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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of May 8-15, 2016

Hosmer 5-16 tuna tags

Triple play for Kevin Shiotani, Rick Hosmer from Orange Co, California with Captain Mundo as they show off a big yellowtail, a trophy cabrilla and a yellowfin tuna taken from the north end of Cerralvo Island.

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Dennis Miller takes a smiling glance at his prize catch…a big roosterfish off Muertos Bay! He released the fish too! Well done!

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Tickled! Former Basque weightlifter Johnny Vergara is her with us this week for the first time and got slammed by a couple of yellowtail today and couldn’t believe the power when his arms started cramping up! “These fish don’t nibble like the trout in Idaho!” Different set of muscles too! Great to see a first timer lit up and light up and having fun!

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Captain Pancho of the Tailhunter fleet on the beach at Bahia de los Muertos with a big late-season yellowtail for Dan Moreno from San Jose who took the big fork tail on live bait and 40 pound test.

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Our Colorado flyfishing guys had a nice day of action on white bonito (very edible) and a big pargo mulato. On the beach at Muertos.

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Barry Langley lives in Guadalajara now, but is originally from England and had one day to fish while visiting La Paz for the first time and got this nice wahoo on live bait just outside of Bahia de los Muertos fishing with the Tailhunter fleet.

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We love this lady’s photos! Laura Page from Colorado always has the BEST smiles when she’s holding a fish like this dorado taken on the fly outside of La Paz Bay.

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I don’t think Roger Thompson has ever been seen holding a small fish! On the yo-yo iron, Roger got this slugger of a yellowtail.

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Lots of color on this fresh dorado that Tom Page got after lots of work on the fly from the area near Espirito Santo Island.

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Captain Armando with more of our Colorado fyfishermen, but holding one of those surprise nice yellowtail that have popped up lately! Great eating!

MIXED VARIETY AGAIN EVERY DAY A MYSTERY! 

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of May 8-15, 2016

Overall, it was another mixed week of fishing for us.  We had quite a variety of fish as both warm and cold water species remained in local waters as we transition to summertime conditions. Some boats did well.  Others had to work harder for their fish.  The next day, it could totally reverse with the “hot boats” going cold and the “cold boats” jumping the fish.  Conversely, one day, all the fish would be cold water fish like cabrilla and pargo and some sierra or an occasional yellowtail.  Next day we’d hit a tuna or wahoo and dorado, all warm water fish in pretty much exactly the same spots that produced the cooler water fish the day before.  It was all mixed up!

Early in the week it got a little windy and we even had a touch of thunder, lightning and a sprinkle or two that didn’t deter anyone from being on the water.  This week looks to be a little breezier according to forecasts, but overall, temperatures in the high 80’s and sunny.

However, strangely, as I’m writing this Sunday morning…it’s really windy and there’s some raindrops falling even tho’ there’s not a thing on the weather forecast!

One other note…I would have more roosterfish photos every week, but almost all of them get released so unless the anglers take a photo of it out on the water, I don’t get a photo to post up.  But we ARE catching roosters!

La Paz

Our Tailhunter La Paz fleet continued to make it’s bread and butter on the other side of the bay by San Juan de la Costa where that school of mini-dorado has been good to us.  We just wish the bigger models would show up.  However, the bite wasn’t as generous as it had been when we usually got limits.  This past week, maybe 3-6 fish was about it.

However, other areas started producing a bit bitter with some big amberjack coming off el Bajo seamount as well as Cabrilla plus rooster fish and some pargo and cabrilla biting around the open spots on Espirito Santo Island and around El Coyote. Bigger bait produced the bigger fish and for those who knew how to yo-yo iron, bigger fish were willing…especially some large yellowtail that we haven’t seen in about a month!

There was also a spot around La Reyna lighthouse and Punta Norte at Cerralvo Island that kept showing signs of tuna and some of our guys finally hit some as well as yellowtail and cabrilla for a fleeting bite.  But that was one of the spots the was hot…then went cold the next day.

Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay

This again, is where most of our variety came from.  Bait is still an issue, but we’re using a variety of things including some sardines, mackerel, ladyfish, mullet and frozen and live ballyhoo.

Every day, it’s different.  Yellowtail popped up again early in the week.  Wahoo made a small showing as well.  Round that out with jack crevalle, alot of white bonito (very edible!) cabrilla, pargo, sierra and roosters up to about 40 pounds.  Late in the week some decent dorado showed up near the buoys for really the first time and there’s been flurries of fast moving tuna we’re seeing but no takers…all very promising!

The issue is mostly one of predictability.  We never know what’s going to bite!  I tell guys (and gals) to just let the captain take you to the fish.  Fish for what’s possible, and you’ll have the best success.  If you go for the home run, you COULD get some, but you could also strike out.  If you have more than one day, that’s a good shot but if you only have one day and you have it in your mind that you ONLY want wahoo…that could be the day that only the bonito bite!  Go with the flow and catch what’s biting.  Everyone is getting fish!

TAILHUNTER OUTREACH

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Jilly with (L-R) Randy Choate, Jay Gibbons, Tom Ames and Rick Choate all from Idaho in front of school supplies, soaps, shampoos, sports equipment, toothbrushes and toothpaste and many other items for the battered women’s shelter and the kid’s schools outside of town.

Another new season is on and thanks to our Tailhunter Tribal members who have started bringing down supplies, hygiene items, toys and clothes for our underserved school kids and the battered women’s sheleter here in La Paz!  You rock!

That’s our story!

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Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website: 

www.tailhunter-international.com

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

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

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of May 1-8, 2016

 

Lifting 2 Yellowtail Marcus Yoo 5-16 tags

Marcus Yoo got a break from his duties with the U.S. Army in Salt Lake City in between overseas deployments and raced down to La Paz on a last-minute fishing trip with only one day to get in some fishing. He made the most of it with some amberjack, small dorado and these huge double-fisted yellowtail from La Paz Bay.

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Giant pargo liso (mullet snapper) pulled out’ve the rocks by Jacinto Garcia from Mexicali with Tailhunters’ Captain Victor running the panga. Jacinto’s amigo, Miles Reiter from Monterey CA, battled a huge tuna over two hours before it wrapped around some buoy and busted off!

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Two of our flyfishers from this week, Rene Paul and Bruce Merighi from Washington on a double hook up with their flyrods got to pull on some bonito, but roosters remained elusive and the guys worked hard all week.

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Two more of our flyfishers who were down for the first time testing the waters, Steve Pratt and Paul Anderson who owns a flyshop up there on the Hood River of Oregon in the Dalles put alot of effort into their sport this week. This beautiful palomita, a member of the jack family, was one result . Great colorful photo too!

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Captain Armando with out Tailhunter Fleet there at Bahia de los Muertos had the hot hand for several days and putting our guys onto the big yellowtail. Here, he’s on the beach with Gerardo Orozco and Francisco Lopez and one of their two big ‘tails!

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Texas in the house! Kevin Hohn of San Antonio took this beauty on a blue and white iron!

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She’s great fun to have visit us this past week! Laura Page puts a serious bend into her flyrod and was able to get several different species to the boat. Laura and her husband are from the Denver area.

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Young 12-year-old William Kelly from Laguna Beach came to La Paz for the first time and fishing with Tailhunter’s Captain Adolfo put the hurt on this beautiful rooster fish just outside south of Bahia de los Muertos close to shore. The fish was released!

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That’s captain Lorenzo back there, not trying to cover his identity, but wearing a sunshade mask posing with Ernie Loya and Jorge Ramirez with two of their big yellowtail caught this week.

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Like all of our flyfishers this week, Tom Page, from Denver worked really hard at his craft and he kept smiling especially after finally working this tough bonito to the boat.

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Potential world record tasted pretty good at Tailhunter Restaurant with chimichurri sauce on it. This hawkfish(china maru) caught by Dave Schneider yesterday of San Jose and held here by buddy Dan Moreno looked suspiciously large. Most that I see are about 3-5 pounds. The guys were fishing with our Captain Pancho and brought the fish for us to cook up. I went downstairs to our office to check the record books. Turns out the IGFA record is 9.7 pounds. We estimate this fish might have been 12 pounds! Dan is about 6’2″ and 250. The guys were just cleaning their plates up! I think this is the 4th potential world record in 3 years that ended up tasting pretty good!

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First time visitor from San Diego area, Dave Houshar caught and released a pretty pez gallo out of Bahia de los Muertos. Captain Jorge helps out .

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Greg’s a happy fella with this nice jack crevalle that he toughed to the boat. Big schools of feisty jacks have moved into the area to provide some great sport.

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Ian Hudson from Hollister CA has a big dog roosterfish in his hands estimated at more than 50 pounds that doesn’t want it’s picture taken before he gets released. That’s Punta Arena in the background.

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One of our favorite amigas, Donna Thompson and her daughter Dana Hohn from Texas hold onto a chunky amberjack the hooked fishing blue and white yo-yo irons.

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That’s gonna make someone a good dinner! Alfie Adams holds up a colorful barred pargo (pargo mulatto) on the beach at Bahia de los Muertos.

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Dave Houshar and Captain Jorge give the thumbs up to another amberjack which started biting nicely this week.

WEEK of SURPRISES

La Paz- Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Reports for Week of May 1-8, 2016

What had another few “jags” pop up in this already-quirky season of fishing.  Just when I figured waters had gotten too warm and the “cold water” fishing was done, nature proved me wrong and some species we had not seen in several weeks like big pargo and especially big yellowtail surprised all of us with some serious bent-rod action plus continued decent biters on rooster fish and other species.

LA PAZ

For the past few weeks, this has been a good fall-back area for us to fish.  There’s a spot across La Paz Bay on the way to San Juan de la Costa that has held a nice little honey hole of smaller dorado.  Nothing, but but worth a late-morning or early afternoon of good action of fish 5-10 pounds with limits not uncommon.  There had been very little else going on although the conditions really have looked good.

However, this past week, our anglers hit into some cabrilla and pargo, amberjack and roosters to give up a little more variety, but the big surprise was some really big-shouldered yellowtail that I thought were long gone.  These 30-40 pound fish were slugs and powerful fighters resulting in more fish lost than caught but finally good to see some quality-sized fish show up.

LAS ARENAS

It’s been hit or miss alot for our Las Arenas anglers during this early part of the season.  It hasn’t been bad.  It’s just been erratic and inconsistent.  One day great.  Next day so-so.  One boat does great.  The boat next to it can’t even buy a fish!  One day it’s cabrilla and sierra.  The next day in the same spot, it’s bonito.  Next day rooster fish, but no bonito.

There’s just no way to pinpoint anything!

However, late in the week we had a rush of some of those big yellowtail up to about 40 pounds plus amberjack, larger rooster fish and even some big pargo liso (mullet snapper) that we haven’t seen in awhile…surely not that big! This one was a slugger!

One of our guys also tied into a big-boy tuna we estimate over 100 pounds that he fought for over 2 hours until it busted him off by wrapping around a buoy!

We had some great flyfishers here this week.  They really worked hard at it, but no roosters came up although several were almost agonizingly closely caught.  However, they did get into action on bonito, ladyfish, and triggers.

Bait is still an issue, but we’re using anything we can get our hands on!

WHALESHARKS

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Warm shallow bay water is a great place for these youngsters!

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It seems like they’re lethargic swimmers until you get in the water with them. When they want to move, they can scoot. Look closely and you can see the sandy bottom.

I remember back in the day when we would get excited if there was a single whaleshark in the bay.  Now, we’re so non-chalant that we’re not even excited if there’s less than 5 or 6.  Many times, there’s way more!  This past week or two, we’ve had as many as 3 dozen small to medium juvenile whalesharks in the bay up to about 20′ long!  And they are only in about 10 feet of water so we’ve been running daily snorkel trips to swim with them.  It’s an incredible experience with these gentle animals  Thanks to Marcus Yoo for the great photos.

That’s our story!

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Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website: 

www.tailhunter-international.com

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

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

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

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

Tailhunter YouTube Videoshttp://www.youtube.com/user/pangapirate

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of April 24-May 1, 2016

Joanie Papanek and Pancho 4-16 tags

It might not be the size of the fish but certainly the exhuberance of the moment! Such a fine photo of Captain Pancho with Joanie Papanek with her first fish! She and her husband know their way around cameras as they used to produce commercials and he’s a professional photographer and owners of Cabo Living Magazine. They also got a big roosterfish that day, that they released.

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Just outside of Bahia de Los Muertos, Pat Kelly and his son, William caught and released 3 nice roosterfish while fishing with Captain Adolfo .

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Our good amigos, Rick and Amy Kasper, who visit us from Wyoming where they are hunting outfitters and Rick has his TV show, got into some nice dorado while fishing out’ve La Paz Bay at the spot way on the other side of the Bay at San Juan de la Costa. Both of them celebrated birthdays this week as well.

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The shot is a tad blurry, but no mistaking Greg’s smile of his big roosterfish he caught and released. It’s a thick fish and I believe it’s his bigger personal best fish too! He’s from Vancouver Canada!

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From Nevada City, CA, Tristan Keeling and Pancho show off his big jack crevalle and dorado on the beach at Bahia de los Muertos.

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Another of our Canadian amigos who spent the week with us, Bob Winkler caught and released another nice roosterfish off Punta Perrico.

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Girl’s trip! Captain Armando with Maggie and her sierra. The ladies also tangled with about 10 bonito. As it as their first experience, they had a blast.

ROOSTERS LEAD THE WAY

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of April 24-May 1, 2016

If nothing else, it was a nice week weather-wise although a bit chilly and breezy in the morning.  It still feels like it’s early in the season and the fish are having trouble getting into gear.  But temps were in the 80’s to low 90’s all week and thankfully, dorado and especially dorado kept things interesting.

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That same spot on the other side of the bay near San Juan de la Costa kept us in the game.  There’s a ton of sargasso weed all over the place and you would think the dorado would just be foaming, but there seems to be just that one concentration of fish.  Nothing big, but lots of good action.  Fish are at least 10 pounders now which is a big improvement over what we were getting a few weeks ago when it was more like a trout fishery!  Most days when we send boats out there, they’re getting limits or near limits.  One bit of advice, however, is that the bite is a bit late sometimes.  If you pull of the spot too early because you’re bored, you might just miss the bite which seems to perk up later.  But, it’s been almost a sure thing.  As well, there’s some spots near the island now that are kicking out some pargo and rooster fish.  At least, too, we have bait as well

Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay

Still the most anemic of places.  It’s erratic to say the least.  One day, it’s great fun on tons of bonito and smaller inshore fish.  Next day, we have a great day on rooster fish 20-50 pound and a couple biters on wahoo too.  Maybe even a dorado or two or some amberjack.  One day, among just 4 pangas, we had a dozen roosters caught and released.

Then, the next day…it’s sierra and pargo.  One day, there’s tons of big ladyfish (sabalo) which is great bait for roosters.  Next day, no big bait at all.  Just no putting your finger on it at all.  However, it’s just one of those times and places where if you want a big fish, you gotta go.  The day you decided to fish in La Paz might be the day the big boys decide to come to the party.

That’s our story!

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Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website: 

http://www.tailhunter-international.com

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

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

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

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

Tailhunter YouTube Videoshttp://www.youtube.com/user/pangapirate

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of April 17-24, 2016

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The man behind the mask is Garrett Sill from Utah who hurt this nice wahoo with a live mackerel just off the rocks at Punta Perrico. They had a pretty great day…2 wahoo and 4 released roosterfish between 20 and 40 pounds! They had several slabs cooked up at our Tailhunter Restaurant. 

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Big smile from Ann Armstrong from Washington and Captain Victor over her big roosterfish just out’ve Bahia de los Muertos. They caught and released 3 that day.

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Surprisingly some yellowtail still around even with the waters warming. Gary Wagner at his place at Rancho de los Suenos in Bahia de los Muertos with Ken Ward from Alaska.

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Check out how close to the rocks Todd Wade is with his wahoo he caught this week! Shallow water ‘hoo! Todd is from Utah.

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Garrett Sill with one of 4 roosters they caught and released that day. All the fish were 20-40’s.

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Rick Thompson from Billings, Montana with Captain Jorge and a nice sierra that are still around

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There have been some nice cabrilla lately like this one with Reuben Cornejo.  Not many, but some of the ones being caught are decent fish.

THERE’S SOME LARGER FISH AROUND!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of April 17-24, 2016

OK week of fishing.  Some hits.  Some misses.  Pretty much great weather except we dealt with a full moon plus winds later in the week that made it tougher than it needed to be.  But, the opportunities were there!  A number of folks will tell you they had fish on or just weren’t ready for the power; the hit; or just bad “fishing luck” and missed fish.  It happens.  All you can do is smile and realize it’s part of the sport and it’s still Mexico and everyone is still having a good time.

LA PAZ

Still holding lots of “promise” and I use that word loosely.  The island north of us, Espirito Santo, still isn’t really kicking in like it should, but there was a spot of yellowtail that poked up just outside of Balandra Bay that got everyone excited then seemed to shut down just a fast.  Perhaps because everyone suddenly descended on it and the increased traffic spooked the fish to lockjaw or move back to deeper cooler waters.  These fish were slugger 25-35 pounders.   I’m surprised they even showed up given the warmth of the water, but while they were around no one was complaining.

The most encouraging bite was the dorado just on the other side of the bay.  It’s been a great fall-back for action as the fish are small 5-pounders that would go furious at times and produced easy limits.  For alot of the “one-time-one-day fishermen” we have right now who only have one day to fish or don’t have alot of experience, it’s been good to send them there so they get bent and catch some fish and have a good time.  Honestly, the fish are dinks by anyone’s standards and I’m happy to say that alot of them are getting released with clients bringing enough for dinner at our Tailhunter Restaurant or somewhere in town.

However, there’s more and more sargasso weed appearing in the area that make excellent cover for bait and draws in more dorado.  And the dorado are getting bigger too with some larger “models” showing up in the catches.   We’ll keep you posted.

LAS ARENAS

All I can say is Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay is “mercurial.”  It changes from day-to-day.  There’s no figuring it .

One day, some pargo and cabrilla, bonito and jack crevalle are the catches.

The next day, we get into wahoo, rooster fish, jacks, bonito, a few dorado, some yellowtail…There’s surely nothing written in stone or that you can hang your hat on.

Like I said at th beginning, the opportunities have been there.  We LOST alot of fish.  When the bigger and better quality fish hit, they’re beasts!  A 40-pound rooster or zooming 25-50 pound wahoo is an experience alot of folks have never had.  Our fish “do not nibble!”  LOL  They slam and they run and they battle like they’re possessed .

Several wahoo were lost.  Several big roosters were lost.  Two of our folks battled a marlin for 3 hours on light tackle and finally had to bust it off.  They did a great job, but knew it couldn’t go on any longer and purposely buttoned down the drag and had the fish to the boat several times.  We’ll call that a legal catch!  But, the point is the number of “catches” did not match the number of “bites!”  So, basically, fishing wasn’t bad.  Catching was a bit more erratic.

Our flyfishers did OK this week. Some jack crevalle, some bonito and a couple of roosters and wahoo they got to take the flies, but weren’t able to set the hooks on!  They had fun.  Live bait for chum is an issue.  Hopefully, looking for some improvement.  The season is early.

That’s our story!

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Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website: 

www.tailhunter-international.com

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

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

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

.

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

Tailhunter YouTube Videoshttp://www.youtube.com/user/pangapirate

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas/Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of April 10-17, 2016

Taylor Rowland rooster tags 4-16

Few guys were as happy to finally get their first rooster fish as Taylor Rowland from Anchorage who works for Extreme Expeditions in Alaska as a hunting and flyfishing guide. He took this big boy just along the western rocks at Bahia de Los Muertos fishing with Tailhunter Sportfishing. The fish was released.

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Anniversary sierra for Ann Armstrong from Seattle! This ended up as ceviche at the Tailhunter Restaurant. Ann is from Washington.

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Tough jack crevalle (also known as “Toro” or “Bullfish” for their power) caught by another of our great Washington folks, Mark Bonsack. The fish was released as they don’t make good eating.

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On the fly! Pro hunting and fishing guide, Jeff Pralle, put this dorado on the boat with his flyrod from the other side of the bay near San Juan de la Costa. Jeff heads up Extreme Expeditions in Alaska.

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Jasmine poses with her big roosterfish just outside of Bahia de los Muertos where she was fishing with Captain Victor. The fish was released. She’s from Washington .

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Damon Harvey from Prudoe Bay, Alaska got this tough bonito to eat the fly. He got several and released all.

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Delbert Corson holds up one of the nice sierra we got into this week.

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Whoa! Even with the camera angle, this is a HUGE triggerfish taken by Roger Armstrong from Alaska. It’s a giant! They can get pretty mean when hooked but one this size is a brute.  They also caught and released several roosterfish between 20 and 35 pounds.

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Alaskan amigo, Damon Harvey with one of the larger roosters of the week! He quickly got it back in the water.

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The cabrilla are nice-sized these days. Gerardo has a double handful of two nice ones! These seabass make great eating.

MIXED BAG AS FISHING WARMS… A BIT

La Paz-Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for week of April 10-17, 2016

Not at all a bad week of fishing.  It’s still early in the season and the fish are still trying to come on, but anglers this week were treated to quite a variety of fishing.  Not great fishing…nothing spectacular as we’re still not up-to-speed, but there was some fun action to be had, especially on inshore species like rooster fish, cabrilla, pargo and sierra.  The biggest issue, right now is getting live bait which has been difficult to find for all fleets.  El Nino lingers.

Oh…and the winds came up again late in the week.  Still some residual winter stuff so we kept folks off the water on Friday and Saturday and they made it up on other days when it was calmer.

LA PAZ FISHING

I’m surprised fishing isn’t better.  In any other year, conditions look ideal.  Warming clear blue water with tons of sargasso weed floating around which normally draws dorado and other species.  However, Espirito Santo Island and the other usual spots have been rather unproductive.  About the only spot is an area across the bay at San Juan de la Costa which has at least produced good numbers of small dorado which have provided some really good action.  However, the fish are very small and anglers have been catching and releasing many keeping only some for dinner or so.   But, that’s about the only action and I expect things to change.

LAS ARENAS/ MUERTOS BAY

Again, this is where all the variety is.  Every day is still different and the bit can be erratic, but there are fish to be caught.  It’s just difficult from day-to-day to know what’s going to be caught.

At the island and near Punta Perrico, there are some wahoo and yellowtail down deeper closer to the structure.  As well, some of those same areas are producing snapper, pargo (several varieties), and some really exceptionally large cabrilla.  As well, there’s larger-than-normal sierra, jack crevalle and bonito as well.

The best catches have been on rooster fish.  Again, not everyday, but if that’s what you want to target and have a few days, chances are good for fish in the 20-40 pound class.  Not the big boys yet, but plenty big for most folks and still full-of-fight.  All the fish we got this week were released.

That’s our story!

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