May 21, 2012 by riplipboy
No doubt dorado…like this nice bull take between Cerralvo Island and the peninsula are around. Not in great numbers, but it’s surprising that we’re getting big bulls of this quality so early.
Two legends go fishing. On the left, Hall of Fame NBA player Rick Barry poses next to legendary owner of the Giggling Marlin Restaurant in Cabo Lucas, Gary Wagner in front of Gary’s place at Bahia de Los Muertos.
The north side of Cerralvo Island turned out to be one of the more productive places in an otherwise slow week of fishing as huge amberjack, big cousins to yellowtail, put on a bite. The largest of these three amberjack weighed out at 87 pounds!
I usually don’t post up many marlin photos over the years for several reasons. First we encourage catch and release so a majority of our hooked marlin get let go and secondly, well, many marlin bust off! We had several hooked up this week that are still swimming after breaking off. More marlin seem to be showing up, but not all are willing to take a bait or lure just yet. This striper ate a trolled jig.
Even when fishing is slow, often our fallback are the feisty tough bonito that can really chew up tackle. Captain Yofo of our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet took a shot on a flyrod and found himself in about a 15 minute battle on a 10wt fly rod. The fish was released.
SPOTTY FISHING AT BEST DURING DARK MOON AND SOLAR ECLIPSE
La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of May 13-20, 2012
In a few words, fishing this week around La Paz was…”WEIRD…SCRATCHY…SPOTTY.” Things are definitely changing and we’re going through that transition right now between the cooler waters and spring and the warmer summer waters. The fish are going through it too and so they’re adjusting. It’s a bit like when you bring a goldfish home from the church carnival in the little plastic bag. At home, it takes awhile for them to get acclimated to their new surroundings in the home aquarium with temperatures and oxygen levels different.
I think that’s what happened this week. Every day was different. Some days the fish bit. Some days they did not and it was like pulling teeth. One day one species would be the hot species and the next day a completely different species would take center stage and the fish that were hot the day before, were nowhere to be found!
The other thing was that bait got scarce! Sardine schools, the foundation of our fishing…just vanished. We got a little, but it was like pulling teeth to find enough to fish. Even the bait guys had problems finding it or found only a handful to sell or, it took the better part of the morning looking for bait to start fishing. So, of course, that also reflected on the fishing numbers. But, I’m not sure that would have made that much of a difference either because some folks went to trolling lures in the absence of bait…and they didn’t exactly light the world on fire either!
AND THIS WAS NOT A FULL MOON! AND THERE WAS NOT MUCH WIND EITHER! So, all you folks that think the fish bite better ALL the time during a dark moon, don’t say I never told you so!
This was bad all over. I hear on the East Cape and down in Cabo, the bite just dropped off the charts all of a sudden as well. Hopefully, it’s just the little dark before the big fish explosion!
So, what did we catch?
Well a little of this and a little of that…roosterfish along the shores were still active. Pargo and cabrilla also bit, but that always works better when you have bait! We had some really exciting catches on big amberjack and some very nice dorado were picked up as well as a few marlin. Here’s one example of crazy fishing. The awesome yellowtail bite we had going for 3 months fell apart about 3 weeks ago. Waters are just too warm. We’re gearing up for the bluewater species like dorado and tuna. One of our pangas went out for dorado and came back with…two nice yellowtail! Go figure!
The guys fishing conventionally, did better since they had more to work with. I really felt badly for the flyfishers. With no bait, it’s hard to chum fish up and get them interested. Fortunately, we didn’t have any flyfishers this week, but I know other friends who were out there doing their best in a difficult situation. They resorted to trolling or else using hookless lures to tease fish within casting range.
As for what’s coming up? The conditions look ripe. The waters look good. They are already up into the low to mid-80’s on the surface. Air temperatures in in the mid-90’s. I continue to think we’re right on the cusp of some really good fishing!
That’s our story!
Jonathan and Jilly
Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
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May 13, 2012 by riplipboy
Our amigo, Chris Cribbs, who visits us twice a year is the man behind the fish…a big rooster…one of the largest of the week when the roosters seemed to be all over. That’s the sand of Las Arenas Beach behind Chris. The rooster was released.
Despite the fact that Fabio has mastered the ability to hold the fish closer to the camera to make it larger, this is still a MONSTER cabrilla! Late in the week we had trouble finding sardines for bait so Fabio dragged a big rapala over the rocks and locked into this gorgeous beast of a seabass. (Thanks for the Hawk shot!)
Maybe it was the lucky shirt! If it’s his lucky shirt, I want one! Althought it says “Colorado”…. Actually, Art lives and works above the Arctic Circle as a medic where it’s often 70 degrees below zero! Enjoying the sunshine for the 2nd time this year already, Art really got into the pargo near Espirtu Santo Island having a banner day on the rockfish…maybe the best of anyone so far this year!
We love father-son trips and when the kids outfish dad, it’s even better. Tim Stoklosa poses with his son, Sam, who blew up this huge dog-tooth snapper north of La Paz fishing with Captain Raul. It’s quite a feat to get one of these out’ve the rocks. Over two days, the guys also got some nice roosterfish as well.
On her first trip to La Paz and first time ocean-fishing, Debbie Devine got herself a nice roosterfish on the water with Captain Pancho near the Las Arenas lighthouse. The fish was released after the photo and Debbie lives in Colorado.
Mark Diehl had time for only one day of fishing on a visit from the Portland OR area and made the most of it with this trophy roosterfish that he photo’d and released. Punta Arenas in the background which was the scene of great rooster fishing all week.
The sheer cliffs of northern Cerralvo Island are the backdrop for Gonzo Rodriguez showing off one of his big mullet snapper (pargo liso) fishing with Jim “Hawk” Davis.
Love it when the youngsters are all smiles like Olivia here with Captain Victor and her first roosterfish!
ROOSTERFISH AND PARGO GO OFF BIG TIME!
La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of May 6-13, 2012
Roosterfish and pargo really kicked it into a higher gear this past week. As air and water temperatures ratchet up bit by bit and everyone is anticipating the incoming warm-water species, some days it seems like the roosters and pargo just dog-piled onto each other!
With temps in the high 80’s and into the 90’s, the roosterfish were especially voracious. I guess there’s a reason that they call this area the “Roosterfish Capital of the World.” We didn’t get any monsters, but fish in the 5-40 pound class were pretty common. Live sardines slow trolled or drifted were good as were Rapalas and other crank baits.
The roosters were in their normal spots along the sandy areas literally terrorizing schools of bait right up to and onto the sand! However, we were also getting them around the rocky areas of the islands as well as over reefs and high spots where we were fishing for pargo and cabrilla! The faster and more mobile roosters often hit the baits before the pargo or cabrilla could get to them and some of the roosters would blow up in spectacular fashion of of the water. We were even hooking some roosters just offshore in deeper water!
It’s a great time for light tackle, spinning gear and the flyrods as well.
As for the pargo, they are mixing it up with the big cabrilla (seabass) and smaller grouper…that we can stop! Remember that these fish are often in extremely shallow waters and the rocks are almost right below the boats. As soon as you hook up, you have to turn these fish or you’re done…right into the rocks and there’s just no way to win. The cabrilla and pargo we are able to stop are in the 5-20 pound class, but much much bigger fish get away with a hook in their jaws and a length of shredded line trailing behind them!
Most of the anticipation comes from the other condtions we’re seeing. As I said last week, everything just looks primed to blow up any day. Signs of roosters are just one indication, but there’s a ton of sargasso out there floating around and flurries of dorado have been seen under them. As well, schools of fast moving tuna have eluded the pangas and marlin are just starting to wake up and we had several hook ups and break offs this week or, more often, the marlin are just sitting on the surface and not much interested in anything you throw at them, short of running over them with the panga.
Sometimes you are running the panga and hit a “bump bump” and the panga takes a little hop and then there’s a marlin greyhounding away as you realize you just ran over him!
WEEKLY VIDEO
Got some video clips this week. Sorry they’ve been scarce lately, but thought you’d like to see some of our La Paz pangas coming back into Balandra Bay with some nice pargo and cabrilla. Click the link:
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Hope you all had a great Mother’s Day and have a great week!
That’s our story
Jonathan and Jilly
Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
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Not much left of the massive yellowtail bite we had going on for 3 months, but we still found a few. First time angler with us from Florida Joe Hussin hefts up one of several they found fishing the west side of Espirito Santo Island.
In the past few weeks, roosterfish have really taken off. None of the big boys that La Paz has historically been known for but fun school-sized 20-40 pounders have not been uncommon. Captain Victor here helps our buddy Bob Solee of B & B Fishing Rods in Portland OR to hold up a nice pez gallo before releasing it. That’s the rocks of Punta Perico in the background about 50 yards back.
Although he’s not smiling, Belmond Mann and his wife Amy love fishing with Captain Archange at Las Arenas and on this particular day, Bel surprisingly outfished Amy putting this nice pargo liso in the boat. Over two days they got a variety of pargo, cabrilla and snapper. Typical of the weekly bite.
Charlie Gibson fished with us for a while week. Charlie just had his right hand (reeling hand) surgically repaired so when the yellowtail bit off Espiritu Santo Island, he struggled mightily to get the fish to the boat! But, he gritted it out and got 3 ‘tails.
Yes, marlin have started to show and, although they’re not quite in the feeding mode, it could happen any day. The three Rodriguez brothers hooked this one which was not able to be released. It was caught off Cerralvo Island. Reports say that the high spot at the 88 has stripers sitting all over it just waiting for the water temps to go up a tad!
Don and Deb White from Oregon come to see us several times a year and always do well. All week, Don was the “King of Cabrilla” taking big seabass after big seabass. Here, he and Debbie show off two huge cabrilla, a snapper and a barred pargo.
Every now and then they even let me out on the water! I wanted to stay out’ve the way our other pangas so I grabbed a flyrod and we went out to the bonito ground to experience the “pain” of pulling on 10-15 pound horse bonito on a whippy 10wt flyrod…just for fun! OUCH! I still have bruises on my knuckles and forearm. None of these fish took less than 15 minutes to put in the boat! You veteran flyfishers can attest to this! Tough tough fish! We released all of them!
Just had to share this amazing photo with you. Joe Hussin from FLA was fishing with us this week and were in Capt. Archangel’s panga and just about 200 yards of Punta Perico a huge humpback kept breaching around them to the point where they were getting sprayed and splashed. The last one was no more than 30 feet in front of the panga. At that point Capt. Archangel said, “We’re outta here!” Joe caught this amazing shot during on of the jumps…just right…with his iPad!!! It’s poster quality! The waters are full of life right now…porpoise, turtles, whales, birds…an amazing place to be this time of year!
MIXED WEATHER AND MIXED FISHING ADDS VARIETY!
La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of April 29-May 5, 2012
It was a mixed week on all levels this week. We had hot muggy sunshine to wind to rain to flat seas and bouncy rolling chop. Sometimes the fish bit better when it was rough. Sometimes they bit better when it was flat as glass. No rhyme or reason. One day , they would all chase baits. The next day the fish would turn their noses up at the bait and only want slow trolled slices of dead fish. Or they wanted only dead sardinas. As one of our clients said ,who fished with us all week, “It was like the fish were picky kids never knowing what they wanted!” The game of the week was trying to figure out where they would be….what they would want…and what they would eat.
It would help that there are so many different conditions on top of the fact that there were so many different species of fish as we hit that “transitional period” when the waters are getting warmer, but there’s some areas of cold and some areas of warmer waters. These differences in water temperatures could be horizontal where you would be in green cooler water in one spot, but move 100 yards to the side and the waters would be warm clear blue. Or, the thermoclines could be vertical. On the surface it could be 75. A few feet down it could drop 10 degrees or, the temp change might not occur for 40 feet.
I was scuba diving last week and I ran into thermoclines on many levels and saw different fish depending on the water temperatures and feeding in different thermoclines. For instance, I found 69 degree water at 25 feet down, but at 40 feet down, I found 72 degree water…it was actually warmer the further I went down. I found pargo in the cooler water swimming but bonito and jacks swimming in the warmer water further down.
Anyway, the bite reflected all the change. I gotta tell ya…the ocean is really full of life, even if you’re not fishing. But the conditions are such that all of us are saying that it just looks like it’s gonna bust open.
There’s so much variety out there. Cooler water fish like yellowtail and big amberjack are sporadically still around. Pargo and big cabrilla are feeding in the rocks and shallows. Along the beaches, the roosterfish are getting livelier as well as the jack crevalle and occasional pompano. Where the water is cooler in the shallows, there are still sierra to be caught as well.
Offshore, sargasso weed is building up and literally strewn across the ocean. Schools of dorado are starting to show although not necessarily ready to eat just yet. Same with the marlin. The big guys are sitting on the surface just sunning. Give another few degrees in water temperature and they’ll start to chew. Just a matter of time. A few were hooked! Flurries of fast moving tuna have also been spotted as well.
We’ll just have to see!
That’s our story!
Jonathan and Jilly
Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
Website: www.tailhunter-international.com
U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Drive, Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745
Mexico Office: 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico
Phones:
from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863
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Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report:
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April 30, 2012 by riplipboy
That's ALOT of fish! Oregonian Don White had a knack for big cabrilla and other rockies this week including this hefty pair shown here with our Captain Alfredo. Don was fishing north of La Paz around Espirito Santo Island.
Bob Solee, come down several times a year to see us here in La Paz and seems to always get a personal best or something unusual. Yellowtail were on his "bucket list" and as luck would have it, he took one of the few yellowtail of the week fishing with our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet. Bob is from the Portland Oregon area and is a custom fishing rod maker specializing in 3-pc. travel rods.
Yes, I do get out now and then and we had our 11th Annual Cabin Fever Classic here in La Paz and it was a blast. This dorado turns out to be the first of the season and quite a big boy for so early in the year! But it was swimming through a school of bonito when we spotted it and threw a live bait and it! A great catch. I'm standing on the beach at Bahia de Los Muertos.
Easy to see why this is called a dog-tooth snapper. We call 'em pargo. John "JD" Drucker from Arizona is one of our La Paz regulars and comes several times a year. He had other fish that they never moved out've the rocks!
First timer from Oregon, Sheila Maloney, had a big smile for this cubera snapper and a bunch of others she picked up working the east side of Espiritu Santo Island using a combination of sardines and live mackerel.
It was another good week for roosterfish as the fish seem to be coming on stronger. Dave Swanson and Captain Joel pose with a nice pez gallo before setting it free. We would have more rooster photos, but most fish fortunately are let go so we don't get many photos! Dave got this near Espirito Santo Island.
Matt Gesler has to be one of the funniest and happiest guys we can remember. Always laughing. For a first-timer he slammed fish for 3 days including these nice cabrilla.
Rod Brown really wanted to catch a yellowtail and finally got one on the last day of the last hour of fishing. Rod hails from Alaska and makes 2 trips a year to visit us.
She's the pargo queen! Carol Darby put 7 of these barred pargo in the panga compared to just one for her husband who said "She was on fire!" These are tough fish and this is quite an accomplishment. She stands here on the beach at Muertos Bay.
We had a blast this week with our 12th Annual Cabin Fever Classic. It was a bit smaller than usual, but no less fun as we had 3 days of fishing...one day of snorkeling at the island...and lots of great dinners and good times. Thanks everyone! It was a blast! (Where's Mike?)
INSHORE SPECIES DRAW MOST ATTENTION WITH BIG CABRILLA AND PARGO ROCKING ANGLERS
La Paz / Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of April 22-29, 2012
An interesting week of fishing down here in La Paz. I think our yellowtail bite is officially over although we’re getting a few punky firecracker yellows that aren’t any bigger than 5-10 pounds. And…every now and then, especially north of La Paz, a nice little jag of the bigger fish jumps up and goes on a chew. But, for all intents and purposes, things are changing and it’s best not to lament what’s NOT biting and concentrate on what IS biting!
Basically, it’s turning into your typical spring smorgasborg of fish species. Frankly, it’s a lot of fun because from day-to-day, you’re never sure what’s going to hit. Sometimes it changes within the hour. I believe this past week alone we got over a dozen keepable species of fish!
This included our first dorado of the season, a nice 25 pound class mahi picked up on live bait right in the middle of swarming bonito schools. This also included some really nice action on roosterfish that are hitting in numerous spots around the La Paz fishing area. As well, cabrilla, grouper, sierra, amberjack, jack crevalle and all three members of the pargo family (barred pargo / pargo liso/ dog tooth-snapper) were all taken this week usualy in the areas around underwater structure.
I gotta tell you…take a look at some of the photos from this week. Don’t blow off fishing for cabrilla or pargo. Some of these fish are HUGE! Try stopping some of these bad boys before they get to the rocks. I was on the water a number of times this past week and I would guess that about 2 nice pargo or cabrilla were caught for ever 10 hook ups. Imagine a fish that can swallow a whole mackerel or a whole small needlefish that we’re using for bait. That is a BIG fish with a BIG mouth! One day, I personally lost at least 8 and only putting 3 aboard…and then again ONLY after amping up my gear from 40 pound test to 60…then to 80 pound test and basically my trolling sticks!
It sounds silly, but if you can’t turn their big heads of these guys, you might as well just throw bait in the water and watch them blow up on the surface and tear it up and forget fishing. You’re just feeding the fish! But, it’s incredibly exciting when you’re slow trolling a bait through blue clear waters and you can see the bottom just a few feet below. You start chumming baits and out of nowhere, 20, 30 and 40 pound fish start going ballistic behind the boat…and then your line screams!
The biggest factor this week was the darned wind! I tell you…one day we had barely wind and had a great day. Next day, the winds ripped us apart and we could not even get bait. The best we could do all day was troll Rapalas all day for less-than-happy results. When we went after yellowtail north of La Paz, it took us two hours in heavy winds and seas trying to catch a dozen mackerel for bait. After getting enough bait, we hit the yellowtail spot and it was like fishing in a washing machine. The current was so strong we couldn’t even get the mackerel down deep enough to the fish because the pangas were getting blown off the spots.
Hopefully, usually the winds keep diminishing but it’s not over until it’s over. I’m really excited about seeing so much sargasso weed floating around out there! Given that we got that first nice dorado, if we get a little more water temperature, schools of dorado can’t be far behind. Some commercial guys are seeing them as well as marlin sitting on the surface just sunning and not quite ready to go on the chew. Give it just a tad more temperature and the big boys should come flying!
That’s our story!
Jonathan and Jilly
Jonathan Roldan’s Tailhunter International
Website: www.tailhunter-international.com
U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Drive, Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745
Mexico Office: 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico
Phones: from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863
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Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report: http://www.tailhunter-international.com/fishreport.htm
Tailhunter YouTube Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/pangapirate
“When your life finally flashes before your eyes, you will have only moments to regret all the things in life you never had the courage to try.”
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April 22, 2012 by riplipboy
Verda Boyd with her favorite, Captain Jorge, has a knack for putting fish in the panga. The retired sheriff's officer from the S.F. bay area holds up one of her pargo she hooked off Punta Perico near Las Arenas. Pargo became a main focus over the last week or so as yellowtail tapered off.
Take a look at what might be one of the last yellowtail of the season. Our amigo, Jack Perris, from Garden Grove CA fished with us a few days and put a variety of fish in the boat including this yellowtail.
Craig Norton from Oregon poses with his wife, Debby, and a fat pargo mulato (barred pargo). Craig was on his first trip with us and was fishing with our Las Arenas fleet. The big fish hit just outside of Bahia de Los Muertos.
For a first time visitor, Desiree Weisser, from Orange Co. CA had a banner day on the water showing off a nice catch of sierra and bonito. Some of that went for ceviche that night at the Tailhunter Restaurant. She's posing on the sand at Bahia de Los Muertos.
We were wondering when the roosters would begin to show up and I think it was really that we were just concentrating so much on the yellowtail. Each week it's gotten a little better, but this past week, the roosters were schooling up. NOthing huge, but most fish were fun 5-20 pounders!
YELLOWTAIL SAY ADIOS BUT PARGO AND ROOSTERFISH TAKE HEADLINE STATUS
La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of April 15-22, 2012
It would appear that the incredible yellowtail bite of 2012 has left us. With the exception of a few fish here and there, not many yellowtail to speak of the last two weeks and even the commercial pangeros are off to fish other species.
In it’s place, the focus has been on other species that are normally caught at this time, but haven’t gotten much attention at al the last 3 months.
This past week, the pargo have really been on a tear, or at least, we’re seeing so many more in the counts mainly because everyone is fishing for them so there’s a direct correlation! The big red guys are in their springtime spawn and schooling up in the shallows so the action has been visually and physically exciting with big moving schools of voracious 10-40 pound fish up close to the rocks and foaming when boat is thrown in their directions. But that’s also the bain of these fish as well…rocks! There’s plenty of action on the pargo but “action” doesn’t necessarily mean “catching.” Probably only 1 of every 6 or 7 fish hooked makes it to the panga. Many of our anglers who are fishing these pargo for the first time come back with comments like:
“Craziest strongest fish I’ve ever seen in Baja.”
“I hooked at least 5 of these fish and I couldn’t even lift the rod. They immediately rocked me before I could turn the handle. So much power!”
“I didn’t have a chance. Two days fishing, I got 3 of the smaller pargo, but lost so many huge fish! Frustrating but fun!”
“I was blown away by how powerful these fish are. If you don’t turn their heads, they take you right into the reef!”
And so it goes! We have clients down these days who look forward to nothing else but the challenges of these pargo year-after-year.
In addition to the pargo, we’re getting our first real action on the roosterfish as well. Again, it might be a function of the fact that with the yellowtail moving on, the roosterfish are getting more attention. However, reports of 2, 3, 5, 10 roosterfish caught and released have not been uncommon this week with our largest being about 40 pounds as the school-sized fish appear to have moved in to feed.
In addition to the pargo and roosters, some of the other classes of fish that helped keep the action rolling include snapper, sierra, cabrilla (seabass), bonito, ladyfish and some fat jack crevalle.
One of the more exciting things that happened this week was a report from one of our amigos who lives in La Ventana and fishes all the time. When he’s not fishing, he’s kite boarding…his new love.
Check out what he wrote to me…
“Tuesday, I was kiting 1/2 a mile off shore between Punta Gorda and La Ventana when I came upon 100 or more birds crashing the water. There was sargaso everywhere and yes…..Dorado! I was literally kiting among Dorado slashing thru the water crushing bait. I saw at least 6 or 7 fish going ballistic at once with birds diving at jumping bait everywhere. And no fishing rod………. I was so caught up in the moment and amazed with all the action, I crashed my kite and ripped it in half. I talked with several kiters later in the day that had similar experiences with the exception of the kite crashing. Anyway, it was another day on the water to remember.”
We’ll keep you posted. That’s our story…
Jonathan and Jilly
Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
Website: www.tailhunter-international.com
U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Drive, Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745
Mexico Office: 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico
Phones:
from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863
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Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report:
http://www.tailhunter-international.com/fishreport.htm
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April 16, 2012 by riplipboy
Young Caroline Coomber from San Diego hadn’t done much fishing before, but got her biggest fish ever fishing with Captain Victor although she’s reluctant to touch the big yellowtail on the gaff. She was fishing off Cerralvo Island.
Skip Coomber usually comes to La Paz several times a year, but had not visited in a few years, but made the most of it heading out to fish Cerralvo Island and using mackerel took 2 nice yellowtail like this one. Skip is from the San Diego area.
YELLOWTAIL HARDER TO COME BY BUT OTHER SPECIES FILL THE GAPS
La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of April 8-15, 2012
It was not our best week of fishing here for the most part. Given the great bite we’ve had for the last 3 months, this past week was disappointing mainly because we’ve been spoiled. So many big yellowail! So given the bar has been so high and the expectations so great, this past week was actually a “normal” early spring week of fishing, but compared to the previous weeks/months, it was a bummer.
For one, we had some hangover weather from Easter week. During that time, full moon and high winds, especially to the south pushed a lot of water around. This pulled up colder greener off-color water from down deep. In the long-run, this is good. The cooler water with all the nutrients are a naturally occurring thing and brings up a lot of nutrients that makes the fishies grow, but short term, it really shuts off the bite. Sort of like throwing the fish into a cold shower of off-color water. It sometimes takes awhile for them to shake it off and come around again.
And I think that’s what happened. Plus, the winds continued to blow. In fact, several days were darn-right bumpy out there and on one day we had to just bring everyone back to town. It’s the first day we’ve had to cancel boats in about 2 years. The sun was out and the weather was nice, but the chop and wind were just crazy. So, the clients were cool about it and it was just better to bring everyone in. It would have been nearly impossible to get bait anyway.
And that was another problem. With the winds battering some of our bait holes around the islands, it scattered the bait. Like looking for a needle in a haystack and the pangas would have a hard time just getting into the spots close to the rocks without some bit of risk.
So….well, like I said, it was more like a “normal” early spring bite. We did get some yellowtail but not as many as we had been getting. We also got some really nice cabrilla (Mexican seabass) and pargo (lost quite a few to the rocks) and some of the biggest sierra I have ever seen! Oh, and also lots of bonito. We had a number of families out so the bonito provided great action for many of the kids most of whom had never fished before. We also did get a few roosterfish as well in the 20-pound class which looks like they’re finally showing up!
We did have some flyfishers who were fishing Baja for the first time and they had a blast. In fact, as one of them told me “It’s not like steelhead or trout fishing. I’m sore! These fish beat you up!” he said with a grin. That day he got several jack crevalle, several bonito, a few sierra, needlefish and roosters. Great variety!
As I’m writing this, waters seem to be getting better daily so, as long as the winds keep diminishing, the waters will clear up. Even in Baja every now and then, there’s an off-week!
That’s our story!
Jonathan and Jill
Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
Website: www.tailhunter-international.com
U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Drive, Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745
Mexico Office: 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico
Phones:
from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863
.
Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report:
http://www.tailhunter-international.com/fishreport.htm
Tailhunter YouTube Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/user/pangapirate
“When your life finally flashes before your eyes, you will have only moments to regret all the things in life you never had the courage to try.”
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April 7, 2012 by riplipboy
Close...but no cigar! Bill Mitchell of Carmel CA had no idea when he threw his 9wt flyrod what might happen. For 90 minutes he fought this 40 pound yellowtail which finally snapped the little rod just at the boat. To find out later, the IGFA record on 20 pound tippet was only 31 pounds set in Loreto in 2006. Bill's fish would have broken the world record by 9 whopping pounds! Unfortunately, when checking with the IGFA, the fact that the rod broke disqualifies the fish! Darn! It was pretty exciting as we ran around trying to check the certification. Bill still said it was a great battle and great fish and he knows what he did! Captain Adolfo looks on. Bill also got a nice pargo as well (See below)
Nice way to start a trip! Slamming 7 huge yellowtail at the north end of Cerralvo Island on mackeral and lures. Jeff Sakuda and Marianne Sugawara said the fish were "all over" and they "fished until their arms fell off!" Jeff said, they easily could have put 10 in the boat.
Our first "official" rooster of the season and Marianne's first rooster as well even tho' she fishes several times a year in La Paz. The fish hit a trolled rapala near north Cerralvo while they were fishing for yellowtail. Captain Jorge smiles on!
Not only did he hook a world-record fish, but Bill Mitchell also fly rodded one of the most difficult fish in our waters even for anglers fishing with heavy conventional gear He took this nice pargo liso (mullet snapper) off Punta Perico which you can see in the background. In all my years here in La Paz, I've only seen less than a handful of these fish on the flyrod.
Everyone has been asking where are the pargo? Well, the yellowtail bite has been so good the last 3 months that few want to tangle with the doggedly difficult pargo! But the fish are definitely here! Jeff had a pretty decent day on the big-toothed fish! Also, on the rack...sierra, cabrilla and snapper! Pot luck great eating!
MORE PARGO THIS WEEK AS YELLOWTAIL MOVE TO OTHER AREAS AND…ALMOST A WORLD RECORD!
La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of April 1-8 , 2012
We here at Tailhunter wanted to wish all our amigos and tribal members a safe and happy Easter. Hope you had/ have a good one. We had a crazy good week here. It seemed like everyone was on vacation. Sunshine and weather were perfect and it seems most folks took the whole week off as the beaches were packed and town was really in a festive mood all week. Hope wherever you were you got a chance to enjoy things with your family!
On to the fishing report!!!
A pretty decent week of fishing although it seems the big fish scattered a bit. Winds seemed to increase during the week and that probably had a lot to do with the bait moving and hence the fish. Most of our better fishing was done at the north end of Cerralvo Island although our regular spots around Ventana, South Island, Bahia de Los Muertos, Punta Perico and Boca de Alamo all had their moments.
Probably our most exciting moment came with Bill Mitchell of Carmel CA pretty much un-officially blowing the IGFA yellowtail record out of the water on the flyrod! We are pretty pumped up. The current record had been in 2006 with a 31 pound yellowtail caught on 20 pound tippet in Loreto. Bill hooked his on the flyrod and it turned into a 90 minute fight and resulted in a huge 40 pound ‘tail besting the IGFA record by 9 pounds! He fought the fish to the boat where his 9 wt flyrod snapped. Unfortunately, when we approached the IGFA, Bill’s potential record would be disqualified because the rod snapped! Oh well. Still a great fish and Bill was thrilled. We know they are out there!
He also nailed a nice pargo on the flyrod as well. A pretty nice trip!
As for the rest, as I said, the best spot was at north island of Cerralvo. That’s where the best spot was for the big yellowtail. Mackerel worked best, but dropping down blue/white iron on the yo-yo produced some whoppers!
As the week moved along, the winds came up and the yellowtail bite tapered. However, it did give our anglers to finally chase some other species and as I suspected, the pargo, cabrilla and sierra were right there! “Huge schools of swarming big pargo!” as one of our anglers explained to me! They were also on the feed so we got some nice hookups. However, so many fish were lost to the rocks. More than half the hookups ripped the lines! But that’s pargo fishing!
We also got our first official roosterfish of the season as well. The are another species that has been around for a month or two. But no one has been fishing for them as they chased the yellowtail.
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Best fishes everyone!
That’s our story!
Jonathan and Jilly
Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
Website: www.tailhunter-international.com
U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Drive, Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745
Mexico Office: 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico
Phones:
from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863
.
Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report:
http://www.tailhunter-international.com/fishreport.htm
Tailhunter YouTube Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/user/pangapirate
“When your life finally flashes before your eyes, you will have only moments to regret all the things in life you never had the courage to try.”
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