Fish Report

Flossie Crashes The Party

First time with us from Mississippi, Shane Tompkins, got his big roosterfish that the captain estimated was in the 80-90 pound class. Shane did release the fish!

by Jonathan Roldan
7-7-2025
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SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WATER: Before Flossie warm and blue summer-time water with surface temps about 82 degrees. After flossie waters dropped 3-4 degrees with dirtier water from runoff and colder water from deep.

WEATHER: Before Flossie sunny and hot in the high 90’s. During Flossie crazy humid with scattered rain here and there. Lots of wind, but thankfully, the hurricane went out to the Pacific. After Flossie still humid, but cooler. Temps in the low to mid-90’s and somewhat cloudy

FISH HOOKED THIS PERIOD: Dorado, roosters, marlin, sailfish, jack crevalle, dog-tooth snapper, barred pargo, yellow snapper, silver snapper, african trevally, black trevally, pompano, bonito, sierra, sharks, tuna

FISHING ON A SCALE of 1-10 (10 being best): Before Flossie 6-7. After Flossie a 3, but better each day after the storm.

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

HE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Bahia Muertos/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of June 28-July 6, 2025

July 7, 2025 by riplipboy

FLOSSIE CRASHES THE PARTY

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of June 28-July6, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WATER: Before Flossie warm and blue summer-time water with surface temps about 82 degrees. After flossie waters dropped 3-4 degrees with dirtier water from runoff and colder water from deep.

FISHING ON A SCALE of 1-10 (10 being best): Before Flossie 6-7. After Flossie a 3, but better each day after the storm.

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Flossie came barreling towards us but gratefully, she went up the Pacific Coast instead of up the Sea of Cortez. We still got the periphery of it which included strong winds, a bit of rain and some rough seas.

Andy Lauber from Louisiana with his brother, Jack, and Captain Pancho hooked a huge dorado but there was a school of sharks chasing the fish. They had to pull hard and run the fish down as the big bull tried to escape the attacking sharks. They had just one chance to get a gaff on the fish! The whole thing took 3 minutes!

This week’s report is a two parter.

PART 1: FISHING BEFORE FLOSSIE

It was pretty good! Looking alot like finally getting the summertime vibe on the water. Hot sunny days and steady fishing action. Not spectacular just yet, but surely alot of solid fun.

The roosterfish at Las Arenas continued to chew pretty much unabated like I’ve never seen in 30 years. If you wanted to catch and fish for roosters in the 10-30 pound class all day there were there just off the beach in several areas. As one of our guests told me, “That was crazy fun. We released so many fish. Every cast was a hookup of either a roosterfish, a jack crevalle or a needlefish! You could see the fish under the boat in the clear water!” The good part was all the fish were getting released. The bad part was that well…all the fish were getting released! No fish to fillet and bring home to eat! Roosters, jacks and needles just aren’t real good table fare.

So, usually, after some fun on the rooster grounds, the captains would take the clients out and catch some “keeper fish” like barred pargo, cabrilla, snapper and dog-tooth as well as some dorado.

Speaking of dorado, they finally started to come along. It’s about time. They are a tad late this season. By now, we should be deep into them, but the waters just had not quite warmed up enough for them. We’re seeing more of them and there’s some nice grade fish as you can tell from the photos, but just not the quanity we’re used to this time of year.

However, the fact that the waters are a bit cooler might have been a good thing. Hurricanes follow warm water and the Sea of Cortez was just cool enough that Hurricane Flossie followed the warmer waters along the Pacific and diverted from hitting us directly in the nose.

Another thing is that the billfish like striped and blue marlin as well as sailfish have woken up finally. There were a few days that almost every boat hooked at least one billfish. Most were accidents when the guests weren’t intending to hook or fish for billfish, but if you hav a bait in the water, you never know what’s going to bite. Most of the fish are getting broken off or released.

PART 2 : AFTER FLOSSIE

It’s pretty unusual to get a storm like Flossie so early in the season.

Flossie fortunately did not hit us directly. It followed the warmer waters outside to the Pacific, but we got the peripheral winds which created some pretty rough seas plus a bit of rain and dark skies.

I’m thankful we dodged a bullet, but Flossie still affected us.

We had to make adjustments, but we were still able to get boats and fishermen out, but fishing wasn’t very great in the rough seas. Plus waters had turned dirtier and off-color from the deep upwelling and rain runoff.

Kudos to our fishermen and captains who hung in there and did their best, but fishing really dropped off. It was difficult to get to spots with the rough seas plus the fish had moved to other areas. We got a few dorado and bonito and some rockfish, but had to work hard for them. Grateful to our guests that were here for their patience.

With each passing day, the waters cleared up just a bit more. With each passing day, the waters got warmer. We started finding some of the schools again. Hopefully, we’ll bounce completely back if not sooner by the time you’re reading this. We did find the roosterfish schools again!

One other thing. After we get rain, we alway get a hatch of flies and mosquitos for a few days. All it takes is a few puddles to breed. The Mexican government doesn’t appear to be spraying anymore because of the toxicity of spraying. (Bad for mosquitos and bad for humans as they just drive down the street spraying!) . But it wouldn’t hurt to pack a little bottle of repellent if you’re coming down. All it takes is one little pest in your ear at night to drive you crazy!

That’s our story!

Jonathan & Jilly