OCEAN COMES ALIVE!  SUMMER FISHING STARTS EARLY????

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Week of Mar. 13-20, 2026

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT – Just the facts…

WEATHER:  It got hot and sunn(ier) all of a sudden!  Did we skip spring and go right into summer?  Temps in the mid-80’s now, but not alot of humidity.  Just good fishing weather.  Bring your shorts and t-shirts!  I won’t say we’re done with the winter winds yet, but it’s been a nice week or two!

WATER:  With warmer air, we got warmer and bluer water.  Flat calm when the winds don’t blow.  Look at the photos below!  Summer conditions all of. sudden!

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK:  (Craziest March Fishing EVER!)

Striped marlin , blue marlin, tuna, wahoo, dorado, jack crevalle, barred pargo, yellowtail, dog-tooth snapper, smaller roosterfish, bonito, cabrilla, mako shark, sierra, pompano, trevally, amberjack.

THE MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

READ THIS FIRST!  WARNING HEADS-UP:  Just an FYI that we have alot of marlin photos this week.  I usually don’t post alot of photos of billfish.  Most of our clients release billfish and probably 95% of our billfish voluntarily get released.  If one is kept, most often, it was because it couldn’t be released and the meat is often donated so nothing ever gets wasted.   

But, please understand, we had one day this past week with 18 newbie anglers on 6 pangas.  They had a great time.  I lost count, but they hooked about a dozen billfish that day!  A dozen…in one day!

Being first-timers, of course they were thrilled as anyone would be, but of the 12,  a bunch were lost after long fights.  Others got released.  Three got kept. They are entitled to keep them and none of the meat was wasted and they all had a great time.  Good folks!   Just wanted you to know so no one starts writing and calling me.  

So…here we go with the fishing report and photos!  Best week of the season so far!

Happy Birthday, Pat Betegh. Nice dorado to kick things off. He also got a striped marlin and several other species!

Rich Wilner and Jeff Davidson were fishing with us for the first time and spent two days with Captain Pancho . 2 big bull dorado to go along with snapper, an amberjack and cabrilla! Nice haul.

Captain Armando put his anglers on several marlin including this blue after a long fight. Others broke off.

Pretty amazing variety…dorado, sierra, snapper, cabrilla for the big dinner party that night!

Ladies choice! Striped marlin on the rack with a dorado as well!

Jeff photo bombs Rich and his bull dorado on the gaff!

Yes! Small roosterfish along the beaches are great fun on light tackle right now. All getting released!

Captain Jorge with another marlin for the box!

Filets to take back to Todos Santos for dinner tonite!

Crazy March fishing…even some football tuna biting!

Fred…with a mako shark! In 30 years, I think this is the first mako I’ve seen taken! Great eating! Tastes like swordfish!

Nice big bull for Richard! A good day!

Jeff’s fish!

Did we just skip spring-time fishing???

Over the last week or so, temps jumped up in the air and water.  I think we went right into summertime fishing because in more than 30 years down here, I’ve never had a week in March like we just had.

Air temps hit the mid to upper 80’s.  Water got blue and flat!

And the fish bit!  We hooked pretty much everything except the yellowtail which is what we are mostly chasing this time of year.  Cold water fish that kinda suddenly disappeared.

And suddenly, we had a bite that looked more like June fishing.  Bull dorado?  Tuna?  Wahoo?

That’s crazy, but yes, we hooked some nice fish.  Not alot, but enough to raise eyebrows and wonder what’s happening.  Some of the dorado were some nice bulls in the 20-pound class.  Tuna were a bit larger than footballs maybe 10-15 pounds.  Wahoo about 15-20 pounds.   Never had a week like this.

But, talk about variety.  Other than the yellowtail, we still had cooler water fish in the counts making for some really interesting boxes of fish!  We had sierra, barred pargo, dog-tooth snapper, pargo liso (mullet snapper), yellow snapper, cabrilla, pompano, trevally as well as bonito and jack crevalle.  it was almost like if you put a bait in the water, you really couldn’t tell what was going to go off.

But, here’s the rub…

Marlin in March.  I had some 18 newbies out one day.  In 6 pangas.  First-timers with us and only had 1 day to fish.   I told them, “Oh, you’ll have some fun . There’s some good action on reef fish and bonito, jacks, etc.”   I knew they’d catch some fish.  Perfect for first-timers!

Instead, yes, they caught lots of different varieties.  But, what a day…

C’mon man…over a dozen marlin?  In one day?  First-timers?  Not just stripers, but BLUE MARLIN!  In March.   I heard stories of some epic battles lasting almost 2 hours or most of the fish breaking lines or getting off.  Most of the fish were voluntarily released, but what a great time and a thrill for them.  All fun folks.  A few could not be released, but they did have a huge dinner that night that was called “EPIC” and meat was also donated.  The caught over a half-dozen other species.

Now, I’m not gonna say we’re full-speed just yet, but we sure had an exciting week!

We’ll keep you posted!

ANOTHER ROAD SEASON IS OVER…TIME TO START THE FISHING! 

Well…another road season comes to an end!  From January to March for over 30 years, we hit the road and some of the biggest and most exciting fishing, hunting and outdoor shows and expos in the country!

This year took us to Sacramento…then Reno…Salt Lake City…Nashville…Orange Co. Calif…and finally San Diego, California!

We want to thank everyone who came out to see us and talk to us and book their trips to visit us in La Paz this year.  All the old friends and new friends with all the laughs, smiles and good memories of the past and new ones to be made!   Gracias for all the hospitality!   We’ll see you in La Paz.  We still have spots open so just let us know and we’ll get you set up!

Blessings to all!

That’s our story!

Jonathan & Jilly