Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3720 Sept 14-18 | Page 31
VOL.37 • ISS. 20
BAJA ROUNDUP
Sept 14 - 28, 2018
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Hot Late Summer Action
On Tap Off La Paz
S
ummer is rolling out with
some solid fishing as town
empties of tourists as kids and
families head back to school,”
related Jonathan Roldan of Tail-
hunter International in La Paz.
“Hot humid weather with
temperatures in the high 90’s and
warm waters kept the fishing on
the high counts, although afternoon
localized tropical electrical and
thunderstorms did pop up now and
then. The storms usually came after
everyone was already back from
fishing,” said Roldan.
“For our Tailhunter Las Arenas/
Muertos Bay Fleet, it lived up
to its reputation with the fishing
spot literally about 100 yards
off the beach and tuna breaking
within sight of where we launch
our pangas. Tuna ranged in size
from 10-50 pounds, but the same
area also produced some nicer
dorado in the 15-25 pound class
as well. It was also a hot spot for
wahoo as we had several biters in
the 30 pound size and a number
of fish that bit through leaders,”
exclaimed Roldan.
“For our Tailhunter La Paz fleet,
there dorado to be had. There’s
smaller fish schooling right in the
bay with larger fish out towards
San Juan de la Costa and around
the point at Punta Mejia. The
smaller fish are as small as 5
pound “doraditos” that we mostly
toss back, but fun to catch. They
range up to about 20 pounds on the
outside. There’s also some rooster-
fish biting around Bonanza Beach.
But dorado are 90% of the catch
with some days better than others,”
Roldan concluded.
These three amigos had their hands full when they went tuna fishing with the team from Van
Wormer Resorts this August.
Photo courtesy of VAN WORMER RESORTS, East Cape, Baja.
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Tuna, Dorado & Some Lightning
Greet East Cape Anglers
T
he staff at the Hotel Buena
Vista Beach Resort reported
that the weather was a bit tricky on
the East Cape this week with some
lightning, thunder and early morning
rain for a couple of days. Once the
storms went away it has been nearly
perfect, overcasted at times and it’s
been hot with temps in the low to
mid 90’s.
The water temps ranging from the
mid to high 80’s with winds blowing
south, south east from 5 up to 14
mph.
As far as bait goes there have
been plenty of it, including mackerel,
caballito, camiseta, ballyhoo, sardine,
skip jack’s and more.
Bottom fishing has been a great
surprise for the crews landing
amberjack up to 30 pounds. snapper,
cabrilla, pompano and jack cravalle.
Anglers working the beach from
the marina to the Lighthouse have
been crossing paths with big mean
roosterfish.
Offshore there have been big schools
of dolphins, tuna and dorado. There
have even been a few whales popping
up at the fishing grounds.
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Wahoo have been the name of the game for anglers fishing along the East Cape recently.
Photo courtesy of VAN WORMER RESORTS, East Cape, Baja.
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