Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3614 June 23- July 7 2017 | Page 27
BAJA ROUNDUP
VOL.36 • ISS. 14
June 23 - July 7, 2017
Vol. 36 - Iss. 14 Pg. 23
June 23 - July 7, 2017
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Las Arenas Gives Up Big
Fish For La Paz Anglers
O
ur anglers working
out of Las Arenas
hooked some big wahoo
last week but they lost 4
out of every 5 hooked,”
exclaimed Jonathan Roldan
of Tailhunter International.
“Early in the week, I don’t
think we landed a single
wahoo and it wasn’t until
later in the week when the
guys started putting some
‘hoo into the pangas and
not losing so many. In their
defense, these are fast pow-
erful fish with sharp teeth,
but it would have been nice
to land a few more. We also
got some huge roosterfish.
The average rooster ran
about 60 pounds this week
with a number of fish in the
80 pound class.”
“Our guys hooked some
striped marlin this week too
and rounded things out with
bonito, triggerfish and some
jack crevalle, reef fish and
dorado. One of our guys
had on a 50-pound tuna
lost at color after about a
30 minute battle. This was
the best fishing we’ve seen
in the area all year and we
are hoping to see things
continue to improve,” said
Roldan.
Wahoo have been cooperating with
long range anglers working off the
coast of Baja. This big fish was
caught while trolling on June 1.
Photo courtesy of RED ROOSTER III
SPORTFISHING, San Diego.
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Big yellowtail are on the bite south of the border. This big fish was caught
aboard the Excel in early June.
Photo courtesy of EXCEL SPORTFISHING, San Diego.
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Tuna And Marlin Battle
Anglers Out Of Cabo
e are experiencing
nice days and some
wind in the afternoons and
evening,” reported Captain
Jerry Chapman of JC Sport-
fishing. “We have had some
very nice weather over the
past week. I was out last
night and we had some
pretty strong north winds
that were pretty cool, looks
as if they were coming off
the Pacific. I think in the
afternoons if you’re fishing
on the Pacific side expect
some rough rides as it has
been blowing pretty good
in the afternoons. Really as
far as temperatures it’s been
really warm in the day time
with mostly sunny days and
cooler evenings.”
“Some nice striped marlin
have been landed in the
175lb to 200lb range and
those are some nice size
fish. We have had days
over this past week where
we have landed multiple
marlin. The 1150 to about 3
miles off the arch has been
really good for marlin and
using ballyhoo, live bait
and lures were enticing
them. The average size of
marlin being caught is 90lb
to 150lb which is basically
the striped marlin average
What a day it was for them!
size. So, no shortage of
fishing action this past week Winds have scattered the
tuna schools and cooled the
with our boats doing very
water down but it’s starting
well on all species,” said
to warm again and to land
Chapman.
tuna you just need to go out
“Tuna angling was wide
and look for them.
open for 3 to 4 days last
week.
Cedar Plugs
and King
Busters
at the 95
Spot were
producing
lots of nice
fish. If you
head out
about 9 to
17 miles off
the Light
House and
look for
birds you
might run
into some
great tuna
action.
They don’t
seem to be
running
with the
porpoise
so watch
for birds. I
had friends
go out and
Steve Alexander boated this massive 231 lb yellowfin
tuna while plying Baja waters from the decks of the
catch a
Excel on May 25.
200lb tuna.
Photo courtesy of EXCEL SPORTFISHING, San Diego.