It was a different kind of week. It was good for good fish but not good for ALOT of fish! Let me explain...


You've heard of "Quality over Quantity." Well, it was THAT kind of week. There were NOT alot of fish by our standards although there were some nice flurries of dorado, bonito, jack crevalle, sierra and other fish that kept rods bent.


But, those fish could be there one day and gone the next. Or they could be in one spot and move the next day or be there for 30 minutes of madness then the ocean would be calm again and not a fish in sight. That's just the way it is right now. The seasons are changing. Water and air temperatures are cooling and we're transitioning to the winter season which is approaching. Shadows are different. Current are different. The wind is starting to blow stronger from the north. It can be a little choppier. We're going to get some days that the winds might even be too strong to fish comfortably.


The upside to all of this is that there are a tremendous number of species!


Just check out the photos!!!! We probably had as many as a dozen different species of fish...inshore...offshore...blue water...rock fish...We never knew what our folks were going to come back with.


And that's what made this week really different.


We didn't have LOTS of fish. We had a lot of DIFFERENT FISH. AND we had some real QUALITY FISH!


Like check out the wahoo this week! This had to be one of the best wahoo weeks of the season. We had one day when almost every one of our pangas hooked at least one wahoo around Cerralvo Island. And these were nice healthy 30-50 pound fish.


Also, for the first time in many months, we got 30-60 pound rooster fish and some huge dorado as well up to about 45 pounds and many others that were lost!


The dilemma in this kind of fishing is that you don't get many chances. If the fish aren't milling about, you might get one or two big bites...FOR THE ENTIRE DAY! It might be a big wahoo. It might be a big dorado or rooster fish. For whatever reason, if the fish gets off or you miss the bite or you have your beer in your hand...that's it! It's a missed opportunity and the rest of the day could be nothing more than a few bonito.


Or, conversely, there's two anglers in a panga and one gets a trophy of a lifetime and the other guys twiddles his thumbs the rest of the day. So you get one really happy fella and one saying, "Fishing was really slow."


One thing however...our ladies, kids and first-timers sure had it going on! Many of them got the big wahoo or big dorado and many of our veteran Tailhunter anglers were the "other guy" in the boat relegated to taking photos! But, it was great to see so many of the rookies kicking butt! Still...I won't kid you. We did have some disappointed folks who ran into some tough fishing...which then often changed around the next day. Or not...


I think we're gonna see more of these variable conditions in the next coming weeks as we transition into winter. Overall, however, you can't ask for prettier conditions just to be here in La Paz. Days are not humid. Just nice sunshine and 85-90 degree air temps. It looks like a postcard. Most days are flat calm. The water is still in the 80's. Night temps are comfortably in the 70's.


One head's up...looks like we do have a bit of rain coming this week with a late-season storm that could hit us mid-week and get us wet and stick us with some strong winds. Then, it moves off quickly.