Mazatlan Saltwater Sport Fishing Report
by Chappy from Inside Outside Charters

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October Update

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MAZATLAN - Last year, thanks to El Niño, there weren’t many snook or even Spanish mackerel caught out of the Mazatlan area. In fact, there haven’t been for a few years. But this year, they are both returning and in abundance, and other species not seen for a while have also returned. Now all that are needed are the red grouper. If they also return, this season promises to be a great one. In Puerto Vallarta, the big game season is underway and up in San Carlos things are looking up, as well.

“We had an excellent week of fishing this past week,” said Chappy Chapman from Inside Outside Charters. “The key to successful fishing has been using live shrimp. There are about 10 sunken ships right off the coast of Mazatlan and that is where we have been having our best luck fishing for snook, seabass and red and yellow snapper. Big, live shrimp has been the key,” he said.

“We have been weighing them down with 4 to 8 ounces of lead (depending on the current) and using a 3/0 hook,” Chapman said. “We have been catching numerous snook, seabass and snapper this way.

“Snook haven't been around for a few years the way that we have been catching them this season so far, and they are in abundance,” Chapman said. “One could cast in the back waters and catch them during the colder months, but not in these numbers. El Niño messed the fishing up last year. So far, we have snook and Spanish mackerel that have come in; last year there were not that many. Now we have to wait for bagueta, red grouper. This year should be phenomenal in Mazatlan.

“Yesterday (Saturday), I had customers we took to Marmol (about 14 miles north of Mazatlan), and the Spanish mackerel were running,” Chapman said. “Since mackerel have no limits, we had an estimated 60 in the boat. We were trolling small weighted flies that we had made. Also, big red snapper were starting to come to the surface and the sardina are running here, as well,” he said.

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