Jonathon at Tailhunter International just posted a report that should get the juices flowing. Here it is. Thanks to Ian for giving me the heads up on this.FISHING RODEO AS WAHOO JOIN THE FRAY WITH TUNA AND BIG DORADO!
La Paz / Las Arenas Fishing Report for the Week of July 5-11, 2009
I’m not sure where to start!!! I usually try to “understate” the fishing to some degree. I mean…fishing just CAN’T be good ALL THE TIME, right?
Well, just when I thought it couldn’t get better…IT DID! First we had a killer dorado bite going on that seemed off the charts. Then about 2 ½ weeks ago the tuna exploded in a surprising bite that covered waters north of La Paz…around Cerralvo Island…and several points south…such that anglers were getting limits of tuna in an hour or two of fishing!
Then, this week…WAHOOOOOOooooooooo!!!! What can I say. Guys fishing tuna on live bait were suddenly getting chomped by free-swimming wahoo. Zing-powie! Then guys started throwing bombs and trolling Rapalas and other lures and the wahoo went nuts! Guys would get bit several times…lose a few and get one or two to the boat! Several boats took 2, 3, 4 wahoo each. These fish went 25-50 pounds in a bite like I can’t remember! These fish were not picky. They loved the trolled lures, but for once did not seem picky about the colors…purple/black…green mackerel…blue mackerel…fire tiger…bright orange…all got hit! Just check out the photos and I’d have posted up even more photos, but just did not have enough space!
Will it continue? I have no idea!
But what a bite. On two occasions, I heard clients tell me they got into dorado so thick that two fish actually jumped in the boat (not kidding…I saw the fish!) One hit a guy in the back while he was hooked up and the fish fell back in the water. We had some big roosterfish too. As for marlin and sailfish…we had several striped marlin and several sailfish caught and released. But Ryan Hershey from Colorado hooked a fish estimated to be 700 pounds (Captain’s estimate) that we have to give high-5’s to…HE RELEASED THE FISH! Good on you! Barry Wood from Orange Co, CA had on a 400 pounder that spooled them faster than the boat could catch up! Barry said, “When I saw it, I knew I wanted no part of it!”
Tell ya what…if it’s any indication, I’ve been vacuum sealing 100-200 bags of fish here at the TAILHUNTER/ FUBAR every afternoon and this does not include all the fish that the anglers are telling me they are releasing!
I like the part where he says Zing powie!" Let's say that too when we go down.
ReplyDeleteI with ya on that. Hopefully we say it a lot. I am a big fan of boomschakalaka myself. My four year old says it all the time. It would be nice to stick a couple of wahoo like that, we will eat well!!!
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