Long Range Fish Report
From Sportfishing

Fish Report for 8-22-2013

Puerto Morelos is well known for it's variety of fish and it's proximity to the fishing grounds

8-22-2013
Larry Edwards

The water temps continue to be encouraging for this area and remain in the best fishing ranges for this part of the Caribbean. The overall fish counts for this past week reflected a total of 20 days fished that produced a 14 fish mixed bag catch that included 1 sailfish, 1 wahoo, 16 giant barracuda, 9 Spanish mackerel, 19 bonito, 6 snappers, 7 strawberry fish, 12 triggger fish, 11 banana kfish, 3 soap fish, 2 rainbow runners, 8 grunts and 2 grouper.

PM Climate: Partly cloudy thru Thursday with temps varied from 73 nights to 90 daytime highs. Thunderstorms for Friday thru the weekend.

Sea Conditions: One port closure day but good for the other fishing days. Sea temps holding well at 85-86 degrees with 5-10 mph surface breezes flowing from the easterly directions.

Best Bait: The preferred bait for Puerto Morelos continues to be the ballyhoo that can be utilized in a variety of methods that depend on the species being fished for.


< Previous Report Next Report >





More Reports

Cortez Charters Reports
for Thursday, August 22nd, 2013
• The Striped Marlin count exceeded 3 fish/boat in Cabo this week
• The Mazatlan billfish counts continue to average about 80% for the offshore anglers
• The offshore fishing at Zihuatanejo continues to be very good, especially for the sailfish

Cortez Charters Reports
for Thursday, August 15th, 2013
• The summer fishing at Cabo San Lucas remains in high gear & continues to provide excellent action
• A very good fishing week from Mazatlan for both, inshore and offshore fishing
• This was a good week for Billfish at Zihuatanejo
• The Sailfish bite picks up at Puerto Morelos when the Billfish bite drops off