Phenomenal caches of dorado continue to set the pace for the Aries Sportfishing Fleet from the Marina El Cid, in Mazatlan. It has been easy limit fishing for all of the boats, according to Geronimo Cevallos, the fleet manager, and believe it or not, it just gets better & better with each passing day as the build-up of the dorado schools under the buoys seems to grow by the minute. This is an incredible bite that has allowed for very fast action on any type of equipment, conventional, spinning tackle and fly fishing gear. This is really fun fishing at its finest and anglers can catch & release 'til their arms hurt. If you have kids that you want to be absolutely thrilled with fishing, this is the place to be with multiple dorado hookups and jumping around in every direction.

The buoys, (fish attracting devices) begin a 7 miles and extend out to 20 miles and all buoys are currently holding good dorado numbers. The overall catches for 9 offshore fishing days reflected limits of dorado and 18 yellowfin tuna and the 4 inshore super panga days reflected limits of dorado and 3 yellowfin tuna. In both instances, offshore and inshore, the releases were numerous and kept the action at full speed.

Mazatlan Climate:
Partly cloudy but warm days. Light & variable surface breezes and temps from 68 nights to 90 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions:
A very light northerly surface breeze at about 5 knots and surface temps that were stable at 84-85 degrees, kept the anglers happy this past week from Mazatlan.

Best Fisihing Area:
None of the boats really focused on billfish this past week given the easy catch on the dorado, which are a primary people pleasing sportfish and eating fish.

Best Bait/Lure:
The dorado were very anxious to take shrimp and shrimp heads, squid, live bait, strip baits, artificials and fly streamers, too. There was just no shyness to any of the various baits/lures offered.

Bait Supply:
Excellent! Good for all of the bbaits, including live bait.