According to Captain Temo Verboonen, the sailfish showed up in good numbers this past week in Zihuatanejo, and just 10 miles offshore where the temps rise and the clean waters begin. Adding to the action was good action on the dorado in the same area, with most of the boats having multiple opportunities to land sails and dorado. The biggest problem for Zihuatanejo sportfishing is the lack of anglers and only a few boats fishing each week. The inshore bite took off with a sustained bite on roosterfish, along with many jack cravalle, Spanish mackerel and bonito, as the inshore water temperatures cooled off to 79 degrees.

IZ Climate:
Partly cloudy days with intermittent periods of good sunshine and temps that varied from 70 nights to 90 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions:
Mostly calm waters prevailed this week with inshore temps in the 79-80 degree ranges and rising to 84-85 degrees at about 10-11 miles or so with the clarity changing to near perfect clean and blue.

Best Bait/Lure:
Rigged baits working very well on the sailfish and dorado. Live bait best for the roosterfish and jack cravalle but also the luna lures, pencil poppers doing very well.

Bait Supply:
Remains very good for both, live bait and rigged baits.