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YELLOWTAIL REALLY STARTING TO RUMBLE IF ONLY THE WINDS STAYED DOWN!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for March 4, 2006

The Fishing Report

I’d have to tell you that sometimes this is getting pretty monotonous. The yellowtail are here! They want to eat! They are 20-60 pound fish! The only problem is that half the days, we have to either cancel the boats because the winds came back up or else we just can’t get to where the fish are holding.

I guess the good side is that every week, it’s a little better, but it’s frustrating knowing these toad-sized forktails are there and, but for mother nature, we’d be into them! At areas like El Bajo Seamount north of Espiritu Santo, and at the north end of Cerralvo Island the fish didn’t quite eat the iron as well, but what the hey…the didn’t mind eating sardines or the larger caballitos (big fish…big baits!). These fish are hunkered down in the rocks so this is one of those times during the year when I tell the anglers that the larger stiffer rods that can put the hurt on fish as well as 40-60 pound test with a bigger 3/0 or up to 5/0 hook isn’t a bad idea. Match the size of the hook to the size of the bait. You surely don’t want to impale a 5 inch sardine on a 5/0 hook nor does it do any good to put a #1 hook into an 8 inch caballito either.

I’d still bring the iron, but you might want a few torpedo sinkers or barrel sinkers to get the baits down. Like I said, the fish are down in the rocks so just be prepared to lose a few rigs. If you don’t lose some, you’re not fishing close enough to the structure and while down there, if it feelsl like you get hung up, just because it doesn’t take a blazing run doesn’t mean you’ve caught the bottom. This is pargo season too and there’s critters down there with big teeth like the cubera snapper and pargo lisa that will go 30-80 pounds! If you get bit, crank like hell and keep the rod tip high so whatever you’ve got can’t turn it’s head and burrow back down into the caves!

As for other species, we’re seeing more and more marlin around towards the south by our Las Arenas fleet. These are lazy boys. They sit and sun and you can literally almost run them over with the pangas before they’ll move. I’ve thrown baits right on top of their noses and they ignore it like I had thrown a hot dog at them instead of a juicy sardine or mackerel! Just wait. As the waters warm, these guys will start going on the feed. We just need a few more degrees and a little less wind. Still…this is darned early to be seeing billfish in the water so hang on!

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ODDS AND ENDS:

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Jonathan

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