Late in the season is a good time to chase the bigger bull dorado we see here in La Paz. What we might lack in quantity with fewer small fish is made up for with larger trophies like these two that Rich Ogden from Morro Bay CA got fishing with Captain Chito north of La Paz.
I don't know how much longer the tuna will be around as waters cool, but both the north and south ends of Cerralvo Island are still producing fish between 25 and 80 pounds although it's getting a big bumpy and windy out there! Our good friends, John and Dolores Ehlers came out from Colorado to spend a week with us and got into some nice fish like those they pose with here at Muertos Bay.
From Utah, Justin and Jarron Cozad had some nice days on the water with us including a good day chasing the dorado around Espiritu Santo Island. Here's two of their catch. That's La Paz in the background.
After several trips to La Paz, Coral Ogden from Durango, CO put her biggest dorado in the boat and had "her best day fishing" with a solid day of big dorado. She was fishing live bait on the west side of Espirito Santo Island.
Captain Archangel with our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet bends to get out of the way of the photo with Justin Cozad holding up another nice yellowfin tuna. Check the flat waters! They were fishing the ridge south of Cerralvo Island chunking drifted dead sardines.
It's been an unusually productive last few weeks on striped marlin and especially sailfish which we usually see in the spring and early summer. For whatever reason, we seem to be hooking quite a few sails which are a nice bonus for many anglers who have never hooked a billfish. Most of them are getting released or breaking off on light tackle. John Ehlers battled this estimated 150 pound sail for 3 hours...his first! This is a BIG sail. They were not able to release it and the meat was donated.
IT’S GETTING COOLER AND WINDIER AS CROWDS THIN BUT FISH STILL BITE!
La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Oct. 31 to Nov. 6, 2011
It wasn’t a bad week of fishing. It was a really good week for fishing down here. It’s just that there weren’t alot of fishermen. So, overall, the counts might not look that good, but it’s deceiving because there’s just not that many folks fishing this past week! Almost like clockwork, November hits and I think folks are already gearing up for the holidays. There’s a bit of a lull in anglers coming to town. However, those that showed up were treated to finding themselves often the only folks on the hot spots and cooperative fish willing to bite!
For our Las Arenas fleet, the tuna are still there. Both north and south Cerralvo gave up some nice fish with some fish in the 50-60 pound class found at the north end of the island, but a long way to run from Bahia de Los Muertos where our pangas are beached these days. However, if you were looking for quality, that’s where you had to go. The south end of the island that has been a hot spot for the last several weeks still kicked out the 25-40 pounders…a real nice grade of yellowfin and usually about the size that most can handle without busting a back, gut, or fishing rod!
Again, we’re using fresh dead sardines for bait and drifting over the spots. The biggest problem has been a sealion or two that continues to pester and bogart many of the fish that are hooked up. Nothing like watching the big dog take a big tuna right off your line that you’ve been fighting for an hour and leave you with only a head as it swims away and then teases you by tossing the carcass back and forth in front of you! Grrrrrr….
Legally, we can’ t do anything, but some anglers have found that when they see the sealion approach they put their reel into free-spool and at least give their tuna a fighting chance to dive down and escape. It seems to work about 1/2 the time.
As well for our Las Arenas anglers, they’re still finding those big roosters, a nice smattering of late-season sailfish and marlin plus an increasing number of sierra, pargo and cabrilla.
For our La Paz anglers, those fishing north from the city near Espiritu Santo Island are still finding a good quality dorado with some really exceptional bulls being taken up to about 30-40 pounds. Live sardines, caballito and strips of dead bonito are working best. Don’t be surprised either by big sailfish and marlin still moving in the warm waters. Inside the bay where waters are cooling, more and more sierra are being caught.
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Jonathan and Jill
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