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http://www.cortezcharters.comAnother very good fishing week from Mazatlan that reflected a good inshore black snook bite for the super pangas and blue marlin to 400 lbs. for the offshore sportfishers. There was even the seasons first striped marlin that showed up in the count, taken aboard the "Aries II", skippered by Captain Victor Nunez. Captain David Cabanillas,
skipper of the "Aries IV" had a 2 blue marlin day and released one of the two. The overall fish counts for a total of 23 offshore fishing
days reflected 4 blue marlin, (1 released) 1 striper released, 9 sailfish, (1 released) 35 dorado (to 29 lbs.) 2 mako sharks and 25
yellowfin tuna (to 61 lbs.) The inshore super pangas, reporting in for 5 days fished, reflected 14 black snook, (to 18 lbs.) 2 corvina, 4 red snapper, 7 dorado and 4 yellowfin tuna.
Mazatlan Climate:
A few clouds but mostly sunny days and temps from
55 nights to 87 daytime highs.
Sea Conditions:
Mostly calm waters with temps from 80 inshore to 84 offshore.
Best Fishing Area:
The offshore fishing has been scattered over a
broad area out to the southwest of the Marina El Cid, 22-32 miles or so.
Best Bait/Lure:
The blue marlin were biting the artificials best but the sailfish were coming in on the rigged trolling baits. The dorado about 50-50 on live bait and rigged baits and the yellowfin tuna on
the feathers and cedar plugs.
Bait Supply:
A good supply of both, live and dead rigging baits were readily available through the week.
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Hot boat for the week was the "Gaviota VII" landing the only blue marlin, (a smaller fish under 200 lbs.) and 13 of the 14 wahoo for the week, (mostly in the 25-50 lb. range). What was really interesting this past week was the lack of yellowfin tuna following the Western Outdoor News Tuna Tournament. It was almost as if the tuna arrived just for the Tournament event and then, evaporated, as if they never......
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According to Armando Gutierrez, the fleet's manager, Hurricane Rina had down graded to a tropical storm before reaching Puerto Morelos and while she dumped plenty of rain on the area, their was nothing more than a tree or two blown over. The sportfishing fleet and the Marina had no damage from the storm which was great news from that end of the line. The boats are back to fishing and the overall weather has returned......
