WHEW!…THAT’S MORE LIKE IT!
La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Week of Aug. 19-26, 2023
SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT
WEATHER: Hurricane Hilary has come and gone. It’s back to hot, sunny and humid. Day temps are in the high 90’s.
WATER: It took a few days for the waters to clean themselves back up after the storm, but not it’s mostly back to blue and perfect fishing conditions.
SPECIES CAUGHT THIS WEEK: Dorado, bonito, skipjack, pargo, cabrilla, snapper, roosterfish, jack crevalle .
LAS ARENAS FLEET: It seemed that generally, there were fewer fish caught here, but more of the monster dorado were caught here.
LA PAZ: Seems that there are more dorado on this side and more action than Las Arenas, but not as many trophy fish.
MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT
THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…
Ralph Lopez used a gift certificate from his wife to fish with us all week and started the trip with some nice dorado like this one fishing with Captain Jorge.
Beast Mode!!! Captain Luis gives Dennis Cameron from Orange Co, CA a hand with this huge bull dorado. Dennis said he saw it swim by the transom. He flipped a bait on it and it turned…SLAMMED…then peeled off more than 100 yards of line in the first run!
Brian Chu brought the family of 4 down for a few days and started of the week with a nice load of dorado, here posing with just a few of their fish!
Bob Cowan and Jeff Loh have fished with us many times and always good to see them A good start at Bahia Muertos!
Craig Braswell is one of our Sacramento firefighters that has been visiting us for about 20 years. Great to have him down now that he’s retired and he cam with Dave Smith who is still with the department. Captain Pancho got them into a nice bite. “The Braz” is still able to fish even with bad gout (just had to toss that in there, Braz!) 😛
This is one of my new favorite first-timers! From Idaho, Ryder Lee had such a great time with us and us with him. He just graduated from 8th grade and poses with a hefty bull dorado with Captain Luis.
Cecilia Berumen says the bar is now set pretty high after 3 good days right after Hurricane Hilary. She did great on the dorado like this one!
The man behind the mask is Angel Navarro. First-time visitor with and gets to check a roosterfish off his bucket list. He released the fish as well! Good job.
Captain Armando poses with Tom Lelevich who got some nice filets to take home after 3 days fishing with his wife, Donna, celebrating their 30th anniversary with us!
Stefani and Steve Fries from Idaho are too much fun whenever they fish with us. They decided to take one day and fish the rocks and came back with quite a variety including, dorado, pargo, snapper and cabrilla. Oh and a bonito!
Captain Licho hoists this big-headed bull that Mike Zech (left) fought for the better part of an hour until his hands started cramping and he handed the rod to his buddy, Ryan, to finish off. In all Mike’s years fishing with us, this was his biggest.
It’s not always the size…it’s the moment. A lifetime smile from Ryder Lee and his first roosterfish. Caught and released!
We love having youngsters with us and there’s no denying that Hunter Lee is having a good time. Here posing on the beach at La Concha with one of his fish.
Ralph Burnett with Captain Jorge and a nice rack of fish to start the week!
After a good day of fishing, there’s nothing quite like that first icy cold one. Roy Trejo has the right idea.
Excellent eating variety on the cutting table! Cabrilla, pargo and dorado for Bobby Hira and Daryl Chang.
Yessir!!! Two pig dorado. Albert Leung and John Pak!
Shea and Nick Brown had a fun time with Captain Gerardo their first of 3 days on the water.
First-timer rocks it with Daryl Chang from Los Angeles with two of his dorado right after the storm.
Might be one of my favorite photos of the week! Just the sheer joy! Cecilia puts another one on the deck.
Good to have our 3 amigos back to visit us from Portland. Wes Perkins; Dennis McCleod and Roger Hall were with us all week and topped off their fishing with some massive dorado!
You know it’s a good fish when even Captain Boli smiles. Using his scale, Craig Braswell said they weighed this bull in at 38 pounds. The angle of the photo doesn’t do justice!
We had so much fun with Trisha Clark on her first rodeo with Tailhunter. She’s promising to come back!
Not a bad day at all! Steve Rons started the week with some medium bulls topped by this big boy toad dorado bull.
Ralph and Jorge!
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Well, Hurricane Hilary moved off without too much fuss after a few days and gratefully it wasn’t that big of a deal. Some heavy rain and wind a times, but fairly “lightweight” as far as hurricanes go. We’re very fortunate. The biggest drawback was that we had a few days of not being able to fish.
After a storm like that leaves, you just never know how long it will take for things to bounce back. Fortunately, it didn’t take that long. We were back on the water as soon as the storm moved of and although it started somewhat slow, within another day, it was full-speed again witht the fishing.
Once again, just as it had been before the storm, the dorado were stacked and limits were the rule rather the exception. Most fish were in the 5-15 pound class and many many fish were released.
The exciting part is that there’s still some massive fish that were hitting this week. A good many were lost (that’s why their big). And the ones that were boated were easily 30, 40 and even 50-pound fish.
Live bait continues to be the best way to get bit.
Not much else in species mainly because the dorado are so prevalent, but we dig also catch pargo, snapper, cabrilla, jack crevalle, bonito and even some off-season roosterfish.
IMPORTANT NOTES
BUGS – The weather is back to being hot and humid and any time after we get any rain we have a big hatch of bugs. Everything from butterflies to mosquitos for about 2 weeks is out. Normally no bug problem. Good idea to bring some repellent. Wear long sleeves. Keep doors and windows closed.
BAJA 1000 – Will return again in November to La Paz. Every room in La Paz is already sold out. However, we have a 3 BR beach condo with 4 baths available for Nov. 13-19. If you’re interested e-mail me: Jonathan@tailhunter.com
COME GET YOUR STUFF – For almost 15 years, we’ve been storing fishing gear for our folks that come down so you don’t have to hassle dragging it on planes as well as the high cost. However, we can no longer afford to store so much gear. Some folks haven’t been down for years. This is our last year we’ll be able to do it then anything left over we’ll donate.
GET YOUR BALANCES PAID – If you got a booking with us this year, don’t forget your balances are due 45 days from arrival.
That’s our story!
Jonathan & Jilly
755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico
U.S. Mailing Address: Tailhunter Sportfishing
8030 La Mesa Blvd. #178 La Mesa CA 91942
Phones:
from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863
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