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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Sept. 6-13, 2015

Posted in amberjack, Bahia de Los Muertos, Bahia de los Suenos, Bahia de los Suenos fishing, bahia de Los Suenso, bahia magdalena, Baja, baja fishing, Baja fishing reports, Baja sportfishing packages, baja sur, Baja Vacations, beach, bonito, cabrilla, carnavale, carnival, catch-and-release, central washington sportsmans show, Cerralvo Island, Cerralvo Island Fishing, Chad Schearer, charters, circle hooks, Costa Baja Resort, day trips, dog tooth snapper, dorado, east cape, ecotourism, el sargento, espirito, espirito santo island, family, family fishing, fish, fish report, fishing, fishing and hunting shows, fishing charters, fishing guides, fishing reports, fishing tackle, fishing techniques, fishing tips, fishing tournaments, fishing trips, fishing video, fishing videos, flyfishing, Fred Hall Fishing Show, fred hall fishing shows, freediving, girls fishing, gray whales, grouper, holidays, Hotel Perla, idaho sportsman show, IGFA, International Fish and Game, International Sportsmans Expo, ISE, jack crevalle, jonathan roldan, kids, La Concha Beach Resort, La Paz, la paz baja sur, la paz fishing, La Paz Vacations, la ventana, La Ventana Fishing, Las Arenas, Las Arenas fishing, light tackle, mag bay, mahi mahi, marlin, mexican, Mexican sportfishing outfitters, Mexican sportfishing packages, mexico, mexico fishing, Mexico vacations, Muertos Bay Fishing, outfitters, Pacific Northwest Sportsmans Show, packages, panga, pargo, pompano, Portland Expo Center, rainbow runner, robalo, roosterfish, sailfish, scuba, sea of cortez, Shoot Straight TV, sierra, sierra mackeral, snapper, snook, snorkel, spearfishing, sportfishing packages, squid, swimming, tailhunter, tailhunter international, Tournament fishing, travel, triple tail, tuna, Tuna tournament, vacations, wahoo, Washington Sportsmans Show, Washington Sportsmens show, Western Outdoor New Tuna Jackpots, Western Outdoor News, whales, whalesharks, whalewatching, women fishing, Word Records, world records, yellowfin tuna, yellowtail, tagged accommodations, activities, amberjack, bahia, baja, baja editor, Baja sur, bars, bay, beach, Bill Boyce, billfish, blogs, blue water, bonito, cabo san lucas, cabrilla, catch-and-release, central washington sportsmans show, Cerralvo, certified scale, charter, children, chubasco, costa baja, day tour, deep sea, del mar fairgrounds, discount, dog-tooth, dorado, east cape, eco tour, el sargento, espirito santo, extreme fishing, family, fish, fishing and boating shows, fishing and hunting shows, fishing sportfishing, flyfishing, fred hall, free dive, get-away, girls, grey whales, grouper, guide, guide service, holiday, hotel, hotel marina, hotel perla, hotel seven crown, hunting, Idaho Sportsmans show, IGFA, images, inshore, International Game Fish Association, International Sportsmans Expo, ISE, isla, island, jack crevalle, jillene roldan, jilly roldan, jonathan roldan, kids, La Ventana, Las Arenas, light tackle, live bait, lodging, los barriles, mahi mahi, marlin, Mexican, Mexico, muertos, northwest sportsmans show, offshore, outfitter, pack for a purpose, package, panga, panga slam, pargo, photos, pompano, portland expo center, puyallup fairgrounds, reef fish, reports, restaurants, rockfish, rooster fish, rooster fish foundation, sailfish, saltwater, san jose del cabo, scuba, sea bass, sea of cortez, sealions, shuttle, sierra, snapper, snorkel, spearfish, suenos, swim, tackle, tailhunter international, tailhunter restaurant bar, techniques, tips, tour, tourism, travel, trolling, tuna, tuna jackpot tournament, updates, vacation, video, wahoo, washington sportsmans show, weather, western outdoor news, WFN, whale watching, whales, whaleshark, wife, women, World Fishing Network, yellowtail on September 14, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Leif Dover from Atlanta GA is our frequent amigo and frequently on our fishing reports as he fishes hardcore for a whole week every time. It paid off again with this big boy amberjack off Punta Perrico. Crazy fish because most of our ambers are caught in cooler water in the springtime. Great eating!

Another fish that we usually only find in the cooler waters of the winter and spring are the yellowtail, but if someone is gonna get one, Roger Thompson is probably the guy. Using blue and white jigs and bait, they hooked 5 and got 2 to the boat. He tells me if they had more bait, they would have gotten more. The area off the Las Arenas lighthouse is still the hotspot where the water drops off deep.

Carol Hathaway Stauffer from Washington was visiting us for the first time and had herself quite a week. First dorado. First bonito. First time swimming with whalesharks and then, this fat roosterfish caught with Captain Victor and then released!

Don’t ever bet against Donna Thompson. She’ll probably always outfish you! She was working that deep water off Cerralvo Island and put the hurt on this great eating amberjack.

One day there were these guys on the beach selling mustaches! So, Kevin Todd, our Texas amigo did some goofing for us and posed with his amberjack on the beach at Bahia de los Muertos! Or maybe he as hoping his boss wouldn’t see the photos and recognize he wasn’t at work!

Pretty good week for roosterfish! Not as many around these days, as it’s late in the season for the exotic fish, but the ones that are around are good quality. Just like Leif Dover’s nice fish here (released). With all the rain lately, check out how green the hills are!

More dorado this past week. Decent steady dorado catches like Bob Pattersons fish here.

From Delta, Utah, Rick Wagstaff shows off one of his nice dorado.

STEADY FISHING WITH VARIETY OF SPECIES

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Sept. 6-13, 2015

Except for one day when it was “too calm”, we had pretty steady fishing all around. Pretty typical of this time of year. In addition to “too calm” (having a little current and breeze is important to get the fish to feed. Too calm and they get lethargic. ) We did have some afternoon showers and frankly much of the week was overcast too, but hot and muggy.

Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay

On the days we fished there, everyone caught fish. There was one day when everyone caught limits or near limits of dorado, but had to rush back to the beach a tad early when one of our tropical rainstorms came rushing in. But it didn’t affect the fishing. And the next day, we didn’t send any pangas out there because the waters were turned over and the road to the beach was a mud track. (So we sent everyone to fish La Paz and they all caught dorado anyway!). But other than that, the dorado were fairly cooperative and a steady bite as the area gets more active than it has been this past summer.

Commercial guys got the occasional tuna, but none of the sport boats seemed to find them. However, we did find the rooster fish willing to go. Some nice ones again i the 20-50 pound class and we had anglers this week with light tackle and bass rods and throwing top-water lures so they had a hoot plus there were jack crevalle and bonito close to shore as well.

Update: Just as I was writing this (Sunday) our Las Arenas boats had to come back early and get off the water when weather came up on them unexpectedly. One of those quick tropical storms. La Paz weather stayed good although some rain and breeze also hit and they kep fishing.

La Paz

Still our go-to spot. If you want action and you want to catch a fish, you can spend almost all day on some of the areas holding dink 5-10 pound dorado. The larger ones are more scarce, but they’re out there. We lost a number of larger fish this week. Hopefully, we’ll see more of them.

We also hit a few sailfish (released) , jack crevalle, big bonito and some smaller rooster fish. Interestingly, also hooked a few sierra as well which is strange since they are cooler water fish that we normally catch in the winter. Maybe it means the waters are cooling. Again, it seem everyday there’s a possibility of afternoon rainstorms that come and go.

HIGH FIVE’S

Bud and Lisa Wagner with an ice chest full of school supplies!

Quite a stash. Thanks for Jeff and Carol Stauffer for the thoughtfulness! Not only school supplies but much needed hygiene things like toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, deodorant and other things that will probably go to the battered women’s shelter.

My good friend since 1st grade, Jim Weitkamp and his fiance Valerie Reyna brought us some great stuff for the kids.

Thanks to all our amigos who brought stuff down for our “Pack for a Purpose” program benefitting needy schoolkids as well as our battered women’s shelter. Muchas gracias also to amigos who didn’t get their photos taken, but also brought much needed supplies including Ken Gragg and Carl Lange.

That’s our story!

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

www.tailhunter-international.com

Mexico Office: Tailhunter International, 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

U.S. Mailing Address: Tailhunter International, 8030 La Mesa Blvd. #178, La Mesa CA 91942

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from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Aug 31-Sept. 6, 2015

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Yes! There’s some tuna out there. Rick Wagstaff from Delta UT, on his first day out fishing with us wrestled this tuna on light tackle for almost an hour at the south end of Cerralvo Island. Rich was fishing with our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet from Muertos Bay. He also got a limit of dorado as well.

Bob Patterson from Los Angeles and his son, Travis from Sacramento had a good week of fishing, but on their last day the bite was off. Not much happening. But then they were headed back in and decided to put all 4 trolling feathers out and ended up getting a big 40-pound class wahoo! Captain Pancho here with them. They also got a few dorado, but the rest of the week limited on dorado.

VIDEO OF THE WEEK

You gotta check out this great video from Larry Barnard of Los Angeles CA who was recently with us. He did a great editing job of some big roosterfish hookups with some super underwater clips as well. Good job, Larry!

EVERYONE CATCHING!

La Paz / Las Arenas (Muertos Bay) Fishing Report for Week of Aug. 31-Sept. 6, 2015

A good solid week of fishing as the kids here in La Paz head back to school and the town quiets down. A little cooler this past week, not quite so muggy with some brief afternoon thundershowers but otherwise sunny and warm skies and water. Everyone who wanted fish got fish…a good thing!

Las Arenas/ Bahia de los Muertos

It’s been awhile since I’ve lead our reports with Las Arenas/ Bahia de los Muertos. Regretfully, our traditional hot spot has had an off-year with lack of bait leading to spotty fishing or southern storms making for rough waters for our pangas and clients.

However, things are really turning around…happy to say.

Two things. We’re finally getting some bait showing up. Sardines…our lifeblood for fishing are being found. Plus, we also getting some mackerel, caballitos and ladyfish (for the roosters).

Secondly, about 2 weeks ago, the sportfishing captains put several dozen buoys just offshore to act as fish attractants. Just to try to get things going.

It appears to be working. Every one of our boats this week took limits or near limits of dorado. School-sized, but nonetheless great action with the largest fish running about 15 pounds and others breaking off. The fish are being found at the buoy and lighthouse. There was really only one “off-day” when the fish didn’t bite well and that was because it was “too calm.” Yes, there is such a thing.

Folks, especially first timers, tell me all the time they are worried about the big waves and rough seas and I tell them that the Sea of Cortez is often like a big lake. Plus to get fish, we don’t have to go out very far and we’re also not trolling for fish a zillion miles offshore. Well, one day this week the water was like glass. Literally. Wonderful day on the water. Just flat flat flat.

And the fish were really stubborn!

You see, you want just a little current. You want just a little breeze. It stirs up the water. It moves bait and nutrients. It gets the gamefish going. It’s like a hot muggy day on the porch. The last thing you want to do is move. Too hot to eat. Too humid to think or want to do anything. Same with the fish. That day the fish just weren’t real active. But, fortunately, that was only one day.

But in other days…

The lighthouse has also been the site of some deepwater yellowtail and trophy cabrilla and some amberjack as well. Surely a hotspot this past week. We’ve also been getting rooster fish and billfish hookups in the same area.

The bigger news was that tuna have moved into the area. The East Cape just to the south of us encountered the tuna schools a few weeks ago and we were hoping the fish would be moving up. This past week, we did get into a few that ran about 40-50 pounds. A great grade of fish and about the size that most anglers can handle! The commercial guys got into a few more so we’re keeping an eye on that and got our fingers crossed.

La Paz

Again, just like in previous weeks, this is our go-to spot! If you only have one day to fish, or you want a sure thing, you can’t miss with the dorado just straight on in the bay and just outside. Limits are pretty typical and some days the pangas are back by 1 p.m. (which means they stopped fishing before noon!). This has especially been great for first-timers, families and couples and kids. Everyone has fun. With the dorado, there’s also tough larger bonito, jack crevalle, smaller rooster fish plus shots at billfish.

THANK YOU!

Thank you this week to Bud and Lisa Wagner who are fishing with us for the first time, but still brought down for our “Pack for a Purpose” kids with a whole bunch of great school supplies. Thanks for the big hearts, amigos!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

http://www.tailhunter-international.com

Mexico Office: Tailhunter International, 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

U.S. Mailing Address: Tailhunter International, 8030 La Mesa Blvd. #178, La Mesa CA 91942

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report: https://fishreport.jonathanroldan.com/

Tailhunter YouTube Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/pangapirate

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Aug. 23-30, 2015

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Dave Schneider from San Jose CA was fishing with us for the first time here in La Paz and put the hurt on this big boy roosterfish while fishing with our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet. Great shot and he was able to release the big fish.

Mommy-to-be, Tara O’Malley, only had one day to fish but went out with Captain Boli into La Paz Bay and got herself a limit of dorado of varying sizes.

The man behind the mask is Jorge Santana with a real surprising catch for August…yellowtail and two trophy cabrilla. All those fish are normally caught when the waters are much cooler in the winter and spring. He was fishing deep off the Las Arenas lighthouse where there must be a current of cold water holding the fish.

Captain Rogelio poses with Meng Foo and one of his several dorado he caught fishing north of La Paz near Espirito Santo Island.

It’s so big I gotta sit down for the photo! Kit Luu had a great day fishing with our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet with fish like this trophy roosterfish he caught and released fishing with Captain Victor.

Thai Foo holds up a nice bull dorado that ended up being brought back to Tailhunter Restaurant to share with his amigos!

GOOD FISHING FOR DORADO AND ROOSTERS!

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Aug. 22-29 2015

The dog days of summer are here. It seems like almost every day is cooke-cutter. All the same! Sunny with temperatures in the high 90’s. Occasional tropical thundershowers in the afternoons or evenings that come and go. Sun pops back out leaving us with some spectacular sunsets. Kids are back in school so the waters and beaches are emptying out. Town is getting quiet again after the hubbub of summer vacation. Tourist families are generally gone as well for the same reason…school starts! So, mostly fishermen around. And the fishing is pretty good.

LA PAZ

Solid dorado fishing. Nothing wrong with that. Most days, all the action you could want. Good days to be on the water.

The dorado are ranging in size from 5-25 pounds. Sometimes, it’s just hard to get away from the “doraditos!” (babies). If you hit a spot, they are everywhere, they can be voracious. The larger ones are around, but the kids are so thick and hungry, they don’t give the bigger ones a chance to get to your baits. As one of our guys told us, “We released 10 before we got a larger one we wanted to keep and it’s sometimes hard to release the small ones because they don’t hesitate to swallow the baits and then the hooks are hard to get out.”

There are some larger fish getting lost. But, it’s good to see larger fish around after a summer of so many little guys. They do grow fast!

Again, there’s some huge bonito ripping things up as well. These fish fight like 30 pounders to most people although 12 pounds is about the true size. Same with the big jack crevalle schools near the beaches along with some smaller roosters.

Hooked and lost several striped marlin this week again that bit light lines with live baits while fishing for dorado.

LAS ARENAS

The story continues to be rooster fish…big rooster fish in the area if you’ve ever wanted to nail one of these big exotic fish. They are close and still willing to hit a bait. They are almost all trophy-sized fish. Rarely are we getting any that are under 30 pounds and most are 40-60 pounders. All are getting released.

Good to also see a few more dorado and other species popping up as well. The captains put out about 30 semi-permanent buoys just offshore to act as FADS (Fish Attraction Devices). And they’re working! Normally, there’s commerical buoys out there most of the season, but for whatever reason, there weren’t quite so many out there so the sportfishing captains put them out themselves. So, we’re seeing more dorado now…FINALLY and that might also have somethig to do with there being more bait available too. Bonito, jack crevalle and snapper rounded out the fishing.

Again, just like last week, the surprise has been the yellowtail. These are COLD WATER fish. We get them in February to May…never in AUGUST! Right now, the air temps are 100. The water temps are 90. The only thing I can think is that off the Las Arenas lighthouse (where the fish are located), there’s a cold current down deep. No one is complaining. It’s a nice bonus. The ticket is finding mackerel either live or dead. And that’s not so easy either because the mackies are usually around in the cooler water as well. But, if you want a yellowtail and are willing to put in the time to catch a mackerel…a hour or two to catch a few…it’s spot-on for hooking a forkie right now.

SHOUT OUT

Big shout out to our “Pack for a Purpose” good guys. Brian and Marie McClanahan and Kip and Sue Slaugh all from the Salt Lake City area in Utah, hauled down several duffle bags filled with school supplies, health products (toothbrushes), notebooks, backpacks and other much-needed things for our kids. Vong Mekdara also carried down a load of stuff. As well, Steve Hartsook and Mike Jordan who have been visiting us for years filled up with great kid’s stuff. (Photographer’s error…the photo didn’t come out…but they deserve a big shout out too!) Just in time since the school year is just starting down here and many kids don’t even have pencils. We’re grateful for all the many many amigos and clients who have brought stuff over the months for the orphanage, schools and women’s shelters. You’re the best!

The McClanahans and the Sloughs! Thank you!

Vong Mekdara from Monterey Park CA brought everything from pencil boxes to batteries and staplers to white glue!

CHANGE YOUR MONEY?

It’s not good for the Mexican economy, but great for tourists. The Mexican pesos is dropping dramatically this year and seems to keep falling. The current peso-to-dollar exchange rate was at 14…15…16..17 and might go as low as 18:1 (pesos to dollars). That means that the purchasing power for tourist holding pesos is pretty good and makes Mexico a great vacation value.

For example, two years ago when things were at 10:1 (ten pesos per dollar), a cab ride costs, for example 100 pesos (10 dollars). That same cab ride now at 100 pesos means it’s now only costing about 6 or 7 dollars! A restaurant meal that cost $200 pesos or a t-shirt for $200 that was easy…it was $20 dollars U.S. Those same items now would be only $12 or $14 dollars.

The downside is for something like say…tips for captains. If you are used to giving your regular guy $400 pesos ($40 U.S. dollars) if you hand him 400 pesos now, you might get a little look of disappointment since now you are only tipping about $25 or 26 U.S. dollars.

So, give some consideration to changing your dollars to pesos when you’re at the airport or go to a money exchange place when you get to town.

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

http://www.tailhunter-international.com

Mexico Office: Tailhunter International, 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

U.S. Mailing Address: Tailhunter International, 8030 La Mesa Blvd. #178, La Mesa CA 91942

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report: https://fishreport.jonathanroldan.com/

Tailhunter YouTube Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/pangapirate

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Aug. 16-23, 2015

Well…YES! As a matter of fact we DO have yellowtail. Only problem is that they’re NOT supposed to be here. Our waters are about 90 degrees right now! We get our yellowtail in the winter and spring when the waters are COLD! Never in August! Our amigo Esteban Romero hooked 3. Two got unbuttoned, but he put this 30-pound class slug into the panga using a live mackerel fished down deep! Also, something we never have to do is fish deep!

His first trip to La Paz turned out to be banner for Kit Luu of Monterey Park CA. He got his first roosterfish. He caught dorado. And, while he was jigging a Mega Bait, he hooked onto this nice wahoo…his first! Captain Victor looks on!

Another of our anglers on his first trip to visit us, Jason Christofferson from Las Vegas was with Captain Pancho when he latched into this trophy roosterfish off Las Arenas. Great photo and the fish was released.

Happy Birthday to Ken Chau! Ken is from Rosemead CA and on his birthday, he shows off a few of his fish…a nice dorado and one of the fat bonito we’ve got north of La Paz.

San Francisco in the house. Paul Nagata is our good amigo who has been visiting us for years put the hurt on a nice rooster fishing with our popular Captain Jorge. The fish was released.

Big fat rooster! Vong Mekdara from Monterey Park CA went out with rain clouds threatening from Bahia de los Muertos with our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet and hauled in this huge rooster! The big guy was released.

The dorado are finally getting a bit bigger! Three weeks ago, this would’ve been the biggest dorado of the week! Kit Luu and Kerry Lam put a number of dorado into the boat fishing out’ve La Paz.

Scott Harvey from Del Mar CA brought his son, Andrew, down for the week to do some fishing and got into the fish himself including this roosterfish he was able to photo and let swim away strong!

It has been a good year for billfish this year, especially with so many bonito and small dorado in the areas serving as food. This is a photo of Paul Nagata’s sailfish as it was being released after a good battle. Paul was fishing north of La Paz Bay.

STEADY FISHING MIXED WITH AFTERNOON THUNDERSHOWERS!

La Paz – Las Arenas/Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Aug. 16-23, 2015

The week was a typical August kind of fishing week for us! Everyone caught fish and most of it was dorado which is about right for this time of year. Also, it was a week of tropical thunderstorms. No hurricanes, but afternoon showers that would bring torrential rains (usually after everyone was done fishing…but sometimes not) that flooded streets in a flash but then quickly ran off and the sun came blazing out again. Those of our fishermen that occasionally got caught out there told us they got drenched, but it was warm “like a shower.” Or, they could see the columns of rain falling straight down from the sky and simply drove around it. It would rain hard in one spot, but a mile away barely a drizzle! There were some pretty spectacular thunder and lightning shows, however, and the thunder was like “being inside of a trash can and kids whacking it with baseball bats,” said another of our anglers. This coming week, however, shows no rain in sight.

LAS ARENAS/ BAHIA de LOS MUERTOS

This has been our “grab bag” area all season. Just crazy fishing. Never know what you’re gonna catch! About the ONLY consistent biter all season has been big rooster fish. And these are all 30-50 pound fish! Many of our anglers are getting their “first-ever” rooster fish and all of them have been trophy-sized fish. There have even been larger fish, but they’ve busted off with estimates of fish going up to 90 pounds breaking off.

The bad thing is that roosters are bad eating. They don’t help bring any fillets home in the ice chests! The good thing is that all the roosters are getting released.

Pretty much, if you didn’t get a rooster, there wasn’t much else and that’s too bad because traditionally the Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay area has been a big old fish trap for all kinds of species and action. So, beyond catching roosters, that was it. We’d have our clients fishing in La Paz where there was alot more action.

However, this past week, we got some welcome surprises. The biggest was that we caught some yellowtail in the deep water right of the Las Arenas lighthouse. One of those rare occasions when you put on some weight and dropped a live or dead mackerel down 80-200 feet! (Like fishing in Loreto where the yellowtail hunker down deep!) . But the mackerel were the key. Guys were scouring the stores in La Paz looking for mackies! Frozen worked just fine. The real surprise is that yellowtail are cold water fish! We get them in the cold water months of February to May. In 20 years here, I’ve not ever seen any yellowtail caught in the summer! No one is complaining, however. These fish have been legit 20-30 pounders!

The other surprise is finding out there’s still wahoo in the area. We hooked and dropped a few this week and put a few in the tank as well. After the phenomenal May and June wahoo bonanza we had this year, it just shut off after that. So, good to know the speedy fish are still around. Good-sized 20-30 pounders all on jigs or slow-trolled Rapalas!

LA PAZ

Dorado dorado dorado! We’ve had them since springtime, but they’ve been so dinky, it’s ridiculous. But, they’ve bee a blessing because they’ve provided so much action. But, just way smaller than what we should have been getting. I mean, seriously…if you want to catch 12-inch dorado, there are some spots where you can park the panga all day and have a blast on light tackle catching-and-releasing as fast as you can go.

Slowly, however, the fish have gotten bigger. Just not very fast. This past week, better quality 15-30 pounders started showing up to the point where the fishermen were tossing back smaller fish. With the afternoon rains popping up, on some days, it was nice to get a limit of fish and be back to town by noon or 1 with a good load of fillets for the cooler.

For other species, still big bonito around…some smaller rooster fish…and we did get a few marlin and sailfish hooked and released this week.

A LITTLE WET

As I said at the beginning, we have some occasional thundershowers lately. I rains…it floods…then it dries up! Fairly typical sometimes. We call them “toritos” (little bulls) that roll in and quickly roll out. But the flash flooding can be dramatic. Thanks to Clima La Paz for the photos. Take a look. If you’ve been to La Paz, you might recognize some of the photos. (Like the malecon!)