Report Date:
http://www.cortezcharters.comAbout 30% of the sportfishers were returning with sailfish this past
week, which is a bit unusual for August. However, like the Fleet
Manager, Armando Gutierrez, said, "we'll take it. It sure helps keep
up the fishing interest for our area. We saw pretty good fishing
this past week that reflected a 15-fish variety in the bags". Our
overall catch reports for 24 days fished reflected 7 sailfish, 36
Atlantic barracuda, 3 skip jack, 32 bonito 1 wahoo, 2 dorado, 2
Spanish mackerel, 8 jack cravelle, 1 king mackerel, 3 grouper, 10
triggerfish, 1 snapper, 1 mojarra and 4 miscellaneous.
PM Climate: Mostly cloudy days with some incidental scattered T-
storms. Temps from 77 nights to 96 daytime highs and humid.
Sea Conditions: Good, clean water from the entrance to the Marina
and outward bound with temps stable at 84 degrees. Very light
tropical surface breezes at 5-10 knots.
Best Bait: Continues to be the rigged and un-rigged ballyhoo for
this area.
Bait Supply: Through the past 2-3 years, we have yet to have any
difficulty providing sufficient baits for the boats from this area.