A very short fishing week at the Marina El Cid, with a 3-day port closure resulting from the infamous Hurricane Rick. What a week it's been for the Pacific side of Mexico, albeit, even with the port closures, Rick stayed offshore far enough to prevent severe wind damages to any of the ports and that was the good news for the week. Today, Thursday, October 22nd, the boats got back to fishing following the closures and at this time, it's too early to tell if the weather had a plus or minus effect on the overall fishing for the area. Prior to the storm the boats reflected a combined total of 13 offshore fishing days that resulted in 4 sailfish and 19 dorado, (all the dorado were quality fish from 20-45 lbs.). Inshore catches were a little more respectable for the 4 fishing days reported and reflected 20 jack cravelle and limits of pargo and cochitos.

Mazatlan Climate: From mild to wild this week but back to good weather today and looking picture perfect for the remainder of the week with temps ranging from 70 nights to 90 daytime highs and plenty of sunshine in the mix.

Sea Conditions: Very light surface breeze today and moderate residual surface swell with temps holding at 87-88 degrees throughout the area.

Best Fishing Area: There was no area with a concentration of fish and the boats that did fish scattered over a wide area and spanned some 10-20 miles of water.

Best Lure/Bait: Rigged mullet were the hot bite bait for this period for both, sailfish and dorado.