The week produced another great round of action for the anglers and overall, the boats averaged more than 7 fish per outing. One of the bright spots for the week was the landing of a couple of off season sailfish with the mixed-bag catches that included a 14 fish variety. The overall reports for 25 days fished reflected 2 sailfish, 15 giant barracuda, 42 bonito, 5 blackfin tuna, 1 shark, 7 needlefish, 8 Spanish mackerel, 6 amberjack, 2 soapfish, 10 grouper, 9 banana fish, 13 triggerfish, 45 chak-chi and 26 snappers.


PM Climate: It has been a week of partly cloudy and sunny days with thunder showers for the weekend and temps that varied from 68 nights to 82 daytime highs and a humidity level at 69%.

Sea Conditions: Sea temperatures remained stable at 83-84 degrees throughout the area from Cancun to Cozumel. A mostly calm ocean this past week with surface breezes flowing mostly from the northeasterly directions to about 9 mph.

Best Bait: The excellent supply of freshly caught ballyhoo baits continue to be the bait of choice for the anglers and crews along with the varieties of fish in this area.


THE PUERTO MORELOS FISHING REPORT FOR THE MARINA EL CID SPORTFISHING FLEET, (CANCUN TO COZUMEL AREA)