PHOTO 1: Larry Barnes all the way from Alberta Canada was down for his first time and got a variety of fish including this nice pargo just off Punto Perrico. Conditions were less than stellar this week as you might notice from the grey skies and Captain Victor needing to wear his slickers.
PHOTO 2: Our amigo from La Paz by way of Mazatalan, Leonard Bishop, at first thought this was a funny looking yellowtail and found out later it’s a rainbow runner… a close cousin to the yellowtail caught near Muertos Bay. For Leonard’s full account see below. He got this fish on his flyrod.
La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Feb. 7-14, 2010
A bit of a mixed week down here with some surprising varieties of fish. Quite a mix considering it’s only February and everyone is talking about “El Nino.” Everyone wants to know. Heck, I’m no scientist. We just go fishing and catch what’s biting and right now, you just never know what’s out there! This week, it was a bit on the windy side. The winds have the obvious effect of making it a bit rougher than we would like, but it also affects our ability to get bait. Sardines are usually in the shallow areas near the rockys or beaches and when waves are spanking the shore, it not only scatters the little guys, but if you’re a panga captain trying to throw a net and get close into the shallows, it’s hell trying to keep the waves from smashing your panga into the rocks. It gets dicey!
Anyway, as mentioned, there’s good fish to be caught. Pargo are up in numbers inside now. We’re seeing ’em for sure. But catching them is another issue. I had guys lose 8, 12, 16 fish to the rocks as the big red boys racked the lines and tore them up. They had fun trying to stop the beasts, but still managed a few “smaller” fish in the 10-20 pound class around Cerralvo Island and Muertos Bay. As well, in the same areas, they met with better success on snapper and some nice cabrilla (seabass). No shortage of sierra and you can play with those all day long and have a blast. Surprising species, however, included rainbow runners (baby cousins to yellowtail and great eating!) as well as some dorado and even a few yellowfin tuna!
The bad news is that mid-week, the winds really picked up for really the first time all year. It just made it really tough to fish. We actually canceled the fishing for a few days. We could’ve gone out and gotten a few fish, but no sense in being miserable out there and the clients decided to simply postpone fishing until later in the week. After the winds abated a bit, fishing was still off a bit, but, as mentioned above there were some decent varieties of fish to be caught although in all honesty, it surely could have been better.
Carnivale started this week so the whole city is in party mode!
FIRST PERSON
Thanks to Leonard Bishop on his report for his fishing day:
“We trolled rapalas at the south end of Cerralvo (Island), while we waited for Captain Victor to get bait. Caught 4-5 nice size cabrilla some 4-6 lbs!
Got bait then went out from Punta Arena in open water. We got bonito, sierra (1 big one), skipjack, and a rainbow runner, We went back to rocks near Muertos Bay, more cabrilla, dog snapper, triggerfish, golden trevally, couple other “toss em` backs”
missed a bunch of pargo liso (mullet snapper), just got rocked again and again! The bite was really fussy. Yes I got the rainbow runner on a pink bucktail fly. The cabrilla were dee-licious!!!”
PORTLAND SPORT SHOW
Thanks to everyone who came to say hi to us at the Portland Expo Center this past week for the Northwest Sportsman’s Hunting and Fishing Show. What a kick! Five great days in the booth and thanks to all our friends who brought us goodies as well. We ate and drank well! You’re the best!
Now…onto Phoenix! Our next Tailhunter appearance will be at Cardinal football Stadium right there on the football field. We’ll be there Friday to Sunday Feb. 26-28. Come check it out and say hi.
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Jonathan and Jill
Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
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