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La Paz- Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Mar. 14-24, 2023

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THINGS WARMING UP?

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Mar. 14-24, 2024

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT

Weather: Mostly sunny. Some clouds, but temps ranging from the mid-50’s to mid-70’s

Water: Still cold water around, but more patches of clear blue showing up. Fewer rough days as there are still some very windy days, but somewhat diminishing.

Fish Species Hooked This Week: Yellowtail, sierra, pompano, amberjack, bonito, jack crevalle, snapper, barred pargo, cabrilla. A few dorado also hooked.

Better Spots: North and south ends of Cerralvo Island. Inshore rocky areas or over submerged reefs. Northern and eastern Espirito Santo Island.

MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Some of the biggest pompano I’ve seen in a long time came up like this big fella caught by our amigo from Atlanta, Leif Dover.

Yellowtail action is improving, but the trick is getting out to the spots and sometimes ploughing through windy and rough seas. Kip Slaugh from Utah has been a long-time amigo making several trips a year poses with a double handful of forktails.

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Our popular Captain Gerardo took some of our clients to North Cerralvo to find the big yellowtail and poses for a quick shot while in his new panga.

John Turner has another nice forkie for the fish box and ready to pack up for the ice chest.

No photos of the clients, but Captain Rogelio poses with one of their yellowtail unloading back at the La Paz docks on the Malecon.

Hugo puts a fresh yellowtail on the gaff. Knowing Hugo, I know he loves the heads and collars of these tasty jacks.

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Happy Easter and Easter Week everyone!

I won’t go so far as to say we’re out’ve the winter winds yet, but there’s certainly reason for some optimism. There are more calm days than windy rough days and waters are getting warmer and clearer.

There were still some days when it was better to just stay off the water and there were days when anglers went charging out anyway as town starts to fill up with Spring Breakers and Easter visitors.

Consequently, there were good days on the water and not-so good days on the water. There were some days that were just “Meh.” But, the better days were marginally productive and generated some nice and interesting catches.

Most noteable were the yellowtail biters. Fish ranging from about 10-25 pounds hit live bait, dead bait as well as yo-yo jigs and trolled jigs. The trick was being in the right spot and some of those spots sometimes required hitting some rough patches of wind and water. However, anglers working the high spots off Cerralvo Island and Espirito Santo Island found fish willing to chew. Other areas including the rock spots off Las Arenas/ Bahia Muertos.

Those same areas kicked out some nice pargo and cabrilla as well as the occasional amberjack.

Inshore fishing held the same species, but also sierra, jack crevalle, bonito and some really huge pompano. These were some hog-sized pompano too. We usually don’t see the pompano until about May or June so catching them was a treat, but also surprising in size as well.

The upcoming week, there will be some gusts and windy days, but overall, not too bad to take a shot out on the water. Just have to pick and choose the correct days.

MAG BAY REPORT

We had some good friends, Kip Slaugh and Jim Molinari from Utah out with Captain Rigo for a few days fishing the mangroves at Bahia Magdalena this past week.

Miles and miles of tangled mangrove roots and shoals holding numerous species!

Easy to get lost in the days before GPS!

Captain Rigo takes the guys out to start the day.

Over two days the guys hooked and released numerous species, keeping about a half-dozen including some good-sized grouper, spotted bay bass, snapper, cabrilla and others.

Captain Rigo with Kip and Jim. Good first day. Captain Rigo has more than a bit of fish cleaning to do! Lots of grouper and cabrilla!

Another day and more light tackle grouper for the fish box!

Jim Molinari poses with one of his grouper in the bay.

They also realeased many more fish as well.

That’s my story! Happy Easter and Easter Week everyone!

Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter Sportfishing
www.tailhunter.comMexico Office:

Tailhunter Sportfishing

755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Mar. 2-12, 2024

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CONDITIONS GRADUALLY IMPROVING!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay / Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Mar. 2-12, 2024

MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Phil and Captain Beto rocked some nice yellowtail at the north end of Cerralvo Island before winds chased them off.

Our amigo, Gary Wagner, was at his place at Rancho Costa and sent us some great photos this week. Check out the nice bull dorado…in MARCH!

Hard not to have a big smile like Mauricio here. He knows how good these barred pargo taste and the heads make some great soup too!

Gary again with a huge sierra! I have no doubt Gary had this turned into several delicious plates of ceviche.

Our amigo, Jimmy Williams with his friend, Phil took a load of yellowtail off Cerralvo Island.

A great shot of the kind of inshore variety right now…snapper, cabrilla, bonito and pargo!

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Sorry for not posting more often! I honestly try to get these reports out weekly as I have for almost 30 years. But, we’ve been constantly on the road with the Tailhunter 2024 Road Tour and just finished shows in Salt Lake City and Southern California (see below).

However, frankly, there just hasn’t been alot of exciting stuff to impart! Even I get bored writing about the winter winds and especially no one is really fishing or I’m actively discouraging folks from going out…especially if they are first-timers or have kids. No fun being seasick and wet!

Anyway…that being said…can things really be improving? Stand by!

It seems we’re finally getting some spring-time conditions! We’re not out’ve the windy zone yet, but little-by-little, there are more calm days than blustery days. More clear blue water than cloudy cold water. More flat water than choppy whitecaps!

Not good for all the windsurfers and kite boarders, but better for sportfishing! I still expect there will be some crazy windy times, but there’s reason to be optimistic.

There are some nice grade yellowtail busting around areas of Cerralvo Island and Espirito Santo Island. Fish are running 15-30 pounds mostly and willing to take jigs, live sardines and mackerel as well as deep trolled Rapalas and Y0-zuri lures near structure. The same areas are also kicking out some of yellowtail’s cousins the amberjack. Most of them are in the 10-20 pound class, but some of these fish can easily go well over 50 pounds…if you can land them and keep them out’ve the rocks.

As well, there have been some jags of fast moving 20-40 pound yellowfin tuna and the warmer waters are have some spots of dorado as well which we usually don’t see either species unti much later in the season like May or so.

Inshore, the usual variety of fish are actively feeding on seemingly plentiful bait schools of sardines. So we’re getting reports of sierra, pargo liso (mullet snapper), barred pargo, yellow snapper, cabrilla, jack crevalle, bonito and even a few roosterfish…another fish that we usually don’t see until a little later.

So, lots of reasons to keep an eye on things and we’ll keep you posted. We’re “offically” calling April 15th the start of the season, but it looks like maybe the fish won’t wait!

END OF THE ROAD (TOUR!)

Well…3 months on the road criss-crossing the country. More than 30 years of doing these fantastic outdoor shows during the winter months. Just finished up our last show in S.California at the Pacific Coast Sportfishing Festival.

Just an incredible time and what a way to wrap up the tour for the year. Thank you to all our friends and Tailhunter Tribe Nation who came to see us and say hi…and booked their fishing trips for 2024 and especially a big shout out to everyone who came to party for my birthday and sent wishes and goodies. You always make Jilly and I feel pretty darned special! God bless you all!

So…by the time you’re reading this, we’re on our way driving back to Texas to re-group and re-load then back home finally to La Paz to get the season rolling! We’ll see you there.

We still have spots open too if you want to come down and put your toes in the sand and a line in the waters!

That’s our story!

Jonathan & Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter Sportfishing

www.tailhunter.com

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

U.S. Mailing Address: Tailhunter Sportfishing

8030 La Mesa Blvd. #178, La Mesa CA 91942

Phones:
from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

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La Paz- Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Feb. 16-Mar. 1, 2024

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WINDY QUIET TIMES FOR FISHING

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Feb. 16-Mar. 1, 2024

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Commercial mix of fish…jackk crevalle, an amberjack even two smaller dorado.

Typical inshore catch. Again from one of our commercial fishing amigos. Two barred pargo and a yellow snapper. Great eating!

I know this week’s report is REALLY late, but I was kinda holding out.

I was hoping that there would be a break in the winds or that there would be something exciting to write about other than the usual boring winter reports about strong winds; rough seas and non one fishing.

But, that’s just the way it is and I couldn’t hold out any longer. We actually did have a booking or two the past two weeks, but had to cancel all of them because of the weather. As one of the prospective anglers wrote to me, “I’m glad you warned us about the weather. We had planned to take the family out for an easy day of fishing, but I’m writing this looking at the ocean and it’s all white caps and rough! Thanks for the FYI!”

There’s some fish to be caught but if you can’t get out because of the weather, it’s pretty typical this time of year. That’s why we say that November to April is off-season. The winsurfers and kiteboarder love it, but for fishing, not so much!

The few reports I’m getting are from friends that are commercial fishermen who tell me that they are hooking some yellowtail, amberjack, sierra, plus the usual rock fish like cabrilla, snapper and pargo. There have been a few dorado still being caught and a few tuna hookups near Cerralvo Island, but that’s about it. Quiet times mostly.

Reservations for our regular season from late April to October, however, are rolling in every day. After the last two years since Covid, fishing has been pretty spectacular and I think everyone is excited to get in on it again for 2024. Get in touch with me directly if you want to come visit us this year. My personal e-mail is jonathan@tailhunter.com Don’t wait, dates are filling up pretty fast.

As a matter of fact, we’ll be making our own S.California appearance this coming week from Mar. 7-10 at the Pacific Coast Sportfishing Show at the Orange Co. Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa.

We’ve been on the road now some 3 months and have had some crazy great shows in Dallas, Reno, Nashville and Salt Lake City. We really miss not being able to attend some other shows in S.Cal and some of our other favorite areas but we’re really looking forward to this week at the PCS show. It’s gonna be huge and all your favorites will be there. I hear is now takes up 7 of the massive exhibition halls. Check out the video:

This will be our final show of the 2024 season before heading home to La Paz to kick things off. Hope you can join us. Jilly and I will be in the booth every day and it would be great to see you!