John Gimmie and Dean Mitchell from San Diego came down for the week of November 7-14 and encountered perfect weather, not too hot, not too windy.

They fished with Captain Nufo and had excellent results.

Sunday, after getting sardinas at the south end of the island, decided to troll the Roca Montana area for wahoo. By 10:30 they had 4, ranging from 30# to 50#. All were caught on Orange Rapala X-Raps and Purple Mirrolure 111's. They also caught some nice sized Sierra.

Monday, they stayed closer to home and caught 4 25# yellowfin right in front of Hotel Las Arenas. They closed out the day catching a few small Dorado on the buoys at the mouth of Muertos Bay.

Tuesday, they got bait and headed all the way up to punta norte (Cerralvo) where they scratched ouut a nice 30# Dorado, a big Sierra, then trolled Rapalas along the east side of the island for several tough Pargo (and busted off a few too—bring 60# line, minimum).

Thursday, the tide was slack, there was hardly any wind, and the fishing was slow. Nufo switched them over to Caballitos and slow trolled for a 120# Striped Marlin about a mile off Punta Perico. They got into several Dorado on the way in.

Friday, the wind came up and they decided to go after good-eating small snapper and Cabrilla close to home, off Punta Perico.

All in all, itt was another very good week of fishing and they took home a lot of fresh packed fish to eat all winter.





1,- Bill nuttall with dorado 40 lbs, 2.-John and dean whit wahoos, 3.- Bryan backstrom with tuna 70 lbs

Paul Doty from Yorba Linda, CA and Bob Bergman from Long Beach, CA fished from October 15-18. We caught tuna up to 30 pounds near the Hotel Las Arenas and Punta Perico, and Dorado up to 18 pounds around the buoys out from Muertos. Dorado were also caught just off the rocks by the big houses. Bait was plentiful, as were Bonita for strip bait for Dorado. We found one school of Dorado on our last day that had an estimated 200 fish and we were the only ones working it for the brief 15 minute bite. The tuna pulled hard and wore out more than one set of drag washers. The weather was very pleasant, never to hot or humid, and the seas were flat and calm.








Picture show Paul and Bob Bergman,Cristina and Gilles albert,with dorados,Martin
Feidmark with Sail fish.

For the week of Sept. 19-28 fishing was primarily good for tuna and dorado. Schools of tuna were found near Punta Arena and the at the North end of Cerralvo Island. The tuna ranged from 20-30lbs with an occasional larger model. Dorado were mixed in and ranged
from 15-25lbs. The weather was calm and hot and the water temps ranged between 83-88 degrees. All the fish seem to be close to shore or at the island with a trip to the 88 bank producing nothing. Their seem to be a large number of fish in the area but the bite dies in the early afternoon.

4.- Pete Teichman With tuna, 2.- Dale Tanner cought lot of tunas also
1.- Dr.Joshep & Bryang Song, 3.- Don Rockefeller lots of Toros & tunas
at Las Arenas side.Tuna were cought at punta perico.

Gerardo Hernandez of Tortuga Sportfishing at La Paz reported hot weather and calm seas for his pangas fishing on the Las Arenas side in improving conditions for dorado and small yellowfin tuna. At Ensenada de los Muertos, Boca del Alamo, and San Isidro, dorado of 15 to 25 pounds were caught.Yellowfin tuna of 15 to 30 pounds were caught at the south point of Isla Cerralvo, and larger tuna were seen chasing flying fish but would not bite on sardina baits.

LA PAZ PANGA--John Fraumeni and Gregory Garcia, both of Santa Ana, Calif., went out on a Tortuga Sportfishing panga on La Paz' Las Arenas side for a nice mixed catch of dorado and football yellowfin tuna.

Gerardo Hernandez of Tortuga Sportfishing at La Paz reported good weather conditions in the 90s without wind for his charter pangas fishing around Ensenada de los Muertos and the Las Arenas side shark buoys. Lucky anglers caught some wahoo plus scattered dorado and smaller yellowfin tuna. Sailfish and marlin were seen jumping but were not targeted. "Our anglers tried our entire fishing area, but with little to show for it, except for the wahoo caught south of Isla Cerralvo," Hernandez said.

LA PAZ WAHOO GUYS--Pangas fishing La Paz' Las Arenas side found some good wahoo action last week south of Isla Cerralvo. Showing off their catch after an outing with Tortuga Sportfishing are Ralph Moreno, Dave Lievanos, and Richard Hunter, all of Tustin, Calif.

Tortuga Sportfishing

Gerardo Hernandez of Tortuga Sportfishing at La Paz reported improved action during the week following a slow period for boats running out to Isla Cerralvo. La Paz fishing area weather was hot with light scattered rains in some areas.
"Our fishing is better for dorado, small and medium-sized tuna, and quality wahoo," Hernandez said. "We're also catching striped marlin of 80 to 100 pounds, which we are releasing. Our fly fishing clients are hooking up roosterfish. We're catching fish at Isla Cerralvo, Punta Perico, and Las Arenas."





LA PAZ FLY FISHING--Bill Barnes, 85, above, of Neenach, Calif., landed this trophy dorado on the fly during panga action with Tortuga Sportfishing on the Las Arenas side of La Paz. Below, fly angler Michael Coxen of Port Townsend, Wash., with a beautiful roosterfish to go with the dorado and wahoo that he also caught with Tortuga Sportfishing.

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Gerardo Hernandez of Tortuga Sportfishing at La Paz reported hot midsummer weather with some cloudy skies, but with no rain and no local effect from the strong earthquakes recorded in the central Sea of Cortez during the week. "There was no damage and the only sense of it was from the news," Hernandez said. "The fishing at La Paz was very slow on some days, but our captains worked hard and found limits of dorado and tuna for our clients.
"Marlin were hooked and released at Isla Cerralvo, but no wahoo were found. Inshore, some smaller roosterfish were caught.

LAS ARENAS SIDE PANGA--Martin Zucker and son Martin Zucker Jr. with a nice 42-pound dorado caught during a panga trip on La Paz' Las Arenas side with Capt. Rigo Lucero of Tortuga Sportfishing. PHOTO COURTESY OF GERARDO HERNANDEZ.

Gerardo Hernandez of Tortuga Sportfishing at La Paz reported cloudy skies and some wind, but no rain for charter pangas fishing on the Las Arenas side south of the city. "Some pangas had difficulty reaching the fishing areas, and we also had problems in throwing the cast nets for bait," Hernandez said.

Tortuga Sportfishing pangas did continue to catch dorado of 25 to 30 pounds at the north end of Isla Cerralvo and at Las Cruces. "The wind is less today in our fishing areas," Hernandez said, "and we're hoping to get some bigger dorado now."

Some marlin were seen by Tortuga Sportfishing pangas, but anglers did not target them.

La Paz fishing area air temperatures were at 98 degrees.

LAS ARENAS PANGA FISHING--Donovan Rittenback and Tom Chapman of San Ramon, Calif., with some nice dorado caught south of La Paz during panga action with Tortuga Sportfishing's Capt. Rigo Lucero.

Gerardo Hernandez of Tortuga Sportfishing at La Paz reported a very quiet week on the Las Arenas side south of the city as few anglers were present and those that did go out found scattered action. "It's very calm as far as fishing goes in our area around Punta Arena de La Ventana," Hernandez said. "There's little activity." Small yellowfin tuna led fish counts as fewer dorado were found by Tortuga Sportfishing pangas. La Paz fishing area weather was mostly calm, with some cooling breezes during the hot days, and water temperatures in the 80s.For the previous La Paz fishing week ending July 17, 2009, Jonathan Roldan of Tailhunter International reported air temperatures topping 100 degrees daily and continued good catches of dorado at 5 to 20 pounds, plus some into the 50-pound class. Yellowfin tuna of 10 to 20 pounds were caught very close to shore at Las Arenas.

PUNTA ARENA PANGA FISHING--Chris Ginocchio of Santa Ana, Calif., fished aboard a Tortuga Sportfishing panga that launched at this beach near the Punta Arena de La Ventana lighthouse south of La Paz for a nice catch of football tuna.

Gerardo Hernandez of Tortuga Sportfishing reported some cloudy skies over La Paz, with air temperatures in the high-90, and no rain. Tortuga Sportfishing pangas working on the Las Arenas side south of town found good numbers of dorado at 15 to 20 pounds plus yellowfin tuna of the same sizes during fishing at Isla Cerralvo. Some dorado of 40 to 50 pounds were also caught at the buoys.
Some out-of-season yellowtail of about 20 pounds were also found by Tortuga pangas. "This is unusual for the season," Hernandez said. "But with this good fishing every day, one can't predict what will be caught."
Sardina bait fish continued in good supply at Isla Cerralvo. Few anglers were present in La Paz. "The tourists are few, but we're always waiting for them," Hernandez said.

LA PAZ PANGA FISHING--Matt Potter, left, and his father Claude of Huntington Beach, Calif., with a nice dorado caught while fishing aboard a Tortuga Sportfishing panga south of La Paz.

Gerardo Hernandez of Tortuga Sportfishing reported full summer conditions for his pangas fishing on the Las Arenas side south of La Paz. "We have hot weather and winds from the south that interfered with the fishing," Hernandez said.
Tortuga Sportfishing pangas found wind and strong currents at the Las Arenas-side offshore buoys and returned to the beach with just one or two fish. Few dorado were seen in fishing areas near the Baja coast, but some smaller dorado were caught at the south end of Isla Cerralvo, in addition to small tuna, and some wahoo.Tortuga Sportfishing captains also targeted shallow water areas around Punta Perico and Las Arenas for smaller snappers and good numbers of roosterfish in all sizes.

BACK ON THE BEACH--Dean Kitano of Huntington Beach, Calif., caught a nice pair of La Paz dorado during his fishing trip aboard a Tortuga Sportfishing panga that launched over the beach near the Punta Arena de la Ventana lighthouse south of the city.

Gerardo Hernandez of Tortuga Sportfishing at La Paz reported mostly calm seas and pleasant air temperatures in the 90s for his charter pangas fishing on La Paz' Las Arenas side. Dorado led the fish counts as mahi of 25 to 40 pounds were caught at Isla Cerralvo, at Punta Perico on the Baja shore, and along the Baja coast south of Ensenada de los Muertos.
Good numbers of yellowfin tuna at 12 to 15 pounds were also caught south of Isla Cerralvo. Boats fishing in shallow water scored on roosterfish and jack crevalle, or toro in Spanish."In general, the fishing is going great," Hernandez said, "although La Paz doesn't have many anglers at this time of year."

LAS ARENAS PANGA FISHING--Daniel Melendez and Blanca Prado of Garden Grove, Calif., landed mixed species and this nice bull dorado in good panga action on the Las Arenas side south of La Paz with Capt. Jorge Lucero of Tortuga Sportfishing.

Gerardo Hernandez of Tortuga Sportfishing said some charter reservations wee cancelled during the week due to the distant passage of weakening Hurricane Andres, although no effects were felt at La Paz except for some clouds and light scattered showers without wind.
"Air temperatures were very agreeable in the 80s," Hernandez said. "The fishing continued good throughout our area. At the buoys, we caught large dorado in the 50-pound class, and dorado of 25 to 30 pounds were caught along the coast at San Isidro."
Tortuga Sportfishing pangas running out to the south end of Isla Cerralvo landed wahoo on trolled Rapalas.Close to the Baja shore at Punta Arena and south of Ensenada de los Muertos roosterfish were very active with constant bites.

LAS ARENAS-SIDE PANGA--Eric Saiki of Torrance, Calif., fished on the Las Arenas side south of La Paz several days with Tortuga Sportfishing for good panga action on these dorado.

Gerardo Hernandez of Tortuga Sportfishing at La Paz reported continued summer-like fishing conditions during the week, with air temperatures in the mid-90s, some clouds at sunrise, and no winds. A distant tropical depression was present in the Pacific Ocean far to the south.
Fishing for Tortuga pangas south of La Paz continued very good for dorado of 40 to 50 pounds caught at the buoys, plus dog snapper to 40 pounds, wahoo, and some tuna at the south end of Isla Cerralvo.
"Generally, everything is going great with the fishing," Hernandez said. "We have plenty of bait for our daily fishing and the fishermen are happy."

LA PAZ BIGGIES--Derek Tomita and Ron Uchimiya fished at La Paz aboard a Tortuga Sportfishing panga for great results on dorado into the 50-pound class including these two trophies.

Gerardo Hernandez of Tortuga Sport Fishing reported another week of excellent fishing weather for his pangas on the Las Arenas side of La Paz. "No wind anywhere," Hernandez said. "The sea has been completely calm. We have full summer-style heat in the 90s. But, La Paz still has just a few anglers."
Very good dorado fishing was found by Tortuga pangas running to the buoys. "The dorado went to 40 and 50 pounds. Everyone is happy," Hernandez said.
Some wahoo were caught at the south end of Isla Cerralvo and some marlin were also seen in the area. Larger pargo also continued to be present at the island.

SUMMER LINEUP---The La Paz fishing area had full summer-like fishing conditions last week, with warm, clear water and plenty of dorado in the mix as anglers Paul Humphers, Ricky Crump, Greg Ortega, and Eric Mitchell scored dodos of 28 to 51 pounds in panga action with Capts. Hugo, Martin, and Adrian Lucero of Tortuga Sportfishing.