Tortuga SportFishing

Gerardo Hernandez of Tortuga Sportfishing said his charter pangas fishing on La Paz' Las Arenas Side found midsummer weather reaching the mid-90s, with some clouds but no rain or wind to hamper anglers. "We continue to catch good numbers of dorado of 25 to 35 pounds in the area around Las Cruces," Hernandez said. "Good quantities of dorado are also at Punta Pescadero. In this area, the dorado are mixed with yellowfin tuna." Tortuga Sportfishing charter pangas running out to the 88 Bank off Isla Cerralvo did not find dorado, but released both blue marlin and sailfish. Fishing near the Baja coast around the Punta Arena de la Ventana lighthouse produced continued good numbers of roosterfish including some big ones.

CLOUDY DAY FISHING--Matt Curley of Encino, Calif., fished under cloudy summer skies but good sea conditions for a catch including this nice bull dorado with Tortuga Sportfishing's Capt. Rigo Lucero. Curley also scored on a bunch of yellowfin tuna.