Fish Report

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER:  Getting warmer with temps in the 90’s now but the evenings are still very comfortable.  Some windy gusty morning and evenings to deal with and can be a little breezy some days, but calming overall.

WATER:  Getting bluer, clearer and warmer each week.  Water temps on the surface are in the mid-70’s with a big patch of warm blue water coming down from the north.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK:  Honestly…I lost count and lost track.  One of our young anglers caught almost 2 dozen species in 3 days.  But here goes…wahoo, marlin, roosterfish, barred pargo, dog-tooth snapper, pargo liso, yellow snapper, cabrilla, sierra, rainbow runner , yellowtail, amberjack, triggerfish, sheephead, hawkfish, spotted bay bass, grunts, surgeonfish, trumpetfish, pompano, trevally, bonito, jack crevalle, grouper …even a small halibut!

FISHING SCALE :1-10:  solid 7

The last report, I told you that it had been the best week of the season.   It was pretty darned good.  Then, we got the full moon and although I don’t think it really affects us too much down here, I always have a little anxiety about how it will affect the fishing especially this early in the season .

Well…FULL MOON?  In a word, the bite got even better!

Hey, I’m not kidding.  We hooked over 24 different species of fish and one of our young anglers, Benji Moreau…just 15 years old…decided to count and over 3 days, he hooked and released 22 different species!

I think if you just look at this week’s fishing gallery, it’ll give you a good idea better than me writing long narratives.

The roosterfish weren’t off the charts like earlier in the month when they were almost jumping into the boat, but it was more “normal” with maybe 2-4 roosters per boat per day.  But, they were mostly BIGGER this week.  Some fish hitting the 30-60 pound class!  We had some other larger roosters that might have been bigger that were lost.  But, all fish were released and the bottom line is that everyone who wanted a rooster got a rooster…or 2…or 3 or more!  Fun fishing!

Our flyfishers, especially had a good time which is alot of work, but they spent a good deal of time bent on the roosters, jacks, bonito and other species!

The waters and air temps are definitely warming up and this is a pretty typical spring bite.  The marlin are waking up and we got our first billfish this week although we weren’t able to release it.  Two others were lost.

We also FINALLY put some wahoo in the boat!

We’ve had some biters get lost the last 2 weeks, but finally had a few stick and put in the boat. Good legit 30 pound wahoo off the south end of Cerralvo Island. It’s good to know they are finally there and ready to bite.

Also, the big pargo liso are still spawning in the shallows and these big red vicious critters will tease and then crush baits and your spirits and pull you out’ve your socks!  If you get 5 hook-ups and just one fish to the boat, you’re doing good.

More dorado starting to show up as the waters warm as well.  Not many.  Not yet, but the ones we’ve hooked have been quality 15-25 pound fish.

I can’t even begin to name some of the other species, we got.  However, in addition to the roosters, marlin, wahoo, dorado and pargo liso, I also saw bonito, jack crevalle, amberjack, sierra, rainbow runner, yellowtail, grouper, cabrilla, triggerfish, trevally and pompano among others!

It’s getting warmer!  Daytime temps are in the low to mid-90’s now!  But, it can still be breezy on the water especially in the mornings and evenings!

If you wanna go fishing, write me directly:  tailhunterfishinglapaz@gmail.com 

We’ll see you down here!  Let’s get you bent!

Don’t let the size fool you. Pound-for-pound among the most powerful and frustrating fish in our waters, but Doug Fowler caught two of these pargo liso!

Captain Hugo with Mike Strain from Minnesota with another ‘hoo. Hugo has had a knack for hooking the wahoo lately. Mike was staying at Gary Wagner’s place at Rancho Costa at Bahia Muertos!

Mike gives wife, Leslie, a hand posing with her big roosterfish! That’s the sand of Punta Arenas in the background. The fish was released!

Rick Choate had a sweet 2 weeks with us with numerous species and quite a few trophies like this big bull dorado right off the Punta Perrico rocks! We don’t have to go far for big species down here.

Whoa! Trophy cabrilla/grouper for Pat Duggan while fishing with Captain Alfredo over the reef!

Two more first timers! Doug and his son Benji from Oceanside CA also wanted to get a rooster! They got more than one like this fat gallo that they hooked on light tackle and tag-teamed to get it to the boat . The fish was released and swam away strong!

I think that is Galen Wilcox behind that mask with Captain Armando. Galen has a rooster on his bucket list and got several. All released.

Stuff happens! Sam and Owen weren’t trying to catch a marlin but this striper came up and wolfed down a little sardine on a small hook and the fight was on! Their first time fishing with us and the were not able to revive the fish because the hook had gone straight down, but they donated much of the meat. It’s our first marlin of the season.

Randy Choate finally got his wahoo after so many years at the south end of Cerralvo Island. He also busted off another one. His retirement gift to himself was a whole month fishing with us!

All the way from S. Carolina! Brad Sleder with one of his roosters that he released. Always good to see him here.

Nice bull for Carter Vandenberg who mostly fished all week with the flyrod, but took this mahi on conventional tackle north of La Paz near Espirito Santo Island.