WORST/ BEST FISHING EVER?

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Week of June 5-12, 2026

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT

WEATHER:  Very erratic.  Changes from day-to-day or even by the hour.  Windy…calm…hot…cool…cold.  Unpredictable and crazy.  Big effect on the fishing.

WATER:  Directly affected by the weather.  Cooler than normal and some times very rough.  Other times very flat.  Can be clear blue or dirty.  Strangest conditions I have ever seen.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK:  Tuna, dorado, wahoo, roosterfish, blue marlin, striped marlin, sailfish, dog tooth snapper, yellow snapper, cabrilla, barred pargo, triggerfish, pompano, rainbow runner, amberjack,

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

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OK…here we go…good news and bad news.

Let’s do the bad news first and get it out’ve the way.

Fishing is not good.  Fishing is not easy.  So far, this has been one of the worst and most erratic seasons I have seen in 31 years here running our fishing operation.

Weather has been erratic.  Totally unpredicatable.  It should be hot and calm these days with a bit of afternoon breeze.  Instead, we have cold mornings…warm mornings…windy mornings…calm mornings…flat seas…rough seas.  Winds coming from the south, change to the west, change to the north.  They can blow furiously.  Then suddenly die.  Then start up again for an hour.  Then die.

Waters are blue and warm in some spots.  Cold in others.  We never got the sargasso bloom we expected.

This has all affected the entire fishing chain.

Bait can be extremely hard to find, get or buy.  One day you get it.  Next day you spend 2 hours looking for it or trying to catch it.  One boat gets enough to fish.  The boat next to it, can’t find anything.

So, right up the line…for catching fish.

Hard to do if you don’t have live bait or a limited supply.  Gotta make every piece count.  Or the baits are so tiny, they barely fit on a hook.

We are having to run for for bait.  We are having to run abnormally far looking for fish.  Again, we have some days where the fish disappear or lockjaw.  Or one boat has an epic day and two other boats get goose-egged.  Or the next day, the ocean blows up with fish.

Normally, this time of year, we should be getting limits or near limits of fish per boat.  Anglers would be catching and often releasing 3, 4, 6, 8, or more fish each with a great mix.  Now, the fish-per-rod count is about 1 or 2 on the average.  Not so great.

Let’s get that out’ve the way right now.  All the great photos in the fishing reports…those are all the highlight touchdowns and home runs on the Sunday night sports wrap up.  You don’t see the foul balls, broken plays, fumbles, missed tackles, strikeouts and airballs.  So, it LOOKS like great fishing.  It’s not! You could come down and have some really junk days.

That’s fishing.  That’s just the way it is right now.

NOW THE GOOD NEWS….

Everyone is catching fish.  Everyone who wants to take home fish is taking home fish.  In some cases they are taking home way more fish than they thought.

Why the paradox?

Well, you might not catch alot of fish.  You might only catch 1 or 2 fish a day.

But, the fish you catch just might be the fish of a life-time.  It might be the biggest personal best fish ever.  It could be the biggest and longest fish-battle ever!  You could hook into a trophy.

The fish are huge this year!  They are on steroids!

Dorado are normally 5-15 pounds this time of year.  Look at the photos!  The dorado are runing 20-50 pounds.  Last year, we barely had any dorado over 20 pounds.  This year, 30-40 pound fish are the norm!

Tuna are usually football-sized 10-30 pounders.  This year, there aren’t many, but we’ve taken a half-dozen fish between 100-200 pounds and several between 200-300 pounds that took hours and 2-3 persons battling the big fish.

Wahoo…we’ve caught more in the last 3 weeks than in the last 5 years combined.  Like the other fish, they’re monster fish.  Usually, they are 20-40 pounds.  This year, we’ve had 50-80 pound wahoo.

Marlin are biting as well.  So are sailfish.  Striped marlin up to 150 pounds.  Blue marlin in the 200-400 pound class.  Sailfish over 100 pounds.  More billfish this year than the last decade put together .(Most are getting released or busting off.  We did have one get nailed by a shark as the angler was fighting it).  We have several billfish break fishing rods in half!

Oh…and roosterfish…the small ones have been 40 pounds.  The larger ones are pushing 100 pounds.  Just off the IGFA record of 115 pounds. All are getting released so we’ll never know.

This does not begin to count the fish that are lost or broken off or released!

So, yes, everyone has fish to take home, but 1 or 2 of these beasts can easily fill an ice chest with huge slabs of meat!  So, you may just have one shot at these fish so you need to bring your “A” game and be ready.  You won’t get many chances!

Also, fortunately, most folks are fishing several days.  So, you might have a crummy day or two, but then hit the honey hole on your other days.  Just expect that there CAN be some bad days and keep hanging in there.  The captains are working hard to put you on fish.

If you’re just fishing one day like some folks…well…then that’s your shot and hope for the best!

That’s my story.  As honest as I can get it.  I don’t wanna sugarcoat what can’t be sugarcoatesd.  Just like putting lipstick on the proverbial pig.  It’s counterproductive.  But, if you don’t fish, you definitely won’t catch anything!

Jonathan