CONDITIONS GRADUALLY IMPROVING!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay / Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Mar. 2-12, 2024

MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Phil and Captain Beto rocked some nice yellowtail at the north end of Cerralvo Island before winds chased them off.

Our amigo, Gary Wagner, was at his place at Rancho Costa and sent us some great photos this week. Check out the nice bull dorado…in MARCH!

Hard not to have a big smile like Mauricio here. He knows how good these barred pargo taste and the heads make some great soup too!

Gary again with a huge sierra! I have no doubt Gary had this turned into several delicious plates of ceviche.

Our amigo, Jimmy Williams with his friend, Phil took a load of yellowtail off Cerralvo Island.

A great shot of the kind of inshore variety right now…snapper, cabrilla, bonito and pargo!

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Sorry for not posting more often!  I honestly try to get these reports out weekly as I have for almost 30 years.   But, we’ve been constantly on the road with the Tailhunter 2024 Road Tour and just finished shows in Salt Lake City and Southern California (see below).

However, frankly, there just hasn’t been alot of exciting stuff to impart!  Even I get bored writing about the winter winds and especially no one is really fishing or I’m actively discouraging folks from going out…especially if they are first-timers or have kids.  No fun being seasick and wet!

Anyway…that being said…can things really be improving?  Stand by!

It seems we’re finally getting some spring-time conditions!  We’re not out’ve the windy zone yet, but little-by-little, there are more calm days than blustery days.  More clear blue water than cloudy cold water.  More flat water than choppy whitecaps!

Not good for all the windsurfers and kite boarders, but better for sportfishing!  I still expect there will be some crazy windy times, but there’s reason to be optimistic.

There are some nice grade yellowtail busting around areas of Cerralvo Island and Espirito Santo Island.  Fish are running 15-30 pounds mostly and willing to take jigs, live sardines and mackerel as well as deep trolled Rapalas and Y0-zuri lures near structure.  The same areas are also kicking out some of yellowtail’s cousins the amberjack.  Most of them are in the 10-20 pound class, but some of these fish can easily go well over 50 pounds…if you can land them and keep them out’ve the rocks.

As well, there have been some jags of fast moving 20-40 pound yellowfin tuna and the warmer waters are have some spots of dorado as well which we usually don’t see either species unti much later in the season like May or so.

Inshore, the usual variety of fish are actively feeding on seemingly plentiful bait schools of sardines.  So we’re getting reports of sierra, pargo liso (mullet snapper), barred pargo, yellow snapper, cabrilla, jack crevalle, bonito and even a few roosterfish…another fish that we usually don’t see until a little later.

So, lots of reasons to keep an eye on things and we’ll keep you posted.  We’re “offically” calling April 15th the start of the season, but it looks like maybe the fish won’t wait!

END OF THE ROAD (TOUR!)

Well…3 months on the road criss-crossing the country.  More than 30 years of doing these fantastic outdoor shows during the winter months.  Just finished up our last show in S.California at the Pacific Coast Sportfishing Festival.

Just an incredible time and what a way to wrap up the tour for the year.  Thank you to all our friends and Tailhunter Tribe Nation who came to see us and say hi…and booked their fishing trips for 2024 and especially a big shout out to everyone who came to party for my birthday and sent wishes and goodies.  You always make Jilly and I feel pretty darned special!  God bless you all!

So…by the time you’re reading this, we’re on our way driving back to Texas to re-group and re-load then back home finally to La Paz to get the season rolling!  We’ll see you there.

We still have spots open too if you want to come down and put your toes in the sand and a line in the waters!

That’s our story!

Jonathan & Jilly