La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Jan. 1-7, 2018
January 7, 2018 by riplipboy
MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT for WEEK of Jan. 1-7, 2018
Regretfully, no video report this week. Have picked up a cold up here in the states with this colder weather that I wasn’t ready for and LOST MY VOICE! I have to save it for the 4 days of showtime this week at the International Sportsmans Expo in Denver at the Convention Center. Hopefully, it comes back!
The Big PICTURE FISHING REPORT
It’s not summer warm, but it’s definitely warmer than Chuwelah, Washington where Mark Burlington is from posing here with a nice dorado unusual for this time of year but no complaints. – Mark was staying at Rancho Costa there in Muertos Bay where we’re doing all our fishing this tie of the season.
Normally, we don’t see dorado until about April or May and even that’s a bit early, but either these are holdovers from last year or new fish have moved into area. One of the reasons is in the video clip below. Check our the sardine schools in Bahia Muertos!
Thanks to Gary Wagner for this video clip showing a big reason so many species might be in the bay right now is the presence of schools of sardines. A great sign for the season! Food!!!!
Schools of big jack crevalle have moved in and are incredible fighters especially on light tackle although not such great eating. Dean Schilling all the way from Wisconsin enjoying some warm Baja weather and some time fishing. He’s staying there in the Bay at Rancho Costa.
Miles Wagner from Colorado Springs CO with his dad, Gary, was throwing top water plugs when this bull mahi jumped the lure. Well, it then proceeded to jump right into the boat too! Miles also caught jacks, tuna and cabrilla this week.
Keegan and Paul Miewski also there in Bahia Muertos rocked some good eating bottom species with a couple of hefty barred pargo mulatto!
The head man himself, jefe of Rancho Costa, Gary Wagner did some later afternoon fishing and caught another early season visitor. Amberjack are the larger cousins to yellowtail and we don’t usually see them until May or so! Great eating and they get over 100 pounds although this size is the best eating!
Here’s something you don’t see every day. Gary Wagner who owns the Giggling Marlin Bar in Cabo and the Rancho Costa Resort in Muertos Bay was walking the beach and a commercial guy was cleaning a strange fish! He said he was about 600 feet out in the bay and caught this…HALIBUT??? First time I’ve seen one in these waters in over 30 years! Just so you know it’s not fake, you can see Rancho Costa in the background. If it looks like a duck…walks like a duck…sounds like a duck…??? HALIBUT?
Maybe salmon will show up next? The Mexican name for halibut is “Lenguado” (tongue fish). This is on the beach at Bahia Muertos and that’s Rancho Costa Resort in the background. No photoshop!!!
GOOD START FOR THE YEAR WITH SURPRISE SPECIES!
La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of January 1-7, 2018
Happy New Year Everyone! Hope the year is off to a good start!
Not a bad week of fishing. Nothing spectacular, but a nice variety of species including some genuine surprises. Not many folks fishing but everyone out did catch some fish. Still some pesky winds but mostly nice enough to fish with all of our fishing taking place out of Muertos Bay/ Las Arenas Areas where we can fish closer to shore and it’s more protected.
In addition to species we normally catch like barred pargo, yellow snapper and cabrilla, there were also some nice schools of jack crevalle to bend the rods and put on great fights although not such good eating. Still lots of fun. In addition, there were also bonito and a smattering of surprising yellowfin tuna and dorado around the bay as well.
Tuna, dorado and amberjack are a real bonus this time of year. Normally, we don’t see these species until spring when the waters are warmer. If you check out this week’s photos, you’ll also see a…halibut??? Yup . It sure looks like it! It’s crazy.
Alot could be due to the fact that there’s still sardine schools in the bay drawing the fish to the food source. That’s all a great sign and hope the bait stays around. Last season the return of the bait marked an incredible fishing year!
The coming week looks OK for the weather although strong winds mid-week.
Big shout out to Gary Wagner owner of Rancho Costa Resort in Bahia Muertos where we’re doing all of our fishing right now for all the photos he sent. If you’re interested in staying at his great place, give us a shout at: Jonathan@tailhunter.com.
WHALES ON THE WAY!
The migrating gray whales should be showing up any week now to spend the next several months with us after 3500 miles of swimming from the Bering Sea. They’ll be at Bahia Magdalena until about March and February is a great time to lock in your trip with us to have an incredible experience close up to these great animals. It’s really popular and many dates are filled or nearing capacity so don’t wait. Contact us at: Jonathan@tailhunter.com and we’ll set you up!
SEE YOU IN DENVER!
Getting the booth set up! Show starts Thursday!
This is a huge show with 4 full days and more than 600 vendors from all over the world of hunting, fishing, travel, boating, camping and more for the whole family!
It’s been a long drive but we’re finally here in Colorado setting up the booth and getting ready for the International Sportsmans Expo that kicks off this Thursday and goes to Sunday. It’s in the Denver Convention Center downtown and is always a fantastic family event with over 600 booths and vendors from all over the world with travel, gear, hunting, fishing, boating, camping and more!
We’ll be in our usual spot and would love to chat with you about visiting us in La Paz this week! Come say hi. Grab one of our 24 -page brochures and maybe a Tailhunter t-shirt! Here’s more info. Click the link.
We’ll be on the road for the next 3 months moving from city to city. Next up on the agenda is Sacramento at the State Fairgrounds January 18-21.
Have a great week!
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