A very slow and difficult week for the offshore fishing that culminated from a full moon, Tropical Storm Greg, with heavy rains, high winds, port closures and big swells. However, there was a very good bite on the roosterfish in the deeper water and outside the breakers that produced some good action using live bait, poppers and Ranger lures. Captain Temo Verboonen reported a few bonito and Sierra this past week but a very serious thinning of the Oceanic tuna, (skipjack) and not many strikes from the billfish. Temo mentioned that when you added up all of the week's fishing negatives and added in the lack of anglers at the docks, he could have probably had a better week performing annual maintenance on the boat. As the residual effects of Tropical storm Greg diminished and passed through the area, the fishing should rebound significantly for the coming week.

I/Z Climate:
Plenty of rain this week and the rivers are running into the sea. Mostly cloudy days with temps from 71 nights to 91 daytime highs and humid.

Sea Conditions:
Mostly rough, windy and unstable offshore fishing conditions with very little to report for that area due to adverse conditions & port closures. Lots of dark and off-colored water that would suggest the fishing might be a little farther offshore next week in the bluer waters. Sea temps stable at 84-86 degrees throughout the area.

Best Fishing Area:
The inshore areas were in the deeper water and well outside the surf/breaker lines.

Best Bait/Lure:
Live bait was best for the roosterfish in the deeper waters outside the heavy breakers as were poppers and Ranger lures.

Bait Supply:
The bait supply for both, live and dead trolling baits was seemingly unaffected by the adverse conditions of the week and remained readily available.