MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO FISHING REPORT for WEEK OF AUG. 27-SEPT. 3, 2017
WEEK AT A GLANCE
Weather – Started great. Ended with almost a hurricane as Tropical Storm “LIDIA” spanked us and created some problems, but she left and things seem to be recovering quickly. Note that there’s some possible afternoon and evening thundershowers this coming week. Pretty typical. Should not be an issue with fishing. We’re done by then for the day.
Water – Was great but got pretty turned over by the storm’s strong winds and rain. But I’m surprised how it really laid down flat immediately after and how it seems to be cleaning up much faster than expected.
Fishing – We had some of the best fishing of the season going before the storm hit. WFO on tuna and dorado for both of our Tailhunter Fleets
Catching – Anglers were loading up by 8, 9, 10 a.m. in the morning and releasing fish after that! Loaded up and plugged fast returning to shore early!
Fish – Variety! Tuna. Dorado. Roosterfish. Bonito. Cabrilla. Pargo. Jacks!
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Corey Hughes, first time with us at Tailhunters, visits from San Rafael CA and got in on the tuna bite at Las Arenas before the storm hit. Skies were already starting to turn as you can see from the photo.
We had such a great time with Larry Morse and his cousin Daryl Boyd from Orange Co, CA who fished 5 days and crushed the fish every day. Regretfully, they got stuck for 3 extra days when the storm hit.
Danny Hypse and his family, daughter Sara and wife, Susie! Drove the Baja to come see us and always awesome to spend time with. They plugged the boat early with tuna and dorado fishing out’ve Bahia Muertos.
Happy fella! Firefighter, Jordan Boyd all the way from Ohio got his first roosterfish and the smiles to prove it. The fish was released.
Good start for Dean Alvarez who caught a limit of dorado and realeased most then added a few tuna for some variety! This was his first day.
Pierre Soyez..from France. Just a pretty pretty fish and picture. Captain Victor in the back. Frameable!
He said it was the best fishing of his life…5 days of action for Larry Morse who limited almost every day.
Carolyn Cain has visited us several times, but never got a dorado…until this week! One of her dorado fishing with our Tailhunter La Paz fleet. Congrats, amiga!
Arnaud Pasquet our new best buddy from Montreal, Canada, and the producer of the TV fishing show “Chasing Monsters” holds on of the La Paz dorado that’ve provided so much action the last few weeks. Arnaud rocked it for 10 days with us.
Coming from Harvey in Texas to Lidia in La Paz, Mariana Bramblett, still got in some good fishing before the storm hit. On her first day out’ve Las Arenas, she got limits of yellowfin like this (how does she stay so clean?) then on the 2nd day limits of dorado before the storm arrived.
The right kind! Captain Adolfo and Jordan Boyd with two of their yellowfin tuna.
Shelby Cain came to visit from New Jersey and had never done this kind of fishing before but got into the surprising bite of yellowfin tuna out’ve La Paz north of the city.
YES! First roosterfish catch-and-release for Arnaud! Big thick fish!
Love this guy! Danny Hypse representing for us and he spent alot of time trying to get the pose “just right” trying to hold two La Paz yellowfin tuna out to get the great shot f our t-shirt.
Plugged! Captain Jorge is flanked by Dane Fulkerson and Corey Hughes from San Rafael CA with 4 of their yellowfin tuna. The guys loaded the boat with limits of tuna and dorado that day.
More yellowfin tuna for Ralph Jackson and Bill Lingo from Texas! They had two solid days of fishing with us before spending a few days on the East Cape.
Father-and-son, Mike and Derek Scannell could not have put one more fillet in their ice chests after 3 days of fishing with both of our Tailhunter fleets coming back each day with limits of tuna and dorado.
Rusty Cain on the right fishes with us every year and sometimes several times a year and this time brought brother, Mike, for his first trip with us and Captain Armando. They got some fat tuna plus dorado each day.
Hard to believe we got tuna like this with Susie Waters with our La Paz fleet, but she got these out’ve schools of boiling fish which is really unusual to see tuna north of the city! But no one complaining!!! Great fun.
A good start! Texas John Bramblett started his two days fishing by jumping into the tuna bite off the Las Arenas lighthouse.
Glen and Jordan Boyd…father and son…nothing wrong with this photo! They had 5 full days of full ice chests!
Most folks try to STAY in the BOAT! Our great amigo, Arnaud Pasquet, was casting by standing on the stern of the panga off Espirito Santo Island and when the lure went out…so did he!!! Makes for great story telling and he’s a gamer and a good sport!
On the knife jig…nothing like the jolt from a fish that comes out’ve the rocks and rips into your lure! Nice cabrilla for Pierre Soyez!
The path of Tropical Storm Lidia was far reaching. It was almost 200 miles wide with some winds over 100 mph.
No fishing today! Normally calm Bahia de los Muertos / Suenos Bay was a tad choppy during the storm.
Storm video I took behind La Concha Beach Resort just about an hour before the bulk of the storm hit us.
IT WAS AWESOME FISHING…UNTIL IT WASN’T!
La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Aug. 27-Sept. 3, 2017
Talk about a “buzz kill.” We had the best fishing of the season going until Tropical Storm Lidia showed up and crashed the fishing party almost turning into a Cat. 1 hurricane, but causing flooding, bringing rains and high winds and basically shutting everything down!
It started with a blip on the weather radar but by the end of the week ports were closing; boats were getting pulled in; folks were taping up windows and grocery stores were getting runs on water and batteries bracing for the hit.
When it did hit, Cabo and La Paz got hammered pretty hard. Cabo, moreso as it got punched right in the nose.
Fortunately, it did not turn into a hurricane, but winds up to almost 100 mph and torrential rains played havoc on neighborhoods, roads, houses and businesses. Airport closed and flights were canceled stranding many visitors.
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Darnit! We had an incredible tuna bite of 10-25 pound slugger fish just off the lighthouse at Las Arenas. Our anglers were lighting it up and getting totally plugged with limits of tuna by 9 or 10 a.m. in some cases. Then, they’d go for dorado and slam mahi-mahi for more limits! It was crazy fishing. It’s the best tuna bite I’ve seen all year and maybe in several seasons. Everyone looked like a “pro” out there! Add in some bonito, cabrilla, jacks and we had a lot of tired arms and big smiles!
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As in the previous few weeks, the great dorado bite continued north of the city. Not a lot of big fish, but lots of fun 10-20 pounders have kept everyone bent and smiling.
However, several days before the storm hit, we got schools of yellowfin tuna boiling! This was pretty unbelievable. Normally, we’ll get a tuna here or there from our La Paz fleet during the season. But this was entire schools of jumping boiling feeding fish and our boats would do just the opposite of our Las Arenas fleet. They’d be all over the dorado schools then suddenly be surrounded by tuna!
Best fishing we’ve seen in ages!
Until it wasn’t!
THIS WEEK…
Normally, after a storm, we expect high winds on the backside as the storms leave. It’s often so strong to make it unfishable! However, surprise…wow…not much more than a breeze and flat flat seas! On top of it, the waters are usually muddy and dirty from all the runoff. It looks like coffee with cream in it or it’s just dirty cloudy green. However, I’m amazed at how fast the waters are clearing up! So maybe things will turn back on again soon!
P.S. LAST MINUTE UPDATE
Just as I’m finishing this report, our pangas for Sunday are coming back!
La Paz – limits of dorado!
Las Arenas – limits of dorado plus some yellowfin tuna!!!
WHOO-HOOOO!!!
That’s our story!
Jonathan and Jilly
Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
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