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La Paz – Las Arenas/Muertos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of May 22-29, 2016

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If he looks a little bedraggled that’s cuz Mike just pulled in this huge wahoo estimated at 80 pounds that was a total beast. After we packaged the meat, the head alone weighed almost 20 pounds!

Wonderful guy, Roger Selner, from Montana was given this trip as part of his retirement package from Eastman publishing. You might recognize him if you go to the hunting and fishing shows. For more than 35 years, Roger drove the 30 foot long trailer that held all the Eastman hunting trophy elk heads to all the shows. He took this big trophy dog-tooth snapper after a long day right at the very end trying for a big roosterfish off the Punta Perrico rocks.

Tom Mullican had never made it into our fishing reports but now is in it two weeks in a row. His first yellowtail taken north of La Paz around Espirito Santo Island. Amigo Tom is from McCammon, Idaho. He got his first wahoo (see photos below), first yellowtail, a huge pargo and a tuna over 5 days fishing.

Persistence paid off for Mike Schoder our amigo from Alaska with Captain Efren. Mike was here flyfishing but decided to put a trolling lure out instead and ripped this wahoo up! Nice jacket, Mike! He told me later, it’s his wife’s jacket!

One of our newest amigas! First timer, American Airlines pilot Jan King from Phoenix with Captain Archangel and the biggest dorado of the week, a nice sierra and a white bonito (very tasty).

Dan Bovee and his dad, Jim, worked as hard as anyone all week with Captain Pancho for some scratchy fishing, but did get a nice sailfish out at the 88 spot (released) and this hefty roosterfish a few hundred yards off Punta Perrico. Also released! The guys are from San Diego.

Gary Wagner, owner of Cabo’s famous Giggling Marlin Bar and the Rancho and the Rancho de Costa in Muertos Bay got himself a really nice pompano that’s gonna be great eating!

Tom Mullican came down on a special trip just to get himself a wahoo and after losing two (including a monster) and burning his thumb, he finally put this beauty on the panga!

Wally King is already planning to come back in the fall after his first trip to see us. Really a fun couple to have him and his wife visit us from Phoenix. He got this surprising sierra…normally a cold-water fish, but great eating!

I don’t think I’ve seen a guy prouder to catch a roosterfish and our amigo, Roger Selner from Montana who got this big boy literally right off the rocks on a big live bait!

Taylor is always into fish. Trolling a purple Rapala off the south end of Cerralvo Island, she got this dog-tooth pargo plus a big amberjack and cabrilla. She never fails!

Utah in the house! Jim Dahl has his hands on a pompano as he poses at Bahia de los Muertos.

Nancy Hofecker from Pennsylvania had never fished in the ocean before and gets a roosterfish right out of the blocks! The fish was released.

Owen Hofecker and his wife on their first day fishing get a double-hook up on roosterfish! This nice one was taken on bait and released. Punta Arenas in the background Owen is from Pennsylvania.

TOUGH WEEK – TOUGH FISH

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of May 22-29, 2016

First off…Happy Memorial Day Weekend and a big God bless and thank you to all who serve or who have served and their families. We live here in Mexico, but never forget what you have all sacrificed. We hope you enjoy a safe and happy weekend. Times like this we especially miss these weekends so have some fried chicken and potato salad for us!

Well…

This week had pretty much a bit of everything. Good fishing and bad catching…full moon…lots of wind…even some rain and some hot sunshine to go along. And water temperatures are all over the place from the 60’s to mid-70’s! A true fish report would need comments by every single angler we had this week because it ran the gamut. And the comments would be as varied as the fishing.

Overall, it was rugged. The big fish of last week just decided pretty much not to play. Or something. Because the other side of the story is that there WERE some big fish HOOKED! There were some opportunities. But, fish were lost either because of “angler error,” inexperience with big fish or just plain bad luck. There was a big tuna hooked and lost . There were a number of wahoo lost. There were yellowtail and big roosters and amberjack lost. So, coupled with just some funky other variables like weather, winds, difficult bait and other stuff…well…dangit, it was a poor week of catching. It could have been so much better!

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We had those toad yellowtail pop up two weeks ago in the 30-50 pound class and it seemed the dorado were getting bigger. This week, there were fewer hook-ups and the dorado took the week off or something. The yellowtail we did hook were lost and there were just a few small dorado our guys worked hard to find. Our captains did find some nice spots of cabrilla and pargo inshore along with some big triggerfish. Again, more fish lost than caught. But, these pargo and cabrilla are always tough in the rocks. You know you’re gonna lose fish there when these fish are so powerful, but that’s part of the fun. Even the best angler knows he’s sometimes going to a gunfight with a pocket knife.

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We didn’t hook any yellowtail this week, but no doubt there’s wahoo and rooster fish roaming the waters. But, we were hampered by strong winds that I thought were gone for the season and even some heavy clouds and some rain as well! Plus, some nice hook-ups were lost. Oh well…that’s fishing. Still got some pargo, cabrilla and those tasty white bonito are still around. But, I won’t lie. It was a tough pull. If you got a bite and missed it, it could have been a big fish and you might not get another bite all day. I had to tell one guy who lost 2 wahoo…”Put down the beer and cigarette next time.” Both times his hands were occupied when the wahoo slammed him and of course, he ended up dropping the cigarette, spilling his beer AND missing the wahoo!

We also had a big tuna on the line for awhile, but it unbuttoned and the angler admitted he didn’t know how to fight a fish that big. Hopefully, as this full moon gets behind us, the fishing will get better. I’m not a big believer in the full-moon effect on fishing, but it could’t hurt if it went away!

CELEBRATING THE MOMENTS

We’ve been here now in La Paz over 20 years. We have come to know so many awesome people and the best part of our job is so many “clients” become our friends! Indeed, part of the Tailhunter Tribe.

John “J.D” Drucker from Portland, has been fishing with us for 18 years with his wife, Donna. They sometimes visited us twice a year, but every year they were here without fail. They were part of our family here.

After, last year’s trip in May, J.D. was diagnosed with cancer and passed early this year, but he and Donna had promised no matter what, they were coming back to La Paz this May for their 30th Anniversary.

Donna made good on that promise.

She brought him and 54r4 18 members of the family and John’s ashes to be spread in Bahia de Los Muertos using his favorite Tailhunter captains. They all remembered him.

So, this past Saturday afternoon we all climbed in vans and we brought J.D. on his last trip to Muertos.

When we got there, the winds were ripping and the waves were white-capping and I was worried how this was all going to happen with the ashes. Amazingly, as we reached the spot, the wind died and seas went flat…

Three floral wreaths were carried out to the mouth of Bahia de los Muertos by the 18 family members. Each of the 7 pangas had a small baggie of J.D.’s ashes.

The current also seemed to stop.

A few words. Some minutes of silence. The wreaths barely moved from their spot. Muertos Bay was one of JD’s favorite places. A round of applause to send him on his way before returning to the beach.

The Drucker family

The next day (today Sunday) in 6 pangas everyone went fishing! And in a week when almost very little was biting, the family posted up 3 marlin ( released). Quite a few nice-sized amberjack, white bonito, dorado, sierra, some big pargo and cabrilla too! Most had never fished before, let alone fished the area. But the fish bit!

Captain Jorge and Don Meade with two of his amberjack.

Donna Drucker and her favorite captain, Victor. I believe I was told the fish hit almost as soon as the line hit the water. Of the three hooked, this one could not be released.

JD’s son, Johnny Drucker and Uncle Jeff Drucker with a productive day of good eating species.

Captain Ramiro with Chris and Drew Fogg and some of their amberjack!

Fairwinds and flat seas on the journey to our fish brother, John “J.D.” Drucker. Your spirit along with our other fish brothers whose ashes have drifted in Muertos Bay will alway be with us. We’re honored that you shared time with us. God bless.

That’s our story!

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Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of May 15-22, 2016

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First timer hits a big one! Jay Gibbons from Payette, Idaho got in the middle of a school of big dog-tooth snapper near Cerralvo Island with Captain Gerardo of the Tailhunter fleet and managed to get this big one to the boat and losing several others to the rocks and big teeth. He was fishing for rooster fish with a big sabalo (ladyfish) when the school of snapper came up from the rocks.

Kelsea Taylor from Kansas was visiting with her husband for the first time to La Paz and got in a day of fishing. She tangled with dorado, but locked into this nice yellowfin tuna that’s about as big as she is, but she battled it tough. She’s shown with her husband, Dave, and captain Jorge from the Tailhunter Fleet.

Jake Spencer wrestles with a big thick yellowtail to try to hold it still for a photo as the fish slaps him around! He got a great photo, nonetheless! He was fishing with our Tailhunter La Paz fleet out’ve La Paz Bay.

Captain Victor knows something is up. Jason hooked 2 wahoo and thought he had a “slow day.” He didn’t know how prized wahoo are. Anglers come for years and never get one. He also didn’t know how good eating they are and gave away all his fish! I told him a chunk of wahoo can go for as much as $50 a pound!

Just when we thought the cold-water fishing was done, the yellowtail came on strong this week for our La Paz and Las Arenas fleets for Tailhunter. Rick Choate from Boise, Idaho shows off a monster yellowtail he got on live bait near Espirito Santo Island. This was his first time fishing with Tailhunter and visiting La Paz

Randy Choate, our good amigo from Payette ID, gets a hand from Tailhunter Captain Boli with another big yellowtail. This is very big fish…I think Randy is about 6’4″ tall. Others were lost but Randy said the yellowtail were hitting baits right on the surface!

From McCammon, Idaho, Tom Mullican is making two trips to La Paz this year. He’s coming back in the fall, but this early trip paid off with a huge mullet snapper (pargo liso) that really went back and forth before he got it in the boat. He was using live bait.

Nice day and some really nice amberjack for Captain Armando with Al and Lisa Salmen who only had one day to get on the water with us and did well.

One of our favorite funny guys (“I am always in trouble with Jilly!), Tom Ames holds up another of the big yellowtail that decided to come up and bite this week with our La Paz fleet.

Eric Davignon grouper cabrilla 5-16 tags

Whoa! That’s a monster cabrilla for Eric Davignon from Sacramento CA with host Gary Wagner our amigo, who owns the Giggling Marlin bar in Cabo and the Rancho de Costa in Bahia de los Muertos.

Captain Jorge with our friends, Allen and Stacey Wellborn with a big sierra and an amberjack on the beach at Bahia de los Muertos.

This man can fish…and he can eat fish! Our amigo, Kevin Shiotani gives a thumbs up to 4 yellowtail on the concrete boat ramp at Bahia de los Muertos. The fish were picked up off Cerralvo Island.

Tom has had some kind of a week with a giant pargo, wahoo, tuna, yellowtail AND dorado in the boat! But see the photo below of how it was hooked!

Whatever it takes! Tom Mullican got a TUNA AND a TRIGGERFISH while trolling for WAHOO on the same lure! Go figure. The tuna is a bluewater swimmer. The triggerfish hang out near the bottom close to rocks! Captain Pancho tries to unhook them!

Whatever it takes! Tom Mullican got his TUNA AND a TRIGGERFISH while trolling for WAHOO on the same lure! Go figure. The tuna is a bluewater swimmer. The triggerfish hang out near the bottom close to rocks! Captain Pancho tries to unhook them!

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Someone saw this photo and said, “It looks like someone has found a new say to smoke fish!” Al Salmen plants a big wet one on his amberjack.

…and Jake Spencer decides NOT to give a full lip-lock kiss to this toothy barracuda!

FULL MOON BRINGS BIG FISH!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of May 15-22, 2016

I’m not sure if the big full moon did us any favors, but it surely didn’t seem to hurt us this week. We had some really strong winds come up early that were a bigger nuisance than the moon but when the winds tapered off later in the week, fishing cranked up. There weren’t ALOT of fish but the ones we seemed to get were TOADS and HORSES! Plus there were some surprise bites too!

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What’s going on here? I was pretty much writing off the cold-water bite for the season. It’s getting warm. The sun is out and the waters and air are showing summer everywhere. We had not gotten yellowtail in weeks. Even when they were biting, it was so-so. I would not have even called it a yellowtail season. With El Nino, our waters were just too warm to give us much of a cold water season.

Then, out’ve nowhere, the yellowtail start biting. And not little weenie firecrackers either. These were 25-50 pound sluggers that came pretty close to pulling guys outta their socks. We got a few, but probably lost 3 for every fish boated.

And these were NOT fish skulking down deep. These fish were FOAMING and crashing on the surface and were taking flylined (no weight) live and dead baits! Some guys had some epic battles.

I don’t know how long these grade of fish will be around. But, we’re enjoying it! Or getting frustrated by lost fish! Up to now, I’ve not hesitated sending guys out with light tackle because all we had was some smallish fun dorado. But these yellowtail are busting 40, 50 and 60 pound test, especially if the angler doesn’t pressure the fish to keep the out’ve the rocks! Or conversely, the anglers panic and horse the fish and break off by not letting the fish run a bit. (It’s a delicate balance that just makes it fun…until you lose the fish!).

Those little dorado are still around too and we’re seeing a bit more activity with pargo and cabrilla too! Billfish are around, but not yet willing to chew!

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Again, just like with our Taihunter La Paz fleet…it’s crazy! Cold water monsters came back!

Big yellowtail showed up to about 40 pounds…

Amberjack to 30 pounds…

Sierra, big cabrilla, jack crevalle, delicious white bonito…

And the return of the big dog-tooth cubera snapper and the mullet snapper (pargo liso)! We had big schools of them near the island spawning just like in the old days so that it looked like a “Japanese koi pond on steroids” with 20-50 pound fish swirling and crashing! We lost quite a few fish in the shallow waters, but the fish that came in were beasts!

And then, late in the week, not only did the 20-40 pound wahoo show up, but we also hooked some yellowfin tuna as well…footballs of 15-25 pounds! Again, we lost more fish than we caught, but you never knew what was out there.

Surprisingly, not many rooster fish were caught, but that could also be because we didn’t have that many guys out chasing them with the other species that have shown up.

That’s our story!

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Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

www.tailhunter-international.com

Mexico Office: Tailhunter International, 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

U.S. Mailing Address: Tailhunter International, 8030 La Mesa Blvd. #178, La Mesa CA 91942

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report: https://fishreport.jonathanroldan.com/

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of May 8-15, 2016

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Triple play for Kevin Shiotani, Rick Hosmer from Orange Co, California with Captain Mundo as they show off a big yellowtail, a trophy cabrilla and a yellowfin tuna taken from the north end of Cerralvo Island.

Dennis Miller takes a smiling glance at his prize catch…a big roosterfish off Muertos Bay! He released the fish too! Well done!

Tickled! Former Basque weightlifter Johnny Vergara is her with us this week for the first time and got slammed by a couple of yellowtail today and couldn’t believe the power when his arms started cramping up! “These fish don’t nibble like the trout in Idaho!” Different set of muscles too! Great to see a first timer lit up and light up and having fun!

Captain Pancho of the Tailhunter fleet on the beach at Bahia de los Muertos with a big late-season yellowtail for Dan Moreno from San Jose who took the big fork tail on live bait and 40 pound test.

Our Colorado flyfishing guys had a nice day of action on white bonito (very edible) and a big pargo mulato. On the beach at Muertos.

Barry Langley lives in Guadalajara now, but is originally from England and had one day to fish while visiting La Paz for the first time and got this nice wahoo on live bait just outside of Bahia de los Muertos fishing with the Tailhunter fleet.

We love this lady’s photos! Laura Page from Colorado always has the BEST smiles when she’s holding a fish like this dorado taken on the fly outside of La Paz Bay.

I don’t think Roger Thompson has ever been seen holding a small fish! On the yo-yo iron, Roger got this slugger of a yellowtail.

Lots of color on this fresh dorado that Tom Page got after lots of work on the fly from the area near Espirito Santo Island.

Captain Armando with more of our Colorado fyfishermen, but holding one of those surprise nice yellowtail that have popped up lately! Great eating!

MIXED VARIETY AGAIN EVERY DAY A MYSTERY!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of May 8-15, 2016

Overall, it was another mixed week of fishing for us. We had quite a variety of fish as both warm and cold water species remained in local waters as we transition to summertime conditions. Some boats did well. Others had to work harder for their fish. The next day, it could totally reverse with the “hot boats” going cold and the “cold boats” jumping the fish. Conversely, one day, all the fish would be cold water fish like cabrilla and pargo and some sierra or an occasional yellowtail. Next day we’d hit a tuna or wahoo and dorado, all warm water fish in pretty much exactly the same spots that produced the cooler water fish the day before. It was all mixed up!

Early in the week it got a little windy and we even had a touch of thunder, lightning and a sprinkle or two that didn’t deter anyone from being on the water. This week looks to be a little breezier according to forecasts, but overall, temperatures in the high 80’s and sunny.

However, strangely, as I’m writing this Sunday morning…it’s really windy and there’s some raindrops falling even tho’ there’s not a thing on the weather forecast!

One other note…I would have more roosterfish photos every week, but almost all of them get released so unless the anglers take a photo of it out on the water, I don’t get a photo to post up. But we ARE catching roosters!

La Paz

Our Tailhunter La Paz fleet continued to make it’s bread and butter on the other side of the bay by San Juan de la Costa where that school of mini-dorado has been good to us. We just wish the bigger models would show up. However, the bite wasn’t as generous as it had been when we usually got limits. This past week, maybe 3-6 fish was about it.

However, other areas started producing a bit bitter with some big amberjack coming off el Bajo seamount as well as Cabrilla plus rooster fish and some pargo and cabrilla biting around the open spots on Espirito Santo Island and around El Coyote. Bigger bait produced the bigger fish and for those who knew how to yo-yo iron, bigger fish were willing…especially some large yellowtail that we haven’t seen in about a month!

There was also a spot around La Reyna lighthouse and Punta Norte at Cerralvo Island that kept showing signs of tuna and some of our guys finally hit some as well as yellowtail and cabrilla for a fleeting bite. But that was one of the spots the was hot…then went cold the next day.

Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay

This again, is where most of our variety came from. Bait is still an issue, but we’re using a variety of things including some sardines, mackerel, ladyfish, mullet and frozen and live ballyhoo.

Every day, it’s different. Yellowtail popped up again early in the week. Wahoo made a small showing as well. Round that out with jack crevalle, alot of white bonito (very edible!) cabrilla, pargo, sierra and roosters up to about 40 pounds. Late in the week some decent dorado showed up near the buoys for really the first time and there’s been flurries of fast moving tuna we’re seeing but no takers…all very promising!

The issue is mostly one of predictability. We never know what’s going to bite! I tell guys (and gals) to just let the captain take you to the fish. Fish for what’s possible, and you’ll have the best success. If you go for the home run, you COULD get some, but you could also strike out. If you have more than one day, that’s a good shot but if you only have one day and you have it in your mind that you ONLY want wahoo…that could be the day that only the bonito bite! Go with the flow and catch what’s biting. Everyone is getting fish!

TAILHUNTER OUTREACH

Jilly with (L-R) Randy Choate, Jay Gibbons, Tom Ames and Rick Choate all from Idaho in front of school supplies, soaps, shampoos, sports equipment, toothbrushes and toothpaste and many other items for the battered women’s shelter and the kid’s schools outside of town.

Another new season is on and thanks to our Tailhunter Tribal members who have started bringing down supplies, hygiene items, toys and clothes for our underserved school kids and the battered women’s sheleter here in La Paz! You rock!

That’s our story!

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of May 1-8, 2016

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Lifting 2 Yellowtail Marcus Yoo 5-16 tags

Marcus Yoo got a break from his duties with the U.S. Army in Salt Lake City in between overseas deployments and raced down to La Paz on a last-minute fishing trip with only one day to get in some fishing. He made the most of it with some amberjack, small dorado and these huge double-fisted yellowtail from La Paz Bay.

Giant pargo liso (mullet snapper) pulled out’ve the rocks by Jacinto Garcia from Mexicali with Tailhunters’ Captain Victor running the panga. Jacinto’s amigo, Miles Reiter from Monterey CA, battled a huge tuna over two hours before it wrapped around some buoy and busted off!

Two of our flyfishers from this week, Rene Paul and Bruce Merighi from Washington on a double hook up with their flyrods got to pull on some bonito, but roosters remained elusive and the guys worked hard all week.

Two more of our flyfishers who were down for the first time testing the waters, Steve Pratt and Paul Anderson who owns a flyshop up there on the Hood River of Oregon in the Dalles put alot of effort into their sport this week. This beautiful palomita, a member of the jack family, was one result . Great colorful photo too!

Captain Armando with out Tailhunter Fleet there at Bahia de los Muertos had the hot hand for several days and putting our guys onto the big yellowtail. Here, he’s on the beach with Gerardo Orozco and Francisco Lopez and one of their two big ‘tails!

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Texas in the house! Kevin Hohn of San Antonio took this beauty on a blue and white iron!

She’s great fun to have visit us this past week! Laura Page puts a serious bend into her flyrod and was able to get several different species to the boat. Laura and her husband are from the Denver area.

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Young 12-year-old William Kelly from Laguna Beach came to La Paz for the first time and fishing with Tailhunter’s Captain Adolfo put the hurt on this beautiful rooster fish just outside south of Bahia de los Muertos close to shore. The fish was released!

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That’s captain Lorenzo back there, not trying to cover his identity, but wearing a sunshade mask posing with Ernie Loya and Jorge Ramirez with two of their big yellowtail caught this week.

Like all of our flyfishers this week, Tom Page, from Denver worked really hard at his craft and he kept smiling especially after finally working this tough bonito to the boat.

Potential world record tasted pretty good at Tailhunter Restaurant with chimichurri sauce on it. This hawkfish(china maru) caught by Dave Schneider yesterday of San Jose and held here by buddy Dan Moreno looked suspiciously large. Most that I see are about 3-5 pounds. The guys were fishing with our Captain Pancho and brought the fish for us to cook up. I went downstairs to our office to check the record books. Turns out the IGFA record is 9.7 pounds. We estimate this fish might have been 12 pounds! Dan is about 6’2″ and 250. The guys were just cleaning their plates up! I think this is the 4th potential world record in 3 years that ended up tasting pretty good!

First time visitor from San Diego area, Dave Houshar caught and released a pretty pez gallo out of Bahia de los Muertos. Captain Jorge helps out .

Greg’s a happy fella with this nice jack crevalle that he toughed to the boat. Big schools of feisty jacks have moved into the area to provide some great sport.

Ian Hudson from Hollister CA has a big dog roosterfish in his hands estimated at more than 50 pounds that doesn’t want it’s picture taken before he gets released. That’s Punta Arena in the background.

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One of our favorite amigas, Donna Thompson and her daughter Dana Hohn from Texas hold onto a chunky amberjack the hooked fishing blue and white yo-yo irons.

That’s gonna make someone a good dinner! Alfie Adams holds up a colorful barred pargo (pargo mulatto) on the beach at Bahia de los Muertos.

Dave Houshar and Captain Jorge give the thumbs up to another amberjack which started biting nicely this week.

WEEK of SURPRISES

La Paz- Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Reports for Week of May 1-8, 2016

What had another few “jags” pop up in this already-quirky season of fishing. Just when I figured waters had gotten too warm and the “cold water” fishing was done, nature proved me wrong and some species we had not seen in several weeks like big pargo and especially big yellowtail surprised all of us with some serious bent-rod action plus continued decent biters on rooster fish and other species.

LA PAZ

For the past few weeks, this has been a good fall-back area for us to fish. There’s a spot across La Paz Bay on the way to San Juan de la Costa that has held a nice little honey hole of smaller dorado. Nothing, but but worth a late-morning or early afternoon of good action of fish 5-10 pounds with limits not uncommon. There had been very little else going on although the conditions really have looked good.

However, this past week, our anglers hit into some cabrilla and pargo, amberjack and roosters to give up a little more variety, but the big surprise was some really big-shouldered yellowtail that I thought were long gone. These 30-40 pound fish were slugs and powerful fighters resulting in more fish lost than caught but finally good to see some quality-sized fish show up.

LAS ARENAS

It’s been hit or miss alot for our Las Arenas anglers during this early part of the season. It hasn’t been bad. It’s just been erratic and inconsistent. One day great. Next day so-so. One boat does great. The boat next to it can’t even buy a fish! One day it’s cabrilla and sierra. The next day in the same spot, it’s bonito. Next day rooster fish, but no bonito.

There’s just no way to pinpoint anything!

However, late in the week we had a rush of some of those big yellowtail up to about 40 pounds plus amberjack, larger rooster fish and even some big pargo liso (mullet snapper) that we haven’t seen in awhile…surely not that big! This one was a slugger!

One of our guys also tied into a big-boy tuna we estimate over 100 pounds that he fought for over 2 hours until it busted him off by wrapping around a buoy!

We had some great flyfishers here this week. They really worked hard at it, but no roosters came up although several were almost agonizingly closely caught. However, they did get into action on bonito, ladyfish, and triggers.

Bait is still an issue, but we’re using anything we can get our hands on!

WHALESHARKS

Warm shallow bay water is a great place for these youngsters!

It seems like they’re lethargic swimmers until you get in the water with them. When they want to move, they can scoot. Look closely and you can see the sandy bottom.

I remember back in the day when we would get excited if there was a single whaleshark in the bay. Now, we’re so non-chalant that we’re not even excited if there’s less than 5 or 6. Many times, there’s way more! This past week or two, we’ve had as many as 3 dozen small to medium juvenile whalesharks in the bay up to about 20′ long! And they are only in about 10 feet of water so we’ve been running daily snorkel trips to swim with them. It’s an incredible experience with these gentle animals Thanks to Marcus Yoo for the great photos.

That’s our story!

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Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

www.tailhunter-international.com

Mexico Office: Tailhunter International, 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

U.S. Mailing Address: Tailhunter International, 8030 La Mesa Blvd. #178, La Mesa CA 91942

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report: https://fishreport.jonathanroldan.com/

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of April 24-May 1, 2016

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It might not be the size of the fish but certainly the exhuberance of the moment! Such a fine photo of Captain Pancho with Joanie Papanek with her first fish! She and her husband know their way around cameras as they used to produce commercials and he’s a professional photographer and owners of Cabo Living Magazine. They also got a big roosterfish that day, that they released.

Just outside of Bahia de Los Muertos, Pat Kelly and his son, William caught and released 3 nice roosterfish while fishing with Captain Adolfo .

Our good amigos, Rick and Amy Kasper, who visit us from Wyoming where they are hunting outfitters and Rick has his TV show, got into some nice dorado while fishing out’ve La Paz Bay at the spot way on the other side of the Bay at San Juan de la Costa. Both of them celebrated birthdays this week as well.

The shot is a tad blurry, but no mistaking Greg’s smile of his big roosterfish he caught and released. It’s a thick fish and I believe it’s his bigger personal best fish too! He’s from Vancouver Canada!

From Nevada City, CA, Tristan Keeling and Pancho show off his big jack crevalle and dorado on the beach at Bahia de los Muertos.

Another of our Canadian amigos who spent the week with us, Bob Winkler caught and released another nice roosterfish off Punta Perrico.

Girl’s trip! Captain Armando with Maggie and her sierra. The ladies also tangled with about 10 bonito. As it as their first experience, they had a blast.

ROOSTERS LEAD THE WAY

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of April 24-May 1, 2016

If nothing else, it was a nice week weather-wise although a bit chilly and breezy in the morning. It still feels like it’s early in the season and the fish are having trouble getting into gear. But temps were in the 80’s to low 90’s all week and thankfully, dorado and especially dorado kept things interesting.

La Paz

That same spot on the other side of the bay near San Juan de la Costa kept us in the game. There’s a ton of sargasso weed all over the place and you would think the dorado would just be foaming, but there seems to be just that one concentration of fish. Nothing big, but lots of good action. Fish are at least 10 pounders now which is a big improvement over what we were getting a few weeks ago when it was more like a trout fishery! Most days when we send boats out there, they’re getting limits or near limits. One bit of advice, however, is that the bite is a bit late sometimes. If you pull of the spot too early because you’re bored, you might just miss the bite which seems to perk up later. But, it’s been almost a sure thing. As well, there’s some spots near the island now that are kicking out some pargo and rooster fish. At least, too, we have bait as well

Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay

Still the most anemic of places. It’s erratic to say the least. One day, it’s great fun on tons of bonito and smaller inshore fish. Next day, we have a great day on rooster fish 20-50 pound and a couple biters on wahoo too. Maybe even a dorado or two or some amberjack. One day, among just 4 pangas, we had a dozen roosters caught and released.

Then, the next day…it’s sierra and pargo. One day, there’s tons of big ladyfish (sabalo) which is great bait for roosters. Next day, no big bait at all. Just no putting your finger on it at all. However, it’s just one of those times and places where if you want a big fish, you gotta go. The day you decided to fish in La Paz might be the day the big boys decide to come to the party.

That’s our story!

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Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

http://www.tailhunter-international.com

Mexico Office: Tailhunter International, 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

U.S. Mailing Address: Tailhunter International, 8030 La Mesa Blvd. #178, La Mesa CA 91942

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

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