According to Captain Temo Verboonen, our representative and spokesman for the Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo area, the fishing this past week was excellent and he described it, "low season for client, hi season for fishing". The boats that do get out are having excellent success with the sailfish, dorado and even a few yellowfin tuna. The super panga, "Esturion", had 3 sailfish for a single day offshore and the "Dos Hermanos" had 4 big roosterfish, (40-50 lb. range) for a single day inshore. The few other offshore boats that fished had a combination of sailfish, dorado and yellowfin tuna and the inshore super pangas had good catches on the Spanish mackerel, (Sierra, in the 4-8 lb. brackett) small jack crevalle, along with the roosterfish bite.

IZ Climate:
Partly cloudy days with a mix of sunshine and temps that ranged from 71 nights to 93 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions:
Excellent temps at 85 inshore and blending to 87 offshore with a very gradual change starting at about 3 miles from shore.

Best Fishing Area:
Inshore for roosterfish was Valentine Point, just south of Zihuatanejo and beginng at the 10 mile mark for the sailfish and offshore action.

Best Bait/Lures:
Live bait best for the roosterfish and rigged baits best for the sailfish.

Bait Supply:
Continues to be a good supply for both, live bait and trolling baits.