La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Aug. 2-9, 2021
MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT
THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…
First time roosterfish is a gem for Jay Bennett with Captain Victor. The fish was released. Jay is our amigo from Waco, TX.
Young Vincent Stroup from Sierra Madre CA had himself quite a week for a first-timer visiting us. He started off with our first wahoo of the season taking this ‘hoo on a bright green Rapala Magnum.
Keith Gienty hooked and released one of the largest sailfish we’ve seen this year. He was fishing with Captain Rogelio north of La Paz. Keith’s first trip to visit us.
Two of our favorite Oregon guys, Paul and Mike Zeck are used to having rain clouds when they fish, but got themselves some nice dorado fishing with our La Paz fleet for a few days.
There are good photos and then there are “cool” photos! Marco and Hudson Hicks from Denver just look too cool for words with their catch of dorado.
With her favorite Captain Pancho, Diane Kunze has alot of fun with her light spinning rod. She had a few days bending that rod on roosters like this. All fish released. Diane is our sweet amiga from Colorado for many many years.
In an unusual photo with Captain Boli actually smiling, he poses with Marc Wilson and several of their dorado. Dorado remained the primary target for our La Paz fleet these past days.
Louie! Louie! Always good to have him and his family with us. True-to-form, Louie’s shorts match the dorado! Formerly from S. Cal he now lives in Colorado with his great family .
Colby Sawada from Seattle on a break from college and his first visit with us in La Paz caught and released this thick striped marlin fishing with Captain Armando.
Thumbs-up from Captain Gerardo for John Cannon’s personal best roosterfish caught just off Punta Arenas. Cerralvo Island in the distance. The fish was released.
Our long-time amigo, Mike Bohna, has visited us from Oregon for many years and said this was his best fishing of all the trips. With Captain Boli he poses with this big boy marlin that was released after the photo.
The fish is awesome. The smile is priceless. We’ve watched Cortez Sanchez grow up over all the years and he’s become quite a fisherman. He lives in Colorado and released this rooster.
More new Tailhunter Tribe members on their first trip with us, Baylan Hefferman and Corey Donaldson got into some nice bites of dorado and bonito out’ve La Paz. Great to have them down. Way fun guys from Colorado.
One of my favorite photos of the week! Captain Victor doesn’t often be a goofball for photos, but he gets into the photo with Wayne Jones who’s fishing for the first time and got his first roosterfish!
Texas in the house. Shane Sampels from Kady TX with Captain Rogelio and another billfish…photo and release! His first billfish.
Shelton Donnell and sister Gaby could not be funner folks and we’ve known each other for several decades since he was living in Orange Co CA, but is now up in Oregon. Dorado and big triggerfish on the cutting table for their first day fishing.
Lots of “firsts” this week. Wayne not only got his first dorado, he also got his first dorado on the flyrod too! Wayne is a United Airlines pilot.
Randy Wood and Captain Boli with perfect book-end dorado for a great photo.
Love Diane’s face which is understandable after battling her first sailfish on light tackle. Captain Pancho gives her a hand. The fish was released.
Matt and dad, Steve Koehler got some great eating fish on the cleaning table including big triggerfish, snapper and cabrilla.
Happy gal, Angie Bennett had some fun catching and releasing roosterfish on her one day fishing with our Las Arenas fleet. Husband, Jay, does the photo-bomb. They are our amigos from Waco TX.
Captain Joel with Jeffrey Brown got into some nice bites of dorado fishing out’ve La Paz.
Roger” Fluffy” McCracken found a school or dorado and took the biggest on the first bite fishing with Captain Adolfo. He’s been an amigo for many decades fishing with us.
Vincent got his first roosterfish and it was a trophy! YEOW. Catch and release with Captain Pancho.
Keith’s got a nice bull, but says it wasn’t his largest. He had a larger one about 4 inches larger, but didn’t take a photo.
Shane has another marlin. Catch and release once again. Bravo! Happy angler. Good to have him down for the first time.
And there are always these tough sluggger jack crevalle ripping up the rods too! Brutal fighters on light tackle. Vince Stroup caught many different species on this trip
It wasn’t a great week of fishing, but it was a GOOD week of fishing with some GREAT catches. Despite bouts of sporadic tropical showers and occasional bumpy seas, everyone caught fish and for many their first, billfish, roosterfish, wahoo and dorado.
Every day seemed a little different.
Some boats did better than others.
The next day everything could be reversed.
The thing is that if you were fishing with us for several days, you might have a down day or a day when you just hit the wrong spot and everyone else caught fish. However, the very next day could be just the opposite. At the end of the trip everyone who wanted fish took home fish and often stories of some great catches and some fun exasperating missed opportunities.
The fishing has been quite defined lately.
Out Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet has been the area for the best production of roosterfish ranging in size from 10-60 pounds or more. It’s been one of the best roosterfish seasons in years. The big fish are close up in the shallows and not unusual to have multiple hookups and lengthy bouts of action.
The area has not been as productive on the dorado, but sailfish and marlin are still cruising the area and we finally got our first wahoo of the season…3 months later than normal. Hopefully, more will show up. Still no tuna to speak of.
The rest of the catch has been inshore cabrilla, snapper, pargo, triggerfish and jacks.
For size and productivity, fishing with our Tailhunter La Paz Fleet has been the best side for dorado. Most of the fish are running 10-20 pounds and limits or near limits are not unusual with many fish lost. In fact, 90% of the catch for our La Paz Fleet has been dorado. The rest is a mixture of billfish and inshore species.
The thing with the dorado is that it also seems to change daily. One day, it’s individual fish all day long. The next day, it’s an early bite then nothing the rest of the day. The day after that, nothing all day until the end. Or, you can find that one school and everything blows up at once.
Just no predicting the daily whims of the bite. But, like I said, everyone is catching fish!
Looks like the coming week there might more of those intermittent tropical showers coming.
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