COLD WATER/ WARM WATER SPECIES MIXING IN NOW
La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Week of Oct. 2-9, 2021
MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO FISHING REPORT
THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…
Washington amigo, Fred Cruz had quite a great few days fishing with us taking a number of species including sailfish, marlin, roosterfish and others like this dorado taken north of La Paz Bay.
Honeymoon first-timers, Lilia and Dave Brown from Wrangell, Alaska hooked this large striped marlin just off Punta Arenas on live bait. They donated all the meat to the pueblo.
Captain Raul with Lisa Cruz and a big bull her first day out. She had 4 banner days on the water with us.
That’s right, John, flex-up! Especially after a great day like this on ultra- light tackle with big sierra, dorado, pargo and snapper. John McLucas has fished with us for many years from the San Francisco Bay area.
Just a pretty photo on so many levels of this roosterfish with Deana Wilson from Montana and Captain Pancho. The fish was caught just off the rocks near Bahia Muertos and quickly released.
Steve Manney has fished many years with us, but had his son-in-law Nat come down this year as well. Good start to the fishing week with dorado and sierra on the rack.
From N. Carolina, 84-year-old Duane Ottman was visiting us for the first time and battled this big striped marlin with Captain Gerardo. Great colors. Sorry, you can’t see Duane’s smiling face!
Good to see Kirsten and Mike Hanson back down here with us again. They were out with Captain Gerardo and got quite a variety of reef fish for the cooler.
Fred Cruz with his sailfish and captain Gerardo. Great day on the water with a number of species. The sail was released.
Easy to smile looking at this photo of a very happy Lilia Brown and another dorado in the boat!
Another of our good Washington amigos, Bob Larson has himself a big dorado, some tasty sierra and some big fat triggerfish.
Captain Joel gives Larry Wilson a hand with his sailfish for a quick photo. This was Larry’s first billfish. Note the tanker in the background. The fish was hooked literally just a few hundred yards in front of the La Paz Malecon.
Captain Armando and Pete Walker share a laugh and photo with the day’s catch. Lots of sierra again this week. More than I have ever seen.
It was a slow day, but the one saving catch for Brad Baker was his first sailfish. He donated all of the fish.
On his honeymoon, Sean Price spent a day fishing with our Las Arenas fleet and got some great sierra, pargo and triggerfish to take home as well as some dorado meat as well.
She’s the best! Sharon Virgin from Montana was great to have down this past week and holds up one of her dorado.
Hi Debbie! Not a bad day of dorado fishing for Debbie Millspaugh visiting us for the first time.
Two funny amigos from Washington that visit us each year and always a pleasure. John Stendara and Bill Bigelman posing with their catch at Bahia Muertos.
Somewhere behind the roosterfish comb is a very happy Lisa Cruz. Captain Gerardo helps out. The fish was released.
Two of our Canadian amigos, Save and Luke got a nice batch of triggerfish, sierra and snapper.
Bill Lee from San Francisco mugs with Johnny Mc Lucas and their catch.
Captain Gerardo was on fire this week and has Fred Cruz’s striped marlin for the photo.
Some incredible colors and pattern on this dorado. Wow! Dave Brown poses with another mahi for the box.
More of our Canadian amigos with Captain Arcangel and an assorted catch.
Captain Victor gets into the weekly gallery with Bob Larson showing dorado, sierra and triggerfish.
Whoa! Check out the head of this big bull dorado that Lisa caught!
Lilia and Dave had a super day on the water fishing out’ve La Paz this particular day. All the fish were donated.
It wasn’t a bad week of fishing. Overall, it was actually pretty good. For lack of a better word, it was just “erratic”. It was unpredictable.
Some folks had great days of fishing. Others really had to work hard to get fish. Same day. Same spots. Same bait. Same everything. Things changed from day to day or even hour-to-hour. Totally un-predictable.
Some of our regulars…some of our very experience fishermen found picky fishing at best. Conversely, some of our first-timers or novices just crushed the fishing.
Some days, it was dorado. Next day no dorado. Then billfish. Then no billfish. At times, the best we could do was go to the rocks and have fun with pargo, cabrilla, triggerfish and snapper. Those are always willing to bite.
Everyone got fish. No mistaking that. But, it was just hard to put-a-finger on the bite or predict anything.
Definitely, the seasons are changing. Water is getting cooler down deep. The air is cooler. The north winds are picking up much earlier than usual. And that’s affecting the fishing. As the air and water gets erratic so goes the fishing.
It’s clear by the type of fish that are starting to show up. More cooler water fish are in the counts. A tremendous number of sierra started showing up about 10 days ago. More sierra than I have ever seen in several decades here. Normally, these fish don’t show up until late November of December. But, they’re here now and they are thick. Usually, we’ll get a handful a day. This year, each panga might get a whole boat-load of them in a single day and they are also much larger than usual.
Additionally, we’re getting the occasional yellowtail, rainbow runner, pompano and other cooler water species.
We’re coming to the end of the warm-water season, it appears. Not sure how much longer the warm-water species will be here. We’ll keep you posted.
That’s our story!
Jonathan & Jilly
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