Baja Fishing Report
By Tom Gatch

Over the past decade, ‘Hooked on Baja’ author, Tom Gatch, has built a solid reputation as one of the foremost writers and columnists focusing on outdoor, travel and culinary topics in Baja and southern California. His company, EL PUERTO Creative Consultants S.A. de C.V. also provides professional copywriting and creative support for business entities on both sides of the border.

Baja Fishing Report - Summer 2023

Although the final weeks of spring saw thick ‘May gray’ conditions along the Pacific coast, which ranged from southern California through northern Baja, the warming sun eventually prevailed... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Spring 2023

We may only be a few weeks into the summer season, yet both the weather and the fishing around the... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Winter 2023

We may only be a few weeks into the summer season, yet both the weather and the fishing around the... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Fall 2022

We may only be a few weeks into the summer season, yet both the weather and the fishing around the... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Summer 2022

We may only be a few weeks into the summer season, yet both the weather and the fishing around the... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Spring 2022

After what was a chilly, blustery conclusion to 2021, the sunny spring weather has finally brought... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Winter 2022

Shortly after the Winter Solstice in late December, the West Coast was slapped by an onslaught of unseasonably... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Fall 2021

Since the rich waters surrounding the peninsula have received only a fraction of the fishing pressure... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Winter 2020

Despite the torrential rains that descended upon us during the holiday season, they have now departed... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Fall 2019

For some reason, it seems like we tend to get some of our best weather during the months of fall, long... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Summer 2019

From the Coronado Islands all the way around the bend up into the northern Sea of Cortez... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Spring 2019

After a particularly chilly end to our winter season, spring has finally sprung and it did so in a big way... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Winter 2019

The wickedly chilly fingers of a frigid Canadian cold front helped to ring in our New Year by reaching down the Pacific coast and bringing bone-chilling... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Fall 2018

Now that the Labor Day weekend has come and gone, we can take stock of some of the fantastic offshore action that has been taking... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Summer 2018

The foggy May gray and June gloom weather that traditionally descends upon the coasts of southern California and Northern Baja... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Spring 2018

Most of the fall season of 2017 in Baja California Norte was defined by warm and windy Santa Ana conditions. It was an extended... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Fall 2017

The steamy, tropical weather patterns that dominated conditions along the west coasts of both the U.S. and Baja this summer finally came to a... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Summer 2017

As we slide into summer, the inland temperatures along the eastern coast of the Baja coast are beginning to soar, which causes the marine layer... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Spring 2017

Without a doubt, the winter rainy season in 2017 was intense, but well needed. Rarely do the chaparral covered hills of southern California and Baja Norte... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Winter 2017

Our post El Niño warmth in 2017 has been predicted to carry over for several months here in the southwest. However, the New Year was still ushered... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Fall 2016

Baja’s extremely productive summer fishing season closed out this year in classic fashion; with a couple of hurricanes off the southern tip of the... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Summer 2016

Now that summer has officially begun, the bite on a variety of popular gamesters is in full swing as water temperatures around the Baja California... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Spring 2016

Although the very beginning of 2016 was ushered in by chilly rain and thunder storms, it was not long before warmer weather once again prevailed over southern... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Winter 2016

As we know, there are two sides to every coin; and such is the case with our ongoing El Niño conditions, which have brought us some of the finest offshore fishing ... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Fall 2015

It may be fall, but those swirling hurricanes and tropical storms from central and southern Mexico continue to push warm water along the coast of Baja... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Summer 2015

Our magical El Niño adventure continues at full speed as the Pacific coast of Baja California lights up with massive schools of bluefin tuna migrating... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Spring 2015

Despite the disruptive weather in some parts of the Eastern Pacific that is often associated with El Niño conditions like the one we had in 2014, to most avid... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Winter 2015

Looking back at 2014, most Baja anglers would have to agree that it was indeed an epic year for fishing south of the border. The El Niño driven spike... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Fall 2014

When scientists predicted that El Niño conditions would prevail along the Eastern Pacific coast this summer, they weren’t kidding. As it turns out, surface... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Summer 2014

The data is in, and it probably should come as no surprise that after such a warm, dry weather pattern in the southwest this past spring, scientists... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Spring 2014

We are learning that, as weather patterns change, strange things can happen. And while this winter’s ‘Polar Vortex’ may have played havoc through several... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Winter 2014

This used to be the season when southern California anglers would get out the heavy duty rockcod gear, spool up their 6/0 to 9/0 reels with 80 to100... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Fall 2013

While residents of Midwestern and northeastern states may already be bracing themselves for the chilly fall and winter season to come, those lucky... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Summer 2013

As late spring slips into early summer, there is an awakening of activity amongst a number of Baja’s most popular gamefish. One highly targeted offshore... Read more

Baja Fishing Report - Spring 2013

When it comes to sportfishing, the months of spring mark the beginning of an important transition period around the entire Baja California... Read more