We don't catch alot of these during the prime-time part of the season, let alone the off-season during the winter, but these colorful hard-fighters are called palometa jacks and we've probably gotten more in the last 2 weeks than we've gotten in the last several seasons combined. Schools of the good-eating fish are congregating just offshore at the drop-offs near the reefs and beaches. Tim Zimmer got a handful just off the beach behind him of east Cerralvo Island.
It's a pretty simple formula. When the wind doesn't blow we're still able to get dorado even this late in the season. If the wind DOES blow, it gets pretty scratchy. Verdo Boyd fished with us a number of day over the past week-and-a-half and did a pretty good number on a variety of fish including dorado like this one. She was fishing with Captain Jorge.
Tim Zimmer fished with us a bunch of days since last week and shows off a pretty typical catch right now with a mix of sierra and the occasional dorado. He's posing here on the beach at Bahia de Los Muertos near Las Arenas.
It's been a long and crazy year! However, we count our blessing each day and thank you for being a part of those blessings. Enjoy the holidays and may the new year bring you all things good and thank you for asking us to share in the smiles all these years! You're the best!
ONLY TWO STRONG DAYS OF WIND MAKE FOR SOME DECENT WINTER FISHING
La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Dec. 11-18, 2011
The early part of the week was really quite nice fishing. It was cloudy and overcast, but not cold and best of all…not windy! Nice and flat. And the fishing surprised us. Good catches of dorado up to 20 pounds were hitting just out of Bahia de Los Muertos as well as south side of Cerralvo Island. One private boat of amigos went out to the 88 and said it was “unlimited” dorado fishing…”catch and release as fast as we could go full speed!” All of this in winter!
As well, there were the bread-and-butter fish…sierra willing to go as well. Our boats were averaging about 4-15 nice sierra with some up to 5 pounds and when a good school was found, the fish were voracious! In addition to the sierra, we also found some surprising palometa schools which are members of the jack family…sort of like a greenish/yellow jack crevalle. Great fighters and good eating as well! A bit like pompano. Some of the commercial guys out there were thick into the fish.
All of this was while the skies were grey and the winds were flat…
Then, about Thursday, the sun popped out and skies were brilliant. And the winds came back up! And fishing sort of tanked. Bait got hard to find. Fish scattered. Some scratchy sierra and dorado fishing. Really picky bite. And that was it…
Saturday, the winds died down again and the fish popped back up…it’s going to be a typical pattern during the winter. But that’s what it’s like this time of year. Everything is variable and you just have to roll with whatever is biting.
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Jonathan and Jill
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