Puerto Vallarta

Big Bait Means Big Fish at El Banco

Author: Stan Report Date: January 2, 2025 Ok, after my last article, you should have a pretty good understanding what has been happening in our world famous fishing grounds of Puerto Vallarta in and around the Banderas Bay. The dirty water conditions continue. We’ve been dealing with...

Cold, Dirty Water Conditions Present Challenges

Author: Stan Report Date: December 25, 2024 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...

Dorado Return to the Bay, Striped Marlin off Punta Nayarit

Author: Stan Report Date: December 11, 2024 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...

Blue Marlin, Striped Marlin and Some Dorado in Chilly Water

Author: Stan Report Date: December 6, 2024 As all my loyal readers know, we went from a La Nina condition, which changed to an El Nino Condition. Then they changed back to La Nina conditions all in eleven months. Very strange indeed and the aftershocks are erratic...

Marlin, Sailfish, and the Big Chill

Author: Stan Report Date: November 18, 2024 If you’ve been reading my articles, you know that the world and fishing in Puerto Vallarta and the Bay of Banderas have been dealing with a mid-summer switch from El Nino to colder La Nina conditions. You may say, what...

Big Fickle Marlin and Super Abundant Bait

Author: Stan Report Date: November 6, 2024 As we continue moving deeper into the best time of the year to be fishing in Puerto Vallarta, we’re seeing Marlin and Sailfish numbers increasing. Yellowfin Tuna are running around the “Rock” at Corbetena. Dorado are also picking up in...

Yellowfin Tuna & Black Marlin at Corbetena

Author: Stan Report Date: October 26, 2024 What a difference a week can make fishing Puerto Vallarta’s Bay of Banderas! Last week I was thinking there really wasn’t any reason why we’re not seeing larger Marlin and Yellowfin Tuna, then BAM, they show up! Those lucky enough...

Marlin, Sailfish, Puerto Vallarta Fishing Improves

Author: Stan Report Date: October 19, 2024 After last week’s article where I was saying things are improving by the day, I was a little nervous that things may have turned in the other direction. But I’m happy to tell you that fishing this week took another...

Small Improvements in Puerto Vallarta Fishing

Author: Stan Report Date: October 12, 2024 When October finally arrives, we get anxious about fishing in Puerto Vallarta. It’s a bit of a waiting game as we ‘wait’ for the numbers of our world class species to increase here in the Bay of Banderas. But this...

Rollercoaster Fishing Conditions

Author: Stan Report Date: October 5, 2024 We’re at that time of the year again where we have a hard time predicting where the fish are. After a few days of incredible fishing, things have taken a step back. We’re still in a state of limbo as...

Grande Black Marlin Invade El Banco !

Author: Stan Report Date: October 3, 2024 Imagine you’re here now, fishing in Puerto Vallarta’s beautiful Bay of Banderas. Imagine after weeks of ‘less than spectacular’ fishing you decide to take a chance and you roll the dice so to speak. Your Captain points the boat towards...

Cross your Fingers Fishing

Author: Stan Report Date: September 21, 2024 Normally writing these fishing articles really isn’t anything too complicated. As the week goes by I talk with several Captains and friends with private boats as well as my own recent experiences. Then you just put down what they tell...