cruisers. There was so much action on the dorado and yellowfin tuna that the anglers focused on the fast paced action that allowed for multiple strikes and hot bite fun. The buoys were producing easy dorado limits and another 7-9 miles outside the buoys, the yellowfin tuna were eager to please. Then, there were a couple of blue marlin bites in between the two areas and the Aires IV landing and releasing a smaller blue, (approximately 275 lbs.). The overall catches for a total of 15 offshore fishing days reflected 1 blue marlin, 2 sailfish (1
released) limits of dorado that ranged from 12 lbs. to 51 lbs. and
106 yellowfin tuna that ranged from 18-40 lbs. The super pangas, reporting for 4 days fished also reflected limit fishing for the dorado and the "Anzuelo III" had an 8 yellowfin tuna addition to the dorado catches.

Mazatlan Climate: Intermittently cloudy days with periods of sunshine and temps from 75 nights to 87 daytime highs and a SSE breeze at 10-15 mph. Chance of rain is nearly 60% for the next few days.

Sea Conditions: Warm sea temps at 87-88 and ranging from the Golden Gate Bank and down across the Jaime Bank on the Pacific side, wrapping Cabo San Lucas and on up to Las Frailes on the Sea of Cortez side

Best Fishing Area: The buoys were fast paced action for the dorado bite with the bigger fish being taken at the 20 mile buoy. The yellowfin tuna were out to the southwest another 7-9 miles and provided excellent catches of tuna in the 18-40 lb. ranges. Billfish taken were in the in between areas as the boats were making a move from one location to another.

Best Bait/Lure: Rigged trolling baits for the sailfish, blue marlin on an artificial, yellowfin tuna on feathers and cedar plugs and dorado on live bait, rapalas, feathers and assorted other artificials.

Bait Supply: Excellent bait supply for both, rigged baits and live baits.
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THE IXTAPA-ZIHUATANEJO FISHING REPORT FOR THE INDEPENDENT SPORTFISHING FLEET

Excellent fishing just a few miles outside Zihuatanejo Bay, offering terrific action on sailfish, lots of oceanic (skipjack) tuna and a sustained good bite on the bigger dorado. According to Captain Temo Verboonen, there are many logs floating around the area and nearly all are holding good sized dorado which he claims is one of the benefits of the rainy season that opens the river mouths. While the inshore fishing has been "iffy" this past week due to high swells and big waves, Temo believes the roosterfish will still be chomping at the baits and poppers once the swells settle down. He adds, the biggest problem for us at this time of year is the lack of anglers at the pier in the morning that is severely limiting the numbers of boats fishing.

IZ Climate: Mostly cloudy days with temps from 71 nights to 91 daytime highs and a 50-60% chance of thundershowers for the next few days. Hurricane Dora is hanging off the coast at about 200 miles, moving along to the northwest at 16 mph. This is going to be a category 4 hurricane by Friday with sustained winds at 131 to 155 mph, but is tracking wnw and not likely to go ashore.

Sea Conditions: Big swells and southeasterly winds making fishing inshore impossible and somewhat uncomfortable offshore. Sea temps holding stable at 85-86 degrees and excellent blue water at 7 miles from the Bay entrance.

Best Fishing Area: Starts att just 7 miles straight out from Zihuatanejo Bay.

Best Lure/Bait: Rigged baits working well for the sailfish and rapalas working well for the oceanic tuna, (skipjack tuna).

Bait Supply: Good bait supply that remained readily available inside Zihuatanejo Bay.
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THE PUERTO MORELOS SPORTFISHING REPORT FOR THE MARINA EL CID SPORTFISHING FLEET, CANCUN TO COZUMEL AREA

It was another mixed bag fishing week for the anglers from Puerto Morelos that provided a dozen different varieties of the Caribbean catches. The surface temperatures and water clarity has been very good throughout this area and for this time of year, allows for fishing on most days, albeit, there have been some tropical surface breezes that have kicked out some wind chop and made fishing a little less comfortable for the anglers. The overall fish counts for this past week reflected 2 wahoo, 4 blackfin tuna, 9 Atlantic barracuda, 4 Spanish mackerel, 3 bonito, 1 shark, 4 amberjack, 10 triggerfish, 9 banana fish, 1 soapfish, 16 snapper and 21 grouper.

Puerto Morelos Climate: Partly cloudy days with easterly surface breezes at 10-15 mph and temps from 75 nights to 90 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions: Some PM wind chop but very good water temps that remained stable at 84 degrees throughout the area.

Best Bait/Lure: Rigged and un-rigged ballyhoo continue to be the primary bait of choice throughout the area.

Bait Supply: The supply continues to be more than sufficient to supply all of the area boas on a daily basis and remains one of the few areas that stays unaffected by the phases of the moon.
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