La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Nov. 15-22, 2023
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This past week was pretty typical late fall type conditions. Lots of sunshine for the snowbirds with temps in the low 80’s to high 70’s and cool evening conditions in the mid-60’s. Some days really nice and others blustery and windy. Seems like each week the air temps are getting a tad cooler and the waters are getting just a bit greener as they cool off as well.
Honestly, not many folks in town as this is the lull before the holidays. I expect that to change this coming week with Thanksgiving coming up. So, not many tourists in town. It’s actually a very peaceful time.
There are even fewer folks interested in fishing. Just a few walk-in’s now and then. Not in town specifically to fish, but just looking for a day on the water. Unfortunately, the couple of bookings we had, were cancelled due to windy conditions on those particular days. Some folks don’t have very flexible schedules so we warn folks if the particular day they want to go out doesn’t look good. Or looks like it might get blown out.
Captain Armando got out with Miguel Campos and found a nice bit of dorado that wanted to chew on one of the least windy days. Miguel is from Puerto Vallarta.
On the other hand, the few days that conditions were amenable, there are still fish biting, although it’s mostly locals from La Paz in the boats.
There’s a few dorado here and there. As well, there were a few hookups on wahoo and billfish. However, most of the catch is turning towards cooler water species with cabrilla, snapper, rainbow runners, sierra and jacks. Most of this is inshore fishing. We even found small yellowtail under the tankers anchored in the bay.
Sydney Wagner with big smiles and a big cabrilla that I’m sure went to the dinner table at her dad, Gary Wagner’s place there at Bahia Muertos at Rancho Costa just south of La Paz.
With the rougher waters, it’s getting more difficult to find live bait, but that’s one of the variables with fishing this time of year. The coming week for Thanksgiving is looking like there will be strong winds from the north pretty much all week.
WINTER WHALE WATCHING NOW BOOKING
The annual migration of the gray whales to Bahia Magdalena will be coming soon and prime time to see them is mid- February to late March. This is the largest migration of animals in the world and this is a great opportunity to get about as close as you can imagine for a trip of a lifetime.
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