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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Oct. 22-30, 2011

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Dennis Fuji from Sacramento brought his group of 14 to visit us this week. Although the tuna were sometimes hit-or-miss, the gang did get into some nice fish on two days plus some great dorado fishing. Here's Dennis with 3 of the guys standing on the beach at Bahia de Los Muertos. The fish were found near the S. end of Cerralvo Island.

Characteristic of late fall fishing, many of the dorado were sizeable bulls between 30 and 40 pounds! Eric McClanahan had a banner day off the charts with a day full of bulls like this fishing north of La Paz with his son (see other photos below).

I gotta hand it to these guys (L-R) Mike Cutchin, Bob McPhee, Dan McPhee, Josh Charleton from Napa CA went out on one of the roughest days we've had in awhile. Some of the guys got more than a big queasy, but they hung in there. Caught some fish. Came back to shore to get their sea-legs and went right back out to fish s'more! They're showing off their yellowfin tuna here!

Our good friend, Jeff Sakuda, has come down more times than he and I can count. Sometimes he comes down 3 times a year and always does well...except this past week. Just one of those things. The tuna were elusive, but Jeff still got into some nice snapper, pargo and cabrilla to take home. More reef fish are showing up in the counts as we transition towards winter fishing and cooler waters.

Most of us tend to think the big pargo are only around in the cooler waters of the spring, but there's some resident fish hanging out in the reefs like this one caught by Rich McClanahan and his dad Eric near Cerralvo Island. The nice thing about it is that this time of year, virtually NO ONE if fishing for them!

Dave Combes and Mel Uchida pose with some of their yellowfin tuna taken late in the week with us. The bite was often early and furious then tapered as the winds and sealion made things difficult. So...early to the bite!

VIDEO CLIP OF THE WEEK:

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Tailhunter International Fishing Clips from Week of Oct. 22-30, 2011

TUNA PLAY GAMES AS DO THE WINDS BUT DORADO AND OTHER SPECIES HELP OUT!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Oct. 22-30, 2011



It was a bit of an up-and-down week around La Paz waters. Clearly things are changing as water temperatures, water conditions, winds and currents all seem to reflect that the seasons are in transition.  One day, the tuna bite at Las Arenas would be hot, but the next day, it would go completely down the tubes.  The next day, the dorado bite for our La Paz boats would be on fire and the next day, the guys would have to scratch for fish to fill the fish boxes. 


 


Most of the tuna were nice grade.  They were 25-35 pounders.  The dorado were ranging in size from smaller schoolers of 10 pounds, but some really nice fish in the 30-40 pound class were taken every day.  


 


But things are changing…no doubt…


 


…it was clear that things are changing by the varieties of species that were caught.  Along with dorado and tuna, there were marlin and sailfish hooked; roosterfish that were still prowling the shallows; pargo starting to bite again; plus sierra inshore in the cooler waters and more cabrilla (seabass ) in the counts as well.  


 


Mostly, things were great.  If anglers were spending two or three days with us, they went home with a nice load of fish.  If they had one bad day, they usually made up for it on the other days.  I imagine if the winds pick up consistently, the warm water species will soon be replaced by more inshore varieties. 


 


One thing…it’s really pleasant in town right now. Air temps about 75-85 degrees most days, but the mornings can be chilly (by our standards!). If you’re going fishing, bring a light windbreaker or sweatshirt that you can always take off later when it warms up!


 


 


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Jonathan and Jill 


 


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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Oct. 16-23, 2011

					

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As the seasons start to change, it was another good week for roosterfish along our beaches with some nice trophys making the report. Jerry Wansack came all the way from S. Carolina and fished an entire week with us and his buddy, Luke Britz. They planned the trip for 3 years and really wanted a rooster. Well, they got tuna and dorado and other species, but they didn't get roosters until their last day when persistence paid off and they got a handful of nice fish including this one taken off Punta Perico near Las Arenas.  All the roosters were released.  


Yes, the tuna are still biting off the south end of Cerralvo Island across from Las Arenas. Our pangas are averaging about 1-4 fish per day mixed in among all the big bonito and it can be an arm-tiring day as shown by Victor from El Monte CA who has to lean up against the panga with his duo of tuna.


Larry Wayne looks on as his amigo, Bob Sklar, holds up his yellowfin tuna. Both are from Orange Co. CA and Bob had a banner trip getting his first tuna and marlin (see below).


As shown in the photo above, Bob Sklar from Orange Co. CA got his first tuna ever fishing with us but also got his first marlin as well. In fact, he got TWO marlin...and BRAVO to him...HE RELEASED BOTH OF THEM! He took this photo just before letting the 2nd one go. It was caught off Punta Arenas. Well done, Roberto!


Like I said, a pretty nice week for roosters! Double hookup with Captain Archangel from our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet and Luke Britz from S. Carolina who caught these not far from shore in shallow water. Both fish were released.


I don't often post-up photos of the pesky feisty bonito that rampage through our waters bending rods and tearing up anglers. But take a look at this huge bonito that Mimi Wayne caught! Compare that to the tuna photos in this week's report! Is that a slug bonito or what? Pound-for-pound, bonito fight alot harder than their more popular cousins the yellowfin tuna!


As the weather and waters start to get cooler, I'm not sure how much longer the dorado will be around, but for the time-being, we're still pulling them in...mostly with our pangas fishing north of La Paz around Espiritu Santo Island. However, John Mc Lucas and Bill Lee took time of from a week of light tackle fishing on pargo, cabrilla, and roosters to put a couple of dorado fillets in the box.


SEASONS CHANGING BRINGS A VARIETY OF SPECIES!


La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Oct. 16-23, 2011


You can tell the seasons are finally changing!  Not only has the heat and humidity been exchanged for pleasant tropical sunshine and off-shore breezes but the variety of fish we’re taking give every indication that we’re turning the corner on the season.


 


The tuna bite off S. Cerralvo we’ve had the last few weeks is still there with some nice 20-45 pound fish and our pangas averaging maybe 1-4 fish per boat/day.  Our Las Arenas fleet is still finding the best results with drifted chunking dead sardines in the area about 2 miles off the island.  In the same areas, it’s not been unusual to also get a hook up on dorado, sailfish or marlin or other species cruising through the area and having no hesitation just slurping up all the dead sardines in the areas…some of which just happen to have a hook…attached to a line…attached to a rod…in the hands of one of our anglers trying to catch a tuna!


 


For our La Paz fleet, the dorado are still the main event as well.  Western Cerralvo Island continues to be the target area.


 


It’s a pretty simple formula for the most part.  Fish with our Las Arenas fleet if you want tuna.  Fish with our La Paz fleet if you want to target dorado. 


 


However, I mentioned things changing…


 


In addition to the tuna, dorado, marlin and sailfish, if you look at our fish reports, we had a great week on roosterfish as well as pargo, cabrilla and good numbers of sierra are now showing up in La Paz Bay and inshore where it’s obvious that the waters must be cooling down if the sierra are around.  Lots of fun on light tackle plus great eating!  We’ll probably see more of all these species as things change.  


 


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Jonathan and Jill 


 


 


 


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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Oct. 9-16, 2011

					

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It was a pretty good week for long drawn out battles and bent rods! Rod Brown, our Alaska amigo, and popular Captain Jorge who can only watch as the minutes start to pile up!


Typical of this week's tuna, Sed Roldan and Bob Dominguez of Hacienda Hts. CA heft up a few of their yellowfin tuna taken just south of Cerralvo Island. Most days the boats averaged 1-4 of these fish per day, but the fish were a nice-grade 25-45 pound fish that often took close to an hour to put aboard, especially since the fish preferred light line!


John McVay from Valencia CA finds his way to us each year for about 5 days of hardcore fishing. Hard to argue with a first day of 8 fat tuna. Maybe one of the best days that any of our amigos have had all year with the yelllowfin. About day 3, John actually hurt his elbow on these slugger fish and had to beg off his last day to get some therapy on his arm! John's a good angler. These fish can be pretty brutal.


The last thing a sardine sees before it goes into the pie hole of a big tuna! All the way from S. Caroline, Luke strikes a pose with his yellowfin at Muertos Bay.


Most of you reading this report will see this photo and the next and say..."What in the world is THAT?" In 16 years down here, I've rarely gotten to see a photo of one myself, but these are the much sought-after fish called the SNOOK! (ROBALO). Highly treasured gamefish and great eating, they're normally found around structure or in pilings or shallow water or in the channels, of bays or in the mangroves. They are supposedly great eating and can get up to 40 or 50 pounds. In all my years here, only a handful have been caught. Rod Brown and his brother Jeff (photo below) were fishing the island with Captain Joel and they said, all of a sudden, the school of snook came up and tore into them!


Jeff Brown from Minnesota, joined his brother, Rod (photo above) and Captain Joel and show off more of the snook they caught at the island. A remarkable catch. The fish only stayed around for a short while, but you can see how close to shore they were fishing.


We keep getting asked if there are roosterfish still around. Hmmmm...you think? That's Punta Perico in the back. Thanks for our buddy, Roger Thompson, for the shot of Larry Rose from Long Beach with this bad boy that they released. We actually got some nicer grade roosters at the end of the week in the 30-60 pound class.


Oh yea...this one too! Mike Wythe and Captain Hugo with another beast. (released).


Lest you think we're not catching dorado, actually yes...we're getting good numbers of dorado with our La Paz fleet. Dorado have been our bread-and-butter fish. Pretty reliable if you want to have some fun and want some fillets for the cooler! Also, for those who wonder if I still got game and get out on the water...yes I do! This is me and my dad who visited us this week.


Cute couple of the week and also first-timers with us...Lance and Kim Miles from Utah had some good days of fishing with us!


Childhood friends who now live in 3 different states, Jonathan Duc Le, Matt Trinh and Hau Pham from Texas, Colorado and New Mexico try to get together at least once a year. This year they picked us to visit and got into some good doardo and tuna fishing.


Randy Sharon and I went to law school together and it's always great to see him. Captain Armando helps out with this thick fat yellowfin tuna.


It's a long way from S. Carolina to Baja and Jerry Wansack planned the trip for 3 years to make it down...and then made it worth his while by fishing the whole week getting tuna, dorado and roosterfish for his efforts.






WEEKLY FISHING VIDEO CLIPS!


Got some GREAT stuff this week including underwater shots of tuna and dorado.  It’s a bit longer than normal, but turn up the sound and check this out:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEq_4b1gydI


FULL MOON KINDER TO US THIS TIME…FISH CHEW NICELY!


La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Oct. 9-16, 2011


It wasn’t too bad of a week of fishing, alll things considered. (Full moon…high tides…some winds left over from the hurricane!)  We were surely a bit nervous as the week kicked off.  


 


First, we were surely watching the full moon which was big as all get-out.  Normally, the full moon is no biggie, but this year, I don’t know what it is.  The full moon has really played games with our fishing.  


 


Second, we were glued to our web pages and weather channels following 4 different storms to the south of us (including Hurricane Jova that ended up dumping alot of water on Puerta Vallarta)  that had our phones ringing and our e-mails buzzing.  “Should we cancel our trip?” 


 


Fortunately the storms failed to materialize except for one day of strong winds that stumped the fishing and the full moon didn’t yank our chain too hard…and the fish bit!


 


The tuna bite off Las Arenas was hardly over-the-top, but it was a decent week for fish in the 25-45 pound shot.  These were thick muscular stubborn growling fish.  Most folks had a shot at 1 or 2 and that was pretty much it.  No mas!  Either the bite shut off or folks were done and wanted to fish for something a little more forgiving.  I mean, most of these fish were close to an hour to put on the boat!  That’s a long time for most people.  The bite was off the south end of Cerralvo Island.  Some days it started really early.  As soon as baits were put in the water…WHAM!  Hook up!  


 


Other times, the bonito went crazy until about 11 or so then the tuna moved in.  The one hitch in everything was the sardine situation.  The sardines are smaller than your little finger.  They  are so small you can’t put them on a hook without impaling them and killing them so we’re fishing them dead.  Just chunking and drifting big handfuls in the water and making the tuna come up for them. Except for one day when we literally got only 1 bonito per boat/day, most days it’s been 1-5 yellowfin tuna per boat/day with our Las Arenas fleet. 


 


With our La Paz fleet, well, the dorado were off just a tad, but overall, still pretty reliable fishing for dorado in the 10-20 pound class with occasional 30 pounders in the box.  Sometimes we’d hit a big school and it would be crazy as every rod goes off. Other times, it was a pick bite with 1 here…1 there…and at the end of the day, there would be a box of dorado on the boat.  You could never tell.  Our hot spots moved from Las Cruces off Cerralvo Island to the waters west of Espirito Santo Island.  


 


With other species we had a nice batch of sailfish and marlin hook ups this week.  No one was really fishing for them, but the billfish came up and bit.  Most of the fish were lost or released, but made for some good unexpected fun.  Also, good bites of pargo , cabrilla and roosterfish, some larger ones late in the week,  in the shallows. 


 


That’s our story!


Jonathan and Jilly


 


 


 


 


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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Oct. 2-9, 2011

					

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Team Owner Hooks showed up to fish our tuna bite this week. Popular fishing personality, Dennis Yamamoto of Owner Hooks (middle) brought all the guys down for 3 days and got into fish between 25-45 pounds fishing with our Tailhunter Las Fleet. We had a great time with them. From left to right: Maurice Nakagawa; Ken Imoto; Gerry Koyama; Randy Kanemaki; Dennis Yamamoto; Miles Nakahara; Clark Saito; Dennis Fong...thanks guys!


Our buddy, Dan McCormick, from Oregon escaped the OR rain this week and shows off the type of quality tuna we got off Las Arenas. Dan got 5 of these slugs this day.


Lots of our veteran anglers, many with lots of tuna experience, were telling us that "These tuna were fighting like fish alot bigger!" Jeff Brown (Minnesota) , Captain Jorge, and Rod Brown (Alaska), our amigos who visit us twice a year, fished an entire week with us and spent anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour or more on each hookup with yellowfin. We had some clients spent over 2 hours on their fish and lots of anglers commented that for some reason, these fish fought like tuna much much larger. It also didn't help that the fish preferred light tackle so 20-30 pound line got bit the most.


Just so you don't think we only caught tuna this week, Rich Miles from Utah justifiably shows off the beast of a bull dorado he caught north of La Paz with our Tailhunter La Paz fleet. We didn't catch as many dorado this week as in the past, but the quality seemed to make up for the loss of quantity with bigger and better fish like this beast.


Like I said, these fish were "beasts in battle." Check out our great friends, Jorge Romero and Bob Duncan from Santa Barbara. Look closely at Bob's mouth. He's holding the tip of his custom rod that got snapped off while fighting a tuna.


Roger Van Steenkiste is 84-years-old often comes to visit us in La Paz twice a year and usually outfishes and out-lasts all of his younger sons and friends. Here, he's showing off some dorado with our other amigo, Jerell Mulhollan from New Jersey.


Grandpa and grandson, Jeremy and Jim Reeves at Las Arenas with Jeremy's first tuna. No word on if Grandpa Jim made him eat the heart!


Our San Diego connection for the week, amigo Jock Argust, put this nice slug yellowfin tuna in the box. The bite was really strange this week. One day there would be 1-2 fish per boat. The next day the fish would come up boiling and produce 4-6 fish per boat.


VIDEO HIGHTLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK


Got some good stuff this week.  Check out the images and video clips:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjzVB-7Sw6g


SCRAPPY TUNA AT LAS ARENAS PICKY BUT HIGHLIGHT THE WEEK!


La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Oct. 2-9, 2011


It’s a bit difficult to characterize the week.  If you’re looking at sheer numbers, it wasn’t a very good week of fishing.  I mean, 1-5 fish per panga/day doesn’t sound like much.  And it’s not.  You’d be right. Even the dorado, which had been our bread-and-butter fish, weren’t exactly cooperative. 


 


However, the other side of the coin is that the fish we DID catch…they were generally bruisers! And one or two fish could fill a cooler.


 


For our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet, the tuna were anemic and picky but no doubt they were there.  Early in the week it started with 25-30 pound fish.  By the end of the week it was 30-45 pound fish with some 50’s, 60’s and even and estimated 140 pounder on the beach!  The fish were selective and generally only hitting light tackle in the 20-40 pound lines so that meant long drawn out battles of 45, 60, 90 or even (in two cases)…almost 3 hours on fish.  That’s a butt-kicker in the hot Baja sun.


 


So, when you look at the numbers, and that it takes that long to get a fish to the boat, not many fish show up in the counts.  Also, take into effect that you could fight a fish for an hour or so…and then BOING…YOU LOSE IT!  There goes an hour of fishing time.  GONE!  The school might be gone by then.  You don’t get many shots.  So, it’s a gamblers odds on putting fish in the panga.  If you put 3, 4, or 5 of these sluggers in the boat, you’re both good AND lucky! 


 


Some notes, often the tuna bite has been late in the day.  Some days the fish are all over the waters and you can see them running under the boat.  And they won’t eat a single bait.  Also, the baits are incredibly small.  I’ve never seen baits this small. I’m not kidding.  Some of these baits are about 2-3 inches long!!!  So, if you’re coming down, you want small strong hooks.  We had  Dennis Yamamoto and the Team from Owner hooks with us and all of them are experienced tuna fishermen and they were using flyline Owner hooks and 20-30 pound lines and even they lost some fish but still took home full coolers.  


 


“These fish just seemed to fight larger than fish their size! I couldn’t believe it!” said one of our guys from Oregon


 


“After 3 days of fishing, not a single fish took less than an hour!” said another.  “And these fish were mostly 25-35 pounds, but fought like 50 pounders.  I do San Diego long range and have fished Baja before ,but these fish seemed like they were juiced or something!” 


 


For some of our anglers, 1 or 2 of these beast tuna was enough for the day. “We decided to go fish for roosterfish after those first fish,” said one of our fishermen.  “I really wanted to experience catching a tuna and now I know.  Those things pull alot harder than salmon or halibut!” 


 


Anyway, it was the same with many of our dorado as well. Fewer fish this week again.  Normally, we’ve been catching limits or near limits for the entire summer.  However, the last two weeks it’ dwindled to 2-6 dorado per boat.  However, again, it’s quality over quantity.  We’re seeing larger and stronger bulls in the mix.  A number of fish were in the 25-30 pound class and 40 pounders were caught every day with one fish estimated at over 50 pounds taken as well. 


 


Not sure what the next week will bring.  It seems every week is a surprise.  


 


That’s our story!


Jonathan and Jilly 


 


 


 


                


 


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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Sept. 25 to Oct. 2, 2011

					

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Although the main focus has been on the tuna and dorado bite, roosterfish are still around and are a great trophy catch. Trudy wanted one of these and got it just off the Las Arenas lighthouse which is a world-reknowned "roosterfish alley." The pretty fish took a live sardine and was quickly released after the photo.


Our Sacramento amigo, Wade Gomes, comes to visit us yearly and shows off one of the nicer dorado we've been getting with our Tailhunter La Paz fleet. The bite was a little stickier this week than normal, but schools of dorado are definitely around and the bite got better as the week went on.


Shane Grove from Utah gets a special mention. Y'know some guys will wear our Tailhunter t-shirt. Some sport our Tailhunter stickers. Take a look at the inset photo. Shane went and got our Tailhunter logo tatooed on his shoulder! This so rocks! Thanks, Fish Brother. Oh...nice dorado too!


Our yellowfin tuna at Las Arenas were better than last week when we had the full moon, but still not exactly wide open on the bite. Our pangas averaged 1-5 tuna per boat and the bite was late in the day. Fish went 20-30 pounds on the average like the nice trio of tuna caught by our buddy, Leif Dover, who came ovef from Hong Kong where he works. This was his 2nd trip to see us in two months! He's an animal fisherman!


Over the last few weeks, the ladies have really been doing well. Marsha Barnett, on her first trip to La Paz, spent 3 days catching dorado like these. She's holding this one after her first day fishing with our Tailhunter Las Arenas Fleet.


Another of our lady anglers who had a banner week, Kathy Terbu, from Utah pulled this nice bull out of the waters west of Espiritu Santo Island. The bite for our La Paz fleet was a little off but dorado got hungier as the week went on.


Johnny Terbu had a banner week of fishing and snorkeling with us and all the while kept his flyrod handy just-in-case. On his last day, the dorado boiled up all around the boat and he was able to get in some casts hooking up on dorado like this one in the channel between Cerralvo Island and Las Cruces.  Here's what John said: "  Awesome trip!  Best day we had was 13 Dorado! Done by 12:00 noon.  Also, got the 1 tuna I wanted.  Even got one onthe fly rod!  12 wt. isn't big enough.  Go big or stay home.Can't wait til next trip.  Thanks so much for a wonderful trip and condo!"


POST – FULL MOON BITE IMPROVES WITH BETTER DORADO AND TUNA FISHING


La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Sept. 25-Oct. 2, 2009


It wasn’t the best of weeks for fishing, but it was certainly better than the week before when we had the full moon playing games with us.  It was still scratchy fishing but the fish were more cooperative to a degree.  But, we still had to work hard for them.  Things were compounded by the fact that many days the bite was late in the day.  So, sometimes guys would get out to the spot and sit there…and sit there…and sit there…and work the area with their captain.


 


There’s only so much patience.  And, in some cases, they’d get the captains to leave the spot and go hunt for roosterfish or cabrilla or some other species.  Those boats that stuck around would suddenly get rewards with biters of tuna or dorado.  It’s just a matter of knowing when to hold ’em and when to fold ’em.  Of course, being fish…sometimes sitting at one spot didn’t do much good either and the guys who pulled off found some action.


 


Anyway, for our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet, tuna were the center stage again.  Fish were a bit larger this week.  Most fish were in the  20-25 pound class, which is a real bull for alot of folks, but there were others in the 30-40 pound class and some larger that anglers never saw and busted off.   If you count up 1-5 tuna per boat/day then add in a few dorado and about 20 bonito and the occasional roosterfish, it’s an arm-tiring day especially in some cases where all the pandemonimium doesn’t even start until late in the day! 


 


For our La Paz fleet, well, the dorado continue to be good to us and honestly, the mahi are our bread-and-butter-fish.  All summer we could count on them to bend the rods and fill the ice chests.  This week, they were a little more reluctant.  Not so crazy, but what they lacked in numbers they made up for in quality.  Quite a few fish were in that nice grade 30-40 to pound size!  So, one or two fish could stuff a fish box very easily and it wasn’t unusual to see big tails sticking out of the fix boxes because the whole fish wouldn’t fit with the lids on. 


 


Knock on wood, we did dodge hurricane Hillary that kept our attention most of the week and had us answering phone calls and e-mails from clients wondering if they should still come down.  I don’t want to spit in the face of the weather-gods but Hillary fizzled and we didn’t even get any strong winds or storms.  We were pretty happy about that, needless to say.  We still have to keep an eye on the weather as we wind down the season, but it’s clear that fall is coming.  Shadows are longer.  It’s a tad cooler.  A bit breezier.  We hope the fish keep biting. 


 


That’s our story!


Jonathan and Jilly 


 


 


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