La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Mar. 27-Apr. 3, 2016

April 3, 2016 by riplipboy

Jasmine Bonsack from Washington first time fishing gets a nice yellowtail fishing out’ve Bahia de Los Muertos with Tailhunter.

Jasmine is from Washington and was with us for first time fishing. She gets a nice yellowtail fishing out’ve Bahia de Los Muertos with Tailhunter. The fish was hit deep. She also got a 40-pound roosterfish that she handled like a pro and released!

Lilla Ando from Texas had a fun day on the water for her one and only day to fish with this nice 20-pound amberjack and cabrilla. She was fishing with Captain Gerardo from the Tailhunter Fleet. Alot of the fish came back for sashime at our restaurant! She says she’s coming back to fish again later this week. She’s taking Spanish immersion classes at Se Habla La Paz school here in La Paz along with her family.

Jasmine and Mark Bonsack from Seattle show off a nice rack of fish including some good yellowtail; a big cabrilla and a snapper after a nice day out’ve Bahia de los Muertos with Tailhunter Sportfishing in La Paz.

Brad Sleder with Captain Jorge and a nice cabrilla headed to the dinner table at Tailhunters! Brad is from N. Carolina.

Ralph Brauer from Minnesota on his first fishing trip to La Paz is a bit tired as he struggles to lift this hefty striped marlin for a photo with Captain Joel from the Tailhunter Fleet. He has every reason to be tired. He fought the fish over an hour with a bad back and leg but was “thrilled.” The interesting story is that they were fishing a live bait down deep with lead. They lead got stuck on the rock down deep where they were looking for yellowtail. They managed to yank the lead out’ve the rocks when the marlin bit from down deep and it was “fish on!” They saw the marlin jumping in the distance but didn’t think it was this rod until the line went tight! The fish swellowed the big bait and could not be released.

SCRATCHY FISHING AT BEST THIS WEEK

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of March 27-April 3, 2016

Need to be honest. We’re in that “transition” period when it’s not really winter anymore and we’re moving into spring-like conditions. Air temps in the day are a really pleasant 83 or so but dropping to a chilly 52 at night! (Good idea to bring a sweatshirt or windbreaker for the evenings or early mornings). Winds have consistently been dropping compared to previous weeks although it can still be blustery and a bit of a hinderance to fishing and often finding bait. Live bait is an issue. If you’re bringing gear, some Rapalas are not a bad idea.

The week was up-and-down. It was hit or miss many times. One day it’s good. One day not. No reason. One panga does good. Two pangas right next to that one are slack. No reason. Basically… There’s alot of variety insofar as we have cold water AND warm water fish in the same areas and you really never know what you’re gonna catch. I think the fish are just as confused as we are.

LA PAZ

Seems to be improving weekly as winds calm down. Still not super. But… It looks promising for the next upcoming weeks as waters calm. There’s sargasso weed building in the current lines and some of them are holding good numbers of small dorado up to about 5 pounds or so. Hopefully, the bigger fish move in soon!

The cold water fish are still down in the water column. Not many, but yellowtail up to about 30 pounds and amberjack of about the same size are holding near the structures. Nothing wide open but they are there. I think however, as the waters are warming that these cooler water fish will follow the cooler waters down deep and out of range

Surprisingly, however, we’re seeing some early season billfish like marlin and sailfish in the area. I think they’re being attracted to eating the small dorado and bonito as well as the other small fish hanging out under the sargasso.

LAS ARENAS

Like La Paz fishing, it’s going through changes. There’s bottom fish like pargo, cabrilla and amberjack around lower in the water column with sierra and jacks closer to the surface. Warmer water fish like the occasional dorado and finally some 30-40 pound rooster fish made a showing as well this week. Commercial fisherman say there’s still some wahoo and yellowtail around the island, but nothing was hooked and the two days we tried to get there, the winds prevented it.

That’s our story!

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