Captain Temo Verboonen reported very good fishing early in the week that ended up with a slow finish as the week progressed. Some of the top skippers did find good fishing and fish concentrations that produced 5 or more sailfish strikes. However, the marlin bite finally got down to just a couple of fish for the lucky anglers. Dorado catches slowed, too and for no apparent reason. The inshore waters have been changing by the day with warm and cold water currents and while the inshore waters are fairly clear, they have a greenish tint to them. The inshore catches have been mostly Spanish mackerel, (Sierra) bonito and jack cravelle, all of which wanted to bite well, but no roosterfish action this past week.

IZ Climate: Mostly sunny and warm days, with temps from 67 nights to 89 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions: 80-82 degrees inshore, rising to 83-at about 8-10 miles and gradually rising to 84 at the 18-20 mile mark. Mostly greenish tinted but clear water inshore and out to about 14-15 miles, then bluing outbound from there. Calm seas with light & variable tropical surface breezes.

Best Fishing Areas: There were small pockets of fish concentrations that ranged from about 15 miles and beyond from Zihuatanejo Bay, but no wide spread productive area.

Best Bait/Lure: Good strikes on the rigged trolling baits for the offshore areas.

Bait Supply: Excellent. Good bait supply, both live and for rigged baits.