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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

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 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

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of 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

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

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

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ 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

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

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,

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

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!

A FEW SPOTS TO FILL TO COME FISHING IN LA PAZ

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.

Check out these specials.

Spaces are limited and some restrictions apply, but contact me directly so we can get you set up!

tailhunterfishinglapaz@gmail.com

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

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 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

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

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

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

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

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Mar. 4-14, 2025

BETTER CONDITIONS AS SPRING APPROACHES

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Mar. 4-14, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT

WEATHER: Still most days are windy blowing 10-20 knots, but the calmer days are getting nicer and mostly sunny with temps up to the low 80’s now, but still chilly in the nights and mornings down into the 50’s.

WATER: Still cloudier and cooler than we would like but typical this time of year, but warming as the temps improve overall.

SPECIES HOOKED THIS WEEK: Yellowtail, amberjack, sierra, pargo, snapper, cabrilla, dorado, triggerfish, bonito, jack crevalle, small roosterfish

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Jacques Garon from Canada had just one day to fish and found some sunshine and a great little bit of action on siera, dorado, cabrilla and triggerfish fishing out’ve Bahia Muertos!

Dorado right up against the rocks near Punta Perrico. Warmer waters are starting to bring in the dorado. Nice fish for Jacques!

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Overall, things are starting to look up after a long windy winter!

We’re not out’ve it yet, but you can feel things are starting to come around. Sometimes you never know. About this time it normally starts to feel like spring, but last year it seemed to stay chilly and cold well into the summer months.

However, this looks like a more normal year. The windy days are less windy although there are days when it’s still blowing 10-20 knots. But those days are fewer and there are more fishable days and those days seem more pleasant as well with flatter warmer seas and pretty decent action.

The fish are there! They’ve been there all off-season. The issue is whether the winds and rough seas would let us get to them. Still not that many folks even interested in fishing that are visiting town, but, reservations are rolling in and lots of folks are ready to get going.

The variety of fish is pretty good. We call this transitional time because we have both warm and cold water fish in the area which means there’s alot of variety that could be. caught this time of year.

Around Espirito Santo Island and Cerralvo, the yellowtail are running 15-25 pound on average and are eating live mackerel and sardines as well as trolled and cast jigs like yo-yo and knife jigs.

In the warmer waters, more dorado are starting to show here and there and commercial fishermen tell me there’s some jags of tuna moving in some areas.

Inshore, there’s great variety with sierra, jack crevalle, smaller roosterfish, amberjack, rainbow runners, pargo, cabrilla snapper and bonito.

Daytime temps are mostly sunny and in the lower to mid-80’s now, but nighttime temps and morning temps still warrant a sweatshirt dropping down to the mid-50’s.

Lots of reservations coming in and dates are filling so don’t wait. We don’t want to miss you! Write me directly: tailhunterfishinglapaz@gmail.com

LET’s GET THE SEASON GOING!

After being on the road since early January, we’re looking forward to kicking off the 2025 season. It’s looking really promising and the reservations are rolling in and dates are filling up!

First, we just wanted to give a shout out to everyone who visited us at the Reno, Nashville, Salt Lake and Orange Co. Shows who came from all over and dosed us on all the incredible hospitality. Great to see so many friends and regulars of our Tailhunter Nation.

A special MUCHAS GRACIAS to all our friends who came out to the Pacific Coast Sportfishing Show at the Orange Co. Fairgrounds last week. Even with the rain, the show was packed and Jill and I never left our booth for all four days as we were surrounded by all our friends who came by to say hi or make reservations. A week later, we are still recovering our lost voices.

But, also a special shout out to everyone who came by with Birthday Wishes or dropped by our pre-show get-together at the Marlin Grill in Huntington Beach and Chris, Wendy, Val, Tom, Dennis, Larry and the rest of the gang who put that all together for us! What a great time!

GET ME OUTTA HERE SPECIAL!

For those of you who missed the show or missed the offering, we’re going to extend our “GET ME OUTTA HERE” Special:

5 days in La Paz
4 nights water-facing hotel room on the beach

3 days private panga fishing charter
All Gear

Breakfasts, lunches, soft drinks, water, ice
Fish Cleaning and Freezing
Shuttles to boats
All taxes
Tell us this is the show special and get a 5th night free!

PRICE: $1799 per person double occupancy (two per room/ two per boat)

$300 deposit holds your spot!

Also available:

Airport Shuttles (There are finally flights into La Paz on Alaska Air through LAX!)
Day trips/ Scuba/ Snorkeling/ Kayaking and More!
Commercial Fish Processing

Based on availability. Some restrictions apply and dates are filling fast. Good for only a limited time.

You can write me directly: tailhunterfishinglapaz@gmail.com

We’ll see you in La Paz in 2025!

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

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 Feb. 20-Mar. 3, 2025

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THINGS STARTING TO STIR!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Feb. 20-Mar. 3, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Is it spring-time yet? It sure seems like it many days. Temps tickling the low 80’s now, but night are still cool dropping almost 30 degrees into the mid-50’s. Still most days of the week are too windy to fish effectively but there are more days when the winds cut back.

WATER: Dependent on the winds. When it’s not blowing, waters can be very flat. Completely the opposite if the winds are kicking. Waters gradually getting warmer, but still mostly colder water species biting.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Yellowtail, sierra, triggerfish, jack crevalle, bonito, cabrilla, snapper and one big giant yellowfin tuna

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

A good day and meat harvest from north Cerralvo Island fro Doug Bull and Derrik Sonsie. Thanks for the photos, Jimmy Williams!

Ola Mork and his family just had one day to squeeze in for fishing and told me they had a great time on the sierra, bonito and triggerfish.

Whoa!!! This is 96 kilos (212 pounds) of back-breaking yellowfin tuna. Captain Lucero put his guys on the big YFT fishing on his panga.

Up tight against the island rocks and structure is where these big pig yellowtail are often hanging out and make them doubly tough! Doug Bull has a big smile understandably!

Once again, I was really waiting until I had enough info to make it worthwhile to do a fishing report for you so I could tell you the latest. Finally got some decent stuff put up!

First and foremost, it’s still off-season. It’s still windy most days…too much be out fishing. Or to be comfortable. November to April is off-season because of the winds. So, let’s get that out’ve the way! Winter isn’t over yet! But, it’s not quite spring-yet ever!

But, the good news is that things are moving in the right direction!

Some days it’s getting up to the low 80’s in the daytime, but don’t put that sweatshirt away yet. Nighttime temps drop down to the cooler mid-50’s!

However, waters are gradually warming and the days when the winds aren’t blowing, the seas really flatten out and many fishing spots are much more accessible. It has resulted in some really nice yellowtail up into the 20-30 pound class that are really tearing it up as they are hitting live mackerel, live sardines, heavy jigs and trolled Rapala or Yo-Zuri type lures . These are tough fish and heavier rigs are definitely suggested because these horses will hit then want to go straight back into cover.

Inshore, there has been a nice bite of sierra, pargo, cabrilla, snapper, triggerfish, jacks and bonito.

The real kicker was the huge yellowfin tuna picked up off Bahia Muertos! It weighed in at 96 kilos…about 212 pounds. We know these badboys are around, but in the 30 years down in La Paz, they are hooked, but these beasts are rarely brought to the boat!

THE BIG SHOW – PACIFIC COAST SPORTFISHING SHOW

Here we go! This is the largest fishing show in the world and has things for the entire family. It’s more like a festival than a typical expo. It has grown even larger this year and pretty much covers the entire Orange Co. Fairgrounds expo buildings!

This is just really fun. We see tons of our friends and Tailhunter Tribe Members. Jill and I will be in the booth Thursday to Sunday and we’ll be in the Costa Mesa Building in booth #563 and ther’s always a fun crowd at the booth. Come join us and let’s talk about getting you fishing in La Paz this year. Spots are filling up and we don’t want to miss you!

The show will feature hundreds of exhibitors with pretty much any kind of fishing gear you can imagine, charters, fishing trips and outdoor adventures, tons of boats and seminars plus great live music and all kinds of food! Here’s more info by clicking the link and check out the great video too!

https://sportfishingfestival.com/

TAILHUNTER SHOW “GET ME OUTTA HERE” SPECIAL!

We would love to see you at the show, but if you can’t, we’re offering a special discounted trip to get you down to see us! Check this out:

5 days in La Paz
4 nights water-facing hotel room on the beach

3 days private panga fishing charter
All Gear

Breakfasts, lunches, soft drinks, water, ice
Fish Cleaning and Freezing
Shuttles to boats
All taxes
Tell us this is the show special and get a 5th night free!

PRICE: $1799 per person double occupancy (two per room/ two per boat)

$300 deposit holds your spot!

Also available:

Airport Shuttles (There are finally flights into La Paz on Alaska Air through LAX!)
Day trips/ Scuba/ Snorkeling/ Kayaking and More!
Commercial Fish Processing

Based on availability. Some restrictions apply and dates are filling fast. Good for only a limited time.

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

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 Jan. 28-Feb. 8, 2025

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WINTER CONDITIONS CONTINUE

La Paz- Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Jan. 28-Feb. 2, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT

WATER: Because of the winds, generally rough and cold and murky

WEATHER: Mostly sunny with daytime temps in the high 70’s to low 80’s. Nightime cool down to the mid-50’s. Winds from the north mostly up to 25+mph.

FISH HOOKED THIS PERIOD: Cabrilla, snapper, bonito, pargo, amberjack, sierra, tuna (lost).

MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE REST OF THE STORY…

To be perfectly honest, not much has been happening.

We haven’t been able to put anyone in the water in almost 3 weeks. Just being real. As I often re-iterate, this is off-season from November to April. Not many folks on the water at all.

We did have a few requests and reservations for fishing and snorkeling, but in each case, we had to suggest not going out because it was going to be too rough or cancel the trip. Just the way it is, this time of year and I make sure I advise and warn folks ahead of time.

The few reports I get are from local friends who have the luxury of picking and choosing the better times and days or windows when the winds aren’t blowing so hard and they can squeeze in a day or even just a few hours.

Or, we get reports from some of our friends who are commercial fishermen who need to go out even if it’s rough in order to feed their famlies and make a living.

What they’re saying is that most of the fishing is confined to inshore over the rocks and reefs and where the water is somewhat calmer. Catches produce the usual species like cabrilla, snapper, sierra, pargo, jack crevalle and bonito. Occasionally, a dorado gets hooked.

Live bait has been an issue.

One of our good friends did get out to the north end of Cerralvo Island and found himself on top of a school of big freight train tuna breezing through. His bait got hammered and he found himself battling a beast for over 2 hours before the fish unfortunately broke off! He’s a good fisherman so I have no doubt he was on a big boy slugger tuna!

This coming week, we actually have some days when the winds are somewhat diminished. Much quieter than it has been so maybe we’ll get a boat or two out! We’ll let you know!

WHALESHARK SWIMS CLOSED AGAIN

Just a heads-up.

Normally, the whaleshark season in La Paz Bay runs October to April. However, over the past few years, fewer and fewer of the animals have been showing up. Coupled with rough turbulent water conditions in the bay, the “season” has gone through a series of “open-closed-open-closed” etc. If it’s too rough, there’s no way to find the animals in the shallow waters of La Paz Bay

There was never any way to tell when or if the season would be open. You really just had to take your chances.

This year, the season was open for a few weeks but now it looks like the season has been closed indefinitely for the rest of the year.

Folks forget these are wild, albeit gentle animals. It’s not like the zoo where you can guarantee that from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. there will be 10 gorillas in the pens. The whalesharks come and go. We might get 5 or 12 or 0. Even if they show up, they could stay all day or be gone in 20 minutes.

We’ll keep you posted.

TAILHUNTER STILL ON THE ROAD TO SEE YOU!

Jill and I are headed to our 3rd show of the season! After two super shows in Reno, then Nashville, we are now headed to Salt Lake City for the Western Hunt and Conservation Expo.

This will be at the Salt Palace Convention Center right downtown in Salt Lake City and promises to possibly be the largest show of our tour season. Last year, some 60,000 folks attended over 4 days and there were exhibitors from over 40 countries showcasing fishing, hunting, camping, boating, outdoor adventures, tours and all kinds of gear!

Here’s a link for more info:

https://huntexpo.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=2025C&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAwaG9BhAREiwAdhv6Y3Sx1yP1cLdzCI4Sn-kNsraHteZ94zTF5uHnSNdrzpyPIjcUVJq22hoCXyIQAvD_BwE

The show takes place Feb. 13-16 (Thursday to Sunday) and Jill and I will be in the booth everyday! We’d love to see you to say hi and talk about coming to visit us this year in La Paz. Spots are filling up fast!

Hope to see you!

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

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Jan. 17-27, 2025

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WINDS KEEP FOLKS BY THE BEACH

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Jan. 17-27, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Mostly sunny, but cool. Daytime temps high 70’s dropping to low to mid 50’s at night. Bring a sweatshirt or light windbreaker! High winds this past week with gusts 20-30 mph.

WATER; Cooler and has been mostly rough because of the winds, but there are some gaps here and there.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK; Cabrilla,pargo, sierra, bonito, amberjack, jack crevalle

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

I will admit that this report is later than usual.

Several reasons for that.

First, we’ve been on the road now for two weeks exhibiting. It’s our Tailhunter 2025 Road Tour. Been doing it for over 30 years when we head out during the winter months and take our Tailhunter Booth to hunting and fishing expos all over the US

Last week we were in Reno NV at the Wild Sheep Convention for 3 days on the showroom floor then flew out to Nashville where we are wrapping things up at the Safari Club International Convention that lasted 4 days in the booth.

Long fun days and talking and meeting old friends and new friends. 8-10 hours in the booth standing and talking and socializing and Jill and I are outta gas by the time we get out and head to our hotel room. We always talk about where we are going to have a great dinner and get so many wonderful invitations from friends to go out, but ultimately it’s an UBER EATS delivery and catch up on work until we pass out asleep and go again the next day.

In past years, we would do 10-14 shows a season and some of those shows would be 5 days long and we would be in the booth for 12 hours each day. I don’t think we could keep that kind of regimen after 30 years!

Now we’re packing up the booth and gear and materials and flying to Salt Lake City for the Western Hunting and Conservation Expo at the Salt Palace Feb. 13-16. See more info below.

The 2nd reason for not posting up a fishing report sooner is that I was waiting for something to happen so there would be some “meat” in my report. I really do try to give you the same blah-blah-blah. But in the winter when no one is really fishing, that gets to be problematic!

Frankly, it’s been so windy that we haven’t had anyone out in weeks. This is off-season for just that reason. The northwinds sweep down the Sea of Cortez and the weather can be erratic and the oceans consequently very rough. Not much of anyone on the water except windsurfers and kiteboarders who eat specifically for these world-class winds.

I’ve had a couple of requests for fishing, but ultimately had to cancel them or advise them not to fish on that particular day because of the winds. I would just prefer to be honest. No sense in having a bad time…getting wet…getting bounced…or getting seasick!

That’s especially important because folks that come down this time of year aren’t hard-core fishermen.

Fishing reports from our commercial fishermen friends who don’t have a choice about whether to go out or not since they have to feed their families tell me it was rough going. Fishing was confined to staying close to shore out’ve the rougher areas.

However, inshore fishing was moderately productive with the usual cast of fishing species like jacks, cabrilla, snapper, sierra, snapper and bonito. I didn’t hear of any yellowtail or dorado. Bait was also more difficult to get since the bait areas were getting pounded by waves.

Snapper and cabrilla are typical inshore species and highly valued in the markets and restaurants!

Temperatures have been ranged. As high as the high 70’s, but dropping into the cooler low 50’s at night. More winds predicted.

The key to this is if we have storms up north in the US then chances are it will have an effect on the weather in Baja. It’s that time of year!

ON THE TRADESHOW FLOOR WITH JILLY

In our booth in Nashville

As mentioned above, we just finished huge shows in Reno and then currently in Nashville. Lots of bookings and interest for 2025 fishing season and to everyone who came by to say hi, thank you and we surely enjoyed seeing and meeting you!

In Nashville, there were almost 800 exhibitors from over 100 countries offering hunting, fishing and adventure trips to all parts of the world. More than 18,000 folks attended over 4 days.

Now we pack up and head to Salt Lake City for our 3rd show which is the Western Hunting and Conservation Expo. It takes place on the 13th-16th of February and the Salt Palace Convention Center in downtown Salt Lake.

Last year there were over 500 vendors/exhibitors and some 60,000 folks attended over 4 days.

It’s a massive show and so much to see. We’ll be in our booths for all 4 days. Come by to say hi and let’s get you booked for La Paz in 2025!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter Sportfishing
www.tailhunter.com Mexico Office:

Tailhunter Sportfishing

755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

US 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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