La Paz – Las Arenas/Muertos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Feb. 29-March 6, 2016

March 7, 2016 by riplipboy

Now that’s a fish! Leif Dover from Atlanta GA visits us several times a year. He punctuated a week of great fishing with this 40-pound slab of wahoo just outside of Muertos Bay!

It’s not just the number of fish, it’s the fact that besides the nice wahoo, these are pargo..really tough fish to put in the boat for Lief and amigo, Brian O’Neil. They had several days like this during the week.

Nice cabrilla for Kim on the beach at Bahia de los Muertos!

More huge pargo! Great eating!

Whoa…those are pigs! Gato and his dad try to heft up two massive amberjack they got on yo-yo iron at the north end of Cerralvo Island.

Double good haul for Leif and Brian. Early in the week a big wahoo and big yellowtail to start the week!

PARGO LEAD OFF A GOOD WEEK

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Feb 29-March 6, 2016

For the first time in months, I can say that wind was not a factor in the fishing this past week. It might have been the nicest week all season. If you’ve been reading our fishing reports, you know that winds have plagued us for months as we’ve had probably the windiest winter in memory. You would also know that when the winds don’t blow, there’s some pretty good fishing to be had.

And that’s exactly what happened. One seems to follow the other.

But, again, there were some surprises. When the wind has lain down in the past, we got crazy warm water species of fish like marlin, sailfish, dorado and even tuna.

This time, we got more traditional winter fish. In fact, we got some of the most sought-after cooler water species in the list for our areas as the pargo liso (giant mullet snapper) rocked our anglers and bent rods. Historically, during this time of the year, the pargo come up in certain shallow areas and school up while they spawn. It’s quite a sight to often see an undulating mass of copper-colored water that’s really schools of 10-40 pound pargo much like a giant koi pond on steroids. Even more incredible when the big school starts to feed and blows up on the surface of the water. Ever seen those crazy TV movies of piranha ? Well, you get the idea except these are ham-sized slugger fish tearing up the surface!

Well, the pargo were that tough 5-20 pound size that confounds so many anglers because they bust off in the rocks. Believe me these are tough fish and generally over the years I tell people that if you hook 10, you’ll maybe get one to the boat! That’s how tough they are. I’ve never seen a fish piss off and frustrate like pargo!

In additon to the pargo, however, we also got other fish we normally see during these months This included cabrilla (sea bass), jack crevalle, amberjack, sierra, bonito and even a few dorado and wahoo…the latter two adding to the mystery because wahoo and dorado are warm water species. The cool thing is that these fish were not in deep water or far off-shore. On the contrary, like the pargo, those were shallow water catches!

The dorado weren’t big. Maybe 10 pounders which are a good eating-size. The wahoo were really nice trophies in the 10-40 pound class.

Looking at the forecast, winds might be coming up again this week. Surely stronger than this past week. There is even a chance of some rain early this week. We’ll see!

THANK YOU LONG BEACH and BOISE! HERE WE COME SCOTTSDALE, AZ!

Vinnie Sanchez and his great family came to see us in Long Beach!

Whew! What a week. Jill and I just had a spectacular week even though we had to split up. She was up at the Idaho Sportsman’s Show in Boise. I was at the Long Beach Convention Center for the 70th Annual Fred Hall Fishing and Boating Show. We’re a little goofy from the long week apart and from all the great folkw we talked to but are sure grateful to all the amigos who came by to chat with us about fishing in La Paz or even just to say hi! Thanks for all the smiles! We’re looking forward to seeing many of you this year in La Paz!

Now, after almost 3 months on the road, our Tailhunter Tour takes us to Scottsdale, Arizona for the International Sportsmans Expo at the Westworld Expo. The show has grown so large its now moved and will be combined with the Arizona Boat show and will run March 10-13! It’s gonna be great. Here’s a link to all the details: http:/http://www.sportsexpos.com/attend/scottsdale/

Come see us and let’s go fishing in La Paz.

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