YELLOWTAIL and ROOSTERS BITE IN MIXED
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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Bahia Muertos/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of April 18-25, 2022
MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT
THE BIG PICTURE and the REST OF THE STORY…
Our Oregon amigos, Jeff Killian and John Chung hung these 3 nice yellowtail using live caballitos of Espirito Santo Island.
Cheers from Patty Killian and Tracy Chung on their way back to La Paz from Espirito Santo Island with 7 big yellowtail on the deck!
Now THIS is a trophy cabrilla that Kahuku Oades caught right off the shoreline in front of Punta Perrico.
Mike Luna from Utah on his first visit to La Paz got our first big dog-tooth snapper (Pargo Perro) of the season.
Easy to see why they’re called dog-tooth snapper! Check out the choppers on this bad boy.
Randy “Doodles” Gumns had a banner day with a variety of fish including this bonito, snapper, cabrilla and others.
Brent Gumns had only one day to fish and squeezed in a day with Captain Gerardo and got these two cabrilla among others.
First time out and first day fishing, Mike Luna caught and released 3 roosterfish off Bahia Muertos.
We had some strange weather this week. Very windy mornings then calm afternoons. Calm mornings that turned into windy afternoons. Warm water current. Cold water currents. We even had a rare day of thick fog that made it look like something out’ve fishing the Oregon or Washington Coastal areas!
Except for the fog, of which I’ve only seen a handful of times in 30 years here in La Paz, the rest is pretty typical of this transition time between our cold water and warm water seasons. The weather (and fishing) can be erratic an unpredictable. One hot spot one day becomes ice cold the next day for fishing. One species of fish that is foaming one day can completely disappear and a different species pops up somewhere else.
It does, however, make for some fun fishing with some crazy variety.
A week ago, I was predicting that the yellowtail and cooler water fish were diminishing and moving off. Yellowtail counts were down and so were other cooler water species like the sierra and snapper. We were seeing more of the warmer water species like dorado and billfish starting to show up.
Well, I guess I was wrong. The yellowtail bit strong again, especially north of La Paz toward the Espírito Santo Island area where waters remain cooler than further south around Cerralvo Island. The fish were a healthy 15-25 pounds and willing to take live sardines, caballito and jigs. Lots of bigger fish are getting lost to the rocks, inexperience and simply being tough fish!
Further south for our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet, not so much in terms of yellowtail. The waters were windier, rougher and more of the fishing was confined closer to shore. As mentioned above, one day it was not only cold, but so foggy, it was impossible to even see Cerralvo Island across the channel and the bait guys couldn’t find the bait spots. So, anglers had to use lures and jigs for the day.
But, the good news is that more roosterfish have moved into the area, especially close up to the rocks and those long stretches of flat beach. Most of the fish I’m seeing are 15-30 pounders and, as far as I can tell, all getting released. Hopefully, especially if the larger ladyfish baits or mullet move into the shallows, we’ll start seeing the really big monster roosters up to 100 pounds!
Along the rocks, some big cabrilla getting taken along with snapper, pargo, sierra, jack crevalle and lots of common and white bonito.
THANK YOU BRETT!
For almost 15 years, the Tequila Bandito has wandered the tables of our Tailhunter Restaurant as a purveyor of fun and conduit to free tequila shots to our guests. His famous bandoleros were shadows of their former glory and the leather was literally disintegrating daily and was due to be retired. If only that belt could talk and tell stories!
New ones are impossible to find. The guy down in Baja is no longer in business. Can’t find any makers on the internet or in the states.
The newly- retired bandoleros. So disintegrated the shot glass holders were splitting and able to hold only a handful of “shot bullets.” Had to duct tape the belts to keep them on.
Thank you Brett Bleichrodt who recently gifted the Bandito a brand new hand-made set of shiny bandoleros! Brett is a leather-goods artisan from Colorado who has fished with us for several years and makes some dandy leather items. The bandolero is his first, but probably not his last. If anyone wants a set, I can put you in touch with our amigo! Muchas gracias, Brett!
Armed and ready! The new set and enjoying with Rita Luna from Utah!
That’s my story!
Jonathan
Tailhunter Sportfishing
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