TUNA DORADO WAHOO AS SEASONS TRANSITION
La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Week of Sept. 27-Oct. 6, 2025
LAST MINUTE UPDATE HURRICANE
Just as I was publishing this, the weather has taken a turn. What was supposed to be “scattered showers and thunderstorms, has turned into Hurricane Priscilla. Very late in the season to have something like this.
It’s not going to hit us directly, but it could still be problematic. It might combine with Tropical Storm Octave which was headed out to the Pacific, but now has done a complete right turn back towards Baja and may combine with Priscilla for a double whammy storm that I have never seen before in 30 years.
Rain was not supposed to hit us for several days although big waves and winds have already started, but just this morning, rain has started falling. The government has closed the port and we have had to cancel all water-related activities unfortunately. Don’t know how long this will last. Will keep you posted!
SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT
WEATHER: Seemed like things are getting cooler and the season was changing. Then it got a bit warmer again. Mostly pretty nice. Hot and muggy again. Some scattered rain later in the week (see update above)
WATER: Pretty water. Very very warm. Surface temps in the mid-to-upper 80’s
FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Yellowfin tuna, wahoo dorado, marlin, sierra, jack crevalle, bonito, amberjack, roostefish, pargo, cabrilla, blue bonito, pompano.
FISHING on a SCALE of 1-10 (10 is best) : 5-7
MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT
THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…
John Gibbs and Angelo Oliverio have been our Tailhunter amigos forever and always good to have them here and they enjoy fishing with Captain Armando. Nice batch of tuna to start the trip!
Captain Jorge gives Richard Stasse a thumbs-up with one of the larger model yellowfin this week.
New Reno friends for us! Scott and Thaelyn Van Patten had a nice day on the water with a good batch of yellowfin tuna to put in the freezers to bring home!
Gene Jancek just had one day to squeeze in for fishing and wanted to be sure I could get him into to the report! Nicely done, Gene! He was with Captain Armando.
A fun trio from San Diego that were here for an 80 person birthday bash for fellow members of the Elks Club. Jonathan and dad Tim Backlund up front and funny Joe Herkelroad holding up the back! Some good-sized yellowfin plus blue bonito to take home.
First timers with us this week, Kyle Woo and his dad hold up some of their dorado after a day fishing out’ve La Paz towards Espirito Santo Island. They fished 4 days and did pretty well! Kyle just graduated from the University of Hawaii.
They just wanted to get dad (Luis Sanchez…3rd from the right) a marlin! They did but also lost several and released several. They donated the meat and also got several tuna and dorado while here during the week. They were with Captain Chito when they chased the marlin. Fun guys from northern California near Lake Shasta. First time visitors with Tailhunter. Left to right, Mark Sanchez, Mike Sanchez, Luis Sanchez (dad) and Luis Jr.
All the way from New York, Valari and Gary Biccum were also first-time visitors and she poses here with one of her dorado while fishing with Captain Boli on the beach behind La Concha Hotel.
Funny shot…Captain Licho poses with Wes, Tony and Leon after one of their two days fishing with him out’ve La Paz. Always good to see these guys in town!
Marty Matsuda and Clay Harada pose on the beach at Bahia Muertos with 5 nice tuna and a big triggerfish!
Mike and Pam Ryan found a dorado hole while fishing out’ve Las Arenas and added a nice barred pargo to the rack as well!
When Gary Biccum told me he was going to catch a wahoo, I grinned and rolled my eyes. Guys come for years and never get one. Guess what…Nice catch Gary!!!
Captain Jorge with a really sweet couple from S. Carolina, Sheron and John Cosh who just happened to be celebrating his birthday. Really enjoyed their company this week.
Vahe Simonian with a nice tuna and a really big wahoo! He never said much after coming back from fishing…then I see the photo!
Randy Mayne and Nick Healy came to visit us from Salt Lake City for the first time. They had an eventful week! Started out with a good jag of yellowfin tuna at Muertos!
Some of our Tailhunter besties! Wiley Randolph and Eric Pennington have been Tailhunter nation amigos for years. Cheers to a da of tuna, dorado and big triggerfish, amigos!
Nick Healy came back from fishing with a long face. He said, “I only got two bites all day and only got two fish!” I didn’t know what to say until I saw the photos and then he broke into a big grin! Nice day! He was pulling my leg.
Here is the catch-of-the-week! My fish brothers, Kenny Cambell and Buddy Malone were with Captain Pancho. Check out the catch…TWO wahoo…a huge dog-tooth snapper…several tuna…a blue bonito…and a dorado! Spectacular day!
Pam and Mike again! Another good day of fishing!
MIke Kouyoumdjian and buddy, Raffi Ohanian pose with a trio of dorado and really fat yellowfin tuna.
Nice to have first-time visitors, Garrett Matsukiyo and dad, Irving fishing with us for the week. After 4 days of fishing, they want home with a nice load of fillets. Here on the beach with 2 of 6 dorado.
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Overall, it has been a pretty good week. Everyone caught fish. Everyone lost some nice fish too and had shots at some real trophies. Others actually caught trophy fish! Lots of smiles.
Some days were better than others. Some boats did better than others. But most of our guests fish several days so if one day was off, the next day made up for it.
It was fall fishing as nice as it gets mostly.
The tuna are still around Bahia Muertos and Cerralvo Island in the best tuna bite I have seen in several years. Mostly fun-sized 5-15 pound fish with some larger 30 pounders thrown in. Plus some surprise wahoo also caught. Some on iron. Some on bait. Some on the troll.
Sprinkle in some dorado between 5-15 pounds that are pretty much all over and it makes for some fun days on the water.
Also had some billfish on the line as well. Stripers up to about 120 pound were hooked or released and some larger blue marlin were hooked and lost with estimated weights up to about 300 pounds!
Overall, I would say that the seasons are changing. There is a cooling trend happening with air temps with less humidity and heat. That doesn’t mean it’s cool. It’s just not quite as hot, but the northern winds are already starting to blow and we’re catching occasional species like sierra, pompano and trevally which are all cooler water fish we usually see in the springtime.
Once the northerns blow consistently, the complexion of fishing will change and waters will get rougher and colder and for the most part shut down the season.
In the meantime, pretty enjoyable fishing right now!
(P.S. See my update above about Hurricane Priscilla)
That’s my story!
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