FINALLY SPRINGTIME AND BOATS GETTING OUT!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Mar. 15-23, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Mostly sunny with daytime highs into the lower 80’s.  Still cool in the evenings and mornings down to the low 60’s and breezy.  Overall winds are diminishing, but we’re not done yet!  Still some windy days in store.

WATER:  Cool and cloudy, but getting better and warmer. Some really dirty patches of cold water in some areas.   Down deep still cold and a red tide came in a few days and shut things down.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK:  Yellowtail,  amberjack, small roosterfish, sierra, dorado, cabrilla, snapper.

MEXICAN MINIUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Finally getting boats out in calmer seas!  Pushing off the docks in the morning with Captain Joel

San Diego amigo, Jim Bovee with one of several yellowtail he picked up north of La Paz on live mackeral.

Daniel has a thick slugger yellowtail! He always does well

Welcome to spring!

It’s about time.  While we’re still getting our share of windy days, it’s nice to finally have some calmer days to get folks out on the water.  Still not that many wanting to go fishing as most folks in town are here for spring break/ Easter breaks and not so interested in fishing.

But, at least we’ve got some opportunities to get some folks on the water that wanted to get out instead of turning them away because it was too windy.

The areas around the islands of Cerralvo and Espirito Santo have been especially productive for some legit-grade yellowtail if you know the spots.  Fish have been bending rods have been 15-30 pounds and larger fish are getting lost in the rocks.  In fact, the majority of fish are being lost as most of these tough jacks are found near structure and their first instinct is to head right back to cover.

Live mackerel and jigs are working best.  Especially chrome, blue/white, scrambled egg and green/yellow (zuchini).  Also chrome knife jigs are getting bit as well as slow trolled deep running Rapala/ Yo-Zuri/ Nomad lures.

I’d start fishing them with 40-pound test, but even then, sometimes it’s not enough to stop these fish, but other times, the fish are touchy and you have to drop down in line class so you are at an even greater disadvantage.

Other species include some amberjack that are being found in the same rocky areas as the yellowtail.  Some of these can get close to 100 pounds, although we’ve mostly seen 10-20 pounders, but I would venture to say that some of the larger fish that never came to color and could not be stopped might have been bigger class amberjack or yellowtail.

Inshore, great fun on lighter tackle for sierra and smaller roosterfish along the beaches plus bonito, jack crevalle, snapper, pargo and cabrilla.  A few dorado are showing up as well.

Daytime temps have been in the lower to mid-80’s now, but nights and fishing mornings can still be cooler dropping down to the high 50’s and lower 60’s.

That’s our story!

Jonathan & Jilly