Typical catch this week mixing some great-eating / good action species including, sierra, cabrilla (seabass) and small to mid-sized dorado while fishing out’ve Bahia de Los Muertos.
Matt shows off a good-sized cabrilla of the type we were catching this week. Great close inshore fishing for these right now plus one of the tastiest eating fish in our area!
NO TROPHY FISH BUT MIXED ACTION KEPT RODS BENT BETWEEN WINDS
La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Jan. 27 to Feb. 3, 2013
It was a mixed week of fishing both for the weather and the catch. Early in the week, we were into dorado and yellowtail fishing as we launched our pangas from Bahia de Los Muertos. Nothing spectacular, but decent catches with lots of action if you add in the bonito, smaller pargo and cabrilla that were released. Almost all live-bait fishing.
Then, the winds came up mid-week. Fortunately, we didn’t have fisher-folks mid-week.
Winds started to diminish about Thursday so we had pangas out every day through the weekend with decent success. I was surprised by the number of dorado we’re still catching even tho’ it’s winter. Nothing big, but tasty fun-sized school fish between 10- and 15 pounds are lots of fun and great for many of our winter anglers who aren’t hard-core fisher folks and really are in town just to get some sunshine and have some fun on the water. As well, we did get into yellowtail, but they were the smaller models no more than 10 pounders plus cabrilla (many ended up at our Tailhunter Restaurant for dinner!) and smaller pargo. Plus some decent numbers of sierra. Add that to the bonito and other assorted species and it made for some OK action and fun days on the water although nothing spectacular in terms of size.
A couple of forays were made to the island to see if we could raise wahoo, but no biters.
VIDEO OF THE WEEK
“NEEDLEFISH MADNESS”
I filmed this back in November, but only now had time to edit it together. Any of you that have fished with us or in Baja know that needlefish are voracious pests. They rip our lines and tear up our baits! I’ve always wanted to see what it looked like when a school of them descend on a panga! I thought you might like to see it as well. Check out the size of this school! This is what you can’t see underwater when you’re fishing! These are 3′-4′ long needlefish. Check out how they hit the sardines when the sardines get tossed in the water!
TAILHUNTER IS IN PORTLAND THIS WEEK!
We continue our swing through the great Pacific Northwest with one of our favorite stops! Jill and I will bring the Tailhunter Booth to the Pacific NW Sportsmens Show at the Portland Expo Center (in Portland…of course!). Show starts Wednesday and goes through Sunday. Come by. Say hi. Check out the new Tailhunter T-shirt designs and come talk to us about your 2013 La Paz Fishing trips! For more info click this link: http://www.thesportshows.com/pnwss/
Jilly is set up and ready to go. See you in Portland, Oregon this week!
There will be hundreds of outdoor exhibitors from around the world for fishing, hunting, camping and other outdoor activities. Tons of gear to try, check out and purchase. Seminars. Boats, RV’s and outdoor vehicles plus great food. A super event for the entire family! See you here!
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Jonathan and Jilly
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First offf I want to say awesome blog! I had a quick question which
I’d like to ask if you don’t mind. I was interested tto find out how you center yourself and clear your thoughgts prior to writing.
I have had a tough time clearing my thoughts in getting my ideas out.
I truly do enjoy writing buut it just seems like the first 10 to 15 minutyes aree
generally lost simply just trying to figure out how to begin. Any suggestions or tips?
Appreciate it!
Hello Maximo! Thanks for your kind words. There’s no secret. I just write. Often it is not easy. I have 3 international businesses. I work 7 days a week. But, I also work for several magazines and contribute articles whereby I have deadlines and MUST have the columns done on time! So, often I find myself writing well after midnight. I don ‘t check them much. It’s sometimes agony trying to get out one sentence at a time. I don’t have time to really re-write or even spell-check them. I get them done and I send the out I’ve probably written close to 8000 articles, columns and stories. Most under deadline. Like a newspaper reporter! I would suggest you just start with one sentence. That is all. Then do one more sentence! Like doing a painting. Little steps. When I’m totally blocked, that is how I start. One sentence at a time. Good luck. Thanks again!
Jonathan