THE INDEPENDENT SPORTFISHING FLEET
According to Captain Temo Verboonen, owner/skipper of the Secuestro De Amor, the offshore sailfish bite was much improved this past week from Zihuatanejo. In fact, he rated the sailfish bite very good and sustained throughout most of the days. Still plenty of floating kelp around the area and starting to gather bait under the patches and more dorado showing up. In general, the billfish were scattered from about 6 miles and out to 20 miles but the concentration was about 14 miles during the middle of the day. Temo also noted that the fish were chasing fast trolled baits & lures at about 8-9 knots. Some nicer sized yellowffin tuna came through at about 19 miles, running with the porpoise, and averaging about 60 lbs. They bit hard and fast and a variety of artificials.

The inshore fishing is still very good for jack cravelle, bonito and Spanish mackerel, (Sierra) and some big roosterfish are showing up at Pantla Beach, near Trancones. The roosters are only biting the live bait, hooked between the head & dorsal fin, (which makes the bait go deep). The roosters are holding in the deeper water and the top- water poppers are not working at all.

I/Z Climate: Mostly cloudy but overall, good weather that ranged from 71 nights to a toasty 89 daytime high.

Sea Conditions: A calm week with good temps that were stable at 81 inshore and rising to 82.5 offshore.

Best fishing area: While the fish spread was pretty wide, it seemed like the better billfish catching was during the middle of the day at about 14 miles from Zihuatanejo Bay.

Best Bait/Lure: Rigged baits and artificials, trolled fast, for the billfish. Feathers for the yellowfin and live bait for the roosterfish.