While a little slower fishing for this area, especially the drop in billfish numbers, I would suppose it's related to the rain squalls and the salinity dilution on the sea surface? Sure sounds like a good excuse to me. On the other hand, the Atlantic barracuda bite has really spiraled upward this past week and a fair number of 30-50 pounders were taken in the area. The overall fish counts for a total of 39 days fished reflected 1 sailfish, 43 Atlantic barracuda, 79 bonito, 9 mutton snapper, 14 blackfin tuna, 3 amberjack, 3 dorado, 3 wahoo, 4 grouper, 17 Spanish mackerel, 9 trigger fish, 1 king mackerel and 2 sharks, for a total of 13 species for this period.

PM Climate: Mostly cloudy but warm days with temps from 76 nights to 89 daytime highs and an occasional rain shower, too.

Sea Conditions: Overall, very good conditions with mostly light & variable surface winds blowing in from the Easterly directions in the 5-15 mph ranges.

Best Bait/Lure: The ballyhoo baits continue to be the preferred ammunition for this area and are provided freshly caught on a daily basis.