07/12/20
Well father and son Knovak did it again
today out of Las Arena, what a catch!
07/11/20
Athila Knovac and his father fished in
Las Arenas and loaded up on Yellowtail and a Dorado.
07/09/20
The "Catch of the Day" goes to this nice
Dorado.
07/07/2
Ted Wolf had a good day fishing for
Cabrilla and Pargo.
07/03/20
As reported before we are up an running
and seeing clients. Today's "Catch of the Day"
goes to a pair of big Dorado.
06/15/20
As scheduled La Paz has opened up again as of
today. A welcome relief to all here in Baja
California. Baja Pirates has also resumed
business as of today but we need bookings if we
are to survive this pandemic. As of today
flights to Cabo are being run non stop daily
from Los Angeles, San Diego, and Houston. The
present airline schedules will open up direct
flights To Cabo from Seattle, Portland, San
Francisco and San Jose on Monday June 22nd.
Flights are presently scheduled with no more
than 60% occupancy and are very well managed. At
the airport in Cabo they are covid monitoring
all passengers upon arrival and the protocols in
Mexico are very similar to the US only in Mexico
these rules are enforced. Masks are required
just as in California.
The really good news is the fishing report.
There's fish and bait everywhere and no fishing
pressure whatsoever. So the report is WFO
today! The question is what do you want fish
for? Dorado are thick as fleas in the bay. Huge
grouper and Snappers are being caught at the
local seamounts. Tuna showing up all around
Cerralvo island. Marlin seen jumping all over in
the channel. The next few months is going to be
epic fishing here in La Paz. Today we went
out and tested the waters and here is our
results:
04/15/20
The first photos of clients have arrived
and this one shows two happy guests with their bags
packed with 27# of cleaned and frozen dorado.
We have had several groups fishing ahead of them who
didn't want us to take photos and we missed the
opportunity to take these two guys' catch before
they were cleaned. We will try harder to take
ane show more of clients catch in the future Like
the USA, La Paz is now under a shelter in place
order. Casinos, restaurants, harbors and all
public gatherings are closed or prohibited.
The good thing is the virus has been slow in showing
up here in southern Baja, lets hope that continues.
These new restriction and the spring
winds have kept almost everyone on land. A few
pangueros havee been out subsistence fishing and yes
the reports is good to excellent for Yellowtaim,
Snappers and Cabrilla. Bait is plentiful and
fishermen are sarce. Now we just need to get
back out there, although it looks like it will be
June before we can retune to normal operations.
at the moment we are scheduling our clients into the
summer and fall season. We wish you all good
health and happiness thru these trying times.
The good news is fish don't get or carry the covid!
03/15/20
Russ McKnight had a great time fishing
with us this week as you can see from his pictures.
03/12/20
Jason Shearer shows off one of the
Dorados he caught today.
Derrick Wyatt also shows off one of his
Dorados caught today.
03/11/20
The guys from Mid Valley Construction
loaded up on Dorado today.
The first photos of clients have arrived
and this one shows two happy guests with their bags
packed with 27# of cleaned and frozen dorado.
We have had several groups fishing ahead of them who
didn't want us to take photos and we missed the
opportunity to take these two guys' catch before
they were cleaned. We will try harder to take
ane show more of clients catch in the future.
2020 Season Starter Report
The Baja Pirates fleet has been working this
month preparing boats and gear for the spring
season here in La Paz. Part of this preparation
includes fish scouting trips when the wind
settles. Last week Captain Luis and Captain Rico
were out checking on bait and water conditions
and the news is good. They found sardines, green
mackerel and cosineros were in abundance within
a few miles of our dock. Of course they couldn't
resist a little fishing in the channel. They
caught several nice 12 pound Dorados and chased
a Marlin who was so full of bait he just
wouldn't bite. Good signs this early so close to
Pinchelinque and during a full moon phase.
Water temperatures are in the low seventies
which is normal and the water is fairly clean.
Outside air temps are in the mid 50's at night
with pleasant daytime temps in the mid to upper
70's. In the next few weeks we will begin
looking for the yellowtail and big snappers we
are known for.
Whale shark trips here in La Paz have also been
very good so far this year. There are several
big sisters inside the bay and a couple of calfs
with them. These fish are awesome and have
provided quite a show for our whale shark
clients. Everyone who has been out see them has
returned tired as the calfs swim much faster and
require some effort to keep up with. The Gray
whale migration in Lopez Mateo is now in full
swing. The whale numbers are down for the early
season but we are all hoping more will arrive
next week.
Reports from Las Arenas are mixed. Early
February provided some excellent fishing for
snappers, sierras and smaller sized yellowtail
although the full moon seems to have slowed the
action this past week.
On a final note there appears to be a new 360
peso "ecology tax" now being collected at the
Los Cabos airport upon departure. Presently this
is being called a voluntary tax and Captain Rico
will check it out next week on his return to the
USA. We will update you on this soon, so until
then,
Tight lines mi Amigos y Amigas
BEST BOATS - BEST GEAR - BEST SERVICE - BAJA PIRATES!
