El Niño could be a factor, or it could simply be a seasonal fluke, but anglers off the mainland Mexican port of Zihuatanejo are enjoying some highly unusual striped marlin activity. For more please see guide Ed Kunze's report, pasted below:
With the change to a cooler dirty water, and some very large waves hitting the beaches, the very good inshore action for jack crevalle and sierras has taken a nose dive this week. However, the slack has been taken up in spades with excellent blue water fishing.
Striped marlin, like last year, showed up again this year. Historically we rarely catch striped marlin here, but when they have shown up these last two years we have been getting more striped marlin than sailfish.
Most of the fish are being caught between 12 and 18 miles offshore, with each boat in the fleet averaging two striped marlin and a sailfish a day. Naturally the better captains are doing better than that.
Some notable catches this last week were with Adolfo on the panga Dos Hermanos with four striped marlin and five sailfish in one day. All fish were released.
Capt. Santiago of the panga Gitana, reported the following:
--Debbie Goggins from Alaska on released two striped marlin and one sailfish fishing with Adan on the Gitana II.
--Dan Gaffney with his wife and son from North Carolina released three striped marlin, two sailfish, and caught many jacks and bonitos in six days this he past week. They fished with Santiago on the Gitana.
--Also, Cheva on the panga Dos Hermanos II released three striped marlin yesterday, and Arturo on the panga Janeth released three striped marlin and two sailfish.
-- Ed Kunze
Striped marlin photo courtesy of Chic McSherry
Very good article about the current fishing action in Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo. For more information go to http://www.ixtapa-fishing.com
Posted by: Fishingixtapazi | Apr 19, 2010 at 01:20 PM