SOLID FISHING EXCEPT FOR 2-DAY STORM! (Another just missing us)
La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for July 19-27, 2026
SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT
WEATHER: HOT HOT HOT! Had unexpected 2-day storm and some afternoons drizzle (nothing big), but the humidity is pretty crushing. Typical. Stay hydrated. Hurricane Genevieve is missing us but causing big waves.
WATER: The one day we had to pull all our boats off the water and another day, we couldn’t get out’ve the bay, but other than that, the waters settled down and mostly blue and warm
FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Tuna, dorado, sailfish, roosterfish, marlin, wahoo, dog-tooth (cubera) snapper, jack crevalle, bonito, pargo, yellow snapper, cabrilla, rainbow runner, treveally, pompano
MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT
THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY
Time to get off the water. Big waterspout off Las Arenas and a tropical storm kicked down alot of rain for a couple of hours. Messed up the water and fishing for 2 days.
Our own, Jorge Romero, went 4 for 4 on big tuna. Each taking 60-90 minutes while fishing with Captain Gerardo out at the 88 bank.
With Captain Armando, first-timers from San Francisco had just one day to fish with us. Samantha Foxworthy and Ulises Aleman battled these fish into the box! Ulises told me “trout fishing will never be the same!”
A beast of a dog-tooth (cubera) snapper to hold up for the camera! Darrell Manginelli pulled this big guy outta the rocks! Lookit the teeth!
Jet Reef Worsteling with another big roosterfish on the day! Massive fish for our newest Australian amigo. This fish was released.
Rick Chalmers with Captain Armando got this big bull his first day and some good meat to take home!
Cover shot and a great photo of Cristy Worsteling. She can fish! She put this one back and several others into the ocean to get bigger!
The Worsteling Family from Australia…Jet and his dad, Paul who’s a tv show host, author and media producer. They caught 7 big roosters over 2 days and make sure they were all released even jumping in the water to oxigenate the fish!
McKenzie has been staying out at Gary Wagners Rancho Costa in Muertos Bay where we launch and put two nice bulls on the beach!
Long time amigo from Colorado, Lee Carlson, has fished with us for years and finally got his sailfish yesterday. But, as he and Captain Pancho were posing for the shot, the sailfish got in one last crack at him. It’s tail knocked the lens out’ve Lee’s sunglasses! They released the fish and it swam away strongly. (You ca see the lens on the deck)
Dr. Stephen Wang and son, Evan, had been pretty much goose-egged for 3 days, but their last day, they finally hit the honey hole with Captain Gerardo and his son, Jesus! They got 3 big tuna and 2 busted off. See the photo below of Captain Gerardo holding the rod to give them a break!
Captain Gerardo is about 6″4″ and 250 pounds, but even he feels the strain of pulling on these big tuna when Evan or Stephen handed him the rod. These fish battle for at least an hour or more!
We’re getting some wahoo bites here and there, but the only one landed this last period was by Darrell with Captain Pancho.
Funnest new family amigos from Australia…Cristy, Paul and son Jet Worsteling. They released all the fish they caught over 3 days.
Reno NV in the house. Rhett Kopp was visiting us for the first time. At least, I think it’s Rhett behind the bandana! Good catch of schoolie dorado and a small football yellowfin tuna and a triggerfish.
So good to have Lee Carlton and Frank Kunze back visiting us again as they’ve been amigos of Tailhunter for so many years. They tag-teamed this fat tuna for 45 minutes!
From Pennsylvania, Captain Armando was with John Tolucci and his son, Mason, who battled this tuna for almost 2 hours when a big hammerhead ripped into it right next to the boat. There was still enough meat to make sashime and cook some up at Tailhunter that night. The guys are from Pennsylvania.
Mike McCready with Captain Victor. First day…first tuna ever were these sluggers! He didn’t realize tuna pulled so hard! He was fun to have here visiting. Next two days he got into his first schools of dorado!
Love this photo of Samantha and Captain Gerardo. Great smiles and colors!
Jet with a trevally. Good eating, but bravo, all fish were released!
Happiest guy on the water, Paul with another rooster and helping hands from Cristy before releasing the fish.
Swim away to grow even bigger!
Gerardo and Evan with a fresh one!
From the beach at Rancho Costa, Miles, McKenzie and Tyler! Dorado and tuna for dinner!
Ulises and Captain Armando pose with Ulises hard-fought yellowfin!
It doesn’t have to be huge to have fun. Light tackle or a flyrod…these fish are a hoot. Frank with his rooster before a quick release.
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Well…once again, the fishing report is late.
About a week ago, we had a “torito” (baby bull) which is basically a small hurricane that came roaring out’ve nowhere. They are not on any forecast so there’s no way to predict these, but with intense heat and evaporation from warm ocean waters, clouds build up and get saturated and well…they gotta drop all that water somewhere!
So, down it all comes. A small hurricane. They can last for minutes or hours, but torrential rains, thunder, lightning, big waves and, in this case some small tornados and water spouts (see the photo above) . Not a good time to be on the water.
One day, we had to call all the boats in. Another day, they couldn’t fish because of the big waves, so two days it was jacked . Part of town got flooded . Even after an hour of rain, things flood pretty quickly. Big mess. Rockslides, etc . Then it was all gone.
Before the storm hit, fishing had been pretty solid. But, I waited to do a fishing report because AFTER a storm, you never know how fishing will be affected. It could take a few days for the ocean waves to settle down. It can take a few days for all the mud and debris washed into the ocean by the rains to clear up. Waters might have chilled when turbulent seas pull cold water up from the deep.
So, I waited a few extra days. And indeed, that’s what it took for things to calm down. We had some scratchy fishing days.
Then, things got back on track!
Big tuna outside and around Cerralvo Island came back. These are a nice grade of 40-100+ pound fish. Young and mean, for every fish we hooked, we lost 2 or 3 as these fish took difficult battles of almost an hour or two…or three pulling in the hot sun and anglers handling rods back-and-forth between themselves and the captains.
Both the north and south ends of Cerralvo Island were producing as well as at the 88 spot. Some of the fish were running with the porpoise schools and other times the schools just came crashing all around the pangas in huge boils. There were also some schools spotted out by the Charro Bank north of La Paz as well.
If our boats hooked them, most of the time only 1-2 fish came into the boats and like I said, many just broke off or came unbuttoned.
Big dorado up to 40 pounds also came back nicely, but some funner school-sized fish are finally showing up. These are great action fish going 5-15 pounds which provide alot more action especialy for less experienced anglers. Rather than maybe 1-2 big fish, it’s alot more fun when there’s a whole school of dorado boiling around the boat and everyone is hooking them furiously and often getting limits of fish.
I was also surprised that just when I think the big roosterfish are gone a number of big 50-100 pound roosters were caught and released this week. Normally, the big roosters have moved off about this time.
Several sailfish and marlin were hooked and either released or broke off. Also had several wahoo bites, but only one fish got put in the boat.
As I write this, we have other weather news.
Hurricane Genevieve is churning outside the western side of Baja. It’s kicking up quite a storm and is currently a Cat 4 hurricane. It’s NOT coming up the Sea of Cortez, but it’s presence is being felt by big waves and strong winds being pushed up at Cabo and into the Cortez.
So, today and maybe tomorrow, we’ve had to cancel all our Las Arenas boats and everyone has to fish out’ve La Paz. It’s a good thing we have two fleets, but it IS messing up everyone’s fishing plans, but at least, so far, we have not had to cancel anyone getting out on the water.
Also, real important, I can’t stress enough that it’s HOT! The forecast are showing 101-103 each day. However, with the intense humidity we have right now, the real temps have been hitting 115-120 degrees! So, it is incredibly hot. I’m advising everyone to stay hydrated and, if you don’t have to be in th sun to stay in the shade!
La Paz – Las Arenas/ Bahia Muertos Fishing Report for Week of July 8-16, 2026
SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT
WEATHER – Hot! It’s officially summer. Sunny most days, but even when the clouds cover up, the sun burns through and the humidity makes it like walking through steam. Stay hydrated!
WATER – It’s warm and blue mostly. Some days incredibly flat and in the afternoons when the winds start blowing in to cool off, it kicks up some whitewater chop.
FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK – Tuna, dorado, roosterfish, sailfish, blue marlin, striped marlin, pargo, cabrilla, dog-tooth snapper, bonito, jack crevalle, cabrilla, trevally, pompano, rainbow runner
MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT
THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…
Hard to balance a big tuna on the cutting table! Don Vargo from Ohio had his big tuna scale at 87 pounds. The others are legit as well. John Doan helps with the pose. They were with Captain Pancho.
Captain Armando put Scott and Jeanne Tunnicliffe on a pair. She says her dorado is longer. Scott counter by claiming his fish is heavier! Really great folks!
Jake Sybesma has been fishing with us for alot of years. He’s 21 now and did a number on this bull dorado.
Rex Smith from Arizona has been fishing with us for 20 years. Good day with a big bull dorado and a hefty yellowfin tuna.
Eric Granado and Bruce Sakamoto get a hand from Captain Armando.
Cash Sheikh…first time with us and first day on the water with Greg Goldner took this big blue marlin! He generously donated much of the meat!
Kendall Millspaugh was visiting with 3-year-old Weston. They went out ON THEIR OWN with Captain Victor like rock stars and she landed 2 big yellowfin tuna and 2 dorado! Pretty amazing feat! We’ve known Kendall since she was probably in high school back in Washington.
Marc Bartell and Bryan Gadol…quite a haul of bull dorado to get into the freezer!
My grandson, Nolan Reid from Texas with his uncle Jarrett had a grand day with Captain Rogelio and Licho fishing the rocks around Espirito Santo Island pulling up pargo, cabrilla and triggerfish “all day long” according to Nolan! He told me he also “caught the most!” 😁👍
Britt Wagner and Tyler Witmarsh caught and released 5 of these 50-pound-class roosters while staying out at Rancho Costa at Bahia Muertos.
Adam Carr first time…first tuna…2 hours. From Texas. Tough fish! He tag-teamed with Al Reid to get the fish to gaff.
Good to have Len Weaverling back and he started things right with Captain Victor and Victor’s grandson, Christian. Check out the 2 big tuna and 2 bull dorado.
Our daughter, Diana Pfost, from San Diego, always such a joy to have her visit shows off one of her tasty pargo the put in the box off Espirito Santo Island.
Our own Brian Reid back fishing with us from Texas caught and released this rooster right off the beach near the Punta Arenas lighthouse. Brian released the fish.
The Wagner clan and friends on a fish harvest day while staying at Gary Wagner’s place at Rancho Costa there at Bahia Muertos.
Captain Victor and grandson Christian help pose with Curtiss Kodama and Mike Navarro and their tuna and 2 dorado on the beach at Bahia Muertos.
Young Braedon Pierson from San Diego has fished with us since he was about the size of a big bonito, but now at 11, he’s pulling his own fish! Check out the big bull he landed all by himself and the fish even snapped his fishing rod so they had to handline it in!
Julie Reid from Texas and dad, Al from New York were with Captain Boli when they got limits of dorado plus lots of action from the bonito!
Just a great shot suitable for framing! Miles Wagner and his dad, Gary. This is a big dorado. I think Miles stands about 6’5″.
Mike Lu fished by himself with Captain Armando . Check out the banner day of 3 big yellowfin tuna!
Mike Lu straining to battle a big tuna…turn up the sound! The agony is real!
Before he started fishing, the last thing Darrell Manginelli said before fishing was, “I do NOT want big tuna. I have caught them before and they kill you!” Check out his big tuna with amigo, Alex Mount! They were with Captain Pancho.
Mark Liebrecht, somewhere behind the dorsal fins, finally caught his roosterfish! Mark released the fish.
Captain Gerardo photo bombs John Bailey and his son (also John) and their load of yellowfin. That’s alot of meat to take home! It didn’t all fit in their coolers so John left about 20 pounds since he’s coming back to fish in about 3 weeks!
Just another good day and a load of tuna or Eric and Bruce.
Sydney Wagner rocked this big tuna all by herself while staying at her place at Rancho Costa.
Erin Carey and Daniel Kodama put these two pretty fish in the boat while fishing last week with us.
Braedon and grandpa Jim Bovee each wth a bull dorado fishing with Captain Boli while going out’ve La Paz Bay.
The man…the legend…Gary Wagner at his place at Rancho Costa at Bahia Suenos with a hefty barred pargo.
Good to see Mike Hanson from Oregon down here again. MIke got 2 sailfish released but kept this fat yellowfin.
Great shot. Great fish! Miles has had a good week. Check the fish and all the colors. Makes for a great photo and some great eating!
Sam and Jake Sybesma sneak down each summer for 2 days of fishing. This was their 2nd day…pretty good haul!
John Doan (front) gets a hand from Don Vargo with John’s first ever sailfish. The guys are from Ohio.
Curtis Kodama has an avocado orchard in S.California and for sure took some nice chunks or dorado home!
Picture says it all! Young Asher Pierson.
Jake is all smiles hanging his yellowfin tuna.
First time…great time! We’ve been trying to get Julie Reid lured from Texas to come visit us! She rocked it for several days of fishing like this big dorado!
Oops…all that fight then a big shark bites off the back half! Kevin Hart got the better half!
Two of my favorite guys! Brian Reid and his dad Al! Got some fish to take home!
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OK…yes, I know this is late…again. It’s been about 10 days since the last report instead of the usual week. However, as I tried t explain in the vide above, there are just so many photos to edit. I get about 200 photos a week and I want to make sure everyone who wants to get into the report with their great catches gets in!
There’s only so much space as well plus it takes about 2-3 days to put the report together and new photos keep showing up each day. Only takes 10 minutes to do the video, but that also has to be edited and oh…yea…I’ve got 10-20 guests fishing a day plus divers, snorkelers, families, etc. so my apologies that this report is later than usual!
But darnit…look at the photos!
We’ve had some good solid days of fishing since the last report. Maybe one of the better periods of the season. It’s a very different season.
The weather continues to be erratic. Still a bit unpredictable, but this past period, it was at least more consistent. In a few words…hot…humid…calmer bluer waters. Some cloudy days and a few days when the afternoon winds made it rougher than we would have liked and even some rain in the mountains and in the afternoons, but all of that being said, it was some of the most consistent conditions we’ve had all season.
FYI…it’s only going to continue to be warm , hot and humid. We’ll also start getting more rains in the afternoons and maybe even some small storms. Fingers crossed that we don’t get a hurricane this year or two. We can only hope!
But, fishing wise…lots of slugger slab yellowfin tuna were the highlight. Most of the fish ranged from. 40-80 pounds. These are tough fish. Many were 1-2 hour battles. Many fish were lost. There were other fish over 100 pounds that broke off after long battles. There were other tuna that were never even seen…just a battle until it broke off. Estimated 100-200 pound fish. In a few cases, sharks took the embattled fish after long fights and just bit off a chunk or took the whole fish! (There’s alot of sharks these days for some reason)
Big dorado up to about 40 pounds are still here as well although funner school-sized patches of smaller dorado have shown up. Likewise, still quite a few striped and blue marlin here and just when I thought the big roosterfish were gone, we hooked and released some 40-70 pounders.
In all honesty, the photos above represent the highlights. These are the fish that were CAUGHT. It obviously does not show the fish that were lost! And probably half the fish that were hooked were lost. These are big and powerful fish for a reason!
Again, without sugar-coating, every day there are boats that are not hooking anything even if they are in the middle of other boats getting hooked. Every day some boats come back with nothing. Either they never got bit or they hooked a big fish and lost it after a long battle. That’s just fishing.
Or, your buddy might hook a fish and fight it for a long time, but you can’t do anything but watch and cheer. By the time the fight is over, the school has already moved on. So, there might just be that one chance!
In most cases, I hear the anglers passing the rod back and forth between themselves and the captain!
But, I will say that if you’re fishing several days with us like most of our guests, you might have an off-day, but you’ll make up for it another day. Everyone who wants fish is going home with fish.
The season is about 1/2 way done now. If you’d like to come down, get in touch with us! We’ll put your whole vacation package together.
That’s my story!
Jonathan and and Jilly
Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter Sportfishing www.tailhunter.comMexico Office:
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755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico
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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Week of June 30-July 7, 2026
SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT
WEATHER: Finally feeling more like summer. It got hot! Still not has hot as normal, but you can feel the change. Much more humidity, but we still have some erratic strong winds that affect the water and fishing.
WATER: Mostly warm and blue these days, but if the winds are blowing, there have been some rough days when you’re gonna get bounced and wet.
FISHING HOOKED THIS WEEK: Dorado, roosterfish, striped marlin, blue marlin, sailfish, tuna, dog-tooth snapper, pargo, yellow snapper, triggerfish, cabrilla, trevally, bonito, jack crevalle
ON A SCALE of 1-10 (10 is best): Fishing was mostly a 4-6.
MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT
THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…
Isaac Cortez is our buddy who hasn’t been here in many years. Great to see him back and check out this huge roosterfish. What you can’t see in the photo is that they’re only about 20 yards from the rocks!
OMG…middle of the group (white hat), Steve Braslavsky, admitted he doesn’t have a whole lot of fishing experience. However, he was with Captan Victor when he hooked and battled this massive blue marlin for 4 grueling hours off Cerralvo Island. Epic job, Steve! Much of the meat was donated.
Big bull for our Reno amigo, Tim Tyger who had himself a banner day with dorado and tuna.
Roger Kenner looks a little disheveled after battling this big yellowfin tuna as well he should…these fish are tough. Son Brent helps out. Their first time visiting us and are from N. Dakota.
Our roostefish king from Washington, Steve Bryant come down every year for almost 3 weeks and all he does is fish for big roosters. Like this one. A little more difficult this year, but Steve came through and pulled several huge roosters aboard and released all of them.
Captain Victor with David Dunmire who fished 2 days and caught this striped marlin (released) as well as several of those big dorado.
Tamar Bartz from N. Dakota is quite the the outdoors woman as an accomplished bow hunter, rifle hunter and angler. She sure had a great week with us. Take a look at this big cubera (dog-tooth) snapper. When she caught it, even Captain Pancho said…”Wow…I never expected THAT!” 😳
From Maryland, it was great to have Holly Butler and her family back. Despite some really tough fishing, she never stopped smiling and hung in there and ended up with quite a variety of fish to take home including tuna, dorado and this trevally that ended up as some tasty ashimi at out Tailhunter Restaurant.
First day was a good day for Andy Vasquez…two bull dorado and this striped marlin.
Brian Kadrmas and Tamar Bartz show off 4 big bull dorado fishing with Captain Pancho. They also released quite a few more!
All the way from Pennsylvania, Bill Ruddock battled this big yellowfin and came back saying, “No more tuna please!”
Boise, Idaho in the house! New friends, Dave and Nolan Kerby had a good day with Captain Hugo. Three big dorado and a big tuna to get into the freezer.
Good way to end a full week with us…Brent Kenner and his dad Roger with more dorado to take home!
Captain Armando and Chad Legg with his big bull. Always great when Chad visits us from Washington. One of the happiest guys down here!
Captain Boli gives Austin Nicodemus a hand with his sailfish off Espirito Santo Island taken in shallow water. Austin was here celebrating his 25th anniversary from Colorado.
You don’t have to go far to get trophy fish! Holly and Captain Jorge pulled this hog doado just off the rocks at Punta Perrico.
The “Original” Dan Hernandez holds up and poses with another trophy dorado.
Retired Dr. Tom Hall poses with a fat-bellied roosterfish that Captain Armando claims is easily over 100 pounds. Tom wasn’t so certain, but for sure, it’s a big big fish! Tom released it after the photo.
Read the caption of the photo then look at the marlin in the following photo
Check out these two photos. Tom Lucas is a pretty good fisherman. Look at this huge blue marlin Tom caught and then look at the little bass rod and reel he used to battle this fish. Hero stuff!
Check out the head on Dave Ruddocks dorado! It looks like an alien! Quite the trophy. Captain Pancho approves!
Oh yea! A good day for Tim…two slugger tuna and two big boy dorado! He was pretty happy! His first time with us!
Chrisi Nicodemus with Captain Boli and their 2nd sailfish of the day. It was sure fun having her and her husband down here last week!
At the 11th hour after a tough day of fishing, Nolan Kerby got his roosterfish with Captain Moncho right off the sand near Punta Arenas. Nice catch and a successful release!
Brodie Sicoff is just 17, but he pulled mightily for over an hour to get this big yellowfin into the boat!
Isaac is pretty happy with this fresh one!
Kinda funny! It looks like Sean Allen is trying to lick the dorsal fins of his roosterfish or he had trouble hefting it for the photo with Captain Moncho. Sean released this fish.
Captain Moncho poses with Joe McGarry from Paso Robles CA and his roosterfish. Quick photo and release!
Great colors! Great fish. Frameable. Tamar and her roosterfish!
Bret and Brodie Sicoff with Captain Jorge trying their best to pose with this sailfish so they can get it back in the water! They had a spectacular 3 days of fishing!
Holly and Captain Jorge! Just another bull dorado for our amiga from Maryland!
Bert Butler poses with one of his roosterfish just off the rocks at Punta Perrico. They had some tough days, but hung in there and came through their last 2 days.
Brian Kadrmas was just here last May and came back again for more fish and had a good run this week of tuna, dorado, roosterfish and marlin! Brian lives in N. Dakota.
Andy with the 2nd of two big roosters on the day!
I think this beautiful dorado is longer than Tamar is tall. What a great fish!
Steve, the Rooster King, still holds the crown.
Maybe one of my favorite photos of the week. Holly Butler and Captain Jorge. Holly’s first tuna gave her a run for her money, but she got it to the boat! Great colors!
Austin went back to Colorado with a good batch of meat. Another dorado in the box!
Captain Pancho and Tamar again! Our amiga landed some great fish this week. The marlin and many dorado were released.
Just like last week’s report some notes before you read on and start sending me e-mails:
You’re gonna see alot of billfish photos. More than ever! I’m seeing more billfish in the last 2 months than in the last 10 years combined. These are just a fraction of the billfish we hooked this week. 90% of the fish either break off or the guests release them. When they decide to take them or can’t be released more-often-than-not the guests donate most or all of the fish to needy locals.
We are still releasing all of the roosterish.
We are hooking alot of sharks! But, there’s no photos of them in the gallery. We do not bring them into the boat. Strange to see so many sharks!
Here we go…
Well, for the first time, it seems like we had more of a normal summer week. The pesky winds that have been plaguing us all season, diminished somewhat . They’re not completely gone, but as far as the weather since the last report, they didn’t tear us up as much.
There were still some gusty times that did make it a bit bouncy on the waters and every afternoon the Corumuel winds kick in from the south as the heat rises, but by then everyone is pretty much off the water and the wind is a cooling breeze which is very welcome given the heat that has finally hit.
It’s still not “summer” heat with temps mostly in the high 90’s instead of the hundreds, but you can fell the intensity of the sun and the humidity has also risen. I’m constantly warning and advising our guests to stay hydrated, even if they don’t feel thirsty. And especially if they’ve been out fighting fish.
…and there have been some massive battles!
Even with the residuals of a full moon…
The best fishing continues to be with our Las Arenas fleet. That’s the majority of the photos you see in this week’s gallery. With our La Paz fleet, it’s still somewhat scratchy. There are some schoolie dorado and tuna finally showing up as well as some billfish, but also alot of the fishing has been over the reefs for triggerfish, cabrilla, pargo and snapper.
Las Arenas and Cerralvo Island still tends to be the land of the beasts.
Unlike other years when the fishing has been relatively close, the best honey hole has been a long run to the south or east side outside of Cerralvo Island.
The area continues to yield big dorado, striped marlin, blue marlin and hefty tuna.
Here’s the thing. Compared to other years when everyone is usually hooking 3, 4, 5 or more fish, it’s not like that this year. We’re only getting 1-3 fish PER BOAT. Not per person. For one, there’s just not that many fish. For another reason, the fish are just plain bigger!
If you get hooked on a big tuna or marlin or dorado this year, you could easily be in a battle for 1, 2, 3 or more HOURS!!! About 50% of the fish are being lost due to being tough fish; angler inexperience; or just plain bad luck. Or, alternatively, by the time you get the fish to the boat, you’ve already lost the school or moved off the spot. Or you’re just too darned tired!
There are days when 1 or 2 boats do not catch fish. They are in the right spot and around other boats catching fish, but can’t get bit. That’s just the way it is. There are days when some anglers do not catch fish. If your buddy hooks and fights a fish for 2 hours, there’s not much you do except cheer and drink beer and be patient.
Not everyone is hooking fish. Not every boat is hooking fish. The next day, things could easily turn around and the boat that was hot one day goes cold the next. And vice versa.
But, if you get hooked, chances are you’re into a trophy or the biggest fish of your life.
Marlin are running up to 300 pounds. Tuna are averaging 40-80 pounds and some larger ones tht are lost, we have no idea because we never see the fish. We have had some 200+ pound tuna this year. Dorado continue to show up with 30-50 pound bulls although we’re seeing more school-sized fish in the counts. Roosterfish have been 40-60 pounds, but we’ve taken and released some fish that go triple-digits. We release all of them so we’ll never be completely sure, but they are big fish nonetheless.
The thing is…if you have a bait in the water, you just don’t know what will bite these days. We have caught tuna, wahoo, and billfish in shallow water near shore. Dog tooth snapper where the roosterfish are. Dorado over the reefs. Pargo in deep blue waters. It keeps it interesting and fun.
We’ll keep you posted!
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
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