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Fishing report for item #279.

Fishing Report:   DORADO SEASON IS HERE - FIRST PERSON STORIES - THE PHOTO GALLERY- MARLIN JUMPS IN BOAT - PHOTO OF THE WEEK

DORADO ON A ROLL!

For late summer conditions, it's gettin' warm down here, but it's still cooler and breezier than normal, so it's real comfortable in town and just starting to heat up fishing-wise. At least the dorado fishing is pretty consistent. Basically, if you're gonna put in a few days of fishing here, it's gonna be pretty hard NOT to catch a dordao right now. We had the big city dorado tournament the weekend before last and that really pounded the dorado schools around town and made them skittish for a day or two, but they came back strong the remainder of the week. Still way too many punk fish around and I wish folks would release more of them, but we're definitely seeing more bulls in the 15-40 pound class and I scaled a few fish in the 50 pound class range several times this week. If you ever wanted a marlin this sure seems like the year, but again, there's alot of small ones around mixed with some bad boys that go over the 500 pound mark. For Las Arenas anglers, the buoys now seem to be holding dorado pretty consistently. None of the big roosterfish lately but that could be a result that everyone is chasing dorado right now. Wahoo still seem to be around as well as amberjack. Definitely, Las Arenas has the most variety and La Paz has the most fish.

FIRST PERSON STORIES AND ACCOUNTS

Chuck Hunter just left us and had a couple of full coolers to pack out:

Jonathan,
Thank you so much for all your work in planning our trip to La Paz. My sons (Chad and Chris) and I had a wonderful time. Each activity went very well and everything seemed to happen like “clockwork”. I am still as happy as a little boy who just caught his first fish and I have you and Victor to thank for that. I came to La Paz thinking I might catch a few fish while having a good time with my sons. I would have never dreamed of catching a marlin, and certainly never even remotely believed I would catch two! am already exited about my trip to La Paz next year!

Thanks again,

Chuck Hunter"

This is from my law school amigo, Randy Sharon who was just here this week and rolls up with this great account:

"Jonathan,

Day 1: Our group took out three pangas. Two of the persons from our group have had little experience in in saltwater fishing and did not bring out any tackle. They used the skipper's tackle. The rest of us had our own tackle. Needless to say, the "novices" outdid the rest of us on Day 1. They had excellent dorado fishing for fish up to 25 lbs. The rest of us also had very good dorado fishing. We also fought (and lost) a small mako, and my friend Gabe (on another panga) also fought (and lost) a much larger mako (after it rolled on the line and cut him off).

Day 2: The "novices" had another great day of dorado fishing. We decided to go for wahoo and the big marlin (the skipper has seen a lot of blue marlin up to 800+ lbs). Unfortunately, no luck on the wahoo or marlin. We fished the pargo on the way back, hooked and lost several. We caught two small roosterfish while fishing the pargo.

Day 3: The "novices" had another great day of dorado fishing for fish up to 30 lbs. Steve and I caught a bunch of bariletta up to 15 lbs on 15 lb test calcutta reels. Very strong fish on light tackle and a lot of fun. We also caught several dorado. While trolling on the way in, I caught a striped marlin (about 70 lbs). Incredible and exciting sight to see the marlin slashing at the trolling lures for several minutes before taking the lure.

Day 4: The "novices" had another great day of dorado fishing (they caught more dorado than the rest of us for each of the four days). Steve and I decided to fish the pargo. Fantastic scenary fishing right next to Espirito Santo Island. I got bit first thing in the morning on a dog-tooth snapper of about 13 lbs. So, I was 1 for 1 for the day. I thought that I had figured out how to catch pargo. Wrong! After loosing many, I landed another 4 for the day. Gabe and his daughter Christy (on the other panga) caught two marlin (a double hookup). This was Christy's first marlin and she had a permanent smile on her face.

The weather was great, the seas calm and the people of La Paz are good people that try their hardest to make it a more enjoyable trip. Many, many thanks for looking after us and showing us a great trip. Until next time.

Randy Sharon "

THE WEEKLY PHOTO GALLERY

Amigos...last week we had that great story from Steve Dougherty who battled that estimated 800 pound marlin only to lose after 4 hours and busting the rod half-way through the fight. Many of you asked for photo and I didn't have any until now. However, if you've never seen a big marlin...these are some awesome photos!










This is Captain Cesar with what was left of the first rod. Take a look at the reel too. Not exactly what most of us would hunt marlin weighing almost 1/2 a ton with! But you gotta go with what you brung!





This is my good amigo Lloyd Layne from Seal Beach who makes it down several times a year to do the dorado dance with us.





MARLIN IN THE BOAT?

Considering the photos above, you can imagine what might happen if the beast decided to get into the boat with you. Several of you asked me if I had heard the story. Here's the link to read about the guy who got head-slapped by the big boy! It's from CBS news.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/07/15/earlyshow/living/main709333.shtml

PHOTO OF THE WEEK





Steve McLean of California could not have been happier with this beast of a roosterfish he got off Las Arenas with light tackle.
Jonathan Roldan's
Tailhunter International

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