Fish Report for 12-12-2013

Puerto Morelos experiences terrific fishing for Decemeber including Dorado & Sailfish

12-12-2013
Larry Edwards

A terrific fishing week for the boats at Puerto Morelos that included the unusual catch of 7 sailfish in the mix for the month of December, along with a couple of dorado. Mind you, the billfish season peaks in May & June and it is not at all usual for the sailfish to be on location in December, but they are here. The "Mojito" landed 4 sailfish for 2 days fished, along with 1 dorado, 5 king mackerel and assorted bottomfish for their anglers. The overall catches for a total of 22 days fished reflected 7 sailfish, 2 dorado, 6 giant barracuda, 48 bonito, 7 king mackerel, 4 Spanish mackerel, 1 rainbow runner, 1 needlefish, 1 amberjack, 64 snapper, (fish of the week) 17 grouper, 19 triggerfish, 28 banana fish, 10 grumpy fish, 11 strawberry fish and 1 soapfish. This was a very high mixed bag catch week and reflected a total of 16 different species in the catches.

PM Climate: It has been a week of scattered rain possibilities that ranged from a 40% to 80% chance to get rained on. Area remained mostly cloudy with temps that varied from 68 nights to 86 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions: Sea temps remained stable from 82-83 degrees and the surface breezes were from the easterly directions to 15 mph and all areas very fishable.

Best Bait: The continuous availability of the ballyhoo remains the focus of the anglers and the crew and is provided fresh on a daily basis.


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