From the 6th of February, the winds have been blowing and keeping most of the sane fishermen off the water. On Sunday the 17th, some of the commercial fishermen went out to try and locate the mackerel and yellowtail (jurel). As luck would have it, they found the bait and jurel in the same place they were at before the winds came up. The 3 or 4 commercial boats that went out that morning came home with fish boxes full. And the word spread.

The next morning, Bill Evans from Pa Paz and Gabino from Aqua Amarga, with Rigo as Captain, headed out at 6am to try their luck. The day turned out to be successful for both anglers, returning to the beach at Los Muertos with 6 beautiful yellowtail from 16 to 15 pounds. Both anglers had smiles on their faces and were discussing when they could make another trip.

Winds this time of year is the only thing that keeps anglers on the beach. The fish are here and if you have mackerel, you'll get fish. Getting them to the boat is another story.

One day after Bill and Gabino's trip, the winds came back and we are looking at probably another 5 to 7 days of rough water. We hope to have some more photos for you soon.

Jorge Santana also had good day with Rigo

cought  7 yellowtail,one dorado and sail fish.

This week our anglers caught a lot of Dorado in the 20-40 lb range

This week our anglers caught a lot of Dorado in the 20-40 lb range. The best action was in the Las Cruces area in between the beach front development to the south just before El Sargento. Slow trolled, Live Cocinero and cut Squid were the best approach for the larger Dorado but, a 40 lb leader was needed due to the constant Needlefish attacks. Small sardines were used to keep the fish near the boat - these were available from the bait fisherman in front of the Island.

Later in the week, the wind picked up and it was to dangerous for most Pangas to reach the Island, La Ventana, El Sargento and the Las Cruces area due to the large swells - if they launched from Muertos Bay. However, the large swells made for some very good Marlin and Sailfish fishing in between the lighthouse south towards Muertos Bay. Several nice Sailfish and Marlin were caught and spotted in this area throughout the end of the week. Slow trolledCocinero was the trick since trolling feathers or skirted lures was impossible due to the large swells. The wind is expected to die down by the end of the week so we are expecting next week to be a good one with mild weather, no wind and a lot of good size fish for our customers
See pictures below all our friends who visit us and had good fishing trips.

LARRY KLEIN SHOW BEST DAY.

BURT  KLEIN

MIKE HUTTON WITH DORADOS

   

RICH OCONNELL GROUP THAD,GARY & KEVIN GOOD SIZE DORADOS

TONY WONG GROUP MARTY,SR.SHIMODA,D.ZAMORANO

CIRIO ALVAREZ AND JAY BRITT AMIGOS FOR YEARS.

The weather did not affect the fishing.

This past week started out with scattered showers and a little wind but the weather did not affect the fishing.

Dorado continue to show in good numbers around the bouys in the La Ventana/El Sargento area and in the Muertos Bay area, these have weighed in between 15 - 25 pounds and were very strong! Some bouys had as many as 7 Dorado patrolling the area. The best bait has proven to be trolled  Monterey Sardines and small Mackeral.

Nice size Wahoo have also been showing between the Island and the Lighthouse on Magnum Rapalas in Purple/Mackeral pattern and Yellow/Orange Marauders especially in the morning hours before 9:00 AM

A few Marlin and Sailfish have been caught this week in the La Ventana/El Sargento area.

Earlier in the week a few very nice Pargo were caught which is very unusual for this time of year but was a nice surprise for the fisherman!

The weather has improved a great deal in the last few days - No rain and very little wind, the fishing continues to improve and provide great fishing for our customers.

Mike Sepulveda & David Lievanos.

Mike Hutton cought dorado and wahoo.

Rush with wife

show their catch.

Sra. Rush with dorado lots

of them were cought.

Reed Barnes,cloudy and raining but still catching fish

Brian Yee and Hi's Father Sr.Yee

happy to had good time fishing.

This week still we had some inconsistent fishing.

This week still we had some inconsistent fishing.  The sardine are still missing from our local waters.  We have been able to use cocinero, balihoo and zebra to catch some dorado lingering around the bay and the rooster are still in full action.  Fisherman at Punta Arena have found that trolling for snapper has proven to be successful with boats bringing in at least a couple each day weighing in the 20-40lb range.  Mixed in with these snapper are some nice cabrilla and some very large rooster.  If you were trolling a bait near the shores of Punta Arena you were pretty much guaranteed to hook a nice rooster that put up a good fight.   Fisherman have both spotted and caught a large number of Marlin, releasing most back into the ocean.  Some of these Marlin have been up to 250lbs.  The buoys haven't had many dorado under them but occasionally when you did find one it was big.  Some dorado were brought in weighing up to 50lbs.  We had a glimmer of hope with a nice bait ball of large mackeral showing up at the end of the week.  These were perfect bait fish and hopefully more dorado will be headed our way.  Fisherman in the photos are, Crissy and Pete Teichmann with rooster, dorado and Marlin just before release.

Interesting week of fishing!

This week again has been an interesting week of fishing.  While fishing most of the week for dorado was near Las Cruces, some wind came in and scattered all the sawgrass and pushed it further North.  With most of the bigger clumps gone the dorado have been scattered about also.  Last week fisherman were boating limits of dorado and this week some boats are bringing back 2-3, and some none.  Some fisherman have opted to fish closer to shore near Punta Arena where Rooster are still there in large numbers and fisherman have been able to bag some Pargo each day.  The 88 bank has been hit or miss, with some fisherman catching some larger dorado under the buoys but not alot.  Bait is still difficult, and without alot of dorado around the Marlin are able to eat whatever they come across.  Their have been alot of big Marlin seen and caught this week most of them released.  As the water temperatures rise a bit we are hoping for more bait to bring back the big schools of fish In the cayion in fron Las Cruces for dorados and Punta Sur Cerralvo Rooster were cought..

Cap. Rigo with a Roosterfish

Mr. Evans Whit Dorados