One little flurry of fast-moving tuna looked promising but turned out to be a fluke and didn’t develop into much, but the fish were quality slugs like this one that Carlos has! But that was it…gone like ghosts!
Roosterfish were surely the highlight of the week either because that’s what everyone focused on or because that’s all that was biting. But for many folks, getting a rooster is a unique thrill and a much sought-after trophy fish like this beautiful fish held by Joe Jacobs caught near Espiritu Santo Island and released.
Some of the roosters we’re getting have been quality fish. The photo great, but we don’t have many photos mainly because most of the fish are released. They don’t taste very good either so lucky for them! Captain Archangel with our Tailhunter Fleet at Las Arenas hefts a nice one before letting the big fish swim off.
This is the satellite view from the http://www.terrafin.com. It shows the water temperature surface gradients around La Paz which could explain alot of things. Every week the water seems to change from warm to cold and back to warm then cold again. The fish might just be shocked. However check out the reading from June. 2. The green and blue colors are cold waters in the 70 degree range. The orange and redder colors are the warmer waters. A week ago, almost all the waters around La Paz were in the 80 degree range! Now, if you’re on a boat, the waters are cold and green.
ROOSTERFISH MARLIN HIGHLIGHT OTHERWISE SLOW SLOW WEEK OF FISHING
La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of May 27 to June 3, 2012
A tough scratchy week of fishing here. None of us can get a “read” on this. It’s maybe the most inconsistent season I have ever seen. Water temps rise and fall by 10 degrees warm…cold…warm…cold. Winds are dead then howl…then die again. As I write this the palm trees are bending over from strong northwesterlies and it looks like the port captain will shut down the port. This after a week of relatively calm waters. The bait situation is fluid. Our La Paz boats have bait, but the water temperatures are so varied that the fish are lockjawed. Marlin and dorado ignore the baits and lures and we have to scratch out any kind of a bite. On the Las Arenas side, our fleets have no sardines or they are very tiny. So, the guys have resorted to using frozen ballyhoo, or jigging up pilot fish or cocineros or liso (mullet). It’s hard to chum if you don’t have sardines. I’m recommending guys bring fresh frozen squid or mackerel right now. Not the kind you buy at the bait store. Fresh frozen is the kind you buy in the market that’s for human consumption. It could make a big difference.
On the bright side of things…
The marlin finally seem to have woken up. For weeks the marlin have been lethargicly sunning themselves on the surface. No interested in anything. Well, each day now, the marlin seem more active. We seem to get a hookup or two each day and sometimes more. Credit to the anglers and captains for releasing all fish. Most of the fish have been about 120 pound stripers although we had one that one of my captains estimated close to 200 pounds that busted the line during the fight.
Also, if you want a roosterfish…we got those running around. Most days each of our Las Arenas boats is getting 1-4 of them up to about 40 pounds. All on bait. Really tough on the flyfishermen with no chum to speak of right now. But using mullet and cocineros, the conventional fishermen are getting the roosters. We’re also getting a few dorado now and then up to about 25 pounds, the occasional snapper or pargo as well as cabrilla. But nothing to get too excited about. Hope it turns around.
NEW TAILHUNTER WEBSITE IS LIVE
After 7 months, we’ve finally got the new website up and live. Check it out www.tailhunter-international.com
With increasing frequency, folks have been having problems with viewing the website as more folks use browswers other than Microsoft Explorer. Many folks are increasing using Google and Yahoo browsers and we wanted to keep ahead of the curve to reduce future problems and bring you up-t0-date information. Hope you find the new site enjoyable and informative. Thanks to our master IT guru Bil Pulford for the great job and patience.
Have a great week!
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Jonathan and Jilly
Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
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