SEASON STARTING TO CHANGE AND COOL EARLY?
La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Sept. 21-27, 2028
SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT
WEATHER: Thankfully another nice week without any surprise tropical storms. Just clear blue skies. Seems to be cooling off a little as well which could be good or bad. Maybe the seasons are already starting to change. Humidity has gone down a bit. Daytime temps in the mid-90’s mostly.
Keeping an eye on the winds which are staring to blow stronger from the north which means yea…things are going to start cooling off and rougher waters.
WATER: Not sure if it’s a permanent thing, but good blue waters started to get a bit murky. Probably from increased winds. Patches of cooler water are starting to show up.
Bait was harder to get and find for the first time all season which is of concern. Maybe just an anamoly. Hope it is.
SPECIES HOOKED THIS WEEK: Dorado / tuna/ sailfish/ roosterfish/ cabrilla/ snapper/ pargo/ pompano/ trevally/ marlin/ triggerfish/ bonito
TAILHUNTER LAS ARENAS FLEET: Still the most variety. Not as many dorado as before, but that could be because most folks wanted to chase the tuna. The tuna bit got tougher as the week went on. Fewer tuna, but they got bigger and meaner! It might also be because the bait got tougher to find. Sailfish popped up and they’re bigger than normal. Also, wahoo as well. Long way to the island to find bait was an issue.
TAILHUNTER LA PAZ FLEET: Still the best spot to jump on some fun dorado fishing. Most fish 5-20 pounds and schooling. Big bonito and a few sails also bit. Had one day where the fish seemed to disappear.
MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT
THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…
Whoa!!! Captain Armando helps our amigo, Leonard Post, from Oregon with a big sailfish he hooked…tried to photo…and ultimately released!
A nicer fatter and chunkier grade of tuna overall. Lots of fun, but they can also beat you up too!
First day out from Florida, Carol Geiger sticks this massive headed bull dorado. WOW!
Tim Gardner (at the head) was out with Captain Gerardo and battled this pig yellowfin tuna over 2 hours, but got it to the boat finally.
Tim Herald brought his 15 merry amigos from Kentucky and Arkansas out and absolutely did NOT want to catch a tuna. He went for a dorado and instead battled his personal best tuna that slugged it out almost 2 hours with him.
This is a GOOD day! Our first-time visitors from Texas, Mitch and Amanda Andrus have a rack of dorado and tuna that needs to head to the freezer!
Our very own Tailhunter’s Maite Palacio had never fished. She had never been on a boat. Her VERY FIRST FISH is a WAHOO!!!
The Okazaki Brothers from S. California have been visiting us for years and had their best trip with a nice batch of tuna as well as a few days of dorado.
More new Texas friends! Sharon and Tommy Purefoy get a hand from Captain Jorge on Sharon’s big bull.
North Carolina in the house. Hall Evans and Chuck Weber with Captain Jorge and an assortment of tuna and dorado.
Crazy to catch big roosters this time of year, but check out Jeff Geiger’s rooster! Legit! Jeff is from Florida and released his fish.
This is a BIG tuna! Chris Andreson is about 6’5″ and this 80 pounder pulled for all it was worth for 2 hours.
Arturo Becerril is also part of our Tailhunter Team and was so excited to get out on the water for the first time fishing and had great fun on dorado, tuna and feisty bonito!
Jonathan Geiger loves to fish and was able to check roosterfish off his list caught right off the beach at Las Arenas. He released his catch too!
Veternarians in the house! Paul Drewry from Michigan and his fishing buddy, Ed Kahil from Texas came to visit us for the first time and had a hoot. Check out their catch!
They call themselves the “Montana Virgins.” Our dear amigos, John and Sharon Virgin from Montana are never a dull moment whenever they visit. They took alot of meat home like these dorado and tuna!
Captain Victor grimaces trying to help Melissa Dean with one of her tuna! We had a fun week with Melissa, her husband and their friends from Texas and Louisiana.
Captain Hugo has his work cut out for him cleaning up these tuna for Jeff and Jonathan Geiger . Nice load!
More of our Montana friends, Deana and Larry Wilson with their favorite Captain Pancho.
Captain Armando with Leonard Post and Dave Lindell who have been with us many times and each got a tuna this day.
Heck of a good day for Ken and Melissa Dean with Captain Victor. A trio of nice tuna and a sailfish that they could not release and generously donated the meat.
Tim Herald’s guys from Kentucky started their 3 days with a hefty catch of tuna and dorado!
Another nice spread of fish. Filets for the ice chest coming up!
Les Bek visited us last year, but his son Kevin wasn’t able to make the trip until this year. Nice start with a couple of tuna, a white bonito a dorado and a big pompano!
Jim Andrews has some colorful dorado on the table and a huge triggerfish with Captain Armando.
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Summer just turned into fall!
We definitely have a tuna season for once…of sorts!
This is the most extended run of tuna that we’ve had in years. And everyone wants a shot at the tuna. EVERYONE! Until they get one. After one or two fish, it’s not unusual for some of our anglers to pull the plug and say, “No mas!”
For good reason.
When this all began, the tuna were legit 20-25 pound fish. Not footballs, but fun-sized tuna that fight hard but don’t lay waste to the anglers. Fun fish!
There have been fewer fish lately, but they have gotten bigger. Some of the fish are easily 40-80 pounders and some even larger. These are the kind of fish that can hurt you. We’ve had some anglers on the fish 1-3 hours. And then LOSE the fish. So you get broken line AND a broken heart!
There seem to be fewer dorado, but that could also be because more folks are chasing the tuna. But there are definitely dorado around. Maybe the biggest issue might be that live bait has gotten a bit harder to find lately plus possibly the season is changing sooner than expected and waters are getting colder and northern winds are starting to ramp up about a month earlier than normal. We’ll have to keep an eye on it and will keep you posted. We’ll know more as time goes on.
Actually, we’re finding some real cool patches of green water and the fish got sticky a few days (Not to mention a big fat full moon too!) It bares watching for sure.
Anyway…
Some nice surprises this past session with more sailfish on the chew. They are much larger than I’ve seen them in years. Mostly our sails run 70-100 pounds. Most of the ones now are well over 110-130 pounders. Mostly also, we’re able to release them all with a few exceptions and in those cases the anglers donated the meat.
Still got some of the larger roosterfish popping up. Generally, we don’t have the big roosters this time of year, but some 30-50 pound fish keep showing up, often when the folks are trying to catch dorado.
As well, some pompano and trevally have hit the decks as well. Normally, we get these in the spring. Maybe cooler waters starting to show up? We’ll see and keep you posted!
That’s my story!
Jonathan
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