THE INDEPENDENT SPORTFISHING FLEET
Captain Temo Verboonen, reporting for the fleet at Zihuatanejo, offered an exciting weekly report and reflected excellent catches of billfish, both blue marlin and striped marlin and starting at just 10 miles out from the Bay entrance. Temo says, "the fish are eager to bite and are biting everything from artificials to live bait and rigged baits and the skippers that are fishing are reporting numerous bites for their fishing days. The inshore catches for jack cravelle and chulas continues to be very good and even a few roosterfish are showing up in the daily catches and improving everyday".

IZ Climate: Mostly sunny with a few passing clouds and temps from 71 nights to 88 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions: Fairly calm week with temps from 80 inshore and rising to 84 offshore. Clean blue water starting at the 8-10 mile mark and outward bound.

Best Fishing Area: Starting as close as 8 miles and continuing outbound

Bait Supply: Excellent bait supply, both live bait and rigged baits.