The change in a week's fishing can truly make all of the difference in the world. Mazatlan was unquestionably on the up swing of things this past week in the offshore waters, as all the jumping marlin from the prior week decided to cooperate and bite a little. Moving off of the full moon phase created a mood change for the fish and they were considerably more eager to bite the rigged baits and the artificials, too. Even the inshore fish were being active this past week and provided a terrific mixed bag catch of 9 different species. The overall catch reports for 16 offshore fishing days reflected a total of 14 stripers, (3 released) 8 dorado, 1 yellowffin tuna and 1 mako shark. The inshore super pangas, reporting in for 15 days fished, reflected 95 Toro, (jack crevalle) 5 permit, 8 barracuda, 2 Sierra, 4 seabass, 38 perch, 12 grouper 3 rd snapper and 145 white snapper.

Mazatlan Climate: Mostly cloudy with cool nights and pleasant days and temps that ranged from 50 nights to 79 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions: Mostly calm waters with warmer waters inshore at 74-75 degrees out to 15-18 miles and then falling to 71. Mostly calm with light & variable surface breezes but not strong enough to create a white cap.

Best Fishing Area: The better billfish area was along the outer edge of the warm water break, at about 18 miles or so.

Best Lure/Bait: The marlin were coming in hard on the rigged baits and working very well.

Bait Supply: The bait supply has been very stable for both live bait and rigged baits.