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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of March 19-25, 2012

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Art Flippin is a fireman and medic who usually doesn't get 80 degree weather since he works ABOVE the a Arctic Circle all year where it's regularly 60 and 70 below zero. But he wears Hawaiian shirts whenever he's not working. Our amigo, came to share a few days with us and got into the nice yellowtail bite out of Bahia de Los Muertos. Yellowtail were again center stage but some cabrilla, sierra and pargo finally jumped aboard too!

Our amigos, Ken Gragg and Carl Lange fish with us several times a year and spent the whole week on the water. They got some good variety but targeted the big yellowtail most days with fish into the 40 pound class. That's Punta Perico in the background.

This incredible yellowtail bite we've had for the last 3 months has been scattered all over from north to south. Best we've seen in my 16 years in the area. James "Hawk" Davis our amigo who lives in La Ventana went out to the beach and took some photos out front of his place of the catching coming in off his beach.

Everyone has been so focused on the fantastic yellowtail bite that we often forget this is a time for some great other species! Well, we finally put some variety in the boat with some big pargo, cabrilla and sierra this week!

Big chunks of fillet headed to the freezer after their first day fishing this week for Gary Bray and Ken Gragg from California who got 13 fish the first day between 5 guys. It seems the bite is only limited to two things...how much wind comes up and how much mackerel is available for bait.

Need more hands? Carlos helps Art with an armload of fish he took on his 2nd day fishing with us. He said his knees took a beating fishing the big yellowtail "stand up style." But he had a blast and more fish for the cooler than he knew what to do with.

Daryl Valdez with the help of our Captain Victor hold up a nice pargo liso (mullet snapper). Daryl got the tough fish out of the rocks fishing just out of Bahia de Los Muertos!

After 3 months, our 2012 Tailhunter Road Tour comes to a close. Thanks to all of you who came by our booths in the various cities and all the hospitality you showed us along the 14,000 mile drive. It was a grand grand time! Now back to La Paz and let's get the season really rolling! FISH ON!

BEST YELLOWTAIL SEASON EVER? COUNTS DOWN FROM LAST WEEK BUT FORKIES STILL CAUSING FEVER!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of March 19-25

It was a bit of a so-so week this week as far as the spectacular yellowtail bite we’ve been having. The fish were there, but early in the week, the winds came roaring back. I’m glad we didn’t have many fishermen out and most of them, at least had other days to fish when the winds were more hospitable so eventually, they all got fish. However, the wind were so ripping that last Sunday, they even had to cancel the popular La Paz Yellowtail Tournament they hold annually.

We didn’t have anyone participating, but we have friends that fish it every year and they were disappointed, but what are you gonna do when they port captain has the red danger flag flying and there’s 20 knot winds pushing beach furniture across the sand? It’s just the way it is this time of year. Winds are the norm, not the exception this time of year! So, we’re grateful when it’s NOT blowing and can’t be too disappointed when it does blow.

But…heheheheh…that’s why we have TWO fleets going all the time. Most of the time during this part of the year, we fish everyone with our Las Arenas fleet! That way, we’re generally out of the wind…fish are closer…we’re on the lee side of Cerralvo Island. It’s just more logical. We almost don’t use our La Paz fleet during the winter and early spring…there’s just no need to…when we can shuttle everyone very comfortably to fish out of Las Arenas/ Muertos and they can climb into our pangas and be fishing closer to shore and literally within minutes with the winds minimized as much as possible. It just makes more sense.

All that being said, the winds calmed down as the week went on and we got into some nicer ‘tails. However, during the stronger winds earlier in the week, no one was able to go out. So as soon as the wind eased up…EVERYONE went out! That included private boaters, our sportfishing panga fleets…AND THE COMMERCIAL GUYS! God bless ‘em…they’re good friends and just trying to make a living too. But one of our guys counted 40 pangas out on the water one day. That put a lot of pressure on getting mackerel for bait which are the prime candy for these big ‘tails. So, counts were down a bit and our sporties weren’t able to get as many mackerel for bait as we would have liked.

Anyway…bottom line…one day, it was like 2-4 yellowtail per boat. The days when the whole world was on the water it dropped to 1-2 yellowtail per boat.

Most of our action this week was just south along the shore towards that hot spot at Boca de Alamo in the relatively shallow waters. The mackerel have schooled up there and the big yellows have followed them in there. I don’t know how long this bite will last, but it’s been the best I’ve seen in 16 years! The fish are regularly 25-45 pounders with some larger mixed in. When the fish are on the CHEW, it’s not unusual to get up to 4-10 fish per panga and that doesn’t include the ones lost!

The bite has been so good, that most anglers are ignoring some of the other species like pargo, amberjack, jack crevalle, cabrilla and sierra that are usually mainstays of the bite this time of year. “Yellow Fever” is what they call it when these yellowtail go off and I’m feeling that these other species are gonna feel slighted because there has been virtually no attention paid to getting these other types of fish! Oh well…strike when the iron is hot! But, it was nice to see that we did get into some of the nicer “alternative fish” this week!

THANK YOU EVERYONE! TAILHUNTER ROAD SHOW 2012 COMES TO AN END!

Well…after almost 90 days on the road…countless motels…late night diners…more than 14,000 miles of driving, Jill and I are at the end of our 2012 promo tour. In our van, it took us to a new fishing and hunting show every week…from Denver to Sacramento. Then to Puyallup, Washington (near Seattle). Then to Las Vegas and then to Portland. In Portland, I stayed to do that show while we flew Jill to the first of our Salt Lake City shows. Jill re-joined me after the Portland show and we then drove to the show in Phoenix. After that to Boise, Idaho. And onto Long Beach then back to Salt Lake City for our 2nd SLC show. Finally, we wrapped it up at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego.

What a trip it’s been! Met so many good friends along the way who visited us in our booths and met many more new ones that plan to see us this year to fish in La Paz. We just want to thank everyone who said hello…threw us a smile…shook our hands…and kept us going. You’re awesome.

Now, let’s get the season REALLY underway! Back home to La Paz!

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

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http://www.tailhunter-international.com/fishreport.htm

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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of March 12-19, 2012

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The week started slowly, but finished with a nice roar with yellowtail pretty much hitting any bait or jig that hit the water. Our buddy, Jim "Hawk" Davis was in the thick of it and hung this beauty yellowtail off Cerralvo Island.

Ron Clark and his amigo, Mike Phillips, started the day with 10 mackerel and came back with 5 fat yellowtail out by Boca de Alamo south of Bahia de Los Muertos. Largest fish were just under 40 pounders.

The yellowtail bite since January has been so incredible that I think some of our regular season fish like pargo and cabrilla are feeling a big ignored since all the focus has been on the big 'tails. However, no doubt...the fish are there. Capt. Fabio holds up a hugs trophy cabrilla. Cerralvo Island in the background.

Famous Russian pianist Alexander Tutunov http://www.tutunov.com/ is a professor of music at S.Oregon St. University in Ashland, Oregon and took time off from teaching and a busy concert schedule to sneak down to fish with us. He shows off some of his catch taken early in the week.

It'a turning into one of the best yellowtail seasons ever. They fish showed up in January, months ahead of schedule and have been biting pretty much ever since as far down as the East Cape. Mackerel have worked exceptionally well but blue and white and also blue and chrome jigs have been deadly like the one hanging out've this big guy's maw! (Thanks JD!)

This yellowtail bite runs as far north of La Paz as Espiritu Santo Island and at times between the sport pangas and the commercial pangas, there can be several dozen boats on the spot but it hasn't usually mattered as the fish keep biting.

Jack Steele who lives in Ventana got out to work the northern end of Cerralvo Island which seems to be the magnet for these yellowtail and poses with the results!

Jill signs autographs on one of our Tailhunter T-shirts for Denny and Cheri Gallegos at the International Sportsmans Expo in Salt Lake City this past week. We had a great show and time. But this week, we're back after 8 years for our 11th show of the season and will be at the Fred Hall Fishing & Outdoor Show at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego. Thursday to Sunday! Come out to see us!

UP ONE DAY DOWN THE OTHER BUT YELLOWTAIL CONTINUE RIPPING RODS BIG TIME!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of March 12-19, 2012

It’s been a fairly steady week of yellowtail fishing in our area. Not as good as last week when we had perhaps one of the best yellowtail bites in recent memory, but our pangas fishing out’ve Bahia de Los Muertos still found good grades of fish. Maybe the fish were just resting up and re-charging from last week when during the full moon, they bit like mad dogs and there were several days last week when pangas were averaging 4-10 yellowtail per day in the 25-35 pound class.

This week, a little slower. Sort of…

On the slower days… Mostly 1-2 yellowtail per boat with some pangas getting up to 5 on the better days. A few boats did better than others. Skill and luck has a lot to do with it when tangling with these big fish. On the slower days, some of it was the wind. Some of it had nothing to do with the wind. Maybe it was because there were too many boats on the honey hole hot spot. Or maybe the fish were just tired and had lock jaw. I dunno.

But, on the better days this week, the guys said that once they found the spot or found what the fish wanted…whether live bait or jigged lures, the bite was one and every drop was a biter and, if not a yellowtail, then it was a pesky skipjack or bonito. Our largest of the week was a hefty 45 pounder on the scale. The fish were in several of the usual places. Boca de Alamo just south of Bahia de los Muertos was again the hot spot, but the south end of Cerralvo Island, the north end of Cerralvo Island and La Reina all produced fish. There seemed to be so many areas. Better bait fishing using mackerel were the predominant methods, but lacking that the old –standard blue and white jigs on a rapid retrieve were good as well.

One note…normally, we’re fishing pargo, snapper and sierra. But, they’re rarely appearing in our reports. I think those other species are starting to feel ignored. It’s not that they’re not there. It’s just that everyone has been concentrating on the big slug yellowtail! We did have one pair of our anglers decide they had enough with the yellowtail…”No mas!” and asked Captain Victor to fish for something else. They got a boat load of sierra and cabrilla as well as some pargo!

A footnote to this wacky season that’s been so good is that we did have a little flurry of yellowfin tuna in the 30-40 pound class come breezing through at the south end of Cerralvo. We’re trying to follow up on that but we also had two marlin hooked and lost this week as well. This is March!

TAILHUNTER TOUR HEADS TO SAN DIEGO

We had an incredible time at the International Sportsmen’s Expo in Salt Lake City this past week. Show number 10 in the books! Great to see so many of our amigos! Thanks to everyone who visited and booked their 2012 La Paz fishing trip! But now…after 8 years…we’re returning to San Diego for our 11^th and final show of the 2012 promo tour season. Starting this Thursday through Sunday, come see us at the Fred Hall Fishing and Outdoor Show at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego! We are really looking forward to it and seeing all our San Diego amigos!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

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Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report:
http://www.tailhunter-international.com/fishreport.htm

Tailhunter YouTube Videos:
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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of March 4-12, 2012

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Maybe the best yellowtail week I can remember this past week! Simply spectacular! Of the 4 days when the wind didn't blow, the ocean exploded with big yellowtail up to 45 pounds. Notice the blue and white iron hanging from the lip of this slugger! (thanks for the photo, Roger!)

Our amigo, Jorge Romero, poses with some "Boca de Alamo Salmon" aka yellowtail! The fish were found most of the week in various place but Boca de Alamo just south of Bahia de Los Muertos was on fire. Some days 4-10 fish per boat up to 40 pounds was the AVERAGE with just as many fish lost!

Captain Pancho helps out Lynette Yetter first timer amigos from Colorado. Lynette got several of these including one on light tackle that went 45 pounds and sent Lynette for massages the next day at the hotel losing a day of fishing...so husband Allan had to go alone (see his photo below!)

Lots of happy folks on the beach at Bahia de Los Muertos this week posing with their catches. Interestingly, even with the full moon, the 4 days the wind laid down, folks got as many as 10 fish per panga. The 3 days the wind blew mid-week, it was 1-2 fish per panga.

Colorado fisherman, Al Yetter, came with his wife for 3 days to fish with us and put some nice fish in the boat. Al loves to fish. His wife was so sore after day 2 of fishing when Al put her on a 45 pound fish with light tackle that she missed day 3 having to go get a message. So, Al had to fill-in! He shows off once of his fat yellowtail he got on a mackerel.

Yes, there were other species this week! Amberjack are the big boy cousins to the yellowtail and get over 100 pounds. Check out this copper guy that may have gone 6-70 pounds. Several nice amberjack were taken this week in a range of areas. Great eating fish!

Also getting in on the act is our good friend, Esteban a Romero. He doesn't like fishing...he likes "catching." He did well and I'm sure he went right back to La Paz and threw a party with yellowtail ceviche and yellowtail on the grill.

Working the north side of Cerralvo Island with blue and white iron (bait was tougher to get) it was full turbo slam fishing for Joe Arata from San Francisco. Huge yellowtail all day long!

Guys often ask me, "How many fish will I catch?" "How many 40 pound class fish can you catch?" is what I often answer. Slugger big yellowtail off La Ventana too!

When it's as calm as this in Muertos Bay, the winds are down and the fish go turbo. Or you can just park it on the beach and throw your cell phone as far as you can. It's like living in a postcard! (Thanks, Hawk)

It was just a tad "crowded" at the Long Beach Convention Center for the Fred Hall Fishing and Outdoor show this past week in Long Beach! We had a grand time and now are moving to our Tailhunter Road Show to our 10th venue in Salt Lake City at the Expo Center in Sandy for the International Sportsmans Expo running Thursday to Sunday. Come say hi and book your 2012 La Paz trip!

YELLOWTAIL PUT ON BEST SHOW OF SEASON DESPITE FULL MOON!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of March 4-12, 2012

The week started out with a roar with some of the best yellowtail fishing we’ve seen…perhaps in years! Our fleet fishing out’ve Las Arenas/Muertos Bay found big yellowtail up to 45 pounds just south of the bay around Boca de Alamo. Boats averaged 3-10 of the big yellows each and also sometimes losing as many as they caught in relatively shallow water not too far off the beach.

Of note…even with the full moon blazing, the WIND can’t be denied as a factor. Most days the pangas took 4, 6, 9, 10 fish per boat, ,but ON THE THREE DAYS THE WIND BLEW at mid-week, the boats averaged only 1-2 yellowtail each.

Fish were also found at Punta Perico, south Cerralvo and Northern Cerralvo Island as well. The fish were prone to jumping on live bait with mackerel as the prime baits, but sardines working as well and, in those areas or if the anglers ran out’ve bait, yo-yo-ing blue and white, scrambled egg or green and yellow irons worked well for some of the larger fish. As mentioned, as the week went on and the winds came up, the bite slowed. Perhaps it was a combination of the full moon and winds but I’m going to put it all on the wind! . . ., but the boat averages dropped to about 1-2 per day, but then some larger amberjack started to show that were in the 30-70 pound class. To round out the bite, big jack crevalle, pargo and bonito added to the action. Also…stay tuned…we have showings of dorado and sailfish starting to move in!!! Whoa…will keep ya posted!

Here’s some of the comments from the week. Let the amigos tell it better than I can!

“Still hammering the yellows at the north end of the island on bait and jigs, blue/white & blue/chrome……Boca de Alamo was even better than Monday because they they found bait……”

“Flat out beautiful day today……..Still getting plenty of slugs (yellowtail)”

“We went to the north side today and boated 10 …bad boys! …We caught all these fish on iron. Blue and white was the ticket to a good ass whippin. We lost as many fish as we caught. I need some more jigs!”

“Couple hard fighting Bonita, nice Yellow-tail, couple misses. …We were down to 2 mackrels, one was a 7″ one 4″. On the coin toss I got the big one, Carlos got the other (rigged coin toss). Five min. later, I have my hands full with annother nice yellow-tail. Perfect end to a great day!”

“ I also heard that chico dorado are starting to show around the shark buoys out near the 88”

6 yellows, lost 4 or 5 and 1 amber(jack)….. bait was not a problem today but not as many yellows…….Yesterday the commercial guys brought in 25 to 35 yellows, after fishing all day “

TAILHUNTER ROAD TOUR HEADS TO SALT LAKE CITY ISE SHOW

We just pulled out’ve the Long Beach Convention Center where we just tore down the booth…or should I say “cleared the debris” …after the Fred Hall Fishing & Outdoor show. Just a massive and fun show. Imagine cleaning up after a huge kegger party that lasted a week or knocking things down after Woodstock! That’s what the show was like. So many great friends and clients stopping by to see us from all the years. Lots of smiles and high-fives plus folks booking for 2012.

Thanks to all of you who came by and all of you who also stopped by the comment about the blogs, articles and columns I’ve written over these 16 years…Yes, Jill is encouraging me to get that book going!

Also, special thanks to everyone who brought us food…pizza, chicken, Chinese ribs, toritllas and beans, cookies, brownies, pastries, sandwiches, chocolate, smoked fish, smoked venison, tamales, chips, candy, soda, beer, tequila, energy drinks…Jill and I did not starve!!!

So, as I type this, we’re on the road north now towards Salt Lake City which is always a fantastic show in the Expo Center at Sandy UT just south of the city. It goes from Thursday to Sunday and we’ll be in our usual booth. Here’s a link to all the details and discounted tickets:

http://www.sportsexpos.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewlocation&locationnumber=7

Hope to see you there!

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

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Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report:
http://www.tailhunter-international.com/fishreport.htm

Tailhunter YouTube Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/user/pangapirate

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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Feb. 26 to March 4, 2012

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Fishing the north end of Cerralvo Island, Donna Thompson got this hefty yellowtail early in the week.

The yellowtail were again the focus early in the week before winds came up with fish in the 20-40 pound class. Rob hold up another nice one on the sands at Muertos Bay.

From Boise, Idaho to Long Beach CA, the Tailhunter Road Tour 2011 moves from the Sportsman Show in Idaho to the big Fred Hall Fishing and Boating Show at the Long Beach Convention Center. This is the big one! Show runs from Wednesday to Sunday. here we pose with famous long range angler (The Long Ranger) Ralph Mikelson at our booth.

YELLOWTAIL SPARK EARLY WEEK BITE BEFORE WINDS KNOCK THINGS DOWN!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Feb. 24 to May 2, 2012

Overall, there’s every indication that, if this keeps it, this might be one of the better yellowtail seasons La Paz has seen in quite sometime! Not only did the fish show up two months earlier than normal, but overall, the size and quality of the fish has been outstanding. Certainly, not on the level of say, Loreto, Mulege or Santa Rosalia which are famous for their yellowtail runs, but surely, La Paz is having it’s own banner year.

This week, again, except for the days when fishing efforts were hampered by a few windy days, especially later in the week, the yellowtail were big, brutal and willing to bite. Our pangas fishing out of Bahia de Los Muertos near Las Arenas averaged 1-5 of the fat yellowtail that ranged from 20-48 pounds! The fish were found in numerous places…north and south Cerralvo Island…La Ventana…Punta Perico …and Los Alamos. There were reports of some giant yellowtail also at El Bajo and some of the spots around Espirito Santo Island, but strong northern winds kept even the hearty commercials guys off the hot spots.

But, even when it was windy at times, there was some great action to be had from the pargo, cabrilla, jack crevalle, bonito, amberjack and small roosterfish that are also in the areas around the yellowtail.

TAILHUNTER MOVES TO THE FRED HALL FISHING & BOATING SHOW

We had a great time at the Idaho Sportsman Show in Boise, Idaho and it was great to meet all the old and new amigos! We got some great bookings too for this year’s fishing in La Paz. But now…It’s the big one this week! We’re setting up the booth in our usual spot on tackle row in the Long Beach Convention Center for the massive Fred Hall Fishing and Boating Show. It runs Wednesday to Sunday and promises to be huge as always. There’s always tons to see and do! Here’s a video clip all about it: http://www.fredhall.com/test/youtube.html

And additional links with details for tickets, seminars and more! http://www.fredhall.com/index.php

TAILHUNTER 10th ANNUAL CABIN FEVER CLASSIC

Tailhunter’s 10^th Annual Cabin Fever Classic Event will be held April 25-30^th and promises to be a great time. With 3 days of fishing / 5 nights of hotel/ a day of snorkeling to the island/ taco tours and more, it’s going to be another great time. Spots go fast! If you’re interested in more details get in touch with us at riplipboy@tailhunter-international.com

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jill

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Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report:
http://www.tailhunter-international.com/fishreport.htm

Tailhunter YouTube Videos:
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