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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of April 19-26, 2024

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LITTLE OF THIS…LITTLE OF THAT

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Apri 19-27, 2024

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Chilly breezy mornings in the high-50’s or low 60’s (bring a sweatshirt or windbreaker) then hitting the low 90’s by daytime. A few clouds giving way to bright sunshine.

WATER: Getting warmer and more blue as it clears up . Temps ranging fromthe high 60’s to mid-70’s some spots. Warmer water is bringing in a sargasso bloom that will grow until warmer water burns it off.

WIND: Can be a bit gusty in the mornings and even kicking up some whitecaps in the bay, then it settles down. Still a bit choppy outside, but most of the winds are now from the south and not preventing us from getting to most fishing spots…this week!

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Yellowtail, dorado, tuna, cabrilla, pargo liso, barred pargo, snapper, sierra, jack crevalle, bonito, roosterfish, skipjack, pompano, palometa(yellow trevally)

BAIT: Lots of sardines but the schools are moving around a lot. Some mornings, it takes a little longer to find the spots. La Paz has mackerel under the anchored tankers in the bay.

SCALE of 1-10: Four. (I think the full moon had a bit of an effect as fishing got better as the full moon faded.)

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Carlos Sanabria, Jr. just had two days to fish with his dad before heading off on his honeymoon then getting deployed to Kuwait. Big smiles…a flat sea…and a nice yellowtail he snagged with a jig! Doesn’t matter if it ends up in the fish box!

Darrell Manginelli, from Ventura CA, visits us several times a year and always does well. He got a nice variety here on his spinning rod with a pargo liso, some cabrilla and a dorado on the table.

Our two newest amigos, Peter Tobias and Eugene Wowk from New Jersey, spent the week with us and show off a few of the roosterfish they hooked. Nice double here! All roosters were released.

You don’t realize how tough pargo liso fight…even the smaller ones…until you have one hooked! Carlos Sanabria pulled this one from the rocks. Great eating and the fish are in the shallows spawning now!

Great first day for Johnny and Allison Hogan who visited us from Oklahoma. Nice variety! Cabriila, rainbow runner, yellowtail, snapper and dorado at Bahia Muertos!

He’s visited us several times, but Andy Lauber from Louisiana, had never hooked a rooster on the flyrod. He and his wife found a nice school of small and medium roosters right up along the beach and said, “We could have stayed there all day with the light tackle. It was way fun!” All roosters were released.

A few dorado creeping into the counts as the waters warm! Carlos got this just south of Bahia Muertos along the cliffs.

Peter Tobias all the way from New Jersey with Captain Hugo and a bull dorado. To me, more impressive are the big pargo lying on the fish cleaning table!

Cabrilla are the favorite fish for locals here in La Paz and the meat is tender and white! These are two legit fish for Darrell. He said he missed a few others in the rocks!

Captain Hugo posing with Peter and Eugene. Some legit-sized cabrilla and pompano on the cutting table and a nice bull dorado that they had a laugh over as the mahi ate both their hooks and a friendly argument ensued as to who’s fish it was!

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It was an interesting week.

Good action and lots of variety the entire time and everyone had fun, but earlier in the week, it was a bit picky…the fishing was somewhat scratchy. Everyone was catching fish, but it wasn’t as good as the previous week.

I couldn’t figure out why.

Then one dark morning as I was putting out the boats, I looked up…DANGIT…full moon! That had to be it. I’m not a big “full moon theory” person, but that was the only variable that I could point to. (And of course throw blame like any good fisherman!).

What else could it be? Because as the full moon diminished, the fish got better. I mean, it improved tremendously! Everyone was catching and taking home fish, but as the week went on and the full moon got darker, the fish got more active. We started getting more variety. The fish also got bigger.

The list of fish hooked this week was pretty amazing and not completely unusual for this time of the year:

Yellowtail

Amberjack

Jack Crevalle

Pompano

Trevally

Dorado

Sierra

White Bonito

Skipjack

Roosterfish

Barred Pargo

Dog Tooth Snapper

Mullet Snapper (Pargo Liso)

Yellow Snapper

Cabrilla

Grouper

Commercial guys also hooked some big tuna

It’s probably going to be like that for a few weeks as waters get warmer. The patches of colder water are producing the colder water species and the patches of warmer water are kicking out the blue-water pelagic species like the tuna and dorado.

Gotta tell you, it’s reflected in the daytime temps. The nights and mornings can be chilly sweatshirt weather with temps down to the mid-50’s and breezy. Then, within a few hours, the thermometer zooms up to the high 80’s or low 90’s. Frankly, it’s been mostly gorgeous sunny weather with minimal humidity. A really nice time to be here in town.

As the waters get warmer, we’ll be seeing fewer species, but more dorado (we hope) as well as tuna, billfish, wahoo and larger roosterfish.

The fun thing right now is that if you have a bait in the water, there’s just no telling what’s gonna bite. It could be any number of species! And each day can be completely different than the other days.

That’s my story!

Jonathan

Jonathan Roldan’s
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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

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of April 11-18, 2024

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THAT’s MORE LIKE IT!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of April 11-18, 2024

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

Weather: Quite a temperature swing some days. High 50’s at night to high 80’s or low 90’s at night. Mostly sunny although some mornings are cloudy and can be chilly. Winds cut back this week nicely.

Water: Much calmer this week since the winds cut back and much bluer and warmer which reflected in a better fish bite. You can tell the waters are warming since there has been a sargasso bloom which could last a few weeks until the water gets even warm and it does off.

Bait: Sardines and mackerel in abundance!

Fish Hooked This Week: Yellowtail, pargo, roosterfish, tuna, banqueta, cabrilla, sierra, jack crevalle and bonito

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Jorge has a big grin on his face with his catch of a gorgeous barred pargo. These are great eating fish and highly prized. The heads are highly valued for delicious fish soup! Jorge was using a live mackerel fishing over the rocks.

The big schools of big pargo liso (mullet snapper) have moved into the shallows to spawn and can be extremely aggressive and put up an impressive fight. Mark Bonsack from Cle Elam, Washington always fishes well with us.

Wow! Paul Nagata, another of our regular amigos for many years and visits us several times a year, poses with a trophy cabrilla he caught off Punta Perrico.

Another of the solid anglers who fish our area often, you can tell that it can be a bit nippy in the morning as Kevin Shiotani holds up an early morning jack crevalle. Another slugger when hooked.

Mark hooked this yellowfin tuna just off the beach just south of Bahia Muertos. On a scale, it logged in a legit 56-pounds!

Jorge was out with Captain Boli and headed north to El Bajo north of La Paz and using live mackerel scored a limit of yellowtail and were done fishing after an hour! The yellowtail have been on the chew around Espirito Santo Island!

Mark has a knack for these baquetas which are deeper water grouper. We don’t see many of these in the counts during the season!

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It seems every week…even every day is different right now. I wouldn’t go so far as to say it’s erratic. I’d say it’s pretty typical of this time of year.

Last week we talked about how the strong north winds came back and how that might have affected the bite along with the eclipse perhaps being another variable that affected currents, tides and surely the fish!

The bite was off and the northern winds returning caused us to have to cancel a few trips…like like in the winter when it gets too rough oftentimes to get out and fish or simply makes it too uncomfortable or even dangerous.

Well, this past week, the winds cut back again. Waters settled. Waters warmed. And all kinds of schools of bait showed up…en masse!

Those are a great combination for fishing and for sure, it reflected in the bite.

The big schools of pargo liso showed up around Punta Arenas, Punta Perrico, Muertos Bay and Cerralvo Island. These fish school up this time of year to spawn and can range from 5-50 pound “horses” in the shallow waters where sharp teeth, sharp gillplates, sharp scales, a rocky environment and simply a beligerent and aggressive attitude make them difficult and tough sportfish. They can be extremely frustrating and most fish are lost after rugged battles.

Pargo like these mullet snapper are now on the spawn in the shallows!

Also in the shallow inshore areas, there was a good bite of jack crevalle, bonito, cabrilla and even a few smaller roosterfish.

Smaller roosters have moved in. Waiting for the big boys!

Around the islands and especially north of Espirito Santo Island and the El Bajo Seamount the yellowtail have been putting on a great chew with fish going 10-30 pounds. In some cases, the fish were literally foaming and limits were coming in fast. The fish were eating live mackerel which we were easily caught using sabiki rigs in La Paz Bay under the tankers anchored just offshore, then heading out to the fishing grounds.

Yellowtail can pull hard. We had a good week for them!

The forktails were also chasing the yo-yo jigs in blue/white and green/yellow patterns as well as slow trolled deep running Rapalas, Yo-Zuris and Nomad lures.

Almost to the gaff!

But, like I said, things change every week. No dorado to speak of just when I thought the dorado bite might be taking off as per last week’s report. Strange because the waters were warming, but most of our catch this week was of the colder water variety.

I think overall, things will improve although we’re still going to get little episodes of wind for a few more weeks. And I’m sure for a few more weeks, at least, we can expect the unexpected which just means if you have a bait in the water, we’re not sure what we’ll hook!

But that’s why this time of year is called the “transition” period when we have both cold water fish and warm water fish and so much variety. The cold water fish will gradually be moving out and warm water fish like the dorado, tuna, wahoo and billfish and hopefully larger roosters will start moving in!

That’s my story!

Jonathan

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 Week of Mar. 25-April 2, 2023

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THINGS ARE WARMING UP!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Week of Mar. 25-April 2, 2023

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT

WEATHER: Much improved the past 2 weeks. Getting warmer and sunnier although strong northern winds are still problematic but not as frequent.

WATER: With diminishing winds, waters are getting clearer and more blue.

SPECIES HOOKED THIS WEEK: Yellowtail, dorado, pompano, palometa, bonito, jack crevalle, roosterfish, snapper, sierra, amberjack, yellowtail, barred pargo, pargo liso, dog-tooth snapper

MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

From Minnesota, Steve Powers had just one day to squeeze in fishing and landed a number of species including this hefty yellowtail. He also landed dorado and a roosterfish (released). Photos below.

That’s a great rack of tasty fish for Leif Dover, out long-time amigo from Atlanta GA. Big pompano, sierra, doado and a barred pargo in the mix.

John Turner and Brian O’Neil fished 6 days and although they hit some wind, the still put lots of fish in the box. Check out this catch of dorado, a big pargo liso and sierra.

Normally, we don’t see them quite so early in the year, but Steve landed and released this nice roosterfish.

Two more of our long-time Tailhunter amigos, Kip Slaugh from Utah and Jim Molinari from California with some quality yellowtail, dorado and sierra on the fish table!

One day to fish all the way from N. Carolina, Melissa Evans and her son, Jack, pose with a big palometa. They also caught snapper, cabrilla and pompano!

Find the right spot and there’s some dorado to be found like this one with Steve ready for the filet box!

These huge pompano have been with us now over 2 weeks and are great fighters and tasty eating! Captain Gerardo poses with one of the big guys.

John Turner and Leif Dover ran into some winds, but were still able to fish inshore and loaded up on the cabrilla and snapper.

Our amigo, Gary Wagner, owner of Rancho Costa at Bahia Muertos. He’s got a nice barred pargo.

More big pompano and dorado headed for the cooler!

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Hope ya’ll had a great Easter and Easter Week!

We’re not quite there yet…but things seem to be improving weekly with better conditions and a surprising number of different and unseasonable species.

Still seeing some really windy days, but we’re having more good days than better day as waters clear up and warm and it’s bringing in the fish. Not so many pelagic blue water species yet although there are a surprising number of dorado in the water if you hit those warmer spots or current breaks where there’s a temperature split.

However, the inshore species are sure bending rods.

In addition to some nice quality yellowtail up to about 25 pounds, the big pompano are still around and it’s unusual to be getting pompano like this so early in the season and for sure, I’ve never seen so many pompano of this size! The fish are close to the beaches at the drop offs.

In those same areas, the variety has been incredible…snapper, 3 species of pargo (pargo liso, barred pargo, dog-tooth snapper) cabrilla, sierra, jack crevalle, bonito, skipjack…and yes…even the occasional early roosterfish too! Just really fun live bait and jig fishing when you really don’t know what’s gonna bite!

And even cooler, most of the fishing is closer to shore without having to go very far even if the winds are kicking in.

EASTER WEEK IN LA PAZ

It was pretty packed in town the last 2 weeks! Spring Break and Easter are the busiests travel periods of the year and our tranquil little city of La Paz was a jammed with folks from all over. More Mexicans travel during this time than any other time added to all the Americans who descend on beach destinations like La Paz!

The line of cars waiting to be allowed into Balandra Beach which has a quota on the number of folks allowed in at one time. The rest of to wait.

Famous Tecolote Beach jammed with vacationers having a good time.

Tecolote Beach 17 miles north of La Paz had a 5 hour car ride back into town…to go 17 miles. A “conga line” of evening headlights.

Pichilingue Beach which usually has only a handful of cars stacked up with campers and picnic folks enjoying the sand and water.

ECLIPSE APRIL 8 – BEWARE!

If you’re going to be in La Paz for the eclipse like some of our anglers, don’t forget to bring eclipse glasses! Regular sunglasses are NOT good enough to protect your eyes! And there are alot of fake eclipse glasses out there too. Make sure the glasses you use are certified!

It will be interesting to see if the fishing and tides/ currents will be affected by this event too!

REMINDER IF YOU’RE COMING TO VISIT US SOON

Your balances are due 30 days from arrival so don’t forget. Write me directly:

tailhunterfishinglapaz@gmail.com

That’s our story! Hope you had a great Easter!

Jonathan

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/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Mar. 14-24, 2023

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THINGS WARMING UP?

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Mar. 14-24, 2024

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT

Weather: Mostly sunny. Some clouds, but temps ranging from the mid-50’s to mid-70’s

Water: Still cold water around, but more patches of clear blue showing up. Fewer rough days as there are still some very windy days, but somewhat diminishing.

Fish Species Hooked This Week: Yellowtail, sierra, pompano, amberjack, bonito, jack crevalle, snapper, barred pargo, cabrilla. A few dorado also hooked.

Better Spots: North and south ends of Cerralvo Island. Inshore rocky areas or over submerged reefs. Northern and eastern Espirito Santo Island.

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THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Some of the biggest pompano I’ve seen in a long time came up like this big fella caught by our amigo from Atlanta, Leif Dover.

Yellowtail action is improving, but the trick is getting out to the spots and sometimes ploughing through windy and rough seas. Kip Slaugh from Utah has been a long-time amigo making several trips a year poses with a double handful of forktails.

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Our popular Captain Gerardo took some of our clients to North Cerralvo to find the big yellowtail and poses for a quick shot while in his new panga.

John Turner has another nice forkie for the fish box and ready to pack up for the ice chest.

No photos of the clients, but Captain Rogelio poses with one of their yellowtail unloading back at the La Paz docks on the Malecon.

Hugo puts a fresh yellowtail on the gaff. Knowing Hugo, I know he loves the heads and collars of these tasty jacks.

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Happy Easter and Easter Week everyone!

I won’t go so far as to say we’re out’ve the winter winds yet, but there’s certainly reason for some optimism. There are more calm days than windy rough days and waters are getting warmer and clearer.

There were still some days when it was better to just stay off the water and there were days when anglers went charging out anyway as town starts to fill up with Spring Breakers and Easter visitors.

Consequently, there were good days on the water and not-so good days on the water. There were some days that were just “Meh.” But, the better days were marginally productive and generated some nice and interesting catches.

Most noteable were the yellowtail biters. Fish ranging from about 10-25 pounds hit live bait, dead bait as well as yo-yo jigs and trolled jigs. The trick was being in the right spot and some of those spots sometimes required hitting some rough patches of wind and water. However, anglers working the high spots off Cerralvo Island and Espirito Santo Island found fish willing to chew. Other areas including the rock spots off Las Arenas/ Bahia Muertos.

Those same areas kicked out some nice pargo and cabrilla as well as the occasional amberjack.

Inshore fishing held the same species, but also sierra, jack crevalle, bonito and some really huge pompano. These were some hog-sized pompano too. We usually don’t see the pompano until about May or June so catching them was a treat, but also surprising in size as well.

The upcoming week, there will be some gusts and windy days, but overall, not too bad to take a shot out on the water. Just have to pick and choose the correct days.

MAG BAY REPORT

We had some good friends, Kip Slaugh and Jim Molinari from Utah out with Captain Rigo for a few days fishing the mangroves at Bahia Magdalena this past week.

Miles and miles of tangled mangrove roots and shoals holding numerous species!

Easy to get lost in the days before GPS!

Captain Rigo takes the guys out to start the day.

Over two days the guys hooked and released numerous species, keeping about a half-dozen including some good-sized grouper, spotted bay bass, snapper, cabrilla and others.

Captain Rigo with Kip and Jim. Good first day. Captain Rigo has more than a bit of fish cleaning to do! Lots of grouper and cabrilla!

Another day and more light tackle grouper for the fish box!

Jim Molinari poses with one of his grouper in the bay.

They also realeased many more fish as well.

That’s my story! Happy Easter and Easter Week everyone!

Jonathan and 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/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Feb. 16-Mar. 1, 2024

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WINDY QUIET TIMES FOR FISHING

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Feb. 16-Mar. 1, 2024

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

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Commercial mix of fish…jackk crevalle, an amberjack even two smaller dorado.

Typical inshore catch. Again from one of our commercial fishing amigos. Two barred pargo and a yellow snapper. Great eating!

I know this week’s report is REALLY late, but I was kinda holding out.

I was hoping that there would be a break in the winds or that there would be something exciting to write about other than the usual boring winter reports about strong winds; rough seas and non one fishing.

But, that’s just the way it is and I couldn’t hold out any longer. We actually did have a booking or two the past two weeks, but had to cancel all of them because of the weather. As one of the prospective anglers wrote to me, “I’m glad you warned us about the weather. We had planned to take the family out for an easy day of fishing, but I’m writing this looking at the ocean and it’s all white caps and rough! Thanks for the FYI!”

There’s some fish to be caught but if you can’t get out because of the weather, it’s pretty typical this time of year. That’s why we say that November to April is off-season. The winsurfers and kiteboarder love it, but for fishing, not so much!

The few reports I’m getting are from friends that are commercial fishermen who tell me that they are hooking some yellowtail, amberjack, sierra, plus the usual rock fish like cabrilla, snapper and pargo. There have been a few dorado still being caught and a few tuna hookups near Cerralvo Island, but that’s about it. Quiet times mostly.

Reservations for our regular season from late April to October, however, are rolling in every day. After the last two years since Covid, fishing has been pretty spectacular and I think everyone is excited to get in on it again for 2024. Get in touch with me directly if you want to come visit us this year. My personal e-mail is jonathan@tailhunter.com Don’t wait, dates are filling up pretty fast.

As a matter of fact, we’ll be making our own S.California appearance this coming week from Mar. 7-10 at the Pacific Coast Sportfishing Show at the Orange Co. Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa.

We’ve been on the road now some 3 months and have had some crazy great shows in Dallas, Reno, Nashville and Salt Lake City. We really miss not being able to attend some other shows in S.Cal and some of our other favorite areas but we’re really looking forward to this week at the PCS show. It’s gonna be huge and all your favorites will be there. I hear is now takes up 7 of the massive exhibition halls. Check out the video:

This will be our final show of the 2024 season before heading home to La Paz to kick things off. Hope you can join us. Jilly and I will be in the booth every day and it would be great to see you!

That’s our story!

Jonathan

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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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 Week of Feb. 8-15, 2024

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STRANGE WINTER CONTINUES!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Feb. 8-15, 2024

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT:

Weather: Daytime mid-70’s nights in the high 50’s. Have had some cloud and rain to go along with strong winds. Port Captain even had to shut down all boat traffic in La Paz Bay because it was so rough.

Water: If the winds are blowing, the water is going to be rough and off-color. But, there’s some strange warm blue water here and there in the 70’s holding pelagic species! Go figure1

Fish Hooked This Week: Tuna, dorado, amberjack, yellowtail, billfish, pargo, sierra, bonito, jack crevalle, roosterfish, cabrilla.

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

A late afternoon fish haul for Gary and friends including yellowtail, cabrilla, dog-tooth snapper and mullet snapper (pargo liso)

Roosterfish in February? Wow! Unusual catch this time of year. The fish was released.

Crazy variety here in the photo…dorado, sierra, snapper, dog-tooth…all great eating fish!

First off…big gracias to our amigo, Gary Wagner who has his place at Rancho Costa in Bahia Muertos. Gary kindly provided the photos and some great info for us this week.

As I have often mentioned, this is off-season from November to April because of the winds and rough seas and barely anyone is out on the water. During this time of year, we get our reports many times from our friends who are commercial fishermen who have to make a living on the water no matter the weather. But, we also get info from friends who live in the area, like Gary, who can pick days to fish when the winds aren’t blowing. We’re grateful!

Three things have not changed since the last report:

ONE: The winds have still been blowing. No surprise. In fact, it got so rough the La Paz port captain had to shut down all boat traffic in and out’ve La Paz Bay.

TWO: In between the gusty blasts there are some days when it’s well worth it to check out the fishing. This is especially true of our friends who live in La Paz who can find a good window to go out when the winds are somewhat slack. Usually only 1 or 2 days a week on the average.

THREE: Holy Cow, there’s some nice an unusual fishing going on! There are the usual cold-water species like cabrilla, snapper, sierra, yellowtail and amberjack. But, there are some spots where the waters are unusually warm…around 70 degrees…holding dorado, billfish, tuna and even some crazy roosterfish! Normally NONE of these warm water species are around this time of year.

Gary did inform me that this past week, Muertos Bay, where his hotel is located, suddenly filled with krill turning the waters pink! The krill is very nutritious and brought lots of baitfish into the bay to feed.

Well, not surprisingly the bigger predatory sportfish followed the baitfish in and the feed was on which provided some wild crazy fishing for a number of species!

Check out this pelican standing in the middle of the krill-filled water! (again, thanks for the video Gary!)

Every week, it seems there are some crazy surprises. We’ll keep you posted.

WHERE ARE WE NOW!

We just wrapped up our biggest show of the season in Nashville at the Safari Club International Convention. Thanks to everyone who visited and we’re looking forward to everyone who signed and made reservations to come see us! We sure had a great time as almost 1000 vendors and exhibitors from over 30 countries were present (including us!) and I head reports that attendance broke records as visitor to the show from every state in the U.S. and some 14 countries also attended.

So…this week we are here in Salt Lake City at the Western Hunting and Conservation Expo. It’s the largest show in the west and they’re expecting something like 60,000 + folks to attend. It’s at the Salt Palace Convention Center in downtown Salt Lake City.

We’ll be in the booth from Thursday to Sunday so c’mon down and say hi and let’s set you up for fishing with us in La Paz this year!

WHALE WATCHING SEASON IN FULL SPEED!

It’s that time of year and we’re running our whale-watching trips out to Bahia Magdalena on the Pacific side right now. The whales have migrated all the way down from the Bering Sea and usually hang out in our waters through March before heading back up north.

If you’d like to have a great life-time experience, get in touch with us and we’ll get you set up!

That’s my story!

Jonathan and 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/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Jan. 28 – Feb. 5, 2024

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SUMMER SPECIES IN WINTER?

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Jan. 28-Feb. 5, 2024

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER – Mostly sunny. Daytimes low to mid-70’s. Nights low 60’s. Winds from the north 15-20 mph most days. Stronger gusting as the day goes on.

WATER – Some strange patches of unseasonably warm water in the 70’s holding some surprising species of fish (el Nino?). Colder water is darker and cloudier. Warmer water is blue.

SPECIES HOOKED – tuna/ dorado/ wahoo/ yellowtail/ amberjack/ yellowtail/ sierra/ snapper/ pargo/ bonito/ jack crevalle

BAIT AVAILABILITY – Depends on the winds and waves. The rougher it is the harder to get live bait this time of year

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE AND THE REST OF THE STORY…

Yellowtail starting to show up at the islands now with some cooler waters moving in. Cabrilla also along the shoreline and rocky reefs. Jigs and live bait working best.

Our own Captain Victor with a yellowfin tuna. Surprisingly, the YFT’s are still getting caught this late/ early in the year. Normally, we don’t see these guys until later. It’s been a weird season!

Strange mix of winter-time fish for sure! Dorado and tuna in the winter? In my 30 years down here, I can’t remember too many times this happened.

It’s been a strange winter.

They say it’s El Nino. I dunno. But, I can tell you that the weather is about right. Still lots of windy gusty days and bouncy seas. That’s pretty typical. Not much of anyone on the waters most of the time except windsurfers who revel in the world-class winds.

However, the rub is the fishing.

Normally, we’re catching inshore species if we’re even out. That means inshore cold-water species like pargo, snapper, cabrilla, sierra, amberjack mixed with bonito and jack crevalle. So, yes, those are still around to be caught.

But, the real craziness is the warm water species that are around.

These include dorado, sailfish, marlin, tuna, wahoo…WHAAAT??? We normally don’t see these species until at least the springtime when the waters warm. And that could be the key. There are patches of warm water as much as 68-73 degrees. That’s quite a bit higher than normal.

As mentioned, not many folks are even out on the water, let alone fishing because of the winds, but most of the reports are coming from friends in La Paz who can pick the least windy days to go out or go out before the winds kick in or else they are the commercial captains who have to work for a living no matter the weather.

We’ll just have to keep an eye out. I have my fingers crossed that these species will still be around when the season kicks into full gear around April when the winds are usually diminished.

NASHVILLE OFF THE CHARTS – SALT LAKE CITY NEXT!

Just wrapped up maybe our best show of the season at the Safari Club International Convention in Nashville. After 4 days in the booth, Jill and I were plain whupped! We talked to so many great folks. We met so many old friends and made so many new ones. We booked lots of folks to come fishing with us in La Paz. The show featured almost 1000 exhibitors from over 30 countries and attendees over the 4 day event pulled in folks from pretty much every state in the U.S. plus Europe, Asia, S. America, Canada and Australia among others. It’s really the Super Bowl of hunting…and for us we learned long ago that “hunters like to fish!”

We wanted to thank everyone for all the hospitality and everyone who came by our booth to say hi. We will take a bit to re-group and recover from the great time!

So now…we’re all packed up and wheeling our way west towards Salt Lake City and the Western Hunt and Conservations Show at the downtown Salt Palace. It has always been a great show and we see so many friends. It’s more like a huge social event!

Check out this video:

The show runs from Feb. 15-18 in Salt Lake City at the Salt Palace. Jill and I will be in the booth every day and we’re looking forward to seeing you! Reservations are coming in daily and our fishing year is filling up. Get in touch with me directly: jonathan@tailhunter.com. We don’t want to miss you!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and 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 Dec. 23-Jan. 1, 2023

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FISH BITE WHEN WIND SLACKS

La Paz-Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Dec. 23-Jan. 1, 2023

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Comfortable day and night temps, but still some gusty seasonal winds up to 20 mph at times that are prohibitive to being on the water whether you’re fishing, snorkeling, kayaking or SCUBA. So, you need to find those dates when the wind is blowing less.

WATER: Simple. If it’s windy, the water will be rough and cloudy. If it’s not windy, the waters settle down nicely. Surprisingly warmer than normal.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Dorado, sailfish, roosterfish, tuna – you gotta be kidding me! Plus sierra, pargo, cabrilla, jack crevalle, yellowtail.

BAIT BEING USED: If it’s windy, it’s tough to get live bait. Plus, this is off-season so there’s not that many fishermen on the water. That means sometimes, the live bait guys won’t go catch bait to sell. Not practical. If you don’t have live bait, then dead bait; frozen bait and lures can still be effective.

MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

The right kind! Wow! Hard to believe wahoo in December, but John Davis did the trick on this ‘hoo off Cerralvo Island.

Awww…a “cute” juvenile sailfish boated by Norm Busch fishing with Captain Pancho. The fish was released.

Love the facial expression! Greg Earles battled this hog yellowfin tuna for 2.5 hours. WHOA! Well done!

Double roosters and lots of fun in Bahia Muertos for Norm and Greg. We don’t usually see roosterfish in the winter. The big 100 pounders show up in the spring. These were released to grow big.

Bull dorado for a serious-looking John. Seas look a bit rough!

Love this photo or Norm Busch with another fun winter roosterfish. Another release!

Another dorado for Greg headed for the fish box.

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OK…this is just weird.

Granted…winter is the WINDY season and yes, the winds have been blowing up to 20 mph. But even if you find the occasional window when the winds slack off and you can go fishing, the catch is usually inshore stuff like pargo, snapper, cabrilla, sierra and jacks.

Mostly shallow water species found over the rocks and reefs. Alot of that is because with the winds, it’s not a great idea to go too far out in the rough waters. However, also the waters are cold and the warm water species are still months away.

So, what’s happening in our waters?

As this is off-season, there’s not much of anyone fishing. Mostly locals, commercial fishermen and the occasional visitor. But, the catch has been rather…unusual to say the least.

Yes, the shallow water rock species are still there.

But, were hooking dorado! Fish up to 30 pounds are still swimming around and readily taking lures and live bait.

There are tuna around Cerralvo Island with football-sized fish like 10 pounders, but also sluggers over 50 pounds!

Want more?

How about wahoo also around Cerralvo. Sailfish in the channel up to 130 pounds. And what about the 10 pound roosterfish along the beaches and in the bays. Great for light tackle. Not the big hogs over 100 pounds we get later in the year but some fun feisty roosters to play with.

Totally unseasonable catches and highly unusual. Not sure how long they’ll be around. Probably as long as the waters stay on the warmer side, but alot of fun while they are here.

That’s my story!

Happy New Year!

Jonathan

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter Sportfishing
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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/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Nov. 29- Dec. 9, 2023

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WINDS SLACK A BIT

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Nov. 29- Dec. 9, 2023

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: A pleasant time to be in town. Daytime in the high 70’s to low 80’s and nightime down to the mid-60’s. Most days pretty nice, but the winds (up to 20 mph) from the north blow for a days then cut back. It’s nice right now, but winds coming back later in the week.

WATER: Definitely cooling and when the winds are blowing, it’s pretty rough, but other days, nice and fishable. However, water visibility is decreasing when the waters are rough. Must be some warm patches as we’re still hooking some dorado.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Cabrilla, sierra, snapper, pargo, bonito, jack crevalle, dorado, tuna.

BAIT SITUATION: Live bait availability is sporadic. Not really many fishermen this time of year so the bait guys might not even go out. Or, if it’s too windy and rough, they can’t find any bait. So, often having to troll or use dead or frozen bait.

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Freezer meat for the winter for Miguel Campos from Puerta Vallarta who put a couple of yellowfin tuna and some nice dorado in the fish box.

Jorge Romero was out from La Paz and hit flat water and empty seas to go along with a nice limit of dorado.

The fishing report is a tad later than normal this week because I was hoping something would happen so that I would have some decent information to impart!

No such luck. Same old…same old! It is what it is!

Not much of anyone really fishing right now. Not only is it that lull between Thanksgiving and Christmas, but this is pretty much off-season from November to April when the north winds whip things up.

The windsurfers and kiteboarders love the world-class winds, but not so good for being on the water fishing. Additionally, most of the folks coming down this time of year, aren’t here to fish. They’re shopping, dining and hanging out on the beaches.

It’s actually a really nice time to be in La Paz. Air temps in the day are in the high 70’s to low 80’s with little humidity. Nights are in the mid-60’s. Additionally, Christmas decorations are up and at night everyone is downtown for the Christmas faires every evening with booths, food and music.

Mostly, the only folks who are out fishing…and where I’m getting my reports are from our captains who use this down time to go out with family and friends; commercial fishermen; and other locals who can pick and choose which days would be best to go out when the winds aren’t blowing so strong.

That’s the key. Being flexible to go out on the days when the winds have abated. Most of this week there were some 20 mph gusts, but then towards the end of the week, things settled down again.

Apparently, there’s still some legit dorado around which means there’s still some warm blue water here and there. The fish are reportedly running about 10-20 pounds and being taken on live bait (when available); dead bait; frozen bait and chunked bait.

Some of the commercial guys have reported yellowfin tuna popping up at the north and south ends of Cerralvo Island. Most of the fish are 10-30 pounders, but I heard there were some bigger models up to 100 pound or more running with the porpoise schools.

Inshore, the usual…snapper…pargo (several types)…jack crevalle…sierra…bonito (make great chunked bait).

FROM MY MEMO PAD

They finally opened the season for swimming with the whalesharks. Not sure how long it will stay open. Just depends how many animals show up and also on the water and weather. If it’s too windy, it’s hard to be out there and hard to find the animals in the shallow water!
Reservations are coming in daily and dates are filling up for fishing with us in 2024. Don’t wait. Get in touch with us, especially if you have a favorite captain or hotel! You can write me directly: Jonathan@tailhunter.com
Ice chests full of fish headed to the airport!
Whale watching season over in Bahia Magdalena is coming up. Some whales are already starting to show up in the shallow bay there. Best time is usually February to March. Reach out if that’s something you’d like to do. It’s pretty incredible.
It’s show season again. We hit the road in 2024 and our first show will be:

DALLAS SAFARI CLUB CONVENTION

DALLAS CONVENTION CENTER

JANUARY 11-14

It’s a massive show. One of the largest and it’s got so much to see and check out. We

will be in booth #339. Come see us!

Just one of the massive halls in the convention center in Dallas!

That’s my story!

Jonathan

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/ Bahia Muertos / Suenos Bay Fishing Rerport from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Nov. 21-28, 2023

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FISH BACK ON BITE WHEN WINDS DIMINISH THIS WEEK!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Week of Nov. 21-28, 2023

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Daytime in the low 80’s and nights in the mid-60’s. For about the first time in weeks, the winds did not blow and we had almost perfect weather which was reflected in the fishing.

WATER: Without the winds kicking everyone and everything, waters settled down and were relatively flat. Given the fish that were caught, there are obviously still warm and cooler spots of water.

LIVE BAIT: Still and issue and tough to come across so dead and frozen bait or trolling is what we’re doing, but still working well.

FISH HOOKED: Tuna, roosterfish, dorado, sailfish, jack crevalle, bonito, sierra, pargo (mullet snapper), pargo mulato (barred pargo), cabrilla, sierra, yellowtail, amberjack.

NOTES: About 2 months late, but enough whalesharks finally arrived in La Paz Bay (8 of them) to open the season to swimming with them with licensed guides. Not sure how long the season will stay open depends on how many animals stick around. They’re not on anyone’s schedule!

MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Gary and Miles Wagner at Gary’s Rancho Costa in Bahia Muertos. Wow, hard to believe bulls like this massive dorados are biting in November, but great catch!

Tailhunter’s own Jorge Romero, got a “kitchen pass” for a few days fishing from his lovely wife, Sandra, so he got out on the water. He was told to get some meat into the freezer. Nice load of dorado!

Wow! Roosterfish in November. Sydney Wagner hooked this pretty gallo in Bahia Muertos and released it. Rooster season is normally, April to July or so! Check the flat waters!

Yup! Even yellowfin tuna this week. Jim Nichols is all smiles. Jim is from Colorado.

Jorge getting his Santa Claus beard in gear for the holidays with another bull dorado for the box.

Our buddy, Jimmy Williams, got out and fished the north end of Cerralvo Island for Thanksgiving and pulled several big dorado up like this beauty. Jimmy is about 6’2″ so you can gauge the size of this bull!

Jorge got out another day. Went south out’ve Muertos and struck out so he headed to the south end of Cerralvo Island looking for wahoo. No wahoo, but two nice tuna and a bunch of dorado plus white bonito on the troll and using dead bait.

Miguel Campos from Puerta Vallarta comes over for quick winter trips to La Paz. Nice YFT!

MIguel with another dorado to get into the ice chest!

Cold water fish, but delicious especially for ceviche. Gary has himself a nice sierra.

Jim Nichols with another surprise roosterfish. Caught and released!

Hope ya’ll had a great Thanksgiving and the holidays are off to a good start!

Well…what a difference a few days make!

For about the first time in about 5 weeks, Mother Nature cut us some slack and those fierce northern winds gave us a break for about 7 days. They’re scheduled to be coming back but in the meantime, it was a great time to be on the water!

Not many folks fishing this time of year, but many of our friends or even our captains got out with their friends and families to take advantage of the great conditions. Hopefully, to put some fish in the freezers for the holidays.

Normally, this time of year because of the weather, the catch is mostly inshore species like pargo, cabrilla and snapper. However, this past week, it was about as good as we’ve had since mid-October!

Schools of dorado came up hungry for both our Las Arenas and La Paz fleets with decent-sized school-fish running about 10-15 pounds, but also larger fish up to 40 pounds. Additionally, tuna up to maybe 30 pounds were hitting at the north and south ends of Cerralvo Island and there were some rumors of a wahoo or two breaking off as well as billfish!

Inshore, yes, cabrilla, snapper, jack crevalle, sierra, white bonito, pacific bonito and two kinds of pargo were biting, but the big surprise were the roosterfish in the 10-40 pound size being caught and released. Normally, our roosterfish season runs about April to early July!

And, the pargo that we hooked were the pargo liso (mullet snapper) that get up to 20-40 pounds and usually don’t show up until the spring that made it into the fish boxes!

Some amberjack were also hooked and the commercial pangeros reported some yellowtail were hooked as well.

Still not much in the way of live bait because of the turbulent waters and also, if there’s not many fishermen, it’s economically a waste of time for the commercial bait guys to go out. So, most fishermen either trolled or made good use of dead or frozen bait like ballyhoo, frozen sardines or chunked bonito.

Enjoy it while we can! Winds predicted to start up again!

WHALE SHARK SEASON FINALLY OPENS

After waiting many weeks, authorities finally opened the popular swimming with the whaleshark season. Normally, the season runs October to April in the Bay of La Paz.

However, that’s dependent on water conditions…if it’s too rough and windy ,it’s hard to find the animals in the shallow waters. And it’s also dependent on how many animals are around.

At last count, there were 8-10 whalesharks in the bay.

The problem is that so many folks want to get in the water and so many operators from all over Baja sell and oversell tickets and trips. Many are unlicensed.

Only 6 persons are allowed in the water for each individual animal and only for a limited amount of time. For the safety and wellbeing of the animal. Plus, having too many boats in the water scares the animals away.

If dozens of people are booked to get in the water on a given day and there are only 3 or 4 animals, most folks will never get in the water or their trips will get cancelled. Even if you get in a boat, there’s no guarantee that you’ll get in the water because there is a rotation of people. And it’s not like the animals are on a schedule or in a cage like at the zoo so there’s no guarantees. You take your chances.

So before you book, check with us or another licensed operator.

RESERVATIONS FOR 2024

Our spots are booking fast for the coming year as we come off an incredible season this past year . Reservations are coming in daily so get in touch with me personally:

Jonathan@tailhunter.com

We’ll get you set up! Let me know so you don’t miss out on your favorite captains or hotel rooms. Or, if you’re brand new, write me and we can tell you all about our services that we’ve offered here in La Paz almost 30 years now! We’re great for experienced as well as first-timers; families; friends; kids…something for everyone!

We’ll customize a complete fishing/ hotel/ activity package for you!

http://www.tailhunter.com

That’s my story!

Jonathan

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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