Finally! The sailfish have moved on location and are beginning to bite. Dorado are starting to move under the buoys. It's starting to look like it's supposed to when the boats come in, with lots of flags flying. In talking with Geronimo today, I could notice the excitement in his voice as he was describing the current fishing trend for this week, with each day getting better and better and almost no effect from the full-moon. The area is alive with giant schools of sardines and the fishing is just explosive from the inshore to the offshore. Toro are all over and really good snapper fishing, (the "big boys" in the 25-35 lb ranges) are in the midst of the sardine schools. Same with the sailfish, which are just 4 miles offshore and the closest I've ever reported billfish for Mazatlan. The boats are averaging 4-5 sails per day along with 5-8 dorado, which is just terrific in comparison to just a week ago. Now that the big schools of bait have arrived on location, look for some seriously upbeat fish catching action over the next few weeks and into the summer.

Mazatlan Climate: Mostly sunny & warm, temps from 62 nights to 88 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions: Excellent, calm conditions, temps from 81 inshore and rising to 82-83 offshore, with very light surface breezes.

Best Fishing Area: sails at 4 miles from the Marina El Cid entrance.

Best Lure/Bait: Rigged baits, live bait, artificials, all were working well.