Puerto Vallarta Fishing: Roll the Dice Conditions

At best, when discussing fishing conditions in Puerto Vallarta’s Bay of Banderas, all I can do right now is roll my eyes. You might wonder why—well, it seems the fishing has come to a halt. With water temperatures below 70 degrees, we’re not seeing the expected warm-water species, and...

Winter Fishing in Puerto Vallarta, Action Fishing

This will be a year to remember; with the El Niño to La Niña ‘double’ flip, the usual types of winter conditions we’d expect are anything but. We’re in the middle of our winter fishing season, but it’s not winter fishing. If that confuses you, then join the crowd. For...

Vallarta Fishing: Fish Are Where You Find Them

Well, here we are in the middle of February, and the water temperatures are much warmer than they should be. Usually, at this time of the year, we’re looking at water temperatures in the upper 60’s. And to be fair we did see a week of cold water, then...

Dirty Water Continues, Dorado Moving in, Stripers Too

Well, here we are again in what seems to be the never-ending dirty water! For at least six weeks, we have seen fishing in Puerto Vallarta suffering through the change of seasons here in the Bay of Banderas. We expect a few weeks of dirty water - it's just...

Dorado, Stripers, and the Dirty Water Dilemma

Well, here we are; it’s five weeks now since the dirty water has taken over Puerto Vallarta’s fishing grounds in the Bay of Banderas. The funny thing is that fishing is improving for some reason. After spending much of the last four weeks advising people to maybe take a...

Strong Currents, Dirty Water, and Dorado, Maybe…

If there was ever a ‘cookie cutter’ fishing report, this is it! Fishing in Puerto Vallarta and the entire Bay of Banderas hasn’t changed much since last week. We still have dirty water, and the currents are pretty strong with the storms up north, so these conditions may continue...

Cabo Corrientes, Warm Blue Water, and Dorado

This week, the song remains much the same. What looked like some positive signs that the dirty water was finally moving out didn't happen. In fact, the conditions are even worse than they've been in the last few weeks, and there is no way to sugarcoat it. But the...

Big Bait Means Big Fish at El Banco

OK, after my last article, you should have a pretty good understanding of what has been happening in our world-famous fishing grounds of Puerto Vallarta in and around Banderas Bay. The dirty water conditions continue. We’ve been dealing with these changing currents and dropping water temperatures. The dirty water is...

Cold, Dirty Water Conditions Present Challenges

OK, this fishing report is going to be a little different from what I normally write about. I’ve been writing articles for more than twenty years now regarding fishing in Puerto Vallarta, focusing on the entire area in and around the Bay of Banderas. Now, I could throw plenty of...

Dorado Return to the Bay, Striped Marlin off Punta Nayarit

I've said it before, and I'm saying it again, fishing in Puerto Vallarta, the Bay of Banderas, has been nothing short of weird this year. In my last article, Dorado were thin in number but still at El Morro to Punta Nayarit. Then, all of a sudden, Dorado move...

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