The offshore dorado counts increased in numbers for the 2nd week and the boats averaged 3-5 fish per day with good, quality sized fish that were mostly in the 20-35 lb. ranges. With the movement of more and more dorado to the area, anglers can look for the season's first black or blue marlin to follow very shortly as the water temperatures have simultaneously increased to respectable warm water conditions approaching early summer temps. The striped marlin bite subsided as the water temps increased and it would appear that they may have moved back across the channel to the San Jose area at the 1150 fathom spot. That's just a guess on my part but that's how it adds up to me. The overall fish counts for 10 offshore days fished refected 1 striped marlin, 1 mako shark and 45 dorado while the inshore super panga fish counts for 6 days fished reflected 57 red snapper, (small to 18 lbs.) 7 jack crevelle and 24 dorado.

Mazatlan Climate:
A sun/cloud mix with warm days and pleasant evenings with temps from 60 nights to 90 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions:
Water temps holding at 73-74 inshore and rising to 80-81 offshore, beginning at about 12-13 miles or so. Conditions range from a green inshore water to bluer water conditions at about 16 miles and beyond.

Best Fishing Area:
Dorado are scattered over a wide area from about 15-16 miles and beyond.

Best bait/lure:
The rigged baits caught the billfish, the mako and a few dorado but live bait was the best for the dorado and the boats were catching bait at the buoys by yo-yoing the lucky joe 4-hook feathered ganions.

Bait Supply:
Remains good for both, live bait and rigged trolling baits. Live bait, when available at the Marina, is $1.00 per bait and paid direct to the bait vendor.