It's a good day when you can come all the way down from chilly Canada for your first trip to Baja and fish in shorts; drink icy beer; and catch beautiful dorado like the one held by Ryan Orr who is normally a salmon fishing guide. "There were dorado all around the boat! It was wild!"
Jessica Henry, like so many others in town right now are here to enjoy some sunshine and escape the cold. In her case, she was here on her honeymoon coming all the way from Soldotna, Alaska. She and her husband got into some nice dorao fishing with Captain Victor then came by the Tailunter Restaurant Bar to cook it all up for lunch (see the photo below!)
Newlyweds, Darren and Jessica Henry from Alaska enjoying eating their catch at the Tailhunter Restaurant Bar. "Fish and chips, chile verde mahi mahi, and dorado salsa veracruz! My food baby was happy!" said Darren.
Our good buddy, John Berry, from Orange Co, CA came down for the Baja 1000 with a team of 16 guys for the race, but took a day off while in town to jump on the pangas to get in some fishing taking some nice dorado.
Not too bad for November, when conditions can be cool and windy and most of the fishing is inshore, but dorado continue to bite and you don't have to go out very far as long as the winds aren't blowing. Ben Darling normally works on a salmon boat in British Columbia Canada, but found dorado fishing in warm water and sunshine much to his liking with Captain Jorge. They caught and released 16 dorado.
Don Busse from Los Angeles, has already fished with us several times this year and our amigo said it was hard to believe he was the only one out on the water, especially fishing on Thanksgiving Day. But it's like that this time of the year, not many anglers so you have the whole fishing hole pretty much to yourselve most days.
Like many folks this week, Steve Thompson was down in La Paz for the Baja 1000. Town was filled to capacity. In contrast, not many anglers out either, but dorado are still biting.
DORADO STILL WILLING TO BITE MOST DAYS EVEN WHEN WINDS BLOW!
La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report For Week of Nov. 21-28, 2010
Despite full-moon nervousness and the always impending prospect of it being windy and chilly, we had a pretty good week of fishing overall. In fact, late in the week, it was downright cold (by our standards!)
However…Actually, the dorado fishing was stellar for fish in the 10-20 pound class with action getting fast and furious at times with limits or near limits of dorado most day for our anglers. Both our La Paz and our Las Arenas anglers did pretty well although fishing out of La Paz can be tenuous on some days and certainly rougher as north winds get more prominent. Some days it’s blasting straight in your face as you head out and other days, it’s flat calm and starts blowing later. Some days not at all. It can be very deceiving because right on the bay, it can be calm, but blowing outside or blowing in the bay and not outside. That’s how it is most days this time of year. There are so many microsystems that it’s unpredictable. That’s why we suggest most of our anglers fish with our Las Arenas fleet this time of year where even if the winds are blowing, the fishing is much closer to shore. But even then, our Las Arenas anglers had some wind to contend with this week as well, but it was still better than fishing out’ve La Paz.
That being said, waters are still warm enough to hold some great blue water fishing with dorado being the majority of the catch. 20-25 pound bulls are not uncommon although on light tackle a 15 pounder will give most anglers quite a tussle.
Many of the anglers this time of year are not hardcore fishermen. Many snow birds and vacationers are in town looking for a day or two of fishing and then filling their vacations with other activities or simply grateful not to be freezing “back home.” So, we’re getting quite a few “walk in” folks who just decide that fishing might be something to do for a day. Often not very experienced and just looking for a nice day on the water. That’s why we point most of them to Las Arenas to fish with dorado fitting the bill perfectly and hopefully, the wind gods are gentle!
When the dorado are ready to bite, they will go full turbo. They often hook themselves. They put on a great show for the anglers with all their acrobatics and can provide great sport and a great visual experience for the novice, inexperienced not to mention the veteran anglers. If you get into the right school, it can be non-stop action. For first-timers used to catching 12-inch hatchery trout, it’s great fun. Plus, they taste good back on the dining table as well.
The dorado are scattered in many areas. They’re on the high spots; the banks; the current lines, but we’re also getting them in very very shallow water within yards of shore too! In those same areas we’re also pulling some great sierra, pargo, cabrilla, jacks, bonito, and even roosterfish are still biting. Surprisingly, we got a few marlin/sailfish hung as well but all broke off or were released.
That’s our story. Have a great week!
Jonathan and Jill
Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
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