Wow! What a difference a week makes with the fishing. According to Captain Temo Verboonen, our reporter for fishing from Zihuatanejo, the really good bite over the past few weeks had stalled for the entire fleet. "It ws slow for everyone with only a few strikes each day. Some of the skippers reported a few marlin bites and a few sailfish bites, but overall, it has been a very different fishing week for all. Even the inshore bite has shut down. The Jack crevalle don't cooperate, the bonito are spooked and the Sierra have moved. The waters have turned green and colder with any credible activity taking place offshore at about 15-18 miles and beyond but inside the 1000 fathom curve. It has truly been a difficult fishing week here and we are looking forward to improvement of the local conditions".

IZ Climate:
Mostly sunny and warm days with an occasional passing cloud and temps that ranged from 71 nights to 88 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions:
79 degrees inshore and slowly rising to 80 degrees offshore, with murky green water out to about 15 miles or so. Sea surface conditions have been pretty flat with light & variable sea breezes and very little swell, but the green water upwelling has affected the fishing.

Best Fishing Area:
The offshore fishing starts at the 15-18 mile mark but the fish are not concentrated.

Best Lure/Bait:
Most of the bites have taken place on the rigged baits.

Bait Supply:
The supply of fresh dead baits and live bait has not been affected by the bite slowdown and plenty of bait continues to be available.