NICE TIME TO BE IN LA PAZ – BUT NOT NECESSARILY FOR FISHING
EVERY DAY!
La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Week of Dec. 15-23, 2020
MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE from Our Family to Yours!
Jill and I just wanted to send the best blessings of the season to your family from ours. It’s been a tough year, but we’re hanging in there as we hope you are. All things aside, we are blessed to be together and to have you as our friends and extended Tailhunter Tribe and Family. Best fishes and Felices Fiestas!
THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…
Long-time amigo, Tom Rautert from Arizona brought his son, Fred who lives in Manteca CA for the first time to La Paz to fish with us. As luck would have it, on the one and only day they had to fish, Fred outfished dad as they found a nice school of dorado.
Thumbs-up for Fred with a nice winter-bull dorado. Usually, we don’t find dorado when the waters and temperatures start to get colder in December.
For most folks visiting La Paz these last weeks, the town has been pretty perfect. It’s a great time to be in town. Beaches aren’t real crowded. Restaurants and hotels aren’t real crowded. It’s been about 73 degrees in the day and 60 at night. Nice breeze. It beats being in New York or N. Dakota or Canada this time of the year.
Not alot of hard-core fishers in the groups. If anyone wants to go out, they want to go maybe a day and that’s it.
Regretfully, as nice as it is on the shore, on the water, it’s not always so accommodating. November to April, there aren’t alot of fishermen because it can be pretty windy. Northerly winds blow down the Sea of Cortez this time of year and it can be incredibly and deceptively rough. There are times, when it’s impossible or worthless to even go out.
So, anyone that wants to fish, we try to ask them to be flexible with their dates so we can check the forecasts to see which days might be better than others. This time of year, maybe 2-4 days per week might be OK. Other days, the winds can howl!
So, we did have some folks out and surprisingly, it wasn’t that they caught fish. It was the quantity and quality of fish! Normally, but this time of year, we’re into the inshore species like cabrilla, snapper, jack crevalle and pargo. But, apparently, there’s still some warm water spots here-and-there holding schools of quality dorado, wahoo and even some billfish.
The biggest issues, really is that with so few boats on the water, it’s tough to find some spots sometimes. When there’s alot of boats on the water like during the regular season, word gets out and spreads about the hot spots. When there’s only 1 or 2 boats out, it’s a different story! Fortunately, we are able to jump into the good areas and hit the bite this past week.
This coming week, looks pretty gusty with winds up to 25 knots per hour as the day goes on. Maybe two days look promising. Check with us!
TIME TO BOOK! NEW DIRECT FLIGHTS TO LA PAZ FIRST TIME
Probably the biggest news of the week has to do with flights!
Finally! We hope others will follow up and add more routes!
Water cannon salute for the first plane!
Knuckle bumps from Governor Carlos Mendoza-Davis to the first arrivals!
It’s hard to believe it has been that long but for the first time in over a decade, we have direct flights into La Paz from the U.S. American Airlines inaugurated direct flights from both Phoenix and Dallas! The first flights were greeted by governor Carlos Mendoza-Davis with water cannon salutes and knuckle bumps from the head man!
We are hopeful that American Air will add more routes and even moreso that other airlines will jump aboard as well. American has some great rates too and statistics are showing that even with the pandemic, Americans are flocking to Mexico and finding it’s an easy and quick get-away.
For us at Tailhunter, alot of reservations are rolling in daily for 2021. Don’t wait! I’m not kidding. If you have a favorite hotel or captain or time-of-year, dates are filling up and some are already sold out. Get in touch with us so we make sure we have you covered! Write me directly at: tailhunterfishinglapaz@gmail.com
NO SPORTSMENS SHOWS THIS YEAR!
Me, Catlyn and Jilly driving to the next big show. We’ll miss seeing you this year!
Our booth…sort of a 10 x 10 home-away-from home for 14 weeks each year. I will NOT miss setting it all up and taking it down!
Those icy drives through Wyoming, Idaho and Montana were grueling, but an adventure.
For the first time in almost 30 years, we will NOT be on the road from January to March. All of the fishing & hunting shows where we see so many of you have either been cancelled…will be cancelled…or it just doesn’t make economic sense to travel that far for only one show. Normally, it’s a different show every week for 14 weeks!
We will miss all our friends and seeing YOU especially. It is what it is, regretfully.
However, all the more reason to get in touch with us to lock in your spots for fishing in 2021. Everyone is booking online with us so don’t wait! We don’t want to miss you!
That’s our story!
Be well. Be safe. Hug each other and Merry Christmas!
Tailhunter Sportfishing
Mexico Office: Tailhunter International, 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico
U.S. Mailing Address: Tailhunter Sportfishing
8030 La Mesa Blvd. #178, La Mesa CA 91942
Phones:
from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863
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