La Paz/Muertos February 17th, 2008 Report

[Keone]

PHOTO 1: Juan Carlos Vizcaino and his son, Juan Carlos Jr., hold up a toad yellowtail taken at Punta Perrico this past week. The yellows are hitting right off shore. One day the fish are there are grumpy and the next they're skittish, but there's no doubt they are BIG fish and here earlier than normal.




PHOTO 2: Just had to post up this second photo of Juan Carlos, Jr. who is just 14 years old. Fishing two days, these trophy yellowtail are 40 pound class fish and tough as they come with bursts that want to take them straight to the rocks. Junior is holding up a nice cabrilla (seabass as well). These fish are literally about 5 minutes away from where out boats push off. That's alot of great eating there!


YELLOWTAIL A BIT MORE SKITTISH THIS WEEK BUT THE FISH ARE ALL SLUGGERS!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Report for Feb. 17, 2008
It was a bit of an up-and-down week for our fishing. The big yellowtail are still here, but it was definitely an issue of quality over quantity. Again the hot spot was just out of Muertos Bay near Las Arenas and the fish are again fairly close to the beach.


However, the numbers were down this week in terms of numbers. However, there’s no denying just the hugeness of some of these fish. If you’ve never seen a 35 or 40 pound yellowtail, they are simply gorgeous fish, especially just out’ve the water. Big thick silver and yellow bodies that always seem to be ready for just one more bulldog run.


I wish we could check out some of the other spots that normally hold yellowtail north of La Paz, but some days the wind just rips. It literally howls. It’s one or two days of calm, then two or 3 days of rip! Anyway, no sense in running out there and getting hammered and wet when a van ride to Muertos Bay is just as easy and the fish are close.


Ideally, if you have larger baits like caballitos and mackerel, it’s like waving a steak in front of a lion, but the sardines are working well. So is yo-yo fishing the heavy irons. Colors such as blue and white as well as scrambled egg (looks like we….scrambled egg…some yellow, some brown and a dash of red for catsup or tobacco!). Casting and winding as fast as you can on the retrieve can generate an back numbing shock! The secret is to keep winding and not stopping to make sure the fish is solidly hooked.


Other species…none of our fishermen caught any,but a number of HUGE giant squid have been washing up leading me to believe the big wigglies are here…somewhere, down deep. Just no one fishing for them and for sure…NO SWIMMING. One of the captains told me some of these squid were in the 70-100 pound class!


Anyway…we’re also getting sierra, cabrilla, lots of bonito and skipjack as well as some snapper.
By the way, all week, we’ve had Carnaval in La Paz. What a hoot. Wild. Five days of music and fun and a packed waterfront!

TAILHUNTER 2008 ROAD TOUR HEADS TO SEATTLE/MONROE WA
If you’re in the Seattle area, our 2008 Tailhunter Road Tour will take us to the Monroe are at the fairgrounds for the O’Laughlin show. The fishing/hunting show is Thursday to Sunday. Come out and see us! It’s been great to see everyon so far at San Mateo, Sacramento, Denver and Portland. We have a limited number of comp tickets for the Monroe show, but do have a ton of discount tickets.

CABIN FEVER CLASSIC FILLING UP!
Cabin Fever Classic is April 5-9 and we have a limited number of spots left! For all the details, send us an e-mail!

That’s my story!
Jonathan

[sourcreamnjive]

Those are some nice Yellowtails! Thanx for sharing another great report Jonathan!