PHOTO 1: Inshore fishing provided lots of action this past week. Cabrilla like this one and the pargo lisa held by our Arizona amigos Bob and Gary were close to shore and willing to chew the baits.
EARLY WEEK WINDS TO START THE YEAR SETTLE DOWN FOR SOME GREAT INSHORE ACTION La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for January 6, 2008
Hope everyone's year is off to a good start. Y'know it's probably some of the most pleasant time to be down here in La Paz right now. Don't need an air-conditioner in the day with sunny skies and temps in the 70's. At night, no blankets needed either. It's about 65!
It's a little strange still having the town celebrating Christmas and the holidays, but here in Mexico, the Christmas season is a bit extended until the feast of the 3 Kings this week which marks when the 3 wise men visited the manger. So, all the Christmas lights are still up and there are still carols being played and the town is incredibly festive. In fact, folks are still going to be giving gifts this week except the tradition is a tad different. The idea is to give to those less fortunate so there's big toy drives and things like that going on. Pretty neat.
As far as the fishing is concerned, if you were here this week, you couldn't help but catch fish and be awfully surprised. Despite winter on the calendar, there was plenty of action on the water.
Early in the week, the winds tore through. In fact, New Years Even was a howl and the week came in like a lion. However, as the week went on, it layed down like the proverbial lamb. When the winds were blowing it was even difficult for the scuba divers to go out.
Well, as the winds calmed we had anglers fishing out of Muertos Bay where they could at least find some protection from the northerns. Light tackle folks had a hoot as cabrilla, snapper, lots of fat bonito and abundant sierra were willing to hit the baits. If you just came for fun, this was topwater action at it's best. Incredibly, there were even some roosters and dorado poking around!
However, if you had the bigger guns...looks like our pargo have moved in. They're not lining up in the big schools yet, but the fish are hunkering into the rocks. Anglers were hooking and losing quite a few of the big reds into the rocks and caves so we know they're there. As the weeks move on, no doubt we'll get the big schools in the usual places. Nice to see they're here a bit early. We'll keep you posted! There's lots of bait and this wind has to cut out sometime!
WHALE WATCH
The whales are starting to filter into Magdalena Bay. Still not enough to get the whale watching tours going, but normally by mid to late January they'll be stacked up deep in the shallow waters of the bay. February should be prime time. This is a great family experience if you've never had a whale come up to your panga and ask you to scratch it's nose!
HERE WE COME!
Our 2008 road show kicks off this week. We fly back from La Paz and jump into the trusty Tailhunter van and coming to your town...or a reasonable facsimile. Over the next 3 months we'll be hitting some of the largest fishing and outdoor shows in the Western U.S. Come say hi. First stop is San Mateo/San Francisco. After that it's the big Sacramento Show at the Cal Fairgrounds. Along the way over the next few months, we hit Denver, Salt Lake City, Portland, Seattle, Long Beach and some other places I can't quite remember yet.
So...this week...
ISE Show at the San Mateo Expo from Wednesday to Sunday
The week after that, the ISE Sacramento Show at the California Fairgrounds in Sacramento
Check us out. Come say hi!
That's my story!
Jonathan
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