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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Aug 11-18, 2019

MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Eric Diegert on his first trip with Tailhunter got himself a good looking bull dorado to go along with his snappy matching fishing shirt!  He also got a big roosterfish as well.  Scroll down to see it!

A beast of a pargo liso! If you can pull a trophy like this out’ve the rocks, it’s quite a feat! Captain Armando with Paul Serna from Arizona on his birthday fishing trip!

Two of our long-time Tailhunter Tribe members from Oregon, Roger Hall and Wes Perkins with a couple of nice dorado and larger-than-football tuna! They had 5 on but 3 got away!

Yes! Yellowtail are still biting in August. Crazy nuts! They are cold water fish and the waters are 89 degrees right now. Mark Buchanan with friend Diana with a good-looking hamachi in the panga!

Just south of Bahia Muertos, Vito got this nice dorado on the gaff.

A pretty tiger blue! We don’t see many of these, but they are pretty fish when we get them. From San Diego, Elan Scheir got in one day of quick fishing and hit some nice dorado to take home.

Check out how close to the rocks, we can catch dorado and other fish folks think you have to go WAY out to find! Carolyn Cain with Captain Raul doing the honors. It was her biggest dorado after many visits to see us at Tailhunter.

Not one of the larger tuna we hooked, but one of the larger tuna that was LANDED (big difference!). Captain Victor and our good amigo, Denni Chin, from Salt Lake City.

Nice trio of Dorado! Captain Jorge with Stevie Ray and dad Steve Bacalot.

Good shot of happy guys and a 40 pound class roosterfish for Eric Diegert and Captain Pancho.  The fish was released.

Diana and her yellowtail just off the rocks near Punta Perrico south of Las Arenas. Yes, still getting yellowtail!

First time down for a quick turn-around trip, but Mike Amodeo and son Nico (behind the mask) started out with a good looking table of dorado!

Lots of great first-timers this week and probably no one came in further than Ken Buono from Connecticutt! Good dorado fillets to take east!

First time for Jeff…,many times for Kip! Next door neighbors in Salt Lake City, they put alot of meat in the freezer with the big barred pargo and dog-tooth snapper.

Chris, Captain Armando and Rob show off some football tuna on the beach at Bahia Muertos. Could be the start of tuna season?

That’s more like it!

After a slow start, it seems like we’ve settled into our summer dorodo bite finally with dorado now consistenly being about 70% of the catch these days.  The fish are ranging from 5 to 20 pound on the average with some larger.  They’re willing to eat bait, lures, and trolled jigs and can pretty much be found all over the area.

Some fish are solitary especially the larger ones or running in small groups. Smaller ones can be found in larger schools that can lead to some pretty wild rod-bending once you get them chewing and frenzied.

Best areas have been around the shark buoys, Punta Perrico, south of Bahia Muertos in front of Los Alamos, Punta Arena, Punta Gorda (larger fish), Punta Mejia and the southwestern and south eastern sides of Espirito Santo Island.

Overall, the fishing hasn’t been spectacular, but generally good and steady with boats averaging 3-8 fish each with other being lost or released. Some days better than others.  Some boats do better than others, but it’s been pretty consistent you’re going home with dorado if you fish for a few days like most folks.

The best excitement is probably the increasing presence of tuna.  This is about the time when the tuna ramp up so hopefully, this is a taste of what’s coming because it can be pretty spectacular when they get going.

For the time being, we’re still seeing some of those big toad 50-100+ pounders, but we’re seeing an increasing number of easier, but still fun footballs in the 10-40 pound class.  There’s also been an uptick in the number of wahoo strikes as well as billfish getting more active.

Still, we have cold-water fish around which is really rare.  Species like the big dog-tooth snapper; the big pargo liso, yellowtail, amberjack and even sierra are not unusual to find in the fish boxes.  Normally, these are winter or spring-time fish.

Roosterfish are still around as well. We’re seeing them as small as 5-10 pounds, but the larger 40-60’s are still around for those trying to check one off their bucket lists.

Rounding out the catch this week with bonito, skipjack, jack crevalle, yellow snapper, cabrilla and big triggerfish as well.

TAILHUNTER COMMUNITY OUTREACH

For several years now, ever 2 or 3 weeks, we deliver several hundred pounds of needed goods around the community.  That includes several under-served schools and neighborhoods, the senior home, an orphanage and a women’s shelter.  Through the thoughtfulness and big hearts of our Tailhunter Tribe, several tons of goods have been distributed since 2014.

However, because I often have so many fishing photos, I don’t often have enough space to acknowledge with photos some of our friends!  But, thank you all!

The Jimemez Family from Colorado year-after-year bring clothes, school supplies and other items.

Sam Sybesman (in red) himself a school teacher had a bunch of his amigos bring down several ice chests filled with great stuff.

Hundred of toothbrushes and dental items for the kids! We have a dentist go out there to show the kids how to take care of their teeth.

Our own Jilly posing with yet another big load of school supplies. With school just starting in La Paz, the need is huge!

That’s our story

Jonathan & 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:
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