La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of July 18-24, 2021
MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT
THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…
Hector Chacon from Arcadia CA used to visit us every year for many years, but missed the last 5. He finally made it back to us and started out with a nice catch-and-release roosterfish fishing with Captain Jorge.
Tannier Pierson from San Diego was a billfish magnet for a few days. I think I heard he hooked one or two billfish a day including this one with Captain Pancho. All were released or broke off.
Smiles say it all. Megan Graves from San Diego while staying at Rancho Costa in Bahia Muertos poses with a fresh bull mahi.
One of the nicest all-time amigos, Rafael Rios fishing every year with us and hails from Corpus Christi TX. Good way to start the say with an early morning bull mahi! Pretty shot. We cooked up a bunch of it at our Tailhunter Sea Level Restaurant.
He said it was his best fishing day ever. Captain Raul lends a hand. They also caught dorado.
Catching a marlin is quite a feat. Catching one on a flyrod is incredible, but that’s what Greg Wetherbee from Colorado did with this pretty fish and Captain Rogelio. Greg Released the fish and over 5 days with his flyrod also caught numerous roosterfish, jacks, bonito, dorado and others. All released.
Just one day to squeeze in a day of fishing with us, Howie Cohen, had some fun with 4 droado plus snapper and cabrilla. Howie is from Alpine CA. He was fishing around Espirito Santo Island with Captain Raul.
Dan Jenkins staying at Rancho Costa Resort at Bahia Muertos looks pretty happy with his roosterfish! The fish was released.
Captain Gerardo with Wally Graves (the one smiling) and a nice marlin for the photos before a good release. Nice photo!
Hector says his dad, Richard Chacon, caught all the fish! Nice rack…dorado, snapper and huge triggerfish!
YEOW! This looks like a mutant! I wish Tim Dumler had a scale to put this fish on. What a dorado!
Greg has another one on the flyrod. This one a colorful dorado and then the meat donated.
It wasn’t a spectacular week of fishing by any means, but it was a good solid fun summer week fishing. Even with a full moon. Just fun! No real surprises. Everyone who wanted fish caught fish. Everyone who wanted to bring home fish, brought home fish. Everyone who wanted to bring some fish to have cooked up back on shore, had fish to cook up.
Some folks caught the bucket list they always wanted. For some, it was a billfish like a marlin or a sailfish. For others it was that first roosterfish. For others, they targeted dorado. If it wasn’t their bucket list fish, for some, it was the biggest fish they had every caught.
Indeed, roosterfish, marlin and dorado were the three pre-dominant species of the week. But the action was rounded out with good rod-bending on jack crevalle, bonito, triggerfish, cabrilla, pargo and snapper. Bait was not an issue.
Lots of smiles and good action. Can’t ask for more!
If anything, the biggest issue we had was mid-week when a hurricane way way way down south and headed out to Hawaii sent some big swells up the Sea of Cortez making it more than a bit bump and rough for our boats fishing out of La Arenas and damping down the bite. Conversely, the more protected waters north of La Paz produced better fishing during those days. When the seas calmed down so did the bite and right back to normal.
It’s really HOT and humid these days. Anyone coming down is advised to stay hydrated! Not kidding. Easy to get sick if you’re not drinking lots of water. Unfortunately, beer and margaritas don’t count!
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