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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Jan. 15-22, 2012

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Whoo-hooooo! Parks from Colorado came up with this nice yellowtail just outside of Bahia de Los Muertos where flat waters kept the hot yellowtail bite rolling with 15-30 pound fish!

Uno mas! A fat jurel (yellowtail) for Bob Day who scored with this off Cerralvo Island. Ideal conditions this past week helped keep the yellowtail bite on the roll, especially around Cerralvo Island.

James "Hawk" Davis is getting to be a regular poster child on the Tailhunter Fishing Report. Thanks to him also so often for such great photos like this one with another yellowtail over the rail.

Close cousin to the yellowtail (and some people say better table fare!) amberjack are also on the feed around Bahia de Los Muertos. Some of these fish can get over 100 pounds. This one by our amigo, Esteban Romero, isn't quite that big, but it's the right size for his grill!

The yellowtail have arrived a bit early this year, but the pargo are also in numbers inshore and on the spawn. Cindy Hunt holds up a tough hard fighting pargo liso (dog snapper). These fish are literally in just a few feet of water and catching one out of the rocks is quite a conquest!

A long way from North Carolina, Floy puts the gaff to one more yellowtail this past week.

Click the link above to get a video-clip view from the inside of the Tailhunter booth this past week at the International Sportsman’s Expo show at the State Fairgrounds in Sacramento. Thanks to everyone who came by to say hi and book their 2012 fishing trips to La Paz! The Tailhunter Road Show now heads north up to the Pacific Northwest to the Washington State Fairgrounds at Puyallup, Washington going on through Sunday. Stop by to say hi and pick up this year’s Tailhunter DVD and 24 page action brochure!

YELLOWTAIL and BIG PARGO KEEP BITING AS LONG AS THE WIND STAYS AWAY!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for the Week of Jan. 15-22, 2012

Great inshore fishing continued to dominate the La Paz/ Las Arenas fishing scene this past week again with continued bent rods on the featured yellowtail and pargo. The fish are surely here a bit earlier than normal. Fish of this quality and quantity usually don’t show up for another month or two! No one’s complaining…except those anglers seeing the reports lately and wishing they were in La Paz waters getting into this great bite.

The week started a bit sluggish for the big boys, but still some nice action on the bonito, cabrilla and smaller pargo. Buy any standards, half-way decent fishing action for this time of year! However, by mid-week the yellowtail were again crashing just off the inside waters around north and south Cerralvo Island plus a nice jag of fish just off Punta Perico in that rocky areas between Muertos Bay and the Las Arenas lighthouse.

These were a nice grade of yellowtail. The larger fish up to 30-40 pound seemed to be closer to the spots around the island. “Smaller’ fish (up to 30 pounds) were the ones taken near Bahia de Los Muertos, Punta Perico and Boca de Alamo just to the south.

Mackerel seem to be the prime bait, but sardines and casting yo yo iron on the fast crank using blue/white; brown bait; and scrambled egg patterns have been steady producers.

In addition to the areas of yellowtail those same rocky areas are still kicking out early-season pargo as well. Some of the fish appear to literally be mere feet from the rocky cliffs and shorelines. But that’s because they ARE that close. I often tell folks it looks like a Japanese kio pond with 10-50 pound fish gone on steroids as the big pargo (snapper) start roiling and boiling in the chum lines and many large fish we never see simply because they are too big and the rocks beneath the surface are too close and can shred mono leaders like mere thread. They’re a frustrating fish!

I’m still hearing reports from the commercial guys of some fast-moving tuna at the north end of Cerralvo Island with fish up to 100 pounds greyhounding. But, none of the sport pangas have been able to get on them. We’ll keep you posted!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jill

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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Jan. 8-15, 2012

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James "Hawk" Davis is one of our regular amigos and living in La Ventana gets out quite a bit. He got into the nice yellowtail bite that has shown up a bit earlier than usual. Note the flat waters behind. Absence of wind seems to be the key!

Showing great form...especially on light tackle, Damon Davis, an experienced skipper and deckhand from S. California visiting his dad, shows how to put the wood to the pargo that have started spawning in the shallow waters near the rocks. Note how close to shore he is and why it's imperative to turn these powerful fish before you get cut off!

....and this is what you get when you do it right and add a smidgen of fishing luck as well. Damon shows off the nice pargo liso off Punta Perico.

First-timer Bob and Captain Fernando fishing off Punta Perico pose for a a photo with one of the fat yellowtail we started getting about 2 weeks ago.

Morning "rush hour" on the Sea of Cortez, just offshore making mackeral for bait out of Muertos Bay before heading to the fishing grounds (Gracias for the foto, Jorge!)

We just wrapped up a completely fantastic week in Denver a the downtown convention center at the International Sportsman's Expo. Probably the BEST Denver show in our 13 years there. Great to see so many old friend and welcome aboard new amigos as well! No we head to the ISE show in Sacramento at the California State Fairgrounds Jan. 19-22nd. Details below!

YELLOWTAIL AND PARGO AGAIN SPARK THE EARLY SEASON BITE!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Jan 8-15, 2012

Despite the full moon, it turned into a pretty decent week of fishing. Except for a few days when it got a bit blustery in the afternoons and it got difficult to stay on the spots, fishing for inshore species remained solid. Big pargo up close to the rocks near Punta Perrico continued to bend rods and break hearts as big fish often took guys into the rocks frustrating even the most veteran anglers. However, as long as we could get the mackerel for bait, big yellowtail also produced south of Muertos around Boca de Alamo and also at the south end of Cerralvo Island. Fish ranged between 20 and 40 pounds with boats taking 1-3 big fish each day in shallow water. Again, that can be problem keeping the fish out’ve the rocks and turning those big heads and shoulders before getting cut off! So, the numbers are sometimes deceiving between the number of hook-ups and the number of fish put into the boxes!

We’ve got some encouraging stray reports of big breezing tuna over 100 pounds and wahoo as well from some of the commercial guys working the north end of Cerralvo Island, however, shakey conditions with rip currents and high winds make it hard to fish the areas. We’re keeping an eye out!

Other species rounding out the counts include sierra, cabrilla, some smaller schoolie roosterfish, lots of bonito and jack crevalle mixed with trigger fish!

NEW VISA REGULATIONS

I’m getting alot of questions about the new VISA regulations that came down the pipe from the Mexican government at the beginning of the year. It requires that you obtain a VISA in addition to your fishing licenses in order to be fishing in Mexican waters. It’s creating alot of confusion and concern and, needless to say, not real good for bringing fishermen into Mexico. Well, for 99.9 percent of you who visit us, you already have your VISA so stop worrying. That little piece of paper they have you fill out on the airplane IS your VISA! So that’s why we always tell you to hang onto it! Take a breath. It’s OK!

SACRAMENTO ISE SHOW

Next stop for the Tailhunter International Road Tour for 2012 will be the California State Fairoungds for the ISE show Jan. 19th to 22nd. This is a mammoth show. It’s the largest fishing / hunting show in Northern California and is an incredible event for anyone who likes the outdoors whether it’s hunting, fishing, boating, off-roading, kayaking, camping and other activities. Hunting dog shows. Seminars. Outdoor cooking. It’s all there. Great day for the entire family. Vendors and booths from around the world like us from Baja, Africa, Asia, Canada, South America and pretty much every state in the U.S. is there. Lots to see and learn. Great food. Lots of exhbits.

Here’s all the details and some great video clips: http://www.sportsexpos.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewlocation&locationnumber=1

If you want discount tickets click this: http://www.sportsexpos.com/contest/survey/index.cfm?surveyNumber=212

Come say hi and pick up our new 24 page brochure and DVD and talk to us about fishing in 2012 in La Paz! Bookings are coming in fast this year so let’s make sure you’re covered! We have some great show specials. Ask us directly at riplipboy@tailhunter-international.com. I know alot of you have your favorite captains and rooms so check with us to make sure they’re not already reserved. We’re looking at a really busy year again!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jill

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La Paz/ La Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of January 1-8, 2012

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Big yellowtail were a big part of the story this past week with fish up to 35 pounds like this solid fish that Roger Thompson took on a trolled deep diving Rapala north of Cerralvo Island.

Kneeling on the sand at Bahia de Los Muertos near La Paz, our amigo, Jorge Romero not only got two slugger yellowtail, but also a nice amberjack as well...usually larger cousin to the yellowtail obviously, the full moon didn't have much effect!

It's a pretty picture of the pangas at sunrise at Muertos Bay, but the key to the photo is how flat the waters are! The key to the good fishing this week wasn't the full moon, it was the fact that the winds laid down most days allowing anglers to get onto the fish!

This lady can fish! Donna Thompson always does well and she worked north point Cerralvo Island for this early season trophy yellowtail.

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Thanks to everyone who came by our booth at the Denver Convention Center at the International Sportsman’s Expo that wound up on Sunday. It was great to see so many of our older amigos and clients as well as meet new amigos and talk about fishing with Tailhunter in La Paz. It was our 12th year hear at this expo and Denver always treats us great! Next stop will be the Califorania State Fairground in Sacramento for the next ISE show! See you there!

EARLY SEASON YELLOWTAIL and PARGO ROCK FISHERMEN FOR FIRST WEEK OF 2012!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Jan. 1-8, 2012

What a way to start off the new year! Winds laid down for the most part and we got a surprise bite of nice fat 20-40 pound yellowtail! The key was the wind. On the days when the wind blew, fishing was scratchy at best, but for most of the week, winds laid down and the little firecracker yellowtail we were catching around the holidays suddenly grew into the big trophy fish we usually don’t see until a month or two from now. But, no one was complaining!

The fish were in several areas. North Point Cerralvo Island held fish. As did the southern area near the lighthouse. The fish were holding off the bottom but could be enticed up with live bait or slow trolling deep-diving Rapalas or Yo-Zuri Magnums (green mack patterns and silver/black patterns worked well). Yo-yo iron in blue/white and brown/yellow also got picke up on the fast retrieve.

Other good areas included Bahia de Los Muertos which rocked up some nice amberjack but the fleet also took fish south of the bay in the shallow drop off areas off Boca de Alamo near the arroyo. Most of these fish were taken on live bait and iron.

But wait!….

It looks like we’ve also got an early run of the schooling spawning pargo liso (mullet snapper) happening already too! Normally, we start seeing the fish around March or April in these numbers, and certainly, they’ll get thicker as the weeks roll in, but at least for this week, they were a big focus for us around Punta Perico near Las Arenas.

The fish we’re getting have been 5-20 pounders, but larger fish are getting lost. It’s hard to tell sometimes since the fish are in shallow waters inshore in rocky areas and a quick pickup and bent rod is often followed very quickly after a few moments with strained line…some grunts…a squealing drag and a POP! As the line breaks! They’re pretty frustrating fish! But no doubt great sport.

At least the good part is that in those same areas are some nice cabrilla (Mexican seabass) as well as some of the smaller yellowtail and rainbow runners showing up too and just offshore, bonito are around to at least provide fun action.

Like I said…The earlier parts of the week the winds were down and we put up good numbers with our pangas getting 10-30 fish caught and released…good fun days! Letting smaller cabrilla and bonito go but plenty of action. Then, the winds came up beginning Thursday and the counts got scratchy again. The local windsurfers love it, but not so good for fishing. Then, late in the week, even with the full moon, the wind settled again and that’s when we started getting the big yellowtail! Hope it holds up!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jill

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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Dec. 19-26, 2011

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The quiet before the holidays? There just weren't that many fishermen out or much of anyone out the week before Christmas. Just as well...it was darned cold and windy earlier in the week.

CRAZY COLD WEATHER FRONT HITS WITH WINDS EARLY IN THE WEEK!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of December 19-26, 2011

Not much fishing earlier in the week when both winds and low temperatures contributed to less than ideal fishing conditions. Night time temperatures dropped unbelievably into the frosty 40’s and daytime temperatures barely above 60 some days. Add blustery wind and it was better for us to tell just some of our fishing clients who had extra days to just hang out in town and wait until things got better. For most, it turned out to be a better move. As the week went on, it settled a bit although remained chilly.

One thing folks forget is that when it’s really windy, it’s not just tough fishing, but also can be very difficult to get live bait which compound efforts. So, later in the week when things calmed down a bit we were able to get some sardines and using both sardines and slow trolling smaller crank baits and shiny spoons, we got into some nice sierra up to about 5 pounds inshore both off Bahia de Los Muertos as well as in La Paz Bay. As well, some decent cabrilla helped top off the fish boxes plus a few stray dorado were caught up to about 10 pounds.

There were report by some of the commercial guys of hooking some tuna near Cerralvo Island, but when we went out to confirm, nothing showed up as rough off-color waters were left over from the winds. We also got reports of some big squid that were caught as well. We’ll keep an eye out!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Dec. 11-18, 2011

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We don't catch alot of these during the prime-time part of the season, let alone the off-season during the winter, but these colorful hard-fighters are called palometa jacks and we've probably gotten more in the last 2 weeks than we've gotten in the last several seasons combined. Schools of the good-eating fish are congregating just offshore at the drop-offs near the reefs and beaches. Tim Zimmer got a handful just off the beach behind him of east Cerralvo Island.

It's a pretty simple formula. When the wind doesn't blow we're still able to get dorado even this late in the season. If the wind DOES blow, it gets pretty scratchy. Verdo Boyd fished with us a number of day over the past week-and-a-half and did a pretty good number on a variety of fish including dorado like this one. She was fishing with Captain Jorge.

Tim Zimmer fished with us a bunch of days since last week and shows off a pretty typical catch right now with a mix of sierra and the occasional dorado. He's posing here on the beach at Bahia de Los Muertos near Las Arenas.

It's been a long and crazy year! However, we count our blessing each day and thank you for being a part of those blessings. Enjoy the holidays and may the new year bring you all things good and thank you for asking us to share in the smiles all these years! You're the best!

ONLY TWO STRONG DAYS OF WIND MAKE FOR SOME DECENT WINTER FISHING

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Dec. 11-18, 2011

The early part of the week was really quite nice fishing. It was cloudy and overcast, but not cold and best of all…not windy! Nice and flat. And the fishing surprised us. Good catches of dorado up to 20 pounds were hitting just out of Bahia de Los Muertos as well as south side of Cerralvo Island. One private boat of amigos went out to the 88 and said it was “unlimited” dorado fishing…”catch and release as fast as we could go full speed!” All of this in winter!

As well, there were the bread-and-butter fish…sierra willing to go as well. Our boats were averaging about 4-15 nice sierra with some up to 5 pounds and when a good school was found, the fish were voracious! In addition to the sierra, we also found some surprising palometa schools which are members of the jack family…sort of like a greenish/yellow jack crevalle. Great fighters and good eating as well! A bit like pompano. Some of the commercial guys out there were thick into the fish.

All of this was while the skies were grey and the winds were flat…

Then, about Thursday, the sun popped out and skies were brilliant. And the winds came back up! And fishing sort of tanked. Bait got hard to find. Fish scattered. Some scratchy sierra and dorado fishing. Really picky bite. And that was it…

Saturday, the winds died down again and the fish popped back up…it’s going to be a typical pattern during the winter. But that’s what it’s like this time of year. Everything is variable and you just have to roll with whatever is biting.

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jill

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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Dec. 4-11, 2011

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Yes! Even tho' it's a tad chilly out there and it's December, we got into dorado again as some of the better conditions of the month came out and the winds laid down allowing us to get some blue-water species like Tim Zimmer's Dorad held by Captain Jorge. The "blue water" fish was only caught about 1/4 mile off shore. Don't have to go far!

It's a completely 180 degree catch! Sierra are thick and normally caught in winter when waters are cold. Dorado are warm water fish that we usually catch in the summer and fall! But both species are hitting this past week with our pangas out've Bahia de Los Muertos with our amiga, Verda Boyd, just retired as a sherrif's officer enjoying her new "permanent vacation status!" Boats were averaging 1-4 dorado per outing and limits of sierra.

BEST CONDITIONS IN AWHILE ALLOW US TO CHASE SOME DORADO WHILE STILL WORKING INSHORE!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Dec. 4-11, 2011

It’s hard to keep calling these wacky weather weeks. It is what it is. It’s winter now. Some days are incredibly windy. They are the kinds of days you just should not be out there. The next day it’s flat and sunny. The next day it’s cloudy. Winds can shift direction half-a-dozen times in a day.

Fortunately, this past week were one of the calmest weeks of the last month or so. The week started out like a wind-tunnel, but just as suddenly, it shut off and we had a number of cloudy, but just slightly breezy days that allowed us to work outside a bit for some species we normally wouldn’t be getting right now in winter.

There aren’t that many fishermen in town right now. It’s that lull between American holidays of Thanksgiving and Christmas. La Paz is getting in to “Christmas mode” with decorations and evidence of the approaching holidays. We’re seeing more trees and lights and other Santa paraphanelia although, in truth, since there’s no Thanksgiving here in Mexico as it’s an American holiday, Christmas decorations started popping up right after Halloween.

Anyway, as far as fishing, on the calm days, like I said, there’s some nice species out there. We continue to find flurries of dorado around both Espiritu Island and Cerralvo Island and some breezing tuna were also encountered in the channel out to Cerralvo. Fish were football 10-20 pounders but moving fast and just a few were caught. Dorado can still be up to 30 pounds, but most are 10 pounders. Roosterfish, sierra and pargo can be found inshore in most places where there’s some kind of underwater structure. The two most prominent species are the sierra where you can load up your fish box pretty fast if you hit the school just right. And then the surprise dorado that are running about 5-15 pounds are producing about 1-4 per day.

We’ll keep you posted! Hope the holidays are treating you right!

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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Nov. 20-27, 2011

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Waters are cooling fast and conditions are changing, but there's still dorado around. Cole Chavira from San Diego took this one this past week fishing out've La Paz

Randy Lyons from Elk Grove, CA, shows the kinda of sierra action we're getting at many inshore places right now

WINTER CONDITIONS BRING SPORADIC FISHING

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Nov. 20-27, 2011

As I’m writing this, it’s raining in La Paz. It’s been an up-and-down week for weather which has reflected in the fishing. Although this is the first real rain, it’s been threatening some days. Other days it’s windy. Other days it’s bright sunny perfect. This is pretty typical for the change-in-season ,but I had to say, it’s gotten cooler faster than I remember. Many of us locals are already wearing jackets and long pants and it never hurts to keep a sweatshirt handy if the winds come up and it gets a little chilly (chilly for us!…the tourist think we’re nuts!).

Anyway, the fishing is pretty much dictated by the weather conditions which obviously dictate the water conditions.

I’m not so worried about a little bit of rain. Yea, it’s cooler and you might get a bit of wet…it never lasts long. But, even when it rains, normally, there’s not alot of wind so you can still get into some decent fishing. If there’s wind, that’s when things are not so good. Wind churns up waves and chop. Wind brings surf and turns up the water, especially in the areas where we have to look for bait in the shallow areas. If the winds are over a few days then the water can get really turned up and green and cloudy. Not so good for fishing…at least not for pelagic species like the dorado and billfish and maybe even some tuna that are still out there…if you can get to them…if the conditions are right…if the water is not turned up and if you can get bait! That’s alot of “if’s”.

But even when it’s windy, at least there’s some good inshore fishing to be had. This past week, we still got into good numbers of sierra, cabrilla and snapper. Some of the sierra this year are already some of the larger sierra I think I’ve seen in awhile. I kid you not when I say, they look like baby wahoo! Teeth and sleek! Some 5 pound sierra are not uncommon. That’s a nice sized fish, especially on light tackle. We’re seeing more and more pargo as well…mostly the barred pargo and yellow pargo/ snapper, but all tough in the rocks and great eating. A few times, we still got into dorado. Good spots are east of Espiritu Santo Island; the south end of Cerralvo Island and around Punta Perrico especiallly on the south end in the ensenada curve by the old Hotel Las Arenas. If you can’t get bait, then trolling smaller feather or skipping the small plastic hoochies on the surface chop gets the strikes. If you only have a little bait, then get a hookup on the trolled lures or feathers then draw the fish in with the live bait!

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving and best fishes for a safe and happy Holiday Season!

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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Nov. 6-13, 2011

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It was all about the winds this week. When the winds laid down, there was some pretty decent dorado fishing like this one that Richard Ogden got out of La Paz

There were a few days this week when it wasn't exactly sunny, as we had some cloudy days, but it was perfect weather minus the wind for lots of sierra for both our La Paz and Las Arenas fleets.

It's late in the season, but there's still some nice dorado to be had around Las Arenas and Cerralvo Island like this one held by Rich McClanahan. One other thing...you pretty much have the whole ocean to yourself these days!

IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE WIND NOT THE MOON THIS WEEK!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Nov. 6-13, 2011

Very slow week of fishing. I thought it was a combination of the full moon plus the strong northerly winds that even forced the port captain to close La Paz boat traffic for part of a day. The old double whammy. It was really scratch fishing. Some dorado. A few sierra. But for the most part, it was a real stretch to get fish.

Then the winds stopped. And we a had a few days of only light breezes…

What a difference!

We still had a full moon. But suddenly we got some breaks in the wind and the fish came to eat! All of a sudden, we got limits or near limits of sierra and dorado with both our Las Arenas and our Tailhunter Fleets. Some of the sierra were nice grade 3-6 pounders. The dorado were likewise some nice bulls up to about 25 pounds.

Inshore up tight over the reefs and outcrops, we got some really nice action on pargo, cabrilla and roosterfish as well.

So, although I was about to say we’ve turned the corner and are officially in “winter fishing” hold everything! Maybe we can squeeze out a few more weeks of fishing out’ve this season because just as we were typing this up, we got some reports from commercial pangeros that there were still some marlin, sailfish and tuna lurking. So…fingers crossed!

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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2011

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Late in the season is a good time to chase the bigger bull dorado we see here in La Paz. What we might lack in quantity with fewer small fish is made up for with larger trophies like these two that Rich Ogden from Morro Bay CA got fishing with Captain Chito north of La Paz.

I don't know how much longer the tuna will be around as waters cool, but both the north and south ends of Cerralvo Island are still producing fish between 25 and 80 pounds although it's getting a big bumpy and windy out there! Our good friends, John and Dolores Ehlers came out from Colorado to spend a week with us and got into some nice fish like those they pose with here at Muertos Bay.

From Utah, Justin and Jarron Cozad had some nice days on the water with us including a good day chasing the dorado around Espiritu Santo Island. Here's two of their catch. That's La Paz in the background.

After several trips to La Paz, Coral Ogden from Durango, CO put her biggest dorado in the boat and had "her best day fishing" with a solid day of big dorado. She was fishing live bait on the west side of Espirito Santo Island.

Captain Archangel with our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet bends to get out of the way of the photo with Justin Cozad holding up another nice yellowfin tuna. Check the flat waters! They were fishing the ridge south of Cerralvo Island chunking drifted dead sardines.

It's been an unusually productive last few weeks on striped marlin and especially sailfish which we usually see in the spring and early summer. For whatever reason, we seem to be hooking quite a few sails which are a nice bonus for many anglers who have never hooked a billfish. Most of them are getting released or breaking off on light tackle. John Ehlers battled this estimated 150 pound sail for 3 hours...his first! This is a BIG sail. They were not able to release it and the meat was donated.

IT’S GETTING COOLER AND WINDIER AS CROWDS THIN BUT FISH STILL BITE!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Oct. 31 to Nov. 6, 2011

It wasn’t a bad week of fishing. It was a really good week for fishing down here. It’s just that there weren’t alot of fishermen. So, overall, the counts might not look that good, but it’s deceiving because there’s just not that many folks fishing this past week! Almost like clockwork, November hits and I think folks are already gearing up for the holidays. There’s a bit of a lull in anglers coming to town. However, those that showed up were treated to finding themselves often the only folks on the hot spots and cooperative fish willing to bite!

For our Las Arenas fleet, the tuna are still there. Both north and south Cerralvo gave up some nice fish with some fish in the 50-60 pound class found at the north end of the island, but a long way to run from Bahia de Los Muertos where our pangas are beached these days. However, if you were looking for quality, that’s where you had to go. The south end of the island that has been a hot spot for the last several weeks still kicked out the 25-40 pounders…a real nice grade of yellowfin and usually about the size that most can handle without busting a back, gut, or fishing rod!

Again, we’re using fresh dead sardines for bait and drifting over the spots. The biggest problem has been a sealion or two that continues to pester and bogart many of the fish that are hooked up. Nothing like watching the big dog take a big tuna right off your line that you’ve been fighting for an hour and leave you with only a head as it swims away and then teases you by tossing the carcass back and forth in front of you! Grrrrrr….

Legally, we can’ t do anything, but some anglers have found that when they see the sealion approach they put their reel into free-spool and at least give their tuna a fighting chance to dive down and escape. It seems to work about 1/2 the time.

As well for our Las Arenas anglers, they’re still finding those big roosters, a nice smattering of late-season sailfish and marlin plus an increasing number of sierra, pargo and cabrilla.

For our La Paz anglers, those fishing north from the city near Espiritu Santo Island are still finding a good quality dorado with some really exceptional bulls being taken up to about 30-40 pounds. Live sardines, caballito and strips of dead bonito are working best. Don’t be surprised either by big sailfish and marlin still moving in the warm waters. Inside the bay where waters are cooling, more and more sierra are being caught.

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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Oct. 9-16, 2011

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It was a pretty good week for long drawn out battles and bent rods! Rod Brown, our Alaska amigo, and popular Captain Jorge who can only watch as the minutes start to pile up!

Typical of this week's tuna, Sed Roldan and Bob Dominguez of Hacienda Hts. CA heft up a few of their yellowfin tuna taken just south of Cerralvo Island. Most days the boats averaged 1-4 of these fish per day, but the fish were a nice-grade 25-45 pound fish that often took close to an hour to put aboard, especially since the fish preferred light line!

John McVay from Valencia CA finds his way to us each year for about 5 days of hardcore fishing. Hard to argue with a first day of 8 fat tuna. Maybe one of the best days that any of our amigos have had all year with the yelllowfin. About day 3, John actually hurt his elbow on these slugger fish and had to beg off his last day to get some therapy on his arm! John's a good angler. These fish can be pretty brutal.

The last thing a sardine sees before it goes into the pie hole of a big tuna! All the way from S. Caroline, Luke strikes a pose with his yellowfin at Muertos Bay.

Most of you reading this report will see this photo and the next and say..."What in the world is THAT?" In 16 years down here, I've rarely gotten to see a photo of one myself, but these are the much sought-after fish called the SNOOK! (ROBALO). Highly treasured gamefish and great eating, they're normally found around structure or in pilings or shallow water or in the channels, of bays or in the mangroves. They are supposedly great eating and can get up to 40 or 50 pounds. In all my years here, only a handful have been caught. Rod Brown and his brother Jeff (photo below) were fishing the island with Captain Joel and they said, all of a sudden, the school of snook came up and tore into them!

Jeff Brown from Minnesota, joined his brother, Rod (photo above) and Captain Joel and show off more of the snook they caught at the island. A remarkable catch. The fish only stayed around for a short while, but you can see how close to shore they were fishing.

We keep getting asked if there are roosterfish still around. Hmmmm...you think? That's Punta Perico in the back. Thanks for our buddy, Roger Thompson, for the shot of Larry Rose from Long Beach with this bad boy that they released. We actually got some nicer grade roosters at the end of the week in the 30-60 pound class.

Oh yea...this one too! Mike Wythe and Captain Hugo with another beast. (released).

Lest you think we're not catching dorado, actually yes...we're getting good numbers of dorado with our La Paz fleet. Dorado have been our bread-and-butter fish. Pretty reliable if you want to have some fun and want some fillets for the cooler! Also, for those who wonder if I still got game and get out on the water...yes I do! This is me and my dad who visited us this week.

Cute couple of the week and also first-timers with us...Lance and Kim Miles from Utah had some good days of fishing with us!

Childhood friends who now live in 3 different states, Jonathan Duc Le, Matt Trinh and Hau Pham from Texas, Colorado and New Mexico try to get together at least once a year. This year they picked us to visit and got into some good doardo and tuna fishing.

Randy Sharon and I went to law school together and it's always great to see him. Captain Armando helps out with this thick fat yellowfin tuna.

It's a long way from S. Carolina to Baja and Jerry Wansack planned the trip for 3 years to make it down...and then made it worth his while by fishing the whole week getting tuna, dorado and roosterfish for his efforts.

WEEKLY FISHING VIDEO CLIPS!

Got some GREAT stuff this week including underwater shots of tuna and dorado. It’s a bit longer than normal, but turn up the sound and check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEq_4b1gydI

FULL MOON KINDER TO US THIS TIME…FISH CHEW NICELY!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Oct. 9-16, 2011

It wasn’t too bad of a week of fishing, alll things considered. (Full moon…high tides…some winds left over from the hurricane!) We were surely a bit nervous as the week kicked off.

First, we were surely watching the full moon which was big as all get-out. Normally, the full moon is no biggie, but this year, I don’t know what it is. The full moon has really played games with our fishing.

Second, we were glued to our web pages and weather channels following 4 different storms to the south of us (including Hurricane Jova that ended up dumping alot of water on Puerta Vallarta) that had our phones ringing and our e-mails buzzing. “Should we cancel our trip?”

Fortunately the storms failed to materialize except for one day of strong winds that stumped the fishing and the full moon didn’t yank our chain too hard…and the fish bit!

The tuna bite off Las Arenas was hardly over-the-top, but it was a decent week for fish in the 25-45 pound shot. These were thick muscular stubborn growling fish. Most folks had a shot at 1 or 2 and that was pretty much it. No mas! Either the bite shut off or folks were done and wanted to fish for something a little more forgiving. I mean, most of these fish were close to an hour to put on the boat! That’s a long time for most people. The bite was off the south end of Cerralvo Island. Some days it started really early. As soon as baits were put in the water…WHAM! Hook up!

Other times, the bonito went crazy until about 11 or so then the tuna moved in. The one hitch in everything was the sardine situation. The sardines are smaller than your little finger. They are so small you can’t put them on a hook without impaling them and killing them so we’re fishing them dead. Just chunking and drifting big handfuls in the water and making the tuna come up for them. Except for one day when we literally got only 1 bonito per boat/day, most days it’s been 1-5 yellowfin tuna per boat/day with our Las Arenas fleet.

With our La Paz fleet, well, the dorado were off just a tad, but overall, still pretty reliable fishing for dorado in the 10-20 pound class with occasional 30 pounders in the box. Sometimes we’d hit a big school and it would be crazy as every rod goes off. Other times, it was a pick bite with 1 here…1 there…and at the end of the day, there would be a box of dorado on the boat. You could never tell. Our hot spots moved from Las Cruces off Cerralvo Island to the waters west of Espirito Santo Island.

With other species we had a nice batch of sailfish and marlin hook ups this week. No one was really fishing for them, but the billfish came up and bit. Most of the fish were lost or released, but made for some good unexpected fun. Also, good bites of pargo , cabrilla and roosterfish, some larger ones late in the week, in the shallows.

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Jonathan and Jilly

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