PHOTO 1: Not a reflection on the fisihing in La Paz. This is in between blizzards in Wyoming. With much of the country in the middle of horrendous weather, we had our own adventures driving from the ISE Show in Denver to the Portland Sports show. When it's 20 degrees below zero, it's not a time to be driving! Details below.
PHOTO 2: Well, this is definitely from La Paz...Muertos Bay to be exact! Looks like the yellowtail have show up early! We started getting a few several weeks ago, but this past week, bigger forkies really jumped into the ring and onto the hooks. More details below!
BIG YELLOW TAIL ROLL IN FOR ANGLERS EARLY CLOSE TO SHORE AND HUNGRY!
La Paz - Las Arenas Fishing Report for Feb. 3, 2008
THE FISHING REPORT
Normally, we don't see the yellowtail quite this early, but long ago, I've tried to figure out the fishing around here. After all these years here, the best I can do is only come up with "generalities." And "generally speaking" the yellowtail really don't start chewing until March or April. I just hope they stay around!
Some of the big fork tails started popping up north or town around Espiritu Santo Island and I'd have bet that's where they were going to blow up. It must have woken up their cousins around Muertos Bay/ Las Arenas because this past week, the yellowtail off Punta Perrico came on strong...like gangbusters!
These were nice fish too. Some punkers like 10 pounders, but 20, 30 and even some 40 pound fish were taken and many more were lost too! The problem is that these fish are all in the channels and rocks close to the point. That means fishing less than 100 yards off the point and often in water less than 50 feet deep. Trying to turn a fish from heading back to cover is often easier said than done!
In addition to the yellowtail, there are sierra, bonito, skipjack, and cabrilla as well. A few pargo were hitting, but none of the big reds were landed. We'll keep you posted! This is a weird year. Two weeks ago we had tuna in the counts so everything it all flipped out!
CABIN FEVER CLASSIC
Spots are still available for our 8th annual Cabin Fever Classic. The dates are April 5-9 with 3 days of fishing and being hosted at La Concha Beach Resort. This is our annual unofficial kick off for the sesason and as per the billing...it's the antidote for "Cabin Fever." We never actually promise anyone will catch fish...but we always do. It's a hoot. Many of our regular come back year after year. We get some sunshine, wet some lines and eat some tacos. Last year we caught 17 different species of fish! That included yellowtail, ambjerjack, roosterfish and pargo! Price is $750 per person double occupancy. $100 bucks holds your spot. Give us a shout if you'd like to join in!
ROAD TRIP ADVENTURES!
We left our 3rd outdoor show of the year in Denver a little over a week ago having completed shows in San Mateo and Sacramento. Having a great time meeting everyone and getting to see all our friends.
But...what a trip! The U.S. is having some of the worst weather remembered and we've been driving through the stuff from show to show. After leaving Denver, there's a stretch along Wyoming where we really got hammered. Never seen so many overturned big rigs and cars. There were blizzards and complete white-out conditions where absolutely nothing could be seen because so much snow was falling.
Last Tuesday we were driving in the dark and hit a patch of black ice at 50 mph and went spinning down the freeway, up and over an embankment then down a 100 foot slope. Thankfully, we didn't flip or go over a cliff. Luckily, we landed in a big pile of snow! However, in 20 degrees below zero and 60 mph winds and snow, it took the tow truck 2 hours to find us! Quite an adventure.
After that, we got stuck in Boise, Idaho for 3 days because the roads were closed becaues of snow, ice and avalance warnings.
Anyway...Hey PORTLAND! It's raining, but at least it's not snowing. We'll be in Portland this week at the O'Laughlin Northwest Sportsman's Show at the Portland Expo Center from Wednesday to Sunday. (Feb. 6-10). Come out and see us!
That's my story!
Jonathan
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