DORADO STILL CHARGING!
La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of June 26-July 4, 2023
SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT
WEATHER – We had to keep our eye on two hurricanes that were looming several hundred miles to the south but fortunately, they blew themselves out. Still, it’s mostly hot and humid and perfect sunny beach weather. We did have one day when the winds were gusting.
WATER – Inching warmer every week. Most spots it’s blue and in the mid-70’s on the surface but there’s still some cooler water below the thermocline that’s 5-8 degrees cooler .
SPECIES CAUGHT THIS WEEK – Lots of dorado. Plus pargo, big jack crevalle, pompano, palometas, snapper, cabrilla, bonito, triggerfish, roosterfish, rainbow runners. One marlin hooked and lost. Commercial guys found some tuna, but they moved off fast .
LAS ARENAS FISHING – Still the area with the most variety. The larger dorado came from this area. Lots of other action on jacks, bonito, cabrilla, snapper and pargo. No big roosters, but some were hooked. Smaller 10 pounds around the beaches .
LA PAZ FISHING – Generally school-sized dorado fun if you hit the right school. Surprising number of school-sized roosterfish also around the white sand beaches.
MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT
THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…
Captain Armando give Steve and Karen Gilmore and hand with a trophy bull dorado. Note more fish on the cutting table!
Big smiles from Jennifer Lauritzen and her rooster for a quick photo and release!
Dan Baldwin and Ed Porto…happy guys after their first day of fishing on the beach at Bahia Muertos
Matt and Jennifer Lauritizen showng off the variety of fish taken in the reefs and rocks with a pargo liso, barred pargo, baja grouper and a cabrilla. All excellent eating fish!
Alex and Ryan Moore with a nice batch of dorado to fillet and get into the freezer to take home!
All the way from South Africa where he runs a huge hunting safari operation, Russ Field has been telling us for years he was coming to visit. After an incredible 47-hours of travel time, he finally got to us for a good 3 days of fishing that started out with a big bull in the boat.
Just too darned cute! Josie Bina from Missouri gets a hand from Captain Raul on her dorado she caught north of La Paz.
Always great to get a visit from our amigo, Jim Stahlman, from Idaho who loves fishing with Captain Jorge which produced a number of good fishing including some big bull dorado like this one that ate a trolled ballyhoo.
From Arizona, it’s been awhile since we had Rex Smith visit us, but good to have him and his brother, Mark, back with us. They started their trip with a great load of dorado, triggerfish and a big barred pargo.
Samantha, Les, Josh and Jacob Bina had a nice outing fishing with our La Paz fleet. Sam is from San Diego. Les, Josh and Jacob visit us from St. Louis, Missouri
Love the big smile from Molly Vesta from Reno Nevada who hooked this dorado just outside of La Ventana. Check the flat seas!
Whoa! Smiley and Shannon Wooten visit us from Texas where they deal with cattle auctions, but this is a different kind of bull for sure! Big bull dorado with Captain Victor.
Katie Apsley gets a hand posing with her nice bull from Captain Arcangel.
Kennedy Dixon from Long Beach CA got a limit of dorado outside of La Paz Bay by 11 a.m. He had just one day to fish with us.
Love this shot from a great gal! Always enjoy her visit. Sam Bina is pretty happy with this dorado! I think that’s Captain Rogelio holding the gaff. Espirito Santo Island in the background
Beast mode! Steve Gilmore and Captain Armando! Wow!
Jennifer and Matt with more meat for the ice chest! They caught quite a variety of fish over the week.
Chris Diaz finally got his family down to visit us after several cancelled trips and they started out with a great day on the water with Captain Armando.
Kinda McGregor from Colorado had an awesome 5 days of dorado fishing with us. Couldn’t stop smiling!
There’s some good eating! Russ Field with a trophy-sized barred pargo he said he was going to put whole on the barbecue!
For some variety, Steve and Karen told Captain Armando, they wanted something besides dorado (they already had alot!) so they came back with these tasty African pompano.
Ed Porto and Rex Smith from Arizona have more dorado meat for the freezer!
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Well…it’s still “dorado-landia!” I could just stop the report and say, “We’re catching alot of dorado” and that could be the end of it. Look at the photos!
But, the last month has been the best dorado fishing that I can remember in a long time. There are alot of photos of smaller fun school-sized dorado this week, but make no mistake that there are still some “beast mode” bulls in our waters. Just for some reason, the photos weren’t that good or as one of our anglers told me, “I didn’t take any photos because were were too busy fighting fish!”
Good of an excuse as any!
Also, despite photos of smaller fish, believe me…folks are also releasing a ton of fish as well. In some cases, they catch a bunch and release a bunch in a short time when they hit the dorado schools. Then, they’re done! They come back with big smiles early or, they go chase roosterfish along the beaches or fish over the reefs and rocks for pargo and snapper.
Make no mistake that there are still alot of other species around. It’s just that the dorado can be so fun and easy. In many situations, I’ve got families, kids, first-timers and they have so much fun pulling on dorado that there’s no reason to go hunting other species.
One thing, if you’re coming down…it’s HOT! Like much of the U.S. the summer has been scorching hot up there. For us down here, it’s been in the high 90’s, but with the 50-70% humidity, it feels like it’s in the 100’s. It’s great beach weather, but you can feel the heat from early morning even before the sun comes up. So, keep covered and stay hydrated.
That’s my story!
Jonathan
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