Finally, a really good calm sea week with really good weather and some terrific inshore fishing opportunities. The offshore waters have been going through the seasonal water temp changes, (an annual cooling trend) and we are just waiting for those changes in temperatures to settle in, allowing for the offshore action to return. Usually about this time of year, we begin to see an influx of the Pacific striped marlin but they have yet to filter into the area. We had 5 offshore fishing days this past week that reflected 4 mako shark and 1 dorado, which is one of the slowest offshore reports we had for the entire year of 2011. However, the inshore fishing was good with 35 corvina, (8-20 lbs.) 3 bonito, limits of white snapper, (a 1-6 lb fish that resembles the California spotfin croaker) and 95 perch, (a 1 to 4 lb. shallow water fish).

Mazatlan Climate: Mostly sunny and warm days and a few foggy mornings with temps from 48 nights to 79 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions: A good weather week with very little surface wind and small swell conditions. Sea temps ranged from 70-71 inshore to about 30 miles, then rising to 73-74 degrees.

Best Fishing Area: None reported. The few offshore boats fished far and wide each day without much success.

Best Bait/Lure: The best bait inshore fishing was shrimp and squid and Rapala magnums for the Corvina.

Bait Supply: Excellent bait supply.