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

Yesterday, the same day that registration began for the Bisbee Black & Blue Tournament, a 746 lb. blue marlin was landed aboard the 31'
Bertram sportfisher, Tracy Ann, by Florida Angler, Patrick Neville.
The monster ate an artificial lure being trolled by Captain Julio Castro, about a mile and a half from the shore line on the Pacific side of Cabo. It was unquestionably the catch of the week and bodes well for the upcoming Bisbee Tournament. The dorado counts remained good for the week with most fish in the 10-25 lb. ranges and a few that were larger and offered excellent angler action as the boats averaged about 6 fish per boat day fished. The overall catches for a total of 29 days fished reflected 1 striper released, 4 sailfish released, 3 wahoo, 10 yellowfin tuna, (mostly school sized fish in the 20-40 lb. ranges) and 178 dordado. All fish were taken on the Pacific side of Cabo this past week with exception of 1 sailfish and
2 dorado that were taken on the 11.50 fathom spot.

Cabo Climate: Mostly sunny and warm days with temps from 70 nights to
95 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions: Overall, good on both sides of the peninsula with stable sea temps that ranged from 83 at the Golden Gate Bank on the Pacific side and slowly rising to 85 at the Gorda Banks on the Sea of Cortez side.

Best Fishing Area: The Pacific side remains the hot spot for the fishing and is still producing 99.9% of the catches.

Best Lure/Bait: The big blue marlin was taken on an artificial lure but live bait was best for the most part for the few billfish and dorado. However, dorado were being taken on all sorts off trolling methods, including live bait, rigged baits and a wide variety of artificials.

Live Bait Supply: Live bait was just OK with most boats having sufficient supply to fish with each day.
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THE MAZATLAN FISHING REPORT FOR THE ARIES SPORTFISHING FLEET

The Port was closed for four straight days with rough seas and heavy
winds but settled right back to good fishing and calm seas.
According to Ms. Kitcia Ceja, the Aries Fleet fishing reporter, the windy days and the full moon had some downside effect on the fishing but everything is beginning to stabilize back to the good weather and fishing that October is used to. The overall offshore catches for 13 days fished reflected 4 sailfish, (2 released) 20 yellowfin tuna, (20-50 lbs.) and 28 dorado, (12-35 lbs.). The inshore super pangas reflected 3 days fished that produced 1 sailfish, 1 dorado, 14 sea bass, 6 pargo and 1 red snapper. It appears that the wind and the full moon have temporarily changed the fishing at the buoys for dorado, even though the water temps and clarity remained stable.

Mazatlan Climate: Partly cloudy days with long periods of intermittent sunshine and temps that varied from 70 nights to 89 daytime highs.

Best Fishing Area: Most of the offshore fishing was out to the southwest of the Marina El Cid in the 24-30 mile zone.

Best Bait/Lure: The sailfish taken on the rigged baits and dorado on the artificials and live bait, along with a few taken on the rigged baits. Yellowfin taken on the feathers.

Bait Supply: There was no mention of the bait supply this past week with exception to some of the fish being taken on live bait, so I would assume it was in good shape.
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THE IXTAPA-ZIHUATANEJO FISHING REPORT FOR THE INDEPENDENT SPORTFISHING FLEET

According to Captain Temo Verboonen, the seas remained high for a few days following Hurricane Jova's wrath on the area, and the inshore fishing remained difficult as the roosterfish had all but disappeared for the time being due to the murky inshore waters from the rains & river run-offs. The offshore waters were providing good strikes on sailfish for the few boats getting out through the week but the dorado have also vanished from the area, probably caused by the full moon and rough sea conditions of the Jova week. The area still lacks anglers and there are only a boat or two fishing each day which keeps the fish counts pretty low for this area.

IZ Climate: Mostly cloudy days with temps that varied from 72 nights to 92 daytime highs and high humidity levels.

Sea Conditions: Finally starting to settle back to good sea conditions with temps remaining in the 84-85 degree zone and calm surface conditions with light & variable tropical breezes.

Best Fishing Area: Good clarity and the strikes began at about 14-16 miles offshore and outbound from there.

Best Bait/Lure: The rigged trolling baits were the hot bite item.

Bait Supply: Remained very good even with the poor weather and full moon conditions.
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THE PUERTO MORELOS FISHING REPORT FOR THE MARINA EL CID SPORTFISHING FLEET, (CANCUN TO COZUMEL AREA)

An unusually slow fishing week for the Marina El Cid Fleet at Puerto Morelos, resulting from the full moon conditions and two days of port closures due to windy and adverse weather conditions. The surface sea temps fell a degree or two this past week throughout the area and the boats fished only a combined total of 10 days that produced a 10- fish variety. The positive side was the continued mixed-bag catches for the area that reflected 2 wahoo, 1 dorado, 16 Atlantic barracuda,
19 bonito, 2 Spanish Mackerel, 5 trigger fish, 5 soap fish, 3 snapper, 2 amberjack and 9 grouper, with the fishing starting at about a mile or so from the Marina El Cid.

PM Climate: Mostly cloudy days with temps ranging from 63 nights to
84 daytime highs and high humidity.

Sea Conditions: Calming seas with light tropical surface breezes and temps stable at 82 degrees throughout the area.

Best Bait/Lure: The daily, fresh caught ballyhoo, remain the bait of choice for this Caribbean port on the Riviera Maya.
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Larry Edwards
CORTEZ YACHT CHARTERS
619-469-4255