SUMMER ROLLING OUT ON A HIGH NOTE!
La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay/ Fishing Report for Week of Aug. 19-26, 2018
MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT
WEEK AT A GLANCE for SHORT ATTENTION SPANS
Weather – Warm and humid! Highs in the upper 90’s with lots of humidity. Stay hydrated! Some tropical electrical storms in the afternoon, at night or early in the morning. Similar weather predicted this week. A bit of rain on the forecast.
Water – Warm and blue . Getting surface temps in the high 80’s . The fish love it!
Fishing – Just nice solid biters . Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay holding tuna, wahoo and dorado close to shore…literally. Plus pompano, cabrilla and pargo. For our La Paz fleet, everyone getting dorado.
THE REST OF THE STORY and THE BIG PICTURE
Jorge Romero had a good day fishing. From La Paz, Jorge was fishing only 100 yards offshore (see photos below) from the beach just outside Muertos Bay, he caught a huge cabrilla and 30-40 pound tuna on sardines then got a wahoo dragging a rapala back to the beach.
We love the kids! Selena is just 8-years-old, but was out all week with Grandpa Diego, Jimenez from Loveland, Colorado and caught dorado and tuna like this one!
This is a good day! Mike Weinsz stacked up the fat tuna on the beach at Muertos. He also caught dorado.
Dorado are the main catch for our Tailhunter La Paz fleet. These were caught just at the mouth of La Paz Bay.
Yea! Jorge Ramiro again with a hefty cabrilla. Punta Perrico in the background in shallow water!
Full moon? Hmmm…
Summer is rolling out with some solid fishing as town empties of tourists as kids and families head back to school. Hot humid weather with temperatures in the high 90’s and warm waters kept the fishing on the high counts, although afternoon localized tropical electrical and thunderstorms did pop up now and then although usually after everyone was already back from fishing.
For our Tailhunter Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fleet, it lived up to it’s reputation with the fishing spot literally about 100 yards off the beach and tuna breaking within sight of where we launch our pangas. Tuna ranged in size from 10-50 pounds, but the same area also produced some nicer dorado in the 15-25 pound class as well. The same area also seems to be the hot spot for wahoo as we had several biters of wahoo in the 30 pound size and a number of fish that got bit off.
Our fleet fishing the tuna right at the mouth of Bahia de los Muertos. The point is right there behind the pangas. Water only about 50′ deep. The tuna are close!
Thanks Mark Buchanan for this photo from the hill above Muertos Bay. It’s our pangas fishing the tuna hot spot. Look carefully and you can see the bottom! For anyone who thinks we need to go a zillion miles offshore to find fish! Tuna, wahoo and dorado all right there this past week! Also, notice how green everything is from the rain!
Inshore has continued to be surprising as cooler water fish that we don’t normally see except in the winter/ spring when waters are cooler were caught including pargo liso (mullet snapper), pompano, and big cabrilla.
For our Tailhunter La Paz fleet, there dorado to be had. There’s smaller fish schooling right in the bay with larger fish out towards San Juan de la Costa and around the point at Punta Mejia. The smaller fish are as small as 5 pound “doraditos” that we mostly toss back, but fun to catch and up to about 20 pounds on the outside. There’s also some roosterfish biting around Bonanza Beach. But dorado are 90% of the catch with some days better than others.
Head’s up…
Looks like some afternoon thundershowers coming later this week!
That’s our story!
Jonathan
Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
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YOUR WEEKLY VIDEO FISH REPORTS ARE EXTREMELY HELPFUL! OUR GROUP WILL BE ARRIVING IN LA PAZ ON THE 4th OF SEPTEMBER (to fish 3 days). SINCE TRAVELING w/ LIMITED NUMBER OF RODS A CONCERN, I WAS DEBATING BRINGING A 100lb SET-UP FOR THE LARGER TUNA YOUR REPORTS HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED. IF THESE FSIH ARE ONLY EATING LIGHTER LINE/LEADERS, THERE’S NOT MUCH SENSE. COULD YOU ELABORATE & GIVE UP YOUR ADVISE GIVEN THAT WE WILL PROBABLE BE LIMITED TO 4 RODS PER/PERSON.
Hi Craig! Nah…leave it home. It’s heavy! The tuna like the lighter lines. But, a heavier rod would surely help. My set up right now would be a 2-speed with 100-150 yards of 40 pound test on it backed with 40 pound braid . My leader would be 25-40 pound fluro depending on what the fish are eating. Maybe 50. But, my rod…would be a meat stick! Rated 80 pounds. Short like 5 feet long so it has lots of lift to it. There’s lots of little ones around, but at least you’re ready if there’s a big fish. See you soon!