NICE JAGS OF YELLOWTAIL
La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of March 18-25, 2022
MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT
THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…
Great shot that sort of captures the whole thing. It’s like a travel poster shot…Mariah Vitolo in the warm sands and blue waters and a nice looking yellowtail. Mariah was staying at Bahia Muertos at Rancho Costa.
Captain Blas with his dad Captain Alfredo found a nice school of yellowtail off Espirito Santo Island on one of the nice calm days this past week.
OH yea! Another ‘tail in the box. There’s were some nice spots of yellowtail around Espirito Santo Island and the north and south ends of Cerralvo.
Whitney Jones only had one day to squeeze in for fishing with her husband and caught a couple of bonito and a sierra that they had us cook up at our Tailhunter Sea Level Restaurant.
A big slug toad yellowtail for Dr. Sergio caught on a Rapala.
Although winter winds still persisted, things appear to be slowly improving as spring approaches and there were some nice highlights to the week with waters warming and a handful of really nice fishing days.
There still aren’t that many folks fishing yet, but we did have a few out and fishing ranged to so-so to very good. It really all depended on conditions. The windier the days, the slower the fishing.
On the windier days, boats were restricted to fishing closer to shore or having to do more trolling than we normally like to do because of the lack of live bait which is difficult to get if it’s too rough or there aren’t many fishermen. The bait guys simple don’t go out.
The inshore bite consisted of mostly some scratchy cabrilla, snapper, bonito, jacks and sierra. We did have a few boats try for wahoo unsuccessfully. A handful of dorado were also picked up which is very indicative of the warming trend in the waters as we head into spring.
The highlights for the week were the nice grade of yellowtail. Again, dictated by wind and water conditions. On the calmer days, our boats got 1-5 really tough-fighting yellowtail each ranging from 20-30 pounds. Larger ones were lost to the rocks.
A good day on the fishing grounds this past week!
The fish fell for a variety of bait including sardines and mackerel as well as jigging with knife jigs and deeper running Rapalas and Yo-Zuris in darker or mackerel colors. The fish were found generally over structure like deeper rocks and reefs around both Cerralvo and Espírito Santo Island as well as Punta Perico and Punta Gorda fairly close to shore.
Darker mackerel-patterned deeper running lip-baits like this Rapala XRap 20 have been effective on the yellows.
Knife jig for straight drops.
Tried-and-true candy bar style yo-yo iron. This is a Tady 4/0. This zucchini color is good as are blue/white and all chrome.
BAHIA MAGDALENA
They mangroves of Bahia Magdalena! Miles and miles of inlets and changing currents and shoals!
Carolyn Cain had a nice day on the light tackle with a bunch of grouper taken in the shallows as well as a mess of corvina as well. I see a halibut in there as well! They donated all the fish to the local families.
The Lopez Mateos mangroves holding some incredible fish and wildlife.
Not a bad start for Jim Molinari and Kip Slaugh for the Salt Lake City area with a load of corvina, grouper and spotted bay bass.
IT’S A WRAP!
After 3 months on the road, Jill and I are finally coming home.
As you’re reading this, we’re closing it up at our last show here in Colorado at the Denver Convention Center.
We’ve been through more than a dozen states and want to thank everyone for all the hospitality in all our show cities of Reno, Sacramento, Puyallup (Seattle), Salt Lake City, Portland, Redmond, Spokane and now here in Denver. Plus all the dozens upon dozens of little cities, towns and cross-roads in between criss-crossing the western U.S. Hey folks…it’s still a great country with great people! The best!
Thanks to all the amigos and Tailhunter Tribe members who came to see us these past months at all the shows and are coming to see us this year in La Paz!
It’s been great. It’s been liberating to be out again and see so many of you out again. We’re blessed as we watch everyone trying to climb and claw out of the calamity of the last 2 years.
But for now, I think we’re done with late night Denny’s meals, microwave burritos and hotel oatmeal breakfasts. Middle-of-the-night laundry. Tired backs, legs and hoarse voices from 10 hour days in the booth 4 and 5 days per week. Waking up in hotel rooms and not sure what city we are in! Snow…ice…rain…wind…
…and 10,000 miles of driving while gas prices rose over 5 bucks a gallon.
Jilly the road warrior driving through the snow and ice!
Microwave burritos from countless truck stops along the way. Oh…3 months on the road and 10,000 miles of driving watching gas prices shoot over 5 bucks a gallon!
Me and my girl in the booth!
So….
We’re headed home to La Paz! Ready to put our toes in the sand! Let’s get this season rolling and get cranked up for SHOWTIME in LA PAZ! We’re looking forward to seeing you in 2022!
When it’s as calm as this in Muertos Bay, the winds are down and the fish go turbo. Or you can just park it on the beach and throw your cell phone as far as you can. It’s like living in a postcard!
That’s our story!
Jonathan
Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter Sportfishing
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