It was another billfish bonanza week in Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, according to Captain Temo Verboonen. It was a catchy week's fishing the produced excellent numbers of blue marlin, striped marlin, a few black marlin and sailfish all over the place. Multiple jig strikes was a daily occurrence for most off the boats and almost everyday was hot billfish action that started at the 12-13 mile mark and continued outbound to the 30-plus mile mark. Even the yellowfin tuna provided some good action for a few days at the 30-plus mile mark and many of the boats fishing farther offshore had excellent tuna catches of fish that were in the 20-50 lb. ranges. The inshore fishery diminished with the severe off color water, almost dirty water, that shut the inshore bite off for now.

IZ Climate: Mostly sunny and warm days with some passing cloud cover. Temps ranged from 68 nights to 92 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions: Excellent, mostly calm, with very good clarity in the water at about 12-14 miles and beyond, with temps stable at 81-82 degrees.

Best Fishing Area: Starting in the 12-13 mile area and wandering offshore to about 30-35 miles, was enormously productive for billfish with the yellowfin tuna at the outer edge.

Best Lure/Bait: Billfish were hot on both, lures and bait, with many multiple billfish strikes throughout the day.
Bait Supply: Excellent, both rigged bait availability and live bait.