THE CABO SAN LU7CAS FISHING REPORT FOR THE GAVIOTA SPORTFISHING FLEET AND FISH CABO FLEET

About half the number of boats fished this week in comparison to last week and the overall fish counts reflected a reduced result. High Boat for the week was the "Gaviota XI", with 4 stripers released, 1 wahoo and 22 dorado for 5 days fished, all on the Pacific side of Cabo. The overall fish counts for a total of 18 days fished reflected 12 stripers released, 2 wahoo, 18 yellowfin tuna, 2 Sierra and 60 dorado. According to Roberto Marquez, owner of the Fish Cabo Fleet, the full moon played a big role in the diminished catches for the boats. He said the boats were seeing the fish but they were unwilling to bite and it often required a re-presentation of the bait to the billfish.

Cabo Climate: Partly cloudy days with coolish nights and temps that ranged from 52 nights to 74 daytime highs, (Quite cool for the Cabo San Lucas area).

Sea Conditions: Water temps are warmer than the air temps. On the Pacific side, from the Finger Bank, down to the Golden Gate Bank and on to the Jaime Bank, the temps are holding fairly stable at 77 degrees and slowly rising to 79 by the Gorda Banks and above to Boca Del Tule.

Best Fisihing Area: Remains best along the Pacific side of cabo, from the area just above the Golden Gate Bank, across the bank itself and down to Cabo Falso and out to the Herradura to the south of Cabo.

Best Bait/Lure: Live bait was best when available but pretty good fishing with the artificials this week, along with fair results on the ballyhoo baits, slow trolled from the outriggers.

Bait Supply: It was difficult over the full moon but since there were fewer boats fishing this past week, the bait supply held up for the bait requirement.
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THE MAZATLAN FISHING REPORT FOR THE ARIES SPORFISHING FLEET

The inshore fishing continues to offer a strong bite on the Corvina, with good numbers of quality fish in the 10-15 lb. ranges, along with some good action on the red snappers. The offshore fishing slowed down a little this past week but the boats still found a couple of blue marlin in the mix of their catches. The overall reports for 10 offshore fishing days reflected 2 blue marlin, (estimated at 200-225
lbs.) 3 dorado, 9 yellowfin tuna and one mako shark and the inshore super pangas reporting in for 7 days fished reflected 49 corvina, 19 red snapper, 15 mojarres, 1 roosterfish and 4 triggerfish.

Mazatlan Climate: Partly cloudy days with cool nights and temps that ranged from 49-78 degrees.

Sea Conditions: 72 degrees inshore and rising to 75 offshore at the 20 miles mark and beyond, Inshore waters are off color green and gradually changing to a clean green at 20 miles.

Best Fishing Area: The boats are beginning to cover wide swaths of water out to the southwest of the Marina El Cid and have been fishing in the 20-30 mile ranges.

Best Lure/Bait: Corvina liking the rapalas. The blues were both taken on artificials, the tuna taken on cedar plugs, dorado on the rigged baits.

Bait Supply: No problem with the bait supply, even over the full moon.
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THE IXTAPA-ZIHUATANEJO SPORTFISHING FISHING REPORT FOR THE INDEPENDENT SPORTFISHING FLEET

Captain Temo Verboonen reports, "The fishing has been up and down this past week and seems to be seriously affected by the full moon condition. However, on the pu days, we had a 400 lb. blue marlin checked in at the docks, along with a a fair mix of quality sized dorado in the 30 lb. range and even with a fair number of sailfish that ranged upwards of 80-90 lbs. Almost every day through this moon phase the fish moved, one day would be close and the next would be out to 15-20 miles or so and it took the skippers time to get the fish relocated on a daily basis. On the other hand, the inshore fishing was providing good action for the Sierra, bonito, lots of jack crevalle and even a few roosterfish are re-showing up for the light tackle anglers.

IZ Climate: Mostly sunny with warm and clear days and pleasant evenings. Temps ranged from 70 nights to 89 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions: Mostly calm days with temps ranging from 84 inshore and then rising to 86 degrees between the 100 and 1000 fathom curves.

Best Lure/Bait: The offshore fishing has been best using the rigged baits while the inshore fishing was good on live bait and a variety of poppers used on the spinning tackle.

Bait Supply: There was no lack of bait, even through the full moon period.
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THE PUERTO MORELOS FISHING REPORT FOR THE MARINA EL CID SPORTFISHING FLEET, (CANCUN TO COZUMEAL AREA)

Another glowing report arrived from that fun-fishing area of Puerto Morerlos, reflecting a wide spectrum catch that encompassed 13 species for the anglers that included 4 off-season sailfish in the mix. The overall catches for 27 days reported offered 4 sailfish, 6 dorado, 7 blackfin tuna, 6 Spanish mackerel, 24 bonito, 23 Atlantic barracuda, 4 king mackerel along with 14 grouper, 12 triggerfish, 10 bananafish, 3 soapfish, 9 snapper and 5 amberjack.

PM Climate: Partly cloudy but warm days and evenings with temps ranging from 65 nights to 83 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions: Overall, a pretty good weather week on the water with light & variable surface winds from 5-15 mph for the most part and prevailing from the easterly directions. All days were very fishable.

Best Bait: This area continues to use the locally abundant ballyhoo baits that are proven to provide the best bite for all of the area's species. These freshly caught baits are used in rigged fashion, using colored skirts, sometimes as is from the sea, occasionally cut and often trolled from the outriggers or downriggers.

Bait supply: Not even the full moon has an affect on the bait supply for this area.
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Larry Edwards
CORTEZ YACHT CHARTERS
619-469-4255
email: cortezcharters@sbcglobal.net
website: www.cortezcharters.com