La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Dec. 30-Jan. 6, 2019

January 6, 2019 by riplipboy

NEW YEAR STARTS WELL

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Dec. 30, 2018-Jan. 6, 2019

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SHORT ATTENTION SPAN WEEK AT A GLANCE

Weather – Started a bit rough and windy but got better as the week went on. Mostly sunny with daytime temps in the 70’s. Some isolated showers. Coming week almost a duplicate.

Waters – Seem to be getting cooler and cloudier, but there’s still some warm patches holding warm water species like dorado and tuna.

Fishing – Quite a surprise. As the weather got better, so did the fishing. Ended up with some really great inshore action with quite a variety of unusual catches with both warm and cold water species!

Fish Caught this week: (cold water species) yellowtail, cabrilla, pargo, snapper, sierra. (Warm water species) dorado, tuna (hooked), wahoo (hooked), roosterfish, bonito, jack crevalle, triggerfish

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

All the way from Alaska, Mic Ward boats one of the first yellowtail of the season that bit a trolled Rapala. Mic was staying at Bahia Muertos near La Paz at Rancho Costa Resort.

Dorado in January right off the Punta Perrico rocks! That’s amigo, Gary Wagner who owns the Giggling Marlin Bar in Cabo and Rancho Costa Resort.

Lew Cox from San Diego just wanted to get away for some sunshine and had one day to fish and got a bit of variety for the fish box including sierra, dorado and bonito.

Steve Green has himself a dandy cabrilla caught just outside of Bahia Muertos. Steve is from chilly Wyoming and was staying at the Rancho Costa Resort.

Great shot. Great fish! First yellowtail bite of the season! Gary got this forkie trolling a Rapala X-Rap 40 deep diver.

Windier weather at the beginning of the week (and the year) put fishing on the slow side, but as the week went on, conditions improved and a nice variety of fish showed up especially for our anglers fishing in and around Muertos Bay.

In fact, the bite was surprising for the incredible mixed bag of both warm and cold water species.

Warm water species included dorado and smaller roosterfish as well as bonito and jack crevalle. Cold water fish, more common to this type of year included our first yellowtail of the season plus cabrilla, snapper, pargo, and sierra. Live bait is a bit difficult, but the fish showed no hesitation biting jigs, lures and trolled Rapalas.

None of the fish were far offshore…often within casting distance of the beach or rocks.

Nothing really big, but for many folks just down to find some sunshine and not really caring too much about what was biting, it was great action. Often you just never knew what was going to bite and at times the bite was full-speed. Anglers working light tackle really had a hoot.

Gray whales are starting to show up and the vanguard of the migration are moving in. Whale watching season should be good and we’ll start running trips in about 2 weeks.

The whales have been more than cooperative to come visit with the boaters!

TAILHUNTER 2019 ROAD TOUR

Here we go! Jill and Jonathan are on the road again! For over 2 decades we spend the first 3 months of the year in the gypsy caravan covering over 15,000 miles and all the big fishing and hunting shows in the Western U.S. It’s a great opportunity to see old friends and meet new amigos!

This week, Jill and I will be in our booth at the Denver Convention Center for the International Sportsmens Expo! It runs from Thursday to Sunday (January 10-13th) and it’s an incredible fun event for the whole family!

There will be hundreds of fishing and hunting outfitters from Canada, Alaska, Mexico, Africa and just about every other location on the globe. Tons of gear and new equipment. RV’s and camping. Off-road and boating. It’s all there.