PHOTO 1: Check out the colors on this incredible bull dorado. Shawn James of Los Angeles had just about wrapped up his day at Las Arenas with Captain Victor and were headed in. Just a few yards off the beach, the spotted a school or dorado and this big bull slammed his bait. Fish on! You won’t see many pristine dorado photos like this!
TUNA – DORADO – MARLIN TAKE CENTER STAGE (FINALLY!)
LA PAZ / LAS ARENAS FISHING REPORT FOR JULY 28, 2007
PHOTO 2: Lookie ! Lookie! Can that really be….TUNA???? Yellowfin tuna spread on the cutting table off Las Arenas. Boats did really well this week on the footballs with fish being caught by both our Las Arenas and (surprise) even our La Paz fleet too! Rob Lloyd (left) and Jan Laes had came all the way from Washington state and had some banner days with us this week getting tuna, dorado, and marlin on their first trip to La Paz.
PHOTO 3: Classic La Paz photo this week. Pristine beach. Blue water. Blue panga. Rack of nice dorado. This is Tino Fernandez holding the big bulls. He and his buddies from the Central Valley area of California (Chuck Hunter/ Chad Hunter / Randy Darnell ) beat up on some fish and get this…donated more than 100 pounds of fish to the orphanage here in La Paz!
PHOTO 4: Not bad for a first timer on her first day!!! Michelle Durston gets an assist from Captain Jorge with this big bull. That was about all the help she needed. In two days fishing she packed the coolers with alot of dorado fillets. The dorado are in full force most days right now for both my La Paz and my Las Arenas fleets.
PHOTO 5: This is Tom Moon and Captain “Pelon” Roberto Carballo. Last year, Tom had to cancel when Aero California stopped flying to La Paz, but came back this year. On his first day, he got a great mix of dorado and these yellowfin tuna fishing with his buddy Rob Wood. Both are from the Los Angeles area. Surprisingly the yellowfin are popping up for our La Paz fleet. Normally, most of our tuna bite around Las Arenas, but for the last few weeks, the tuna bite has gotten stronger and stronger. Most of the fish are coming on trolled feathers with the average size being 5-15 pounds.THE FISHING REPORT
Pretty solid week around here! Storm Dalila got us a little nervous mid-week, but she blew outside and into the Pacific leaving us with a day of chop and strong winds, but other than that, it was overall some good to excellent action all the way around. No one got blanked. Everyone usually had too much fish in their coolers!
LAS ARENAS
Incredible variety right now. Highly unusual for the summer, but no one complaining! This week randing from Cerralvo Island all the way to Pescadero and then outside to the buoys, I counted 10 different species of fish. Almost like a fish smorgasboard.
Outside at the buoys…dorado and billfish including a few sails this week and even a few blues hooked and lost. Some of the dorado now are growing up too…big bulls in the 20-40 pound class are not uncommon. The nicest surprise…the slam of football yellowfin off Cerralvo Island, Punta Perrico and the lighthouse! I sure hope this continues. These aren’t the big sluggers, but sure are fun when they decide to start boiling!!!
In addition to the pelagics, there’s still some decent inshore stuff to be has as well. However, it’s tough to guage. So many guys are out chasing the blue water stuff, that it’s hard to really know how good the inshore fishing can be. However, I’ll tell ya what…there’s still roosters along the beaches up to 40 pounds. There’s still pargo and cabrilla in the rocks as well so don’t discount some of the trophies that could literally be in 10 feet of water only a few yards off the shore!
LA PAZ
There were some days this week when our clients blasted the schools so badly, they filled their ice chests in a single day. After that it was catch and release or spend the days snorkeling or chasing species other than dorado, tuna, and marlin. If you wanted to catch a marlin, the last few weeks would have been one of your best chances to put a billfish on the rod! So many anglers who had never caught a billfish got not 1, but 2 or even 3 billfish this week!
Additionally, it seems the dorado schools have finally firmed up and their several great spots north of the island with fish about 15 pounds, but as large as 50!!!
On top of that, when was the last we got tuna out of La Paz? I can’t remember a real honest solid jag of tuna in YEARS!!! However, some boats that found the spots this past week got 2, 4, 6 even 10 tuna aboard. Jig strikes are the best way to find the schools and after that…. THROW BAIT…and get ’em coming to the boat to chew!
The dog days of summer are here! It’s hot and humid and the fish are biting. But the beer is just as cold !
Have a great week!
Jonathan
Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
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