La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Aug. 25-31, 2021
MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO FISHING REPORT
THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…
First marlin is a blue! Dan Dorati with Captain Armando and Dan’s first marlin.
Tony Toven from Sylmar CA was fishing a live sardine when this nice wahoo bit not far off Cerralvo Island.
Double-fist roosters for Kincaid Hancock and his dad, Tommy, from San Diego. It was Kincaid’s first-time fishing on salt water. Both fish ate live sardines and both were released.
Austin Dorati puts another dorado in the box.
Patrick Busby from Louisiana battled this striped marlin on 20 pound test and a light 8-foot spinning outfit for an hour-and-a-half. He was fishing with the Tailhunter Fleet in La Paz. They were fishing light tackle in a school of dorado when the marlin bit.
Captain Rogelio gives Kincaid Hancock a hand with this dorado photo. It was Kincaid’s first salt-water trip. He’s from San Diego.
Tommy has another rooster for the camera. Catch-and-release!
One of the nicest guys to visit, great shot of Andy Lauber who fished with light tackle all week. All roosters were released.
Compared to last week, fishing was remarkably improved on so many levels . For both our Tailhunter La Paz Fleet and our Tailhunter Las Arenas Fleet, the bite improved the further away we got from the last week’s full moon as well as the remnants of 3 storms that brushed us, Lynda, Kevin and Marty that didn’t actually hit us, but their effects on the waves, currents and winds added to the full moon affects. Hence, I think that’s why the fishing was off.
However, this week, the roosterfish over at Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay were back on track with quite a bit of catch-and-release fish running up to about 30 pounds and the fish willing to hit live bait.
If you fished the inshore as well as the rocks and reefs, there were plenty of snapper, cabrilla, triggerfish, pargo, jack crevalle and other species to make for hours-of-action, if that’s what you wanted to do, especially on light tackle.
The most marked improvement was with the pelagic species. Still no tuna this year, but we did have some wahoo strikes. Marlin and sailfish also picked up with fish getting hooked daily. Some boats getting multiple strikes. Most fish released or breaking off.
Best of all, the dorado were much more cooperative for both of our fleets. Most fish were that fun 10-20 pound size and limits were not uncommon. Some of the dorado were biting right in the bay not far from in front of the hotels and Malecon.
Interestingly, we got some sierra and yellowtail in the counts. Those are usually colder water fish we don’t see until winter or spring.
A good part of the days of the week, we spent watching the track of Hurricane Norma. It had alot of us prepping to get hit as it came north towards Baja with winds predicted up to 90 mph. We were pretty sure we were in for several days of winds and rain. However, we were fortunate in that Nora bent easterly and veered towards the mainland instead.
We got some strong winds, but otherwise dodged a bullet.
We had to cancel fishing one day because the port captain shut things down, but we were able to get back on the water the next day. I am always worried after a storm comes through wondering how it would affect fishing. Sometimes, it takes more than a few days for the fish and waters to get back on track especially since the fishing had been pretty steady.
However, the storms didn’t do as much as anticipated and fish seemed to be willing to bite again after the storm.
Tailhunter Fish Report 
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