MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO FISHING REPORT for WEEK of Jan. 21-28 2018
THE BIG PICTURE FISHING REPORT
Nice plug yellowfin tuna for Dave Distel of Arizona. Pretty unusual to get a bonus fish like this in the winter!
Dave Distel again with one of the firecracker yellowtail that’s come up close to shore. That’s Captain Victor grinning in the background.
Happy Birthday to Mike Distel of Huntington Beach CA celebrating at our Tailhunter Restaurant with fresh cooked fish that he and his son caught!
WINDS HAMPER FISHING
La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Jan. 21-28, 2018
Still not too many folks fishing. It’s been pretty windy from the north as is pretty typical for this time of year and it’s the January slump when there’s just not that many folks in town either! It’s actually a nice time to be in La Paz. It’s sunny and relatively warm for the snow birds with day time temps in the high 70’s compared to where they’re escaping from. It’s just not necessarily the best time to be in the water.
However, we did get some folks out for a few days for some scratchy mixed bag fishing. Again ,the winds weren’t exactly our friends. However… Inshore, there’s snapper, bonito, pargo, seabass and good schools of jack crevalle. There should be more sierra around, but it hasn’t been consistent. One day, they swarm and the next day, they can’t be found.
The more quality fishing has been some firecracker 10 pound yellowtail around and also some surprising 20-pound class tuna in Muertos Bay. Maybe still hanging out from last fall! One of our captains saw some free swimming wahoo as well, but they moved off.
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE – Highlights Tailhunter Sportfishing!
Award-winning write Tom Steinstra of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote a feature article in the Sunday Edition of the Outdoor Section. Check it out! Click the link below to see the article!
We had a way fun time and a great show for the five days of at the Washington State Fairgrounds in Puyallup just south of Seattle! The Washington Sportsmans Show was super as always!
Great to see so many friends and Tailhunter Tribe members and also we’re looking forward to visits from everyone who booked trips to come see us and fish in La Paz in 2018. Thanks for all the hospitality, Washington…and the rain too! It just would’t be Washington without the rain! We love it! We live in a desert in Baja so it’s nice to see so much green!
Jilly and I will be splitting up now…
In two weeks, I will man the booth at the Northwest Sportsmans Show in Portland, Oregon at the Expo Center right next to the Columbia River. Jill will fly out to the huge Western Hunt Expo at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City! I’ll post up more details next week. We’re looking forward to seeing all our amigos!
Jilly and I working the booth at the Washington State Fairgrounds!
Good buddy and pro-fisherman Mike Whitlow from Washington who sets up trips for awesome bass fishing in Mexico at El Salto Lake and also in Brazil for big peacock bass.
A rough crowd of ne’er-do-wells! Ken and Lisa Chapman who book big game hunting in South Africa join Jilly and I in the booth!
Dave and Michele Conklin have visited us many times in La Paz! Good to see them on their homegrounds in Washington!
That’s our story!
Jonathan and Jilly
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THE BIG PICTURE FISHING REPORT for WEEK of JANUARY 14-21, 2018
Captain Adolfo with amigos showing off some yellowtail, a pargo and cabrilla.
JANUARY VARIETY
La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay / Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of January 14-21, 2018
Still not too many folks fishing right now, but even with the breezy weather, there’s been some great variety of fish. All of our fishing is being done right now out’ve Bahia de los Muertos where it’s more protected and the fishing is closer to shore. Waters seemed to get a little cooler and that reflected in the type of species that showed up this past week.
A lot more sierra than we’ve seen in a while with some nice-sized fish up to about 5 pounds eating over the drop-offs and reefs. Additionally, some good sized pargo, cabrilla and snapper were taken but in those same areas, there’s some smaller-school-sized firecracker yellowtail running about 10 pounds. Over more open water, but still close to shore, there’s schools of bonito and jacks plus some free-swimming dorado still around all making for some great mixed boxes of fish.
GREY WHALES HAVE ARRIVED!
The annual visit from the Gray Whales has started and the whales are arriving daily at Bahia Magdalena where they’ll hang out in the warm calm waters until about March. Great family trip of a lifetime. We’re running daily tours! Contact us and we’ll set up the whole package!
THANKS SACRAMENTO – HERE WE COME WASHINGTON!
Wow…what a show we just had at the California State Fairgrounds for the International Sportsman Expo! Just incredible and great to see so many good friends, amigos and Tailhunter tribe members! Bookings were off-the-hook! Glad so many of you are coming to see us this year in La Paz! We’re gonna have fun. Thanks so much!
And now we’re on the road and rumbling up the road and headed north! We need to be in Washington by Tuesday to set up for the Washington Sportsmans Show that kicks off Wednesday to Sunday at the Puyallup State Fairgrounds just south of Seattle! We love the Pacific Northwest and this is always a great show! Here’s further details! Click the link:
Our Captain Adolfo was out just outside of Muertos. Dropped a mackerel and caught the nice little yellowtail. So, he then put down a Rapala and immediately got whacked by the wahoo right up close to the rocks!
Bonus for Paul Melewski from Colorado staying in Muertos Bay at Rancho Costa. Goes out for snapper over the rocks and pops a pair of dorado…in January!
THE LULL AFTER the HOLIDAYS
La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay / Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Jan. 7-14, 2018
Not many folks fishing this week which is pretty typical now that the holidays are over. Most of the holiday visitors have left and town is pretty mellow again, not that it was ever very bustling. But, by the same token, not many folks fishing either. Too bad because it was actually a pretty decent week for weather and the few trips we had out all resulted in some surprising fish.
There were the usual jacks and snapper, but also in those same spots close to shore and over the rocks we got yellowtail and wahoo. In the bay, there’s still some dorado cruising around too.
THANKS DENVER – ONWARD TO SACRAMENTO
Thanks to everyone who came to visit us in Denver. The ISE show at the Denver Convention Center was massive. Great turnout and great to have so many of you booking to come visit us in La Paz this year. Apologies if I personally missed you as I was out 2 1/2 days from the booth with a fever, no voice and an upper respiratory infection! But, Jill did a stellar job, as she always does and I’m mo’ bettah now! Thanks for understanding!
So, we’re on the road now with our van loaded and driving through the snow to get form Colorado to California to set up at the ISE show at the California Fairgrounds in Sacramento. This is the largest hunting/ fishing show in N. California and a huge event for the whole family. Come see us. We’ll have the booth in the usual spot. Show runs Thursday to Sunday. Here’s more details. Click this link:
MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT for WEEK of Jan. 1-7, 2018
Regretfully, no video report this week. Have picked up a cold up here in the states with this colder weather that I wasn’t ready for and LOST MY VOICE! I have to save it for the 4 days of showtime this week at the International Sportsmans Expo in Denver at the Convention Center. Hopefully, it comes back!
The Big PICTURE FISHING REPORT
It’s not summer warm, but it’s definitely warmer than Chuwelah, Washington where Mark Burlington is from posing here with a nice dorado unusual for this time of year but no complaints. – Mark was staying at Rancho Costa there in Muertos Bay where we’re doing all our fishing this tie of the season.
Normally, we don’t see dorado until about April or May and even that’s a bit early, but either these are holdovers from last year or new fish have moved into area. One of the reasons is in the video clip below. Check our the sardine schools in Bahia Muertos!
Thanks to Gary Wagner for this video clip showing a big reason so many species might be in the bay right now is the presence of schools of sardines. A great sign for the season! Food!!!!
Schools of big jack crevalle have moved in and are incredible fighters especially on light tackle although not such great eating. Dean Schilling all the way from Wisconsin enjoying some warm Baja weather and some time fishing. He’s staying there in the Bay at Rancho Costa.
Miles Wagner from Colorado Springs CO with his dad, Gary, was throwing top water plugs when this bull mahi jumped the lure. Well, it then proceeded to jump right into the boat too! Miles also caught jacks, tuna and cabrilla this week.
Keegan and Paul Miewski also there in Bahia Muertos rocked some good eating bottom species with a couple of hefty barred pargo mulatto!
The head man himself, jefe of Rancho Costa, Gary Wagner did some later afternoon fishing and caught another early season visitor. Amberjack are the larger cousins to yellowtail and we don’t usually see them until May or so! Great eating and they get over 100 pounds although this size is the best eating!
Here’s something you don’t see every day. Gary Wagner who owns the Giggling Marlin Bar in Cabo and the Rancho Costa Resort in Muertos Bay was walking the beach and a commercial guy was cleaning a strange fish! He said he was about 600 feet out in the bay and caught this…HALIBUT??? First time I’ve seen one in these waters in over 30 years! Just so you know it’s not fake, you can see Rancho Costa in the background. If it looks like a duck…walks like a duck…sounds like a duck…??? HALIBUT?
Maybe salmon will show up next? The Mexican name for halibut is “Lenguado” (tongue fish). This is on the beach at Bahia Muertos and that’s Rancho Costa Resort in the background. No photoshop!!!
GOOD START FOR THE YEAR WITH SURPRISE SPECIES!
La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of January 1-7, 2018
Happy New Year Everyone! Hope the year is off to a good start!
Not a bad week of fishing. Nothing spectacular, but a nice variety of species including some genuine surprises. Not many folks fishing but everyone out did catch some fish. Still some pesky winds but mostly nice enough to fish with all of our fishing taking place out of Muertos Bay/ Las Arenas Areas where we can fish closer to shore and it’s more protected.
In addition to species we normally catch like barred pargo, yellow snapper and cabrilla, there were also some nice schools of jack crevalle to bend the rods and put on great fights although not such good eating. Still lots of fun. In addition, there were also bonito and a smattering of surprising yellowfin tuna and dorado around the bay as well.
Tuna, dorado and amberjack are a real bonus this time of year. Normally, we don’t see these species until spring when the waters are warmer. If you check out this week’s photos, you’ll also see a…halibut??? Yup . It sure looks like it! It’s crazy.
Alot could be due to the fact that there’s still sardine schools in the bay drawing the fish to the food source. That’s all a great sign and hope the bait stays around. Last season the return of the bait marked an incredible fishing year!
The coming week looks OK for the weather although strong winds mid-week.
Big shout out to Gary Wagner owner of Rancho Costa Resort in Bahia Muertos where we’re doing all of our fishing right now for all the photos he sent. If you’re interested in staying at his great place, give us a shout at: Jonathan@tailhunter.com.
WHALES ON THE WAY!
The migrating gray whales should be showing up any week now to spend the next several months with us after 3500 miles of swimming from the Bering Sea. They’ll be at Bahia Magdalena until about March and February is a great time to lock in your trip with us to have an incredible experience close up to these great animals. It’s really popular and many dates are filled or nearing capacity so don’t wait. Contact us at: Jonathan@tailhunter.com and we’ll set you up!
SEE YOU IN DENVER!
Getting the booth set up! Show starts Thursday!
This is a huge show with 4 full days and more than 600 vendors from all over the world of hunting, fishing, travel, boating, camping and more for the whole family!
It’s been a long drive but we’re finally here in Colorado setting up the booth and getting ready for the International Sportsmans Expo that kicks off this Thursday and goes to Sunday. It’s in the Denver Convention Center downtown and is always a fantastic family event with over 600 booths and vendors from all over the world with travel, gear, hunting, fishing, boating, camping and more!
We’ll be in our usual spot and would love to chat with you about visiting us in La Paz this week! Come say hi. Grab one of our 24 -page brochures and maybe a Tailhunter t-shirt! Here’s more info. Click the link.
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