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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of June 2-9, 2025

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BIG HOGS and DAWGS!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Bahia Muertos / Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of June 2-9, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Definitely racing into summer. Daytime temps in the mid to high 90’s. Humidity creeping up there! Nights are warm. Had 2 cooler breezy mornings that zoomed off as soon as the sun came up.

WATER: Bluer all the time. Surface temps in the high 70’s. Sargasso weed balling up now north of town into paddies which is good for dorado.

SPECIES HOOKED THIS WEEK: Roosters, dorado, marlin, amberjack, pargo liso, dog-tooth snapper, barred pargo, yellow snapper, silver snapper, jack crevalle, needlefish, trumpetfish, bonito, sierra, triggerfish, pompano, African trevally, black trevally, cabrilla

FISHING ON SCALE of 1-10: SEVEN

THE MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

First time from Oklahoma with a big trophy pargo liso, Jalee Crofford poses with one of these tough but tasty fighters. The pargo are in the shallows spawning right now!

Sako Kechichian and Howard Folmer had some fun their first day on their first trip visiting us with some brute roosterfish like this one! All released. I think this is Sako’s fish. Scroll down to see Howard’s rooster. First day they got a 60, 70 and 80 pound class roosterfish.

Rich Gardner and Captain Joel are pretty happy with this bull dorado. Great colors and photo. We’re finally getting some dorado schools showing up!

Finally! Roosterfish on the flyrod. Norm Fujimoto came back this year and finally got his roosterfish on the flyrod! Actually, he caught and released several! What a battle!

Kim Gardner gets a hand from husband, Rich, on her big roosterfish. They’re from Reno and were on their first trip with us at Tailhunter. Rich is having a reproduction made of the fish for Kim. The actual fish was released.

Proud mom, Holly Butler and her husband, Bert, from Maryland were able to get their son, Nick away from Ft. Bragg where he is serving with the 82nd Airborne for a quick get-away. Started the vay-cay with a bunch of roosters (all released) including this trophy! (BTW…it’s Holly’s fish! Nick stepped in to help!)

Our roosterfish king, Steve Bryan, from Seattle comes down every year for 3 weeks and all he fishes for is big roosters. Home runs or nothing. I lost count, but I think Steve has about 11 or 12 fish this run between 60 and 80 pounds and at least 3 roosters like this one that are over the 100 pound mark! Lookit the gut and girth on this fish! All roosters released! Steve said the first run took almost 200 yards of line and they had to chase the fish with the boat!

Our Washington friends, Ginger and Jeff Thorpe with Captain Moncho and a table full of good-eating pargo, cabrilla and huge triggers!

Brad Baker has been fishing with us for years. He’s having some fun here with Captain Alfredo and a barred pargo that’s headed for the freezer.

Finally got his roosterfish! John Zoetjes and his dad came all the way from New Jersey and got several nice roosters. All released.

Love this photo for Captain Victor with Janet Jordan from Michigan on her first day fishing. Flat seas. A big smile and a nice rooster to start the trip!

Johnny Stone with a hefty dog-tooth (cubera) snapper! Tough fighters and great eating! John is from San Diego and fishes with us every year and always does well.

Captain Pancho helps out for the photo and Bert Butler’s stubby fat roosterfish just off the Punta Perrico rocks. Bert’s first day and first trip with Tailhunter. The fish and all roosters were released.

Our good San Diego amigo, Jim Bovee, visits us 3 or 4 times a year for quick little fishing trips and it’s always great to see him. He got this dorado fishing with Captain Boli outside the bay.

Just another amazing pig roosterfish! Mike Muehl from San Diego got this one up just long enough for the photo and release! Mike is from San Diego.

Bob Francy with yet another rooster. Three days of fishing and he and his amigos from San Diego had some fun!

Jimmy Adair gets a thumbs-up from Captain Alfredo. Even tho’ jack crevalle aren’t good eating, anglers will argue all day long that there aren’t a more difficult fighter than these toro!

Our Colorado, amiga, Lori Ballweber from Fort Collins, is back with us and has a big smile and a roosterfish her first day before letting it swim away!

This is funny. I think that is Captain Moncho’s arm holding the flyrod over Norm Fujimoto’s head! Finally put some roosterfish on the end of the flyrod with major props. It’s alot of work and a tough battle on the flyrod!

Two of the funnest gals to have here visiting us! Patty Killian and Tracy Chung can fish! They often put their husbands on another boat so the ladies can outfish them! Two fatty cabrilla are headed for the fish box. Patty and Tracy have been with us for years and are from Oregon. Always fun visits!

It’s been many years since Jeff Stephens came down, but always good to see him. Nice cabrilla for the day . Jeff generously gifted all his fish to the captains.

Whoa! This pargo liso is almost as big as Holly Butler, but she’s the winner of the battle. Captain Pancho helps out!

Finally! Rick got his roosterfish the first day and it’s a pretty one! Fish was released. Rich was visiting us for the first time from Reno NV.

Barred pargo and Jeff Stephens.

He wanted to get it off his bucket list…Walter Jordan poses with one of his roosters. Walt came all the way down from Michigan. He released all his roosters, but still took home an ice chest of other fillets!

Joshua Herrera, all the way from Rawlins WYO on his first trip to see us and can count this trophy cabrilla as part of his take-home catch!

Steve with another toad roosterfish! Captain Jorge said this was around 100 pounds and Steve said he needed help lifting it for the quick photo so he could get it back into the water!

Tony Crofford had to postone his visit to us last year, but came back strong this year and started off with a good day on the roosterfish grounds just off the beach with his first rooster!

Al Bielstein and Chris Heisse from San Diego with a double. They caught and released over a dozen big roosters. Chris called it the best 5 hours of fishing in his life.

YEOW! That’s a huge cabrilla in the hands of Jeff Killian with Captain Boli pretending to help out!

One of my favorite photos of the week. Doesn’t get better than Sako and Howard, both hooked up to big roosterfish on a flat sea having a great time!

Talk about variety! Matt and Jason Correia from San Diego with Captain Jorge cradling a dorado and triggerfish! I also see pargo liso, cabrilla, green trevally, black trevally, yellow snapper and silver snapper!

The times of your life! The best of the best photos! Jalee Crofford and Captain Joel with her first dorado! Sheer joy!

Poster shot! John Stone and his rooster.

John Chung, Captain Boli…a big cabrilla. Knowing John, he gonna make some good eats outta this fish!

Pretty colors and a great shot of Jeff Killian, Captain Boli and a bull mahi.

Rachel and Greg Stafford with son, Monty, and a rack of fish on their first day…not shown are the roosterfish they released earlier. Check out the huge sierra on the table. It looks almost iike a baby wahoo!

it doesn’t look like a great day, but Mark Hinds and Lee Bennett from Texas caught a bunch of roosterfish to start, then finished off whith these eaters…a dorado, snapper, pargo liso and a triggerfish!

Oh yea! The right kind. Trio of dorado for Tony and Jalee from Oklahoma.

Nice rack of fish including pargo liso, yellow snapper and cabrilla for Scott Rodde.

I think this is Howard Folmer’s big roosterfish and Sako is giving him a hand so they can get it back in the water.

New fun friends from Michigan. Quite a variety! in addtion to their roosterfish, they also got a dorado, big pompano, green trevally, amberjack, cabrilla and a triggerfish .

A good start to the vacation. Releasing a bunch of roosterfish then some take-home trevally and snapper for the freezer. Nice to have Lora and Jeff Ballweber back to visit us!

Good way to start the day at sunrise. Flat seas and hungry fish for Tony Crofford.

Sako’s bull dorado!

Captain Victor and Janet. She really really wanted to catch a dorado. Well, she finally got one. She was beyond thrilled. She didn’t realize that it would be the first of several!

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Once again…where the heck do I start?

I know for you, just start by looking at the fishing gallery for the week. I thought LAST week we had alot of photos. This week tops it! I didn’t have enough space for all the great shots. The photos will pretty much tell the whole story!

But, after about a month of this crazy bite, I think we’re getting a little spoiled. If we’re not hooking a half-dozen roosterfish a day, I hear it was a bad day. If we’re not getting 20 pound cabrilla and filling the box, I hear it was a slow day. If we have only 3 dorado instead of 5 or 6 or don’t have at least a half-dozen species of fish, I hear “fishing was off today!

I say this with a grin and a laugh, but we can’t win!

I have no idea how long this bite will last. Nothing lasts forever, but we gotta enjoy it while we can because this is one of the most epic bites I have ever seen in 30 year in both size and quantity of the species we are hooking.

I mean, in a normal year during roosterfish season, we a boat get 2 or 3 it’s a great day. This year? Heck 5, 8, 10 or more fish per boat per day is not unheard of or even more! I had one boat take 12. Another get 20 fish! All released of course!

And the size? YEOW…50 pounds to fish over 100 pounds are swimming in the waters right now.

Same for cabrilla and the big pargo liso.

Have they been eating steroids in the off-season or working out? We are catching more of both species than I have ever seen and these are NOT easy fish to battle. Plus, they seem to be 30-50% larger than other years! When I see the fillets on our packing room table, they are the size of doormats.

Other species in the wings…

Dorado finally started showing up in better numbers as the sargasso weed starts to build up north or town. Nothing wide open yet, but there are some schools willing to bite and this is about the right time of year when it breaks open.

Marlin are all over just sitting and sunning themselves. Not quite ready to go on the chew, but like the dorado, it could happen any day.

That’s my story! Check the photos and watch the video!

Cheers and best fishes!

Jonathan & Jilly

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of May 23-June 1, 2025

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BIGGER AND MORE!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of May 23-June 1, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: We had a little anxiety as Tropical Storm Alvin made it’s way up the coast towards us ,but thankfully, we dodged the bullet. A little wind. A little drizzle and lots of humidity. We were still able to fish. It’s warm now for sure. Temps in the mid-90’s during the day and don’t be a dummy…put the sunscreen on! Had some painful lessons this week.

WATER: Warmer and bluer, but there’s still some chilly stuff deeper below the thermocline judging by the colder water species we hooked at times.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Where to start…

Roosterfish, dorado, barred pargo, dog-tooth snapper, silver snapper, pargo liso (mullet snapper), trevally, green palometa, black palometa, pompano, amberjack, sierra, wahoo, bonito, jack crevalle, triggerfish, cabrilla, grouper.

FISHING ON THE 1-10 SCALE: 7 plus!

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Finally! Chad Schearer, our long-time amigo from Montana and host of the long-running famous “Shoot Straight” TV show got his big rooster on the flyrod! In fact, he caught and released two with Captain Moncho running the boat! If you look carefully in the background, that ripple of water is a school of roosterfish boiling!

Three years ago, we got the IGFA world record 46 pound pargo liso. When we saw Leif Dover’s big fish, we quickly ran it to the scales, but it was “only ” 42 pounds, but a heck of a fish and catch!

Our “Rooster King” Steve Bryan is back in town for 3 weeks of chasing big roosters every years . In 3 days…so far…9 roosters caught and released including this one that might push 80-100 pounds! Steve is from Seattle. Always good to have him here.

First-timer with us Rawley Thackery has a big bull dorado in hand. More dorado are showing up although not yet at full speed. They’re coming! Rawley is from Utah.

Yea..this is a dog-tooth snapper with a mouth full of choppers! Randy Choate from Boise ID has been with us for a month getting bent on all manners of fish. It was his retirement gift to himself!

The Holy Grail of fish! Doug Fowler finally got his wahoo and it’s a fatty at the south end of Cerralvo Island with Captain Hugo.

Mike Bies caught this Baja Grouper/ Golden Grouper which is really a cabrilla. We only see about 1 of these a year. Mike was first-time with us from Denver.

A prize catch no matter how you look at it. These pargo liso are the toughest, meanest and most viciously frustrating fish we have, but Lori Baydo got a trophy! Captain Victor helps with the photo!

Couldn’t be a sweeter lady than Marsha Schearer. She got several big roosterfish this past week. Captain Moncho is all smiles under the gator! All roosters released.

Colorado in the house! Michelle Bies with one of her roosterfish. She was fishing with us for the first time. Fish was released.

Two of new Tailhunter friends from Washington State…Gomer and Crystal Gage with a massive table of tasty black trevally/ palometa to take home.

These two were way fun! Ginger and Jeff Thorpe double hook-up on roosterfish off the island! They spent the whole week with us and kept everyone laughing.

Great colors on Chad’s dorado. Not getting alot of dorado, but the ones coming in are legit sizes. Give it a few weeks and it could be crazy!

Captain Joel (right) with Abbie and Dawson recently married living in N. Dakota with some dandy cabrilla!

We don’t see many silver snapper or understand why they are even called “silver snapper” but Brian O’Neil and Capt. Pancho pose with one and I hear they are great eating!

Somewhere under this massive roosterfish is Steve Bryan. Captain Jorge estimates this fish over 100 pounds and had to be lifted onto Steve’s lap for the photo as his arms were shaking and they wanted to get the fish into the water ASAP!

I have never seen so many big cabrilla as this season. Greg Baer had his family out with Captain Rogelio and put these nice cabrilla and pargo (look on the deck) in the fish box!

Texas Lawrence Piccagli with a great photo right next to the beach. Check the pretty water. You don’t have to go far for these fish. Lawrence took this rooster on his flyrod for the photo and release.

Long time Tailhunter amigos from Colorado, Paul Lubow, Al Martz, Daryl Marts and Al Lubow with some hefty amberjack , pargo and a big triggerfish for the ice chest!

Captain Chito give a thumb-up to Nico Harris for his bull dorado taken north of La Paz Bay.

Bear hunting guide and taxidermist from Oklahoma, Billy Bunyard fishing with us for the first time shows off a nice cabrilla.

Candy Bunyard and husband Billy (photo above) were first-timing with us but also celebrating their honeymoon! Her first rooster for a catch and release is a nice one!

Talk about a colorful cutting board! Leif Dover and Brian O’Neil have been fishing with us for years and always do well. I see trevally, a big pompano, a dog-tooth snapper, a pargo liso and a couple of silver snapper and a cabrilla in the photos. A feast in the making!

Captain Gerardo give a hand to Soon and Wade from the San Francisco area with a nice variety on a good day. Wahoo, pargo liso, cabrilla, snapper, triggerfish, amberjack on the table!

Our new Arizona friends Ernie and Lori Baydo had quite a day. he’s got a trophy cabrilla and she’s sporting a big pargo liso on the beach at Bahia Muertos!

Wyatt Schearer and Kassidy Albright…celebrating his birthday and celebrating their engagement in La Paz! Wyatt was with us as a little kid 14 years ago. This was Kassidy’s first trip and her first rooster!

There’s no doubt that these jack crevalle are well-name by locals as “toro.” (Bull). Chad fought this guy for 90 minutes and took his flyreel down to the backing and they had to chase the fish! Great battle and the fish was released.

Billy and Captain Gerardo for a quick pose with his big rooster and release. Billy is from Oklahoma and was headed to guiding bear hunts in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska when he got back from his La Paz trip.

Wyatt Schearer working the flyrod while fiance Kassidy and Captain Gerardo look on.

Nice bull! Captain Victor with Lori and Ernie Baydo on the beach at Bahia Muertos

Rawley seems pretty happy with his rooster! A quick photo and release.

Alot places folks don’t like amberjack, but ours (related to yellowtail) are pretty tasty and tough fighters growing to over 100 pounds. Soon Saelaw from San Francisco had a pretty great 3 day fishing with us and added this amberjack (pez fuerte) to his box!

Paul and Martha…just engaged were back with us again from Utah and got a double catch-and-release on these roosterfish.

Oh the joy! Brian and his buddy Leif got 16 roosters to the boat that day up to 50 pounds and lost a bigger one that might’ve gone 100 pounds.

Two dorado for Lawrence who took his fillets to Cabo to meet up with family. Lawrence is from Dallas.

The right kind…Paul Cowdell with a trophy for the quick photo and back to the water!

San Mateo Wade Ichimura with a prized pargo liso taken over the rocks off Cerralvo Island. The big snapper are spawning right now and fish can go over 50 pounds!

Only had two days to fish, but Trevor Cook from Reno NV got his rooster the first day right off Bahia Muertos. This was Trevor’s first visit with us.

Alex Piccagli with a thumb-up with Captain Armando and a tasty barred pargo. Lots of folks here throw the whole fish on the grill and stuff it with rice, garlic and veggies! Or just deep fry the whole thing!

It’s a beast! Most needlefish are about 2-3 feet long! But check out Paul’s monster! It’s jurassic! Captain Miko in the photo also!

Always great to have Jeff Brown come down every year from Minnesota with family. Abbie and Derrick help with the trio of dorado.

Mike Bies with one of his roosterfish on his first day! Mike visiting us from Colorado. Fish are right off the sandy beach at Punta Arenas.

Our gal, Marsha Schearer with Captain Chito and another big roosterfish for her. This one near Espirito Santo Island. All fish released.

Jeff and Ginger and a whole bunch of the crazy black trevally that showed up in massive schools. Never seen anything like it!

Yup…Soon Saelaw had a good few days with us. He even got a wahoo with Captain Gerardo!

Another of our fun Utah guests, Jeramy Lund shows off one of his roosters before releasing it strongly into the water.

Pesky pelican trying and succeeding in photobombing Alex and Henry Piccagli from Austin TX.

Three former Air Force officer friends…Kurt Wagner, Trevor Cook and Grant Thomas on the water.

Chad…another nice one on the flyrod. When a flyfisher has to balance his rod across his shoulder to take a photo, it’s a good thing! Nice job, amigo. Thank you for the visit!

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Well…last week’s report during the full moon was pretty hard to top. I had never had such a large report in 30 years down here. So much info…so many photos.

…until this past week!

Listen…if you were here this last week and I missed your photo and you don’t see yourself here, I really apologize! I tried to get everyone in and probably had over 100 photos this week to try edit and squeeze in. I try to get everyone!

MORE AND BIGGER…

Wow! Compared to the last report… It kinda got better. Maybe not in terms of numbers of fish, but yes more fish were caught this past week (and released), but it also seems THE FISH GOT BIGGER!

Even my captains are commenting on the size of the fish!

The first several weeks of the season, OK, we got some big fish. There are always the occasional catch that raises an eyebrow and gets a big high-five. But after about 6 weeks into the season, it seems the fish are consistently larger than normal. And then there are the numbers!

The roosterfish bite has been the best in all my years down here!

I mean, a good day in the past meant maybe 2-4 roosters per boat per day. But these past 2-3 weeks, singular anglers (not per boat)…singular anglers are telling me they are getting 2-12 roosters in the 10-40 pound class. Some boats getting up to 20 fish per day and anglers telling me “We could have sat on the school all day and caught dozens more…it was stupid fun!” One angler told me, “I just had the finest 5 hours of fishing in my life!”

Not only are folks catching alot of roosterfish, but also landing personal best with fish ranging from 50-to possibly over 100 pounds! (Just check the photos above).

They are telling me that once you get into the schools, the roosterfish are literally boiling. You can see the roosterfish under the boat and they are foaming on baits as soon as the baits hit the water!

I dunno…maybe there is too much of a good thing? It’s getting to the point where some of our guests are getting spoiled. “We got tired of roosterish! We wanna catch something else.” or “Oh man, we caught roosterfish again (bored voice).”

Enjoy it while you can. This is the kind of bite we may never see again!

MORE and BIGGER…WORLD RECORD?

The pargo liso are spawning in the shallow and these are ferocious frustrating tenacious sluggers. Again, never seen so many or so big. I tell folks if you get one to the boat after 5 hits, you’re doing pretty good.

Three years ago, we got the IGFA record at 46 pounds. A beast.

Well, Captain Pancho fishing with one of our long-time anglers and amigos, Leif Dover sent me a photos from the beach which simply said, “New world record?” I saw the photo and told them to rush it back and DO NOT CUT IT UP. They raced back to La Paz with the fish wrapped up in wet blankets and ice.

Well, we got it on the scale and unfortunately, “only 42 pounds!” Close, but not quite, but unquestionably and beast and trophy!

I tell you what…it took me over an hour to clean this thing and after cutting through all the armor plating, huge bones, tough scales and sharp teeth and fins using 3 different knives, a hammer, a saw, a wire cutter and industrial sheers and a small hatchet…this 42 pound fish yielded only 12 pounds of meat! It was a tank!

MORE and BIGGER…

Every year at this time, we catch alot of cabrilla (seabass). Tasty fun fish. Most are about 12-18 inches long. But this year holy cow…they are grouper sized fish! They must’ve been eating steroids in the off-season because they yoked out. We’re catching 24-36 inch long fish!

…and we are losing probably even bigger fish in the rocks!

MORE and BIGGER…

Other species this week…overall, I think I counted 21 different species!

Wahoo are getting cuaght finally off the south end of Cerralvo Island. Not many. I think 8 were hooked and 3 got to the boats. All caught on deep-running Rapalas and Nomads, but we’re also losing some big boys . The largest this week went about 50 pounds.

More dorado are coming in. We’re far from WFO on the mahi and only getting about 3-5 per day now for my whole fleet, but they are legit sized 10-30 pounders and I saw one fish that scaled at 49 pounds! As the waters get warmer we anticipate more coming in. Give it another 2 weeks or so. North of the city, the sargasso weed starting to bunch up and forming into paddies and that will get the dorado schooling up.

Other remarkable stuff…so many pompano and trevally this past week. I have never seen black trevally in 30 years here, but we had whole schools tearing it up like piranhas! Most fish about 5 pounds, but easy limits and these are great eating.

We also caught big jack crevalle that are probably 50% larger than normal. They are really beating folks up and giving folks more than a run for their money!

Add in bonito, barred pargo, dog-tooth snapper, rainbow runners, sierra, amberjack and more. It was a full full week of fun. Just look at the photos!

We did dodge Tropical Storm Alvin that had as a bit nervous as it marched up the Pacific towards Baja that promised high winds and rain. But fortunately, it petered out and gave us a few days of clouds, humidity and just enough of a sprinkle to mess up the dust on my car windshield.

That’s my story!

Jonathan & Jilly

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of May 13-21, 2025

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THAT FULL MOON BITE!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of May 13-21, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Getting warmer with temps in the 90’s now but the evenings are still very comfortable. Some windy gusty morning and evenings to deal with and can be a little breezy some days, but calming overall.

WATER: Getting bluer, clearer and warmer each week. Water temps on the surface are in the mid-70’s with a big patch of warm blue water coming down from the north.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Honestly…I lost count and lost track. One of our young anglers caught almost 2 dozen species in 3 days. But here goes…wahoo, marlin, roosterfish, barred pargo, dog-tooth snapper, pargo liso, yellow snapper, cabrilla, sierra, rainbow runner , yellowtail, amberjack, triggerfish, sheephead, hawkfish, spotted bay bass, grunts, surgeonfish, trumpetfish, pompano, trevally, bonito, jack crevalle, grouper …even a small halibut!

FISHING SCALE :1-10: solid 7

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Mike Vandenberg was intent on getting a roosterfish on the flyrod. He got more than one! First time visiting us with his family from Idaho. All fish released!

Rick Choate had a sweet 2 weeks with us with numerous species and quite a few trophies like this big bull dorado right off the Punta Perrico rocks! We don’t have to go far for big species down here.

Two more first timers! Doug and his son Benji from Oceanside CA also wanted to get a rooster! They got more than one like this fat gallo that they hooked on light tackle and tag-teamed to get it to the boat . The fish was released and swam away strong!

Randy Choate finally got his wahoo after so many years at the south end of Cerralvo Island. He also busted off another one. His retirement gift to himself was a whole month fishing with us!

Stuff happens! Sam and Owen weren’t trying to catch a marlin but this striper came up and wolfed down a little sardine on a small hook and the fight was on! Their first time fishing with us and the were not able to revive the fish because the hook had gone straight down, but they donated much of the meat. It’s our first marlin of the season.

Nice bull for Carter Vandenberg who mostly fished all week with the flyrod, but took this mahi on conventional tackle north of La Paz near Espirito Santo Island.

Don’t let the size fool you. Pound-for-pound among the most powerful and frustrating fish in our waters, but Doug Fowler caught two of these pargo liso!

Whoa! Trophy cabrilla/grouper for Pat Duggan while fishing with Captain Alfredo over the reef!

Mike gives wife, Leslie, a hand posing with her big roosterfish! That’s the sand of Punta Arenas in the background. The fish was released!

I think that is Galen Wilcox behind that mask with Captain Armando. Galen has a rooster on his bucket list and got several. All released.

Captain Hugo with Mike Strain from Minnesota with another ‘hoo. Hugo has had a knack for hooking the wahoo lately. Mike was staying at Gary Wagner’s place at Rancho Costa at Bahia Muertos!

All the way from S. Carolina! Brad Sleder with one of his roosters that he released. Always good to see him here.

Mark Bonsack always rocks the fishing. Nice rack of assorted pargo, snapper, cabrilla and I also see a trevally. All good eating. Mark visits us several times a year from Washington.

Happy fella! Pat Duggan with another rooster just south of Bahia Muertos near the beach. Fish was released.

First day fishing rooster! Captain Jorge and Sam!

Frameable shot of 15-year-old Benji Moreau with another rooster. This young man caught 22 different species of fish over 3 days and released them all!

You know it’s a big fish when a flyfisher has to hold his rod in his mouth! Nice job, Randy!!! That’s a pig rooster!

Some tasty trevally and some other good eaters on the cleaning table for Galen Wilcox and Pat Duggan who also caught about a dozen species this week.

Start small at the beginning of the day, Sam! They got bigger!

Galen poses and Captain Alfredo tries not to get whacked in the head by the big dorado! All fun!

Rick with another rooster to CPR…catch…photo…release!

Mike Vandenberg came to catch roosters on the flyrod and he got some big boys, but he was really impressed with the power of these jack crevalle! Another good fish to release!

Just a gorgeous shot of the water, the land, the fish and the fisherman. Randy Choate with another rooster on the flyrod.

There’s a reason the locals call jack crevalle “toros” (Bull) because these fish will yank you outta your socks and your arms from your sockets! On the flyrod, Carter poses with a hefty toro.

Two big roosters…same day…light tackle! Doug and Benji again. I think they will be coming back to visit us!

Pat with another fat cabrilla!

Another day…another dorado . Captain Armando with Galen Wilcox.

First day fishing. First roosterfish right offr the bat at sunrise for Carter Vandenberg! Another photo and release!

Ben came for roosterfish and he got roosters and much more . First day fish to start the trip!

Great colors and a great photo! That’s Espirito Santo Island in the background north of La Paz and I think that’s Galen Wilcox behind the mask!

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The last report, I told you that it had been the best week of the season. It was pretty darned good. Then, we got the full moon and although I don’t think it really affects us too much down here, I always have a little anxiety about how it will affect the fishing especially this early in the season .

Well…FULL MOON? In a word, the bite got even better!

Hey, I’m not kidding. We hooked over 24 different species of fish and one of our young anglers, Benji Moreau…just 15 years old…decided to count and over 3 days, he hooked and released 22 different species!

I think if you just look at this week’s fishing gallery, it’ll give you a good idea better than me writing long narratives.

The roosterfish weren’t off the charts like earlier in the month when they were almost jumping into the boat, but it was more “normal” with maybe 2-4 roosters per boat per day. But, they were mostly BIGGER this week. Some fish hitting the 30-60 pound class! We had some other larger roosters that might have been bigger that were lost. But, all fish were released and the bottom line is that everyone who wanted a rooster got a rooster…or 2…or 3 or more! Fun fishing!

Our flyfishers, especially had a good time which is alot of work, but they spent a good deal of time bent on the roosters, jacks, bonito and other species!

The waters and air temps are definitely warming up and this is a pretty typical spring bite. The marlin are waking up and we got our first billfish this week although we weren’t able to release it. Two others were lost.

We also FINALLY put some wahoo in the boat!

We’ve had some biters get lost the last 2 weeks, but finally had a few stick and put in the boat. Good legit 30 pound wahoo off the south end of Cerralvo Island. It’s good to know they are finally there and ready to bite.

Also, the big pargo liso are still spawning in the shallows and these big red vicious critters will tease and then crush baits and your spirits and pull you out’ve your socks! If you get 5 hook-ups and just one fish to the boat, you’re doing good.

More dorado starting to show up as the waters warm as well. Not many. Not yet, but the ones we’ve hooked have been quality 15-25 pound fish.

I can’t even begin to name some of the other species, we got. However, in addition to the roosters, marlin, wahoo, dorado and pargo liso, I also saw bonito, jack crevalle, amberjack, sierra, rainbow runner, yellowtail, grouper, cabrilla, triggerfish, trevally and pompano among others!

It’s getting warmer! Daytime temps are in the low to mid-90’s now! But, it can still be breezy on the water especially in the mornings and evenings!

If you wanna go fishing, write me directly: tailhunterfishinglapaz@gmail.com

We’ll see you down here! Let’s get you bent!

That’s my story!

Jonathan & Jilly

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of May 5-12, 2025

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THIS IS MORE LIKE IT!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of May 7-12, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Really mostly nice. Evening and mornings can still breezy with a bit of chill, but then the sun comes up and we’re into the low to mid 80’s. Comfortably warm without the humidity! Perfect beach weather!

WATER: If there’s wind, it can still be a bit bumpy, but overall calm blue seas getting warmer and clearer as the temps rise.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Dorado, roosterfish, dog-tooth snapper, yellow snapper, pargo liso, barred pargo, yellowtail, amberjack, vaquita, cabrilla, wahoo (1), rainbow runner, bonito, jack crevalle, trevally, pompano, triggerfish, sierra

FISHING ON A 1-10 SCALE: 6 (but still the best week so far of the season so far!)

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Ray Millman from Palos Verdes sure had a banner week catching a variety of fish. I lost count of hoe many roosters he released, but one day alone, he released 10 roosterfish!

Pound for pound, I don’t think there is a meaner, stronger, smarter or more vicious than the pargo liso/ mullet snapper. The schools are spawning now and will rip your heart out in frustration. If you hook 5 and get one of these beasts to the boat you’re doing great! Darrell Manginelli got 2, but lost quite a few more.

Dorado are starting to move in. Not many, but some decent quality adding variety to the fish counts. Barb Choate from Boise ID and Captain Alfredo pose with 1 of 2 mahi that Barb caught!

Captain Armando with Leonard Post who spent 4 days with quite a few catch-and-release roosterfish like this one!

Big boy with a big boy! Captain Gerardo laughingly struggles with a hefty rooster for a quick photo and release. Some of the bigger ones are starting to show!

Captain Victor and Bill Malone have a nice variety including one of those tough pargo liso, yellow snapper, amberjack, cabrilla and a barred pargo.

Rick Choate seems to always keep me laughing! Right next to the beach with another really pretty roosterfish before setting it free.

Greg Gibson has some great eating yellow snapper, a cabrilla and a triggerfish waiting to get filleted and back onto the ice. He told me later his kids really love the fish tacos!

A nice amberjack that Darrel brought back to our Tailhunter Restaurant to have us make sashime! Related to yellowtail and roosterfish, among others, the amberjack is very tasty and can get over 100 pounds.

Mac Christoffersen and Tom Ames…always good to see them. Had a good day of action with Captain Armando. He’s holding a rainbow runner and I see trigerifsh, barred pargo and cabrilla on the cutting table that all went back to Idaho with the guys!

The mornings are a tad chilly but heat up quickly on the fishing grounds when tangling with these roosterfish. Donna Flowler lets Captain Miko handle holding the rooster for the photo and release!

Whoa!!! Now this is a toad! Randy Choate got two of these big grouper with Captain Alfredo north of La Paz near Punta Coyote. In my 30 years, I can’t remember a fish like this!

Another one of those incredibly tough pargo liso posed for the photos with some trigerifh, cabrilla and snapper on the table for Donna and Doug Fowler.

Captain Jorge with Barb Choate who is always laughing and smiling! She is a joy to have visit with us in La Paz.

Brad Sleder came over from N. Carolina and was fishing deep and hooked a couple of vaquita. Great eating.

The right kind! There aren’t many in the water yet, but were expecting them soon. Ray Millman got one of the few and it’a pretty bull mahi!

Darrel was on fire a few days with his light spinning rod and battling and releasing a bunch of roosterfish. Darrell has been with us about 20 years and fishes several times a year with Tailhunter. This is his 2nd trip and he has two more on the books. He’s from Camarillo CA.

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Oh wow! What a week!

We’re not up to full speed yet, but by far this was the best week of the young season!

We still had some winds.

We still had some bumpy days.

Some boats did better than other boats on any given day.

But, overall what a fun fun week. With daytime temps in the low 80’s, and sunny, everyone caught fish. And most caught a variety of fish! Just like I remind folks, this is “transition” time when we have cold water fish still in the area, but moving out. And we have warm water fish starting to move in.

I lost count, but I recall we got dorado, wahoo, roosterfish, barred pargo, pargo liso (mullet snapper), dog-tooth snapper, yellow snapper, yellowtail, amberjack, jack crevalle, trevally, pompano, sierra, rainbow runner, triggerfish, cabrilla, surgeon fish…how many is that?

If you ever wanted to cross some fish. off your bucket list, this was the week.

The biggest news was the roosterfish. In 30 years here, I have never seen anything like a few of the days this past week. Normally, someone would come back and be happy that they caught and released 2 or maybe 3 sizeable roosters. Good day. Banner day! Right?

Well, this week some of our boats were AVERAGING 6-15 roosters PER DAY!!! These were the fun-sized 15-30 pounder class fish that had folks really enjoying themselves in some cases catches and releasing as fast as they could go!

Ray Millman caught and released 10 in a single day. Bill Malone hooked 9! Randy and Rick Choate each caught and released more than 15 PER PERSON over 3 days using conventional as well as fly gear.

According to our guests, there were times when the fish were “boiling and crashing” and fighting to hit the baits! There were bigger ones on the perimeter of the school, but the “smaller ones” were so voracious that the bigger ones never got in on the feed!

But, several larger ones up to 80 pounds were hooked and lost using the larger 12″ ladyfish for bait instead of the smaller sardines. The smaller roosters can’t eat the bigger baits.

In 30 years, I’ve not had a jag of roosterfish like this!

As well,the big pargo liso are also spawning in the shallows now. Believe me, you will not find a tougher or more tenacious and vicious fish than these big mullet snapper.

They are balling up in big undulating schools in the shallows over the rocks and some of these fish are easily 40-60 pounders! But, hooking and landing these fish are completely different issues!

For one, they have keen eyesight. So using heavy line is useless.

Secondly, they have a mouth full of sharp teeth. They have sharp fins and scales as well as gills and they live over sharp rocks.

So, even if they bite, you have all. these things already against you! We call them “zing-powie”fish because your line goes zing. Next thing you know your line snaps POWIE! If you hook 5 (big if) and land 1 you are doing great! But so frustrating because you can SEE these fish in the water swimming around and they will constantly beat you up!

Anyway…lots of fun action! Everyone caught fish. Everyone brought home fish that wanted to bring home fish. And we released alot of fish! A nice solid week and we anticipate it will only get better as the season ramps up. Hopefully, more dorado soon and more and bigger roosterfish!

That’s our story!

Jonathan & Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter Sportfishing
www.tailhunter.com

Mexico Office:

Tailhunter Sportfishing

755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of April 27-May 4, 2025

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STILL A FEW YELLOWTAIL BUT ROOSTERS BEND RODS!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of April 27-May 4, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER – To be honest, there were some really windy and chilly mornings and evenings. All of us had jackets on and we had to move some of the fishing from La Paz to Las Arenas because it was too windy and rough. But daytime temps are in the low to mid-80’s. Overall very pleasant…except for the windy times.

WATER – If the wind is blowing, it’s whitecap time and plan on getting wet. Fortunately, we can move folks to other areas to fish and the windy days are fewer and far between. When the wind is not blowing, it’s like a postcar!

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK – Roosterfiish, dorado, yellowtail, marlin, barred pargo, yellow snapper, pompano, trevally, bonito, jack crevalle, cabrilla, golden grouper, dog-tooth snapper, triggerfish, sierra, amberjack

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

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Ray Millman is all smiles! An incredible day catching and releasing TEN roosterfish in a single day! That was a first for us in 30 years!

The Ewing boys…Zach, Clay and dad Don were the pargo kings of the week. Check out the 2 big barred pargo and the pargo rojo (dog tooth snapper) on the table at Bahia Muertos! The day before, they filled the box with pargo while fishing out’ve La Paz with our Tailhunter La Paz fleet.

Our good amigo, Terry Hawk from Danville CA has been coming for about 20 years and started his trip off with 4 catch-and-release roosters and followed that up on the 2nd day as well!

The right kind! Our Oregon amigos, Leonard Post and Dave Lindell show off a double hook-up on quality dorado!

Yup! Marlin started to show this week! Sergio took this one on light tackle with Captain Pancho. They were not able to release it.

First time and only one day to fish, Bob has a big grin on his face admitting he needed help with this dorado, but it ended up in the box with about 5 other species like cabrilla and pargo which we cooked up at our Tailhunter Restaurant!

Mark Bacon back with us for a 2nd year poses with one of several roosters he caught and released.

Captain Licho looks on as Christine Fairbank shows off a Baja Grouper…also called a Golden Grouper. We don’t see many of these. Basically a brightly colored cabrilla. Very tasty! Christine visited us all the way from Boston.

Just when I think the yellowtail have left us, Leonard and Dave show up with these two nice forkies taken near Punta Coyote north of La Paz. Two others broke off in the rocks!

That time of year…tasty pompano are running near the beach drop-offs! Ray caught this one on a live sardine.

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It’s “transition” time!

It’s not really winter. It’s not really spring. It definitely isn’t summer.

So, the sun is out and a nice warm 80-85, but without the summer humidity. But, the mornings can be chilly or even downright cold. And there are some windy days too that kick up waves and whitecaps and cause us to change our daily gameplans or where and how to fish!

This is pretty typical for this time of year. Kinda gotta be ready for anything.

And that’s the way the fishing is right now too. We have holdover cooler water fish mixed with incoming warm water species. So, you honestly don’t know what’s gonna bite! There’s alot of varety. Each day can be different. Each spot can be different. Boats fishing right next to each other might catch different species!

You might not get alot of any one species, but you could easily come back with a handful of a number of different species! Makes it kinda fun.

To give you an example, I’ve been saying that with the warmer temps, the yellowtail have moved off and away or down to colder waters. We have seen very few of them lately or at all.

Then, all of a sudden, we get a number of biters. Nice grade yellowtail with about half of them busting off in the rocks! But, legit yellows!

Dave and Captain Boli

In the same areas we might hit dorado which are warm water species. This is really the first week when we hit some dorado. Not alot. Nothing to crow too much about, but it’s a good indicator that things are percolating. The ones that were caught were nice sized 10-25 pounders. Give it a few more weeks and a couple more upticks in water temperatures!

I can say the same for the billfish. We boated (and released our first this week) and 4 others were lost so the billfish are waking up.

The biggest news is the roosterfish! I’m gonna say they are officially here. Not seeing the giants yet, but 10-30 pound fun fish with our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet are a hoot. Some guys telling me there were roosters crashing everywhere and cathing and releasing multiple fish! Again, just give it a few weeks and hopefully the bigger models will also show up!

According to our anglers, there were spots where the roosterfish were literally boiling and there was one day when our boats caught and released 6 to over a dozen roosters each. That’s crazy good fun!

Sergio and Lucas

Like I said, there’s alot of variety and the ocean is just waking up for the season! Inshore species like cabrilla, dog-tooth snapper, barred pargo and mullet snapper (pargo liso) as well as bonito, jack crevalle and tasty pompano and trevally.

All in all, everyone caught fish. Not all boats did great everyday, but most folks fish several days and everyday is different. Just like the weather and conditions!

That’s my story!

Jonathan & Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter Sportfishing
www.tailhunter.com

Mexico Office:

Tailhunter Sportfishing

755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

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

Phones:
from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of April 17-26, 2025

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TRANSITIONING TO WARMER CONDITIONS AND SPECIES

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Week of April 17-26, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER – Mornings and evenings have really been windy, but then usually diminishing by mid or later morning to sunshine although there were some cloudy days. Day time temps around 80-85, but not much humidity. Nights are cool. About 60 degrees. Overally a really nice time to be down here .

WATERS – Real simple. If it’s windy it’s going to be bumpy. At times, even white caps if the wind is blowing strong enough. But mostly calming down when the winds cut back later in the day.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Yellowtail, amberjack, sierra, pargo, snapper, cabrilla, bonito, jack crevalle, pompano, triggerfish, roosterfish

BAIT: Live sardines and mackerel most days.

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

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Amigo, Jeff got out north of La Paz towards Espirito Santo Island and rocked a nice fatty yellowtail!

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Well, the transition is one. It’s not quite winter conditions and not quite spring or summer. But it’s getting there.

It’s kind of a nice time to be here. Air temps are in the lower to mid-80’s without the humidity that comes later. Night are cool. Actually the nights and mornings can be VERY cool as I find myself wearing a sweatshirt wandering around in the evenings and especially launching boats in the morning. It can also still be very breezy and bumpy. A few days this week there were still whitecaps on the bay and that didn’t help fishing .

But overall, you can feel the change.

Cooler water fish like yellowtail are moving out. Some days we find them. Some days we don’t. Or the fish are lockjawed. The fish are overall moving deeper to find the colder water. Deep yo-yo jigs and live bait like mackerel or the larger sardines are still good for hitting 10-25 pound forkies.

The same areas are still producing some amberjack as well. But clearly, with waters warming and getting more blue, the cooler water fish are moving on.

But, we’re still getting some nice cabrilla and snapper along the rocks and over the reefs plus sierra and pompano nearer the sandy beach areas along with roosterfish that are now in the 5-30 pound class (all released).

Big pargo liso are here as well which have migrated into the areas around Cerralvo Island and south along the shore from Punta Arenas. We’re seeing some 20-30 pounders, but these are tough fish. Don’t underestimate them! If 10 of them bite, we’re lucky to get 1 or 2 to the boats! Vicious tenacious fish and among the most frustrating because you can see the schools on the surface and you throw a bait on them and it explodes and you literally get yanked outta your socks!

A few dorado here and there. We’ll see more as the waters warm and some marlin and sailfish now starting to show on the surface although their not quite ready to chew. Bonito and jack crevalle schools are also providing action!

The Easter and Spring Break crowds have mostly dissipated. Check out the difference at Tecolote Beach! Someone told me there were as many as 3,000 cars there daily during Holy Week. Yikes. More back to normal again!

Nice time to be here before the summer crowds come down, but nothing is anywhere near like Easter time!

We still have some spots open here and there! Come fish. Ask me about them. Write me directly: tailhunterfishinglapaz@gmail.com

Have a great week! That’s my story!

Jonathan & Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter Sportfishing
www.tailhunter.comMexico Office:

Tailhunter Sportfishing

755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

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

Phones:
from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of April 9-16, 2025

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YELLOWTAIL MOVING ON BUT OTHER SPECIES MOVING IN

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of April 9-16, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Cooler than last week, but daytime temps still in the low 80’s. Nights and mornings a bit chilly down to the mid-50’s. Breezy at times.

WATER: Warming and getting bluer and clearer, but down deep it’s still chilly and dark, but changing every week. Nice mackerel and sardines for bait. Can get bumpy if the wind is blowing.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Yellowtail (fewer), pargo liso, barred pargo, yellow snapper, roosterfish, bonito, sierra, jack crevalle.

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Tailhunter’s own and everyone’s favorite, Jorge Romero, was out north of town near Punta Coyote and the yellowtail weren’t being very cooperative, but he got this one on a live mackerel. Usually, he has a big smile, especially when he is fishing and he always catches fish.

Our amigo, Jimmy Williams was out at the north end of Cerralvo Island looking for yellowtail that never showed up, but Jimmy tied into some big pargo liso that are as tough as you can find down here for fighters! He and his pals also nailed some nice snapper. Jimmy thinks the yellowtail bite has dwindled.

Popular Captain Chito is one of the best. Poses here with a trophy cabrilla that I’m sure ended up whole in the fish box then onto the grill!

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A little cooler overall this week, but still clearly we’re on a warming trend with temps in the mid-80’s and mostly sunny days. Windy days can still pop up, but are more the exception than the rule. But, there’s still some breeze out on the water. Nights and early mornings are where you really need to take care because temps drop into the cooler mid-50’s.

With the warmer temps, the waters are also warming…on the surface. Down deeper waters are still cool. There’s a thermocline down about 40′ where the waters are darker and colder although surface temps show clearer, bluer water.

Lots of changes…

it would seem as predicted, the yellowtail bite for the season is tapering off. The fish are getting harder to find. Some days there are no biters. Even with all the great live bait like mackerel and sardines. Even dropping the jigs on them. When we do find them, there are fewer fish.

Just the way it is. Yellowtail are colder water fish and they are moving off to deeper cooler waters. Last year, our waters stayed cold so we were actually still hooking a few yellowtail into August. Unheard of!

But, the departure of the yellowtail doesn’t mean there’s a lack of action. There is still a good variety of fish to chase that are biting.

Most notable are the big schools of pargo liso (mullet snapper) that have moved into the shallows. These incredibly tough-fighting fish move in during this time of year to spawn and are both exciting and frustrating to hook! Some would argue that pound-for-pound, these might be the best slugger fish on our waters. With their sharp teeth, sharp gills, armor plating, powerful muscular backs and fins plus being in the rocky areas, these fish have anglers at a huge disadvantage! These fish range from about 5-40 pound right now.

Best spots so far have been the backside and north side of Cerralvo Island, the high spot off the south end of Cerralvo and Punta Perrico area near the Las Arenas lighthouse.

Not seeing any dorado just yet, but hopefully, the waters get warmer and the fish show up. We do know that there have been some sightings of tuna and marlin which are both warm water fish, but hook-ups from anglers to speak of at the moment.

Roosterfish are getting more active. Not the big pigs yet that go up to 100 pounds, but some sporty 20-30 pounder have been getting hooked and released over the sandy areas and shallow rocks south of Bahia Muertos and the east side of Espirito Santo Island.

Other species biting include some sierra, smaller amberjack, barred pargo, yellow snapper, triggerfish, jack crevalle and pompano.

A STILL A FEW SPOTS TO FILL TO COME FISHING IN LA PAZ!

We got a great response last week from these so I thought I’d put them up again…

Reservations are coming in daily and, after 30 years at this, we have so many great regulars who visit us year-after-year! Many dates are filled or filling pretty fast.

However, we have some limited spots here and there with some space just for you! Also, don’t forget that Alaska Air is now flying direct to La Paz. It’s the first time we’ve had direct flights in 12 years!

Check out these specials.

The season is on! You can contact me directly: tailhunterfishinglapaz@gmail.com

We’ll see you down here in La Paz!

Wishing you blessings for Easter!

Jonathan , Jilly and the Tailhunter Team

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 Week of April 1-8, 2025

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GREAT VARIETY SHOWING UP AS CONDITIONS IMPROVE

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of April 1-8, 2025

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WEATHER: Mostly sunny mid-80’s to low 90’s in the day, but drops to high 50’s at night. Fewer windy days, but still some very windy gusty bouts here and there.

WATER: If the winds are blowing, can be rough and bumpy. The less wind the calmer the waters. Getting bluer and clearer. Waters warming and sargasso building up so maybe warm water fish like dorado will start moving in.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Yellowtail, dorado, dog-tooth snapper, barred pargo, pargo liso, yellow snapper, roosterfish, bonito, jack crevalle, golden trevally, triggerfish, sierra,

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A good day! Long-time Tailhunter friends of ours, Henry Vuong and Marline Casillas with a nice table of snapper, pargo, cabrilla, a sierra and a hefty yellowtail that Marline caught!

Brian Pierce just had one day to squeeze in for fishing and had a nice day with plenty of action including sierra, triggerfish, cabrilla and pargo. All great eating.

Finally some larger roosters starting to show up. Darrell got this one on a live sardine for a quick photo and release. Hopefully, bigger ones are around the corner!

Jeff and Marianne Sakuda have fished with us and Captain Jorge over 20 years! Some great catch and eat with the table full of sierra!

A tough day! Actually, hard to get better than this for Darrell Manginelli with a big yellowtail, a big trophy cabrilla, a triggerfish, a pargo, a sierra and Captain Pancho holds up two tasty golden trevally!

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No doubt, conditions are changing. Maybe too fast! But, it is what it is!

The weather, especially the winter winds are calming down. Not so many windy days and the windy days aren’t as bad as they had been. So more days are open to fish. But we still had a couple of blustery days. We were able to get boats out to wet lines, but winds prevented us from getting to some of the spots holding larger or better quality fish.

Still, we had a good week of action with plenty of variety!

With daytime temps now hitting the low 90’s with not much humidity, it’s a pleasant time in town. Evenings and mornings can still be chilly down to the high 50’s so a good idea to keep a sweatshirt or windbreaker handy that can be taken off later.

Of course, the focus has been on the yellowtail bite. Still getting some quality fish around Cerralvo and Espirito Santo Island with fish up to 30 pounds, but most hovering around 10-20 and willing to eat live sardines, mackerel a swell as cast or tossed jigs.

Many of the same area are holding amberjack, pargo and cabrilla as well.

The “problem” if you want to call it that is that the waters are warming faster than normal. That means that the yellowtail and other cold-water species will likely start moving off. In fact, it seems there were fewer yellowtail already around the islands.

However, this means that warm water species like dorado might start showing up early as well as possibly tuna, wahoo and billfish. In fact, the winds have been blowing big patches of sargasso into bunches north of town which is perfect habitat for baitfish and brings in the dorado.

Also, for the first time in many many years, some of the giant squid are showing up. They come up from the deep trenches. Not only are they fun and a handful to catch and make tasty eating, but in the past often the tuna follow the squid out of the deep trenches! We’ll keep you posted.

In the meantime, no shortage of inshore action on the aforementioned cabrilla and pargo, snapper, triggerfish, sierra, pompano and trevally among others.

One exciting aspect is the big pargo liso are now spawning in the shallows. Real brutes when hooked on rod and reel and difficult to bring to the boat and one of the most frustrating fish in our waters. With sharp teeth and scales and powerful bodies, they school over the rocks and reefs and broken lines are the norm. They look like giant red carp!

Lastly, some nice model roosterfish are also showing up finally as well. Previously, small fun 5-pounders were around, but we’re now seeing some 10-25 pound grade fish. Hopefully, the big truck roosterfish will be around soon!

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Hope to see you in La Paz!

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

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La Paz- Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Mar. 24-31, 2025

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CONDITIONS MUCH IMPROVED BUT…

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Mar. 24-31, 2025

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WEATHER: Mostly pretty nice and sunny. Daytime temps in the mid-80’s. Nights in the 60’s and comfortable.

WATER: Still mostly cool, but at least it’s getting clearer and bluer

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Yellowtail, pargo, milkfish, cabrilla, sierra, triggerfish, small roosterfish, bonito

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Using a live sardine, Pancho got Jesus in this slugger yellowtail!

Happy girl! Marline Casillas and Captain Arcangel went all the way to the north end of Cerralvo Island. Fishing was sketchy, but this big yellowtail topped the day.

The pargo liso have started moving into the shallows to spawn. Really tough powerful fish to pull out’ve the rocky areas, but Paco stuck this one nicely!

Really really rare milkfish! I’ve only seen a handful in only 3 decades in La Paz. You see the schools quite often and they are frustrating because you get all excited, but these tasty fish don’t eat bait. They are herbivores! All the most surprising that Gerardo caught this on a live sardine!

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Things are getting better.

Things have gotten better. Warmer days. Less wind. Better water.

But, I’m not quite celebrating just yet. Although we’re technically in springtime, I don’t think we’re completely in the clear. I think we’re still going to get some windy days. The fishing is better, but it’s still not full speed.

So, although I’m excited, I’m still pumping the brakes just a bit.

Yes, yellowtail are biting. It’s a good bite. There’s some good fish. Running 15-30 pounds. Some days can be pretty spectacular. But, it’s not all the time or everywhere.

Some days the fish don’t bite. Some days, the fish have moved. Some days, they eat sardines. Sometimes, they want mackerel. Other times like all fish, they want jigs or trolled lures. But.yes, I would say the yellowtail season is on.

Best spots are high rocky areas or the mounts around Cerralvo and Espirito Santo Islands. North and East sides of Espirito Santo and the north and south end of Cerralvo Island have been the most productive.

Not seeing much in the way of surface fish like dorado right now because most folks are chasing the yellowtail or inshore, the pargo liso have shown up the spawn. These tough fish are some of the most difficult sluggers in our waters, but can be incredibly tantalizing to see these huge schools of red and copper-colored fish boiling on the surface. Especially, when these look like giant red 10-30 pound carp. With very sharp teeth too!

Other species like sierra, amberjack, smaller roosterfish, cabrilla and snapper pretty much rounded out the catch this week the usual bonito, jack crevalle and triggerfish.

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Mar. 15-23, 2025

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Mar. 15-23, 2025

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WEATHER: Mostly sunny with daytime highs into the lower 80’s. Still cool in the evenings and mornings down to the low 60’s and breezy. Overall winds are diminishing, but we’re not done yet! Still some windy days in store.

WATER: Cool and cloudy, but getting better and warmer. Some really dirty patches of cold water in some areas. Down deep still cold and a red tide came in a few days and shut things down.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Yellowtail, amberjack, small roosterfish, sierra, dorado, cabrilla, snapper.

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Finally getting boats out in calmer seas! Pushing off the docks in the morning with Captain Joel

San Diego amigo, Jim Bovee with one of several yellowtail he picked up north of La Paz on live mackeral.

Daniel has a thick slugger yellowtail! He always does well

Welcome to spring!

It’s about time. While we’re still getting our share of windy days, it’s nice to finally have some calmer days to get folks out on the water. Still not that many wanting to go fishing as most folks in town are here for spring break/ Easter breaks and not so interested in fishing.

But, at least we’ve got some opportunities to get some folks on the water that wanted to get out instead of turning them away because it was too windy.

The areas around the islands of Cerralvo and Espirito Santo have been especially productive for some legit-grade yellowtail if you know the spots. Fish have been bending rods have been 15-30 pounds and larger fish are getting lost in the rocks. In fact, the majority of fish are being lost as most of these tough jacks are found near structure and their first instinct is to head right back to cover.

Live mackerel and jigs are working best. Especially chrome, blue/white, scrambled egg and green/yellow (zuchini). Also chrome knife jigs are getting bit as well as slow trolled deep running Rapala/ Yo-Zuri/ Nomad lures.

I’d start fishing them with 40-pound test, but even then, sometimes it’s not enough to stop these fish, but other times, the fish are touchy and you have to drop down in line class so you are at an even greater disadvantage.

Other species include some amberjack that are being found in the same rocky areas as the yellowtail. Some of these can get close to 100 pounds, although we’ve mostly seen 10-20 pounders, but I would venture to say that some of the larger fish that never came to color and could not be stopped might have been bigger class amberjack or yellowtail.

Inshore, great fun on lighter tackle for sierra and smaller roosterfish along the beaches plus bonito, jack crevalle, snapper, pargo and cabrilla. A few dorado are showing up as well.

Daytime temps have been in the lower to mid-80’s now, but nights and fishing mornings can still be cooler dropping down to the high 50’s and lower 60’s.

That’s our story!

Jonathan & Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter Sportfishing
www.tailhunter.comMexico Office:

Tailhunter Sportfishing

755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

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

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