Another excellent fishing week from Puerto Morelos that included a 14-fish variety in the catches. What was unusual for this week was the lack of billfish and the downturn in the dorado counts for no apparent reason. "The billfish had lockjaw this week and were just plain uncooperative for the anglers", according to the Fleet Manager, Armando Gutierrez. ""They haven't left but took a few days off. We expect them right back in the counts for the coming weeks." The overall fish counts for the week for 34 days fished, reflected 4 dorado, 8 wahoo, 22 tuna, 17 king mackerel, 20 Spanish mackerel, 41 bonito, 3 amberjack, 44 triggerfish, 45 snapper, (yellowtail snapper and mutton snapper) 3 soap fish, 2 banana fish, 1 shark and 22 grouper.

PM Climate:
Partly cloudy days with intermittent periods of sunshine, with temps that varied from 72 nights to 90 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions:
Very good water temps that remained at the 82-83 degree range, along with a couple of windy and bumpy days and 1 port closure day.

Best Bait/Lure:
The rigged and un-rigged ballyhoo remain the bait of choice for this area. They troll the baits from both, the outriggers and downriggers and have their fishing system perfected for this area.

Bait Supply:
Excellent! Fresh baits available on a daily basis.