SOLID FISHING EXCEPT FOR 2-DAY STORM! (Another just missing us)
La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for July 19-27, 2026
SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT
WEATHER: HOT HOT HOT! Had unexpected 2-day storm and some afternoons drizzle (nothing big), but the humidity is pretty crushing. Typical. Stay hydrated. Hurricane Genevieve is missing us but causing big waves.
WATER: The one day we had to pull all our boats off the water and another day, we couldn’t get out’ve the bay, but other than that, the waters settled down and mostly blue and warm
FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Tuna, dorado, sailfish, roosterfish, marlin, wahoo, dog-tooth (cubera) snapper, jack crevalle, bonito, pargo, yellow snapper, cabrilla, rainbow runner, treveally, pompano
MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT
THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY
Time to get off the water. Big waterspout off Las Arenas and a tropical storm kicked down alot of rain for a couple of hours. Messed up the water and fishing for 2 days.
Our own, Jorge Romero, went 4 for 4 on big tuna. Each taking 60-90 minutes while fishing with Captain Gerardo out at the 88 bank.
With Captain Armando, first-timers from San Francisco had just one day to fish with us. Samantha Foxworthy and Ulises Aleman battled these fish into the box! Ulises told me “trout fishing will never be the same!”
A beast of a dog-tooth (cubera) snapper to hold up for the camera! Darrell Manginelli pulled this big guy outta the rocks! Lookit the teeth!
Jet Reef Worsteling with another big roosterfish on the day! Massive fish for our newest Australian amigo. This fish was released.
Rick Chalmers with Captain Armando got this big bull his first day and some good meat to take home!
Cover shot and a great photo of Cristy Worsteling. She can fish! She put this one back and several others into the ocean to get bigger!
The Worsteling Family from Australia…Jet and his dad, Paul who’s a tv show host, author and media producer. They caught 7 big roosters over 2 days and make sure they were all released even jumping in the water to oxigenate the fish!
McKenzie has been staying out at Gary Wagners Rancho Costa in Muertos Bay where we launch and put two nice bulls on the beach!
Long time amigo from Colorado, Lee Carlson, has fished with us for years and finally got his sailfish yesterday. But, as he and Captain Pancho were posing for the shot, the sailfish got in one last crack at him. It’s tail knocked the lens out’ve Lee’s sunglasses! They released the fish and it swam away strongly. (You ca see the lens on the deck)
Dr. Stephen Wang and son, Evan, had been pretty much goose-egged for 3 days, but their last day, they finally hit the honey hole with Captain Gerardo and his son, Jesus! They got 3 big tuna and 2 busted off. See the photo below of Captain Gerardo holding the rod to give them a break!
Captain Gerardo is about 6″4″ and 250 pounds, but even he feels the strain of pulling on these big tuna when Evan or Stephen handed him the rod. These fish battle for at least an hour or more!
We’re getting some wahoo bites here and there, but the only one landed this last period was by Darrell with Captain Pancho.
Funnest new family amigos from Australia…Cristy, Paul and son Jet Worsteling. They released all the fish they caught over 3 days.
Reno NV in the house. Rhett Kopp was visiting us for the first time. At least, I think it’s Rhett behind the bandana! Good catch of schoolie dorado and a small football yellowfin tuna and a triggerfish.
So good to have Lee Carlton and Frank Kunze back visiting us again as they’ve been amigos of Tailhunter for so many years. They tag-teamed this fat tuna for 45 minutes!
From Pennsylvania, Captain Armando was with John Tolucci and his son, Mason, who battled this tuna for almost 2 hours when a big hammerhead ripped into it right next to the boat. There was still enough meat to make sashime and cook some up at Tailhunter that night. The guys are from Pennsylvania.
Mike McCready with Captain Victor. First day…first tuna ever were these sluggers! He didn’t realize tuna pulled so hard! He was fun to have here visiting. Next two days he got into his first schools of dorado!
Love this photo of Samantha and Captain Gerardo. Great smiles and colors!
Jet with a trevally. Good eating, but bravo, all fish were released!
Happiest guy on the water, Paul with another rooster and helping hands from Cristy before releasing the fish.
Swim away to grow even bigger!
Gerardo and Evan with a fresh one!
From the beach at Rancho Costa, Miles, McKenzie and Tyler! Dorado and tuna for dinner!
Ulises and Captain Armando pose with Ulises hard-fought yellowfin!
It doesn’t have to be huge to have fun. Light tackle or a flyrod…these fish are a hoot. Frank with his rooster before a quick release.
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Well…once again, the fishing report is late.
About a week ago, we had a “torito” (baby bull) which is basically a small hurricane that came roaring out’ve nowhere. They are not on any forecast so there’s no way to predict these, but with intense heat and evaporation from warm ocean waters, clouds build up and get saturated and well…they gotta drop all that water somewhere!
So, down it all comes. A small hurricane. They can last for minutes or hours, but torrential rains, thunder, lightning, big waves and, in this case some small tornados and water spouts (see the photo above) . Not a good time to be on the water.
One day, we had to call all the boats in. Another day, they couldn’t fish because of the big waves, so two days it was jacked . Part of town got flooded . Even after an hour of rain, things flood pretty quickly. Big mess. Rockslides, etc . Then it was all gone.
Before the storm hit, fishing had been pretty solid. But, I waited to do a fishing report because AFTER a storm, you never know how fishing will be affected. It could take a few days for the ocean waves to settle down. It can take a few days for all the mud and debris washed into the ocean by the rains to clear up. Waters might have chilled when turbulent seas pull cold water up from the deep.
So, I waited a few extra days. And indeed, that’s what it took for things to calm down. We had some scratchy fishing days.
Then, things got back on track!
Big tuna outside and around Cerralvo Island came back. These are a nice grade of 40-100+ pound fish. Young and mean, for every fish we hooked, we lost 2 or 3 as these fish took difficult battles of almost an hour or two…or three pulling in the hot sun and anglers handling rods back-and-forth between themselves and the captains.
Both the north and south ends of Cerralvo Island were producing as well as at the 88 spot. Some of the fish were running with the porpoise schools and other times the schools just came crashing all around the pangas in huge boils. There were also some schools spotted out by the Charro Bank north of La Paz as well.
If our boats hooked them, most of the time only 1-2 fish came into the boats and like I said, many just broke off or came unbuttoned.
Big dorado up to 40 pounds also came back nicely, but some funner school-sized fish are finally showing up. These are great action fish going 5-15 pounds which provide alot more action especialy for less experienced anglers. Rather than maybe 1-2 big fish, it’s alot more fun when there’s a whole school of dorado boiling around the boat and everyone is hooking them furiously and often getting limits of fish.
I was also surprised that just when I think the big roosterfish are gone a number of big 50-100 pound roosters were caught and released this week. Normally, the big roosters have moved off about this time.
Several sailfish and marlin were hooked and either released or broke off. Also had several wahoo bites, but only one fish got put in the boat.
As I write this, we have other weather news.
Hurricane Genevieve is churning outside the western side of Baja. It’s kicking up quite a storm and is currently a Cat 4 hurricane. It’s NOT coming up the Sea of Cortez, but it’s presence is being felt by big waves and strong winds being pushed up at Cabo and into the Cortez.
So, today and maybe tomorrow, we’ve had to cancel all our Las Arenas boats and everyone has to fish out’ve La Paz. It’s a good thing we have two fleets, but it IS messing up everyone’s fishing plans, but at least, so far, we have not had to cancel anyone getting out on the water.
Also, real important, I can’t stress enough that it’s HOT! The forecast are showing 101-103 each day. However, with the intense humidity we have right now, the real temps have been hitting 115-120 degrees! So, it is incredibly hot. I’m advising everyone to stay hydrated and, if you don’t have to be in th sun to stay in the shade!
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