Not just a pretty fish, but a pretty photo! I hope our amigo and ace fisherman, Roger Thompson, frames this photo of his golden grouper. He’s caught a ton of great fish over the years, but this one is especially cool. He was fishing with his favorite Captain Hugo and took this on a…(wait for it)…a trolled Rapala!

Carl Lange and Ken Gragg from Bakersfield visit us 2-3 times a year and are two of our best winter-time fishermen. As Ken told me, “We caught the only two dorado in the bay!” It’s not normal to see warm-water fish like this in the winter.

Talk about unusual fish in the winter…TUNA? Our own captain Armando was out with his amigo from La Paz and they tied onto these two 30-pound class yellowfin tuna right off the beach near the old Hotel Las Arenas in shallow water using mackerel and squid.

Donna Thompson always gets fish and on this particular day, she nailed two nice yellowtail…our first documented yellowtail of the season…off the south end of Cerralvo Island and they lost a few more they couldn’t stop from busting off while  trolling Rapalas with Capt. Hugo.

Happy smile from Chuck Chandler of Idaho with a nice fat cabrilla! Great eating.

Our friend Gary Wagner who owns the Rancho Costa Hotel and the famous Giggling Marlin Bar in Cabo with a nice cabrilla and Ken Ward from Alaska sort of photo-bombing with a sierra over Gary’s head.

It was a great week to pull big fish out’ve the rocks! Steve Green from Idaho with another fat cabrilla.

Not an usual combination this week! Ken Gragg with the cabrilla and Carl Lange with a sierra and their favorite Captain Pancho.

Jack got into the big yellowtail as well. You can see the deep-running Rapala sticking out’ve the fish’s mouth. He was working that area at the south end of Cerralvo Island just across from where he was staying in La Ventana.

Here we come, Oregon! We’ve done 3 weeks of shows now…Denver…Sacramento…and Seattle and we’re doing great with reservations! The Tailhunter Tour now takes us to the largest show in the Pacific Northwest. From Wednesday to Sunday, we’ll be at the Portland Expo Center. More info below! Come see us and let’s talk about fishing in La Paz!

WHAT A DIFFERENCE WHEN THE WIND GIVES US A BREAK!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Jan. 28-Feb. 5, 2017

What a difference a week makes!  Whereas the past few weeks we had the regularly season strong winds that really stirred things up and made most days unmissable, this past week we had some of the nicest weather in quite a while.  It was still on the cool side (our staff used the word “COLD!”), but it’s all relative, right?  It still usually required fishing with jackets and sweatshirts.  But, having some flat water and lower winds made all the difference. 

It wasn’t wide open or crazy fishing by any stretch, but generally speaking, at least we caught fish and there were some real surprises.  In addition to the usual cold-water fish we catch this time of year that included inshore species like cabrilla, snapper, sierra, bonito and cargo, we also saw some of the quality fish like yellowtail as well as dorado and tuna.  

The yellowtail aren’t a real surprise, although maybe they are a tad early.  It’s great news because these are the first yellowtail we’re seeing.  But, the real surprise was also having warm-water species like dorado and tuna also in the same areas!   Those are the kind of species we might see in May or June mixed together.   Again, nothing spectacular in the bite, but still really a bonus to go out on the water and get species like these!

One of the best spots was at the south end of Cerralvo Island.  We found some mackerel in the area which is great candy-bait for these fish but also trolling deep-running crank baits like the Rapala 15’s and 30’s worked some of these big fish up.  

Hopefully the winds stay down, but generally the windy months continue until March.   We’ll keep you posted!

HERE WE COME PORTLAND SPORTSMANS SHOW!

One of our funnest shows and the largest in the Pacific Northwest, we’ll be in Portland this week from Wednesday to Sunday in the Tailhunter booth! We’re looking forward to seeing you!

Here we come Portland!  Jill and I will be bringing the new Tailhunter booth plus new shirts and brochures to the Portland Expo Center this week.  We’ll be at the Pacific Northwest Outdoor Show from Wednesday to Sunday.  Here’s more info and how to get discount tickets:

https://www.thesportshows.com/shows/pacific-northwest/show-information/

This is the largest show in the Pacific Northwest and massively huge with tons of stuff for the whole family to see.  Come say hi and check out the new t-shirts and brochures and let’s chat about fishing in La Paz this year!

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Jonathan and Jilly 

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