Idaho Fish Report

WATER:  Because of the winds, generally rough and cold and murky

WEATHER:  Mostly sunny with daytime temps in the high 70’s to low 80’s.  Nightime cool down to the mid-50’s.  Winds from the north mostly up to 25+mph.

FISH HOOKED THIS PERIOD:  Cabrilla, snapper, bonito, pargo, amberjack, sierra, tuna (lost).

La Paz-Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Jan. 28-Feb. 8, 2025

February 9, 2025 by riplipboy

WINTER CONDITIONS CONTINUE

La Paz- Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Jan. 28-Feb. 2, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT

WATER:  Because of the winds, generally rough and cold and murky

WEATHER:  Mostly sunny with daytime temps in the high 70’s to low 80’s.  Nightime cool down to the mid-50’s.  Winds from the north mostly up to 25+mph.

FISH HOOKED THIS PERIOD:  Cabrilla, snapper, bonito, pargo, amberjack, sierra, tuna (lost).

MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE REST OF THE STORY…

To be perfectly honest, not much has been happening.

We haven’t been able to put anyone in the water in almost 3 weeks.  Just being real.  As I often re-iterate, this is off-season from November to April. Not many folks on the water at all.

We did have a few requests and reservations for fishing and snorkeling, but in each case, we had to suggest not going out because it was going to be too rough or cancel the trip.  Just the way it is, this time of year and I make sure I advise and warn folks ahead of time.

The few reports I get are from local friends who have the luxury of picking and choosing the better times and days or windows when the winds aren’t blowing so hard and they can squeeze in a day or even just a few hours.

Or, we get reports from some of our friends who are commercial fishermen who need to go out even if it’s rough in order to feed their famlies and make a living.

What they’re saying is that most of the fishing is confined to inshore over the rocks and reefs and where the water is somewhat calmer.  Catches produce the usual species like cabrilla, snapper, sierra, pargo, jack crevalle and bonito.  Occasionally, a dorado gets hooked.

Live bait has been an issue.

One of our good friends did get out to the north end of Cerralvo Island and found himself on top of a school of big freight train tuna breezing through.  His bait got hammered and he found himself battling a beast for over 2 hours before the fish unfortunately broke off!   He’s a good fisherman so I have no doubt he was on a big boy slugger tuna!

This coming week, we actually have some days when the winds are somewhat diminished.  Much quieter than it has been so maybe we’ll get a boat or two out!  We’ll let you know!

WHALESHARK SWIMS CLOSED AGAIN

Just a heads-up.

Normally, the whaleshark season in La Paz Bay runs October to April.  However, over the past few years, fewer and fewer of the animals have been showing up.  Coupled with rough turbulent water conditions in the bay, the “season” has gone through a series of “open-closed-open-closed” etc. If it’s too rough, there’s no way to find the animals in the shallow waters of La Paz Bay

There was never any way to tell when or if the season would be open.   You really just had to take your chances.

This year, the season was open for a few weeks but now it looks like the season has been closed indefinitely for the rest of the year.

Folks forget these are wild, albeit gentle animals.  It’s not like the zoo where you can guarantee that from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. there will be 10 gorillas in the pens.  The whalesharks come and go.  We might get 5 or 12 or 0. Even if they show up, they could stay all day or be gone in 20 minutes.

We’ll keep you posted.