“COLDEST WINDIEST WINTER…IN FOREVER!”

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Feb. 26-March 9, 2023

MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Nice catch of yellowtail for Paul Le Claire and his amigo who found a little window between winds to hook these tasty forktails.

There’s lots of good eating on the table as Gary Wagner, who owns the Rancho Costa Resort poses with Mauricio and his son and a whole mess of sierra.

Attorney General of Kansas, Kris Korbach with Gary and some unseasonable dorado caught outside of Bahia Muertos. There must be some warmer water around!

I’m sorry for not posting up sooner.  I know the report is later than normal, but we’re still on the road and I’ve been a bit under the weather plus losing my voice!

But, again, not really a whole lot to report.

The wind really dictate what’s going on and as I’ve heard so often this season, this is the “coldest and windiest” winter anyone can remember.  It very much mirrors what’s been going on for the entire west coast and much of the country with crazy cold, winds, snow, rain and more.

Not much of anyone on the water and many of the days, it’s so rough the port captain shuts down the port to all boating traffic.

The key is to find the small windows between the winds to get out on the water.  If you pick the right day, there’s quite a variety of species willing to bite.

Colder water species like yellowtail, amberjack, sierra, pargo, cabrilla and snapper have been available over the reefs and rocks.  Some warmer water species like dorado have surprised us.  Live and dead bait is best, but casting lures have also been productive.

It does look like the yellowtail bite is starting to heat up.  Hot spots at the north end of Cerralvo Island as well as the south and east side of the island have been productive as well as parts off the rocks near Punta Perrico and Punta Arenas.  Some jags of the fish have also been hit around Espirito Santo Island as well.  The trick is finding those times when the wind isn’t blowing.

Some nice hog-size fish are getting taken and there have been schools of big breezing 100+ pound tuna that were moving too fast to jump on.

MAGDALENA BAY REPORT

We had Jim Gibson and his sons, Dan and Patrick out at Mag Bay with us for several days of whale watching and 2 days of fishing the mangroves.

Although the winds got to them, they had lots of whales in the bay coming up to their panga!

For their two days of fishing, they had plenty of action.  According to Jim:

“We caught Black Snook, Corvina, Pompano, Red Snapper, Yellowtail Snapper, Dog Snapper, Triggerfish, Broomtail Grouper, Spotted Bay Bass, Cabrilla (Spotted Cabrilla, I think), Pacific Porgy, various Grunts, Barred Pargo, and a pretty good sized Scorpionfish. And a couple of octopus, maybe some other species I’ve forgotten. And we got rocked by at least one huge grouper when Rigo took us outside the Bay to fish a favorite rock pile of his. We were under-gunned for that experience!”

TAILHUNTER ROAD TOUR

To anyone that came out to the Orange Co. Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa CA last week for the Pacific Coast Sportfishing Show, you had quite a treat with a super-great show with hundreds of vendors and sold-out crowds every day at the fairgrounds.

Thank you so everyone who came by and it was so great to see so many old friends and Tailhunter Nation after several years of no shows in S.California.   We had a great time and we’re looking forward to seeing you in La Paz this year.  Thanks for you reservations.

Now onto…Bakersfield!

We’ll be at the Kern Co. Fairgrounds from March 11-13 from Friday to Sunday.  Great fun for the whole family.  In addition to the fishing halls, they will also have a hunting hall with guns and ammo plus the fairgrounds will be covered with RV’s and boats as well as great activities like the tractor pull and custom car exhibits.  Hope to see you there!

That’s our story!

Jonathan & Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter Sportfishing
www.tailhunter.com

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