La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Jan. 9-24, 2026
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WEATHER: Pretty much the whole gamut from sunshine to cloudy. Windy to calm and even a few days of rain. Winter weather and conditions! Rained and flooded pretty hard over the weekend.
WATER: Cooler and choppy when it’s windy. Port Captain has his finger on the button ready to shut down the port when it gets too rough which is about a 30-50% possibility. Wind and rain together are not good. Rain with no wind is fine.
FISH SPECIES AROUND: Not that much of anyone is sport fishing during winter with the crazy conditions, but local friends and commercial fishing friends report some tuna and dorado. Lots of bonito. Jack crevalle and smaller roosters along the beach. Sierra and smaller yellowtail as well as pargo and cabrilla over the rocks.
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Chris Vigar with a legit yellowfin tuna which is pretty unusual in the winter, but he put two in the boat after fighting through the schools of bonito that he had fun with.
Rained pretty hard over the weekend. Lots of flooding.
This was hours after the rain had subsided. The Malecon was under several feet of rushing water.
Earlier water was up to car doors on the Malecon.
This is more of an update rather than an actual fishing report to be honest.
I usually do these every week for over 30 years, but straight up, there’s just not alot going on in La Paz. Hate to be posting the same blah blah blah if nothing is happening!
It’s off-season and not much of anyone is on the water from November to April and frankly, as is often the case, the weather is so erratic with wind, rough water and (this week) lots of rain and flooding, it’s really hard to get folks out on the water anyway.
The windsurfers and kiteboarders love the wind, but not so good for other watersports!
Since the last report, we got a whopping 2 boats out over the last 2 weeks when we found spots where the ocean was calm enough. There’s actually some decent action. Along the rocky areas, there’s the usual pargo, cabrilla and snapper. The beaches have smaller roosterfish and along the drop-offs, jack crevalle, sierra and even some pompano and trevally.
In the blue water (although getting colder) if you can get through the schools of bonito, which are always fun to catch, there’s some yellowfin tuna and even a few patches of dorado.
They key is finding the days when it’s OK to be on the water. If it’s too rough, the port captain has been closing the port to all boat traffic anyway which locks down all boat traffic of any kind including commercial boat traffic, snorkel, scuba, fishing and all other water activities.
WILD SHEEP SHOW RENO – OFF THE CHARTS!
We had the best show ever here at Reno at the Wild Sheep Show, but I’m stuck here for a few days because the airport in Dallas is closed and flights cancelled. However, we got Jilly back there Thursday before the shut down so she could take care of the house! It’s something like -3 degrees at the house.
Everything is locked down. No school. No traffic. It’s not a snowstorm. It’s an ice storm so under the white are sheets of ice. Can’t walk. Can’t drive. Before the storm, lines at gas stations (gas is $2.19 gallon!) and the grocery store had been emptied (toilet paper again? C’mon!). Supposed to be frozen all week. Water heater not working and HVAC is struggling. Last time this happened in 2021, people froze to death in their homes when power was lost for up to 2 weeks. Many pipes broke. Jilly is keeping the waters dripping. She’s holding the fort so well like she always does. She knows where the sleeping bags and generator are and hopefully, I can fly back Tuesday.
Under the light coating of white, it might not look like much, but it’s sheets of treacherous ice!
Here in Reno it’s a tropical balmy 22 degrees.
Thanks to everyone who came to the show at the Reno Convention Center for the Wild Sheep Show. It was off the charts. I think yesterday alone, I signed about 50 persons to come fish WARM La Paz! (where it’s raining all weekend!).
Thanks to all the old friends who came to visit the booth and all the new friends we met and especially those coming this year to visit us in La Paz! We’re excited to see you!
Jim and Arla have visited us for years and always crack me up! They’re coming back this spring!
Mac and Michelle Treasure with Jim Andrews. Mac has been bringing a group of retired firefighters to us for almost 20 years. Many of them are 911 heroes who were in New York so they come to celebrate and remember the middle of September every year.
Aisles were packed every day and there were hundreds of booths and vendors from all over the world!
Cassie Lockwood works with her mom and dad at their ranch in Ukiah CA and running their famous Lockwood Outdoor Hunting operation. She’s now a junior in high school but years ago when she was little at these shows she would take naps under our counter and we would feed her red vine licorice. Awfully proud of this young lady who plans to enter the Air Force.
John and Arla Washington on the left with my high school classmate Eddie Falcon (50 years ago) and his lovely wife Debbie. They brought me a double double In-N-Out burger and fries and fresh scones!
Next up…a massively great show in Salt Lake City at the Western Hunt and Conservation Show. It’s always great and we’ll see so many friends in Utah at the show, and it’ll be hard to see how it can beat the show we just had in Reno for booking, but this is always a fun show and one of the largest shows we do. Hope to see you there if you are anywhere in the area or nearby states!
We’re really filling up fast for 2026 and we don’t want to miss you! After Salt Lake City, we head to Nashville for the Safari Club International show then 2 shows in S.California (Orange Co. and Del Mar/ San Diego).
But don’t wait. Dates are selling out. Reach out to me and let’s get you set up, especially if you have a favorite captain or hotel! Write me: tailhunterfishinglapaz@gmail.com
Have a great week! That’s our story!
Jonathan & Jilly
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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Dec. 24, 2025-Jan. 8, 2026
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WATER: Cooled considerably down to the low 60’s now and dark and murky. However, there are some isolated spots in the higher 60’s to low 70’s. Often pretty rough however, depending on the prevailing winds.
WIND: Blowing mostly from the north and often gusting 15-20 mph. making it pretty rough. Seems that several days a week the port captain shuts down all boat traffic or, even if it’s open, it can be pretty uncomfortable. The days of a flat ocean are the exception.
FISH HOOKED THIS PERIOD: Bonito, jack crevalle, cabrilla, pargo liso, dog-tooth snapper, triggerfish, tuna, amberjack, rainbow runner, yellowtail
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Mark Labac and his amigo just had one day to fish, but found an unusual (for this time of year) yellowfin tuna; a small yellowtail and a nice cabrilla. They also said they had alot of fun with a couple of dozen bonito. No shortage of action. They had a bunch of their fish cooked up at our Tailhunter Restaurant.
That’s a pig of a dog-tooth (cubera) snapper for Greg Earles who spends about 3 weeks with us for his birthday escaping Michigan. He always does great and takes home a nice load of fish! Always good to have him in town. He makes alot of friends!
You always remember those first fish! Young 10-year-old Duncan got out one day with his dad…his first fishing on the ocean…and took (and released) this roosterfish and a few other fun species!
Greg with a nice tasty rainbow runner off Punta Perrico. These are cousin to the yellowtail.
Plenty of hard-pulling action on all the bonito in the waters right now. Pound-for-pound lots of fun, especially for your first time on the water!
There hasn’t really been much to report. But that’s pretty typical this time of year. During the season, we do more fishing in one day than we do from November to March.
There’s still fish around. In fact, there’s a surprising variety of fish in the waters right now. Not alot, but enough to have fun.
There’s the usual cold-water inshore species like pargo, cabrilla, snapper, dog-tooth, triggerfish, some yellowtail…some amberjack…but also regulars like bonito and jack crevalle for fun and even some smaller roosterfish. Also, surprising species like a few holdover dorado, wahoo, tuna and billfish.
The problem…getting out on the water and finding a day when the winter winds aren’t blowing. And about at least half-the time, they’re blowing! Some days up to 20 mph.
Most of the folks who want to fish this time of year, aren’t hardcore anglers. Many are snowbirds just enjoying some winter sunshine on vacation who decide they want a day of fishing.
If the winds are blowing, it’s no fun getting wet and bounced around and possibly seasick. Especially if you’ve got family or kids. In many cases, these are families down here this time of year. No fun if you get blown off or bounced off…or cancelled.
Actually, at least 1-3 days per week, it’s so rough the port captain has been shutting own the port because of safety reasons. It may look calm in the bay, but outside can be treacherous. If the port is closed, that means all boats are locked in and locked out. No fishing, SCUBA, snorkeling, swimming with whalesharks…even commercial boats.
So, you really have to be flexible on choosing dates for water activities.
If you’re planning to come down, check with me first so I can look at an extended forecast for the coming week or the dates you want to go out. The coming week actually is looking like one of the better weeks for minimal winds.
WE’RE ON THE ROAD COMING TO SEE YOU!
Jilly and I are headed out on the road for our 31st year. We’ll hopefully be in YOUR neighborhood to come see us in our booth. Come visit if you’re in the area!
We’ll be at the first show next week! We have missed it the last 3 years because of scheduling conflicts, but we’re coming back to the International Sportsmans Expo at the California State Fairgrounds in Sacramento.
It runs from Jan. 15-18 (Thursday to Sunday). We’ll be in our booth every day and it’ll be so great to see so many of our friends and Tailhunter Tribe! We’ve missed ya’ll. Let’s also talk about getting you back to see us in La Paz. We don’t have too many more years left, I am thinking!
After that, we head to Reno for the Wild Sheep Foundation Show. It’s at the Reno Convention Center Jan. 22-24. (Wednesday to Saturday) .
Hope to catch you along the trail and also see you in La Paz in 2026!
Here’s the full schedule:
International Sportsman’s Expo – California State Fairgrounds in Sacramento CA
Tailhunter Fish Report 