La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Jan. 2-9, 2024

January 9, 2024 by riplipboy

THERE’S FISH BUT WINDS SLAM ON THE BRAKES

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Jan. 2-9, 2024

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

Weather: Mostly mild mid-70’s to mid-50’s. However, the winds came back up to 20-25 mph gusts. Pretty difficult to be out there. Port Captain even shut down the port for a bit. Had to cancel some trips this week. The folks knew it could happen.

Water: Murky and choppy and uncomfortably rough because of the wind

Bait: If you knew were to look in the calmer areas or knew someone who did, there’s live sardines and other species here and there.

Fish Hooked This Week: Nothing by us. We had to cancel folks because of winds, but commercial fishermen who MUST work were out there in the rough seas and hooked tuna, yellowtail and inshore species like snapper, pargo, cabrilla and sierra.

Outlook: Mostly more wind for the better part of the week

MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Some nicer grade yellowtail started showing up finally.

Although we didn’t have fishermen out this week, the commercial guys braved the rough wind and seas and stacked up some nice grade yellowfin tuna.

Again, it was the commercial guys who found the yellowtail schools and were kind enough to send photos. Good rack of hamachi here ready to get cut!

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It’s a bit of a conundrum!

As you ‘ve seen from the previous reports that I’ve been sending out, there are definitely a surprising variety of fish to be caught despite it being December and winter. This included, dorado, wahoo, roosterfish, sailfish, tuna and others not normally hooked this time of year.

However, hooking fish was dependent on finding windows of opportunity when the winter winds weren’t blowing everyone off the water.

Well, this past week the winds came back roarding 20-25 mph at times. About the only ones loving that were the windsurfers and kite boarders.

We don’t have many anglers or other clients on the water during the winter, but we actually had a few this week who were ready to take a shot. However, the fishermen had to cancel twice. We also had some folks going to swim with the whalesharks and they cancelled twice also . In fact, the port captain shut down the port to all boat traffic for awhile because of safety concerns from the crazy weather.

Nevertheless, the commercial guys gotta put food on the table and earn a living so they braved the rough seas and found some nice 15-40 pound legit yellowfin tuna around Cerralvo Island and south towards Boca de Alamo launching from Bahia Muertos.

Also some schools of yellowtail up to 25 pound have apparently shown up around Cerralvo as well as Espirito Santo Island.

All that is good news and hopefully, the winds dial-it-back a bit and we can maybe get a boat our two onto the fishing grounds. Right now the next few days still look a bit breezy.

TAILHUNTER ON THE ROAD TO DALLAS!

Jill and I are formally kicking off our 2024 road tour this week as we head to Dallas, Texas for the Dallas Safari Club Convention. This will be in the massive Dallas Convention Center Jan. 11-14 (Thursday to Sunday) and they’re expecting perhaps up to 80,000 attendees.

This is one of the largest outdoor shows in the United States and the waiting list to be a vendor is several years so we’re very fortunate to have been invited the last 2 years. Attendees come from all over the world to this show and there are vendors likewise from every continent on the planet as well as every state with everything from hunting to firearms; fishing to archery; off-roading to scuba, outdoor wear and so much more. It spans several of the huge halls at the convention center.

More importantly, the Dallas Safari Club raises millions of dollars for conservation, education and stewardship of wildlife and habitat around the world.