PHOTO 1: Sierra mackerel like this beauty here are still hitting nicely just about anywhere but the inshore reef, shoals and beaches seem to be the best holding spots for these guys. Don’t let the “mackerel” part of the name fool you. They fight hard and are among the tasitest fish around. Light tackle and a wire leader are working best with live bait or small crank bait lures like small Rapalas or Yo-Zuri lures.
PHOTO 2: Nice schools of feisty jack crevalle have move into the beach and inshore areas, especially for our anglers working the Muertos Bay/ Punto Perricos area. Great sport fish, but terrible eating, they are best released. Cousins to yellowtail, roosterfish, amberjack and pompano, when these guys are on the feed, they’ll hit pretty much anything aggressively.
PHOTO 3: The whales have finally arrived in Magdalena Bay and we’re running daily trips there now. The largest migration of mammals on Earth, the grey whales come to Baja during the winter months until about March to mate and give birth.
PHOTO 4: This is about as close as you can get to these great animals! Just watch out when they spout! Good idea to bring a windbreaker and hat! Pretty neat to get this close to a 30 foot whale or it’s baby. The grey whales usually hang out until mid-March in the shallow bay waters.
PHOTO 4: The Tailhunter Road Show 2009 moves on! We are just finishing our 3rd fishing/ hunting show of the season here in Denver CO. It has been a great tour with stops at shows in San Mateo CA and Sacramento CA. We wrap up here in Denver then move onto the Portland Expo Feb. 4-8. Great to see all the old friend and meet new ones. Come visit us in Portland and come fishing in La Paz! Lots of snow birds in town right now but not many anglers or divers. You can tell the locals. It’s 70 degrees and breezy and we’re all walking around in long pants and sweatshirts bundled against the “cold.” The tourists are wearing shorts and flip-flops and t-shirts. The whales are in at Magdalena Bay so we’re running a lot of trips out there now and indeed, quite a few of the tourists in town are here for the whales and not many for fishing. Let us know if we can set you up with some whale watching before they head north in March.
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