La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of April 17-24, 2016

April 24, 2016 by riplipboy

The man behind the mask is Garrett Sill from Utah who hurt this nice wahoo with a live mackerel just off the rocks at Punta Perrico. They had a pretty great day…2 wahoo and 4 released roosterfish between 20 and 40 pounds! They had several slabs cooked up at our Tailhunter Restaurant.

Big smile from Ann Armstrong from Washington and Captain Victor over her big roosterfish just out’ve Bahia de los Muertos. They caught and released 3 that day.

Gary Wagner and Ken Ward from AK yellowtail 4-16

Surprisingly some yellowtail still around even with the waters warming. Gary Wagner at his place at Rancho de los Suenos in Bahia de los Muertos with Ken Ward from Alaska.

Check out how close to the rocks Todd Wade is with his wahoo he caught this week! Shallow water ‘hoo! Todd is from Utah.

Garrett Sill with one of 4 roosters they caught and released that day. All the fish were 20-40’s.

Rick Thompson from Billings, Montana with Captain Jorge and a nice sierra that are still around

There have been some nice cabrilla lately like this one with Reuben Cornejo. Not many, but some of the ones being caught are decent fish.

THERE’S SOME LARGER FISH AROUND!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of April 17-24, 2016

OK week of fishing. Some hits. Some misses. Pretty much great weather except we dealt with a full moon plus winds later in the week that made it tougher than it needed to be. But, the opportunities were there! A number of folks will tell you they had fish on or just weren’t ready for the power; the hit; or just bad “fishing luck” and missed fish. It happens. All you can do is smile and realize it’s part of the sport and it’s still Mexico and everyone is still having a good time.

LA PAZ

Still holding lots of “promise” and I use that word loosely. The island north of us, Espirito Santo, still isn’t really kicking in like it should, but there was a spot of yellowtail that poked up just outside of Balandra Bay that got everyone excited then seemed to shut down just a fast. Perhaps because everyone suddenly descended on it and the increased traffic spooked the fish to lockjaw or move back to deeper cooler waters. These fish were slugger 25-35 pounders. I’m surprised they even showed up given the warmth of the water, but while they were around no one was complaining.

The most encouraging bite was the dorado just on the other side of the bay. It’s been a great fall-back for action as the fish are small 5-pounders that would go furious at times and produced easy limits. For alot of the “one-time-one-day fishermen” we have right now who only have one day to fish or don’t have alot of experience, it’s been good to send them there so they get bent and catch some fish and have a good time. Honestly, the fish are dinks by anyone’s standards and I’m happy to say that alot of them are getting released with clients bringing enough for dinner at our Tailhunter Restaurant or somewhere in town.

However, there’s more and more sargasso weed appearing in the area that make excellent cover for bait and draws in more dorado. And the dorado are getting bigger too with some larger “models” showing up in the catches. We’ll keep you posted.

LAS ARENAS

All I can say is Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay is “mercurial.” It changes from day-to-day. There’s no figuring it .

One day, some pargo and cabrilla, bonito and jack crevalle are the catches.

The next day, we get into wahoo, rooster fish, jacks, bonito, a few dorado, some yellowtail…There’s surely nothing written in stone or that you can hang your hat on.

Like I said at th beginning, the opportunities have been there. We LOST alot of fish. When the bigger and better quality fish hit, they’re beasts! A 40-pound rooster or zooming 25-50 pound wahoo is an experience alot of folks have never had. Our fish “do not nibble!” LOL They slam and they run and they battle like they’re possessed .

Several wahoo were lost. Several big roosters were lost. Two of our folks battled a marlin for 3 hours on light tackle and finally had to bust it off. They did a great job, but knew it couldn’t go on any longer and purposely buttoned down the drag and had the fish to the boat several times. We’ll call that a legal catch! But, the point is the number of “catches” did not match the number of “bites!” So, basically, fishing wasn’t bad. Catching was a bit more erratic.

Our flyfishers did OK this week. Some jack crevalle, some bonito and a couple of roosters and wahoo they got to take the flies, but weren’t able to set the hooks on! They had fun. Live bait for chum is an issue. Hopefully, looking for some improvement. The season is early.

That’s our story!

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