Florida Fish Report

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER:  Hot and sunny.  Breezy mornings and evenings down to the comfortable high 70’s, but day time temps are in the high 80’s to mid-90’s.  But, it feels much hotter and intense for some reason.  Lather on the sunscreen and keep covered. We did have an unexpected 1 day storm that dropped some rain on us.  These little storms come out’ve nowhere.  The heat sucks up moisture.  The clouds build and they have to drop that water somewhere.

WATER:  Clearing up after the storm 2 weeks ago and then the big full moon last week.  More blue patches and water surface temps coming back up into the low 80’s after dropping into the 70’s last week.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK:  Roosterfish, sailfish, wahoo, marlin, tuna, jack crevalle, pargo, cabrilla, sierra, snapper, bonito, triggerfish, dorado

Las Arenas:  More variety. Pretty much a shot at everything on the list above.  Lots of roosterfish for sure then a little of some of the others . Had the best wahoo bite of the season there.

La Paz : A few more dorado and billfish and some big cabrilla and pargo.

FISHING ON A SCALE of 1-10 (10 is best):  6 plus

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Compared to the last 2 weeks when were were affected by a hurricane that didn’t hit us but brushed by as well as a massive full moon, this past week was an incredible improvement. It seems that on a daily basis the further we get away from the meteorological and atmospheric events the fishing gets better.

Even during the down time, everyone was catching fish.  It was just alot harder work to find the fish and to get the to bite.

However, since then, there’s been a nice resurgence.

The roosterfish have come on strong again.  In what has been the best roosterfish season in memory, it is not impossible to catch and release a dozen 5-30 pound fish or just sit on the spot all day long.  The fish are varacious and our anglers fishing light tackle are having fun getting beat up.  Larger fish in the 40-60 pound fish are still cruising the area, but it’s getting more difficult to find the larger sabalo (ladyfish bait) that attracts the big hogs.

Here’s an account from Stephen Wang after the first day:

“Man— the roosters were everywhere. We did all this on light tackle. Crazy good bite today on the roosters. Fish on first cast. Maybe 15-20 roosters. All 15-40 lbs. 

Got some small dorado next to the buoys. We are tired!

Light tackle so much fun. But the 30+ lb roosters made us work on the smaller rod. 20 lb braid. 10-20 lb spinning rod. Hearing the drag scream was fun!!!”

Marlin and sails have also grudgingly decided to jump into the bite as well.  For weeks, you could see them but they just weren’t interested.  The past few days, it’s not typical, but not unusual to hook at least one or more, especially on live bait.  Most of them are stripers running up to about 150 pounds.

I”m still surprised the dorado aren’t going full speed.  Normally, by this time of the year, the dorado would be dominating the catches with maybe 60-80% of the catch being mahi.  However, despite what I thought a few weeks ago, the dorado have not broken loose quite yet . It’s still pre-season and we hope they wake up soon . We can see them, but they are reluctant biters.

Other species we’re hooking include pompano, trevally, cabrilla, pargo, snapper, sierra, jack crevalle and bonito.

That’s our story!

Jonathan & Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter Sportfishing
www.tailhunter.com