Tailhunter Fish Report

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La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of May 10-17, 2015

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Diana Statman tuna pancho tags small 5-15

Diana Statman from Marina del Rey CA had never fished in salt water and was a little nervous going out on “that little panga.” But, with Captain Pancho from the Tailhunter fleet, she had a bait in the water only a few minutes and got slammed! Her husband Jay was still rigging up. He got bit shortly after and they had a double hookup going. Here she is trying to hold the big fish still for the camera.

Nice rooster for Allen Burgess from Kansas wit Captain Jorge from the Tailhunter Fleet. Caught and released off Bahia de Los Muertos. He also hooked and released a 250 pound blue marlin after a 3 hour battle on 40 pound test and a spinning rod.

Pretty typical of the nice bite around Espirito Santo Island right now for some great pargo and cabrilla and some of the best fish on the grill or plate. Captain Joel with our good amigo, John Drucker.

From Washington, Nyle Miyamoto, with one of our early season dorado no the beach at Muertos. Waters are warming and we expect to see more dorado anytime now.

tags yellowtail travis craig and brett fair 5-15

Might be the last yellowtail of the season and caught by Brett Fair and Travis Craig from Portland OR off Espirito Santo Island on big mackerel.

Normally, he’s out white-water paddling, but Mike Dietzman from Oregon was just with us on his first time salt water fishing and he hooked into this nice sailfish north of La Paz.

Hard to beat for just getting pulled around on a fishing rod, there’s some big schools of jack crevalle running around right now. Great on light tackle! From Oregon, Joel Ulam and Brad Carlson with a pair or “toros.”

With Captain Chito trying to hook up another bait, Dave Cummins has a fresh one on the gaff. Nice bull dorado off Espirito Santo Island . Check out the great colors!

Captain Chito with Jay Statman from Marina Del Rey CA and two great yellowfin tuna out’ve Bahia de los Muertos. Jay and his wife were double hooked and had fish going when a boat load of spearfishing free divers jumped right in the water 10 yards off our panga despite being asked not to do it. That shut off the bite. C’mon…show some courtesy. It’s a huge ocean! Still a nice catch!

Mmmmm…one of the best eating fish here! Travis Craig with a huachinango (red snapper pargo) he pulled out of the rocks near Espirito Santo Island.

An unusual catch, but they are around here! Donna Drucker hooked this 80 pound hammerhead and fought it to the boat so it could be released.

ANGLERS WORK HARD FOR FISH…AGAIN…

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of May 10-17, 2015

It was another tough week after waters and conditions settle down from the strange crazy winds and waves we got the week before that just turned everything over and around. It brought in cooler, greener water plus residual winds and it’s taking quite a few days for things to settle down So, alot of this week was just scratchy fishing and hat’s off to all our anglers who kept grinning and kept patient and brought the smiles. I won’t lie, the fishing was way off what it should be this time of year.

There were some great highlights to be sure. But, alot of the week, it was either tough to find bait because of the waters or winds or, when we did find it, the guys had to work hard for their fish. However, with each day of better weather, the conditions were coming back. Each day the waters calmed and so did the winds and little-by-little the fishing seemed to inch better.

Las Arenas

Probably the toughest fishing the last two weeks. There’s bunches of little dorado around that are entertaining for awhile, but I mean “really little” five pounders, if that. Good for a fish or two to be released, then most anglers move on unless they’re playing and having fun with the light tackle. There’s also some good schools of white bonito around. Again, lots of fun and they’re getting 5-10 per day. These aren’t the “bad bonito” or skipjack. These are the whites that make great eating and can fool anyone on a plate that it’s actually tuna! The meat is not dark, but rather great pink meat perfect for sashime and cooks up white as well.

The highlights of the week for our guys…rooster fish. Hard to come by this week with limited smaller baits so we only had the big ladyfish to use, but that produced a few of the bigger 30-50 pounders along the shores. But, the bite was definitely off.

As well, we had some wahoo bites, but no fish landed. All from the south end of Cerralvo Island and near Punta Perrico. But, the wahoo are there. (Just as I posted this Sunday night, two of our guys landed 2 forty-pound fish and lost a bigger one!)

We also had more marlin swimming around and one big-time hookup by Al Burgess from Kansas. Allen hooked a fish estimated by our captain at 250 pounds! But, even more amazing, Al was using 40 pound test AND A SPINNING ROD! He battled the fish solo for 3 solid hours with a bad back and legs and they said the big fish bulldogged them and barely ever jumped…the worst and strongest kind…smart fish that don’t waste energy jumping around! It pulled the panga with 3 anglers and a captain in circles the entire time.

Sorry there’s no photos but what happened is the guys burned up all the batteries and memory during the battle! When the fish was finally alongside the boat, no one had any memory or batteries! Only great stories. And the fish was released!!! Well done!

The other highlight was a nice jag of 30-40 pound tuna. Another good story.

Diana Statman had never fished in salt water before! First time down here too, although husband, Jay, is a long time fisherman and has been down to La Paz many times before. Diana gets a bait and gets it in the water and minutes later she’s bit!!! Tuna on!!! Husband Jay is still rigging up! Then, Jay gets bit! Doubles on!

But what happens…some private spear fishermen pull up not 10 yards from their panga and jump in the water! Despite being asked to move somewhere else…they jump in anyway. The tuna get pulled in, but bite over! C’mon guys…some courtesy. It’s a big ocean!!!

LA PAZ

This is surprisingly where most of our action took place this week. And it wasn’t our usual bite.

Of all things, with the crazy weather, our captains have found some good spots for some big pargo and cabrilla near the islands and some of the reefs. It’s providing some pretty solid action and they’re losing some big big fish to the rocks and inexperience. Most of the fish that are coming back are delicious 3-5 pounders, but some great stories of 10-20 pound fish lost to the rocks. Plus some big amberjack up to 50 pounds caught at the north end of Cerralvo and larger ones being lost…some right next to the boat up to 70 pounds.

We did get a few yellowtail. Normally, we should be getting more this time of year, but waters are warming fast so I think the yellowtail we are getting might be the last of the season.

A few dorado around but of the larger variety and we should see more every week and we also hooked a few marlin and sails this week as well.

Again, not spectacular and not our usual. But every day seems a little better as long as the weather holds!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

Mexico Office: Tailhunter International, 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

U.S. Mailing Address: Tailhunter International, 8030 La Mesa Blvd. #178, La Mesa CA 91942

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report: https://fishreport.jonathanroldan.com/

Tailhunter YouTube Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/pangapirate

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter International Sportfishing for Week of April 26-May 3, 2015

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Big tuna for our buddy, Rick Hosmer who tag-teamed with John Nagy and Captain Mundo at the south end of Cerralvo Island. They fought this fish for almost 2 hours on 50 pound test. Flurries of fast movers have been seen at north and south ends of Cerralvo lately!

From New Mexico, on his last day of fishing, Terry Price finally landed his roosterfish on the flyrod . They were just outside of Muertos Bay. The fish was released.

The ladies really did well this week. From the Oregon area, Dorothy Murata with Captain Jorge busts a big smile with her roosterfish she took on a live sardine with our Las Arenas fleet. The fish was released.

A good day with 2 wahoo and a marlin to show, David from La Paz holds up one of his wahoo. Thanks to Hawk for the great photo. The north and south ends of Cerralvo have been hot spots for the speedsters.

She is always in fish! Another of our Oregon amigas who knows how to fish…Debbie White and Captain Pancho pose with a strange-colored amberjack! Most are “amber” or bronze, but this guy didn’t get the memo and is almost albino. Related to yellowtail, they are great eating and great fighters and get over 100 pounds.

Chito and Dorothy dorado small tags 4-15

Seeing more dorado as the days and waters get warmer. Captain Chito and Dorothy Murata from Oregon pose with a nice bull dorado on the east side of Espirito Santo Island.

David and Dulce with a small blue marlin that went to the barbecue for the family. They live in La Paz. Thanks for the shot, Hawk!

INSHORE FISHING HIGHLIGHTS THE WEEK

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of April 26-May 3, 2015

It was a good week on all counts this week. Weather-wise and fishing conditions were more consistent and just-like-that fishing seemed to be more consistent as well. With winds not quite as erratic and seemingly more spots of warm water around, fishing leveled out too. More days of action all-the-way-around which no one seemed to mind.

Las Arenas

Lately, this has surely been the place for some variety. Nothing wrong with that. If you want a shot at rooster fish, you have your best shot at the early season roosters. Most of the fish are that 20-pound class, but some larger up to 40 pounds have been hooked. The areas are in the usual spots…just around the beaches at the lighthouse and also just off the Punta Perico rocks. Heading south from Bahia de Los Muertos towards Boca de Alamo, there are some larger roosters as well, especially along the shallow rocky areas incredibly close to shore.

In the same areas, there’s some big schools of feisty jack crevalle and big pompano as well. Related to the roosters, they share that same tenacious bad attitude. Just like their cousins, the jacks are also not good for eating so everyone releases them, but for sheer fun, it’s hard to beat them. On the other hand, if you stick a pompano, they’re a real treat on the grill or as sashimi!

Offshore (for us, “offshore” means 100 yards out!), there’s schools of bonito. We have several species of bonito and if you get the “toothed bonito” not only are they good fighters, but your captain will tell you to keep them as they are some great eating and not like the skipjack and Mexican bonito that have dark strong-tasting meat and get released. But, you can hook a dozen-a-day of these things.

Additionally, we’re seeing more dorado here and there with larger sizes becoming more pre-dominant. More marlin showing which is encouraging. As waters get warmer, I’m sure they’ll turn on. Plus, there’s some wahoo close in near Punta Perico and just this side of the south side of Cerralvo Island. Rapala X-Wraps in 15’s and 30’s in dark colors are producing the best bites.

La Paz

Surprisingly, the inshore action has been quite better than I would have expected. Honestly, the yellowtail bite seems to have gone under so-to-speak. I shut down earlier this year than I would have thought. Blame it on the warm water.

However, the rest of the action inshore has rocked for amberjack, pargo, cabrilla, jack crevalle and some assorted rooster fish. There’s some inshore spots where some of our clients caught and released as fast as they could go. Plus losing lots of fish to the rocks as well and had a blast.

In the blue water, more dorado showing up and we’ve missed a few shots at sunning marlin and sailfish too and had a few wahoo hookups also that were dropped.

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

Mexico Office: Tailhunter International, 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

U.S. Mailing Address: Tailhunter International, 8030 La Mesa Blvd. #178, La Mesa CA 91942

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report: https://fishreport.jonathanroldan.com/

Tailhunter YouTube Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/pangapirate

“When your life finally flashes before your eyes, you will have only moments to regret all the things in life you never had the courage to try.”

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of April 19-26, 2015

There’s a little honey hole hotspot just outside of Bahia de Los Muertos that’s just off the rocks that has produced some really nice wahoo this season and has to surprise folks about just how close to shore it is! Don White, our Oregon amigo and Captain Pancho pulled this wahoo there late this week!

Captain Pancho with Tom Brown and a dorado taken just off the rocks at Punta Perico just outside of Bahia de los Muertos near Las Arenas. As waters continue to warm, we’ll see more dorado showing up!

Double handful of big barred pargo for Gary Tsunoda who pulled these guys out’ve the rocks out north of La Paz Bay. Great eating!

Big big jack crevalle for Debbie White who always seems to get a large fish every time she fishes with us! Not too many fish like the jack that can rip it up. The Mexican name for them is “TORO” which means “bull” for good reason!

It was another pretty good week for roosterfish for our anglers who fished out’ve Las Arenas/ Bahia de Los Muertos. Tyler Lyon with a pretty fresh one. The fish was released. Tyler got this one on a flyrod.

Gary Tsunoda was totally dialed in on pargo and red hot on the bite! Colorful fish!

MIXED WEEK FOR WEATHER and FISHING

La Paz – Las Arenas / Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of April 19-26, 2015

Weather and fish-wise, it was an up-and-down week. I think we’re in that “transition” season when it’s not really winter and it’s not quite springtime. There are areas of warm water. There are areas of cooler water. There are areas where the surface water is cold and the water below is warm…and vice versa. We have sunny warm days that look like postcards and we have cloudy windy days and even some showers on other days that aren’t quite so hunky dory. And that’s the kind of week it was.

Consequently, we have several things going on with the fish. On one hand, there’s alot of variety. Cooler water fish like amberjack, pargo, cabrilla and sierra are still around. But, in the same area, you might get rooster fish, bonito, marlin, dorado and wahoo. That’s a good thing. Variety is nice.

On the other hand, if you’re coming to target a certain species, that species might not be biting on that day. Or, due to changes in the weather, the conditions just aren’t that great. Then, there are other days when everything seems to go off. You just gotta get out on the water and take a shot.

LAS ARENAS / MUERTOS BAY

This is still the area for the most action and the most variety. This is where I’ve been sending more of the first-timers or families or when kids are here. There’s no shortage of stuff to catch most days. Get bent. Have fun. Pull on some fish! Just go have a ball. There’s rooster fish; some dorado; a shot at wahoo; maybe a marlin; trigger fish; sierra; pargo; cabrilla…and lots of bonito.

A word on these bonito before you turn your nose up at it. These are “bonito dientero.” Toothed bonito…also called white bonito. In addition to being tough fighters, the meat is pink and white not dark like the bonito you might be used to. It cooks up great and we encourage folks to keep some. After it’s cooked or made into sashimi, most folks can’t tell that it’s not tuna. Tastes pretty good!

LA PAZ

I’m a bit worried. I think the waters have gotten a bit too warm now. The mackerel are hard to come by and without the larger baits and with the warmer temperatures, it seems the yellowtail have gone deep or gone away. Not much in the way of yellowtail this week. Got a few, but they were small. If they are still around, they only seem to be interested in the larger baits or iron.

However, there’s still some big fish around. Trophy barred pargo and cabrilla, amberjack and chunky rooster fish are around. Also seeing more and more sailfish and marlin as well.

WHALESHARKS

This week there were 3-8 whalesharks each day in the bay to swim with.

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

Mexico Office: Tailhunter International, 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

U.S. Mailing Address: Tailhunter International, 8030 La Mesa Blvd. #178, La Mesa CA 91942

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report: https://fishreport.jonathanroldan.com/

Tailhunter YouTube Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/pangapirate

“When your life finally flashes before your eyes, you will have only moments to regret all the things in life you never had the courage to try.”

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of April 12-19, 2015

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Wow! Our Captain Armando holds the pointy-end of a big fat wahoo that Gary Tsunoda of Las Vegas popped just outside of Bahia de Los Muertos. Our amigo, Gary, had a great week of fishing with a number of species and some awesome trophys ,but this one was a gem! Good week for wahoo…and some were very very close to shore!

Our best week of the year for roosterfish! Some days our anglers got 3-6 roosterfish each panga an many were very close to shore and not too far from the beach. Bait worked best, but even our flyfishers got them as well with almost all the fish, like this one from Jorge Romero headed back to live, grow and fight another day!

You’re probably not gonna see too many pretty wahoo with such perfect coloring as this one caught by our amigo, Tom Brown, who owns Big Left Turn Yacht Management here in La Paz. Boy, did he have a good day that started right off the bat with this awesome yahoo that literally looks like it came from being airbrushed! They also caught giant pompano, dorado and a huge sierra. Captain Pancho gets in on the photo. Great shot!

Lots of the fish that Tom and his buddy, Tim, caught went towards a big fish party they held for 13 amigos that same night at our Tailhunter Restaurant that included, ceviche, Hawaiian marinated poke, battered fish tacos and mahi mahi en chile poblano sauce!

Nothing better than fish that was swimming in the morning and dinner at night! Tom’s dorado was prepared with our award-winning chile poblano sauce!

Whoaaa…lift that thing for the photo, Roger! Roger Thompson rocked it big time with this nice striper…a huge one this week. They tried to revive it insuccessfully, so they donated the meat to various families. Roger never gets skunked.

Love this photo! Flyfishers ALWAYS seem to know how to pose and take good photos. Tyler Lyon from Utah spent a few days with us and his flyrod doing great with his hand-tied flies. “I couldn’t keep the fish off of the fly! he told me! He got into several nice roosterfish like this one. He told me at one point, “I saw a school of 70-pounders go cruising by!” He released all fish.

Dave Henderson from the Los Gatos CA area was with us for his first La Paz fishing trip and put the wood to a nice wahoo on his 2nd day!

Yes! And dorado too! Captain Armando takes the photo op on the beach at Bahia de los Muertos with Gary and Lois Tsunoda, our Las Vegas amigos! It ended up as sashime at our Tailhunter Restaurant.

Wow! Now THAT’S a big pompano! It was a great week for pompano…cousins to the jack crevalle, roosterfish and yellowtail. They taste great and good runs of them come through about this time of year. But this one is like a pizza pie plate! Tim rock this bad boy just outside of Bahia de Los Muertos.

Lois Tsunoda always wanted a big pargo and this was her first. It wasn’t her last. She got several during the week. Captain Alfredo with our Tailhunter La Paz fleet lends a hand. Big old fat fish. The head is great for soup!

Many of our anglers bring their fish in to have us cook it at our Tailhunter Restaurant on the La Paz malecon waterfront.

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Tyler Lyon give his wife, Sarah, a hand for the photo of one of her jack crevalle they caught fishing north of La Paz. They were on their first trip to La Paz with us.

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Somewhere behind that comb, Robert Pettit from Utah holds up one of his roosterfish he caught and released. Check out how close to shore he is! Captain Adolfo lends a hand and a smile. That’s Bahia de los Muertos in the background. Roosters ripped it up this week.

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Local ace, Roger Thompson, with another beast. Check out the colors on this huge amberjack!

Garrett Sills was another of our anglers on his first trip with Tailhunters. He’s got his hands one of those nice pompano that was chewing all week. Captain Gerardo in the photo as well.

Alaska in the house. Gordy Robertson, who guides up in Sitka, Alaska holds up another nice rooster like about the size we were getting all week. They get bigger!

ROOSTERFISH AND WAHOO HIGHLIGHT STRANGE WEEK!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of April 12-19, 2015

It wasn’t a great week of fishing, but for certain species it was VERY good fishing. Pesky early spring winds and even a thundershower hampered anglers; made the seas a bit bouncy some days; and thwarted efforts at getting bait some days. So that was no help.

But, overall, it wasn’t bad. Thankfully, rooster fish and pargo carried the day for many of our anglers who caught their first or largest of the species.

La Paz Fishing

Here’s where the winds played the most havoc. Especially in the nights and early mornings. With the mornings a bit blustery about 1/2 the week, it made getting the big mackerel difficult to jig for or purchase. And mackerel are what the big yellowtail like to chew. Consequently, our yellowtail counts were quite a bit down this week.

However, when the mackies were in the bait tank, the fish bit pretty well around Espirito Santo Island. The problem is that so many fish were lost! I would say that about 3 out of every four yellowtail took the anglers right back to the rocks! So, fishing was good. It was the “catching” that was problematic. Some of the fish ran 15-40 pounds that I did see so there was a nice range of fork tails.

One nice bonus were the nice barred pargo (pargo mulato) that were brought in. I mean, these were PIG fish! Just big old fat nasty bad attitude pargo that busted alot of lines and bent the rods. The ones that did get in were 10-20 pounders. One of our clients had us bag up the head for soup and the head alone weighed 5 pounds!

I’m a little worried that with the weather and water getting warmer that we’re already moving away from our cooler water species like the yellowtail and the season maybe be diminishing. I’ve been wrong before. We’ll have to wait and see what the coming weeks bring. I’m sure we’ll get a few more windy times coming up!

Las Arenas/ Bahia de los Muertos (Suenos)

Again, like previous weeks, this is where the variety lies. If you want big fish, but fewer fish, we have our folks fish La Paz. If you just wanted fun grab-bag action and never knowing what you would hook then Las Arenas/ Muertos is where we’d put you. Not kidding…if you add in all the bonito you wanted plus pargo, cabrilla, jack crevalle, sierra, plus fish that busted off…it could easily be a 20-30 fish day!

But the really fun thing were the “bonus fish.” The weekly stars were the pompano and rooster fish that really took off. Especially, the exotic rooster fish. Nothing really really big, but some days each of our pangas would land 3-5 roosters very close to shore that went 10-30 pounds. Larger 30-50 pounders were seen as well! Our flyfishers really enjoyed themselves on the pez gallo! In those same areas, their cousins the pompano made their first good appearance of the season and did great for flyfishers and light tackle guys on these great eating fish.

Tuna were seen, but none hooked but we did get into some nice wahoo at the south side of Cerralvo Island that ate the dark Rapalas and several marlin were hooked and released. Plus we had some amberjack biters as well. Great variety!

WHALESHARKS

Every day, we’ve got 5-10 whalesharks in the bay and folks are having a blast swimming with them!

JUST FOR LAUGHS

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That’s our story!

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Tailhunter International

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Bahia de Los Muertos Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of April 5-12, 2015

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Lift that baby! Sergio Rodriguez from Santa Barbara hooked this hefty thick yellowtail while still pretty much inside the La Paz Bay near Balandra Beach!

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It’s gotta be the great glasses and the high-vis shirt! Aaron Beckord from Oregon gets big smiles with Captain Joel and a huge roosterfish they caught and released near Espirito Santo Island. This day, they caught two roosters and released both. Check out the flat seas!

What a story. School-teacher Mindy Pollock from Orofino Idaho spent some spring break time with us in La Paz and had some big fish over 3 days fishing. On her last day fishing with Captain Boli, handful of nice yellowtail got away, but her LAST fish she hung on! It produced this huge 90-pound amberjack off Espirito Santo Island! Well done!

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Love this photo of soon-to-be, Doctor Aaron Beckord who starts his residency at UCLA but took time for a quick trip to La Paz that produced some good fishing including this great photo of one of his big yellowtail.

Joel Puente brought his son fishing and told us, “We don’t need any big fish. Just some “action.” The 12-year-old, Ben shows off his “action” including dorado, cabrilla, skipjack, pargo and another 10 or so fish the released. Happy guys! They are from El Monte CA.

Proudly sporting his “Bass Knuckles” t-shirt, Dan Hypse with one of his yellowtail out’ve La Paz. Earlier they hooked a huge 200 pound manta ray they fought and lost after a 2 hour battle!

He loves to flyfish! Tyler Lyon from Utah spent a few days with us and his flyrod and had a ball with his hand-tied flies taking multiple species including bonito like this…roosterfish…cabrilla…ladyfish…pargo and sierra. (See the photo of Captain Moncho below).

A whopper of a jack crevalle. There’s a reason the Mexican name for them is “toro” (bull). Susie Waters from Orange Co, CA battled this tough guy for a photo then released him.

Tyler Lyon (2 photos above) released all the fish he caught on his flyrod except this one which he gave to Captain Moncho to whip up some great ceviche! Sierra show us that cold water fish are still hanging out.

Rod Brown had too many good photos during his trip not to post one more. Our amigo from Alaska fishing with our Tailhunter Captain Boli, rocked this nice yellowtail north of La Paz Bay.

FISH MIX IT UP UNDER WEEK OF CLOUDY SKIES

La Paz – Las Arenas / Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of April 5-12, 2015

Hopefully, you weren’t here for the sunshine this week. Really weird week of weather. Temperature-wise, it was very comfortably moderate, but what happened to the sunshine. It was overcast and gray almost all week which didn’t bode well for folks still trying to catch some rays for spring break and late Easter vacations so I felt badly for them. As you read this, there’s actually a small chance of rain by the weekend for a few hours. Then, it clears up for next week so hopefully back to normal.

Anyway, fishing conditions weren’t bad. A little wind, but nothing drastic. Bait was good for both our Las Arenas and La Paz fleets so right there that’s always a good start to kick off the day knowing that we’ve got live bait which is the life blood of our fishing style here. Last year with El Nino, bait was hard to come by for pretty much all of Baja. But this year, we’ve got sardines for our Las Arenas guys and La Paz has a mix, mostly of mackerel, but also some caballitos and and sardines as well.

So, here goes…

LAS ARENAS/ MUERTOS BAY

We actually got some sunshine there relatively speaking this week. The fishing produced some good action. The wahoo had been going nicely, but none were boated this week although there were some fish that were dropped. However, this is our area to go if you were looking for some action and variety.

This week we had some first timers and family so this was great to get them bent…for some of them…the first time ocean fishing. Nothing huge to speak of, but what a variety. You never knew what the catches would be each day. To give you an example on a single day between several of our pangas we got:

1. Dorado

2. Roosterfish

3. Barred pargo

4. Yellow Snapper

5. Jack crevalle

6. Cabrilla (seabass)

7. Skipjack

8. Bonito (lots of them!)

9. Ladyfish

10. Pompano

11. Dog tooth snapper

And that was just ONE day! Plus, add in the lost wahoo and also a lost marlin and there were some cool fish out there to hook onto.

We also had our first flyfishers of the year as well. I’m always a bit leery this early in the season for flyfishing because you never know about the wind, but our flyfishers got roosters, jacks, bonito and ladyfish and had a blast.

LA PAZ

While not showing as much variety as Las Arenas/ Muertos, our anglers who fished out’ve La Paz got the larger fish. More quality for sure.

Around Espirito Santo Island, there’s several spots that glowed nicely for yellowtail. Fish were running 15-30 pounds and were eating the mackerel as well as the iron. Quite a few fish lost to inexperience, and also, I’m sure the bite would’ve been better, but there was alot of traffic out there because lots of folks are still on vacation. Here in La Paz, spring break is actually two weeks long so there were lots of families out on the water as well as fishermen. By next week, it should calm down a bit better. The fish are definitely there.

In addition to the yellowtail, the same area is also holding some nice amberjack, pargo and hefty cabrilla. Some of the beaches and coves have been good spots to look for roosters with most about 40 pounds or so.

We’re seeing more marlin north of town as the waters get warm and I’ve got reports of bits of sargasso weed starting to break looks and start floating so that’s also a good sign for the dorado to move in.

WHALESHARK WATCH

Yes! They are still in the bay! Our clients are swimming with 3-10 of the “baby” whalesharks almost every day in the shallow water. Most of the babies are 10-20 feet long! Great trip!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

Mexico Office: Tailhunter International, 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

U.S. Mailing Address: Tailhunter International, 8030 La Mesa Blvd. #178, La Mesa CA 91942

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

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Tailhunter YouTube Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/pangapirate

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La Paz – Las Arenas – Bahia de Los Muertos Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of March 29-April 5, 2015

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Jason Krieg was on a short last-minute trip to La Paz this weekend with his dad and got his first tuna ever that we estimate at about 60 solid pounds! Jason caught it on a sardine and it was his first tuna! He put it in the boat after a 30 minute battle! He had just gotten the fish to the panga when dad’s line went screaming and dad hooked a marlin (see the photos below).

Captain Armando and the Beckord guys…Dr. Bruce Beckord with son Brian and nephew Aaron show off one of their wahoo on the beach at Bahia de Los Muertos. They fished two days out of Muertos with Tailhunters and got a wahoo each day and lost a few others. They fished on the La Paz side and got roosterfish and yellowtail!

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Our good friend, from Alaska, Rod Brown and Captain Joel show off the kind of yellowtail we’re popping just north of La Paz around Espirito Santo Island.

Yes! And dorado too! Minnesota, amigo, Jeff Brown and Captain Jorge with a really gorgeous dorado caught out’ve Bahia de Los Muertos!

All the way from Minnesota, Jeff Brown, usually visits La Paz once a year to fish with Tailhunter. He ran into some of that good yellowtail fishing north of La Paz while fishing with Tailhunter’s Captain Joel. Check out the flat water!

See the tuna at the top of the fishing report! Jason Krieg and is dad with a nice striped marlin. Jason was just pulling in his tuna to the panga when dad’s line went off and this nice striper bit a little sardine and it was off-to-the-races! Marlin could not be released and it was dad’s first! Marlin showing up early this year!

One of the tastiest fish and one of the best fishermen. My amigo, Mitch Chavira, from San Diego with a colorful pargo mulato (barred pargo).

FULL MOON DOESN’T SLOW VARIETY OR QUALITY OF FISH!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of March 29 to April 5, 2015

It has been a good Easter week for fishing although a bit unpredictable…in a good way! Even with a full moon! There really was some great trophy fishing this week. Maybe not alot of quantity, but the quality of some of the fish was really something to talk about. But, the wackiness was, our fishermen would go chase one kind of fish and get a total surprise with a different kind of fish. They’d go chasing after some other species and then something completely different would show up! Every day was different. Some boats did better than others and, in truth, some pangas didn’t do so hot while others not too far away were bent on fish. But, overall, fishing wasn’t too bad at all!

Las Arenas/ Bahia de los Muertos

With decent stocks of sardines, this is the area where our fleet found the most variety of fish. Roosterfish from 10-40 pounds were along the beach areas and just off the rocky drop-offs. Over at the island, in the area where we got those big tuna last week, the fish appear to be there roving back and forth and moving fast. A few were hooked but many folks just aren’t ready or equipped or experienced to put the wood to that grade of fish and all of them except one, broke off or were lost. But, it’s encouraging to know that there’s tuna there. The one we got this week was a 70 pounder. That’s alot of sashime!

As well, dragging the deep running Rapalas and Yo Zuri’s over the high spots, produced either nice yellowtail or (surprise!)…wahoo! A little early for the speedsters, but no one is complaining. Again, these are quality fish and we’re losing about 1/2 the hookups, but the wahoo coming up are nice 20-40 pound ‘hoos and for this time of year a super bonus. The yellowtail are running 20 pounds or so also with some larger ones getting rocked. If you know how to fish the iron rather than bait, the fishermen who know how to use the jigs are getting far more hooks ups on the ‘tails.

In between the islands and to fill out the mix, there’s some schoolie-dorado ranging around. Nothing really big, but fun-sized 10-15 pounders that are great on light tackle keep popping up as well as jack crevalle, big bonito, and pargo liso, pargo mulatto and smaller dog-tooth snapper. There are also early season billfish in the area as well.

La Paz

This is where the bigger fish are. Out around Espirito Santo Island. Yellowtail have really come on strong. Emphasize the word strong! These fish are 30 pound sluggers. Some larger. You have to turn their heads and as one of our first-time clients said, “These fish don’t nibble!” Made me crack up! No…you better have your socks pulled up and your arms buckled in because these fish slam…HARD! So many fish are getting lost just due to lack of experience. But still exciting. In the same areas, again, a bonus…there’s big amberjack biting. Two of our clients lost a handful of big yellowtail, but still boated an amberjack estimated at 90-pounds this past week. The same areas are also holding rooster fish and smaller pargo.

That’s our story! Happy Easter everyone!

Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

Mexico Office: Tailhunter International, 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

U.S. Mailing Address: Tailhunter International, 8030 La Mesa Blvd. #178, La Mesa CA 91942

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report: https://fishreport.jonathanroldan.com/

Tailhunter YouTube Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/pangapirate

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La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Feb. 22-Mar, 1, 2015

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Captain Archangel shows off one of the nice roosterfish like the ones we got this week. We just didn’t have alot of photos to put in the report since everyone releases their roosterfish! (Which we encourage!) A good week for roosters a little earlier than normal for the year.

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ROOSTERFISH – PARGO and WHALES HIGHLIGHT WEEK

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Feb. 22-March 1, 2015

There just weren’t that many fishermen in town this week. Most folks in town this time of year are snow-birds just trying to get away from the colder areas they live in. Or as one visitor told me this week, “We give up. We live on the east coast and could not stand one more snowstorm. We went as far as we could go as long as we had sunshine.”

It was surely a good week to be in town. Temperatures were in the 80’s although there were some afternoon clouds that dropped some quick showers up in the mountains. Pretty pleasant overall. And not much wind which was pretty good for fishing…if we had more fishermen! But, it’s to be expected during the off-season when we’ve always got the potential for some strong northern winds that can bounce you off the water.

But, for the few fishermen we had, there was some decent inshore fishing. The highlights were the pargo and rooster fish. We don’t have alot of photos this week because…well, most of the rooster fish are released (yay), but there were some nice 10-20 pound fish. Close in tight to Bahia de Los Muertos and south towards Boca de Alamo.

The other fish that came up nice were the pargo. But, we don’t have alot of photos of them either this week because…well, the fish bite, but if you have ever fished for pargo, you also know how tough they can be pulling these sluggers out’ve the rocks. Probably not a tougher fish out there and this time of year is when the big redfish come up into the shallows to spawn. We “estimate” that the fish that were lost would’ve been in the 10-30 pound range.

Other species included bonito, sierra and cabrilla (sea bass).

WHALES

Although we didn’t have alot of fishermen, we DID have some great whale watching and that’s what alot of folks come to La Paz for this time of the year.

We’re having a spectacular year with an abundance of grey whales in Bahia Magdalena and daily trips headed out and lots of whales this year. Normally, they’re gone by mid-March but show no signs so far, of leaving in any hurry! It’s been a great opportunity to literally get close to the whales and touch them.

WHALE SHARKS

How about swimming with an animal the size of a school bus?

Thanks to Kody and Rick Kasper for these great photos and this week’s great video of Kody underwater.

There have also been some great opportunities right in the bay to swim with the whalesharks. The “babies” which are about 10-15 feet long are in shallow water but an incredible experience to get in the water with anywhere from one to more than a dozen whalesharks in shallow water.

FRED HALL FISHING SHOW – Wednesday to Sunday

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There’s nothing like this show if you’re into fishing!

They line up early and long to get into the show looking for deals!

Only part of a skyview of the main hall and the packed aisles in the Long Beach Convention Center!

This is it! This is the BIG ONE of the YEAR! We’ve been on the road now for 2 months and had some spectacular shows in Sacramento…Denver…Puyallup (Seattle)…Portland…Phoenix and Yakima. And now…we’re splitting up again!

I’ll be at the Long Beach Convention Center for the Fred Hall Fishing and Outdoor Show from Wednesday to Sunday. This is the 69th year for this show and it’s always packed with great gear, trips and lots of amigos! It’s the big party!

Our Tailhunter Booth…often a gathering spots for our other amigos in the fishing business. Just some of our “fishing brothers” waiting to see you this week in Long Beach!

BOISE IDAHO SPORTSMANS SHOW- Thursday to Sunday

Regretfully, Jill and I have to split up this week. She’ll be at the Boise Fairgrounds from Thursday to Sunday. Another great show and we hate splitting up. Jill really wants to be with me in Long Beach and I’m sure going to miss being with her and not seeing our friends in Idaho. But, it’s a way great super show! Come see Jilly!

Jill will be in the booth at the Boise Fairgrounds and has all the info you need to set up your 2015 Fishing Adventure in La Paz with Tailhunter Sportfishing!

STILL SPOTS FOR 2015 PANGA SLAM

Dave and Michelle Conklin from Washington got some nice dorado at last year’s Panga Slam

BEACH LINEUP of DORADO at last year’s Panga Slam!

Still some spots available. Dates are June 16-21 and is gonna be a blast with 3 days fishing / hotel/ several great parties and dinners and a big island snorkel party as well. All this personally hosted by Jill and myself and Executive Editor Pat McDonell from Western Outdoor News. It promises to be another great time. For more information, contact us here at Tailhunter at riplipboy@tailhunter-international.com or call 626-638-3383.

That’s our story!

Jonathan Roldan’s

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La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Feb. 15-22, 2015

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yellowtail pargo snapper triggers sierra tags

There’s a variety of fish that came up this week. Red snapper…yellowtail…sierra…and yes triggerfish. All great eating fish.

Our whaelwatching tours are in full swing and the whales are being incredibly cooperative! Kevin Kennedy and his group got the full experience in the calm waters of Mag Bay. Not sure how much longer these amazing animals will be here, but normally, they’re around until mid-March or so! Contact us and we’ll set you up!

We say good-bye to a fantastic La Paz Carnaval . Many watched the parades from our Tailhunter Restaurant and had a great time.

Great costumes and floats!

Amy, Nicole and Kody Kasper enjoying one of Carnval parades in front of our Taihunter Restaurant on the malecon waterfront.

OK WEATHER GOES WITH OK FISHING!

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Feb. 15-22, 2015

Good week for weather and fishing this past week…relatively speaking! I mean, it’s still winter so there were some breezy days, but compared to other weeks, the conditions were much more fishable and given that many of the folks in town are snow birds just wanting to get warm (especially those trying to thaw out from the east coast of the U.S, not too many folks are complaining about 83 degree days.

The fishing was predictable. With good weather, we’re able to get into more species and more variety to the fishing as well.

Among the larger species, some yellowtail popped up off Cerralvo Island including some nicer grades of fish in the 20-30 pound class. Some nice horses. Bait hasn’t been good as far as the mackerel are concerned which is what the yellows really charge, but using iron and heavier jigs (of course losing stuff in the rocks), scrambled egg and blue/white patterns produced fish. Also slow trolling mackerel-patterned crank baits like the bigger Rapala xRap 20’s and Yo-Zuri’s in blue and grey got hits as well.

Also, given it’s only February, I was nicely surprised by the rooster fish we got this week. Nothing big but fun-sized 5-10 pounders are great on light tackle, especially so close to shore. Normally, we tend to see these fish about a month later.

Same with the dorado. Again, nothing gigantic, but good-sating sized 6-12 pound “doraditos” again made for some good light tackle action. Just like the roosters, I wouldn’t expect the mahi to be in so early in the year.

More typical were the other species we caught. Especially, the inshore types. This included snapper and pargo, some decent 10-pound cabrilla and sierra along some of the beach drop offs.

The coming week’s weather is looking pretty good so hopefully better fishing reports next week. Truthfully, this time of the year, there aren’t that many fishermen in town, but everyone is hooking up and getting good variety.

WHAT A WEEK ON THE ROAD!

Jilly is all smiles in the Yakima booth!

Once again…had a BLAST rocking the booth in the Phoenix University Football Stadium. Hard to believe the Super Bowl was played there two weeks ago!

Due to scheduling, Jill and I split up this week on our Tailhunter show tour. Jill went up to Yakima, Washington for the Central Washington Sportsmans Show. I was further south at the International Sportsman Show in Phoenix. We both had a great week and it was great seeing so many new and old amigos! Thanks to everyone for coming and visiting us and for those of you who booked trips to come see us this year in La Paz, we’re looking forward to seeing you again later this year!

We now move off to Southern California to set up for the massive Long Beach Fred Hall Fishing and Hunting Show at the Long Beach Convention Center March 4-8. Once again, we split up! Jill goes north to the Idaho Sportman’s Show at the fairgrounds in Boise, Idaho! If you’re going to be anywhere near these venues come out to see us and say hi!

That’s our story. Have a great week!

Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

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La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Feb. 8-15, 2015

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From Napa and only time for one day of fishing, here’s NIck Clark and his girlfriend Jackie. I was a bit worried because of prediciions of wind and rain, but they did OK…several roosters released…a wahoo lost…two small dorado…some bonito….a red pargo and a cabrilla! Not too bad at all! It’s hard to tell, but if you look closely at Jackie’s left hand…NICK got the best catch of all…HE ASKED JACKIE TO MARRY HIM! Apparently, she said YES!!!

Using yo-yo iron, commercial guys around Cerralvo Island are hooking some nice 20 pound class yellowtail. Hopefully, this week we can get some of our sports anglers on the fish. Thanks to Hawk for the photo!

Amy Casper from Wyoming and Doc Finn from New York have visitors!

Looks like Amy got a big smile from this big grey whale on one of our Tailhunter whalewatching trips!

LA PAZ CARNAVAL 2015 is in full -swing this week! Everyone is out partying on the waterfront with lots of parades, floats, dancing, concerts, food and fun! Carnaval goes until FAT TUESDAY Feb. 17th. Great time to be in town.

FISHING MIXED BUT LOTS GOING ON IN LA PAZ!

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Feb. 8-15, 2015

Relatively speaking…Not much to report this week. We had a bit of wind which is characteristic of this time of year. Also, there’s more folks in town for whale watching and the big week-long Carnavale than for fishing so everyone was having fun, nevertheless.

The folks that did go out, many were first-timers just looking for some sunshine and a day out on the water regardless of action so, in cases like that, best to keep close and have some fun and catch fish. The results were enjoyably predictable with cabrilla and bonito up to about 5 pounds. Good action on some schools of tough jack crevalle up to about 10 pounds. Some pargo including some larger ones busted off in the rocks plus sierra along the beaches. All great eating fish.

But, not to be discouraged, we did have two wahoo come off and several roosterfish were released so there’s alot of variety in the water and decent action!

The tuna bite we were hoping for, never really materialized although the commercial guys say there’s some fast-movers running with the dolphin schools outside Cerralvo Island or momentarily popping up at the drop-offs in deeper water then heading back down before anyone can get to them. Encouragingly, more yellowtail are showing up on the commercial boats using heavier iron as not much bait is around. But those guys go out no matter the conditions and it’s often a bit too rough to put first-timers out there and make the run on a sketchy bite. This week, we’ve got some better experienced anglers coming out so hopefully some better results on the more quality fish.

The whale watching is really where everyone is these past few weeks. The whales over at Bahia Magdalena have been incredible. The folks we’ve been sending over have been having a kick getting up close to these amazing animals in the calm waters of the bay and the whales and the new calves have shown no hesitancy to come right up and check out the funny-looking creatures in the pangas that can’t stop laughing.

Also, this week since Feb. 12th and continuing to the 17th, La Paz has been in full-turbo CARNAVAL mode with the city in quite the party mood with parades, booths, lots of food, giant concerts and pretty much shutting down the whole waterfront area in a giant street fair every day and night. Great time to be in town!

JONATHAN and JILL SPLIT UP!

Not really per se! But our Tailhunter 2015 Road Tour hits a fork in the road!

Jilly and I have been on the road now since just after Christmas and have had some incredible shows in Sacramento, Denver, Puyallup (Seattle), and most recently in Portland at all the big fishing and hunting shows telling folks about fishing with us in La Paz. What an amazing time we’re having and the bookings have been off-the-charts and it’s so great to see so many old friends along the trail!

Well, as the schedule would have it Jill and I have to split up this week. Jill heads for the show in YAKIMA, WASHINGTON at the SUN DOME there at the Yakima Fairgrounds.

Jonathan goes to the other big show in PHOENIX, ARIZONA at the UNIVERSITY of PHOENIX STADIUM where the NFL Cardinals play and we just had the SUPER BOWL!

We hate to split up, but it’s the way the schedule worked out and we surely don’t want to miss either show and seeing our amigos in both locations. So, if you’re anywhere in the area, come by and say hi and talk to us about coming to visit us this year and go fishing in La Paz! Hope to see you this week!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

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