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

The Pacific side of Cabo remains the "hot-spot" for the fishing, as it has for many months. The only difference is the fishing seems to get better and better for the billfish and the opportunities for dorado and yellowfin tuna are available daily. The high boat for this past week was the "Fish Cabo", skippered by Captain Gil Marquez, reporting in for 4 fishing days with a catch of 9 stripers released and 12 dorado, (15-18 lb. average) and 12 yellowfin tuna, (25-35 lb.
fish). The only fish that was absent from the counts this pst week were the wahoo and while there were some caught, the wahoo counts were way down.
Overall fish counts for a combined total of 26 days fished reflected
29 stripers, (27 released) 34 yellowfin tuna, (most fish in the 25-35 lb. ranges with a few in the 55-65 lb. ranges) and 75 dorado, (mostly in the 15-20 lb. ranges and a few in the 25-30 lb. ranges).

Cabo Climate: Mostly sunny days with a few passing clouds and temps that ranged from 51 nights to 81 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions: The Golden Gate Bank area, from the beach and out to 20 miles, holding at 77 degrees and rising to 78 degrees at the Jaime Bank & continuing the rise to 79-80 out to and beyond the 1000 fathom curve, wrapping Cabo and up to the 1150 fathom spot. The big temp break is midway between Gorda Banks and Las Frailes, falling to 74 degrees and greenish waters.

Best Fishing Area: The Pacific side remains the place to be with the fish scattered from the Golden Gate Bank area and southerly to Cabo and out to the Herradura area, southeast of Cabo San Lucas.

Best Bait/Lure: Lures are doing well throughout the area and the mackerel colors and dorado colors continue to be bit well. Live bait continues to be essential for the billfish, dorado and tuna, so be sure to take 10-15 live bait per fishing day.

Live Baitt Supply: Remains good even with the coming brighter moon phase and a few mackerel showing up in the mix.
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THE MAZATLAN FISHING REPORT FOR THE ARIES SPORTFISHING FLEET

The annual corvina bite has really taken off this past week and should remain on the upswing for the next few weeks, providing great action for the inshore angers. It was an unusual week with no sailfish in the count but no apparent changes in the overall water conditions for the offshore waters. It was a slow week for charters with only 9 offshore fishing days that reflected 2 blue marlin, (200-250 lbs.), 1 mako shark, 9 yellowfin tuna and 6 dorado. The inshore catches, also for 9 fishing days, reflected 51 corvina, 1
dorado, 35 red snapper, 1 roosterfish, 15 seabass and 4 triggerfish.
The corvina are ranging in the 5-20 lb. ranges and the bite has been growing better each day, resulting from falling inshore water temperatures.

Mazatlan Climate: Partly cloudy days with periods of bright sunshine. Mornings and evenings are cool, down to 51 degrees but warming to very pleasant daytime temps at 82 degrees.

Sea Conditions: The inshore waters have cooled to 70-71 degrees and greened-up considerably with a temp break at 22-23 miles offshore, rising to 76 degrees.

Best Fishing Area: No offshore concentration of fish as the boat skippers reported fishing over a wide area.

Best Lure/Bait: Both blue marlin taken on artificials. Tuna taken on cedar plugs and feathers, (fish running with the porpoise) dorado on the trolling baits

Bait Supply: Remains very good for both, live bait and trolling baits.
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THE IXTAPA-ZIHUATANEJO FISHING REPORT FOR THE INDEPENDENT SPORTFISHING FLEET

Captain Temo Verboonen provided an upbeat fishing report for the past week and reported the fishing had improved enormously with the changing of the water clarity that moved inside to about the 15 mile mark. The sailfish and dorado have been cooperative this past week and provided multiple opportunities for the anglers, particularly past the 15 mile mark and in the cleaner waters. The inshore waters remain a murky greenish color but the bite on jack crevalle, Sierra and bonito has not changed and remains excellent for the light tackle anglers. The roosterfish remained absent this past week, probably due to the murky water conditions along the beach areas.

IZ Climate: Lots of sunny, warm days with temps that range from 71 nights to 89 daytime highs. Near picture perfect weather throughout tthe area.

Sea Conditions: Mostly flat calm waters, excellent for trolling, and good, clear water just past the 15-mile mark and outbound from there, with the offshore temps holding stable at 83 degrees.

Best Bait/Lure: The rigged baits working well for both, dorado and sailfish. Live bait and pencil poppers working well on the jack crevalle.

Bait supply: Plenty of good live bait for this area and excellent supply of trolling baits.
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TH PUERTO MORELOS FISHING REPORT FOR THE MARINA EL CID SPORTFISHING FLEET, (CANCUN TO COZUMEL AREA)

An unusually rough and windy week from Puerto Morelos that resulted in three consecutive port closure days, December 3,4 & 5, 2011, and re-opening on Tuesday, December 6, 2011. The adverse weather conditions narrowed down the fishing effort to a total of 15 days that resulted in an 11 species mixed bag catch that included 4 sailfish, 11 dorado, 2 blackfin tuna, 1 king mackerel, 16 Atlantic barracuda, 17 bonito, 2 Spanish mackerel, 6 soapfish, 3 amberjack, 7 triggerfish and 12 grouper. The strong winds that were blowing out of the east have subsided to the normal light & variable conditions for the area and the boats are right back at the fishing.

PM Climate: Back to normal from the high windy days during the early part of the week that caused the 3-days of port closures. There continues to be partly cloudy days with light & variable surface breezes and temps from 60 nights to 82 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions: Stable water temps that are holding at 81 degrees and remained un-phased during the windy 3 days. The sea surface has returned to not much more than a ripple with light & variable easterly surface breezes.

Best Bait/Lure: Continues to be the rigged, skirted and regular ballihoo, all taken fresh in the area on a daily basis.

Bait Supply: The ballihoo bait supply throughout th Puerto Morelos region continues to provide sufficient quantities of bait for all boats fishing in the area.
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Larry Edwards
CORTEZ YACHT CHARTERS
619-469-4255
email: cortezcharters@sbcglobal.net
website: www.cortezcharters.co9m