La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Mar. 15-23, 2025
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WEATHER: Mostly sunny with daytime highs into the lower 80’s. Still cool in the evenings and mornings down to the low 60’s and breezy. Overall winds are diminishing, but we’re not done yet! Still some windy days in store.
WATER: Cool and cloudy, but getting better and warmer. Some really dirty patches of cold water in some areas. Down deep still cold and a red tide came in a few days and shut things down.
FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Yellowtail, amberjack, small roosterfish, sierra, dorado, cabrilla, snapper.
MEXICAN MINIUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT
THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…
Finally getting boats out in calmer seas! Pushing off the docks in the morning with Captain Joel
San Diego amigo, Jim Bovee with one of several yellowtail he picked up north of La Paz on live mackeral.
Daniel has a thick slugger yellowtail! He always does well
Welcome to spring!
It’s about time. While we’re still getting our share of windy days, it’s nice to finally have some calmer days to get folks out on the water. Still not that many wanting to go fishing as most folks in town are here for spring break/ Easter breaks and not so interested in fishing.
But, at least we’ve got some opportunities to get some folks on the water that wanted to get out instead of turning them away because it was too windy.
The areas around the islands of Cerralvo and Espirito Santo have been especially productive for some legit-grade yellowtail if you know the spots. Fish have been bending rods have been 15-30 pounds and larger fish are getting lost in the rocks. In fact, the majority of fish are being lost as most of these tough jacks are found near structure and their first instinct is to head right back to cover.
Live mackerel and jigs are working best. Especially chrome, blue/white, scrambled egg and green/yellow (zuchini). Also chrome knife jigs are getting bit as well as slow trolled deep running Rapala/ Yo-Zuri/ Nomad lures.
I’d start fishing them with 40-pound test, but even then, sometimes it’s not enough to stop these fish, but other times, the fish are touchy and you have to drop down in line class so you are at an even greater disadvantage.
Other species include some amberjack that are being found in the same rocky areas as the yellowtail. Some of these can get close to 100 pounds, although we’ve mostly seen 10-20 pounders, but I would venture to say that some of the larger fish that never came to color and could not be stopped might have been bigger class amberjack or yellowtail.
Inshore, great fun on lighter tackle for sierra and smaller roosterfish along the beaches plus bonito, jack crevalle, snapper, pargo and cabrilla. A few dorado are showing up as well.
Daytime temps have been in the lower to mid-80’s now, but nights and fishing mornings can still be cooler dropping down to the high 50’s and lower 60’s.
That’s our story!
Jonathan & 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
Phones:
from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863
La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Mar. 4-14, 2025
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WEATHER: Still most days are windy blowing 10-20 knots, but the calmer days are getting nicer and mostly sunny with temps up to the low 80’s now, but still chilly in the nights and mornings down into the 50’s.
WATER: Still cloudier and cooler than we would like but typical this time of year, but warming as the temps improve overall.
SPECIES HOOKED THIS WEEK: Yellowtail, amberjack, sierra, pargo, snapper, cabrilla, dorado, triggerfish, bonito, jack crevalle, small roosterfish
MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT
THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…
Jacques Garon from Canada had just one day to fish and found some sunshine and a great little bit of action on siera, dorado, cabrilla and triggerfish fishing out’ve Bahia Muertos!
Dorado right up against the rocks near Punta Perrico. Warmer waters are starting to bring in the dorado. Nice fish for Jacques!
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Overall, things are starting to look up after a long windy winter!
We’re not out’ve it yet, but you can feel things are starting to come around. Sometimes you never know. About this time it normally starts to feel like spring, but last year it seemed to stay chilly and cold well into the summer months.
However, this looks like a more normal year. The windy days are less windy although there are days when it’s still blowing 10-20 knots. But those days are fewer and there are more fishable days and those days seem more pleasant as well with flatter warmer seas and pretty decent action.
The fish are there! They’ve been there all off-season. The issue is whether the winds and rough seas would let us get to them. Still not that many folks even interested in fishing that are visiting town, but, reservations are rolling in and lots of folks are ready to get going.
The variety of fish is pretty good. We call this transitional time because we have both warm and cold water fish in the area which means there’s alot of variety that could be. caught this time of year.
Around Espirito Santo Island and Cerralvo, the yellowtail are running 15-25 pound on average and are eating live mackerel and sardines as well as trolled and cast jigs like yo-yo and knife jigs.
In the warmer waters, more dorado are starting to show here and there and commercial fishermen tell me there’s some jags of tuna moving in some areas.
Inshore, there’s great variety with sierra, jack crevalle, smaller roosterfish, amberjack, rainbow runners, pargo, cabrilla snapper and bonito.
Daytime temps are mostly sunny and in the lower to mid-80’s now, but nighttime temps and morning temps still warrant a sweatshirt dropping down to the mid-50’s.
Lots of reservations coming in and dates are filling so don’t wait. We don’t want to miss you! Write me directly: tailhunterfishinglapaz@gmail.com
LET’s GET THE SEASON GOING!
After being on the road since early January, we’re looking forward to kicking off the 2025 season. It’s looking really promising and the reservations are rolling in and dates are filling up!
First, we just wanted to give a shout out to everyone who visited us at the Reno, Nashville, Salt Lake and Orange Co. Shows who came from all over and dosed us on all the incredible hospitality. Great to see so many friends and regulars of our Tailhunter Nation.
A special MUCHAS GRACIAS to all our friends who came out to the Pacific Coast Sportfishing Show at the Orange Co. Fairgrounds last week. Even with the rain, the show was packed and Jill and I never left our booth for all four days as we were surrounded by all our friends who came by to say hi or make reservations. A week later, we are still recovering our lost voices.
But, also a special shout out to everyone who came by with Birthday Wishes or dropped by our pre-show get-together at the Marlin Grill in Huntington Beach and Chris, Wendy, Val, Tom, Dennis, Larry and the rest of the gang who put that all together for us! What a great time!
GET ME OUTTA HERE SPECIAL!
For those of you who missed the show or missed the offering, we’re going to extend our “GET ME OUTTA HERE” Special:
5 days in La Paz
4 nights water-facing hotel room on the beach
3 days private panga fishing charter
All Gear
Breakfasts, lunches, soft drinks, water, ice
Fish Cleaning and Freezing
Shuttles to boats
All taxes
Tell us this is the show special and get a 5th night free!
PRICE: $1799 per person double occupancy (two per room/ two per boat)
$300 deposit holds your spot!
Also available:
Airport Shuttles (There are finally flights into La Paz on Alaska Air through LAX!)
Day trips/ Scuba/ Snorkeling/ Kayaking and More!
Commercial Fish Processing
Based on availability. Some restrictions apply and dates are filling fast. Good for only a limited time.
You can write me directly: tailhunterfishinglapaz@gmail.com
We’ll see you in La Paz in 2025!
That’s our story!
Jonathan & 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
Phones:
from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863
La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Feb. 20-Mar. 3, 2025
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WEATHER: Is it spring-time yet? It sure seems like it many days. Temps tickling the low 80’s now, but night are still cool dropping almost 30 degrees into the mid-50’s. Still most days of the week are too windy to fish effectively but there are more days when the winds cut back.
WATER: Dependent on the winds. When it’s not blowing, waters can be very flat. Completely the opposite if the winds are kicking. Waters gradually getting warmer, but still mostly colder water species biting.
FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Yellowtail, sierra, triggerfish, jack crevalle, bonito, cabrilla, snapper and one big giant yellowfin tuna
MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT
THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…
A good day and meat harvest from north Cerralvo Island fro Doug Bull and Derrik Sonsie. Thanks for the photos, Jimmy Williams!
Ola Mork and his family just had one day to squeeze in for fishing and told me they had a great time on the sierra, bonito and triggerfish.
Whoa!!! This is 96 kilos (212 pounds) of back-breaking yellowfin tuna. Captain Lucero put his guys on the big YFT fishing on his panga.
Up tight against the island rocks and structure is where these big pig yellowtail are often hanging out and make them doubly tough! Doug Bull has a big smile understandably!
Once again, I was really waiting until I had enough info to make it worthwhile to do a fishing report for you so I could tell you the latest. Finally got some decent stuff put up!
First and foremost, it’s still off-season. It’s still windy most days…too much be out fishing. Or to be comfortable. November to April is off-season because of the winds. So, let’s get that out’ve the way! Winter isn’t over yet! But, it’s not quite spring-yet ever!
But, the good news is that things are moving in the right direction!
Some days it’s getting up to the low 80’s in the daytime, but don’t put that sweatshirt away yet. Nighttime temps drop down to the cooler mid-50’s!
However, waters are gradually warming and the days when the winds aren’t blowing, the seas really flatten out and many fishing spots are much more accessible. It has resulted in some really nice yellowtail up into the 20-30 pound class that are really tearing it up as they are hitting live mackerel, live sardines, heavy jigs and trolled Rapala or Yo-Zuri type lures . These are tough fish and heavier rigs are definitely suggested because these horses will hit then want to go straight back into cover.
Inshore, there has been a nice bite of sierra, pargo, cabrilla, snapper, triggerfish, jacks and bonito.
The real kicker was the huge yellowfin tuna picked up off Bahia Muertos! It weighed in at 96 kilos…about 212 pounds. We know these badboys are around, but in the 30 years down in La Paz, they are hooked, but these beasts are rarely brought to the boat!
THE BIG SHOW – PACIFIC COAST SPORTFISHING SHOW
Here we go! This is the largest fishing show in the world and has things for the entire family. It’s more like a festival than a typical expo. It has grown even larger this year and pretty much covers the entire Orange Co. Fairgrounds expo buildings!
This is just really fun. We see tons of our friends and Tailhunter Tribe Members. Jill and I will be in the booth Thursday to Sunday and we’ll be in the Costa Mesa Building in booth #563 and ther’s always a fun crowd at the booth. Come join us and let’s talk about getting you fishing in La Paz this year. Spots are filling up and we don’t want to miss you!
The show will feature hundreds of exhibitors with pretty much any kind of fishing gear you can imagine, charters, fishing trips and outdoor adventures, tons of boats and seminars plus great live music and all kinds of food! Here’s more info by clicking the link and check out the great video too!
Tailhunter Fish Report 