Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Mexico

Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Mexico Fishing Conditions

Fishing has been relative slow here this last week. Part of the blame is the fishing has actually been slow, but the main reason is there are very few charters going out fishing to find the concentrations and areas of fish. We have only 4 to 5 boats a day on the water, including both the inshore and offshore.

Sailfish are averaging about 1 fish per boat per day, and even though the 20 pound plus dorado are averaging 1 fish per day per boat, if you hit the right floating log, at the right time, the action can be fantastic.

There were no reports on the inshore action, but last week's 3 inches of rain, while not intense, kept the rivers flowing and the inshore waters stained.

Report provided by Ed Kunze - Sportfishing Charters in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo - www.sportfishing-ixtapa.com

Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Mexico Fishing Conditions

With the recent rains, the blue water has moved out to the 15 mile mark, with a distinctive weed line defining the separation of off colored water and the blue water. The demarcation line is also holding game fish.

Martin, on the 35 foot cruiser Nautilus, fished the weed line for this last 5 days straight, averaging at least one 20 pound plus dorado and 2 sails a day. His 5 day total was 11 sailfish and 6 dorado.

September is usually the wettest month of the year for us, but most of the rain comes at night, with the fleet being able to fish every day so far. The only problem we had with the weather this week was, due to the heavy outflow from the rivers, the inshore water was murky. Plus, the waves along the shoreline this week were very high. These two conditions combined for very tough roosterfish fishing.

Report provided by Ed Kunze - Sportfishing Charters in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo - www.sportfishing-ixtapa.com

Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Mexico Fishing Conditions

After a very below normal rainfall for August, we had a bit of rain this last week, which caused a lot of debris to come out of the rivers. Late Monday night we got a huge thunderstorm with 2 1/4" of rain in one hour.

This wiped out the inshore waters with stained water.

However, the blue water was only moved out to the 10 mile mark. The sailfish action is decent. Martin on the Nautilus had days of 2, 4, 1, and 3 sailfish starting on Sunday. He also reported lots of black skipjack tuna just off the dirty inshore water.

No dorado or tuna have been reported, but with the debris in the water, the dorado cannot be too far
behind.

Report provided by Ed Kunze - Sportfishing Charters in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo - www.sportfishing-ixtapa.com

By Michelle Higgins, New York Times News Service | August 27, 2008

Last year, Nikki Frahm, operations manager at Carlson Wagonlit Travel in Forest Lake, Minn., arranged a February vacation for a family of four to Ixtapa, Mexico. They enjoyed the trip so much that last month, they called Frahm and asked her to sign them up for the same vacation this year.

There's just one catch: The vacation may be the same, but the price will not.

Last year, the family paid less than $250 per person to fly nonstop from Minneapolis to Ixtapa. This year, those same tickets are $504 a person, said Frahm, raising the cost of the family's vacation by more than $1,000.

As airlines cut flights and add fuel surcharges, "this is the kind of thing we're seeing over and over again," said Frahm. "Inventory is shrinking and the prices are escalating - supply and demand."