According to Captain Temo Verboonen, skipper/owner of the "Secuestro De Amor", it was a very good fishing week for the few boats and anglers that fished the area and he commented about some really good blue marlin fishing at the 20 mile mark and premium roosterfish catches just to the north of Ixtapa. The offshore fishing started at about 9 miles out front of Zihuatanejo Bay, where the water clarity was near perfect and the temps were holding stable at 86 degrees. Lots of sailfish and dorado strikes in this area, slow trolling the rigged baits up & down the coast. One of the super pangas reported 70 roosterfish of different sizes were released for 4 fishing days just north of Ixtapa and out at the rocks were good for the grouper, African pampano and big eye jacks, using the deep running Rapalas. Best of all, the rains seem to have subsided for the season, allowing the area to return to the good fall fishing.

IZ Climate: Partly cloudy days with temps that varied from 73 nights to 94 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions:
A near perfect fishing week with excellent water temps, (85 inshore and rising to 86 offshore) excellent clarity starting at about 9 miles and mostly calm seas with very light tropical surface breezes.

Best Bait/Lure:
Rigged baits working terrific on the sailfish and dorado, live bait and poppers for the roosterfish and Rapalas for the grouper, African pampano and bigeye jacks.

Bait Supply:
Continues to be excellent for bait, both live bait and dead trolling baits are readily available.