SOME FISHABLE DAYS BETWEEN WINDS BUT NOT MANY FOLKS IN TOWN
La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Nov. 4-20, 2025
SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT
WATERS: Still some warm patches with surface temps in the 80 degree area, but overall, waters are starting to cool off. Less blue. More cloudy green.
WEATHER: Really pleasant. Nice time to be in town. Low 80’s in the day. High 60′ to low 70’s at night. The bigger issue is the winds. Some days blowing up to 15 knots or more. Need to pick and choose which days to be in the office.
FISHING BEING HOOKED: Inshore species like pargo, cabrilla, snapper, sierra, jack crevalle as well as pompano and trevally. A few dorado in the warmer spots. Commercial fishermen findinga few scattered tuna and wahoo and the occasional holdover billfish.
MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT
THE BIG PICTURE and the REST OF THE STORY…
Richard de Coudres brought his son and friend out for one day to squeeze in some fishing getting several nice dorado, a palometa and a couple of bonito released.
Winter catch for one of the commercial pangeros of some tasty cabrilla and sierra and bonito.
Richard with one of his dorado.
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First and foremost, Jill and I and all our Tailhunter Team wish you and yours a safe, happy and peaceful Thanksgiving week and holidays! Blessings for all the holidays!
Once again, apologies for taking such a long gap between fishing reports this past month. Still recovering from surgery. Nothing serious although I’m going to be off my feet for another 2 months and I have to keep my leg elevated. It’s been hard to sit at a desk and I hate being housebound and not even being able to drive (it’s my right foot!).
On top of it, well…just not alot happening right now to be honest.
This is that gap between the summer and the holidays. Just not that many folks in town and the town itself seems to be quieter and getting ready for the holidays. Things will start to fill up more in the next week, but if you want to avoid crowds, this has been a nice time to be in La Paz. Not too hot. Not too cold.
Except for the fishing and other watersports, it’s one of my favorite times to be in town.
The winter winds have started. Not yet in full force, but about half the days of the week the northerns are blowing. At their strongest, they’re gusting maybe 10-18 knots and hour. Enough to make white caps and make it uncomfortable if not outright undesireable to be on the water unless you’re one of the myriad of windsurfers migrating to the area from all over the world in anticipation of the winds that will only get stronger the deeper we get into the winter.
However, if you get between the winds, there are some really nice days to be had. Water in some spots is still surprisingly warm with surface temps hovering close to 80 degrees. That warmer water is still holding some dorado and the occasional other warm water species like wahoo, tuna and billfish.
Most of the reports I’m getting are from local friends who can pick and choose which days to fish or from my captains who are out commercial fishing or out with their friends or family. There aren’t really any clients fishing during this time of year. So, it’s hard to really get a firm indication of what’s going on unlike the regular season when I have 20 or 30 fishermen out each day and boats scattered all over the area.
As the winds have increased, some of the waters are cooling and getting cloudier and that will only continue as we get deeper into winter. To that end, the inshore species in the colder waters have included snapper, cabrilla, sierra, pargo and similar fish. Live bait will be harder to get as well.
DATES FILLING for 2025 FISHING
Reservations for next year are coming in daily!
In 2024 was a great year for yellowtail, billfish and roosters, and I think 2025 the dorado will come busting back.
Many dates are filling for 2025 or getting close to it. We’d hate to miss you. Parts of May, June and August are already blocked.
Alaska Airlines will be flying direct to La Paz from LAX three-times a week so for the first time in over a decade there will be direct flights from the U.S. to La Paz. We are also offering 2024 prices for 2024 if booked before the end of the year and some free nights depending on the hotel and time of the season.
Don’t wait! Many of you have your favorite hotel or favorite captain.
La Paz- Las Arenas / Muertos Bay/Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Week of Oct. 19-Nov. 3, 2024
MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT
THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…
Jessie De Vries from San Diego with a nice bull just outside of La Paz Bay with Captain Rogelio. Waters are cooling, but there’s still some dorado schooling around.
Our amigo, Jimmy Williams, hit the north end of Cerralvo Island and found a nice jag of yellowtail. A clear indication that the waters are getting cooler.
Tailhunter’s very own, Jorge Romero, took a day off and got on the water. He hit the day at the south end of Cerralvo Island when blue marlin blew up. But not much of anyone fishing. Mostly only commercial pangeros and locals like him!
First off, a quick apology for my tardiness in posting up a more current fishing report. For close to 30 years, I’ve been pretty diligent in publishing report every week or so. However, as I explained in the last report, this particular report was going to be a little later than normal.
For one, as you see below in the report, we start getting fewer fishermen this time of the year. Secondly, and maybe most importantly, I had a little medical procedure about 10 days ago. Well, it was surgery actually whereby the doctors pretty much rebuilt my right foot…shaved a cut a bunch of bones…inserted a couple of screws…
My right foot completely wrapped up.
So, like last year when I got my knee replaced, I am once again hobbled and immobile. In fact, I will be off my feet up to 6 months and prohibited from putting any weight whatsoever on my right foot or I can screw up the surgery. Sigh…
So, pretty much doing this fishing report is the first time I’m actually able to sit up at a desk! I’ve also been on some fun happy pill pain meds as well.
Basically, my right foot got deformed. Bad DNA added to 30 years of walking around in flip-flops; carrying ice chests, luggage, scuba tanks, fishing gear…no arch support. My past caught up with me!
So, that’s my story and I’m sticking too it! And that’why the fishing report is late!
As far as fishing…
Like I said not many folks at all on the water. We’ve gone from 10, 20, 30 folks on the water each day for 7 straight months to ….ZERO. I have some guys booked for December for a few days, but that’s it…for now.
We consider mid-October to April to be off-season because the northern winds kick in and it just gets too darned rough and windy to be out on the water about 50% of the time and anglers have about a 50-70% chance of getting blown off or cancelled. I make sure that I tell anyone who wants to book about these weather issues so they had realistic expectations. Or at least be flexible on their fishing days so we can move them to the better days or tell them to just forget it.
Fishing is supposed to be fun and it’s no fun getting seasick or soaking wet or getting bounced out’ve their seats. Or wasting their money and getting cancelled.
There’s a reason why all the windsurfers and kite boarders come to the La Paz area in the winter. It’s because we get world class winds!
Fun to windsurf,but not fun to try to fish with all those whitecaps!
Well…almost on cue, the winds started up last week. Not blowing ferociously quite yet, but 10-15 knots is still blustery with some 20 knot gusts. I talked to some of the commercial guys and they said there were some days they could not get their boats in the water. There was even a little rain.
So, except for windsurfers/ kiteboarders, the only ones on the water are either commercial fisherman making a living or locals who can fish on the days when the weather permits.
As might be expected, the fish being caught are mixed. It’s a little bit of a toss up. THERE IS SOME GREAT FISHING right now. The deal is finding the days when the wind is not going to blow you off the water! But, there’s a nice mix of fish happening.
With the winds, the waters are already cooling down. That’s bringing in murkier greener patches of water, although there are still some surface temps showing 80 degree water on top.
The cooler waters are producing snapper, pargo, cabrilla, sierra, amberjack and even some yellowtail. Those are all cooler water fish.
However, there are still some warm water fish around. Some of the commercial guys have been able to boat a few tuna here and there. I’ve heard some wahoo are around and a few schools of 5-10 pound dorado or free swimmers in the 20-30 pound class, but those will diminish as the waters continue to trend cooler.
Surprisingly, billfish keep popping up just when we think we’ve seen the last of them. Some days the marlin mixed in with the dorado have been some of the best. We had one day when blue marlin were chomping like mackerel. Go figure. Just another piece of an already puzzling fishing season. Just have to take your chances with the winds.
2025 RESERVATIONS
We’re getting lots of reservations already for next season…more than usual for this time of year! Reservations are coming in daily! Dates are already filling up and some dates are already sold out or close to it!
Don’t wait! If you have favorite rooms or captains, don’t sit on your hands. Contact me directly: jonathan@taillhunter.com and let’s look at some dates!
If you book before the end of the year we are offering 2024 prices.
Also, for the first time in 12 years, there will be direct flights to La Paz from the U.S. Exciting news if you can avoid flying all the way to Cabo and that long 3 hour drive to La Paz. Alaska Airlines is flying 3 times per week starting in 2025. Check it out!
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