With a big heave…Randy Payne hefts up a solid beast of a bull dorado in front of the Las Cruces area fishing with our Tailhunter La Paz fleet in an area that produce some of the better quality dorado this past week!
Brennan Lowery from Los Angeles shows off one of his big bulls he got while posing on the beach at Balandra Bay. He and his dad had an epic day with multiple hookups!
She’s a trooper! Kris Brownlee from Rock Springs, Wyoming gets seasick, but that never stops here from always bringing the smiles and getting into the fish no matter how she feels. Captain Jorge from our Las Arenas fleet gives her a big thumbs-up for this trophy roosterfish caught just south of Bahia de Los Muertos on a day when all our pangas got into the roosters and ALL OF THEM WERE RELEASED! Congrats to Kris!
Captain Rogelio “Jolly Roger” gives a hand to first-timer Jessica Reeve visiting us from Wyoming who got this sailfish pretty much right in La Paz Bay! Attempts to release the fish were not successful. The sailfish have been feeding on the small dorado in the bay.
He’s got the cool hat and the nice fish! Luke Brownlee from Wyoming fished with us the whole week and our amigo got some nice fish like this as well as roosters and had some shots at billfish as well.
Check out the colors on Mike Menasco’s fish! Every now and then we get these gorgeous blue-colored bull dorado. He was fishing just off El Rosario when he nailed this bull.
DORADO SHARE STAGE WITH BILLFISH AND ROOSTERS!
La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of July 27-Aug. 3, 2014
For once, we had a fairly consistent week of fishing. No big storms. No surprise rainfall. No big winds. It all made a difference even tho’ we did keep an eye on Hurricane Hernan which stayed far away and fortunately didn’t affect us in La Paz. So, we had a good week of fishing overall.
Our best performers continued to be the dorado. But, we had good showings of roosters, sailfish, marlin and even a few pargo.
Las Arenas
Our anglers who fished Las Arenas ran into more of those school-sized dorado. They sometimes pesky fish are 5-15 pounds with the average being about 8 pounds. Lots of fun on light tackle and surface jigs. Have had several groups of anglers out there with bass rigs and spinning rods having way too much fun. Some larger fish in the 20-25 pound class but not that many. I will say that toward the end of the week, the bite surely improved with not only more fish per panga, but more quality fish as well which was a great surprise as well as some billfish showing. Sorry…no wahoo for awhile and live bait is still an issue, but we’re using a mixture of live bait and dead baits that are all working well.
One of the nice surprises this week were the rooster fish. We hadn’t had that many roosters lately either because they’ve moved on or simply we haven’t had that many folks chasing them. They’re exotic and a much sought-after gamefish, but they don’t taste good so if you’re looking for something to put on the plate, it doesn’t make too much sense for many anglers.
However, we had a number of folks take a shot at them this week coming back with 20-50 pound fish caught-and-released after nice photos.
La Paz
Our most solid fishing again. Fish can be surprisingly close to shore and literally in the bay. If you’re looking for school-sized fish, one of our anglers said, “We could still see the hotel and Tailhunter Restaurant from where we were fishing all day. Every cast was a biter!” Again, great fun on light tackle and line.
Larger fish were found closer to Espirito Santo Island and around the corner in front of Las Cruces and El Rosario where the fish would be in the 30-40 pound class. As well, schools of jack crevalle would be found that really busted up some happy fishermen and put the hurt on some rods.
There are also some good numbers of billfish. A majority of our hook ups on marlin and sails this week occurred right where the small dorado schools were located probably because the billfish are feeding on the smaller dorado.
That’s our story!
Jonathan and Jilly
Jonathan Roldan’s
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