The Aries Sportfishing Fleet seems to have captured all of the billfish action for the lower Sea of Cortez area and had a terrific week with the Pacific striped marlin. The inshore action aboard the super pangas remained constant with good action for the jack crevalle and for the bottom fish, too. The overall fish counts for the offshore boats reporting in for 14 days fished reflected 25 stripers, (14 releases) and the "Aries IX" was high boat for the week with 4 stripers for a single day fished. The inshore catches for 6 days fished aboard the super pangas reflected 51 jack crevalle, (Toro) 1 big red snapper, (about a 40-pounder) 5 sea bass, 24 trigger fish, 12 perch and 2 barracuda.

Mazatlan Climate: Rain on Thursday! Changing to partly cloudy days with temps that ranged from 46 nights to 79 daytime highs and coastal breezes at 5-20 mph.

Sea Conditions: Overall, pretty good sea conditions with a clearing wind predicted for Friday with 10-20 mph surface winds. The overall temps for the offshore waters is holding well at 72-73 degrees with good clarity in the waters at about 20 miles.

Best Fishing Area: Continues to be to the southwest of the Marina El Cid at about 20 miles and outbound from there.

Best Lure/Bait: The stripers have been active on the rigged baits with a few being taken on the artificials and live baits.

Bait Supply: Remains very good for both, live bait and rigging baits.