A late…really late burst of fish on Sunday gave us some hope that things are turning around after what many are saying is the toughest fishing in many years in Baja…not just La Paz…IN BAJA! But on Sunday, our amigo, John McVay got two nice dorado off Las Arenas at the start of his week-long fishing!
A big high-five to Gerda Siewart! This was her FIRST DAY fishing..ever! Except for fishing off a pier. She was a bit nervous being in a panga, but on top of it all, she just had surgery last week and was ready to head for shore if things got a bit uncomfortable for her. However, on the contrary, she said she had the “best day ever!” With the help of Captain Gerardo, she put 7 roosters on the hook plus a jack crevalle and an amberjack releasing all but 3 fish. Roosters are biting! Good job, Gerda!
OK…go figure! It’s mid-June and waters are still cold enough that we’re getting yellowtail around Espiritu Santo Island. Amy Lenhart from Idaho shows off one of their many fish. It’s crazy…many days of nothing then the yellowtail start biting!
When you’re 8 and 10 years old and on your first Baja fishing trip with dad, every fish is a monster, especially when you bait your own hook; put it in the water; and reel the fish in all by yourself like 8-year-old Sean and 10-year-old A.J. Rose from Colorado.
One upside to the colder dark water and one of the reasons for the dark green water is the algea bloom going off, but that means whale sharks are back! These gentle giants are incredible creatures and one of the highlights of visiting La Paz is a swim with a “fish” that can be 10-50 feet long! Don’t worry…they eat plankton but are true members of the shark family and a highlight of any visit to get in the water with them. Thanks for Bob and Becky Solee, our Oregon, amigos who had whale sharks swimming around their fishing panga!
Nice bull for Troy Lenhart who was on his first La Paz trip with us and took this bull dorado north of La Paz where some fingers of warm water seem to have finally moved in!
The latest water temperature chart from http://www.terrafin.com shows that waters are finally getting back up there into the 80 degree range, but still unseasonably cooler than normal. We need more of the yellow and orange colors around the La Paz area, but as recently as last week, we had only cold blue colors!
TOUGH WEEK OF FISHING PUNCTUATED BY A PROMISING TURNAROUND SUNDAY!
La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Week of June 11-17, 2012
Not much to tell you about. It wasn’t that great a week of fishing. Honest. Early in the week we still had that nice snap of yellowtail of solid 20-50 pound fish off Espiritu Santo Island. But the cold waters that seemed to have brought the fish in then started getting warm like it should be in the first place. That colder water was replaced by warmer water and well…there went the yellowtail replaced by sporadic dorado, roosterfish, marlin and cabrilla fishing. But it was hard scratchy fishing for both our La Paz and Las Arenas fleet. You gotta work at it. You have to have your “A” game or be pretty lucky and if you do run into fish, you might not get a second chance if you miss the fish! That’s the way it was this last week. It might help also, if folks come to fish for what’s here rather than fishing for what’s not biting. But, everyone is trying so many different things, it’s just such a crazy non-bite! Hopefully, as we get away from the big full moon and other things, fishing will kick in again.
BUT WAIT!!!
I’m writing this SUNDAY evening. AND WE HAD A PRETTY DECENT DAY TODAY! It wasn’t all-out-nuts, but maybe the best bite in over a week! Our Las Arenas pangas ran into some scattered decent dorado, roosterfish, marlin and amberjack! Our La Paz guys…wow…bigger dorado up to 40 pounds, marlin plus…(get this) yellowtail up to 25 pounds!
Captains that were struggling to get nibbles were grinning today. Are things changing? I sure hope so. Best dorado day of the year so far! Fingers crossed that by the time you’re reading this we’ll be on the upswing!
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Jonathan and Jill
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I’d love to catch some of these fish! Hopefully I can make it out your way one day soon!
Hola! I’ve been reading your web site for a long time now and finally got the courage to go ahead and give you a shout out from Austin Tx! Just wanted to say keep up the fantastic work!
Thank you for the nice comments and encouragement!
Jonathan