Dorado, (aka dolphin fish in this area) were the fish of the week and appear to be moving into the area in better numbers as the days pass by. Arriving with the dorado was the season's first blue marlin, a trophy billfish that fancies dorado as a prime food fish. The mixed bag variety was a little lower this past week as more of the boats were fishing for the billfish, along with fewer fishing days. High billfish boat for the week was the "Pescadora III", skippered by Captain Maycor Palacios, producing the blue marlin, 2 white marlin & 1 sailfish for 3 days fished. Overall counts for the week for a total of 23 days fished reflected 1 blue marlin, 7 white marlin, 8 sailfish, 3 yellowfin tuna, 2 Atlantic barracuda, 2 bonito, 31 dorado & 3 triggerfish.

PM Climate:
Partly cloudy days with intermittent sunshine periods and temps that ranged from 72 nights to 91 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions:
Very good water temps that were stable at 80-81 degrees and excellent water clarity throughout the area. Mostly light and variable easterly tropical surface breezes.

Best Bait/Lure: Both rigged and un-rigged ballyhoo were the baits of choice this past week.

Bait Supply:
Continues to be readily available for this area and there has been no bait interruptions since the beginning of the fleet at Puerto Morelos.