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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Feb. 8-15, 2024

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STRANGE WINTER CONTINUES!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Feb. 8-15, 2024

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT:

Weather: Daytime mid-70’s nights in the high 50’s. Have had some cloud and rain to go along with strong winds. Port Captain even had to shut down all boat traffic in La Paz Bay because it was so rough.

Water: If the winds are blowing, the water is going to be rough and off-color. But, there’s some strange warm blue water here and there in the 70’s holding pelagic species! Go figure1

Fish Hooked This Week: Tuna, dorado, amberjack, yellowtail, billfish, pargo, sierra, bonito, jack crevalle, roosterfish, cabrilla.

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

A late afternoon fish haul for Gary and friends including yellowtail, cabrilla, dog-tooth snapper and mullet snapper (pargo liso)

Roosterfish in February? Wow! Unusual catch this time of year. The fish was released.

Crazy variety here in the photo…dorado, sierra, snapper, dog-tooth…all great eating fish!

First off…big gracias to our amigo, Gary Wagner who has his place at Rancho Costa in Bahia Muertos. Gary kindly provided the photos and some great info for us this week.

As I have often mentioned, this is off-season from November to April because of the winds and rough seas and barely anyone is out on the water. During this time of year, we get our reports many times from our friends who are commercial fishermen who have to make a living on the water no matter the weather. But, we also get info from friends who live in the area, like Gary, who can pick days to fish when the winds aren’t blowing. We’re grateful!

Three things have not changed since the last report:

ONE: The winds have still been blowing. No surprise. In fact, it got so rough the La Paz port captain had to shut down all boat traffic in and out’ve La Paz Bay.

TWO: In between the gusty blasts there are some days when it’s well worth it to check out the fishing. This is especially true of our friends who live in La Paz who can find a good window to go out when the winds are somewhat slack. Usually only 1 or 2 days a week on the average.

THREE: Holy Cow, there’s some nice an unusual fishing going on! There are the usual cold-water species like cabrilla, snapper, sierra, yellowtail and amberjack. But, there are some spots where the waters are unusually warm…around 70 degrees…holding dorado, billfish, tuna and even some crazy roosterfish! Normally NONE of these warm water species are around this time of year.

Gary did inform me that this past week, Muertos Bay, where his hotel is located, suddenly filled with krill turning the waters pink! The krill is very nutritious and brought lots of baitfish into the bay to feed.

Well, not surprisingly the bigger predatory sportfish followed the baitfish in and the feed was on which provided some wild crazy fishing for a number of species!

Check out this pelican standing in the middle of the krill-filled water! (again, thanks for the video Gary!)

Every week, it seems there are some crazy surprises. We’ll keep you posted.

WHERE ARE WE NOW!

We just wrapped up our biggest show of the season in Nashville at the Safari Club International Convention. Thanks to everyone who visited and we’re looking forward to everyone who signed and made reservations to come see us! We sure had a great time as almost 1000 vendors and exhibitors from over 30 countries were present (including us!) and I head reports that attendance broke records as visitor to the show from every state in the U.S. and some 14 countries also attended.

So…this week we are here in Salt Lake City at the Western Hunting and Conservation Expo. It’s the largest show in the west and they’re expecting something like 60,000 + folks to attend. It’s at the Salt Palace Convention Center in downtown Salt Lake City.

We’ll be in the booth from Thursday to Sunday so c’mon down and say hi and let’s set you up for fishing with us in La Paz this year!

WHALE WATCHING SEASON IN FULL SPEED!

It’s that time of year and we’re running our whale-watching trips out to Bahia Magdalena on the Pacific side right now. The whales have migrated all the way down from the Bering Sea and usually hang out in our waters through March before heading back up north.

If you’d like to have a great life-time experience, get in touch with us and we’ll get you set up!

That’s my story!

Jonathan and Jilly

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Jan. 28 – Feb. 5, 2024

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SUMMER SPECIES IN WINTER?

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Jan. 28-Feb. 5, 2024

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER – Mostly sunny. Daytimes low to mid-70’s. Nights low 60’s. Winds from the north 15-20 mph most days. Stronger gusting as the day goes on.

WATER – Some strange patches of unseasonably warm water in the 70’s holding some surprising species of fish (el Nino?). Colder water is darker and cloudier. Warmer water is blue.

SPECIES HOOKED – tuna/ dorado/ wahoo/ yellowtail/ amberjack/ yellowtail/ sierra/ snapper/ pargo/ bonito/ jack crevalle

BAIT AVAILABILITY – Depends on the winds and waves. The rougher it is the harder to get live bait this time of year

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE AND THE REST OF THE STORY…

Yellowtail starting to show up at the islands now with some cooler waters moving in. Cabrilla also along the shoreline and rocky reefs. Jigs and live bait working best.

Our own Captain Victor with a yellowfin tuna. Surprisingly, the YFT’s are still getting caught this late/ early in the year. Normally, we don’t see these guys until later. It’s been a weird season!

Strange mix of winter-time fish for sure! Dorado and tuna in the winter? In my 30 years down here, I can’t remember too many times this happened.

It’s been a strange winter.

They say it’s El Nino. I dunno. But, I can tell you that the weather is about right. Still lots of windy gusty days and bouncy seas. That’s pretty typical. Not much of anyone on the waters most of the time except windsurfers who revel in the world-class winds.

However, the rub is the fishing.

Normally, we’re catching inshore species if we’re even out. That means inshore cold-water species like pargo, snapper, cabrilla, sierra, amberjack mixed with bonito and jack crevalle. So, yes, those are still around to be caught.

But, the real craziness is the warm water species that are around.

These include dorado, sailfish, marlin, tuna, wahoo…WHAAAT??? We normally don’t see these species until at least the springtime when the waters warm. And that could be the key. There are patches of warm water as much as 68-73 degrees. That’s quite a bit higher than normal.

As mentioned, not many folks are even out on the water, let alone fishing because of the winds, but most of the reports are coming from friends in La Paz who can pick the least windy days to go out or go out before the winds kick in or else they are the commercial captains who have to work for a living no matter the weather.

We’ll just have to keep an eye out. I have my fingers crossed that these species will still be around when the season kicks into full gear around April when the winds are usually diminished.

NASHVILLE OFF THE CHARTS – SALT LAKE CITY NEXT!

Just wrapped up maybe our best show of the season at the Safari Club International Convention in Nashville. After 4 days in the booth, Jill and I were plain whupped! We talked to so many great folks. We met so many old friends and made so many new ones. We booked lots of folks to come fishing with us in La Paz. The show featured almost 1000 exhibitors from over 30 countries and attendees over the 4 day event pulled in folks from pretty much every state in the U.S. plus Europe, Asia, S. America, Canada and Australia among others. It’s really the Super Bowl of hunting…and for us we learned long ago that “hunters like to fish!”

We wanted to thank everyone for all the hospitality and everyone who came by our booth to say hi. We will take a bit to re-group and recover from the great time!

So now…we’re all packed up and wheeling our way west towards Salt Lake City and the Western Hunt and Conservations Show at the downtown Salt Palace. It has always been a great show and we see so many friends. It’s more like a huge social event!

Check out this video:

The show runs from Feb. 15-18 in Salt Lake City at the Salt Palace. Jill and I will be in the booth every day and we’re looking forward to seeing you! Reservations are coming in daily and our fishing year is filling up. Get in touch with me directly: jonathan@tailhunter.com. We don’t want to miss you!