SEASON STRUGGLES TO FIND A START

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Week of April 8-16, 2026

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Jim Bovee is our good amigo from San Diego and he was just with us two week ago with his son, Daniel. Well, he came back again this time with daughter, Brittney. Couple of nice dorado on the day.

First time, Brian Mick from Oklahoma came down with a couple of amigos and got a mixed variety of triggerfish, cabrilla, snapper and a nice barred pargo

Jim and Brittney…unofficially our first wahoo of the season. South end of Cerrralvo Island seems be holding some ‘hoos on the high ridge!

Yellowtail have been pretty scarce and it’s hit or miss, but Captain Rogelio got a couple north of La Paz.

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The bad news…it wasn’t a great week.

The good news…we didn’t have many folks on the water.

It appears that the season is  still transitioning.  As I’ve harped so many times, we consider late October to April to be off-season because of erratic weather and especially because of the strong winds that can get the normally calm seas churning.

A few weeks ago, I thought we were done with the changes.  I thought we made the quantum leap from winter fishing to summer fishing with just a little jag of spring fishing in between. Fish started biting great!

I mean, the weather is already sunny and warm with daytime temps in the mid-80’s and the waters have largely turned the waters warm and blue.

Well, I was wrong.

Since that initial jubilation, it’s hasn’t been so great.  Despite the increased warmth, the winds keep coming up and stirring things up making it difficult on a number of levels.  Some days it’s flat, but then we get crazy winds and stir up the chop.

So the fishing has been tepid at best the last few weeks.  Gotta be honest.

It’s been scratchy fishing.  Like I said, not many fishermen yet, but in a few weeks we’ll be packed with guests and anglers.  But for now, the few fishermen we’ve had have worked hard for fish as have our captains.  Hunt and peck.

A little bite here.  A little bite there.  At the end, OK action, but not alot of quality and a wide variety of fish.   Not alot of quantity either.

Some jacks, bonito, barred pargo,  snapper, dog-tooth snapper, cabrilla, but also some dorado and we got our unofficial first wahoo of the season.  Yellowtail are hit or miss as the waters have warmed too much by now.  No real rhyme or reason for now.  It’ll come around, but there’s no crystal ball.  Usually by May we’re back on track!  So, maybe a few more weeks!

There’s reason to be optimistic.  Friends have told me there’s a big pack of blue and striped marlin outside of Cerralvo Island and at the south end as well as at the 88.  Tuna have also been spotted by the commercial pangeros.

Fingers crossed and we’ll keep you posted!

That’s my story!

Jonathan