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From Jul 31, 2002 To Jul 31, 2003
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May 8, 2003; 11:38PM - Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo Sportfishing Report 5-3-03 to 5-8-03
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Susan Richards/Stan Lushinsky
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Author E-mail: ixtsptf@epix.net
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Report Description:
The cooler water temperatures, which have dominated the Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo area for the last six weeks, refused to move. This cooler water has brought with it some incredible TUNA action but has really depressed the SAILFISH activity which is normal for this time of year. Last week's International Billfish Tournament, with a field of just over 100 boats, managed to land 36 SAILFISH, 3 MARLIN, and 4 DORADO in three days of fishing. The largest SAILFISH scaled in at 79.2lbs, the largest MARLIN at 257.4lbs, and the largest DORADO at 41.8lbs. By Ixtapa/Zihuatnanejo standards this was an extremely poor performance. Fishing outside the tournament, French angler Mr. Minvielle fishing aboard the Super Panga, 'Leydy', landed 10 YELLOWFIN TUNA, 1 DORADO, and 32 BONITOS in two days of fishing. On his next two days fishing aboard the Super Panga, 'Securestro de Amor', Mr. Minvielle landed 1 DORADO, 8 BONITOS, and 1 250lb. BLUE MARLIN. Mr. Shane Shelton of Lemoore, CA fishing with Capt. Chiro Barragan aboard the 'Vamonos III' landed 33 YELLOWFIN TUNA, and fought an estimated 500lb. MARLIN for 10 minutes before it through the hook. Inshore, Capt. Adolopho fishing with French angler, Mr. Collomb, landed 40 YELLOWTAIL JACKS, 2 ROOSTERFISH, and 2 SPANISH MACKEREL. Capt. Adolpho reports huge schools of YELLOWTAIL JACKS and an occasional large ROOSTERFISH in the 60lb. class. Offshore, the YELLOWFIN TUNA in the 20-30lb. range have been caught between 10-15 miles out. With the oncoming full moon, historically, we should see warmer water currents and an increase in the SAILFISH activity in the weeks ahead. The warmer currents should also increase the presence of big schools of ROOSTERFISH in the next few months.
Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo Climate: Temp's in the high 80's to low 90's
Sea Conditions: Calm
Best Fishing Area: 10-15 miles offshore
Bait Supply: Good
Stan Lushinsky
Susan Richards
Ixtapa Sportfishing Charters
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May 2, 2003; 09:30PM - Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Sportfishing Report 4/24 - 5/2/03
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Susan Richards/Stan Lushinsky
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Author E-mail: ixtsptf@epix.net
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Report Description:
Last week's action moved farther offshore with the TUNA bite leading the action. Angler, Bob Mitchner, fishing a combination inshore/offshore for six days with Capt. Adolpho aboard the Dos Hermanos I landed 57 YELLWOFIN TUNA, 3 SAILFISH, 1 ROOSTERFISH, 1 RAINBOW RUNNER, 18 YELLOWTAIL JACKS, and 1 big PARGO. Angler, Mr. Collomb, fishing aboard the Super Panga, Securestro de Amor, landed 1 ROOSTERFISH and 30 YELLOWTAIL JACKS. First time visitor to the Ixtapa/Zih area and owner of Braid Products, Dennis Braid, fishing with Freddy Hernandez aboard a new 35' Cabo yacht, 'Striker', released an estimated 430lb. BLUE MARLIN, landed 2 large DORADO in the 60lb. class, and spent several days chasing school TUNA in the 30-70lb. range. Mr. Braid also did some inshore fishing landing 2 nice ROOSTERS of 25 and 40lbs. The blue water is 10-12 miles offshore with the majority of action being better than 30 miles out. The SAILFISH bite was very slow last week.
Special Note: Registration/hotel reservations for this years Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo Total Tag & Release Tournament are now being accepted. The host property for this year's event will once again be the Riviera Beach Resort & Spa which has offered $85.00 per night per room including tax, double occupancy for those anglers participating in this year's tournament. For additional information as well as boat availability interested anglers are encouraged to contact our office as soon as possible.
Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo Climate: Seasonably nice with light breeze.
Sea Conditions: Moderate to rough.
Best Fishing Area: 30-40 miles offshore.
Bait Supply: Good
Stan Lushinsky
Susan Richards
Ixtapa Sportfishing Charters
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Apr 25, 2003; 11:50AM - Zihuatanejo Sportfishing Report 4/17/03 - 4/24/03
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Susan Richards/Stan Lushinsky
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Author E-mail: ixtsptf@epix.net
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Report Description:
The Spring turnover continue to take place with some excellent offshore and inshore action ob some days. Consistent with the turnover time are some days when the bite just doesn't happen and that was the case last week in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo. Returning New Jersey angler Herb Houghton picked the three best days and he scored 3 SAILFISH and 3 YELLOWFIN TUNA along with 1 ROOSTERFISH while fishing aboard the
Vamonos 3 with Capt. Chiro. One his second day offshore with Capt. Adolopho Mr. Houghton landed 60 YELLOWFIN TUNA. On his final day of inshore fishing, Mr. Houghton landed 24 YELLOWTAIL JACKS and 2 ROOSTERFISH. Angler Bob Mitchner also fishing aboard the Dos Hermanos landed 3 SAILFISH on his first day offshore. Cabela's Outdoors Adventures director, Gregg Severenson fishing aboard the Vamonos 3 landed 1 SAILFISH and 9 YELLOWFIN TUNA. The blue water is coming closer every day and the hot band of action is just about 10 miles offshore. The supply of bait continues to be high and as the water conditions improve so should the bite. The following Months of May, June, July, and August are the very best for some great inshore roosterfishing.
SPECIAL NOTE:: Ixtapa Sportfishing Charters has been the feature of an article written by Ken Schultz for the MAY issue of FIELD & STREAM MAGAZINE. The Title of the article is ' Down Mexico Way.' Additionally, Mr. Schultz has featured Ixtapa Zihuatanejo as one of the premier fishing destinations in his new book 'Spectacular Fishing ' Autographed copies of Ken's New Book can be purchased by contacting Ken on his web site at www.kenschultz.com or email at ken@kenschultz.com or you can place orders for Ken's new book at any books store using the following
ISBN number 1-8422-596-0.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Weather: Seasonably perfect
Sea Conditions: Moderate to Rough
Bait Supply: Excellent
Best fishing Areas: 5 - 10 Miles offshore
Stan Lushinsky
Susan Richards
Ixtapa Sportfishing Charters
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Apr 17, 2003; 11:48PM - Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo Sportfishing Report 4-10-03 to 4-17-03
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Susan Richards/Stan Lushinsky
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Author E-mail: ixtsptf@epix.net
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Report Description:
Although the spring turnover to warmer water conditions has not yet completed the signs are starting to look much better. There were some very good days followed by some very slow days which is indicative of this time frame when the currents can't make up their mind which way to go. Leading angler for this week was Mr. Steve Martin from New Jersey who landed 5 SAILFISH on his first day out with Captain Adolopho on the Dos Hermanos. Mr. Martin followed up that day with a 160lb. BLUE MARLIN taken aboard the Leydy with captain Candelerio. New York angler Adam Stewart landed 3 SAILFISH while fishing with Captain Chiro on the Vamonos III. Cabela's Outdoors adventure director, Gregg Severenson also fishing with Captain Chiro on the Vamonos III landed a SAILFISH on his first day out. Captain Adolopho also scored a huge TUNA catch landing 37 YELLOWFIN in one afternoon at the 55 mile mark. The fish were schoolie sized in the 20-30 lb. class. Captain Adolopho reported the first good inshore action as he landed 12 ROOSTERFISH to 60lbs. and 15 BIG YELLOWTAIL JACKS in one day of fishing. The Blue water is nearly inside the bay and the water temps are in the high 70's. Inshore conditions have improved dramatically as there are no signs of the cold green water. The schools of MACKEREL and BONITOS are thick all along the coast.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: Picture perfect day highs in the low 80's
Sea Conditions: Calm
Best fishing area: 5 - 15 miles out in front of Ixtapa
Bait Supply: Good
Stan Lushinsky
Susan Richards
Ixtapa Sportfishing Charters
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Apr 10, 2003; 05:00PM - Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Sportfishing Report 4/3 - 4/10/03
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Susan Richards/Stan Lushinsky
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Author E-mail: ixtsptf@epix.net
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Report Description:
With the onset of a different wind and current the fishing conditions changed for the better in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo last week. The beginning of the week was marked by excellent YELLOWFIN TUNA action with some boats landing school tuna in the 20 - 30 lb class while other found the giants. Boats were averaging 150 - 200 Kilos of tuna per day. Towards the end of the week a gentle breeze from the Southwest brought in warmer water and the return of good numbers of SAILFISH.
Returning Delaware angler, Larry Weldin landed 1 SAILFISH on his first day aboard the Janeth. Returning angler Andy Cousens fishing aboard the VAMONOS III with captain Chiro who has switched assignments to the VAMONOS III landed 4 SAILFISH and missed three others on his first day of fishing. Reports of other boats raising an average of 6 SAILFISH per day was common toward the end of the week. The inshore action is still being dominated by huge schools of YELLOWTAIL JACKS and BONITOS. No ROOSTERFISH were reported.
The Annual Billfish tournament is scheduled for MAY 2,3&4 with the main sponsor being NISSAN. 5 Vehicles will be awarded to the top 5 anglers. Interested anglers are encouraged to call or email our office for details.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: Warm days with high's in the 90's
Sea Conditions: Calm
Bait Supply: Good
Best Fishing Area: 10 - 12 miles out in front of Zihuatanejo Bay
Sincerely,
Stan Lushinsky
Susan Richards
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Apr 5, 2003; 02:27PM - Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo Sportfishing Report 3-27-03 - 4-4-03
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Susan Richards/Stan Lushinsky
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Author E-mail: ixtsptf@epix.net
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Report Description:
Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo Sportfishing Report
3-27-03 - 4-4-03
The beginning of this week started out just as flat as
last week. With a southwest wind brought in some favorable water and the
fishing improved dramatically towards the end of the week. Leading the
SAILFISH charge was Capt. Adolopho Espinosa and clients Danny Courtney and
his four sons who each caught a SAILFISH on their first day out. Angler,
Eric Leep, fishing aboard the 'La Bamba' with Capt. Jose Vargas caught 2 DORADO
and 2 SAILFISH in one day of fishing. Boats were averaging 2-3 billfish
strikes per day. There were several nice DORADOS caught as well. The
hottest bite was the YELLOWFIN TUNA who's numbers were at times just short of
unbelievable. Huge schools of SARDINES and baitballs of ANCHOVIES dotted
the coastline and schools of YELLOWFING TUNA in the 15-40lb. class were
encountered each day. Returning Florida angler Mike Viscoki, fishing with
Capt. Canderlerio aboard the 'Leydy' landed 25 YELLOWFIN in one 4 hour period
and took another 20 TUNA with Capt. Adolpho the largest going just over
100lbs. The blue water is at the 10 mile mark and huge schools of BONITO
are also scattered throughout that band of water. One BLACK MARLIN of
517lbs. Was landed by the super panga 'Princess Iris' but generally the MARLIN
bite has been slow. Inshore the hot action is with SPAINSH MACKEREL and
huge JACKS. No ROOSTERFISH have been reported.
Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo Climate: Seasonable beautiful days with gentle
breezes
Sea Conditions: Calm
Best Fishing Area: 5
miles out in front of the 'White Rocks' at Potosi
Bait Supply:
Good
Stan Lushinsky
Susan Richards
Ixtapa Sportfishing
Charters
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