Fish Report for 6-16-2011

The fishing cools a little at Puerto Morelos

6-16-2011
Larry Edwards

The catches from Puerto Morelos slid back a little this past week for no apparent reason. Possible fewer fishing days but usually, it's the numbers of shorter fishing days. Guess that's just fishing? We normally see 14-16 species of mixed bag catches but this week, only a 10 fish mixed bag was reported. Nevertheless, it was still fun fishing and the weather was inviting, too, with very light surface breezes over the water and just enough to stay cool. Overall catches for the 27 fished days reflected 2 sailfish, 2 blackfin tuna, 9 wahoo, 7 Sierra, 19 bonito, 26 Atlantic barracuda, 8 grouper, 15, triggerifsh, 8 soapfish, 15 triggerfish and 6 snapper.

PM Climate:
Partly cloudy days but warm and humid with temps ranging from 95 nights to 93 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions:
Excellent! Temps are very stable at 86 degrees throughout this area and temps holding at 86 degrees.

Best Bait/Lure:
The rigged and un-rigged ballyhoo continue to be the preferred bait for this area.

Bait Supply:
There continues to be an unabated supply of ballyhoo that are used fresh, riigged and un-rigged and supplied with each charter.


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