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

What a week for Cabo San Lucas that began with the Bisbee Black and Blue Tournament. First place winner, a 409 lb. blue marlin, was taken aboard the "Bad Medicine" by Angler Luis Arballo, taking $394,090.00 and followed by the 2nd place winner, a 395 lb. blue marlin, taken aboard the "Tiger Spirit" by angler Luis Alberto Liera, that paid a whopping $1,162,842.50. The big bucks went to the 2nd place winner resulting from entries in the side jackpots. 3rd place, a 329 lb. blue marlin, taken aboard the "Pegasus" by angler Vicente Rangel, earned $283,752.50 and the 4th place fish, a 313 lb.
blue marlin, taken aboard the "El Lobo" by angler Steve Skota, earned $259,745.00. Another great year for the Bisbee event that keeps Cabo San Lucas in the spot light for the world's biggest money tournaments.

Cabo's October was bustling with all sorts of fishermen and lady anglers and par normal, the busiest fishing month of the year. The MDM SUPPLY GROUPS from Montana, fished two days aboard 21 boats each day that produced phenomenal fishing results that included 2 blue marlin released, 29 stripers released, 6 sailfish released, 56 yellowfin tuna, (to 50-plus lbs.) 1 wahoo and 311 dorado. The overall combined catches for a total of 70 days fished reflected 3 blue marlin, (2 released) 38 stripers released 8 sailfish released,
64 yellowfin tuna, 2 wahoo and 529 dorado, (just short of limit fishing for dorado).

According to Roberto Marquez, owner of the Fish Cabo Fleet, "the fishing has been nothing short of excellent this past week and we are looking forward to the next 45-60 days of continued action".

Cabo Climate: Mostly sunny & warm days with temps ranging from 68 nights to 94 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions: Overall, the sea conditions were superb for the most part with surface winds mostly light and variable, (5-15 mph) and excellent water temps that ranged from 84.5 on the Pacific side and southerly to Cabo Falso, then changing to 8s degrees and gradually rising to 87 at the Gorda Banks.

Best Fishing Area: Unquestionably, the Pacific side was the place to be fishing this past week.

Best Lure/Bait: Live bait was best for the stripers and sailfish and of course, worked well on the dorado and larger yellowfin, too, but artificials were also working quite well for dorado and the feathers and cedar plugs for the yellowfin.

Live Bait Supply: Considering the number of boats fishing this past week the bait supply was very good for the caballitos and we heard no mention of shortages.
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THE MAZATLAN FISHING REPORT FOR THE ARIES SPORTFISHING FLEET

The dorado catches continue to be the "fish of the week" for the Mazatlan sportfishing anglers and the offshore FAD buoys continue to provide the mainstay of the action for the dorado anglers. While not nearly as prolific as it has been over the past 5 months, it is still very good fishing for dorado in the 15-35 lb. ranges and an occasional 40-50 lb. offering. The offshore cruisers seem to be finding the larger dorado outside and southwest of the buoys and overall have been averaging 3-4 per boat per fishing day. The inshore super pangas continue to do well and have been averaging 7-8 dorado per fishing day around the buoys. The overall fish counts for the offshore waters reflected 3 sailfish, 1 tuna and 36 dorado for 10 days fished and the inshore super pangas reflected 30 dorado for 4 days fished.

Mazatlan Climate: Partly cloudy days and thinning out to just a few passing clouds with temps hat ranged from 66 nights to 90 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions: It's been a good weather week with nearly calm sea surface conditions and water temps that remained stable at 85 inshore and 86.5 offshore.

Best Fishing Area: The dorado bite was best at the buoys.

Best Bait/Lure: Rigged baits were responsible for the billfish and a few of the dorado. However, live bait was the hot ticket for the bigger dorado.

Bait Supply: The bait supply remains excellent for both live and rigged dead baits.
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THE IXTAPA-ZIHUATANEJO FISHING REPORT FOR THE INDEPENDENT SPORTFISHING FLEET

According to Captain Temo Verboonen, the fishing and the weather is rapidly returning to some normalcy for the area and is beginning to feel like the summer rains have finally given in to the good fall conditions. "We are now experiencing good fishing with multiple strikes on both, sailfish and dorado, and even a few blue marlin are in the mix of the strikes. Our offshore waters are clean and clear and the ocean is pretty calm. We are seeing some floating logs that are carrying some good numbers of bigger dorado, (30-50-pounds) and the fishing opportunities are expanding by the day. The inshore fishing has not yet returned to the good roosterfish catches we were having prior to the Jova Hurricane, as the inshore water clarity has not quite returned to normal but it is getting better with each passing day. We are catching a scattering of different inshore fish that included Sierra, bonitos, jack cravelle and a few roosterfish, so things are inching back for that area, too.

IZ Climate: Mostly sunny days with some passing clouds and temps that ranged from 72 nights to 92 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions: Rapidly getting back to near perfect with flat seas and good temps that ranged from 83 inshore to 8f offshore.

Best Lure/Bait: The rigged baits were doing well for the billfish and dorado and live bait was doing best for the inshore fishing.

Best Fishing Area: The offshore fishing started at about 10-12 miles from the Zihuatanejo Bay entrance.

Bait Supply: The bait supply continues to be readily available for both, live bait and rigged baits.
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THE PUERTO MORELOS SPORTFISHING REPORT FOR THE MARINA EL CID SPORTFISHING FLEET, (CANCUN TO COZUMEL AREA)

The Port has been closed for most of the week due to the Hurricane Rina System building and slowly moving into the area with big seas, lots of wind and too much rain. We have been unable to get an updated report from this area for several days, (computers are down) but we have been tracking the system. As of this A.M., Rina is still a hurricane but expected to be downgraded to a Tropical Storm later today as the storm heads direct for Puerto Morelos/Cancun area. By late Friday, the storm should pass through the area and then is projected to make a 180 degree turn and head back where it came from as she diminishes to a Tropical Depression rating. The way things are shaping up for this area my best "guestemate" would be no fishing for another 4-5 days ________________________________________________________________________
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Larry Edwards
CORTEZ YACHT CHARTERS
619-469-4255
email: cortezcharters@sbcglobal.net
website: www.cortezcharters.com