A little surge of yellowfin tuna sparked the interest of the anglers this past week with the fish running with the porpoise and chewing on the tuna feathers and cedar plugs. The Aries IX, skippered by Captain Gilberto Quintero, had the only blue marlin this week that was under 300 lbs. The overall catch report for a total of 15 days fished offshore reflected 1 blue marlin, 2 stripers, 7 sailfish, 14 dorado and 25 yellowfin tuna. The inshore super pangas, reporting for a total of 6 days fished reflected 1 sailfish, 1 yellowfin tuna and 65 dorado, (good all-day action for t he super pangas).

Mazatlan Climate: Mostly cloudy and raining today, with temps from 79 nights to 89 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions: Temps were warmer inshore at 86-87 and falling to 85 in the offshore waters. Inshore water is green and cleaning to blue at about 16-17 miles, flat seas and light tropical surface breezes.

Best Lure/Bait: Rigged baits best for the sailfish and stripers, larger plastics for the blue marlin, feathers for the tuna, small plastics and feathers for the dorado.

Best Fishing Area: Begins at about 18 miles out to the southwest and continues outward bound from there.

Bait supply: Complete supply of rigged baits available daily.