BONITO RAGE…AND SO DO THE WINDS
La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of May 26-June 2, 2019
SHORT ATTENTION SPAN WEEK AT A GLANCE
Weather – Cooler than normal . Real pleasant. Sunny days and cool nights. Good time to be here, but maybe not so great on the water. Winds came back again making it bumpy and rough at times. Very erratic. Cold in the mornings!
Water – Winds make the waters cloudier and cooler by pulling up colder water from down deep . Affected the fishing
Fishing – Off from the week before . Lots of action . Everyone caught fish. But mostly alot of inshore fish and tons of tough bonito. Great fun. But the exotics like tuna, wahoo, dorado, etc. were very picky and harder to get.
Species Caught This Week – pargo liso, barred pargo, dog-tooth snapper, yellow snapper, amberjack, triggerfish, parrotfish, needlefish, tuna, dorado, roosterfish, jack crevalle, white bonito, skipjack, common bonito, milkfish, pompano.
MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT
THE BIG PICTURE and the REST OF THE STORY…
Captain Armando put John Stone on a pig 65-pound yellowfin tuna he fought for over an hour! One of the few that we were able to land this week. Tuna are still there, but were tough sluggers and most broke loose when they bit.
Awesome colors on this dorado caught by Jenny Osborne near Espirito Santo Island. Dorado were around, but not often willing to bite as winds turned waters a little cooler and cloudier. But, the ones caught were legit grade fish.
Glenn Rose and Captain Jorge with two of the better eating fish in our waters…an amberjack and barred pargo.
Weird week in that we only see these milkfish about once or twice a year. They normally do not eat baits, but young Mark Pisano caught this one on a sardine. Very rare!
And yet another milkfish! Two in the same week! This one by Eddie Falcon from San Clemente CA with Captain Pancho also posing. The fish was released.
I keep telling folks we don’t have to go far offshore to catch exotic blue-water species like dorado! Grant Osborne took this pretty dorado right off the rocks in shallow water.
With shorts to match the fish, our amigo Jim Bovee from San Diego fishes us 2 or 3 times a year and caught this pretty dorado north of La Paz.
We did get some nice roosterfish this week, but with them all getting released, not many photos! However, this one was just too cute. Alicia Clegg has caught some monster roosters with us over the years. However, this little fella wasn’t one of them. A quick photo and smile from Alicia and back he went to grow into one of the big boys!
Honestly, my favorite photo of the week! Captain Rogelio was fishing with Mitch McRae of Dallas TX who brought his son and nephew out on the boat for their first time. Cousins Miers McCrea is 8 and from Dallas, and David McCrea (nephew) is 9 and from Roswell, New Mexico. The boys had a blast as you can tell from their faces! Quite a variety of species and they brought some of it back for dinner at our Tailhunter Restaurant.
We are having one of the best pompano seasons that I can remember! Paul Siefert and Dave Waite caught these tasty pompano right off the beach as well as pargo, cabrilla and two big roosterfish that were released.
Bennett Clegg comes every year to fish with Captain Victor. Nice dog-tooth! He also got a big roosterfish that was released.Lots of action this week
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if you enjoyed inshore fishing or love the fast brutal action of big bonito. There was almost no limit to either aspects. However, exotic blue-water fishing took a dip as erratic winds dropped water temperatures and made for choppy, bouncy fishing .
Like many places in North America, winter just won’t let go.
Sometimes, the winds would hit in the mornings…enough that it was honestly cold. Sometimes only in the afternoon. Sometimes, it blew all day and changed directions throughout the day. This not only chilled the air and water, but really affected the fishing.
With waters clouding up and choppy (some days our anglers got wet!), the fish went into lock-jaw mode.
Dorado were seen all over, especially for our La Paz fleet but they just weren’t interested in eating. We did catch a few nice ones over the week, but normally, they would be going gangbusters tearing after any bait in the water, but instead acted like someone peed in the pool.
Same with the big tuna we have been dealing with. We did get a few in the 50-90 pound class and broke off even more. But hardly the action we’ve seen the previous few weeks. Again, fish were breaking and eating ,but just wouldn’t eat any hooked baits. And definitely would not eat any lines over 30-pound test which put anglers at a critical disadvantage if they got bit.
However, if you were just looking for fun action, there were tons of big bonito to contend with that ripped lined and bent rods. Especially great for first-timers and families! All you wanted.
As well, the inshore fishing seemed to roll along unabated. Hard to remember so many species that were caught that included: cabrilla, amberjack, sierra, pompano, yellow snapper, red snapper, dog-tooth snapper, pargo liso, barred pargo, jack crevalle and triggerfish among others. Plus some big roosterfish in the 30-50 poind class.
For some folks, that’s exactly what they wanted to fish for so it was great. Just a little disappointing about the bluewater fish and the unpredictable weather.
PACK FOR A PURPOSE
Over the last five years our friends, clients and Tailhunter Tribal members have been putting all manners of things into the cracks and crannies of their luggage and ice chest to help with our Tailhunter community outreach program.
Paul Siefert and Dave Waite from Utah brought about a gazillion packed toothbrushes and mini-toothpastes for us to give to the local kids!
Each year, we have donated almost 1.5 TONS of everything from new and used clothes, shoes, medical supplies, toys, sporting goods, hygiene items, school supplies and money to our sponsored areas that include a school/orphanage out at Los Planes; the Women’s Shelter in La Paz; the senior center in La Paz and the Vista Mar neighborhood where they lack basics like running water and electricity.
Thanks for the big hearts! The season is just starting and already we’re getting a pile of great stuff. Also, thanks to Paul Nagata…I didn’t get your photo!
That’s our story!
Jonathan & Jilly
Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
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