Florida Fish Report

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Mostly sunny mid-80’s to low 90’s in the day, but drops to high 50’s at night. Fewer windy days, but still some very windy gusty bouts here and there.

WATER:  If the winds are blowing, can be rough and bumpy.  The less wind the calmer the waters.  Getting bluer and clearer.  Waters warming and sargasso building up so maybe warm water fish like dorado will start moving in.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK:  Yellowtail, dorado, dog-tooth snapper,  barred pargo, pargo liso, yellow snapper, roosterfish, bonito, jack crevalle, golden trevally, triggerfish, sierra,

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ  VIDEO FISHING REPORT

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of April 1-8, 2025

April 9, 2025 by riplipboy

GREAT VARIETY SHOWING UP AS CONDITIONS IMPROVE

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of April 1-8, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Mostly sunny mid-80’s to low 90’s in the day, but drops to high 50’s at night. Fewer windy days, but still some very windy gusty bouts here and there.

WATER:  If the winds are blowing, can be rough and bumpy.  The less wind the calmer the waters.  Getting bluer and clearer.  Waters warming and sargasso building up so maybe warm water fish like dorado will start moving in.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK:  Yellowtail, dorado, dog-tooth snapper,  barred pargo, pargo liso, yellow snapper, roosterfish, bonito, jack crevalle, golden trevally, triggerfish, sierra,

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ  VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

No doubt, conditions are changing.  Maybe too fast!   But, it is what it is!

The weather, especially the winter winds are calming down.  Not so many windy days and the windy days aren’t as bad as they had been.  So more days are open to fish.  But we still had a couple of blustery days.  We were able to get boats out to wet lines, but winds prevented us from getting to some of the spots holding larger or better quality fish.

Still, we had a good week of action with plenty of variety!

With daytime temps now hitting the low 90’s with not much humidity, it’s a pleasant time in town.  Evenings and mornings can still be chilly down to the high 50’s so a good idea to keep a sweatshirt or windbreaker handy that can be taken off later.

Of course, the focus has been on the yellowtail bite. Still getting some quality fish around Cerralvo and Espirito Santo Island with fish up to 30  pounds, but most hovering around 10-20 and willing to eat live sardines, mackerel a swell as cast or tossed jigs.

Many of the same area are holding amberjack, pargo and cabrilla as well.

The “problem” if you want to call it that is that the waters are warming faster than normal.  That means that the yellowtail and other cold-water species will likely start moving off.  In fact, it seems there were fewer yellowtail already around the islands.

However, this means that warm water species like dorado might start showing up early as well as possibly tuna, wahoo and billfish.  In fact, the winds have been blowing big patches of sargasso into bunches north of town which is perfect habitat for baitfish and brings in the dorado.

Also, for the first time in many many years, some of the giant squid are showing up.  They come up from the deep trenches.  Not only are they fun and a handful to catch and make tasty eating, but in the past often the tuna follow the squid out of the deep trenches!  We’ll keep you posted.

In the meantime, no shortage of inshore action on the aforementioned cabrilla and pargo, snapper, triggerfish, sierra, pompano and trevally among others.

One exciting aspect is the big pargo liso are now spawning in the shallows.  Real brutes when hooked on rod and reel and difficult to bring to the boat and one of the most frustrating fish in our waters.  With sharp teeth and scales and powerful bodies, they school over the rocks and reefs and broken lines are the norm.  They look like giant red carp!

Lastly, some nice model roosterfish are also showing up finally as well.  Previously, small fun 5-pounders were around, but we’re now seeing some 10-25 pound grade fish.  Hopefully, the big truck roosterfish will be around soon!

A FEW SPOTS TO FILL TO COME FISHING IN LA PAZ

Reservations are coming in daily and, after 30 years at this, we have so many great regulars who visit us year-after-year!  Many dates are filled or filling pretty fast.

However, we have some limited spots here and there with some space just for you!  Also, don’t forget that Alaska Air is now flying direct to La Paz.  It’s the first time we’ve had direct flights in 12 years!