PHOTO 1: Don’t know how much longer this can last as waters start cooling, but there have been little jags of dorado here and there even though it’s winter. Our amiga, Verda Boyd from Fremont CA and her husband Tim Zimmer always come down in the winter and seem to find the fish! Here Captain Jorge lends a hand.
PHOTO 2: Captain Jorge again, this time with Tim Zimmer holding a good looking dorado taken just outside of Muertos Bay on live bait and light tackle.
PHOTO 3: Photo of Jonathan being interviewed by Univision Channel 19 the Sacramento CA Spanish-speaking news station. Jonathan doing his unsuccessful best NOT to butcher the language. I’m sure the channel lost ratings points that night during the broadcast as their viewers switched to the weather channel.
PHOTO 4: The grey whales have arrived in Magdalena Bay and we’re now running whale watching trips daily to this tranquil shallow lagoon where the whales take up winter residence until about mid-March.
PHOTO 5: Yes, they do get this close!
A WINDY WEEK KEEPS BOATS CLOSE TO SHORE BUT STILL CATCHING FISH!
A really windy week in La Paz with Santa Ana type winds flailing the whole area. The kite and wind surfers in the channel out by La Ventana are just loving this as the winds just funnel between the peninsula and Cerralvo Island. Still, we hug the shoreline and again, kept most of our anglers in the Muertos Bay area with good results. Again, sierra were the mainstay. Boats took 8-12 per boat and losing others. Cabrilla and snapper rounded out the mixed bag, but roosters were not uncommon and we still got a few dorado as well. No complaints. Fortunately, bait is plentiful and close. Sardines on a hook will pretty much get almost all species to bite. Nice to be on the water. Not many people to share the fishing holes with! If anything, the wind really hampered the few flyfishers we had, but being the off-season, this is why we don’t do a lot of flyfishers right now. Waters seemed to turn a bit green too. That’s indicative of a chilling. Could be the winds are pulling colder water up from down deep. We’ll have to keep an eye on it.
WHALES ARE HERE
The annual migration of the whales has started! Pretty much on schedule the vanguard of the California grey whales has arrived at Magdalena Bay. It’s one of the 3 places along the Baja Pacific coast that the whales take up winter residency. It’s the largest migration of animals on the planet. We’re running daily whale watching trips now until they head back sometime around March. Get in touch with us if you’re interested in seeing this incredible event up close!
HEADED TO OUR NEXT STOP
Howdy and thank you to everyone that stopped by our booth at the first two stops on our 2009 Tailhunter Tour. We had a great time two weeks ago at the San Mateo International Sportmen’s Expo near San Francisco and are now finished with the Sacramento ISE show at the California State Fairgrounds.
Next stop Denver from Thursday Jan 22 to Sunday Jan. 25. We’ll be at the Denver Convention Center. This is an incredible show so please stop by to say hi and come chat about coming to see us in 2009 in La Paz.
ALASKA FLIGHTS
Alaska Airlines has a big sale right now. Buy your tickets before Jan. 24th and use them before June 24th for big discounts to fly to La Paz. They now fly Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Seats have been going fast so don’t delay. More sales are on the way, we hear!
MUERTOS BAY
We’ve got some new projects bubbling up at Muertos Bay these days. For those of you who don’t relish the drive over the hill from La Paz, we’re now working with some of the rental houses there and we’re also developing some projects with the Cardon Grill (formerly the Giggling Marlin Restaurant) that are pretty exciting. Stay tuned. More to come!
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