Tortuga SportFishing

Gerardo Hernandez of Tortuga Sportfishing at La Paz said his pangas on the Las Arenas side south of town fished within sight of rain clouds over the mountains at the end of the week, with high summer air temperatures in the mid-90s, and equally high water temperatures of 84 degrees at Isla Cerralvo and 87 degrees outside at the 88 bank. "But we haven't had any bad weather for fishing," Hernandez said. "Our pangas have been fishing mostly in the same locations, at Las Cruces for larger dorado, and at Punta Pescadero for smaller tuna and medium-sized dorado."Tortuga Sportfishing pangas running out to the 88 spot did not find big dorado, but blue marlin and sailfish mixed with striped marlin were in the area. "But the remoteness of this fishing area does not allow us to go there all the time, and our anglers were fishing more in the other areas," Hernandez said.

DORADO AT LA PAZ--Joseph Song and his son Patrick of Fullerton, Calif., fished on La Paz' Las Arenas side and hooked into tuna plus dorado like this one aboard a Tortuga Sportfishing panga with Capt. Jorge Lucero.