La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Feb. 14-21, 2016

February 22, 2016 by riplipboy

Tal Nazani and Captain Archangel teamed up for this hunky yellowtail at Muertos Bay. Over two days of fishing, Tal got 8 different species of fish!

She’s always in the fish! Captain Hugo poses with Donna Thompson who tussled for awhile on this stubborn 35-pound class yellowtail near Cerralvo Island before getting it to the boat.

Bill Corrigan poses with his nice yellowtail, but look closely at the fish being held by Captain Gerardo. It’s a yellowfin tuna…in February!

First-timers Robert Werner from Gig Harbor, Washington with his young fishing “coach” McKenna with a nice wahoo just outside Bahia de los Muertos with “El Jefe” Capt. Victor.

Another pretty fish and photo of Donna Thompson with a wahoo she nailed with a rapala near Cerralvo Island this week.

That’s a BIG trigger fish for McKenna Werner from Gig Harbor WA who went fishing with dad out’ve Muertos Bay.

More typical of our winter catch and way fun on light tackle pulling them out’ve the rocks are the cabrilla (seabass) and pargo (snapper).

IT’S FEBRUARY…OR IS IT MAY?

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Feb. 14-21, 2016

For one of the first times all winter, the winds kicked down and gave us a break with minimal interference for once. Being off-season, there still weren’t many fishermen, but for those of our clients who got on the water, they were treated to some unusually great species of fishing. Normally, our winter fishing consists of inshore species for pargo, cabrilla, jacks, bonito, sierra and other rock and reef fish. Not bad fishing and some of these species can grow to hog-size, but we’re generally not seeing the much sought-after glamour species that get all the headlines.

Well, this past week, we turned in quite a variety. And it wasn’t like we had to chase them far offshore. In generally the same inshore waters where the rock fish hang out…generally shallow waters inside Muertos Bay…just outside or over the rocks near Cerralvo Island…we got the pargo, cabrilla, snapper and sierra.

But, crazily enough, we also hit nice wahoo in the 20-40 pound class (and got bit off some) . Most of these fish were taken with trolled dark Rapalas or frozen mackerel. There’s not much in the way of live bait right now. We also got some toad yellowtail in the 25-30 pound category (and lost more). Several marlin were lost in the shallows. But, even more surprisingly, we got a few football yellowfin tuna! Nothing big, but fun 10-15 pounders were just off the beach.

We don’t usually see these species (except the yellowtail) until mid-to-late-springtime. So, these were really nice bonus fish. The other thing it that most of our folks who fish this time of year aren’t hardcore. Many are first-timers (never fished before or never visited before) or are one-timers (in town on vacation and just toss in a day of fishing). You can imagine the grins when someone from say…Wyoming or Canada or Europe used to catching trout suddenly latches onto a speedy 30 pound wahoo racing up to 70 mph or gets slammed by a fat yellowtail intent on jamming back into the rocks…fish that would give even veteran fish a run for their money!

As long as the winds stay down, anything is possible!

DIVIDING OUR FORCES

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Just finishing up a great 3-day run at the Central Washington Sportsmans Show in Yakima Washington. Thanks to all our Tailhunter amigos for their great hospitality!

So, now Jill and I split it up!

We’ve been on the road now for about 9 weeks of shows. However…Due to show scheduling, we now head south…sort of. Next week, Jill and I travel to the big boy, Fred Hall show at the Long Beach Convention Center to set me up for that event (March 2-6), then she flies back north to the Boise Fairgrounds in Boise, Idaho for Idaho Sportsmans Show (March 3-6).

Hope to see you in either Long Beach or Boise!

That’s our story!

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