Biology professor, Tom Merkle and his wife, Lucie, from San Jose, Calif., were visiting La Paz for their first time and had just one day of fishing to squeeze in. They had never fished in Mexico before either.


They weren't too concerned about catching any big fish. "We would be very happy with one little fish for dinner tonight," is what he said. Well, they went out with our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet and launched from Bahia de los Muertos and had just an incredible day.


In addition to several sizable dorado, they also got a wahoo and caught and released a sailfish! They gave away half the fish and laughingly brought two tiny fillets to have us cook up at our Tailhunter Restaurant that evening for dinner!


It was a tad on the breezy side this week; the north winds seem to be gradually taking hold here as winter approaches. Still, some great sunny days to be in La Paz as the city takes on its Christmas face for the holidays.


We've been doing almost all our fishing out've Las Arenas as the waters outside of La Paz Bay continue to be on the rougher side and often turned over and murky with fishing sketchy at best the last two weeks since the winds kicked it up a notch.


However, without Las Arenas fleet pushing off at Bahia de Los Muertos, even when it's windy, we're better protected, and the fishing grounds are much, much closer -- plus there's more variety of fish.


This week there weren't many anglers out, but there's still some school-sized dorado meandering around. Most are about 10 pounds, but there's an occasional 20- to 30-pounder still out there. Wahoo and billfish are not out've the question with most holding near the south end of Cerralvo Island, but there's also been some bites just minutes outside of Bahia de Los Muertos just north of the big houses but before you reach Punta Perrico.