MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT FOR WEEK of Nov. 5-12 ,2017
WEEK AT A GLANCE
Weather – Sunny with highs in the high 80’s to low 90’s. Evenings very pleasant in the high 70’s to low 80’s. Some of us already are using sweatshirts and jackets and talking about blankets at night. (It’s all relative!). But is IS getting windier and windier with some days winds blowing double digits from the north.
Water – It’s changing. As the winds blow more, the waters are getting greener and cooler. Half the days this past week the waves were too large to be out there fishing and we got pretty beat up out there.
Fishing – Good when the winds didn’t blow.
Catching – Same answer as above.
THE BIG PICTURE FISHING REPORT
Mike and Anne Hawks just had one day to get out with us recently come to La Paz from Phoenix, Arizona. They were out with Captain Gerardo on one of the calmer days this week and got 2 tuna and 4 decent-sized dorado!
Our good friend, John Ehlers, has already fished with us earlier in the year, but came back with his son, Cary, to fish with Captain Pancho. They had 2 good days and one crazy windy day, but started the week with a handful of tuna and dorado. They’re from Aurora, Colorado.
From the Sacramento CA area, Wayne Kurahara shows off a couple of his yellowfin tuna.
Pat and Bill were out late in the week and picked up two yellowfin.
Their last day out with us, Cary and John Ehlers hang lots of dorado, releasing and giving away most of them and keeping a few for the ice chests.
IT’S GETTING ROUGH OUT THERE!
La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Oct. 5-12, 2017
Basically, it’s bigger wind. Bigger waves. Fewer fishermen. Essentially, pretty typical for this time of year as we get closer to the holidays and the seasons change on us. Mostly snowbirds starting to filter in from colder places in the world to enjoy some sunshine and not necessarily fishing plus racing teams starting to fill the town for the popular Baja 1000 race that hits La Paz this week. So, not a lot of fishing going on.
When there is fishing, it’s all dependent on the weather right now. At least half the days this week weren’t even worth going out. Winds from the north are now pushing big swells into us and at times, even calm La Paz Bay is filled with little whitecaps or larger surges that throw spray onto the waterfront and passing cars. Even days when it seems not to be blowing, the surge and swell can still crash in and it’s just a miserable rough day to be out on the water…even if the sun is shining and it’s a pleasant 90 degrees! These are just days when it’s nicer to hang out on the beach or find some friendly cantina to pour a cold one and wrap your hand around a fish taco.
We were personally out recently and one of the days we picked we headed to a spot we had just caught a mess of tuna and dorado. It took us over an hour just to get out’ve the bay going against the big swell! When we got to the spot of the SE end of Espirito Santo Island, the wind wasn’t blowing, but huge rollers pushed us around and beat us up and when the waves came up they were larger than the panga! So we retreated to fish back in the bay near Mogote and only managed two small dorado and a sierra. Even then, it was still howling!
We came in early!
On the days when it’s calm enough and there’s no winds, there’s still some surprisingly decent fishing. Waters are definitely getting cooler and not quite as blue and a little more cloudy and green as the winds turn it up. However, there’s still some spots of 10-20 pound tuna and some nice schools of dorado in varying sizes. However, with the cooler waters, we’re seeing more cooler water species like sierra, snapper, pargo, cabrilla, and amberjack.
The bite is also directly related to having live bait. If it’s rough, it’s hard to get live bait and even the bait sellers aren’t out there knowing it’s futile so anglers are left to use dead bait, cut bait or find/ catch their own bait.
That’s our story!
Jonathan and Jilly
Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
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