The better grade of tuna popped up off Las Arenas and Cerralvo Island. There weren't many of them, but the ones that did show up were in the 40-100 pound class with some larger ones mixed in. Chance Vega from Long Beach hoists up a 40 pounder that just came over the rail.
Dorado continued to be the main attraction for both our Tailhunter fleets with some really nice grade fish being about 90 percent of the weekly catch like this big bull that Captain Rogelio is helping Ron with fishing with our Tailhunter La Paz fleet.
There's no question that there's alot of billfish in the water right now and the guys fishing for dorado and tuna are getting quite a few surprise hook ups. I wante to thank our amigo, Tom Beautnagel, who took some great billfish photos this past week, including this fantastic shot of our Captain Gerardo gunning the boat and trying to chase down a jumping sailfish hooked by one of his anglers. This is what we call a "Nantucket Sleigh Ride!" All you can do is hold on!
This guy never has a bad day. He is always smiling! Our good friend, Rick Kasper, actor and outdoor TV show host got into that nice jag of tuna this pas week off Las Arenas.
You gotta give this smiling gal props! Debra Guyton from Buena Park CA was fishing for the first time this week and got badly seasick, but refused to stop fishing even when she could easily have gone back to shore. She'd get sick...catch a fish...get sick...catch a fish...and kept smiling too! She got some big tuna as well as some great dorado like this one!
They came to get a tuna or two and Kevin Meyerhoff and Brian Hoff did get these two that ended up on their dinner plates at our Tailhunter Restaurant as ceviche, sashime and Hawaiian poke.
It's a bit hard to tell all the players behind the dorsal fin, but for sure, it's our popular Captain Pancho with Ron and maybe Tyler and the smiles. This particular day, they got the sailfish AND a marlin fishing off Las Arenas and major kudos for quickly releasing both fish to swim away! Quite a few billfish in the water many around the schools of small dorado and bonito. (Thanks for the photo, Tom!)
Showing off a nice rack of Las Arenas dorado, Capt. John Seidensticker from Huntington Beach CA shows of some good sized dorado typical of the size we're getting right now.
HOT WEATHER AND HOT DORADO FISHING PACE THE WEEK!
La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Aug. 28-Sept. 4, 2011
Again, it was a pretty hot week for dorado fishing around town, especially for our Tailhunter La Paz fleet where filling the coolers in a single day was sometimes the rule rather than the exception for quite a few fishermen if they wanted doado meat! Fishing north of town, there was both quantity and quality with some 30-40 pound fish taken each day.
It wasn’t quite so frisky for our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet, but dorado fishing was still fairly steady but the bonus being that we found several spots of tuna that ranged from 20-100 pounds that were close to shore or to the island plus quite a few hookups on sailfish and marlin. So, all-in-all, lots of variety.
Perhaps the biggest concern all week wasn’t the hot fishing. The fish took care of themselves! If you had lines in the water and a few days fishing like most of our clients, you were gonna put some fillets in your ice chest without really trying too hard. However, the hottest things was the weather!
We had our normally warm temps in the high 90’s and low hundreds that are tolerable to most folks. No biggie. However, I can’t remember when it was so humid. For instance, one day it was 98 degrees at 3 p.m. but with the humidity, the heat index had us at 118! Another day it was only 101 degrees, but with the humidity and the heat index it was a whopping 129 degrees at SIX P.M.!!!!! Amazingly, as soon as the sun dipped down the afternoon Corumuel winds come up every day and immediately, the temperatures drop within 30 minutes by 20 degrees and then continue getting cooler with the breeze refreshing everything through the night. Our biggest concern wasn’t reminding our fisher-folk to hold onto their rods…it was reminding them that they MUST drink waters! Beer doesn’t count. The ice in the margarita doesn’t count! With temperatures so high, people don’t realize that the liquid in their bodies is getting sucked right out with every breath and dangerous heat stroke is a very real possibility! In the past, we’ve had folks literally tip over and pass out and had to call the ambulance or get sick when they came back to their rooms thinking they had the flu or food poisoning with cramps and chills when, in fact, they were just heat stroking. Fortunately, it’s not happened yet this season, but as long as you wear a hat. Stay in the shade as much as possible and stay hydrated, folks are fine.
But back to the fishing…
Yes…dorado…dorado…dorado…Hahahahaha…(yawn). Seriously, we’re thankful the dorado have been ripping all summer. Great fun. Great fighters. Great eating! Probably 90 percent of the catch this past week has been dorado.
But, the continued bites by sailfish and marlin to unsuspecting anglers who are have a little sardine out there swimming around on light tackle trying to hook a dorado or tuna then suddenly finding a 7-10 foot fish on the end is usually pretty thrilling. Most times the fish break off after a fight or, if taken, almost all the billfish are getting released.
Even moreso was the exciting appearance of the larger grade of tuna off Las Arenas. Some of the fish were as close as Punta Perrico which is about 5 minutes down the beach from where we launch our pangas near the lighthouse. 30-40 pound models were the norm, but larger 50, 60 and a few fish over 100 pounds were hooked and most lost. But this is definitely something to keep an eye on. The tuna were hardly wide open, but boats that went to the tuna zone got 1-4 fish each most days.
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Jonathan and Jill
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