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Puerto Vallarta fishing Report with Fish In PV
Sportfishing Janurary 18 2008.  
Hey back at you
with a brand new Puerto Vallarta fishing report well I
said in my last report that the weather was cooling
down but now the Puerto climate is seeing record
lows the fishing has really picked up at the bank this
last week showing life with 40-100 lb yellow fin tuna  
100-200 lb striped marlins  100 lb + sailfish and 20-40
lb red snapper!  If you want to catch anything over a
100 lbs right now you have to do at least a 10 hour
day.  But there is still lots of action on a 6-8 hour day
to el morro or off of the point of punta de mita we
have been catching mahi mahi, red snapper,
roosterfish, mackeral, pompano, and smaller sailfish.
the 2006 luhrs is now a proud member of the Billfish
Foundation and is tagging all billfish  which will be
recorded and documented . Here at fish In PV
Sportfishing we want to see our kids and future grand
kids enjoy the Puerto Vallarta fishing as much as we
do.  We love catching big Puerto Vallarta fish but if
your not going to eat the meat, then snap a photo
take some measurements and through her back! Lets
keep the Puerto Vallarta waters filled with fish for
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Puerto Vallarta fishing Report March 2nd
2008
. Hey whats up everyone.  We had a little
change of Weather these last couple days the
mornings are heating up again the water is
getting clearer and south of the bay is full of
action jack's, sierra's and red snapper, the
striped marlin and sailfish have headed north of
sellulyta which is great because last week we
had to go 7 miles west of the bank to find some
bill fish thats about 60 miles offshore. The
average size right now is 130 lbs still a hell of a
fight! We caught and tagged 11 striped marlins
last week we had to keep 3 because there
stomach's got tangled but these last couple days
have been great 2 days ago we went out and
saw about 60 of them jumping around casted out
and had a double hook up with 2 120 pounder's
beautiful fish! the fishing is still good north of the
bank a little bigger in size averaging 130-180 lb
striped marlins sailfish, and also smaller 10-40 lb
 yellow fin tuna and mahi mahi averaging 3-5 ft.
all around the fishing is great you can do a short
day and get lots of action a half a day and still get
a billfish or full day to the bank and catch bill fish
and something for dinner. here is a e-mail and
photo from Mickey Foreman who went out with on
the luhrs last week.
Just wanted to send a photo of marlin we
caught. We had a great time and will book
again next time back. Both Steve and Freddy
were great let them know I had a great time!
and May try and get down when the blues
and blacks are running.
thanks
Mickey Foreman
mickyf@telus.net
Fish In PV Sportfishing specializes in catching
Puerto Vallarta fish period. If you want to catch
small game fish and get alot of action we will put
you on the fish if you want to catch trophy billfish
we will put you on the fish
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Puerto Vallarta fishing info anytime!
Puerto Vallarta fishing report June 5 2008.
well the tides have been shifting and the fish are
all over the place. right off the point has been very
solid this last week with sailfish averaging
70-110-lbs, mahi mahi,  and red snapper. It is a
great season when you can go for a short 6 hour
day and still catch a sailfish and something for
dinner. Now if you want to get into some yellow fin
tuna they are little further out you need to hit north
of corbetena or the banks but if you get out there   
it's boiling hot  there jumping all over the place.
We also spotted a some nice Black marlins last
week also north of corbetena we did not get a bite
but it's a great sign that their out there already and
I  bet anyone the first nice rain we get we will be
reeling in those nice 500lb billfish soon after!
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Puerto Vallarta fishing report June 19 2008
well it has been wide open this last week
corbetena is still red hot with yellowfin tuna,
smaller blue marlin, sailfish, and mahi mahi. The
tuna have been biting blue and red and white
cedar plugs and sardines. We are also using live
google eyes, black and purple  lures we are
hoping to bring in the first big 200+ tuna this
week we caught a 90 lb last week which is the
biggest so far this season but the 10-30 lb
yellowfin are biting every day we have been
averaging 15-25 footballs each trip to corbetena!
The bay has been wide open also with smaller
mahi mahi red snapper, jack crevalle the
occasional sailfish, and smaller 5-15 lb tuna lots
of action either  way you go. The weather well it's
definitely getting hot the humidity has gone way
up since we just had a full week of rain but when
the rain falls the water heats up and then we start
to see those 300+ tuna's and 500 + marlins this
last week we brought in a nice 350 lb blue marlin
but have not caught anything over 200 since but I
bet we will dock the first 500+ marlin and 200+
yellowfin tuna before June comes to an end and
they will only get bigger after that. For a more
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Puerto Vallarta fishing report August 9 2008
. Back at ya with a fresh Puerto Vallarta fishing
report by Fish In PV Sportfishing.  The fishing
has been great the tuna's are gradually getting
bigger and the first 100+ lb yellow fin tuna of the
season was caught last week so it's safe to say
the cow's are coming! for those of you that
dream about catching a huge yellowfin tuna you
want to get down here middle of September
through October that is the best time to catch
300 + tuna's last season the biggest tuna we
caught was 342 lbs September 27th. This last
week the banks and corbetena has been full of   
tuna's averaging size  20-40 lbs, sailfish have
been 90-130 lbs, blue marlin, 100-350 lbs, black
100-300 lbs and wahoo 20-50 lbs. both of the
points have been good fishing also if you wan to
say close in you can still catch sailfish, mahi
mahi, smaller tuna,  roosterfish, and jacks. if you
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Back at ya with a Fresh Salt water Puerto
Vallarta  fishing Report.
November 2nd 2008.  
The black marlins have  grown rapidly these last
2 weeks in numbers and in size we tagged a 500
+ and 300 + got tangled in the line so we had to
bring it From  the bank Sunday what a fish We
were not doing anything to tricky just trolling with
live bait and lures. We  also found a nice dirt line
and filled the rest of the day casting for dorado's
and brought home a feast you find the right spot
right now and you can catch as many dorado's as
you can handle and remember Fish In PV
Sportfishing now offer's a freezer service located
right here in the marina so you can bring your
fresh dorado steaks back home if you like! the
cow season has been slow these is normally the
time of the year when everyone is bragging about
the big tuna I caught We have seen 2 300 + cows
and about a 1/2 dozen 200+ this season which is
very rare for Puerto Vallarta but that's fishing.  
The bay is full of jack's bonita's smaller Dorado,  
Needle fish, and red snapper. so even on a short
day you can get alot of smaller action which is
pretty normal in Puerto Vallarta or go for a  half
day off the point  Where We have  been catching
sailfish, Dorado, and striped marlin for a more
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December 4th fishing report
We went out last friday  12/4/08 just for a short
day about 8 miles past the point off of punta de
mita We left the marina vallarta about 7:30 am
We reached the fishing grounds about 8 am
great day clear sky's sun was out water was calm
We could not ask for a better start weather wise
by 8:30 am We had hooked up with the first
dorado the dorado bit on a lure while we were
trolling while dan reeled in the first one another
dorado hit dead bait on another line so We had a
double hook up to start the day. about 15 minutes
alter We hooked another dorado the dorado are
red hot right now also around 10 am We got
another bite this time it was bigger hooked a
nice sailfish on dead bait about 100 lbs  afer that
We caught a few more small dorado's and called
it a day total for the day 6 dorado's and 1 sailfish
not bad for a 6 hour day.
Puerto Vallarta fishing FISHING REPORT:
DECEMBER 1, 2008
                                           
WATER TEMP:  85F    AIR TEMP:65-85F
SPORT FISHING ENTHUSIASTS ENJOYED THE
THREE DAY CHALLENGE OF THE 53RD PUERTO
VALLARTA SPORT FISHING TOURNAMENT (PEZ Y
VELA), NOVEMBER 12-15TH. WINNER IN THE
MARLIN CATEGORY WAS A 303 POUNDER
(133KG)! THE 46 POUND (20KG) MAHI AND 144
POUND (63KG) YELLOWFIN TUNA WON THEIR
RESPECTIVE CLASSES AND THE LARGEST SAIL
TAKEN WEIGHED IN AT 98POUNDS (43 KG). JUST
OFF THE POINT OF PUNTA MITA ON THE
NORTHEND OF BANDERAS BAY THE FISHING HAS
BEEN CONSISTENTLY RELIABLE FOR LOTS OF
MAHI, FOOTBALL YELLOWFIN, AND SAILFISH.  
LAST WEEK, THE SIRENA SPORTFISHING CREW,
ON A 10 HOUR TRIP, SUCESSFULLY TAGGED AND
RELEASED AS MANY AS 7 SAILFISH IN THE 65-100
POUND RANGE.  SAILFISH ARE HITTING DEAD BAIT
WHEN TROLLING BUT THEIR PREFERRED “TAKE-
OUT”, IS FLYING FISH; SO THE RIGGED GOGGLE
EYES WITH PINK AND GREEN SKIRTS MAKE AN
EXCELLENT ALTERNATIVE MENU OFFERING.  
SURFACE-FEEDING, MAHI AND SAILFISH ARE
HAMMERING LIVE BAIT AS WELL.SIRENA’s CREW
SPOTTED THE FIRST STRIPED MARLIN OF THE
SEASON AT CORBETENA ON A RECENT TRIP BUT
TAGGED 3 MARLIN AND SAILS FOR THE DAY.  
BOATS AROUND EL BANCO, SINCE THEN, ALSO
ARE REPORTING MORE SIGHTINGS OF STRIPERS.
THESE EARLY SIGHTINGS BODE WELL FOR THE
COMING SEASON FOR GREAT SPORT FISHING IN
PUERTO VALLARTA.  THE SPINNER DOLPHINS ARE
TRAVELING WITH GOOD SIZE YELLOWFINS .SLOW
TROLLING WITH LIVE “SKIPPIES” (JACKS) AND
LOTS OF TEASERS BRINGS FISH UP. CHANGING
TO FASTER TROLL SPEED USING DEAD BAIT AND
LURES ALSO WORKED WELL WITH MAHI AND
SAILFISH.
THE WATER IS CLEAR BLUE, CLEAN AND WARM.
THE WEATHER IS FINALLY COMFORTABLE AND
FOLKS ARE BRINGING IN FISH EVERYDAY.
ROOSTERS AND JACK CRAVELLES ARE WORKING
THEIR WAY NORTH AND A DAY ON THE WATER IS
BETTER THAN ANY DAY AT WORK! PLAN A DAY
OR MORE FISHING WITH THE EXPERIENCED CREW
OF THE SIRENA, AND….REMEMBER TO TAG AND
RELEASE ALL BILLFISH TO HELP PRESERVE THE
STOCKS FOR THE FUTURE ENJOYMENT OF ALL.
Puerto Vallarta fishing Report by DAN
GILMARTIN for more info on Puerto Vallarta
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Puerto Vallarta fishing report 2/25/2009
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Hello world here is a another fresh Puerto Vallarta
fishing report We went out on the luhrs yesterday
with captain Steve and crew Freddy and Mario.
We left the docks at 5 am and heading out  past
the banks for yellow fin tuna, right when We
arrived by Islands the tuna's were boiling We got
a double hook up with a couple gogle eyes's, 1
got away but Dan reeled in a nice 40 lb football,
The next hook up Captain  Steve Casted in some
live bait and Hooked another nice tuna  and  then
boom another double hook up  2 more yellow fins
about 50-60 lbs! After that catch, We drove
around in a cricle and starting drifting into the
school of tuna and hooked up another 60 punder!
Next Dan was up again and this time Hooked
probable the biggest tuna of the day after fighting
it on  50 lb test for about a 1/2 hour He reeled it in
and We decided to start trolling for dorado. about
a 20 minutes later We had a  bite it was a huge
60 lb dorado as the Dorado got closer to the boat
We noticed there was another dorado right
behind the one We had hooked so Freddy casted
some live bait and and again We had a double
Hook up We have been eating alot of dorado so
we released one and brought one home.  after
that We headed back it was great trip and We
brought home alot more then supper. We heard
on the radio there was alot of dorado action off
the point of punta de mita also so all the boats
had a great day staying inside or going all the way
out!
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2/24/09 Puerto Vallarta fishing trip.
Fishing report: march 19th, 2009 the mantra for
february and march puerto vallarta sportfishing
aboard the sirena was "find the bait&.and you will
find the big game fish following this philosophy,
off-shore trips reaped excellent catches overall.
The seasoned sirena captain, steve torres, was
running out northwest from the bay of banderas,
50-60 minutes off punta mita to the islands. The
best days brought in striped marlin, big mahi and
yellow fin tuna in the 50-70 pound range. A 125
pound, short- fin, mako made for an exciting catch
on a spinning rod at el banco one late afternoon.
Day time temperatures in the low to mid 80s(f)
have brought warm, calm seas with light afternoon
breezes. Bait has been on the surface bringing
the big game to the surface. With water
temperatures getting closer to 80(f) the black and
blue marlin are moving back in the area along
with larger size yellow fin tuna. For off-shore
fishing trips plan a minimum of 10-12 hours with a
6 am departure to get west of el banco for the
best opportunity to catch your prize. Our able first
mate, fredy rodriquez will help you board your big
tuna or mahi or tag& release the bill fish to
preserve the stock. Plan 4-8 hours for an inshore
fishing trip leaving the dock by 7am to get to
smaller tuna's rooster fish, spanish mackerel,
jacks and red snappers reeled in just off punta
mita and its coves. Humpback whales are leaving
on their northward migration highway but there are
still plenty of dolphins, sea turtles and mantas
answering natures call in the bay. A day of fishing
is the prescription for a bad economy;a day to just
8220;forget about it! Remember the summer
months are prime big game fishing time for giant
tuna and bill fish so get down here and catch your
puerto vallarta game fish. Click here for more info
on the sirena boat puerto vallarta fishing report by
dan gilmartin.
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Puerto Vallarta fishing report: BY DAN GILMARTIN



Puerto Vallarta fishing report 4/10/09 We went out
for a short day on the sirena yesterday just to catch
some dinner We heard there was a huge school of
dorado's/mahi mahi a little north of the point so we
heading out around 7 am We reached the fishing
grounds about 8 am and there were Dorado's
jumping all over the place not to big in size but We
were not looking for size yesterday just some
tender meat so we starting jigging and casting live
bait and one after another boated about 20
Dorado all about 10-20 lbs after that we made
some fresh ceviche then heading to shore for a
mahi barbecue.  The striped marlins and sailfish
are still hitting hard north of the bank the marlins
are averaging 100-175 lbs and the sailfish are
averaging 80-120 lbs. Inside the bay there are lots
of jack crevalle, grouper, and rooster fish. So if you
want to catch big game fish you need a 10-12 hour
day on 8 hour day you can catch as many
Dorado's as you can handle and the shorter day in
the bay You will get lots of action. but the big
season is coming and those cow tuna's and big
marlin will be here in June! for more info on the
Sirena boat and crew
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Puerto Vallarta fishing report 04/21/09
Puerto Vallarta the fishing has been great nothing
to big in this fishing season but everything is out
there sailfish, dorado, striped marlin, roosterfish,
smaller tuna, and jack crevalle. if you want to
catch dorado, there are huge schools north of the
point and the sailfish have been running in the
currents north of the bank same with the tuna,
inshore we have been catching jacks and
roosterfish. the Big Puerto Vallarta season is
right around the corner You can feel the early
mornings are heating up and as the weather
heats up so does the water and that brings in the
huge tuna and 500 + marlins will start to show up
as well, the past 5 years the biggest tuna was
361 lbs we are hoping to beat that and the world
record this season! We our having our annual
tuna and marlin tournament coming up in July this
is the same tournament that Captain Steve won
the year before last on the sirena with the record
braking black marlin. We are hoping to beat that
record this year as well! Everyone is very excited
to see what how big the fish will be this season
2007 was definitely better then it was in 2008 for
yellowfin tuna we caught a lot of tuna 200+ but the
300 + cows were nowhere to be found we
docked 4 total all season which is very rare so
We are really looking forward to this high season
and bringing cow town back. for more info on the
record braking Sirena boat and Captain
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Puerto Vallarta fishing report 05/15/09
Sailfish Frenzy!
We took out Bobby, Charles,
Mike, and Keith yesterday on the  2006 luhrs, the
Sirena With Captain Steve and crew Freddy and
Marcos. What a day right when We got around
the point of Punta de mita We spotted a nice
sailfish Marcos ran to the front of the boat casted
out some live bait and boom We had a sailfish
on Keith was first and did a great job reelled in a
nice 100 lb sailfish in about 15 minutes next we
found a nice school of dorado feeding off a small
tree branch floating about 10 miles north of the
point We caught 4 back to back enough to make
some fresh ceviche for lunch then We decided to
go and catch some more sailfish! We started
heading further north by guayabitos but the
conditions were so nice the water was like a lake
You could see for miles about a 30 minutes later
Captain Steve saw a couple sailfish sun bathing
about a 2 miles away from us he speeded up the
Sirena and 2 seconds later we were right on top
of them but could not get a bite on 50 lb test so
We tried with a 40 and boom the bigger sailfish
hit and hit it hard within seconds You could see
this beautiful fish fighting and jumping about 20
yards from the boat  what a show! Mike nailed it
though reeling in this 98 inch sailfish like a true
pro it only took him 20 minutes to land it  which is
not so easy on 40 lb test. We kept trolling north
following the birds and dolphins keeping a look
out for sailfish as we were trolling a nice striped
marlin hit a lure Captain Steve hit the throttle and
hooked a nice striped marlin about 120 lbs. After
that it was slow We did not see anything but
dolphins for a couple hours then just like that We
spotted about 5 sailfish jumping and swimming
Marcos hooked another one this one was bigger
then the first 2 though a nice female about 130
lbs after that we spotted a school of jacks picked
up a nice triple hook up and then called it a day.
but what a day 5 dorados,3 jack crevalle, 3
sailfish, and 1 striped marlin! You cant do much
better then that. For more info on the Sirena boat
and Captain Please
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Puerto Vallarta fishing report  6/5/09
The fishing is wide open in Puerto Vallarta right
now the water temps are up and so are the fish.  
The
Puerto Vallarta fishing season has started
off strong this last week there have been huge
dorado and sailfish  coming in south then moving
out north along the coast along with the tides so
some day's the sails and the mahi mahi have
been right off the point almost inside the bay we
went out for a short 6 hour day today and caught
8 dorado’s one that was 56 lbs.  The bank has
started to heat up with blue marlin, and smaller
yellow fin tuna in the 50-100 lb rangeit was cold
for about a week but its good to see some signs
of the big girls So either way You go You are
going to get into some big game fish!  for more
info on Puerto Vallarta fishing please
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Puerto Vallarta fishing report  6/11/09
Boiling Blue marlins
The boys went out today in the 2006 luhrs
Captain Steve took out his cousins marlin fishing
they tagged 4 and boated 1 blue marlin. all
ranging from 300-350 lbs. The hot spot was
about 5 miles short of the bank.  "9am- 2pm We
were hooked up" the marlin were striking one
after another they the 2nd and 3rd caught on a
double hook up they were hitting all lures no bait  
trolling fast at a little above 10 knots with  pink
and blue,  purple and black and lime green black
bart lures  with 80  lb test . and they hit them all
We had 8 strikes in total. it is becoming high
fishing season everything is out there yellow fin
tuna, marlin, saifish, and dorado,  for more info
on the boat and captain please
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Puerto Vallarta fishing Report July/22/09
the weather is really heating up we are getting
about an hour of tropical storms everyday
around 9 pm which is making for humid day's
and water temps are up to 85 at some hot spots
We went to the bank yesterday clean water but
no bite so We headed north and about 10 miles
from the banks found a nice boil of smaller
30-50 lb Yellowfin tuna jumping all over the
place thats not all that We found after boating 3
tuna's
Freddy spotted a sailfish  about a 1/2 a
mile south so
Captain Steve hit the throttle and
30 minutes later we had tagged a nice 110 inch
sail, not 5 minutes after that Freddy had hooked
another 1 this one was smaller about 90 inches,
after that we headed back to the tuna boated 3
more and called it a day. The tunas are biting
live bait new big secret just need to get far
enough out to find the boils,  the fish are just
going to get bigger from now until the end of
December high season for 500 + black marlins
and 300+ Yellowfin tuna September and
October the bank and corbetena will be hot with
huge game fish. Puerto Vallarta is holding its
annual marlin and tuna tournament this August
13th with over 10,000 dollar grand prize for tuna
and marlin for more Puerto Vallarta tournament
info please
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Puerto Vallarta fishing report Aug/7/09 as
the weather heats up here in Puerto Vallarta the
fishing conditions could not get any better the
seas are calm, warm and blue, corbetena and
the bank are hot with smaller tuna in the 60-100
lb range we are still waiting to see a tuna bigger
then 200 lbs but I bet it will happen before the
tournament that will be held on the 13th, this is
the time of the year when fishing is good for
everyone the professional anglers looking for a
trophy and the beginners that just want a billfish
or something with some size,  El morro a big
reef  22 miles offshore has been hot with
roosterfish sailfish, and mahi mahi, we even
caught a nice sailfish about 3 miles off the point
last week so inshore fishing is definitely worth it
this time of the year, especially if you like fly
fishing rooster, mahi, and sails is a fly fishing
favorite in Puerto Vallarta, deeper offshore the
bigger blue marlins are still hitting the average
blue has been 200-350 with one 440 lb caught
last month on the
sirena, there has also been
word of bigger black marlins but  none have
been caught yet until next time tight lines.
August 15th
Hello world back at ya with fresh Puerto Vallarta
fishing report we had our anuual Marlin and
tuna tournament last weekend at the new
Marina in La Cruz it was a great turnout for the
tournament  with 52 boats in the competition
this year. Captain Steve and Freddy did it
again taking Home 1st place catch and release
on The Sirena raising 6 sailfish in 1 day. Steve
and Freddy have now Won countless
tournaments in PV, Cabo, mazatlan, Cancun,
and also hold the record for largest Marlin ever
caught in Puerto Vallarta tournament, together
they have become one of the most well known
crew's in Mexico and when asked  in a
interview after the tournament after all these
years how do you guys do it how do always stay
on top? both replied "I just love catching big
fish" 1st place
Marlin was 305 Kilos 2nd was
300 kilos, 1st place tuna prize was 107 kilos
caught on the 2007 luhrs with Captain Hector,
and 2nd place Yellow fin tuna was 102 kilos
caught by the Captain of the albemarle, David
Chora.
September 2 fishing report Puerto Vallarta
fishing report. the bank is hot with black marlin
and Corbetena has been the hot spot for tuna
the bigger blacks are starting to show up and
the boys caught 2 400 +  Yesterday the
yellowfin tuna is day to day averaging 40-200
lbs. Between the rocks and el morro is still
producing big mahi mahi and sailfish, "in other
words the fishing is great"due to the slow
economy not lots of boats are going out so
normally this time of the year you will see 10
boats at the same fishing grounds right now
you'll likely only have to share the hot spots with
1-3 boats! Inside the bay is still great for fly
fishing and smaller action mahi's, roosterfish,
needle fish, and red snapper for all You cow
Hunters we are still waiting to see the first big
girl in the season dont get me wrong 220 lbs is
still a big fish but 350 is alot bigger! for more
info please contact
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September 20 Puerto Vallarta fishing report
the tides have changed and the fish have moved
north but are still great in numbers
huge Groupers and a nice 700 lb Black Marlin
was caught last week north of El Banco north of
point has been hot with Dorado,  and Sailfish,
and if you want Yellowfin Tuna Corbetena is still
the the best place it has been day to day but the
average size has been 40-80 lbs but this is the
season when the 200 and 300 + tuna will start
biting and the 500+ black marlins have already
started it is high season and I bet we will see the
first 300 + tuna in the next coming weeks the
largest so far was just above 200 so we are not
far off, but these 40 lb tuna definitely have the
best meat so tender and great for tuna steaks or
raw Sashimi, for info or a more recent Puerto
Vallarta fishing reports please contact us
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Fishing report October/15/2009
Puerto Vallarta fishing for
Marlin and yellowfin
tuna. We left the docks at 5 am and reached the
Bank by about 6:45 am, there was bait all over
as soon as we put the lines in the water we
reeled in 5 bonita's rigged them up and starting
trolling, live bait a couple teasers and black and
purple black bart lures, at 8 am we had our first
bite a huge dorado about 50 lbs , 5 minutes later
we hooked a nice 60 lb Yellowfin tuna, then a big
Marlin struck it was a nice blue about 200 lbs we
did not boat it but an hour later we had another
strike this time a nice 400 + lb
Black Marlin it
took Mark about 2 hours to pull it in and i was
surprized when he still had enough energy to nail
3 more tuna's after that! What a day we got to
the docks around 6 pm total 1 black marlin, 6
yellow fin tuna and 1 big Dorado! Tournament
season is here and Puerto Vallarta will be
holding its 54th annual marlin and sailfish
tournament November 12th here in the Marina
Vallarta with over $300,000 dollars in prizes we
should have a great turnout. this is the big Puerto
Vallarta fishing season those 500 + marlins, and
300+ tunas you read about are always caught
between September and December we are
always excited to see what record fish will be
pulled out of PV this year! for more info please
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fishing report October 31 2009
Mahi mahi, yellowfin tuna, sailfish and big black
Marlin it is high season and everything is out
there you can do a short day inside the bay and
still catch a dozen dorado! off the point of punta
de mita you find the right line and the smaller
mahi mahi are jumping in the boat, go a little
further to corbetena and you will find smaller
tuna 40-100lb range sailfish 90-110 lbs
and bigger mahi mahi up to 50 lbs, the bank
has been day to day every day is a little
different we went last tuesday and it was hot
with Wahoo and tuna, the next day just alot of
bait we caught one 240+  yellowfin tuna on El
Matador so the big ones are there you just need
to pick the right day, but if the big tuna cows are
there guaranteed our crew will put You on them!
Puerto Vallarta is holding the 54th annual
sailfish and marlin tournament starting
november 11th with over 400,000 dollars in
prizes plus daily sailfish, marlin, yellowfin tuna,
and mahi mahi jackpots. for more info on the
tournament please email
info@puertovallartafish.com
that is all for now until we catch the next big fish
tight lines.
Largest Marlin day #1 of the Pez vela and Marlin   
tournament November 12th 2009 385 lbs
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for more tournament news and winners photos
 
Puerto Vallarta fishing report November 20th
2009, the bank has really starting
heating up with blue marlin and bigger yellowfin
tuna the average size is 100-120 lbs the biggest
one last week was 267 lbs but we are docking
yellowfin everyday if you have been waiting to
see when the yellowfin were going to be high
season this is it, but you need to make the 50
mile hull to El Banco the tuna are boiling 5 miles
north . the blue
marlin are also running at the
bank averaging 300-400 lbs, Marco Sildini went
out last Saturday tagged 2 blues a sailfish and
docked 2 tuna's 100+
click here to see photos
from trip. anyday now we will start seeing the
schools of the big cow tuna. until the next big fish.
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Puerto Vallarta fishing report
December - 20 - 2009
Merry Christmas everyone
The humidity is dropping and the Puerto Vallarta
weather is perfect, between 81- 85 F. We have
been having a great December.  Yellowfin tuna
have been boiling at Corbetena and the Bank no
big cows but the 50-100 lb range are jumping all
over the place captain Steve boated 31 in 1 day
last week.  The  bigger Blue
Marlin have been
the big story at Corbetena average size has
been 180-300 lbs largest caught last week was
731 lbs on the Sirena fishing at El Banco, the
Striped Marlin have been further a little south of
El Banco where the water cools a little closer
inshore sailfish and Mahi Mahi and closer off the
point has been lots of roosterfish and also Red
Snapper for Puerto Vallarta  bottom fishing. for
more Puerto Vallarta fishing info Please
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Puerto Vallarta fishing Janurary -1-2010
Captain Steve Torres has been putting the boat out
daily for extreme offshore hookups of Sailfish, Blue
and Black
Marlin and more Yellowfin than you can
hold in your coolers. Hooked and Released this past
week were a 650 lb. Blue and a 700 lb Black Marlin.
At El Banco, the tuna catch has been off the hook in
the 50-250 lb. range. A real nice Alice Tuna
weighing 240 lbs was caught by angler, Dan Gentles
from New Jersey , Christmas Week. Don’t see those
too often! There is plenty of Dorado/Mahi for the
taking in a wide range of weights- more than enough
to make a good day of fishing. Inshore, you can
usually hook up Roosters, Toros (Jack Cravelle),
Bonita, Spanish Mackerel, Snappers and Skippies.
The tuna have been sticking around due to cooler
water temps this season. El Nino or climate change-
don’t know but it makes for great fishing days this
month!
On December 18-19, boat Owner Dan Gilmartin;
son, Cory Gilmartin; and Dan Gentles took an
overnight trip to El Banco from the dock at Paradise
Village, Nuevo Vallarta. After hooking up bait of
Skipjack and Bullet Tuna in the Bay of Banderas we
were off to chase the Yellowfin at El Banco. Arriving
at 8:30am, they began the slow troll. By 9:00 am we
had the first Yellowfin strike and reeled in a 90
pounder. By the end of a crazy day we hauled in 9
Yellowfin Tuna with a total weight of 640 pounds!
This was a Top Ten Day for Captain Steve and First
Mate, Freddie on the Sirena. The catch had to be
unloaded at Punta Mita by 11:00pm so the boat
would have room for more! By 4:30am, Sirena was
fast trolling lures and brought up a Marlin by the
time we hit El Banco. A beautiful sunrise and perfect
bay weather presaged another perfect day. Lots of
birds working north landed us right in Tuna territory.
The Bullet Tuna bait worked best and by 2:00pm
another 14 Yellowfin Tuna were boated. Dan
Gentles was renamed “THE TUNA-NATOR” by the
crew! He landed 80% of the catch, all standing up,
with the hat-trick, 245lb Alice Tuna --the last hook-
up of the day on the way in. Folks, that’s 1,400
pounds for 23 tuna caught in two days! This trip was
TEAM WORK at its best!
The experienced team of Captain Steve and First
Mate Freddie are a wonder to watch in action. It’s a
well orchestrated show from running the boat,
finding the fish, handing the rods off, and boating
the catch. Remember that memories of a Great
Fishing Trip for more info please
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Steve and Freddy
Dan Gilmartin
Small Puerto Vallarta fishing report Jan - 28 -10.
Sailfish, Blue, and striped Marlin and mahi mahi are
boiling north of point of punta de Mita and  
Cortebetena We went out yesterday and nailed 12
mahi's and a sailfish right off the point the bigger
Yellowfin tuna are still boiling but way out past the
bank so if you want to get into tuna  now is the time
but you need a full day 60 70 miles offshore but if you
hard core tuna angler it is definetly worth it. The
Billfishing is incredible this time of the year even
though the bigger Black marlins are not here right now
the smaller 100-250 lb Blue
marlins and the 100-200
lb Striped Marlins about 22 miles from the Marina so
you don't need a 12 hr day to get a nice Billfish.
Puerto Vallarta fishing report 02/15/10
We are at the time of the year when the
bigger tuna's and black Marlin have
moved for warmer water this is the
season for Sailfish, Striped Marlin,
Roosterfish, Grouper, smaller  tuna's and
lots of mahi mahi. / Dorado.
We went out for a 8 hr day first thing we
saw when we reached the north side of
the point was a nice sailfish sleeping on  
the surface  more then a mile offshore
Freddy tossed him a nice goggle eye
breakfast burrito and we had our first
hook up of the day,  We started trolling
about an hour later and around noon a
nice Striped
Marlin took a bb lure  trolling
along the northshore, the Sail was about
2 hours when the captain spotted  a  big
90 lbs and the marlin about 130 lbs after the marlin it was quiet for about  
School of mahi mahi Freddy starting casting bait after bait  and had 3
triple hook up biggest being about 35 lbs, it was
great day total 9 Mahi mahi's striped Marlin  and
1 Sailfish. for more fishing info please
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Puerto Vallarta fishing report
March / 06 /2010
Captain Steve Torres Has been on a
tuna hunt even though it is late season
Captain Steve found a great boil of
Yellowfins but way offshore about 20
miles past the El Banco so it is about a
70 mile run from the Marina Vallarta.  
We left the docks last Tuesday a little
before 4 am hit the fishing grounds
about 7 am, and right as we
approached the Island we saw a nice
flock of birds and smaller tuna’s
“jumping just like the other day”Captain
Steve “said smaller tunas jumping early
and the big bite in the afternoon after
2pm” We had a first hook up after
about 15 minutes drifting and casting
live bait, nice little footballs about 30-40
lbs great Sashimi to start off the day,
after we boated the first tuna we caught
up with the School and as soon as we
starting drifting again, there was
another bite then another then 1 more
all about the same l.size 30 -50 lbs that
got everyone’s blood going we kept
catching one after another with 1 more
triple hook up, then at about 2 pm we
decided to get a little further away from
the Island and try for the bigger tuna’s
We drove about a mile Captain Steve spotted some birds and we were back on top of them. Then we all saw a
big splash in the water behind us much bigger then we had seen all day and 5 minutes after that we were hooked
up again this Yellowfin had a little more size about 120 lbs to top the day, total count eleven Yellowfin tuna’s-30-
60 lb range and one that was about 120 lbs. check out our latest promo fishing
video here and we will also have
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Puerto Vallarta fishing report
March / 21 / 2010
Captain Steve Torres does it again
catching a huge black
Marlin in March!  
Every Angler in Puerto Vallarta is asking
themselfes have the big Puerto Vallarta
fish arrived early?  It would not be a
surprise with late tuna bite still boiling at
El Banco and a now this huge black
Marlin caught at el morro that this is
definitely going to be a interesting  
Puerto Vallarta sportfishing season.
The guys heading out a little after 7 am
for a short 6 hr day we went in between
the rocks at Islas marrietas and El morro
fishing for Jack Crevalle and Roosterfish,
when captain Steve Spotted a big fin
popping out of the water he trolled to the
direction where he had saw the fin going  
and boom around 9:30 am  We had a
big hook up! which ending up being  
almost a 6 hour fight with a 638 lb Black
Marlin! The Marlin bit a live bait bullet
tuna on a Tiburon 30 Reel and Calstar 58
graphite Rod at El Morro.  If that is not a
test for  fishing gear I don't know what is?
After the hook up first on the reel was
client Gennelly Wall She put up a good
fight for about an hour then passed the
rod along to Tomas Pisker. " the Marlin
was jumping and diving I was tired out"
Tomas put up great fight for 2 hours then
it was up to the crew 2 hours later the
marlin took its final leap and was tangled
in the line so we had to pull him in total
time 5 1/2 hours on a  Tiburon 30  reel
aboard the Ana Maria Cabo Yacht.
PV Sportfishing Strongly  Promotes and encourages catch and release on all billfish so we can keep our
fishing paradise for years to come here is a video example for tag and release so you can still bring in the fish
take a great photo and release!
New Puerto Vallarta
Inshore fishing
report click here
 
Puerto Vallarta fishing Report
The Yellowfin tuna are still boiling in
Puerto Vallarta but way offshore 20
miles past El Banco right off the
islands We hit the fishing grounds
about 9 am March 29th anticipating
a late afternoon bite since there was
big full moon the night before.
There were 2 boats already at the
fishing grounds birds were
everywhere but no bite. We starting
drifting with a big shool and about
11 am it was like Christmas yellowfin
boiling and circling everywhere! We
had our first hook up shortly after
11 am. Scott Allen's son was up and
he reeled in the first Yellowfin of the
day in about 20 minutes it was
about 100 lbs. 15 minutes past and
We had our 2nd hook up of the day
this time Dad Scott Allen was on the
reel pulling in another 100 pounder,
after that we caught up with the
herd and it was bite after bite
totalling in 7 Yellowfin tuna's all
about 100 lbs with one that was
about 125 biting live Goggle eye
Bait. Inside Banderas bay inshore
fishing there are Jack Crevalle everywhere on north side of the bay all the way up to punta de mita also biting live bait so if
your going fishing inside the bay right now bring extra bait and You can catch as many Jacks as you want!
More info
Puerto Vallarta fishing report Video
March 2010
We had a great March and believe
that the fishing will stay about the
same through April except the tuna
will be bigger in size, with also the +
of more sailfish migrated in. all of
March was pretty consistent Yellowfin
tuna offshore, a couple striped
Marlins at corbetena one Black Marlin
right off the point and the bay was
pretty much full of jack crevalle and
roosterfish we will also probable see
more mahi mahi schools in
the upcoming weeks. everything has
been bting biting on live bait nothing
to tricky drifting with the Yellowfin tuna
and trolling and for Marlin. we were
lucky with the 638 lb Marlin this will
happen every so often but normally
the bigger black Marlin will start biting
consistently in July. the big story this


month was Yellowfin tuna!! Here is a video report from 4 trips in March 2010 Enjoy! For more info please contact
us info@puertovallartafish.com
Puerto Vallarta fishing report April 21st
2010
The water is started to warm up and we
found some nice currents between 80-82
almost perfect for black Marlins
so expect to see some 500+ Marlins
coming out of Puerto Vallarta
in the next couple weeks, right now
surprisingly the Striped Marlin bite is still
going, we picked up 2 small stripers
trolling with 2 teasers, black bart
lures,and dead bait the Marlin hit the
lures between el morro on the way to
corbetena, both were about 80 lbs. we hit
the rock about 11:30 am and it was a
little slow, nice clean water good temps
but no fish? We called on the radio to
see if anyone was catching anything at el
banco same story good temps clean
water no fish? We trolled around for
about a hour then decided to troll on the
same route as we came out and see if we
could get lucky with some more stripers
we trolled for about another hour no bite
Marcos spotted a boui  and hooked a
small mahi mahi with live bait, He made
some fresh ceviche and we continued on
the hunt, another hour or so went by and
Captain Steve Spotted a sailfish, Marco
ran to the front of the boat with a spinning
rod and live bait made a perfect cast and
hooked a nice 90 lb sail, The sailfish put
on a great show leaping out of the water
back and forth after that we decided\ to call it a day, total fish count 2 Striped Marlin, Sailfish, and Fresh Mahi mahi for lunch.
Puerto Vallarta Captain Steve Torres takes
1st place Marlin in Topolobampo Mexico
May/30/2010

Captain Steve Torres and the crew of the
Ana Maria do it again, taking home 3 cars
at last weeks 19th annual Marlin
tournament held in Topolobampo Sinaloa
Mexico, catching the largest Marlin since
1997 6 lbs short of the tournament record
415 lbs! The blue beast was caught with
the first 50 wt Tiburon Reels on the Market
custom made for Captain Steve, with 130
lb IGFA Spectra and a 100 yards of top
shot 100 lb Mono Philament Diamond
Momoi. She bit a live Skip Jack trolling a
little before 1 pm. We fished 2 days before
the tournament learning the fishing
grounds. The first morning Captain Steve
found a nice structure at the bottom of the
ocean perfect for big Marlin fishing 4 miles
west of the farallon rock so We decided to
fish that area with live bait the whole
tournament. The first day of the
tournament We released 3 striped  Marlins
struck gold I mean blue.
and lost a blue the 2nd day the water temps were a little higher 80.1 and We
Puerto Vallarta fishing report
June/24/10

Well You can really feel the humidity
start to grow here in Puerto Vallarta the
waters temps are up inside Banderas
bay and outside averaging 82-86,  
everything is out there right now big
Yellowfin tuna and blue Marlin at El
Banco and closer off the point  and El
Morro We have We have been catching
lots of Sailfish, Red snapper and Jack
crevalle, it is a great time to go fishing
in PV you have a chance to catch a
nice billfish on a shorter day and the
tuna’s just keep getting bigger on full
day's outside the bank.  for a more
detailed report please contact us at
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Puerto Vallarta fishing report
July-01-2010
The Sailfish have moved in even closer
inside banderas bay just a little north of
Bucerias this is a great time of the year
especially for first time anglers who
have never caught a billfish a Sailfish is
a great start and puts on quite a show.
the bay is also producing lots of smaller
grouper 5-8 lbs great to eat.  Yellowfin
tuna are still boiling around El Banco
getting a little bit bigger from last week
average size this week is 120-200 lbs .
we also released a nice 300 lb Blue
marlin right outside of Corbetena so its
a good sign the rock is started to show
some life. the Yellowfin tuna are biting
live bait drifting, the blue Marlin bit a
black and purple lure  and the Sailfish
have been biting live goggle eye's
casting and dead bait trolling.

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