The fishing has come back strong this past week for Ixtapa- Zihuatanejo and according to Captain Temo Verboonen, it was an excellent fishing week for sailfish and dorado in the near offshore waters and roosterfish from the inshore waters, but still, not too many anglers. Temo fished 1 day offshore in the 8-9 mile area and produced 2 sailfish and 1 dorado for the day and reported 8 sailfish for the Dos Hermanos 1 & 2, for 3 days fished, Marfel had 2 dorado for a single day, and Gringo Loco reported a 1 sailfish and 1 dorado. The few anglers that fished the inshore waters south of Zihuatanejo Bay, reported good catches on the roosterfish with several fish above the 50 lb. mark. Temo was pretty excited about the action this week as it took place over the full moon phase and should be better and better with the waning moon.

IZ Climate:
Partly cloudy but warm days and evenings with temps that ranged from 70 nights to 92 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions:
Near Excellent. Near blue clean water inshore and deep blue offshore with temps that ranged from 82-83 degrees. Light & variable surface breezes from the southwest that produced some minor afternoon wind chop.

Best Bait/Lure:
The rigged trolling baits worked best for the offshore waters and live bait was best for the inshore roosterfish.

Best Fishing Area:
Starting at the 8-mile mark and directly in front of Zihuatanejo Bay.

Bait Supply:
Remained good right over the full moon.