On March 19, 2011, the day of the full moon, the corvina bite from Mazatlan was reportedly one of the best bites for the big croaker ever reported from the area. According to Geronimo Cevallos, the bite was as good as it gets for this close cousin to the white seabass and the sizes were nearly all quality sized fish, mostly in the 20-39 lb. ranges. It was a phenomenal, unprecedented bite and by the end of the day, all of the boats fishing the area wound up with 10 or more of these fabulous eating fish. Then, just a day following the full moon, the fish all but disappeared and the numbers had dwindled to just one or two per boat and some boats with none at all. The old adage, "You should have been here yesterday" was never more appropriate. Since the day of the full moon, only 5 corvina have been reported. The overall combined fish counts for 6 offshore fishing days reflected 2 stripers, 2 sailfish, 2 mako shark and 4 dorado. The inshore fish counts for 8 days fished reflected 5 corvina, (all in the 20-35 lb. range) 1 Sierra, 18 jack cravelle, (18-24 lbs.) 11 pargo and 1 mako shark.

Mazatlan Climate:
Mostly sunny, warm days with a few passing clouds. Cool evenings & nights with temps at 52 degrees and rising to 83 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions:
Warming up! 71 degrees inshore and rising to 73-74 offshore at about 10 miles, out to the south of the Marina El Cid.

Best Fishing Area:
No offshore concentrations have built up, yet, but with the warmer current, we could see changes at any time.

Best Bait/Lure:
Rigged baits best for the offshore waters and Rapala Magnums, especially the silver/black with the red face, has been enormously productive for the corvina and the jack cravelle.

Bait Supply:
Good supply of both, live bait and dead, rigged baits.