La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of March 10-17, 2019
Mexican Minute Video Report
This is gonna be short.
I’ve been doing this report for over 20 years every single weekend. And I’ve only missed something like 6 weeks the whole time. And you know I always tell it straight up…good…bad…or otherwise.
Well, I guess I could make something up but, that’s not how I roll.
So, here it is. (drumroll…) Nothing to report.
While the rest of the country was getting “winterized” again for the umpteenth time this season, the winds blew again in La Paz which isn’t surprising. That’s why November to April is called “off-season” and why so many windsurfers and kite-boarders descend on the area from all over the world during these months. Cuz it’s WINDY! There was even a bit of rain one day early in the week.
And why not many people fishing.
We did have some folks request to go out, but the days they wanted to go out, I advised them not to. I told ’em, I’d love to take their money, but that they’d be wasting their time and it would be best just to hang out and not go out and get bounced around and get wet. Not much fun in that. I want everyone to have a good time.
On the 2 days that looked fishable, no one asked to go out. I think they would have gotten some fish. Oh well. I did hear there were some dorado right in the bay. And there were some bonito out as well, but that was about it. Just not many folks out.
BACK ON the TRAIL
Jilly and I were split apart this past weekend. Each of us at a different show. I was there at the ISE SHOW in Sandy UT, just south of Salt Lake and it was great to see so many amigos and meet new ones. Thanks for everyone who came by and also for all the kind gifts as well!
Jilly wrapped up the Fred Hall Show in Bakersfield. It was her first time doing that show by herself and we appreciate everyone who looked in on her and stopped to chat.
But now, onto Scottsdale, Arizona. I pick up Jilly in Las Vegas and we’ll drive south to the ISE Show that starts Thursday and runs to Sunday. It’s at the Westworld facility there in Scottsdale.
After that…last show of the season and 3 months on the road will be at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego.
La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Mar. 3-10, 2019
Mexican Minute Video Report
The Big Picture and the Rest of the Story…
Early in the week hogs like Carl Lange’s hefty yellowtail were hanging in the shallow waters willing to take the baits, but as the week went on the fish got harder to find.
From Paso Robles, Joel Zarmati was fishing live bait over shallow rocks on the lee side of Cerralvo Island where the waters were calmer and sheltered from the winds when he hooked and landed this big-headed yellowtail.
A little early in the season for warm-water dorado, but nonetheless, Al Hutchinson brought this one back to the beach for the dinner table.
Tasty huachinango/ dog-tooth snapper right there in Bahia Muertos by our amiga, Donna Thompson. These guys can grow well over 50 or 60 pounds.
Lots of action for Kyra Sacadan who shows off her dorado and a table full of white bonito.
Great photo! Great fish! Donna can fish! Check out the size and colors of this trophy yellowtail off Cerralvo Island.
It was a hit-or-miss kind of fishing week. The windsurfers and kite boarders had fun with the continuing winds, but even on the few days that were fishable, the few anglers out found it less than stellar although some fish were caught. There are some quality fish around, that seem like they’re just waiting to bust loose and as winter pulls away, it’s like we two steps forward then 1 ½ steps back each week.
It just doesn’t pay to get too excited. Last week, I was optimistic that maybe we were finally getting something going with some hog yellowtail, dorado, wahoo and even a tuna hookup and a marlin hook-up! These are all species we generally don’t see this early in the year. Things seemed like they were picking up!
Then, Mother Nature kinda slapped us back in place. The yellowtail bite near Punta Perico and over at Cerralvo Island diminished significantly. Bait got a little harder to find…again! And overall, we were left with a smattering of dorado; some snapper; a cabrilla or two (although a few were trophy-sized) and lots of bonito. Oh, and one marlin just to keep us excited. Overall just kind of a ho-hum week, even for this time of the year.
The coming week looks promising. Early, there’s some strong winds and there’s a possibility of rain, but then they really drop back quite a bit for the majority of the week. That will hopefully kick the fish up again.
Thank You Long Beach Here We Come Salt Lake City!
Hanging in the booth with the Secretary of Fishing and Agriculture for Mexico, Luis Andres Cordova.
Just wrapping up a spectacular over-the-top show at the Fred Hall Fishing Show in Long Beach CA at the Convention Center. The largest fishing and boating show in the world and over 1000 vendors from all over the world packed in the crowds and Jill and I talked non-stop for 5 full days.
We had a blast! Thanks to everyone who stopped by and said hi and everyone who set up trips to see us this year in La Paz. It was a fantastic party!
Jilly doing some socializing with Michelle from Big T’s Shirts, Carrie Wilson with Vagabundos del Mar and Rene Olinger from Baja Peninsula Tours in Loreto.
Two of the best…Ed Robison from Whopper Stopper Custom Rods and Pat McDonnell retired editor of Western Outdoor News. Pat brought me a bottle of Don Julio 70 for my birthday!
Can’t find a nicer guy in Dave Balthius, Vice President of Costa Sunglases and came out from Florida.
Some of the guys from the Long Beach Rod and Reel Club!
But now…no rest! By the time you’re reading this, we’re in our Tailhunter-Mobile and zooming back to Utah for the International Sportsmans Show at the Expo Center in Sandy, Utah…just south of Salt Lake City. This is always a fun show and we have a ba-jillion Tailhunter amigos in the area. Hope to see you all!
There’s hundreds and hundreds of vendors from everywhere from Alaska to South America and New Zealand to the Siberia! Hunting…fishing…camping…off-road…boating…there’s great things for the whole family.
The show goes Thursday to Sunday. Here’s details. Click the link:
