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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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Mar 13, 2006; 12:26PM - PESCA PANAMA
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Category: [other]
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Author Name: STEVE MASSEY
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SIX DAYS FISHING AT PESCA PANAMA
DAVID, PANAMA
GROUP OF SEVEN ANGLERS ON TWO 27' CENTER CONSOLES HAD COMBINED CATCHES OF INSHORE AND OFFSHORE FISH:
30-YFT: 20;10-80#
10;100-305# (305# CAUGHT STEVE MASSEY, 35 MIN 100# STAND UP GEAR, LIVE SKIPJACK)
25 CUBERA SNAPPER: 20-45#
6 BROOMTAIL GROUPER:35-80#
60-AMBERJACK:10-70#
25 MULLET SNAPPER:15-30#
80 JACKS:5-35#
10 BARRED PARGO:8-20#
50 MISC. SNAPPERS: 5-20#
BEST PLACE TO FISH IN THE WORLD FOR VARIETY SCENERY AND ACTION.
MOST FISHING IS DONE WITH 8'SURFACE POPPERS OR YOYO IRON OVER PINNACLES AND REEFS.
TIGHT LINES STEVE MASSEY
SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA
SMASSEY1@SAN.RR.COM
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Mar 13, 2006; 10:20AM - 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 6-12, 2006
WEATHER: It looks like we have finally had a bit of spring weather come our way. This time of year we often get a month or so of on-off windy time, and this last week the wind started blowing on Tuesday. It blew hard (and it was cold) until Friday and since then it has been great. Our daytime highs have been in the mid to low 80’s while the night time lows were around 60 degrees. There was a pretty good cloud cover during mid-week but by Sunday it had cleared up.
WATER: It was very choppy and pretty rough on the Pacific side most of the week and the conditions were bouncy on the Cortez side as well. Very few, if any, boats fished on the Pacific, as there were extremely large swells and very rough conditions through Saturday. If anyone had made it out there they would have found cold water at 64-65 degrees out to the San Jaime, but warm water at 74 degrees past there to the west. On the Cortez side the water remained pretty much around 71-73 degrees with cool 68-70 degree water to the immediate south of the Cape.
BAIT: Bait was tough to get toward the end of the week, but if you did manage to get some it was still the normal $2 per bait. The bait guys attributed it to the full moon.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: At least the bite for Striped Marlin seemed to steady a little bit; we did not have the wild swings of good-bad days we saw for the last few weeks. The bite was not wide open by any means but the fish were there on the Cortez side. From the 95 Sport to 4 miles inside the 1150 to the Outer Gorda banks seemed to be the place to go with most boats catching at least one Marlin a day and some getting three. The bite was a mix of live bait and lures but the lures seemed to work best at slightly higher than normal speeds, mostly around 9 ½ knots instead of the normal 7 ½ to 8 knots. There were plenty of feeders out there and watching the Frigates dive or circle was a key to the live bait fishing. There were plenty of tailing and free jumping fish as well, but the tailing fish didn’t seem to be very hungry. Maybe after the full moon the bite will turn on for them.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: What, you want Tuna? Try some other week, as there were almost no Yellowfin caught this week. An occasional pod of Porpoise held some small fish to 15 pounds, but they were few and far between. Most of the boats that managed to get Tuna found them on Friday and Saturday within 5 miles of the coast on the Pacific side.
DORADO: Success rates on Dorado this week looked to be about 15% with some boats getting fish to 25 pounds and a few to 50 pounds. The fish were on the Cortez side of the Cape in the warm water and were caught by boats looking for Striped Marlin. There was the occasional double, but not many.
WAHOO: What Hoo?
INSHORE: This is a repeat of last weeks inshore report with the note that all the fish were found on the Cortez side due to the rough conditions on the Pacific. There was a pretty decent Sierra bite, mostly in the afternoons but occasionally early in the morning. Large groups of Jacks in the 25-35 pound class were spotted close to the beach but they were not very hungry, possibly spawning concentrations. A fair to good bite from bottom species such as red Snapper and Grouper in 100-150 feet of water off almost all the points started at the end of the week and there were some decent Yellowtail to 25 pounds caught in the same area by anglers using live bait fished just off the bottom.
NOTES: It’s not wide open by any means even though some of the booths around the Marina will tell you that it is for the Striped Marlin. Go out with a good attitude and your fingers crossed, plenty of beer in the cooler and some good friends and you will have fun, and just might get dinner and a trophy. That is all you can really expect right now, but that’s not a bad thing. If the Tuna ever show up things might get kicked into higher gear, at least we hope so. Meanwhile, listen to some good music and plan your trip! This week’s report was written to the sounds of Alison Krauss & Union Station on their 2002 CD “Live”. Until next week, tight lines!
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Mar 11, 2006; 08:03PM - Guatemala's best day ever!!!
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Les Kagel
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GUATAMALA RED RED RED HOT - BEST DAY EVER
This fishing report for the week ending 04-11-06 is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for the past week ranged between 18 to 30 miles with calm days and fairly flat seas with late afternoon winds causing some chop. This week saw most boats releasing sails in the mid twenties into the high double digits WITH ONE BOAT REPORTING OVER 100.Today it looks like another world record for most sails on conventional was set.This week saw the fishing going from hot to todays red hot / sizzling. We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted several parties / day charters including the Harry party that released 39 sails on Wednesday and 49 on Friday. Today the McFadden party released 59 on conventional and another 6 on the fly.All of our parties enjoy the comforts of The Joint Venture 35ft.Bertram with hot morning coffee and hot lunches,fresh fruit,snacks and real cold beer.Also the first part of this week saw Marlins in the spread on three different days with 3 hook-ups releasing one 300lb and one 400lb Blue Marlin great job Mr.Herdon.For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com
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Mar 11, 2006; 12:03PM - Blue Water Moving Closer
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Blue water has moved back from 40 miles to the 23 mile mark, and the fishing has picked up some this last week. But, it is still a bit on the slow side. The Terrafin Satellite Surface Temperatures now show 76° water from the beach, out 10 miles to the 100 fathom curve, and an average of 79° water beyond the 100 fathom curve. This is a substantial raise of at least 5° over earlier in the week.
Lots of sailfish are being seen, with a least four or five fish a day being raised to the spread. There are also plenty of yellowfin tuna, and several blue marlin. But, with an incredible supply of mackerel and black skipjack tuna, keeping the fish's attention long enough to eat a trolled bait has been the downfall. We honestly believe they fish are too full to aggressively charge the trolled baits.
The inshore action should also pick up substantially now the water has warmed up a bit.
Ed Kunze, Zihuatanejo
Water temperature 78 - 84
Air temperature 75 - 84
Humidity 83%
Wind ESW 8 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:57 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:54 p.m. CST
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Mar 11, 2006; 12:00PM - Whales and Yellow Tales Dominate
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #1,001. “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 03/11/06
East Cape
[img]http://www.bajafly.com/report/Marchwind.jpg[/img]
[b]Tough conditions for everyone[/b]
North winds prevailed once again this week making it another time of rescheduling as we tap danced around the wind. As you can see by Lance and Josh’s daily reports, it was a tough week at East Cape:
Friday (3/10) . . . While today has been fairly calm, the wave action has persisted and the fishing continues to be brutal. Josh hit the beach today and again found it lifeless.
Thursday (3/9) . . . Josh and I fished the beach today to see what's up. We just got back. Fished all the way to lighthouse. It's tough out there. Less wind today, but big waves. We snorkeled too. Visibility is super limited as the water is extra turbid and churned up. No signs of life. Couldn't even raise a fish on the teasers.
Tuesday (3/7) . . . It's been really dead fishing. Not even the locals have been out there.
We keep hearing rumors of a decent yellowtail bite up at Muertos Bay along with some sierra. All we need is the wind to back off long enough to get there. If we do get a calm day, there are enough skipjack and a few dorado to make it interesting.
Baja on the Fly
Water temperature 65-73
Air temperature 61-79
Humidity 72%
Wind: NNW 4 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:31 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:26 p.m. MST
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
[img]http://www.bajafly.com/report/yellow.jpg[/img]
[b]Small but plenty at the Entrada?[/b]
With all the storm activity in California, the conditions have been what could be best described at unsettled. The big buzz is still the whales that have been putting on a great show since the first of the year. Plenty of up close and personal encounters stories going around.
The best action all week was out at the entrada where the yellowtail snap was about as good as it gets. Mostly smaller fish, but the action was fast and furious.
Locals are reporting that the water is beginning to slowly warm up in the mangroves and expectations are high that the bite will pick up soon.
Water temperature 58 - 62
Air temperature 55-73
Humidity 99%
Wind: WNW 15 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 6:39 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:33 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
Blue water has moved back from 40 miles to the 23 mile mark, and the fishing has picked up some this last week. But, it is still a bit on the slow side. The Terrafin Satellite Surface Temperatures now show 76° water from the beach, out 10 miles to the 100 fathom curve, and an average of 79° water beyond the 100 fathom curve. This is a substantial raise of at least 5° over earlier in the week.
Lots of sailfish are being seen, with a least four or five fish a day being raised to the spread. There are also plenty of yellowfin tuna, and several blue marlin. But, with an incredible supply of mackerel and black skipjack tuna, keeping the fish's attention long enough to eat a trolled bait has been the downfall. We honestly believe they fish are too full to aggressively charge the trolled baits.
The inshore action should also pick up substantially now the water has warmed up a bit.
Ed Kunze, Zihuatanejo
Water temperature 78 - 84
Air temperature 75 - 84
Humidity 83%
Wind ESW 8 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:57 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:54 p.m. CST
San Jose, Guatemala
No Report received this week
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 63- 84
Humidity 100%
Wind: WSW 4 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:13 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:13 p.m. CST
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Mar 7, 2006; 08:25AM - Guatemala Sails and Marlin too!
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Les Kagel
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This fishing report for two weeks ending 04-05-06 is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala. The fishing for the past two weeks ranged between 13 to 25 miles with calm days / flat seas and late afternoon winds causing chop. At the first of the past two weeks fishing was only fair with most boats boating sails in the single digits to low teens on conventional tackle and between 1 to 4 sails on the fly. However, this past week the fishing went from fair to good with most boats in the mid teens to mid-twenties on conventional and low single digits on fly (3 to 7).
We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted several parties on our 35ft Bertram The Joint Venture. All parties enjoyed some great action, averaging up to 19 sailfish caught per day. The Sailfishing has also been complemented over the last two weeks by the presence of Blue Marlin in the fishing grounds. Most boats and parties had at least a shot at a Blue each day – the Joint Venture successfully raising and catching/releasing fish in the 3-400lb range. One captain reported a Blue of a “Grander” in the spreads – unusual for Guatemala, but always welcome !
For more info. contact
us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website
at www.greatsailfishing.com
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Mar 6, 2006; 11:30AM - 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
Feb. 27-March 5, 2006
WEATHER: I am still having a great time this week getting a lot of work done outside the house. With the daytime temps around the mid 80’s and the nighttime around the high 60’s it has been excellent. We had very little wind this week and had several days during the middle of the week where heavy fog moved in from the Pacific side. No rain and except for the fog, no really cloudy days.
WATER: We had great water conditions this week on both sides of the Cape. The large swells that occurred the week before died down and with no wind there were a few days when it was like glass out there. The surface temperatures are still at 73-74 degrees on the Cortez side of the Cape with a band of the warmer water across the Gorda, 1150 and at the Cabrillo Seamount at the end of the week. The California current has a very strong influence on the near-shore water temperature on the Pacific side of the Cape as the water out to just past the San Jaime and 20 miles to the west of the Golden Gate banks remains around 66 degrees. Go another 10 miles west of the San Jaime and you suddenly meet 71-degree water again.
BAIT: This week there were mostly Caballito available at the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Once again we had an on-off week for Striped Marlin. One day an area would be red hot and the next day there would be nothing there. The fish are moving around fast on the Cortez side of the Cape and when you are in the right spot it was possible to have a six fish day. In the wrong spot or the right spot at the wrong time and you flew the skunk flag on the way in. Areas that were temporarily holding fish (I guess they weren’t really holding since the fish were passing through), or where the bite happened were several miles to the west of the Outer Gorda Bank, inside the 1150 toward shore, just to the south-west of the 95 spot and due south of the arch 12 miles. If your timing was right there were fish all over the place and they were hungry, if it was wrong you might not even see a fish! Both lures and live bait were working fine if the fish were biting.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: I only heard of a few Yellowfin Tuna this week and what I did hear was spoken of by people passing by, I never had a chance to find out any details. I did hear of a fish of 80 pounds but again, no details. There were very few white flags flying that were put up for Yellowfin, most of them were for Skipjack.
DORADO: There were a lot more Dorado caught this week than we have had for several months; the warm water that moved in on the Cortez side had a lot to do with it. It seemed that most of the action was up around the Gorda Banks and Punta Gorda on fish from 10 to 20 pounds, but they were catching a few out at the 1000 fathom line as well.
WAHOO: I did hear of a few Wahoo caught this week, mostly from up around the Punta Gorda area, but they were few and far between. Average weight was reported at 35 pounds and the bite was incidental on Marlin lures.
INSHORE: There was a pretty decent Sierra bite, mostly in the afternoons but occasionally early in the morning. Large groups of Jacks in the 25-35 pound class were spotted close to the beach but they were not very hungry, possibly spawning concentrations. A fair to good bite from bottom species such as red Snapper and Grouper in 100-150 feet of water off almost all the points started at the end of the week and there were some decent Yellowtail to 25 pounds caught in the same area by anglers using live bait fished just off the bottom.
NOTES: It appears that the fishing is slowly improving; now we need the Yellowfin to show up. Still plenty of Whales around so even if the fishing is slow there is something to watch. This weeks report was written to the sounds of Mark Knopfler off of his first solo CD, “Golden Heart”, released in 1996 by Vertigo Records. Until next week, tight lines!
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Mar 6, 2006; 07:24AM - Normalizing After Katrinas Rath
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Category: Louisiana
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Author Name: Damon McKnight/Super Strike Charters
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The weather has finally cooperated enough this past week (except for yesterday)so we could get out and make up for last week when the fishing was not so good. On Monday we had the Raul Perez gang. Raul talked about wanting a wahoo, he had never caught one before and wouldn't you know our first big fish in the boat was about a 98lber. give or take a couple of pounds. Definitely the biggest wahoo I have ever put in the boat. Caught him on mono which is very lucky, then he went to the worst place on the boat for the gaff which is between the engines. If we wouldn't have gaffed him when we did he would have definitely been a goner. I guess it was just meant to be. We had a couple of more blackfin, some big sharks, and that was about it for the day. On Wednesday we had the Tony Valenti group. They ended the day with 3 yellowfin(20, 60, and 80lbs.) and 8 blackfin tuna. Scott the coroner had the big fish of the day. It was the last fish of the day and I called it the Holy S___t fish! because he finally got one in the boat. His luck definitely changed on this fish. Unfortunately Scott lost more fish than usual. Not from doing anything wrong, that is just the way it happens sometimes. Two of the fish were definite heart breakers, but he made up for it in the end. Congrats. On Friday we took out Randy Chase and friends. Ended the day with two yellas(65 & a 67lber), 1 blackfin tuna, 1 amberjack, and 1 beeliner. The fishing is definitely getting back on track and the weather seems to be cooperating a little more than it had been. We'll see what this week looks like though. I saw a post earlier that will confuse some people about tuna season. There is no last of the tuna season, we catch tuna year round. When the lump season ends we go to our spring time area and catch just as many tuna if not more than right now. The only thing that changes is the technique.
Things are starting to feel a lot more normal now since Hurricane Katrina. Lodging is available at the Venice Marina which is certainly a sign that things are finally coming together. Emotions by everyone were up and down and I think I heard the words 'It never ends' more in the past three months than ever. The work is still far from over but the overwhelming factor seems to have lifted for the most part.
We will be fishing all week weather permitting. Damon McKnight/Super Strike Charters/1 800 318 1720
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Mar 4, 2006; 01:12PM - Marlin Surprise
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Marlin, not what you would expect to hear from Guatemala, but true. The past few days have shown the fleet raising 8 to 10 marlin a day! These are mostly little blues in the 150- to 200-pound range, though three nice fish have been seen. The sails are here, but are decidedly un-aggressive as huge schools of bait are everywhere.
Jonathan Nicholas owner/operator of “Man of War”
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 75- 84
Humidity 94%
Wind: S 4 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:17 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:12 p.m. CST
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Mar 4, 2006; 01:11PM - Cold Water
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Conditions have been poor. A cold green water current has moved in and pushed the blue water out to the 40 mile mark. And even out there the guys are only accounting for five or six football tuna. It would be safe to say over 80% of the fleet is not catching any bluewater species.
The only bright side is the inshore action for the hard fighting jack crevalle. Six to 10 fish a day has been normal. Most of these 15- to 22-pound fish are being taken on trolled Rapalas, but the fly casters are scoring as well
Ed Kunze, Zihuatanejo
Water temperature 78 - 84
Air temperature 64 - 87
Humidity 83%
Wind SSW 6 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:02 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:53 p.m. CST
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