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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of June 5-12, 2026

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WORST/ BEST FISHING EVER?

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Week of June 5-12, 2026

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT

WEATHER: Very erratic. Changes from day-to-day or even by the hour. Windy…calm…hot…cool…cold. Unpredictable and crazy. Big effect on the fishing.

WATER: Directly affected by the weather. Cooler than normal and some times very rough. Other times very flat. Can be clear blue or dirty. Strangest conditions I have ever seen.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Tuna, dorado, wahoo, roosterfish, blue marlin, striped marlin, sailfish, dog tooth snapper, yellow snapper, cabrilla, barred pargo, triggerfish, pompano, rainbow runner, amberjack,

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Now THAT’s a haul! No tiny fish for Ab and Ab Jenkins with Captain Armando!

Nice haul for the Millman family from Montana…Jonathan, Abby and Parker!

Gary Van Roekel with one of his roosters on the day for a photo and release.

Love this photo of first-timer Grant Grigsby from Oklahoma with this trophy cabrilla!

Captain Hugo with one of the TWO wahoo Jim Gibson and Bill Dargen hooked off the south end of Cerralvo Island. A nice tuna and dorado also on the cutting table!

John Eide with Captain Victor put this massive bull dorado on a handscale and it was just a shade under 54 pounds!

Yea…it’s a bit heavy after you’ve been fighting it and your arms are shaking! Esteban tried to get it off the deck for the photo!

Captain Victor and John Grigsby with his first (and fat) wahoo and a nice bull dorado as well. John was visiting us again from Kansas.

Our long-time amigo from Portland with Captain Pancho and a rooster estimated at about 80 pounds. Caught and released after the photo.

The Schultz family from San Diego, on their first visit with us, had a productive day on the dorado. Arnold Schultz with wife Crystal, son Austin and buddy CJ Surbey. They already booked a return trip for September!

This is a poster shot! Bob Peterson from San Diego just wanted one rooster…he got 7 over 2 days and 5 over 50 pounds and this one probably well over 80 pounds. All fish released.

Love this photo of young Hudson Millman with grandpa Ray Millman. Ray his fished with us numerous times from S.California, but Hudson came out to visit from Montana and helps young Hudson with his roosterfish before releasing it.

Mike and Kevin Vigil from Utah were part of the fun Kevin Shield group and started with a good run on 3 bull mahi for the day!

Texas in the house. Mark Hinds from Waco TX and Lee Barnett from Austin TX. visiting us for the 2nd time had a good start to the week!

All the way from Minnesota for just a quick 2 days of fishing, Pouyan Salehi brought his dad and son along and their first day was productive for big bull dorado.

The Dixon brothers had several days of big fish like this!

Captain Jorge was with Russ McLellan and Shaun Mulligan when Shaun hooked this big blue marlin on light tackle and battled it for 5 hours!

Roy Okimoto never stops smiling. Nice dorado right up against the entry at Bahia Muertos.

Terry and Terri Mehlhaff were visiting for the first time from Reno NV and are taking home a nice bit of meat after 3 days of fishing.

Esteban doesn’t get too many chances to get on the water, but made the most of it with a big bull dorado at at the end of the day this short fat wahoo! He told me a big blue marlin also busted the line!

Roger “Smiley” McCracken and Shelton Donnell…two of the bestest amigos to us at Tailhunter for more than 25 years! Both are from Oregon.

Carson and Matt…these two guys can fish! San Diego boyz and way fun. Good day on the bulls!

Always a great day when the youngsters get to pull on fish! Young Austin Shultz from Texas now living in San Diego with a sweet roosterfish. Caught and released. Well done, Austin!

Canada visiting us for the first time, Fraser Putnam was a hoot to have here in La Paz fishing with us. Pretty good day on the bull mahi!

Getting smacked in the face and hidden is Joe Treves from Beverly Hills getting some help from Fraser Putnam on handling Joe’s big 150 pound tuna! It’s a fat boy fish!

Just a great photo of Arnold Swartz with son, Austin, and best amigo, CJ…check out the big pompano and trophy cabrilla. They were with Captain Rogelio on the La Paz side fishing north of the bay.

Bob Peterson…just 1 of 7 big roosters! YEOW! Look at the calm water and how close to the beach they are! He was with Captain Pancho.

Gary Van Roekel battled this striper on light tackle that shattered his rod and he and Captain Efrain had to hand line the fish to the boat after an hour fight on the fish estimated at about 150 pounds. They were unable to relase the fish and donated the meat to the locals.

Our buddy, Andrew Harrison from Portland with Captain Victor and more dorado slabs to take home!

What a haul! George and Louie have been our Tailhunter family for decades. With Captain Victor…dorado..a striper marlin…and a big tuna!!! YEOW! Victor has some fish cleaning to do!

Happiest guy of the week…John Grigsby with the gaff and another big bull!

Ray Millman and grandson Hudson! Ray was just here 3 weeks ago with other friends. Then came back with family!

Big cabrilla in the boat for Tate Jennings! Great eating and this is a great trophy-sized cabby!

Tyson and Tim Patry were fun to have visit from Utah with a big group of great amigos!

Rusty with his big roosterfish. Quick photo then back in the water with it!

Alex went sub-surface with the spearguns and freedove for this big wahoo and then in the next photo a hefty amberjack. Great shots! These guys are great athletes diving down and holding their breaths while hunting!

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OK…here we go…good news and bad news.

Let’s do the bad news first and get it out’ve the way.

Fishing is not good. Fishing is not easy. So far, this has been one of the worst and most erratic seasons I have seen in 31 years here running our fishing operation.

Weather has been erratic. Totally unpredicatable. It should be hot and calm these days with a bit of afternoon breeze. Instead, we have cold mornings…warm mornings…windy mornings…calm mornings…flat seas…rough seas. Winds coming from the south, change to the west, change to the north. They can blow furiously. Then suddenly die. Then start up again for an hour. Then die.

Waters are blue and warm in some spots. Cold in others. We never got the sargasso bloom we expected.

This has all affected the entire fishing chain.

Bait can be extremely hard to find, get or buy. One day you get it. Next day you spend 2 hours looking for it or trying to catch it. One boat gets enough to fish. The boat next to it, can’t find anything.

So, right up the line…for catching fish.

Hard to do if you don’t have live bait or a limited supply. Gotta make every piece count. Or the baits are so tiny, they barely fit on a hook.

We are having to run for for bait. We are having to run abnormally far looking for fish. Again, we have some days where the fish disappear or lockjaw. Or one boat has an epic day and two other boats get goose-egged. Or the next day, the ocean blows up with fish.

Normally, this time of year, we should be getting limits or near limits of fish per boat. Anglers would be catching and often releasing 3, 4, 6, 8, or more fish each with a great mix. Now, the fish-per-rod count is about 1 or 2 on the average. Not so great.

Let’s get that out’ve the way right now. All the great photos in the fishing reports…those are all the highlight touchdowns and home runs on the Sunday night sports wrap up. You don’t see the foul balls, broken plays, fumbles, missed tackles, strikeouts and airballs. So, it LOOKS like great fishing. It’s not! You could come down and have some really junk days.

That’s fishing. That’s just the way it is right now.

NOW THE GOOD NEWS….

Everyone is catching fish. Everyone who wants to take home fish is taking home fish. In some cases they are taking home way more fish than they thought.

Why the paradox?

Well, you might not catch alot of fish. You might only catch 1 or 2 fish a day.

But, the fish you catch just might be the fish of a life-time. It might be the biggest personal best fish ever. It could be the biggest and longest fish-battle ever! You could hook into a trophy.

The fish are huge this year! They are on steroids!

Dorado are normally 5-15 pounds this time of year. Look at the photos! The dorado are runing 20-50 pounds. Last year, we barely had any dorado over 20 pounds. This year, 30-40 pound fish are the norm!

Tuna are usually football-sized 10-30 pounders. This year, there aren’t many, but we’ve taken a half-dozen fish between 100-200 pounds and several between 200-300 pounds that took hours and 2-3 persons battling the big fish.

Wahoo…we’ve caught more in the last 3 weeks than in the last 5 years combined. Like the other fish, they’re monster fish. Usually, they are 20-40 pounds. This year, we’ve had 50-80 pound wahoo.

Marlin are biting as well. So are sailfish. Striped marlin up to 150 pounds. Blue marlin in the 200-400 pound class. Sailfish over 100 pounds. More billfish this year than the last decade put together .(Most are getting released or busting off. We did have one get nailed by a shark as the angler was fighting it). We have several billfish break fishing rods in half!

Oh…and roosterfish…the small ones have been 40 pounds. The larger ones are pushing 100 pounds. Just off the IGFA record of 115 pounds. All are getting released so we’ll never know.

This does not begin to count the fish that are lost or broken off or released!

So, yes, everyone has fish to take home, but 1 or 2 of these beasts can easily fill an ice chest with huge slabs of meat! So, you may just have one shot at these fish so you need to bring your “A” game and be ready. You won’t get many chances!

Also, fortunately, most folks are fishing several days. So, you might have a crummy day or two, but then hit the honey hole on your other days. Just expect that there CAN be some bad days and keep hanging in there. The captains are working hard to put you on fish.

If you’re just fishing one day like some folks…well…then that’s your shot and hope for the best!

That’s my story. As honest as I can get it. I don’t wanna sugarcoat what can’t be sugarcoatesd. Just like putting lipstick on the proverbial pig. It’s counterproductive. But, if you don’t fish, you definitely won’t catch anything!

Jonathan

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter Sportfishing
www.tailhunter.com

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of May 26-June, 4, 2026

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FULL MOON SLUGGERS

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Week of May 26-June 4, 2026

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT

WEATHER: It actually was cooler this week dropping down in the daytimes to the high 80’s or lower 90’s. Mostly sunny. Still dealing with problematic winds that should have dissipated over a month ago. Nights are still comfortable. Can be chilly and breezy in the mornings.

WATER: If the winds are blowing, it can be rough. Should be flat calm this time of year, but the winds keep popping up. Affects fishing as well as getting live bait.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Dorado, tuna, wahoo, striped marlin, blue marlin, sailfish, barred pargo, pargo liso, dog-tooth snapper (cubera), roosterfish, cabrilla, sierra, pompano, trevally, triggerfish, yellow snapper, jack crevalle, bonito.

FISHING on a SCALE of 1-10: 6

THE MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…(largest fishing gallery ever!)

Long-time Tailhunter fish brothers of ours…Jason Correia and John Stone from San Diego with plenty of dorado meat on the day!

Somewhere behind that dorsal fin is a very happy Sam Hernandez who finally got his big rooster! Fish was released. Maybe 80 pounds?

Captain Armando with Pepe Valdivia and Rich Glover from San Diego area on their first visit to us. Big dorado and a striped marlin that could not be released. They donated the meat.

Captain Pancho put Carlos Sanabria and Mike Shaw on the hat trick…a dorado…a wahoo and big yellowfin tuna! Carlos and Mike come every year.

Randy Choate…one of our bestest from Boise ID, spent several weeks with us. He already had the meat from a 230+ pound tuna and a bunch of huge dorado in our freezers. His last day fishing he went for “smaller fish.” Instead, he hooks this big blue marlin with Captain Julio!

These gents have been fishing with Tailhunter over 25 years. Roger “Smiley” McCracken and Shelton Donnell from Oregon hooked both these tuna at the same time with Captain Pancho and battled over 2 hours with fish pulling in opposite directions. Estimated 120-130 pound yellowfin.

Craig Wong…another big bull for the box. Caught at the buoys backside Cerralvo Island.

Twin brothers, Micah and Alex Cascone…Micah from Philadelphia and Alex from Orange Co. were with big group of friends for Alex’s bachelor party. Alex with the dorado and Micah with the unusual pargo liso (mullet snapper) which is usually a cold-water fish! Both tasty and ended up for dinner at our Tailhunter Restaurant.

All smiles. Captain Joel and Mike Shaw. Dorado finally starting to show north of La Paz.

Our flyfishers are having a tough time with the continuing winds and have persevered and been patient. Like Libby Wolfensberger from San Francisco finally got a rooster in the shallows.

Yea…even in this strange year…oversized wahoo south end of Cerralvo Island. All the fish seem over-sized this year. Not as many, but it’s quality over quantity. Captain Jorge lends a hand…and a thumb! Part of Alex Cascone’s bachelor group! Great guys.

Captain Gerardo has been hot putting guys on the big dorado like these 4 beasts ready to fillet.

Marty Levy cradles a big-girth roosterfish before releasing it after the quick photo.

Amigo, Al Beilstein has been with us many times and looks happy with this nice rooster or is straining to hold it for the photo. Either way, nice fish, Al! Quickly released too!

Trophy dorado! One more for the freezer for Mark Njaa from Reno NV area. His 2nd time with us.

Seb and Rich…two fun guys on their first trip withus…a striper and sailfish. Could not be released. With Captain Armando. Much meat was donated.

Captain Jorge with our attorney Ed Bull from Arizona and John Colborn a district judge in Nebraska. John isn’t smiling, but he was way funny here. His first time and Ed’s 2nd visit!

More of the great gang that came for Alex Cascone’s bachelor trip…look at the size of these bulls!

Micah Cascone really wanted that roosterfish. On the last day, after several days of catching other species, he finally got this nice fish for the photo and released it.

Smile says it all! First fish of the sunrise for Rich Glover. First visit from San Diego.

Captain Armando with Pepe and Rich…another day…more fish for the freezer!

Karen Scarpulla and Captain Moncho finally got one on the flyrod . Big continuing winds make it hard to get bait and throw the flyrod, but Karen and friends kept at it.

Bo Smith reserved this trip when he was in Japan! Not a bad way to start the fishing week. More big bulls!

Geoff Baynes was only able to fish a few hours, but made the most of it!

Roger and Shelton again…what a day. They still had 3 more days to fish!

Tatum Widmer and his dad, Treve got nice pair of mahi. Earlier in the week, Tatum battled his first marlin.

Jenn Devore and dad, Doug Fowler and her striper. Couldn’t be released and meat was donated. Jenn also fought a big blue for several hours before it busted of right at color next to the panga.

Pancho and Carlos Sanabria…striper! Quick photo and release!

Captain Hugo with Barb and Randy Choate with more slabs of dorado for the cooler! Huge bulls again!

Some nicer cabrilla and pargo hitting over the reefs now. Richard was with Captain Licho north of La Paz past Punta Coyote.

Gary Mouritzen pulled this big roosterfish just off the rocks at Punta Perrico. Photo and quick release with the big smiles! Gary is from San Diego on his first visit with us.

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YES YES YES!

I know this is a bit late. I’m getting e-mails and phone calls daily wondering what’s up or what’s wrong?

Listen…it usually takes about a day to put the report together. Doing the video takes about 3 hours…one take. No re-do. I turn on the camera. I shoot it. I throw it together, mistakes and all. it is what it is!

Since the last report…it has taken about 4 days to edit photos. I had over 200 fish photos to go through and edit! This is the largest weekly gallery I think I have ever had and you’re only seeing about 40% of the photos! There was JUST NO ROOM or TIME! I couldn’t wait longer to get the fishing report out! It had to go…

Oh plus, we’re running up to 20 pangas/day right now so lots of moving parts an 20-hour days!

So, apologies! I’m sorry it’s late and if you were fishing I’m sorry maybe your photo of your giant fish didn’t make it or I might have mentioned you were from Chicago instead of New Orleans! There are some honest mistakes! I was in a hurry!

So, about the fishing…

I’m still not going to say it was great fishing. That’s the double-dog honest truth. It is GREAT fishing for some incredible fish. I mean, look at the photos!

These are trophy fish! In 31 years, here, I’ve never seen so many BIG fish. Anglers are getting fish-of-a-lifetime. They are catching personal best fish. They are catching trophy fish . The are catching some fish that are close to world records! First-timers are getting giant fish that anglers would give a right arm to catch. We’re seeing epic battles with fish lasting 2…3…4…or more hours!!!

It’s incredible. My fish packing crew and I have been in the fish packing room for up to 5 hours each afternoon packing hundreds of pound of fillets. And this does NOT count the fish that break off…the fish they release…the extra fish they are giving away to captains and folks on the beach!

So…it’s been crazy!

But, here’s the reason why I say the fishing isn’t that great. For this time of year, we should be catching alot more fish. Maybe not so large, but surely alot more action.

For every boat that comes back loaded with giant fish…2 other boats got NOTHING! For all our Las Arenas fleet boats that are coming back loaded our La Paz Fleet boats continue to struggle to catch fish. So, not everyone is catching fish every day.

And boats that slam fish one day could blank the next day. Boats that get goosed one day could be heroes the next.

There are several reasons for that.

One is that the weather is still erratic. It’s hot. It’s cold. It’s flat calm. It’s breezy. It’s windy. Ocean is rough. Ocean is blue. Ocean is dirty. Take your pick! And this could all happen in a single day!

Right now, it should be flat, calm and hot.

But, every day…every hour things seem to change. And all of that effects the water conditions and ergo the fishing.

Secondly, bait is extremely hard to get. Again, affected by the compromised weather conditions. Sometimes, it’s taking 2 or 3 hours to find, buy or catch enough live bait to fish. That makes for a tough day. One boat can find all the live bait they need. The next boat can struggle all day.

So, it’s hard to have expectations every day that are consistent.

All I can say is that you gotta put a line in the water. If you don’t fish, you definitely won’t catch anything. You gotta just follow your captains lead. They’re trying like heck to find bait and find fish also! You can’t be jumping in a boat and say, “I want a wahoo!” or “I want a marlin.”

The fish we are catching are not targeted. It’s what’s biting at that moment…in that spot…at that time. Fish for roosterfish and catch a giant cubera snapper. Chase dorado and hook a sailfish. Chase giant dorado and a huge blue marlin or tuna hits. It’s an honest crapshoot.

More specifically, yes, the big roosterfish are still here. We’re getting fish between 40 and 60 pounds on the average, but some others easily in the 80-100-pound class! The problem is catching and spending the time to find the big lady fish to use for live bait. We are still releasing them.

Billfish…more than I have ever seen. We got several blue marlin between 200 and 300 pounds. One battle lasted 5 hours. Another was fought for 6 hours. Have never seen so many. Also striped marlin and sailfish being hooked as well. Most of the marlin and all the sailfish are getting mostly released, or if not much of the meat is getting donated.

Also, got a few more of the slugger 100+ pound tuna. No big bite, but if you can get ahead of a school of fast-moving porpoise, there are some beefy tuna running with them. But, hold on…expect 1-2 hour battles!

Same with wahoo. Some of the largest wahoo I have seen in these waters. Most of them coming off the north and south end of Cerralvo Island on jigs. But other guys are getting bit on live bait and getting cut off.

The big story is the huge dorado . All bulls. No females! Normally, this time of year, we should be getting limits of 5-15 pound dorado. Instead, if you get into them, you’re coming back with maybe 1-3 fish total. But, they could be 30-50 pound beasts! Or you get nothing!

Other species…bonito, jacks, pargo, amberjack, pompano, trevally, dog-tooth snapper, barred pargo…

Oh…AND ALL OF THIS ON A FULL MOON!

So, bottom line…there’s not alot of fish. But, there’s some really really BIG fish! If you’re fishing a few days with us like most folks…I think you have a good shot at catching one of the biggest fish of your life! But, you might have just one crack at it, so bring your “A” game!

That’s my (long) story and apologies again! I still have more fish photos to edit so some of them will have to be on the next report!

Cheers and best fishes!

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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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of May 18-25, 2026

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WEIRD BIG FISH… NO FISH?

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Week of May 18-25, 2026

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Erratic. Anything from sunny and warm mid-90s daytime weather to cloudy day. The winds…never seen them so strong in May. One day they blow from HOT HOT HOT. Next day calm. Next day the wind are cold. We even had a rainstorm that was not predicted with lightning.

WATER: Dependent on the weather. There were times during the bouts of wind that it was very very rough. Other times, flat and blue. Surface temps around 80, but if the wind is blowing it can get tough to find patches of clear blue water.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Dorado, tuna, wahoo, marlin, sailfish, roosterfish, dog-tooth snapper, amberjack, cabrilla, bonito, jack crevalle, pompano, trevally, yellow snapper, triggerfish

FISHING SCALE 1-10: 4.5

THE MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Triple-tag team! What a beast! Gary and Kirsten Holtberg and Captain Armando…they tossed their first live bait at 7 a.m. into the water. The big yellowfin tuna that many of my captains estimate at between 250-280 pounds bit and they battled it until after 12. p.m….MORE THAN 5 hours! They had quite a week. Scroll down for their other photos from 3 days fishing!

Randy Choate and wife, Barb, were with Captain Hugo at the buoys soaking a bait when this huge 100 kilo (220 pound) yellowfin bit both of their baits and took off! Both of them battled on 2 rods for over 2 hours to subdue the beast!

Another view of Randy’s large tuna with Captain Hugo

First time visit from Cian Stack from Reno and he had a great time. Nice bull dorado. Cian was on a quick vacation before heading back to start the football season where he’s the long snapper for the University of Nevada Reno football team!

Captain Hugo has been on a hot streak putting our folks om some big dorado like Steve and Grant! Alot of bull (dorado) for the ice chests!

Just one of many big big roosters caught by Brian O’Neil from Atlanta over 6 days on the water with Captain Pancho. All the fish were released!

That’s a happy fella! Captain Pancho and Eric Diegert from Eagle ID with the holy grail of fish here…a wahoo…taken off Cerralvo Island.

Brian Caughlin with us for the first time with a legit trophy cabrilla! Brian often runs the sport boats from San Diego and a good angler.

Just yards off the sand at Punta Arenas, Mark Bonsack with Captain Victor with another big trophy roosterfish for the quick photo and get it back into the water.

You gotta be kidding! Captain Armando and Gary Holtberg with a massive wahoo…maybe the largest I have seen in years estimated at about 80 pounds! Taken off the backside of Cerralvo Island.

It takes two! It was great to have Cian Stack and his dad, Chris come down to visit. They had 4 productive days and took some nice dorado like this one. The guys are from Reno.

Dr. Bruce Trapp with Captain Armando and his roosterfish. Bruce came all the way from Ohio to catch this one rooster finally! Photo and release to swim away strongly!

A good day and big smiles for Dean and Dawn Zamora visiting us for the first time from Idaho. They got some nice meat to bring home.

Brad Felger came all the way from Panama to take a shot at a rooster and got this fish estimated at almost 90 pounds. A quick photo and then a clean release for Brad and his prize!

Captain Gerardo doffs his hat to Doug Fowler and Tom Ames with two of their dorado after fishing with him.

One of the most delicious fish from our waters, Chris Stark was fishing with Captain Alfredo when he hooked this nice one!

First day out, young Tatum Widmer was with his dad, Treve when he hooked into this striped marlin for quite a battle. They were not able to release the fish and were with Captain Jorge. they also got the dorado you see on the cutting table.

That’s alot of rooster in his lap! Jim Stahlman with one of his 3 big roosters on the day. All released.

I think Randall Stitt was the happiest angler of the week! From San Diego, Randall was just tickled to be here and it was pretty infectious. Captain Rogelio stands behind him with a grin for the nice barred pargo.

Bruce Trapp came all the way from Ohio to hopefully get that one rooster! Here he is with his trophy with Captain Armando. The fish was released by Bruce!

Big smiles from Cian and an armful of roosterfish in the shallows off Punta Arenas. Cian released the rooster.

Mikel “Hawk” Hawkins from Texas was hoping to get at least one nice rooster and was with Captain Armando when he finally pulled on in! Photo and release! Great to have him visit!

Four marlin in 2 days for Gary and Kirsten. All but one released. Fishing with Captain Armando.

North Dakota in the house! Famed taxidermist, Brian Kadrmas, with his first of several bull dorado. Good to have him down. He fished alone, but comes back in 3 weeks with more friends!

We love Barb Choate from Boise ID. In all the years she has visited, she never stops smiling. All the more reason with Captain Hugo and this big bull.

Leif Dover has been coming 1 or 2 times for years to fish with us for a whole week and never fails to score big fish like this catch-and-release rooster. Just one of several he caught over the week. Leif is from Atlanta GA.

Mark Bonsack with a bull dorado for the box! Mark is from Cle Elum Washington and has been fishing with us for years.

Jim Stahlman from Idaho has been visiting us for years and this trip wanted to get at least one big rooster. He got three of them with Captain Jorge like this one and released all of them.

Two handed dorado for Cian on the beach at Muertos!

A good start on day 1 with 3 dorado for Mark and Mason Njaa. Good to have them back! They had 3 days of big dorado!

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No sense in sugar-coating it. Not my style after 31 years down here.

The fishing this past week and so far this season has been pretty sketchy. I’l even go so far as to say it has been bad. Not that doesn’t mean it will stay that way…this is (after all)…Baja! But, holy cow, this has been a strange and unpredictable season so far in these early weeks.

You would think that with all the great photos this past week, fishing has been crazy good. It’s not. To be blunt, it’s not great fishing. It’s unseasonably poor.

Yes, there are some spectacular catches of great fish…even historical catches…like the 200+ pound tuna this week or the 80-pound wahoo and all the giant dorado. But, for every boat that gets that trophy, there’s several others that get nothing. Not even a bite. Not even a pelican or seagull!

How is that happening? In 31 years, I’ve never had a start of the season like this one.

Also, for all the big fish you see, that could be the ONLY fish on the boat that day. So, if you hook up, it could be the catch of a lifetime. If you break off or lose it, well…that’s kind of the end of your day. You fishing buddy, might not get a bite.

Also, things change from day-to-day. Nothing is predictable.

A hot boat one day can go ice cold the next and vice versa. A hot spot of fish one day, can turn into an empty ocean the next. Blue water turns green. Flat waters get rough. Rough areas turn into glass!

The biggest variable is the weather.

It SHOULD be hot, sunny and calm every day now with blue seas.

It’s NOT!

One day it’s hot, but has cold mornings. ( I actually had to put on a sweatshirt and turn on my car heater in the morning several times. For the first time in decades). Or the winds actually blow HOT like out’ve a furnace.

One day the winds blow from the north. Then, the south. Then the west. Sometimes, it changes that much in the SAME DAY! So currents are affected. The ocean is affected. One day it’s flat and the next day for the first time, I have experienced anglers getting…SEASICK!

I don’t know what the weather is like where you live but this is crazy weather here. It even rained on afternoon when the forecast said nothing about rain. It rained in another area that had not had rain in over 2 years, but several miles up the road, not a drop fell.

Live bait…our bread-and-butter for fishing down here. One day, it’s available to buy or catch. The next day, it takes hours to get bait. Or the bait is right on the beach. The next day you’re driving the boat an hour to the other side of the bay to find bait. Or the baits are too big…or too tiny. One day, it’s sardines. Or tiny sardines. Or mackerel. Or frozen ballyhoo. Or caballitos. Or chunks of dead bonito. We’re scrambling to have bait.

All we can do is keep putting lines in the water.

Yes, we did get some big fish.

You saw the big monster tuna. In 31 years here, most of our tuna are the fun 10-40 pound size. Over the years, we’ve had maybe a dozen tuna around the 100-pound mark. But this week…you gotta be joking…two tuna between 200-300 pounds?? WOW!!!!

And a wahoo…80 pound wahoo? Most are about 20-30 pounds.

In fact the couple that caught the wahoo had an incredible week. Gary and Kirsten Holtberg from San Francisco area, went out the first day. They got a marlin, a huge dorado and the giant wahoo!

Quite a day!

Day 2 —hard to get bait, but they hook and release 2 more marlin.

Catch-and-release another one!

Day 3 —again with Captain Armando. They put their first bait in the water at 7 a.m. and it gets picked up by a freight train tuna estimated at maybe 280 pounds after battling it for more than 5 HOURS!

Those same days, other boats got…NOTHING…goose-egged. Fishing the same spots!

Same with the dorado. There seem to be no small dorado right now. They are all 20-40 pound fish. We put several on the scale that were almost 50 pounds! But, one boat might get 2 or 3. Another boat might get one. Other boats won’t get a bite.

Just the way it is. But, that’s the report. That’s the way it has been. Doesn’t mean it is staying like that, but I wish I had a better crystal ball. The captains are busting their butts. The guests are being patient. Not gonna catch anything if we don’t have lines in the water!

That’s my story

Jonathan

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay / Bahia Suenos Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of May 10-17, 2026

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Shhhh 🤫…IT’S ABOUT TIME!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Week of May 10-17, 2026

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Daytime hi-to-mid 90’s, but a really hot wind blowing as well. Nights are comfortable high 60’s. That big wind predicted last week mellowed out.

WATER: Mostly, blue and warm but still recovering somewhat from the winds the previous two weeks that agitated the visibility. If the winds lay off, the waters will continue to clear.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Roosterfish, dorado, tuna, jack crevalle, hammerhead sharks, dog-tooth snapper, yellow snapper, amberjack, cabrilla, triggerfish, striped marlin, pompano, trevally, yellowtail (1)

FISHING on a SCALE of 1-10: 6.5

THE MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY

There were not alot of dorado this week, but a good majority of the ones we hooked were huge bulls like this! Never seen so many bulls in a long time. Dennis Fujii and Captain Hugo took two of these with Randy Haire.

Kenny Nishimura has a big smile with his slugger tuna! He battled it on 30 pound test for about 1/2 and hour to get it to the boat. He was with Captain Moncho.

I don’t know if this is an old roosterfish or simply got some strange markings, but he’s a good one and he was quickly released by Bill Malone who had a good week of roosters and other species.

Yes, this is a darned good day of big dorado, trevally, pompano and pargo for Leif Dover and Brian O’Neil, but it’s not often we catch Captain Pancho going out’ve character and photobombing a picture!

Self-explanatory! Pretty dorado coming aboard!

Ray Millman is a very good fisherman and comes down every year for 5-6 days of fishing. In fact, he just left but is coming back in 3 weeks! He had fun catching and releasing roosters!

Gerald Blackwelder from Colorado and Tony Gilyard from Florida have been buddies for 66 years! This was their first trip. They wanted at least ONE roosterfish. They caught FIVE. They wanted at least 1 dorado. They caught two monsters. This is one of them!

Always great to have Marc Bacon with us. He had some good days this week on the roosterfish!

Chris Chopelas from Pecos TX with Captain Gerardo took 2 legit roosterfish and this marlin in live bait. They were not able to release the billfish. Always good to see Chris here!

Marcus Yoo had 2 great days of fishing with us and caught THREE dog-tooth snapper with Captain Victor. These dog-tooth (cubera snapper) are tough fish hiding in the rocks and great eating!

Captain Hugo with Randy Haire with another of this big bull dorado we have swimming around right now. Check the flas waters!

I lost count of how many roosters Brian hooked and released this week but they were all good fish. His buddy Leif looks like he’s got one from the shape of that rod in the background . Both of our amigos are from Atlanta GA.

Alot to heft up for the photo! Steve Hirano got 2 of these bad-boys this day. Steve is from Sacramento.

Captain Hugo with Dennis Fujii and Randy Haire! One of the best big fish days I can remember. Two huge bull dorado and 2 fifty-60 pound class yellowfin tuna!

Texas in the house with Captain Victor. From Pecos TX, Smiley Wooten and Clay Taylor.

Bill Malone with yet another big rooster for a quick photo and release!

Just another day on the water for these two. Brian and Leif with a big batch of barred pargo and 2 more dorado for the fish box.

Ray Millman got several roosters to release, but kept this nice bull dorado for dinner at Tailhunter. Fishing with Captain Victor.

Are you kidding me? Take a look at what Captain Hugo did with our Texas amigos! Huge bull dorado!

Tim Nishimura has been fishing with us maybe 20 years or more, but now he brings son Kenny. They had a good 3 days fishing with us. Tim is a retired firefighter.

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If you look at all the great photos this week especially compared to previous weeks you would think we had a super week. It sure looks like it. Compared to previous weeks when we really struggled to get fish, you would think that the ocean was finally giving it up and the fishing is on fire!

It wasn’t. There were plenty of exiting moments, but it’s alway why I prefaced the title of this week’s report with a “Shhhhhhhh…🤫🤫🤫🤫!”

I DON’T WANT TO GET TOO EXCITED and if this is finally starting to turn around, I don’t wanna jinx things either!

Let me put it like this…Y’know on a Sunday night when they’re showing all the basketball, football or baseball highlights and you see all the touchdowns, spectacular catches, slam dunks and homeruns? What you don’t see are all the fumbles, stumbles, dropped passes, strikeouts and bloopers, right?

Well, that’s what this week was like.

Compared to previous weeks, it was spectacular! But, in the big scheme of things, we’re still way off the mark and for this time of year really sub-par.

It wasn’t a spectacular week. It was an OK week punctuated by some really great catches. Some great fish, but not great fishing. Hope that make sense.

For example, look at the size of some of these dorado! Almost all the dorado were mega-bulls in the 30-40 pound class. Trophy fish! I have never had a week of so many big bulls in decades. Until the end of the week ALL the dorado were slugger-sized fish!

Check out the tuna. Holy cow, these 40-60 pound fish are the kind that hurt you! Same with the big dog-tooth snapper.

But, these were honestly just a few boats. So that’s why I’m hedging my enthusiasm.

One boat could find the honey hole one day and the next day not get a single bite of ANYTHING. One boat couldn’t buy a fish but the boat right next to them would be bent all day long. Yes, the big roosterfish are right there, but getting and catching the big sabalo for bait was sometimes hit-or-miss. It’s difficult when you have big fish swimming right under the boat and you don’t have the right bait. One day everyone gets 40-80 pound roosterfish. The next day barely any because we can’t get the baits.

So, no…I wouldn’t say the dorado are full speed. The tuna…there were only a handful. I’ll concede that there fishing is actually GOOD when EVERY boat is catching fish. And that’s just not the case….yet!

So we got some big dorado. A smattering of big tuna. Some big dog-tooth snapper. We also got barred pargo, yellow snapper, one yellowtail, some smaller amberjack, trevally, pompano , one pargo liso, two marlin (one released), bonito, jack crevalle and at the end of the week some smaller 10 pound schoolie-sized dorado.

But, the weather continues to play a big part. It’s still very erratic and inconsistent. Warm days…cool days…hot wind…no wind…cold wind. Wind from the north. Wind from the south. Flat seas. Rough seas. I think the fish are as confused as we are.

This also affects the ability to get live bait as well. If it’s rough or too windy, it’s hard to catch live bait. Hard to fish if you don’t have bait.

So, we’ll keep plugging away and hope things catch up soon! All I can give you is an honest report.

That’s our story!

Jonathan & Jilly

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Mar. 13-20-2026

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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!)

Striped marlin , blue marlin, tuna, wahoo, dorado, jack crevalle, barred pargo, yellowtail, dog-tooth snapper, smaller roosterfish, bonito, cabrilla, mako shark, sierra, pompano, trevally, amberjack.

THE MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report and Update from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Feb. 24-Mar. 3,2026

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WEATHER IMPROVED and YELLOWTAIL WAKING UP!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report and Update for Week of Feb. 24-Mar. 3, 2026

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

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

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY

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:

tailhunterfishinglapaz@gmail.com

Then after San Diego…back to La Paz to kick start the season and do some fishing!

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Update from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Feb. 6-23, 2026

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WE ARE FINE – THANKS FOR ASKING…AND SO IS THE FISHING!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report and Update for Feb. 6-23, 2026

OPENING MESSAGE FROM US ABOUT THE NEWS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IN MEXICO

Thank you to everyone who has written and expressed their concern for us in La Paz! Gotta tell ya…we had live music like usual. The restaurant was full of diners. People jogged; walked their dogs with their families; rode their bikes yesterday and last night. Just another nice Sunday afternoon and evening!

Please keep things in perspective.

Read more than just a headline or someone posting online for clicks. Mexico is a huge country and the stuff happening is on the Mainland.

Not to minimize things there, but Baja is 1000 miles long and La Paz in the southern state of Baja and there are no restrictions or warnings related to what’s happening “over there.” It’s like worrying about what’s happening in a city in Florida and you live in Wyoming! (love both places!). The U.S. is huge and so is it’s Mexican neighbor!

Yes, burning busses and cars make great TV and get ratings. I was a radio and TV reporter for CBS for many years. But no tourists or innocent folks harmed, kidnapped, threatened as far as I’ve heard. Traffic from Tijuana to Cabo moving like a normal Monday. All of this is in response to the government killing of their cartel head.

It’s like the ICE riots or the “black lives matter” riots or the White House riot or the “Occupy (fill in the city).” Mexico TV portrayed those as the whole U.S. is on fire. Many of our Mexican friends are afraid to go to the U.S. I had one tell me he doesn’t take his family to Disneyland anymore because Los Angeles gangs will kill his family! That’s what Mexican TV portrays.

Lived here and run several businesses for over 30 years in La Paz. Many many good, kind, hard-working, welcoming folks and we all get along. We keep calm and keep things in perspective.

This happens sadly every year and then it diminishes. See if this is true. Becomes old news. Just like in the U.S. But, I would still go to Disneyland.

We have folks fishing. I took more reservations this morning for the year! We have live rock and blues tomorrow at the restaurant like usual! Come join us!

God bless us all! We love ya for asking about us! Oh…yesterday was national margarita day!

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT

WEATHER: It’s been nice and getting warmer. Some day time temps now in the low 80’s during the day. Sunny and pleasant and the wind seems to have thankfully diminished a bit too allowing for some better fishing

WATER: With the wind dialing back, the waters have been calmer for sure. Surface temps about 68-72 but there must be some warmer spots since there are a few dorado around which are warm-water specis.

HOOKED THIS WEEK: Yellowtail , roosterfish, sierra, amberjack, pargo mulato, pargo liso, yellow snapper, cabrilla, jack crevalle, dorado.

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY

Thanks to Gary Wagner, owner of the Rancho Costa Resort at Bahia Muertos where we launch our boats for this week’s great photos!

Gary with a sizeable mullet snapper (Pargo Liso). Normally, we see these tough fish spawn in the shallows more in April and May and they can easily get 40-60 pounds! Very very tough fighters and powerful!

Well…this is either a small juvenile roosterfish holding over from last year or an early fella for the 2026 season, but smaller roosters are showing up along the beaches! Hopefully, the bigger slugger brothers roll in soon too. Normally, May and June are the banner months for the monsters! Roy Moulton from Teton CO rocked this guy in the shallows and released it after the quick photo.

Now this is a toad cabrilla! Actually, it’s tipping towards probably a grouper, but nice trophy catch for Jason Wagner! Delicious from head to tail. For the locals, nothing gets wasted. One of the most popular fish at restaurants.

Another surprise! There must be some warm water spots around for a dorado like this to be hooked in February. Roy has a nice bull dorado . Normally, these guys show up in the summer months!

Beautiful cabrilla just off Bahia Muertos for Jason. I’ll fish these all day! They’ll eat bait, artificials and jigs or take a slow trolled crank bait.

Again, my apologies for not posting my usual weekly updates like I have done for over 30 years and like during the fishing season. But, for one, it’s just not the season from November to April so not much of anyone is on the water because the weather can be extremely windy, rough, cold and erratic.

But, moreso, Jilly and I have been on the road now for two months doing the fishing/ hunting shows and the last 3 weeks have been especially hectic! More on that in a bit! See below!

As far as the fishing, conditions seem to be slightly improving. Weather has been warmer into the low 80’s and sunny during the day now. Even more importantly, the winds have cut back a bit. At least, there have been fewer windy days the last week or so and when they did blow, they weren’t as strong.

I won’t go so far as to say the winds are done! March traditionally can be the windiest of all the months! But, it’s fishing and we’ll take what we can get!

Anyway, some folks have actually gotten out. Not many, but here-and-there, and found some surprising catches with a pretty wide variety.

The typical cooler water species are around like cabrilla, sierra, barred pargo, amberjack and smaller yellowtail. However, along those lines, those tough pargo liso have shown up and seem to be spawning in the shallows earlier this year. Hope they still around for awhile. As well, there are lots of bonito and jack crevalle.

Surprising catches have included smaller 5-10 pound roosterfish, the occasional dorado and even a tuna biter or two (by the commercial fishermen). So, each week will only tell us more and we’ll keep an eye on things. But, I don’t think we’re out’ve the windy season just yet!

TAILHUNTER TOUR HOME STRETCH!

As alluded to above, the last two months have been our usual annual hectic road trip and Jill and I have been on the road doing our fishing/ hunting shows and expos. It started with a 4-day show in Sacramento at the International Sportsmans Expo.

We then did a huge 3 day show at the Reno Convention Center at the Wild Sheep Foundation!

Those were the warm-ups!

The last 3 weeks, we hit the massive Western Hunting and Conservation Show and Expo in Salt Lake City where something like 60,000 folks attended over 4 days. That was followed by the most recent show in Nashville TN at the Safari Club International. Both Jilly and I are hoarse from that 4 day show not to mention pretty darned tired!

But wow…we have had a great time! So many old friends and new friends and yes…lots of reservations to come fish with us in La Paz!

So, now here we go…wrapping things up in our homecourt of Southern California with our fishing tribes!

The two PCS (Pacific Coast Sportfishing) Shows. First one at the Costa Mesa Fairgrounds in Orange Co. March 5-8. Then, the last one in San Diego at the Del Mar Fairgrounds!

These aren’t just shows! These are huge fishing parties! Lots of things for the whole family! It’s a celebration of fishing so we hope you can come see us! Here’s a link for more info:

https://sportfishingfestival.com/

Then, finally back home to La Paz and let’s get the season going!

In the meantime…reservations are coming in daily! Dates are filling. Don’t miss out. Get in touch with me directly: tailhunterfishinglapaz@gmail.com

Hope to see you soon! That’s our story!

Jonathan & Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter Sportfishing
www.tailhunter.com

Mexico 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

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Jan. 9-24, 2026

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WIND and EVEN RAIN! NOT MUCH TO REPORT

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Jan. 9-24, 2026

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT

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.

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY

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!

Here’s more info:

https://huntexpo.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=2026D&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=1039608686&gbraid=0AAAAADfx8h4C_Hm_n2LYklr5ipwytO2Tw&gclid=Cj0KCQiAm9fLBhCQARIsAJoNOcvWtZ3UwqQtD0Xnm8mcIrU-MY706-H6u3PkfLdCnFLUnYxLaApiHR8aAuXXEALw_wcB

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

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

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La Paz- Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Dec. 24, 2025-Jan. 8, 2026

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LOTS OF ACTION…LOTS OF WIND

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Dec. 24, 2025-Jan. 8, 2026

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT

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

THE MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

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

Jan. 15-18

https://www.sportsexpos.com/attend/sacramento/

Wild Sheep Show and Convention – Reno Convention Center in Reno NV

Jan. 22-24

https://www.wildsheepfoundation.org/Sheep-Show

Western Hunt and Conservation Expo – Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, UT

Feb. 12-15

https://huntexpo.com/

Safari Club International Show and Convention – Music City Convention Center in Nashville TN

Feb. 18-21

https://convention.safariclub.org/attend/

Pacific Coast Sportfishing Show and Festival – Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa CA

Mar. 5-8

https://sportfishingfestival.com/

Pacific Coast Sportfishing Show and Festival – San Diego Fairgrounds in Del Mar CA

Mar. 19-22

https://sportfishingfestival.com/

That’s our story! Hope your new year is off to a great start!

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

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La Paz- Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Nov. 5-20, 2025

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FISH & WHALESHARKS & WIND

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Nov. 5-20, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Mostly sunny. Highs in the high 80’s to low 90’s. Winds from the north up to 15 knots or more some days. Nights are in the comfortable low to mid-60’s.

WATER: Still relatively warm with surface temps in the mid-70’s but cooling as the winds become more prevalent.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: yellowfin tuna, dorado, marlin, dog-tooth snapper, sierra, wahoo, bonito, cabrilla, jack crevalle, yellowtail, palometa

MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

On the days when you can get out, there’s a surprising variety of both warm and cold water fish. Greg Wong was at Cerralvo Island and came back with alot of fish to clean! I see dorado, a tuna triggerfish, cabrilla, snapper and pompano!

It’s an amazing experience to be in the water with these gentle animals! Don’t worry, they have no teeth and are in the bay feeding on algae and plankton through the filter in their mouths.

These are “baby” whalesharks in La Paz Bay right now. Adults can reach 30-50′ long! But, they are in the shallow waters of the bay feeding right now.

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Well…it’s that lull before the holidays.

Fishing slows about mid-October as winter winds increase and the waters can get fairly rough and there aren’t many fishermen out. Most are locals or visiting anglers who can pick and choose the better days to be on the water when the winds aren’t blowing. That’s a big reason all the windsurfers are starting to descend on the area as well. Winter is wind time and La Paz can get some world-class winds.

However, when you are able to fish, the variety of fish is fairly surprising.

This late in the year, we’re still getting warm water species like some tuna, dorado, billfish and wahoo. Not many. Not like during the season, but surprising to still have these species around at all which indicates that the waters still hold warm patches. Not sure how long this will last as the coming winds will cool things off, but nice to enjoy for the time being.

Most of the fish, for us, have been around Cerralvo Island and in the channel between Bahia Muertos/ Punta Arenas and the island as well as the north and south points of the island.

In addition to lots of bonito, there are 10-30 pound yellowfin below the schools, if you can get through the pesky bonito. Some small schools of roving dorado in the 5-15 pound class can also be found in the warm waters.

Some wahoo have also been reported around the south point of the island as well as the occasional hook up with blue and black marlin, stripers and sailfish.

Inshore, we’re seeing more of the cooler water species like cabrilla, sierra, the smaller yellowtail. But there’s some fun 5-pound roosterfish still prowling th beaches and a hoot on light tackle and some beast dog-tooth snapper (cubera) in the shallow rocks that can be tempted with whole a chunk bonito.

Bigger news is the long-awaited whaleshark season has finally opened to swim with these gentle animals in La Paz Bay.

Normally, the season runs October to April, but the past few years the season has been very erratic. Sometimes open. Often closed. It all depends on several things.

If it’s rough and windy, as it often is during the winter months, it’s too rough to locate the animals in the shallow waters of the bay.

Secondly, it all depends on how many animals are around and how many folks are reserved with certified outfitters to swim with the animals. These are gentle, albeit wild animals. They’re not in a cage like elephants or monkeys in the zoo!

Sometimes there are 2 or 4 or 8 of them. Sometimes, there are zero! And they can hang out for an hour or 3. Or maybe disappear in 15 minutes. They’re not on a rigid schedule like the circus.

Therefore, it can be hit-or-miss if you book a trip, but exciting if you do get the opportunity to get in the water with them!

BAHIA MAGDALENA FISHING

That’s a table full of dog-tooth snapper after a day of fishing in the mangroves of Bahia Magdalena for Steve Messer, Eric Messer and Steve Fox.

Fishing a day outside the bay, Eric with his amigos nailed a box full of dorado as well as a nice wahoo.

Eric, Steve and Steve had a huge day fishing grouper in the mangroves.

Nice wahoo off the Thetis Bank outside of Mag Bay.

Gary Van Roekel, Russ Okimoto and Charles Masunaka with pargo and snook to take home. They released many more!

This is that time of year when we send anglers out to Bahia Magdalena (Mag Bay) on the Pacific side to fish in the remote mangroves as well as the offshore ridges and mounts. It’s about a 4 hour drive from La Paz if they fly into Cabo or La Paz or we are picking up anglers from Loreto.

Fishing in the mangroves is a pretty unique experience with light tackle and live bait. There can be over a dozen different species of fish in the roots, eddys, shoals and shallows. Our last few trips has produced some nice grouper, spotted bay bass, dog-tooth snapper, corvina, snook and cabrilla.

Offshore, if the winds permit, wahoo are biting on the Thetis Bank, but there’s also a shot at dorado, tuna, yellowtail, broomtail and leopard grouper and billfish.

Let us know if you’re interested!

That’s our story! Blessings for a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

Jonathan & Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter Sportfishing
www.tailhunter.com

Mexico 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

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La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico

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