THE EXPRESS VIDEO VERSION FISHING REPORT
This was done really really early in the morning after we had put out our boats and I did NOT wear my day-glow green shirt this time!
THE ABBREVIATED FISHING REPORT
Weather – Nice. High 90’s day/ high 60’s night Very pleasant. Getting cooler. Had two days quite windy
Water – Blue and generally clear. Surface temps in the mid-80’s. But cooling down with the weather
Las Arenas Bite – The fish were twice as big. But not many. Tuna and wahoo main targets. Lost more fish than we should.
La Paz Bite – All the little dorado you want. Can be like a fish pond. Releasing lots. Some marlin still around.
Forecast – Really tapering off. Gone from 20-40 fishermen a day to 4-8 per day. Holidays approaching. More snowbirds. and folks who just look for some sunshine and not necessarily here for water sports. Town is nicely quiet!
Whalesharks – Got 3-8 right out in front in 10 feet of water. Mostly 10-15 foot “babies” but there’s a few 20-30 footers too! Fun swimming with them!
Quote of the Week – “Money can’t buy happiness, but it can by a fishing rod and that’s pretty much the same thing!”
THE WHOLE ENCHILADA EDITION FISHING REPORT
Now THIS is a good day! Jorge Romero with Captain Ramon “Moncho” Green stuck 6 nice tuna out’ve Muertos Bay using squid.
Rusty Cain has made two trips with us this year and loves fishing with Captain Armando. He got his first tuna and he also nailed this fat speedy wahoo as well!
Our great fun family from Washington, the Millspaughs spent the whole week fishing with us. Check out the variety here…tuna…wahoo…roosterfish…dorado. Left to right, we have Tanner, Travis, Kendell and Julie. They tried to release the rooster, but couldn’t.
Captain Gerardo poses with Kirsten Ettner and Mike Hanson from Oregon and a couple of their Muertos Bay tuna!
Our San Francisco buddy, Paul Nagata visits us each year…sometimes twice a year and poses with one of the heavier tuna of the week.
New amigo from the Bay Area, Scott Evans was always smiling and fished hard despite the tougher bite. He’s all smiles here with one of his tuna.
Captain Armando with Justin Thomas from San Diego fishing with his father-in-law, Rusty Cain from Lemoore, CA. For each of them, it was their first tuna!
The Millspaugh family again with another fun day’s catch of tuna! That’s alot of fillets! They took 6 ice chests of fish home with them after a week on the water.
Captain Jorge holds up Scott’s tuna while he sneaks in a little peck on the cheek!
That’s a hefty chunk of tuna for Travis Millspaugh. The fish this week were definitely bigger…and tougher!
Paul didn’t get many tuna this week, but at least they were quality fish like this tuna with Captain Jorge.
END OF SEASON – FEWER FISH…BIGGER FISH!
La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Oct. 23-30, 2016
Now that we’ve come to the end of the month, I can say to all doubters…the best bite of the month took place during the full moon! We had some pretty great conditions this past week, but it seemed that the further we got away from the full moon the pickier the fish got. Still, everyone got bit. Everyone took home fish. The action just wasn’t as heady as it had been the previous week or the week before. In many respects, the fish were bigger…twice a big as before! But only half as many fish were caught which meant some days some anglers didn’t get anything while their buddy caught one or two fish!
Also, water are getting cooler. We’re coming up on the end of the season and conditions are changing. We’re getting cooler water fish like amberjack and sierra and the winds are also noticeably just a little stronger from the north week-by-week.
LA PAZ FISHING
For the most part, not much changed. I almost don’t even count the fishing anymore. The dorado are there. They have been there for months. Some days all you want. And more! You can catch easily limits by noon. Stay out longer and catch-and-release many more.
The problem is, they’re relatively all small fish. Five pound mahi up to maybe 10 pounds. If you wanna bring the kids or the family or don’t have much experience this is awfully fun and sometimes frantic with double and triple hookups. Fill your cooler!
On the other hand, after a day-or-two, most folks have the “cake” and go for the larger and more elusive fish at Las Arenas.
There are billfish out there still. Mostly eating the smaller dorado. Sent one panga out specifically only for marlin and they hooked four and lost 3 after nice fights.
LAS ARENAS/ MUERTOS BAY
In a word…the fish got twice as big this week. But, there were less than half-as-many!
Basically, whereas we were catching 3, 4…6 ten-to-fifteen-pound tuna before, this week the fish were 20-35 pounds, but the boats only averaged 1-3 fish each. Sometimes not even that. But, these were definitely bigger, heartier and feistier fish. I can only think what the counts would be like if so many fish had not been lost. But, alot were lost!
Several reasons for that…
1. Tougher fish and bigger fish
2. Lack of experience (all part of the fun!)
3. Danged triggerfish (we’re using chunked squid for bait. The triggerfish dive bomb the squid. Their teeth nick up the line. Then a tuna bites. The line snaps under pressure!)
Same with the wahoo. The fish are definitely there and we got a couple. But lost so many more. Seems like the fish are bigger and surely more vicious. Or maybe just smarter. We’re losing alot of trolling lures the past few weeks to fish that seem to know how to hit the lines from the side…or something! Only getting maybe 1 for every four fish that we hooked.
Other species included some late-season rooster fish; scattered dorado; bonito; lots of triggerfish; sierra and even an amberjack. A few marlin hooked too and lost.
TAILHUNTER DONATION NATION
Check out all the sports gear and bags and bags of pencils and pens from Paul Nagata and Scott Evans. Some cool medical supplies as well and backpacks! Jilly jumps into the photo.
Always fun to have them visit, Al Jones and Jeanne Sheasby brought a load of much needed school supplies for us!
Out with a bang! If this is about the end of our season, there was surely no end to the generosity of our Tailhunter Tribal family who continued to bring so many goods for our supported charities. Thanks to all of you and a special shout-out to Vic Patton, Joe Barrera and Tom Maher who brought a huge bag of clothes I could barely carrry it. I didn’t get a chance to take their photo and give them the proper props. You guys rock! Muchas gracias!
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