Florida Fish Report

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER – Very very hot.  Easily 5-10 degrees hotter than normal and the humidity really pushed things into triple digits some days!  Some tropical rain and thundershowers here and there.  It’s that time of year!

WATER – We’re getting readings anywhere from 82-26 on the surface. Bathwater.  It’s mostly pretty blue like a post card!

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK:  Dorado, tuna, (1) wahoo, marlin, sailfish, barred pargo, cabrilla, triggerfish, bonito, jack crevalle, roosterfish, pompano, trevally, needlefish

FISHING on a SCALE of 1-10 (10 is best):  7-8

THE MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Not a bad week at all!  In fact, I think we just had possibly the best week of the summer in terms of action.  Not alot of species, but just in terms of fun fishing with good action, this past week was pretty nice.  I won’t say it was crazy wide open but everyone caught fish.  Everyone got bent.  Everyone took him fish that wanted to take home fish.

Can’t ask for more than that.

The dorado bite finally turned into what we’ve been waiting for all summer.  The majority of the catch were the mahi.  Lots of school-sized fish in the 8-15 pound class with some larger ones also hitting the box and larger ones also breaking away!

Tons of little punk-sized ones too and some of the boats were releasing them like crazy and couldn’t keep the little guys away from the hooked baits as dorado are voracious eaters!  But, this bodes well.  the little 12-inches will be 2 or 3 times the size in a month since their growth rate is so accelerated by all the eating!

Both of our fleets got into fish each day with the fish either free-swimming individuals or you could run into a honey hole and hit a nice school with non-stop action and multiple rods going off.  But, the bottom line is that it’s not terribly hard to eventually run into these fish.  There are some fish five minutes in front of the hotels if that’s as far as you wanted to go right under the tankers anchored in the bay.

With water temps in the low to mid-80’s these are ideal conditions for the dorado and it’s nice to finally have them wake up and join the party.  We’ve seen the schools for months.  They just weren’t interested in biting full speed, but thankfully, someone threw the switch and turned them on.

Other than the dorado, there really isn’t much other variety.  Either because the water is now too warm or folks are just concentrating more on the dorado because their easy and fun.  So, just a few pargo and cabrilla and snapper were in the mix.  Also a few billfish hook-ups and we did have one wahoo that got hooked and close to the boat, but busted off.

The big surprise was the nice jag of yellowfin tuna off Cerralvo Island!  It’s a bit of a run in the pangas to the spot but the few clients that took the gamble smacked into a nice batch of feeders that were running with the dolphin.

These were nice quality fish…bigger than the football-sizes…in the 10-15 pound category and tore up some tackle, especially for first timers who had some fun tangling with these hard-chargers.

Don’t know if they’ll stick around, but even if they do, the spot where the school is located is a bit of a run.  If they are there, great.  If not, then by the time you run all the way back, it could be too late to try fishing for anything else.  It’s definitely a swing for the fences and hitting a home run or nothing.  But, for our anglers that already have fish in the freezers, it’s worth a shot!

Roosterfish are still around if you want to get one off your bucket list.  Mostly smaller sizes beetween 3-15 pounds, but great fun especially on lighter tackle.

Other than that…some weather advice…

It’s exceptionally hot and humid!  This has been the hottest summer I can remember in my 30 years down here.  The temps are easily 5-10 degrees hotter than normal and with the humidity, it is easily tipping triple digit temps during the day.

So STAY HYDRATED and stay covered with a hat, long sleeves and sunscreen.

ALSO, we recommend all the time very strongly that you purchase trip insurance.  With the heat, these are the tropics and thundershowers are common.  It can rain for an hour or it can rain for 5 minutes.  It can rain in one part of the city and by dry in another part or rain in one part of the ocean ,but not on the beach!   Just don’t be surprised.  We have not had to cancel any trips yet, but it’s always a possibility.   We definitely won’t send you out if it’s too rough or with a rod in your hand and lightning in the sky!

FISHING in 2026

We are already getting quite a few bookings for next year and we’re taking reservations!  Especially for folks who want a favorite captain or hotel or want to target a certain species of fish like roosterfish, pargo or dorado!  Some dates are filling up pretty fast.

Reach out to me directly and we’ll get you set up:  tailhunterfishinglapaz@gmail.com

That’s our story!

Jonathan & Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter Sportfishing
www.tailhunter.comMexico Office: 

Tailhunter Sportfishing

755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

U.S. Mailing Address:  Tailhunter Sportfishing
8030 La Mesa Blvd. #178 La Mesa CA  91942

Phones: 
from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863