Tailhunter Fish Report

It’s winter. Thankfully bonito are still providing action despite a difficult week to fish because of winds.

There’s a reason the wind and kite surfers enjoy our area so much during the winter. It’s the winds. Great for them. Not so good for fishing. Still bright and sunny, however. Temps in the 80’s .

FISH TAKE THE WEEK OFF – WINDS DON’T

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Dec. 25, 2016 – Jan. 1, 2017

In the gap between the holidays, I think the fish took the week off like most folks, but maybe they were smart.  They hunkered down because it was a windy week.  For one, not many folks fishing, but for the most part, many of the folks that come in right now are walk-in clients or snow birds enjoying the sunshine and otherwise great weather (minus the wind).  So, they’re only looking for a day of fishing out on the water.

That’s the dicey part because I always want to be up-front.  I warn them about this being the off-season and how windy it might be.  If they are flexible on dates then we look at the wind forecasts to try to get them the least windy day.  But, sometimes, they only have that ONE DAY to fish during their vacation and, if they still want to go out, we do our best to get them some fish or find areas where it’s less choppy or rough.   All we can do is try.  You definitely can’t catch fish if you have no line in the water. 

However, generally speaking, especially during the winter, if there’s storm going on in the SE United States like California, Arizona and Nevada, that wind/ rain pattern will affect the weather in Baja.  It was a stormy week in the lower U.S.  Ergo, it was windy in La Paz!

So…

Well, we did our best.  Four days this week, I recommended not even going out to prospective fishermen.  They’d be wasting their money.  

Two of the other days, despite our best, the winds still were stronger than we would have liked and the fishermen got bounced around and only caught some bonito and cabrilla and snapper.  Still OK fishing, but we wish it could have been better.  The last day, again only some bonito and cabrilla and some small dorado.  

The weather forecast this coming week actually looks good.  One of the least windy weeks in awhile is on tap so hopefully, better fishing.   But, for the sunbirds, if you’re not out on the water getting blown around, it’s hard to beat 85 degree sunny weather in La Paz right now. 

WHALEWATCHING SEASON STARTING

We are starting out Tailhunter whale watching tours in about 2-3 weeks.  From mid-January to March is when the grey whale migration takes place and thousands of whales migrate from the Bering Sea to places like Bahia Magdalena on the Pacific Coast about 3 hours drive from La Paz.  We’ll be running day and overnight trips to the bay where the whales spend the winter in the shallow, warm, calm waters.  It’s a great once-in-a-life time opportunity to get up close with the whale without having to go out into open waters.  

The whales will often come right up to the boats and seem to enjoy the interaction and it’s really a treat to have a baby calf come right up and want to have it’s head scratched!  Check with us and we can set you up!

That’s our story!  Happy New Year everyone!

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

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