The Dave Fellows charter group, (Freeburg, Il) fishing aboard the "Mojito", landed the week's biggest blue marlin, a 300-pounder, that took four anglers to land over a span of more than an hour. It was the biggest of the 4 blue marlin landed this past week. Overall, the fishing in this area continues to offer fun and excitement for the anglers that reflected a 13 fish mixed bag variety for the 29 days fished by the fleet. The overall catches reflected 4 blue marlin, 4 white marlin, 3 sailfish, 6 wahoo, 2 Atlantic barracuda, 25 dorado, 7 bonito, 1 blackfin tuna, 1 rainbow runner, 2 amberjack, 8 triggerfish, 7 snappers and 8 groupers.

PM Climate: Mostly cloudy days with intermittent sunshine periods and temps that ranged from 77 nights to 89 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions: Overall, a pretty good weather week with only a couple of windy & bumpy days. Sea temps were stable at 83-84 degrees and the prevailing easterly tropical surface breezes remained fairly constant from 5-15 mph.

Best Bait/Lure: The always available bait of choice continues to be the ballyhoo that is used in a variety of methods and trolled in the outriggers and down riggers, and is often skirted with a variety of colors.

Bait Supply: Fresh caught ballyhoo is provided on a daily basis and continues to be the bait of choice for this area.