According to Captain Temo Verboonen, the fishing in the offshore blue water for the past couple of weeks has been slow and only a few billfish have been taken. Temo says, "I can't figure it out. The water temperature, the clarity and the bait availability throughout this area is abundant right now but for whatever reason, the billfish have just not yet focused on this area. This is very unusual and could change at any given moment". As the week progressed, there were more sailfish strikes and with any luck at all, this will be the turning of the corner for the billfish. The inshore area was by far the best this past week and has been producing good sized roosterfish, some in the 50-60 lb. ranges and good catches for the bigger jack crevalle. The rivers are flowing to the ocean and there's plenty of debris and clarity breaks to fish right now. The jack crevalle are biting the big plugs trolled deep and the roosterfish are liking the surface poppers and of course, live baits, too.

IZ Climate: Mostly warm and cloudy days with an occasional shower here and there and temps that ranged from 68 nights to 91 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions: Near perfect and mostly calm conditions prevail throughout the area right now. Sea temps holding stable in the 87-88 degree range and clarity is terrific from close in to offshore.

Best Lure/Bait: The rigged baits starting to work well for the offshore sailfish and the deep diving plugs for the jack crevalle. Surface poppers and live bait best for the roosterfish.

Bait Supply: Excellent for both, fresh rigging baits and for live baits.