La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Week of Mar. 21-29, 2026
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WEATHER: Well, I thought the winds were done, but they came back. Mostly from the south this past week, but it didn’t help fishing. Made it difficult to even get live bait!
WATER: Rather warm for this time of the year. Surface temps in the high 70’s but waters got a big rougher this week with the return of the winds.
FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Earlier we had some nice dorado, a few tuna, wahoo and even some marlin. When the winds kicked back in we were fishing mostly inshore for pargo, snapper, dog-tooth, barred pargo, bonito, cabrilla, jacks and roosterfish.
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Big bull dorad in March? Jim Bovee from San Diego with Captain Pancho.
Some larger roosterfish starting to show along the beaches. Captain Hugo got this one which was released.
Gerry is pretty happy with this nice table of cabrilla!
Daniel Bovee from Costa Mesa with Captain Pancho
Long time Tailhunter amigo, Jeff Sakuda with a pargo liso.
In my last report, I kinda went off the rails with enthusiasm.
Out of nowhere, the air and water temperatures rose. Waters got blue. Wind died down. We had several day of the most spectacular fishing all season and the best fishing in March that I have seen in over 30 years.
We had blue marlin, striped marlin ,tuna, wahoo, bonito, roosterfish, cabrilla, barred pargo, dog-tooth snapper, jack crevalle, big dorado and more! It was like the ocean blew up a whole variety of fish.
It was like we had fast forwarded from spring-time fish right into summer fishing. It was the kind of fishing we usually se in June or July. No…it was even better!
After so many winter month of wind and erratic fishing, I went a bit overboard in my enthusiasm.
I was wrong.
Winter wasn’t done yet.
A few days after I posted the last report, the winds came back. Waters got rough again. It was bad enough that it became tough to find live bait. Fishing got sticky at best.
For the past period since the last report, we’ve gotten back to cabrilla, dog-tooth snapper, a few dorado, snapper, pargo, bonito and jack crevalle sprinkeled with a few roosterfish. Not much in the way of “glamour fish” like the previous period. Our captains and anglers really had to work hard to find fish.
We know the fish are there. We just need the weather to stabilize a bit more.
BAHIA MAGDALENA
We sent out our first trips from Bahia Magdalena “Mag Bay” this past week. Fishing inside the bay among the mangroves, our guys found some great action and a spectacular variety of fish. Using live bait and fishing light tackle in the roots and eddy’s of the bay produced: Corvina, grouper, spotted bay bass, triggerfish, snook, pargo, cabrilla, snapper and more. Many fish were released and donated.
Kip and Jim headed out for the day to the mangroves of Mag Bay for some great inshore fishing.
Tasty snook on the fillet table and headed for the freezers.
Day 1 – Kep has a bunch of nice grouper on the table and a corvina.
Some of the best eating fish in Baja are the grouper that can be found in the shallow waters of Mag Bay.
The elusive snook!
Jim Molinari with a beer and a photo with the fish table!
Kip Slaugh…another good day in the bay!
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
OCEAN COMES ALIVE! SUMMER FISHING STARTS EARLY????
La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Week of Mar. 13-20, 2026
SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT – Just the facts…
WEATHER: It got hot and sunn(ier) all of a sudden! Did we skip spring and go right into summer? Temps in the mid-80’s now, but not alot of humidity. Just good fishing weather. Bring your shorts and t-shirts! I won’t say we’re done with the winter winds yet, but it’s been a nice week or two!
WATER: With warmer air, we got warmer and bluer water. Flat calm when the winds don’t blow. Look at the photos below! Summer conditions all of. sudden!
FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: (Craziest March Fishing EVER!)
READ THIS FIRST! WARNING HEADS-UP: Just an FYI that we have alot of marlin photos this week. I usually don’t post alot of photos of billfish. Most of our clients release billfish and probably 95% of our billfish voluntarily get released. If one is kept, most often, it was because it couldn’t be released and the meat is often donated so nothing ever gets wasted.
But, please understand, we had one day this past week with 18 newbie anglers on 6 pangas. They had a great time. I lost count, but they hooked about a dozen billfish that day! A dozen…in one day!
Being first-timers, of course they were thrilled as anyone would be, but of the 12, a bunch were lost after long fights. Others got released. Three got kept. They are entitled to keep them and none of the meat was wasted and they all had a great time. Good folks! Just wanted you to know so no one starts writing and calling me.
So…here we go with the fishing report and photos! Best week of the season so far!
Happy Birthday, Pat Betegh. Nice dorado to kick things off. He also got a striped marlin and several other species!
Rich Wilner and Jeff Davidson were fishing with us for the first time and spent two days with Captain Pancho . 2 big bull dorado to go along with snapper, an amberjack and cabrilla! Nice haul.
Captain Armando put his anglers on several marlin including this blue after a long fight. Others broke off.
Pretty amazing variety…dorado, sierra, snapper, cabrilla for the big dinner party that night!
Ladies choice! Striped marlin on the rack with a dorado as well!
Jeff photo bombs Rich and his bull dorado on the gaff!
Yes! Small roosterfish along the beaches are great fun on light tackle right now. All getting released!
Captain Jorge with another marlin for the box!
Filets to take back to Todos Santos for dinner tonite!
Crazy March fishing…even some football tuna biting!
Fred…with a mako shark! In 30 years, I think this is the first mako I’ve seen taken! Great eating! Tastes like swordfish!
Nice big bull for Richard! A good day!
Jeff’s fish!
Did we just skip spring-time fishing???
Over the last week or so, temps jumped up in the air and water. I think we went right into summertime fishing because in more than 30 years down here, I’ve never had a week in March like we just had.
Air temps hit the mid to upper 80’s. Water got blue and flat!
And the fish bit! We hooked pretty much everything except the yellowtail which is what we are mostly chasing this time of year. Cold water fish that kinda suddenly disappeared.
And suddenly, we had a bite that looked more like June fishing. Bull dorado? Tuna? Wahoo?
That’s crazy, but yes, we hooked some nice fish. Not alot, but enough to raise eyebrows and wonder what’s happening. Some of the dorado were some nice bulls in the 20-pound class. Tuna were a bit larger than footballs maybe 10-15 pounds. Wahoo about 15-20 pounds. Never had a week like this.
But, talk about variety. Other than the yellowtail, we still had cooler water fish in the counts making for some really interesting boxes of fish! We had sierra, barred pargo, dog-tooth snapper, pargo liso (mullet snapper), yellow snapper, cabrilla, pompano, trevally as well as bonito and jack crevalle. it was almost like if you put a bait in the water, you really couldn’t tell what was going to go off.
But, here’s the rub…
Marlin in March. I had some 18 newbies out one day. In 6 pangas. First-timers with us and only had 1 day to fish. I told them, “Oh, you’ll have some fun . There’s some good action on reef fish and bonito, jacks, etc.” I knew they’d catch some fish. Perfect for first-timers!
Instead, yes, they caught lots of different varieties. But, what a day…
C’mon man…over a dozen marlin? In one day? First-timers? Not just stripers, but BLUE MARLIN! In March. I heard stories of some epic battles lasting almost 2 hours or most of the fish breaking lines or getting off. Most of the fish were voluntarily released, but what a great time and a thrill for them. All fun folks. A few could not be released, but they did have a huge dinner that night that was called “EPIC” and meat was also donated. The caught over a half-dozen other species.
Now, I’m not gonna say we’re full-speed just yet, but we sure had an exciting week!
We’ll keep you posted!
ANOTHER ROAD SEASON IS OVER…TIME TO START THE FISHING!
Well…another road season comes to an end! From January to March for over 30 years, we hit the road and some of the biggest and most exciting fishing, hunting and outdoor shows and expos in the country!
This year took us to Sacramento…then Reno…Salt Lake City…Nashville…Orange Co. Calif…and finally San Diego, California!
We want to thank everyone who came out to see us and talk to us and book their trips to visit us in La Paz this year. All the old friends and new friends with all the laughs, smiles and good memories of the past and new ones to be made! Gracias for all the hospitality! We’ll see you in La Paz. We still have spots open so just let us know and we’ll get you set up!
Blessings to all!
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/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report and Update for Week of Mar. 4-12, 2026
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WEATHER: Seem like it’s an early spring as waters are warming like the air temps earlier in the year than normal. Highs in the low to mid-80’s and mostly pretty sunny. Strong winter winds aren’t done yet, but it seems like there are fewer overall.
WATERS: Still some rough days if the winds are blowing, but overall, the waters are getting bluer and calmer with surface temps in the low 70’s now around most of the area.
FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Yellowtail, pargo liso, barred pargo, sierra, amberjack, rainbow runner, pompano, trevally, bonito, jack crevalle, roosterfish, dorado.
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Fat yellowtail on the cutting board
Gaff is ready to stick a fresh one
I’m not gonna go out on a limb and say the harsh winter winds are done…quite yet! In fact, looking at the extended forecast for the next week, it looks like the winds might just kick up again and rough things up!
But, I gotta admit that there are an increasing amount of nice days to get out and fish with calmer bluer waters and a warming sky. In fact, everyone is talking about an early spring as temps seem to be above the norm. Day time temps are in the low to mid-80’s and pretty sunny mostly. Nights are in the low 70’s. A nice time to be in town!
The fish are correspondingly being more cooperative as well. The variety of fish mirrors the conditions because we’re seeing both cold and warmer water species mixed in the catches .
Still not that many folks fishing, but the few that are out have gotten quite a mix with the focus on the yellowtail bite mostly north of the city towards Punta Coyote as well as around Espirito Santo Island and the north end of Cerralvo island over the deep rock reefs.
These are some healthy forkies running 10-15 pounds on the average, but up to maybe 25 pounds. Live bait is working best but for those wanting to throw or drop iron, blue/white…chrome…zuchini colors are working as well as knife jigs. Slow trolling Rapalas has kicked up the occasional fish as well including some amberjack holding with the yellowtail.
But, live bait fishing is still top ticket!
Other cooler water species like cabrilla (seabass) and pargo, especially the big pargo liso (mullet snapper) have shown up around Cerralvo Island as well as they move in and spawn in the shallows.
In addition to the big mullet snapper, barred bargo, sierra, trevally, pompano are some of the other fish that are being hooked in the shallows in addition to some smaller 5-10 pound roosterfish along the beaches.
A couple of dorado also hit the box which is unusual so early since dorado like warmer waters closer to 80 degrees! Maybe a good sign for the upcoming dorado season!
END OF THE ROADSHOW for TAILHUNTER!
Jilly and I have been on the road now since early January and have done some crazy good shows in Sacramento, Reno, Salt Lake City and Nashville.
We just wound up the craziest funnest show last week at the Orange County Fairgrounds in S. California for the Pacific Coast Sportfishing Show. It was non-stop fun and our booth was surrounded every day with friend and Tailhunter Tribe members.
We got lots of reservations for the fishing year and got to see so many friends who have been with us over these many years. Wanted to give a shout-out to everyone who came by and also everyone who sent and gave me birthday wishes during the week . It was spectacular and Jill and I are still recovering.
So now…we hit the end and it’s gonna finish with a bang!
We will be at the Del Mar Fairgrounds on the beach in San Diego March 19-22nd. That’s Thursday to Sunday. We’ll be in our booth every day and frankly, it’s a big beach party of the fishing community for S.California. It’s just non-stop fun . Hope you can make it if you are anywhere in the area. Lots to see and do for the entire family with gear, charters, travel, food, music, activities and more! Check out the video:
La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report and Update for Week of Feb. 24-Mar. 3, 2026
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WEATHER: Some of the best weather so far. Sunny and calm with day temps in the low 80’s. Nighttime comfortable hi-60’s to low 70’s.
WATER: I won’t go so far as to say the winter winds are done with us, but this was a pretty nice spring week with calm waters that seem to be warming each week a bit.
FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Yellowtail, dorado, pargo liso, barred pargo, snapper, sierra, cabrilla, jack crevalle, bonito, amberjack, rainbow runner, roosterfish
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Slugger-sized yellowtail running 15-25 pounds are hitting live bait and the iron and yo-yo jigs in flat waters close to shore.
Some good hamachi on the table for the ice chest! Fat fish!
Fresh plate of yellowtail sashime at our Tailhunter Restaurant brought in by a fisherman for us to prepare!
Getting live bait has been unbelieveably close…within feet of the beach on the Malecon!
Nothing like fishing in flat waters close to shore!
I won’t say the winter winds are done with us! They are never finished until they are finished, but what a nice week for the winds to take a break! Warm skies and flat waters this past week with some decently good fishing. It’s just difficult during the winter months to predict when we’ll have such nice windows because when it’s bad, it can really be bad.
But, we’ll take what we can get!
The highlight of this past week was the nice yellowtail bite that developed in various areas most notably just north of town around Punta Coyote. Shallow water and just off the beach and rocks there, some nice jags of 15-25 pound yellowtail decided to go on the chew.
The fish ate jigs, lures and live bait which was easy to make right off the Malecon waterfront in just a few feet of water and just a few throws of the cast night . It made for some really good days.
Other species including cabrilla (seabass), snapper, amberjack, jack crevalle and bonito were also hooked and some of the commercial guys are telling me there’s some fast-moving schools of football tuna around Cerralvo Island.
The big pargo liso have also moved into the shallows to spawn around Cerralvo and in the rocky shallow areas around Bahia Muertos and Punta Arenas. Really really tough fish to battle out’ve the rocks and one of the most frustratingly delicious fish!
Also, light tackle and even a few flyfishers are having some fun (wind permitting) around the shallow beaches for smaller roosterfish.
A few dorado are getting hooked here -and-there in warmer patches of water as well.
NASHVILLE to TEXAS to S.CALIFORNIA!
Well…we finished the big show in Nashville TN last week. Flew back to Texas and re-packed then spent 3 days driving to S.California where the biggest fishing show in the world kicks off this Thursday to Sunday. It’s the Pacific Coast Sportfishing Show in it’s 16th year at the Orange Co. Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa!
It’s actually TWO shows. The first one is this week in Orange Co.
Then, we have a week off and then there’s another big show in San Diego at the Del Mar Fairgrounds to wrap up our road tour for 2026.
We still have some great spots open for this year so get in touch with us and we’ll get you set up to fish with us in La Paz! You can reach me directly at:
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