Close...but no cigar! Bill Mitchell of Carmel CA had no idea when he threw his 9wt flyrod what might happen. For 90 minutes he fought this 40 pound yellowtail which finally snapped the little rod just at the boat. To find out later, the IGFA record on 20 pound tippet was only 31 pounds set in Loreto in 2006. Bill's fish would have broken the world record by 9 whopping pounds! Unfortunately, when checking with the IGFA, the fact that the rod broke disqualifies the fish! Darn! It was pretty exciting as we ran around trying to check the certification. Bill still said it was a great battle and great fish and he knows what he did! Captain Adolfo looks on. Bill also got a nice pargo as well (See below)
Nice way to start a trip! Slamming 7 huge yellowtail at the north end of Cerralvo Island on mackeral and lures. Jeff Sakuda and Marianne Sugawara said the fish were "all over" and they "fished until their arms fell off!" Jeff said, they easily could have put 10 in the boat.
Our first "official" rooster of the season and Marianne's first rooster as well even tho' she fishes several times a year in La Paz. The fish hit a trolled rapala near north Cerralvo while they were fishing for yellowtail. Captain Jorge smiles on!
Not only did he hook a world-record fish, but Bill Mitchell also fly rodded one of the most difficult fish in our waters even for anglers fishing with heavy conventional gear He took this nice pargo liso (mullet snapper) off Punta Perico which you can see in the background. In all my years here in La Paz, I've only seen less than a handful of these fish on the flyrod.
Everyone has been asking where are the pargo? Well, the yellowtail bite has been so good the last 3 months that few want to tangle with the doggedly difficult pargo! But the fish are definitely here! Jeff had a pretty decent day on the big-toothed fish! Also, on the rack...sierra, cabrilla and snapper! Pot luck great eating!
MORE PARGO THIS WEEK AS YELLOWTAIL MOVE TO OTHER AREAS AND…ALMOST A WORLD RECORD!
La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of April 1-8 , 2012
We here at Tailhunter wanted to wish all our amigos and tribal members a safe and happy Easter. Hope you had/ have a good one. We had a crazy good week here. It seemed like everyone was on vacation. Sunshine and weather were perfect and it seems most folks took the whole week off as the beaches were packed and town was really in a festive mood all week. Hope wherever you were you got a chance to enjoy things with your family!
On to the fishing report!!!
A pretty decent week of fishing although it seems the big fish scattered a bit. Winds seemed to increase during the week and that probably had a lot to do with the bait moving and hence the fish. Most of our better fishing was done at the north end of Cerralvo Island although our regular spots around Ventana, South Island, Bahia de Los Muertos, Punta Perico and Boca de Alamo all had their moments.
Probably our most exciting moment came with Bill Mitchell of Carmel CA pretty much un-officially blowing the IGFA yellowtail record out of the water on the flyrod! We are pretty pumped up. The current record had been in 2006 with a 31 pound yellowtail caught on 20 pound tippet in Loreto. Bill hooked his on the flyrod and it turned into a 90 minute fight and resulted in a huge 40 pound ‘tail besting the IGFA record by 9 pounds! He fought the fish to the boat where his 9 wt flyrod snapped. Unfortunately, when we approached the IGFA, Bill’s potential record would be disqualified because the rod snapped! Oh well. Still a great fish and Bill was thrilled. We know they are out there!
He also nailed a nice pargo on the flyrod as well. A pretty nice trip!
As for the rest, as I said, the best spot was at north island of Cerralvo. That’s where the best spot was for the big yellowtail. Mackerel worked best, but dropping down blue/white iron on the yo-yo produced some whoppers!
As the week moved along, the winds came up and the yellowtail bite tapered. However, it did give our anglers to finally chase some other species and as I suspected, the pargo, cabrilla and sierra were right there! “Huge schools of swarming big pargo!” as one of our anglers explained to me! They were also on the feed so we got some nice hookups. However, so many fish were lost to the rocks. More than half the hookups ripped the lines! But that’s pargo fishing!
We also got our first official roosterfish of the season as well. The are another species that has been around for a month or two. But no one has been fishing for them as they chased the yellowtail.
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