Puerto Vallarta Fishing Report
Puerto Vallarta Fishing Report posted weekly by Stan Gabruk.
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El Banco Comes To Life, Water Temps in Winter Ranges, Striped Marlin Moving In
Welcome to my first fishing report of the New Year! And how better to start a new year with a new beginning at El Banco, so to speak. Yes folks El Banco, or The Bank
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Cool Water, Yellowfin Tuna Linger, Dorado Thinning, Winter Fishing Coming on Strong
The clock is ticking and the end of the summer fishing season is upon us. But there is still time for those late to the game. Surprisingly Dorado are still in the bay. Sailfish are
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Blue Water, Billfish, Tuna and Dorado, PV Fishing is Back
Finally, a report I can “sink my teeth into”. I’m sure from that statement you understand that the Red Tide problem has finally moved out. And what is happening in Puerto Vallarta’s fishing grounds is
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Krill, Red Tide, Spinner Dolphin, Yellowfin Tuna and How to Cope
Normally at this time of the year, we’re in the best of the “best time of the year” to be here in Puerto Vallarta for world class fishing. Normally, but this year we’re seeing some
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Red Tide Moves in, Water Temperatures Drop, Yellowfin Tuna Still off Corbetena
It’s been a real rollercoaster kind of year. If you recall, we moved from a La Nina year directly into an El Nino year. When you go from one extreme to another, something is going
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Water Temps Dropping, Dorado Still Dominant, 80 lb Yellowfin Tuna off Corbetena
After another week of outstanding fishing, things are starting to slow down just a touch. Yes, we still have Marlin, Sailfish, Dorado and more in our world class fishing grounds of Puerto Vallarta. But now
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Perfect Conditions, Krill, Whales and Dominant Dorado
Welcome to another wonderful week of fishing. As we all know, fishing is an emotional Rollercoaster. When things are great, you can still have a down fishing day. Once we get into this time of
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Puerto Vallarta Fishing, The Dorado Invasion!
Where to start? I almost feel like I’m writing the same article over and over again. Now when this happens in the winter time, say March, I know I’m going to be writing many a
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Puerto Vallarta Fishing is Mahi City!
Much of the last article was about the passing Hurricanes and what we hoped it would leave behind. It’s been a week now and we’re golden! By that I mean we’re full of Dorado, translated
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Post Norma Hurricane, Incredible Bay Fishing, Deep Water Storm Conditions Linger
With pretty much ‘back to back” Hurricanes, each reaching Category 4 intensity, it has pretty much put fishing in Puerto Vallarta on hold. Once you’re outside the bay, both post Lidia and now post Norma
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Post Lidia Fishing is Incredible, Large Dorado Dominate, It’s a Fish Wonderland!
About this time last week we were wondering what was going to happen with Hurricane Lidia. Nobody knew what to expect as the predicted path of the Hurricane looked like the impossible path. Lidia came
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Tournament Season Begins Now, Marlin, Sailfish, Tuna, Dorado and More!
Now that we’re in October, Tournament season has begun. This should be the best indication that we’re in the best part of the year for those targeting World Class Fish in our world famous fishing
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Dorado “on tap”, Sailfish Everywhere, El Banco Marlin, PV is Fish City
It never fails, people will always walk in my shop and ask me “when is the best time of the year to go fishing in Puerto Vallarta?” The answer to that is “Right Now”! It
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El Banco and Corbetena, the Forgotten Fishing Grounds of Puerto Vallarta
Take El Banco or the Bank. I always say “they’re bigger at The Bank”. Located 50 miles north of PV it’s essentially a few sharp peaks, similar to a Stalagmites coming up from an underwater
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It’s “Fish City”, Puerto Vallarta Fishing, Dorado Dominate With a Side of Tuna
Right now we’re a week deeper into “fishing high season” and what a difference a week can make! Suddenly Dorado are pretty much at all our world famous fishing grounds! Sailfish numbers are picking up
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Marlin are on / off, Dorado Dominate, Possible Local Tuna
I’m afraid this week’s report is much like last weeks, but that’s not a bad thing. As we continue to see Corbetena on and off again when it comes to Marlin, we’ve seen Dorado move
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Puerto Vallarta Fishing, Tuna, Marlin, Dorado and Ballyhoo’s
Once we finally enter September, you automatically know the fishing will be great. The only questions is which fishing ground(s) to choose. For now you pretty much can’t go wrong and for the most part
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Favorable Currents, Great Conditions, Marlin, Dorado and More
Now that we’ve moved into what I call “Fishing High Season” conditions are much the same as last week and that’s not bad. Sailfish are picking up in numbers at Corbetena. Black and Blue Marlin
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Marlin Take Over Corbetena / El Banco, Sailfish & Trash Lines
Summer is here bringing with it the seasonal rains, many call monsoons, but in reality it’s just a mostly daily heavy rain that will last a few hours then leave a nice, “fresh” breeze to
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Corbetena and El Banco, Yellowfin, Black Marlin and More!
Here we are again, a week has gone by and things have changed considerably! The bait issues at Corbetena and El Banco have gone away. Sailfish and Marlin have returned to both Corbetena and El
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Small Changes, Big Differences, 100 lb Tuna & Cubera’s
This week it seems like we’ve been riding a rollercoaster. Some days are incredible and some days are not as good as we would like. But every day is a new day and we’re seeing
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Fishing in Reverse, Hot Water, Scarce Bait, 100 lb Tuna
As I’ve been saying all along, this is an El Nino year and we’ll have to wait and see what Mother Nature dishes out to us. For the last couple of weeks the fishing has
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Marlin and Dorado Plentiful, Fishermen Are Scarce
Tournament season has started and even though it’s still early in the season for peak fishing conditions, they’re not bad. With abundant blue water, plenty of fish and now a Trash Line, conditions are good.
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Anything can Happen Fishing, Sailfish Increase, Marlin and Dorado, Water Temps Up
Tournament season has started and even though it’s still early in the season for peak fishing conditions, they’re not bad. With abundant blue water, plenty of fish and now a Trash Line, conditions are good.