Baja Fishing Calendar

This is a rough approximation of the fishing available throughout the year in the waters from Los Barilles to La Paz.

	Jan*	Feb*	Mar*	Apr*	May	Jun+
Striped Marlin	OK	OK	GOOD	GOOD	BEST	BEST
Blue Marlin	POOR	POOR	POOR	OK	OK	OK
Black Marlin	POOR	POOR	POOR	POOR	POOR	POOR
Sailfish	POOR	POOR	POOR	POOR	OK	GOOD
Dorado	POOR	POOR	POOR	OK	GOOD	BEST
Wahoo	POOR	POOR	POOR	OK	GOOD	GOOD
Grouper	POOR	POOR	POOR	OK	OK	GOOD
Yellowfin Tuna	POOR	POOR	OK	OK	GOOD	GOOD
Yellowtail	BEST	BEST	GOOD	GOOD	OK	OK
Roosterfish	POOR	POOR	POOR	OK	GOOD	BEST
Sierra	GOOD	GOOD	OK	OK	POOR	POOR
Jack Cravelle	POOR	OK	OK	GOOD	BEST	BEST
Cabrilla	POOR	POOR	OK	OK	GOOD	BEST

	Jul+	Aug	Sep+	Oct	Nov*	Dec*
Striped Marlin	BEST	BEST	BEST	GOOD	OK	OK
Blue Marlin	GOOD	GOOD	GOOD	OK	POOR	POOR
Black Marlin	POOR	GOOD	POOR	POOR	POOR	POOR
Sailfish	GOOD	GOOD	GOOD	OK	POOR	POOR
Dorado	BEST	BEST	GOOD	OK	OK	POOR
Wahoo	BEST	BEST	BEST	OK	OK	OK
Grouper	GOOD	GOOD	OK	OK	POOR	POOR
Yellowfin Tuna	BEST	BEST	BEST	OK	OK	POOR
Yellowtail	POOR	POOR	POOR	POOR	OK	BEST
Roosterfish	BEST	BEST	GOOD	OK	OK	POOR
Sierra	POOR	POOR	GOOD	GOOD	GOOD	GOOD
Jack Cravelle	BEST	GOOD	GOOD	GOOD	OK	POOR
Cabrilla	BEST	BEST	BEST	GOOD	OK	POOR

 

Legend:

* Windy Months - You are taking chances of not getting on the water. Onshore fishing poor due to the sand being stirred up by winds. Great time to do some Kiteboarding and Windsurfing.

+ Travel Months - Months that we use to run hosted trips to La Ventana

Tropical weather months - These months fall within hurricane season. Tropical Storms are a fact of life in Baja Sur from June through November. Unfortunately these months correspond with much of the best fishing due to the warm water temperatures. The storms can range from Tropical Depressions all the way to a Catagory 5 Hurricanes. Though they are of concern, the storms usually have little affect on the scheduled fishing because the great majority of the storms track away from the pennisula and out to sea. Many of those that do head toward Baja Sur never get far enough to cause any alarm. See the discussion on Tropical Weather.