Slow and difficult fishing results for the Aries Sportfishing Fleet his past week for both inshore and offshore action. The water temps are changing rapidly and the cooler waters, down to 70-72 degrees, extend out to about 25 miles before butting up to the warmer and cleaner waters at 75-76 degrees. The overall offshore fishing counts for 15 offshore fishing days reflected 2 Pacific stripers, 2 sailfish and 2 dorado for their efforts. The inshore super pangas reporting in for 4 days reflected 4 corvina, 3 jack cravelle, 6 roncachos and 20 mojarres.

Mazatlan Climate: Picture perfect weather, sunny, clear skies and temps that ranged from a cool 50 degrees att night to a warm 83 degrees for daytime highs.

Sea Conditions: Calm and little swell with light & variable surface breezes. Inshore waters quite cool att 70-72 degrees and not warming up until 25 miles offshore or so, hitting a temp break that hits 75-76 degrees and bluer and cleaner water.

Best Lure/Bait: The billfish were taken on slow trolled rigged mullet baits.

Best Fishing Area: There was no specified area of fish concentration.