According to Captain Temo Verboonen, the seas remained high for a few days following Hurricane Jova's wrath on the area, and the inshore fishing remained difficult as the roosterfish had all but disappeared for the time being due to the murky inshore waters from the rains & river run-offs. The offshore waters were providing good strikes on sailfish for the few boats getting out through the week but the dorado have also vanished from the area, probably caused by the full moon and rough sea conditions of the Jova week. The area still lacks anglers and there are only a boat or two fishing each day which keeps the fish counts pretty low for this area.

IZ Climate:
Mostly cloudy days with temps that varied from 72 nights to 92 daytime highs and high humidity levels.

Sea Conditions:
Finally starting to settle back to good sea conditions with temps remaining in the 84-85 degree zone and calm surface conditions with light & variable tropical breezes.

Best Fishing Area:
Good clarity and the strikes began at about 14-16 miles offshore and outbound from there.

Best Bait/Lure:
The rigged trolling baits were the hot bite item.

Bait Supply:
Remained very good even with the poor weather and full moon conditions.