Baja's Mosquito Fleet Fish Report

AMBERJACK AND TUNA AT EL BAJO

2008-07-23T15:11:00.000-07:00

SORRY FORGOT TO PUT CHRIS PICTURE

AMBERJACK ADN TUNA AT EL BAJO

2008-07-23T15:09:00.001-07:00

AMBERJACK ADN TUNA AT EL BAJO

2008-07-23T15:01:00.000-07:00

AMBERJACK ADN TUNA AT EL BAJO

2008-07-23T14:48:00.000-07:00

We had Chris and Mike spear fishing this last week and we did pretty good, caught some Amberjack and I caught my first tuna from the season it is a small foot ball size but our first tuna.

BIG DORADO ARE IN

2008-07-20T13:35:00.000-07:00

Now that summer is in some of the big bulls are biting. All of the pangas are catching limits on Dorado and some of those Dorado’s are like the one Mike Davison is holding.

A couple of days latter we had Keith fishing here and all of them had their share of these big bulls.

FISHING FOR DORADO AND ROOSTERFISH

2008-07-01T17:30:00.000-07:00

NO BAD DAYS FISHING IN BAJA.
WE HAD STEVE AND DEANNA FISHING WITH THE MOSQUITO FLEET THIS WEEK AND DID OK.
WE WILL LET THE PICTURES DO THE TALKING.
JIM YOUNK AND PHIL GROVE DON'T YOU WISH YOU WHERE HERE FISHING WITH THIS GUYS?

2008-07-01T17:29:00.000-07:00

1 BEER FOR EACH FISH

2008-07-01T17:16:00.000-07:00

Great fishing with this guys.
But we sure are glad they are gone.
These are a bunch of British that come each year.
Had a good time fishing with the caught lots of fish drank even more beers (1 per fish)
Ed, Andy, James, John, Malcom and John muchas gracias and we hope to see you guys soon.
Or not to soon, we need our crew sober and with out any injuries.

great fishing weather

2008-05-08T09:45:00.000-07:00

Fishing has slowed down a bit but still some yellow tails coming in as well as marlin and sailfish.
Lots of Dorado are around but they are apparently full on squid so they are not biting as they where last week so we are just waiting for them to get sick of eating squid so we can start catching them again.
In the mean time we are having fun with pargo and cabrillas and the pangas that make it out to el bajo are still catching a few yellows.

DORADO AND MARLIN BITING EARLY

2008-04-28T15:27:00.000-07:00

This week started with great yellow tail fishing at the sea mount El Bajo.
But anglers soon lost interest in the yellows when their bait where being startled by some bull dorado, we heard stories of some big dorado coming in early but didn’t have much luck hooking them until early this week. Along with Dorado striped marlin are around and biting bait. Here are some of the pictures of this weeks fishing. In one day the boats came in with yellows, Dorado, marlin, sailfish and cabrilla.
Fishing is still very good so come down and fish with the Mosquito Fleet.

GREAT YELLOW TAIL FISHING

2008-04-08T13:30:00.000-07:00

We had an other great week of fishing this week.
All of our open pangas are catching the limit on yellow tail.
After fishing for yellow tail boats have been stopping by
Espiritu santo island and catching some pargo and cabrilla.
This week we had George fishing with us and had a great fishing day.
They fished 2 days at el bajo and were able to fill their coolers whit fish.
Picture here shown George with his fish but he dint want to let go of his beer for the picture so we can’t see it to good.

LA PAZ FISHING VACATION

2008-03-29T09:19:00.000-07:00

I don’t often get more than a small window to go on vacation each year and was worried about fishing in March as I have only fished La Paz in the summer months and always been told that those were the only good fishing months. I arrived in La Paz at the end of March not really knowing what to expect. I had booked two days of fishing with The Mosquito Fleet as I have been fishing with them for more than 10 years now and they have always taken good care of my friends and me.
For my first day we were taken out to El Bajo an area famous for catching Yellow Tail during the season. We had a pretty good southerly wind that got us out there in good time and within 15 minutes we were both hooked up to what seemed to be monsters. We were both using scrambled egg colored yoyos and landed one 25 pound fish and an astonishing 38-pound beauty of a Yellow Tail. I was now exhausted but convinced I had picked the right time to come to La Paz. We hooked up to another 5 fish that morning before telling our excellent captain “Pancho” to return back to the dock, as we were more than happy with the day’s catch.
For our second day we wanted to bottom fish for Snapper and Sea bass, but were once again shocked by the quality and consistency of the fishing for the time of year. The action was thick and fast all day and when we returned to the dock we had our fish barbequed up for us at no charge! What a day!
Kevin Jones Ca.

2008-01-15T07:55:00.000-08:00

wheather is nice and the best thing is that Yellow tail have started coming in and they are biting, just take a look at the 35 pound yelow tail chino got on his day of fishing he got this one on board but lost a couple more to the rocks. soon we should start to see the biger schools of this guys around. and the pargo and cabrilla are biting good nothing big yet but good number of them the boats are coming back with up to 10 or 12 pargos per day.

2007-12-05T08:09:00.000-08:00

temperature is still droping but the dorado are still biting in good numbers mix in with some sierra. may be we will have a year like last when we were catching dorado in late december and early january but this week we had no pictures, all the boats are stoping at the beach to clean the fish so we put this one of bret from his house.
have a good winter and stay warm.

2007-12-01T11:27:00.000-08:00

Cooler water ans some winds did nothing to slow down fishing here in La Paz.
Wahoo made a surprice come back with some wahoo in the 30-40 pound range but some 80 pounders where caught like this one that put a big smile on Craig face.
Dorado bite is still hot, lots of 15-30 pound dorado are coming in but a few of the big ones are still around if you have the rigth bait to catch them.

DEVON SPANGLER & CAPTAIN DAGOBERTO

2007-10-30T14:11:00.000-07:00

Devon Spangler and Captain "guero" show us the nice size of one of the Dorados that they caught today not to far from La Paz Bay. The weight of the dorados was between 25 to 35 pounds.

THE BEST PICTURE

2007-10-18T18:21:00.000-07:00

To be honest, I don't know if I am right when I say that this is the best picture. Could be the best if we take Brian out of the picture, unfortunatelly it is too late!!! Sorry Pam, I was trying to do the best taking this Mr. Grumphy out of this picture, wasn't easy for me because I didn't get any computer with the program that can do that!!. jajajajajajajaja.

Brian, please don't take this bad, we all here like you. this is just a joke. Thank you and thank you to your friends, Bob and Charles for sharing good time with us.

Luis, James and Ricardo

ROBERT HEFNER WITH THE 2ND PLACE TEAM WINNER

2007-10-11T20:00:00.000-07:00

El Señor Rober Hafner from La Concha Pearl Condominiums, part of the organization of the Gold Cup Fishing Tournament is sharing this picture with the second place winner Mr Jose Lucero from Los Barriles, B.C.S. fishing with the team Kuyuyo's (sin hieloooo!!). A Blue Marlin weighed 343 pounds showed the first day around 11.00 am at the weight station made him to be in the first place the first day. But the second fishing day the 395 pounds Marlin put the Kuyuyo's team in the second place.

I think all of the people that was part of the tournament are winners, and the big reason of this is because with their help everyone will be RECORDADO for all those people that will get a new light to keep fighting to be alive.

Thanks,
Luis

WHO CARE ABOUT THE GUYS!!!

2007-10-11T19:27:00.000-07:00

Well, to be honest, the reason that I am posting this picture is that I didn't know what kind of Marlin they caught, but I am sure that those guys never will forget that day.

If somebody can tell me what kind of Marlin you see in the picture let me know.

Luis

THE GREAT FIRST DAY OF THE GOLD CUP

2007-10-11T18:19:00.000-07:00

First of all, I want to show you the view from the air how was the first minute when the GOLD CUP FISHING TOURNAMENT started in the morning of Octuber 5th at 7.30 am. Eighty boats with the fishing teams on board and every one part of the tournament, some of them very experimented fishermans, some of them never been before in this kind of competitions. The most important thing was that everybody knew that the objetive of this competition was to give a little bit better life to people that really need our help.

I want to say thank you to all of you that made this go true and also thank you to all the people that was part of the organization of the tournament because with out your help and your time couldn't be one of the best events never happened here in La Paz.

Thank you,
Luis

THE WINNER OF THE GOLD CUP TOURNAMENT

2007-10-11T18:12:00.001-07:00

What a hell of a weekend!

Fished the first annual Gold Cup Black and Blue Marlin Tournament put on by the Rotary Club La Paz Balandra to raise money for prosthetics for children in need. First prize was one million pesos, the equivalent to about $100,000 US dollars, plus a new Ford Lobo pick up truck if the fish was over 400 pounds. I have fished several big money tournaments but have never experienced anything as well organized as this one, and it is hard to believe this was their first. Also, there was a twist in the rules that made things even more interesting. A $50 per pound penalty was imposed for any team weighing a fish under the 200 pound minimum. What a fantastic idea. We are lucky to have one of the best fisheries in the world and this certainly discourages the killing of short fish. It also raises extra money for a good cause.

OK, on to my experience.

Our team doesn't have much experience fishing the waters around La Paz but it is well known that El Bajo and La Reyna are noted for holding big marlin. Because El Bajo is famous we decided that is where we would fish the 1st day. Our plan was if that didn't work out well we would look at La Reyna the last day. Chatter at the docks was that fishing had been dead, and the tournament would be lucky if anybody brought in a qualifying marlin.

First day 7:30 AM shotgun start here we go! 80 participating boats charging out. What a sight! It is well over an hour run for us to El Bajo. By the time we arrived and started fishing another panga had already radioed that they were hooked up on a blue marlin. Shortly after the fish was boated, that team headed for the scale. The official weight was announced to be 343 pounds, which put them in 1st place at the end of the first day.

It was a very long day for us. We never had a bite, never saw a fish. Conditions at El Bajo did not look good so we decided it was time to change our game plan. Pangeros had been getting small tuna at Las Arenas, so we figured there might be some big blues hanging near by.

Second day 7 AM off we go. A 2 hour run the opposite direction from the day before. Cruising through the channel near the southern tip of Cerralvo Island we spotted a gathering of pangas fishing the southern tip of the island. Chuy decided we need to change course and check them out. Sure enough they are in the middle of a full on tuna bite. Took about 15 minutes to fill our tuna tubes. Now we are excited to have great bait and things are looking up. After another 10 minute run southeast of Ceralvo we bridle the live tuna and start slow trolling. Water looks good. Just need to run over the right fish. In a short time, the tuna in the short teaser position dies, and the one in the port rigger is not looking too good. Diego spots a small Dorado in our pattern that we are able to catch and replace the dead tuna. Again we are looking pretty good just waiting for the right bite.

Have a little snack, watching the baits, doing a little day dreaming of the big one when Chuy shouts we're bit! All eyes are now on the long line where a slight dark shadow is seen under the water. The clicker on the reel didn't go off and it looks like the fish missed the bait. A moment later a huge shadow appears under the bait on the port rigger. This huge marlin eats the tuna and turns toward the Dorado on our short line. Chuy throttles up the boat and bendo! I'm on! The fish is flailing and thrashing the water. Now we get a good look and can see blood gushing from this monster's gill plates. I am hyped, pulling and grinding as hard as I can. The fish is not putting up much of a fight and within five minutes the line is wound to the leader. Diego leaders the fish and grabs the bill just as I sink the flying gaff into it. Chuy jumps down from the bridge and sinks another gaff in the fish. That is when the real battle began. In the end it took us longer to subdue the fish after being gaffed then the fight on rod and reel.

The ride back to the scale couldn't have been more fun. We are pretty confident that this fish will win the tournament, and also believe it will be close to meeting the 400 pounds for the new truck. Almost to the scale, we get a report of another boated fish coming to the scale. It is a black marlin estimated to be 500 pounds. Now we're a little nervous.

Lots of spectators at the weigh station. The scale crew helping to unload our fish are congratulating us and are all in agreement that we will be driving away in a new Ford. The digital scale had been zeroed and stops at 395 pounds. A heart breaking 5 pounds short. OK, that is that! W e are now in first place and looking for the other boats reported to have big fish. Next boat in has the reported 500 pound black marlin. Turns out to weigh 291 pounds. Whew! We can breath again! Four other boats come in one by one with fish that do not meet our mark.

Five O'clock lines out. There is still one boat fighting a fish that they hooked at 3:30 and say it is huge. Finally at 6:30. they report the fish is boated and estimate one hour to get to the scale. That last hour was a long one. It was a very climactic ending with more than 100 spectators waiting for the finish. When the last boat finally arrived the sun had gone down and it was dark. As it pulled to the dock we could see their fish, and with a sigh of relief knew it wasn't going to measure bigger than ours. After being weighed, James Curtiss the tournament chairman declared us the 1st place winner and we are a 100K richer!

It appeared to me that the tournament was a huge success and went off without a hitch. Every detail was covered and the red carpet was rolled out for the participants. Hats off to James Curtiss and Gabriel Ley for doing a fantastic job and making everybody feel welcome. The tournament committee must have laid awake at night thinking of every detail. From a smooth registration through a spectacular closing awards banquet, it was the best. Other big money tournament promoters should take a lesson from these guys.

One more note. I have lived on the East Cape for the last 16 years. I never spent much time in La Paz or had any desire to. This experience has opened my eyes to what a beautiful city it is and how friendly the people are. I met many very nice people and you can bet La Paz will be seeing more of me.

That is my story.

Mark

THE LA PAZ GOLD CUP TOURNAMENT

2007-09-25T18:44:00.000-07:00

Hola amigos, The La Paz Gold Cup Black and Blue Marlin Tournament is just around the corner. From Octuber 4th until Octuber 7th here in La Paz. If you want to get more information about this go to www.lapazgoldcup.com and you will find all you need to get in to this tournament. This is the first time that we have the biggest bill fish tournament here in La Paz area. The good thing in this event is that all subscription and entry fees will be donated to the La Paz Prosthetic Clinic.

So, if you want to have fun and at the same time helping others with your participation. YOU ARE VERY WELCOME!!!!

Saludos,
Luis

HOLA PAUL YOU ARE HERE NOW!!

2007-09-25T18:16:00.000-07:00

Finally my friend Paul O'keefe is in the website of Mosquito Fleet.

I want to let you know that we are ok and having the best weather in September month that we never had before. Hurricane Henriette and the Tropical Storm Ivo didn't make any damages in this area.

The air temperature is warm during the day and very nice at night. The water temperature is around 80's and blue in most part of the islands. Dorado, Marlin, Tuna, Roosterfish is biting now, also some Sierra started to show up.

If some of you guys want to come to La Paz for fishing don't hesitate to contact us. Our toll free number is 1 877 408 67 69 or send us and e-mail to info@cortezclub.com . Like always it is a pleasure to see you all here with us!!!

Luis

NICE BLUE

2007-08-25T09:58:00.000-07:00

On the second year coming to La Paz Travis Ethington did catch again his second Marlin. Last year was a sailfish and this year was a Blue Marlin, it weigthed 220 punds. This means that in the sea of cortez we still have good sizes of Bill fish.

Luis

THE OKEEFE'S

2007-08-25T08:58:00.001-07:00

Hola Tammie, how to forget to put your picture here in our web. I tried to publish Paul picture but for any reason doesn`t come up. At the moment the fishing have been great still. Dorado, Marlin, Tuna and Wahoo are around. We had a little bit of bad weather, but still the boats went out. Now the weather got better and I think September and Octuber will be a very good months for fishing. because the water temperature is changing everyday and is getting warmer.

I'll come back with more.....

Luis