DORADO KEEPS RODS BENT!
La Paz- Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Oct. 2-9, 2024
SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT
WATER: Mostly nice and blue the way we like it with surface temps still in the low to mid-80’s. However, judging from some of the species we are hooking some cooler water starting to move in down deeper and along some of the coastal areas.
WEATHER: Warm and sunny. Highs in the mid 90’s in the day time. Can be a tad breezy in the mornings, but overall, nothing to complain about. Evenings are comfortable. I would still keep a light windbreaker handy.
FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Dorado, tuna, wahoo, sailfish, marlin, sierra, jack crevalle, bonito, snapper, cabrilla, snapper, amberjack, rainbow runner, pompano, trevally, roosterfish
FISHING SCALE 1-10: Solid 7
MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO FISHING REPORT
THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…
Ray Millman from Palos Verdes CA (middle) was on his 2nd trip of 2024 with us and brought his friend, Marc Bacon, with him this time. Captain Hugo found them a nice spot of bigger golden schoolie.
Captain Armando is a big favorite every year with Fernando and Nina Delmendo. Some nice mahi meat there on the table!
Stan Andre from San Francisco has been visiting us for years. He got onto this fatty yellowfin near Punta Pescadero on an early bite!
Love having first timers with us. Nick and Katelyn Hill from Utah had a couple of days on the water with us and took home a nice batch of dorado.
More great first timers! Aly Serafin and Shawn Mahan from Wyoming got to enjoy 2 days of fishing and some sunshine. They did pretty well on the fishing! Fun folks!
Biggest gold of the week? Wiley Randolph was with Capt. Jorge when he put the wood to this big bull! His personal best and always good to have Wiley down here!
Every year, Craig Brown and cousin, Bob Layko come down from Washington/Oregon and fish with Capt. Armando. Bob battled this 80 pound tuna on 40 pound test for over 2 hours and needed some help from cousin, Craig. But, the got it in!
Tom Maher had just one day to squeeze in some fishing and made the most of it hitting a nice spot of dorado!
Tim Campbell has been fishing with me over 20-something years. He finally brought son-in-law David Spriggs to fish down here and it was fun watching David get his first dorado. They fished the whole week.
Always great when Tim Nishimura from Sacramento comes down with son, Kenny. They have been here for years with us and love fishing with Captain Gerardo. Great guys!
Captain Armando put Steve Haeseker and Dan Schroeder on a jag of dorado for their first time down here with us. Good to have met new Tailhunter friends!
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Paul Nagata! Over the many years, our friend has been a poster-boy for Tailhunter with all his big fish and great photos. He was at it again this past week.
Lyle Huffaker with his first day big golden bull! Lyle is from Idaho.
Cody and Lucas Huffaker met me years ago in Idaho and have always wanted to come down! Finally made it and took home a bunch of great dorado and had some fun too!
Eric Pennington and Wiley Randolph got some great quality gold on the cutting table there!
Two of my all-time bestest fish brothers, Kenny Campbell and Johnny Gibbs fishing with Captain Armando.
So great to have Fred and Lisa Cruz from Washington come visit us again! With their favorite Captain Gerardo, I see dorado, pompano, cabrilla and snapper on the table!
It’s been many years since Shayne Grove came fishing with us. Great to have him back on the water!
Angelo Oliverio and Joe Malone give a couple thumbs-up on their first day fishing. Angelo…special shout-out to you on making it back after the medical incident! Blessings!
Johnny Terbu and Shayne Grove! Fishing buddies for years from Utah, good to see them on our water again. They started fishing with us almost 20 years ago!
Joe Malone has some colorful blue gold on the day’s catch!
Another view of that big tuna Bob Layko hooked and fought over 2 hours, but needed help from cousin Craig Brown here holding the fish with Captain Armando.
Dave again! Happy guy with more gold!
Rusty Cain has been fishing with us for years and loves fishing with Captain Armando. He was out with family friend, Kayla Lespade from Idaho to watch her tangle with dorado for the first time!
Terry Hawk makes it a point every year to fish with us and his favorite Captain Pancho. Obviously, he does pretty well. He’s had some great catches over the years!
Paul and Captain Pancho again!
Fred and Lisa again…different day…same result…MORE FISH!
________________________________________________
I was thinking that this time last year we were getting slammed by 3-days of Hurricane Norma. Nothing like that so far this year, but sending our thoughts and prayers to all our Tailhunter Tribe and Nation and everyone on the Eastern and Southern areas hit by storms two weeks ago and currently getting wracked again.
We had another good solid week of fishing. Lots of fun. Lots of smiles. Lots of folks catching their first…or their biggest…or the most fish!
This should really be a very short short fishing report. Just let all the photos do the talking!
It’s almost boring! We caught alot of dorado. There! That’s the report!
Both of our fleets did pretty well. Not alot of big bulls but just fun school-sized 5-15 pounders everyday. No matter, it’s a vast improvement over how the rest of the summer/fall has been with such erratic fishing. It’s good to be able to tell folks,”Have fun today. I’m pretty sure you’re gonna catch fish!”
I would say on the average, our boats have been bringing back 6-8 dorado per day. Really hard to tell because fish are getting released. Also, fish are getting lost! That’s just the way fishing is.
The bite can be pick…pick…pick all day and at the end of the day you have a nice box of fish. Or it can be agonizingly slow then all of a sudden…BAM! You hit a frantic school and all heck busts loose in a frenzy!
In addition to the dorado, we got a little jag of 50-80 pound tuna that hit us for 2 days then disappeared. You had to get on thise fish early in the morning before they went down
Also a few wahoo biters but nothing to get too exited about. Got a few billfish…all released.
Inshore, pargo, cabrilla, some roosterfish, but also seeing some cooler-water fish moving in like sierra, amberjack, pompano, trevaly and rainbow runners!
That’s my story!
Jonathan
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
Tailhunter Fish Report 
Leave a comment