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| Around 10% of the world's total fish species can be found just within the Great Barrier Reef. |
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| Starfish can re-grow their arms. In fact, a single arm can regenerate a whole body. |
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| Starfish do not have blood. Their blood is actually filtered sea water. |
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| Starfish don't have brains. Special cells on their skin gather information about their surroundings |
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| Not all animals with the word fish in their names count as fish. |
| Though their names may suggest otherwise, cuttlefish, starfish, and jellyfish aren’t actually fish. Generally-speaking, fishes must have skulls, gills, and fins. Surprisingly, though, not all fishes have proper spines. |
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| In three decades, the world's oceans will contain more discarded plastic than fish when measured by weight, researchers say. |
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| As of 2020, there were 34,000 known fish species around world. That’s more than the number of species in all other vertebrates: birds, reptiles, mammals, and amphibians combined. |
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| Just how man species of fish are there? |
| As of 2020, there were 34,000 known fish species around world. That’s more than the number of species in all other vertebrates: birds, reptiles, mammals, and amphibians combined. |
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| Even Catfish are finicky |
| Taste Buds ? Catfish have a more refined sense of flavor than humans. Our 10,000 taste buds may seem like a lot, but catfish can have as many as 175,000. This helps them find the exact location of their next meal. |
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| A bit of Humor |
| My brother has 2 German Shepherds named Rolex and Timex. You guessed it they are Watch Dogs. |
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From Jan 01, 1999 To Sep 22, 2025
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Apr 21, 2006; 04:04AM - Rain finally ends
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Category: Hawaii
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Author Name: Stan Wright
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The 45 days of rain and flooding have finally stopped. The muddy water of the lake is clearing up at last. Water visibility is almost a foot. Even the water temperature is rising and the peacock bass are more active.
Nothing big, 1 1/2 to 2 pound size, but they are very aggressive and lots of fun on light spinning and fly rods. For some reason 'pink' is their color of choice. We caught on most everything, but anything pink drew more strikes.
Even the largemouth were feeding. Largest today was a 3 1/2 pounder. If we can get some more days of sunshine the fishing should get even better.
Aloha,
Stan
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Apr 17, 2006; 09:58AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
April 10-16, 2006
WEATHER: We had partly sunny skies most of the week with our daytime highs in the high 80’s and our night time lows in the low 70’s, as you can see it is starting to warm up here! On Monday we had a sudden blast of humidity roll in, it was just in time for Easter week! No rain of course, but very summer-like conditions.
WATER: There was no change in the water this week from last week as far as where the cold and warm waters are; it’s just increased by about 2 degrees everywhere. The cold, high 60’s green water is on the Pacific side with a warm water plume running across San Jaime Banks from the south, the water on the Cortez side has been warmer at the mid 70’s and much clearer. The wind was mainly from the NW but on Friday it shifted and came from the west on the Pacific side and the East on the Cortez side. It was a bit confusing for the smaller boats!
BAIT: Almost all Caballito this week at the usual $2 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: It was a Striped Marlin kind of week this week with some boats getting into the fish and getting double number releases. Of course there were not a lot of boats doing that, but most of us were able to get at least two or three releases per trip at the end of the week. There were fish everywhere you went, from the warm water on the Cortez side at Punta Gorda, the 95 spot and even in the greener water at the south and inside of the San Jaime. It was mostly a matter of being out there in the “right” spot when the tide was changing. The bite was a fairly even mix of bait and lures with lures trolled at 9 knots working better than slower trolling.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: We finally saw some Tuna come in this week. There were Porpoise everywhere out there and while most of them were not on fish, there were a few pods that had good schools under them. Most of the fish were footballs but a few to 60 pounds did come in. The bite was on a mix of jigs, plugs and feathers with a few of the nicer fish caught on live bait dropped back after the first strike. The majority of the action happened either just 5 miles off the beach due south or 25 miles to the south and west.
DORADO: The Dorado showing continued to improve this week with about 35% of the boats coming in with at lest one flag flying. The size of the fish has been spread all over the map with the average being 15 pounds, but a few large ones of 45-50 pounds as well. Bright colored lures were the ticket.
WAHOO: The full moon action on Wahoo continued this week with at least one boat coming in with four fish averaging 40 pounds. There were quite a few fish in the #30 range being caught in a warm water band 5-8 miles off-shore and up around the Gorda Banks. A few boats tried at the San Jaime but it appears that the water there is not warm or clear enough yet.
INSHORE: The Sierra bite slowed down just a little bit but there was a good bit of action right off the front of the Marina during the middle of the week early in the morning on fish to 10 pounds. Boats slow trolling live bait were able to score up to 10 fish each of those two mornings. Other fish also provided action this week with Roosterfish averaging 6 pounds biting fairly well along the beach on the Pacific side up to the lighthouse area. There were Bonita and Skipjack just a bit farther out and some interesting results for boats trolling live bait in 100 feet of water with a few Dorado, Wahoo and Striped Marlin appearing unexpectedly and getting everyone excited.
NOTES: This weeks report was written to a compilation entitled “Cabo 2006” given to me by our client Hughie. Great music Hughie, thanks! Until next week, tight lines!
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Apr 14, 2006; 01:52PM - back to Venice
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Category: Louisiana
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Author Name: Capt. Scott Avanzino
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Its been another long while since I made a full report here..fishng for tuna and wahoo has been great particulalry for wahoo,,we are gearing up for the snapper and bluewater season right now I have made full daily reports on my home website..Getting ready to make the wholesale transition to Venice this upcoming week and things are taking shape for us at the yard and for the marina down river where they are full service with accomodation for 180 people..The new restaurant and store now have a roof and the new fish hanging baord is worth the price of admission..you'll have to see it for yourself..Things are going to be really nice..it almost has a 'theme park under construction feel' to it..As for our crew, we still have 2 of 4 boats in the yard with time enough to make the last few improvements before the journey down the MRGO is made. Since my last trip over a week ago, the wind has blown steady so missing trips has been of no consequence - I do know this..yard work is no fun and we have all had our fill of it..but its the necessary and unglamorous side of the business. Time to move on to the fun..It was great to get the 36 twin vee back to Venice where Capt. Sonny and I made our first trip of 2006. Lance was also out on charter yesterday running the 32 cat out of Grand Isle; Leon get's his chance to wet a line today....Yesterday our trip got off to a rocky start but everything would come together in the end..bluewater is still on the shelf but the grass was so thick it was really too hard to troll for wahoo in many places..in fact we didnt even try trolling at stop one; opting to make quick work of amberjacks instead..and they were big too..we had 4 jacks over 50 pounds..I also saw another boat bring in a load of slob jacks so be sure your tackle is ready..Upon reaching the second stop, grass was equally thick so we ran 3 baits close to the boat and did our best to keep the lines clear long enough to pick up a double on the first pass. Both fish made a decent run away from each other but to thier advantage doubled back close enough to become tangled at the wire leaders..We saw them thrashing on the surface about 80 yards away churning white water until each got loose..when we reeled the lines back in we had fun untangling the wire web..it was a tough break but we would steadily pick away at them as the day wore on upping the average to 13 fish for 17 strikes with three more doubles and two triples..when the dust settled the count in the fish box was 12 wahoo and one blackfin and 6 jacks..3 of the hoos were standard fatties but 10 of them were on the sleek side..one was less than 36 inches so we released him....Lance had better luck on the big hoos to the west of us picking up 7 total. He also added 6 amberjacks to his box along with a big grouper....We have both cats open the early part of next week should anyone want some wahoo before snapper season starts..we have had an increadible year for wahoo and tuna and look forward to bottom fishing and marlin and dolphin soon!!
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Apr 10, 2006; 10:58AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
April 3-9, 2006
WEATHER: Sunny skies all week long except on Saturday when we had a fairly strong cloud cover, daytime highs in the mid 80’s and nighttime lows in the high 60’s and we had no rain. There was a bit of wind from the NW in the mornings but most days it died of in the afternoon.
WATER: We had a definite split in the water situation this week with the water on the Pacific side of the Cape being considerably cooler that that on the Cortez side. On the Pacific we saw temperatures from 65-69 degrees with the warmer water being very close to shore right at the Cape and in a warm plume that ran across the San Jaime Bank from the south. On the Cortez side the water was much warmer with most of it 72-76 degrees. The warmest water was a ridge that ran from just to the north of the Outer Gorda Banks and then south across the 95 spot. There was a very strong temperature and color division in the water 10-20 miles directly south of us; the break was 69 degrees to the west and 74 degrees to the east across a distance of about 1 mile. The water on the cold side was also very green.
BAIT: This past week there were Caballito available at the usual $2 per bait, some small Mackerel and on a couple of days, Sardinas at $20 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There are still a few Swordfish being found in the cold, green water on the Pacific side and directly south, but they have been hard to get hooked up too. There has been the on-off Striped Marlin taking place again with one day being great and the next sucking. One boat could release five fish on Tuesday and then go 0 for 12 on Wednesday when the fish would not open their mouths. The fish are out there but sometimes they just won’t eat! Most boats are seeing plenty of fish, on occasion 20 or more on a trip and all the fish have been found on the Cortez side with most of them between 15 and 30 miles out to the SE and East. Dark colored lures and rigged dead baits have produced the best results since it seems the fish are stuffing themselves on squid.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: What Tuna? I haven’t seen a Yellowfin of over 15 pounds in a month or so. There have been a few small footballs caught just a couple of miles off of the beach on the Cortez side but not in any numbers. There are still Purse Seiners out at the Jaime Bank area, and you can see one of the Super Seiners (with the helicopter on it) looking very loaded and anchored in San Lucas bay. If they are around there has to be fish out there, but no one has been able to find them yet. Maybe they are all inside the holds of the Seiners?
DORADO: A few scattered fish have been reported in the 40-50 pound class this week but for the most part the fish have been considerably smaller as well as fairly scarce. Those that have been found have come from the warm water on the Cortez side of the Cape, and up around the Punta Gorda area has seemed to produce the best action. While not consistent in a day-to-day manner, it has been consistent over the week.
WAHOO: The Wahoo are biting better according to friends of mine. One Captain caught a #70 fish on Friday and a #60 on Saturday while the boat directly behind me caught one about #60 on Saturday. These fish were caught at the 95 spot (2) and 30 miles to the SE (1). I saw other Wahoo flags as well so there is the possibility that they were not all for Sierra.
INSHORE: Sierra, small Roosterfish, Bonita and Skipjack as well as the occasional Yellowtail continue to make the inshore fishing the way to go for action. Best results have been either right at the Arch, up the Pacific at Los Arcos and on the Cortez side in front of Cabo Real. Sardines have resulted in the best action but small Caballito and Mackerel worked also.
NOTES: Once again I wrote a report to a Mark Knopfler soundtrack, this time the 2000 Mercury release to the movie “A Shot At Glory”. Keeping our fingers crossed for better fishing in the near future, until next week, tight lines!
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Apr 8, 2006; 12:33PM - Back to Normal Great!
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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The record-breaking catches seen during March madness in Guatemala is over with new records set. There are enough stories to dominate Happy Hours wherever fishermen gather for sometime. April began with the fish being less concentrated as they spread out looking for bait. There was consistent action beginning at 20 miles for both sails and an occasional marlin in calm seas.
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 70- 84
Humidity 94%
Wind: N 4 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 5:54 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:15 p.m. CST
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Apr 8, 2006; 12:32PM - Cloe and Cool
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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The blue water is still only a very short three mile ride, with water temperatures hitting 80°. The fleet is averaging about two sailfish a day, per boat. Adan, on the panga “Gitana II” did have a four sailfish release day for his clients. His brother Santiago, on the “Gitana,” fishing with Martin and Rachel Patrick, released two sailfish and a 170 pound blue marlin. Doug Leach, also fished a day with Santiago using the flyrod, hooking a couple, and releasing one sail, and a dorado.
The inshore action is still strong for the large jack crevalle and there are lots of black skipjacks.
Ed Kunze, Zihuatanejo
Water temperature 78 - 84
Air temperature 78 - 87
Humidity 83%
Wind WNW 6 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:34 a.m. CST
Sunset 8:00 p.m. CST
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Apr 8, 2006; 12:31PM - Dorado Early Arrivals During Transition
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Category: Fly Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #1005. “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 04/08/06
East Cape
Too bad there were only a few visitors to enjoy the great fishing early this week. 'Shooting fish in a barrel,' was how one client described the fishing when I arrived here in East Cape last Friday afternoon. But then the north wind roared back in on Wednesday (4/5) leaving white caps and lumps in its wake.
Yesterday (4/6) the Matt Smith party of three from Indiana had a pretty decent beach trip despite the breezes. They nailed some croakers and a jack. Meanwhile, inshore fishing turned on nicely, with pargo, grouper and ladyfish hitting the decks.
Skippers are finding quality dorado under the shark buoys, striped marlin and sails outside, and, if you go far enough and are lucky, you might even find a few tuna to bend your stick. Inshore, skipjack and white bonito provided the best action. On the good days the beach yielded a few ladyfish, pompano and if you pay attention you might find few decent-sized jacks to sight cast to. If that is not enough, rumors of grande yellowtail in shallow water up towards Muertos Bay have some of the locals chomping at the bit. As the winter-to-spring transition continues, it appears to be shaping up to be an exciting springtime at East Cape.
As of last Sunday, all flights have been cancelled by Aero California and that has thrown Baja travel into a tailspin. Word is that the Mexican government yanked their license. Competition for the remaining flights on other carriers has driven the cost of tickets through the roof. Hopefully, there will be some resolution during the next few weeks.
Baja on the Fly
Water temperature 62-70
Air temperature 68-82
Humidity 60%
Wind: NW 8 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:04 a.m. MST
Sunset 7:37 p.m. MST
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
I spent the early part of the week in Lopez Mateos and it could only be described as cold and windy. I don’t think I took off my sweatshirt once during the day. However, by Friday it warmed up and the wind quit blowing. Inside the bay there was a decent leopard grouper bite for some 10- to 20-pounders up above Lopez Mateos. Not much to talk about outside, but judging by the number of big tuna boats anchored in Santa Maria Bay on Thursday hiding from the weather, there must be a slug of tuna somewhere in the vicinity. The number of whales around San Carlos and the entrada is diminishing rapidly. Lastly, still a few firecracker yellows can be found under the bird schools at the entrada.
Water temperature 60 - 66
Air temperature 64-78
Humidity 99%
Wind: WNW 11 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 7:11 a.m. MST
Sunset 7:46 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The blue water is still only a very short three mile ride, with water temperatures hitting 80°. The fleet is averaging about two sailfish a day, per boat. Adan, on the panga “Gitana II” did have a four sailfish release day for his clients. His brother Santiago, on the “Gitana,” fishing with Martin and Rachel Patrick, released two sailfish and a 170 pound blue marlin. Doug Leach, also fished a day with Santiago using the flyrod, hooking a couple, and releasing one sail, and a dorado.
The inshore action is still strong for the large jack crevalle and there are lots of black skipjacks.
Ed Kunze, Zihuatanejo
Water temperature 78 - 84
Air temperature 78 - 87
Humidity 83%
Wind WNW 6 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:34 a.m. CST
Sunset 8:00 p.m. CST
San Jose, Guatemala
The record-breaking catches seen during March madness in Guatemala is over with new records set. There are enough stories to dominate Happy Hours wherever fishermen gather for sometime. April began with the fish being less concentrated as they spread out looking for bait. There was consistent action beginning at 20 miles for both sails and an occasional marlin in calm seas.
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 70- 84
Humidity 94%
Wind: N 4 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 5:54 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:15 p.m. CST
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Apr 8, 2006; 12:30PM - Dorado Early Arrivals During Transition
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #1005. “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 04/08/06
East Cape
Too bad there were only a few visitors to enjoy the great fishing early this week. 'Shooting fish in a barrel,' was how one client described the fishing when I arrived here in East Cape last Friday afternoon. But then the north wind roared back in on Wednesday (4/5) leaving white caps and lumps in its wake.
Yesterday (4/6) the Matt Smith party of three from Indiana had a pretty decent beach trip despite the breezes. They nailed some croakers and a jack. Meanwhile, inshore fishing turned on nicely, with pargo, grouper and ladyfish hitting the decks.
Skippers are finding quality dorado under the shark buoys, striped marlin and sails outside, and, if you go far enough and are lucky, you might even find a few tuna to bend your stick. Inshore, skipjack and white bonito provided the best action. On the good days the beach yielded a few ladyfish, pompano and if you pay attention you might find few decent-sized jacks to sight cast to. If that is not enough, rumors of grande yellowtail in shallow water up towards Muertos Bay have some of the locals chomping at the bit. As the winter-to-spring transition continues, it appears to be shaping up to be an exciting springtime at East Cape.
As of last Sunday, all flights have been cancelled by Aero California and that has thrown Baja travel into a tailspin. Word is that the Mexican government yanked their license. Competition for the remaining flights on other carriers has driven the cost of tickets through the roof. Hopefully, there will be some resolution during the next few weeks.
Baja on the Fly
Water temperature 62-70
Air temperature 68-82
Humidity 60%
Wind: NW 8 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:04 a.m. MST
Sunset 7:37 p.m. MST
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
I spent the early part of the week in Lopez Mateos and it could only be described as cold and windy. I don’t think I took off my sweatshirt once during the day. However, by Friday it warmed up and the wind quit blowing. Inside the bay there was a decent leopard grouper bite for some 10- to 20-pounders up above Lopez Mateos. Not much to talk about outside, but judging by the number of big tuna boats anchored in Santa Maria Bay on Thursday hiding from the weather, there must be a slug of tuna somewhere in the vicinity. The number of whales around San Carlos and the entrada is diminishing rapidly. Lastly, still a few firecracker yellows can be found under the bird schools at the entrada.
Water temperature 60 - 66
Air temperature 64-78
Humidity 99%
Wind: WNW 11 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 7:11 a.m. MST
Sunset 7:46 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The blue water is still only a very short three mile ride, with water temperatures hitting 80°. The fleet is averaging about two sailfish a day, per boat. Adan, on the panga “Gitana II” did have a four sailfish release day for his clients. His brother Santiago, on the “Gitana,” fishing with Martin and Rachel Patrick, released two sailfish and a 170 pound blue marlin. Doug Leach, also fished a day with Santiago using the flyrod, hooking a couple, and releasing one sail, and a dorado.
The inshore action is still strong for the large jack crevalle and there are lots of black skipjacks.
Ed Kunze, Zihuatanejo
Water temperature 78 - 84
Air temperature 78 - 87
Humidity 83%
Wind WNW 6 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:34 a.m. CST
Sunset 8:00 p.m. CST
San Jose, Guatemala
The record-breaking catches seen during March madness in Guatemala is over with new records set. There are enough stories to dominate Happy Hours wherever fishermen gather for sometime. April began with the fish being less concentrated as they spread out looking for bait. There was consistent action beginning at 20 miles for both sails and an occasional marlin in calm seas.
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 70- 84
Humidity 94%
Wind: N 4 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 5:54 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:15 p.m. CST
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Apr 3, 2006; 11:35AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
March 27-April 2, 2006
WEATHER: Just the usual this past week, mostly sunny skies with the daytime highs in the mid 80’s and the nighttime lows in the mid 60’s. No rain of course and light winds.
WATER: At the end of the week everything had cooled off considerably on both sides of the Cape. On the Pacific the warmest water was on the San Jaime Bank at 69 degrees, but with blue water. The rest of the Pacific side had water around 65-67 degrees but it was off color, pretty green in some places. On the Cortez side the warm water was out at the 1150 spot and in front of San Jose, but it was being slowly pushed to the north every day. Warm at 73-75 degrees, it was also pretty green and off color. Not until you got out by the Cabrillo Seamount did it clear up. The water right in front of the cape was also off color and a fairly cool 66-70 degrees, depending on exactly where you were. The surface conditions were good at the end of the week but we did have one day of rough stuff during the middle of the week when things kicked up a bit with a day of strong wind from the west.
BAIT: This past week there were Caballito available at the usual $2 per bait as well as some Sardinas at $20 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There are still plenty of Striped Marlin in the area and most of the fish have been seen on the Cortez side, continuing the pattern of last week. The bite was pretty good at the beginning of the week but dropped off later on, even though plenty of fish were still being seen. I fished with a couple of friends on Tuesday and we had one good bite lost on a lure, one lost on a live bait dropped back and two releases on rigged dead bait. That seemed to be pretty standard early in the week but things slowed down later on. The fish have been stuffed with squid which they have been tossing up when brought close to the boat so darker colored lures have been having better luck. Having the squid around might also be the reason there have still been sightings, and occasional hook-ups with Swordfish this past week. A friend hooked, fought and lost at boat side an estimated #250 on Monday, the fish eating a dead bait pulled in front of it.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were very few Yellowfin heard of this past week and the few that were caught were reported to be in the football class. These fish were from up around the Punta Gorda area and were caught while chumming and fishing with Sardinas. Boats heading out to the San Jaime area looking for Tuna reported few Porpoise in the area but there have to be fish there since two Purse Seiners have been hanging around all week.
DORADO: A few fish are being caught, and they are getting a little larger, mostly in the 20-25 pound class, but not in any numbers here. I heard of good reports from 40 miles out up at the East Cape area, but it was also reported that the fish were following a small band of warm water that ended up disappearing close to shore after several days. Locally there have been a few smaller fish still being found with 5 miles of the beach.
WAHOO: A friend of mine (a captain on a private boat) reported that he lost two lures to Wahoo and caught one fish of about 35 pounds from the Inner Gorda Bank early in the week. That was the only fish I heard of but there had to have been others found.
INSHORE: My friend, fly-fishing guide Jeff DeBrown, had clients on Saturday who caught 10 small Roosterfish of 5-6 pounds, 5 Sierra, one Ladyfish, one 20 pound Yellowtail, lost one Pompano and saw lots of #20 Jacks, all within ¼ mile of the arch. The Yellowtail and seven of the Roosterfish were on live bait while the rest were on the fly. I guess that give you an indication of the action, huh? There were also excellent catches of Sierra made from 5 miles up the coast on the Pacific side with hootchies in white working very well on fish to 6 pounds, and live bait doing better on larger fish.
NOTES: Eternal optimism is the name of the game if you are a fisherman so we are once again keeping our fingers crossed that the Tuna start showing up. Meanwhile the usual cool, green water we have this time of year means that there is always a chance at the most difficult of billfish, the Swordfish! This weeks report was written to an excellent musical selection, one of my favorite artists, Mark Knopfler on the soundtrack to the movie “Sailing To Philadelphia”, a 2000 Mercury Records release. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Apr 1, 2006; 01:09PM - Blue Water Creeps Closer
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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The blue water is only three miles off the beach, yet a cooler water current is moving down from the north and pushing the sailfish further south. The current Terrafin Surface Temperature image shows 78 degree water coming down and displacing the sailfish rich 82 degree water. This will be great for the blue marlin and yellowfin tuna however.
Inshore, the action has been outstanding on large jack crevalle. The fish have been averaging 16- to 18-pounds, with some going 25-pounds. Most are being taken at the white rocks on slow trolled live bait, but many are following a hookless popper to give a fly-caster a decent shot.
Ed Kunze, Zihuatanejo
Water temperature 78 - 84
Air temperature 78 - 87
Humidity 83%
Wind SW 6 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:40 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:59 p.m. CST
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