WIND and EVEN RAIN!  NOT MUCH TO REPORT

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Jan. 9-24, 2026

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT

WEATHER:  Pretty much the whole gamut from sunshine to cloudy.  Windy to calm and even a few days of rain.   Winter weather and conditions!  Rained and flooded pretty hard over the weekend.

WATER:  Cooler and choppy when it’s windy.  Port Captain has his finger on the button ready to shut down the port when it gets too rough which is about a 30-50% possibility.  Wind and rain together are not good. Rain with no wind is fine.

FISH SPECIES AROUND:  Not that much of anyone is sport fishing during winter with the crazy conditions, but local friends and commercial fishing friends report some tuna and dorado.  Lots of bonito.  Jack crevalle and smaller roosters along the beach.  Sierra and smaller yellowtail as well as pargo and cabrilla over the rocks.

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY

Chris Vigar with a legit yellowfin tuna which is pretty unusual in the winter, but he put two in the boat after fighting through the schools of bonito that he had fun with.

Rained pretty hard over the weekend. Lots of flooding.

This was hours after the rain had subsided. The Malecon was under several feet of rushing water.

Earlier water was up to car doors on the Malecon.

This is more of an update rather than an actual fishing report to be honest.

I usually do these every week for over 30 years, but straight up, there’s just not alot going on in La Paz. Hate to be posting the same blah blah blah if nothing is happening!

It’s off-season and not much of anyone is on the water from November to April and frankly, as is often the case, the weather is so erratic with wind, rough water and (this week) lots of rain and flooding, it’s really hard to get folks out on the water anyway.

The windsurfers and kiteboarders love the wind, but not so good for other watersports!

Since the last report, we got a whopping 2 boats out over the last 2 weeks when we found spots where the ocean was calm enough.  There’s actually some decent action. Along the rocky areas, there’s the usual pargo, cabrilla and snapper.  The beaches have smaller roosterfish and along the drop-offs, jack crevalle, sierra and even some pompano and trevally.

In the blue water (although getting colder) if you can get through the schools of bonito, which are always fun to catch,  there’s some yellowfin tuna and even a few patches of dorado.

They key is finding the days when it’s OK to be on the water.  If it’s too rough, the port captain has been closing the port to all boat traffic anyway which locks down all boat traffic of any kind including commercial boat traffic, snorkel, scuba, fishing and all other water activities.

WILD SHEEP SHOW RENO – OFF THE CHARTS!

Everything is locked down. No school. No traffic. It’s not a snowstorm. It’s an ice storm so under the white are sheets of ice. Can’t walk. Can’t drive. Before the storm, lines at gas stations (gas is $2.19 gallon!) and the grocery store had been emptied (toilet paper again? C’mon!). Supposed to be frozen all week. Water heater not working and HVAC is struggling. Last time this happened in 2021, people froze to death in their homes when power was lost for up to 2 weeks. Many pipes broke. Jilly is keeping the waters dripping. She’s holding the fort so well like she always does. She knows where the sleeping bags and generator are and hopefully, I can fly back Tuesday.

Under the light coating of white, it might not look like much, but it’s sheets of treacherous ice!

Jim and Arla have visited us for years and always crack me up! They’re coming back this spring!

Mac and Michelle Treasure with Jim Andrews. Mac has been bringing a group of retired firefighters to us for almost 20 years. Many of them are 911 heroes who were in New York so they come to celebrate and remember the middle of September every year.

Aisles were packed every day and there were hundreds of booths and vendors from all over the world!

Cassie Lockwood works with her mom and dad at their ranch in Ukiah CA and running their famous Lockwood Outdoor Hunting operation. She’s now a junior in high school but years ago when she was little at these shows she would take naps under our counter and we would feed her red vine licorice. Awfully proud of this young lady who plans to enter the Air Force.

John and Arla Washington on the left with my high school classmate Eddie Falcon (50 years ago) and his lovely wife Debbie. They brought me a double double In-N-Out burger and fries and fresh scones!