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La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International Fleet for Week of Feb. 16-23, 2014

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Yes! It’s February and we’re catching dorado! Normally, warm water fish, apparently, no one told the dorado as we keep running into them like this nice bull taken by our Washington amiga Carol Darby with Captain Gerardo.

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Another surprise this week! Wahoo once again showed up near Cerralvo Island like this speedy ‘hoo with Captain Archangel.

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Apparently, this is turning into one of the best whale-watching seasons in recent years! The whales are solid at Lopez Mateos at Bahia Magdalena and we’re running daily trips out to see them! Contact us for a trip of a lifetime getting close to these magnificent animals!

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Thanks, everyone who came to visit us at the University of Phoenix stadium in Phoenix, Arizona. We had another great time at the ISE show! We also booked lots of La Paz trips too! We’re filling fast! Now we move onto Boise, Idaho! See the details below and come see Jill and Jonathan!

STRANGE MIX OF FISH AGAIN SURPRISE ANGLERS

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Feb. 16-23, 2014

Generally, not a bad week of fishing for our anglers, but again, just like the last few weeks, some unusual catches.  It’s almost getting to be an old record but the catches just don’t seem to make sense!

This is winter and catches are generally inshore and consist of inshore COLD water species.  Well, the bite has certainly been inshore, but the CATCH has been rather unusual.  For the past few weeks, and again this week, we caught dorado!  Dorado are warm water fish.  We catch them in the summer and fall when the waters are warm.

What else is unusual is that the fish were mostly caught pretty close to shore…while fishing for WINTER fish like the cabrilla (sea bass) and sierra and species like that.  We did indeed catch the sea bass, sierra, pargo and jack crevalle.  But in the middle of that, it’s pretty surprising to also get dorado.

Likewise, also got a few wahoo as well.  So, go figure.  Again, the wahoo are usually trophy fish that we pursue in the warmer months!  The wahoo ware taken off the north and south end of Cerralvo Island.  We’ll just have to keep following this.

All week, we’ve got a full week of fishermen so we’ll have a better idea of what’s going on with the bite.  Hopefully, find more pargo and yellowtail too!

TAILHUNTER TOUR MOVES ONTO BOISE, IDAHO!

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Come visit us at the Boise Sporstmans Show in Idaho this week. They have some great taxidermy displays there!

Jill and I have been on the road now for 2 months and had some incredible shows in Sacramento, Denver, Puyallup (Seattle), Portland, Yakima and just finished one of our best shows ever in Phoenix at the University of Phoenix Stadium.  Thanks to all our amigos who stopped by and everyone who came by to talk to us about fishing with us this year in La Paz.   We now move to our 6th show in Boise, Idaho at the Idaho Sportsman Show at the Boise Fairgrounds.  This is a great show and we’ll be there from Thursday to Sunday!  Here’s some additional info.  Click the link:

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Come visit us!  There’s always alot to see and great fun for the family.  We’ve got new Tailhunter t-shirts and hats that Jilly designed plus come chat about your La Paz vacation this year!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

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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

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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 Fishing Report from Tailhunter International Fleet for Week of Feb. 9-16, 2014

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What the heck is going on? Wahoo in winter? Jack Steele originally from Seattle WA put this gorgeous ‘hoo on the boat fishing near Cerralvo Island late in the week. Check out the calm waters…it makes a difference!

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Fat forktail! Charlie “Sticks” McGee is one of the best fishermen I know and a dynamite drummer and music teacher as well from San Diego. Our amigo stuck this thick yellowtail out in the channel north of La Paz.

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When it comes to putting big fish in the boat, our amiga, Donna Thompson, from La Ventana via Long Beach CA holds a thick, fat wahoo…a personal best!

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We’re smack in the middle of whale watching season and taking folks out daily to Bahia Magdalena to see the whales. Contact us for a once-in-a-lifetime experience and get close to these great animals. They normally start to leave around March so don’t delay!

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Tailhunters is finally leaving the Pacific Northwest where we have been for the last month doing some outstanding shows in Puyallup WA (Seattle), Portland OR and Yakima WA! Thanks to everyone who has come by…old friends and new amigos! Lots of bookings for fishing with us in La Paz this year! But now, we leave the snow and rain and one of our favorite areas and head south all the way to the Phoenix ISE show where it’s supposed to be 80 degrees! Hope to see you there at the Cardinal football stadium! More details below!

WAHOO SET THE PACE FOR

THE WEEK IN SURPRISE BITE

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of February 9-16, 2014

An otherwise slow week was saved by a late week chew that turned up some quality fish.

As typical, we got the usual winds, especially early in the week.  That never helps with the fishing but we come to expect that during the winter.  Especially northern winds. It also really jacks up our ability to get live bait.   But, as the week went on, the winds diminished.

And suddenly the bite turned on.

And it was a surprise.  Usually, we look for inshore fish during winter.  But instead, we got some real trophy stuff.  Once again, just like last week, wahoo showed up around Cerralvo Island.  Normally, it’s far too cold for us to be seeing these prized fish, but the boats took the at the north and south end of the island on slow trolled baits as well as lures.  The fish were good quality too with fish going 20–50 pounds which are real slammers, especially when you consider that these are known to be the “fastest fish in the world” capable of blazing line off a reel at close to 70 mph!

But, on top of that, we also picked off a few dorado.  Again, not only are these warm water fish, but we shouldn’t even be seeing these until about later March or April.

In addition to the wahoo and dorado, a few more of the yellowtail also bent the rods.  These fish are more typical of this time of year and we should be going full bore on these any week now.  So, it was encouraging to see more of these in the counts.

As for other species, we took some small pargo and snapper, cabrilla, and lots of bonito.

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It’s been a great show season and Jill and Jonathan now leave the Pacific Northwest and the Yakima WA sportsmens show and head south to the Phoenix International Sportsmens Expo.

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Our next show starting this week will be in the Cardinal Football Stadium where the NFL Cardinals play! This is a super show! Lots of stuff for the whole family! Come say hi!

TAILHUNTER ROAD TOUR TAKES IT TO PHOENIX

Our 2014 Tailhunter Road Tour takes to the road again this week.  After an outstanding month in the Pacific Northwest attending shows in Washington and Oregon, we now drive south and take off our rain and snow gear and put on the shorts as we go to the International Sportsmans Expo in Phoenix, Arizona.  This is really a super show right on the floor of the University of Phoenix Football stadium where the NFL Cardinals play!  It’s a great place for a show and there’s always great weather, plenty of parking and lots to see!

The dates are Thursday to Sunday (Feb. 20-23rd).

Come say hi and chat with us about fishing with us in 2014 in La Paz.  We have amigos from all over Arizona, California, Nevada and New Mexico as well as Utah and Idaho come to visit us.  Here’s more information about the show as well as how to get discount tickets:  International Sports Expo – Phoenix Feb. 20-23, 2014

We’ll see you this week!

That’s our story!

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Jonathan & 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

“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 Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Jan. 19-26, 2014

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The view from Bahia de Los Muertos where we launch every day for the fishing grounds. Despite the great sunshine and seemingly tranquil waters, just beyond the point, many of the days were pretty choppy. Fortunately, fishing is close!

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Sierra…the speedy toothy gamefish that makes great sport and tasty ceviche was our mainstay for the week like this guy that Tim’s holding in front of the camera. Light tackle is great for these guys that can get 3 times this size.

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Commercial fishermen started getting into some of our seasonal yellowtail this week as shown by some of the catch laying on the beach. Unfortunately, we were doing more fishing than catching as the powerful jacks we hooked all broke off.

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Yes! Whale watching season is back at Bahia Magdalena and we’re running daily trips out to see these great creatures in th calm bay waters! The whales are usually here until mid-March so let us know if you’d like us to set up a tour for you!

 

ANOTHER WINDY WEEK DOESN’T

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La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of January 19-26, 2014

This past week was more typical of winter fishing in La Paz.  In a word…WINDY!  Northern winds kept things blustery, cool and bumpy on the water, but fortunately, being the off-season, there weren’t that many fishermen on the water and those that did fish this week have fished during this time in the past and knew what they were going to encounter or, in the alternative, were happy just to get out into some sunshine!  It was sunny, no doubt and temperatures were in the 70’s, but windy by our standards and cool as well.  But for folks from Canada and the mid-west, they were just looking for a day out on the water in the sunshine!

As for fishing, again, typical of this time of year when the winds blow.  Sierra provided the most action inshore along the reefs and beach drop-offs.  In the rock areas and reefs, smaller pargo, snapper and cabrilla (sea bass) were willing to bite chunks of dead bait like squid.  We know there have been dorado the past few weeks, but nothing came up this week in the usual areas made more difficult by the bumpy waters.    However, we did have some yellowtail and larger pargo hooked and lost.  It’s sort of a double whammy.  These fish are the season trophy fish and mean as heck and powerfully built with attitude.  Rookies or folks not ready to put some bend on these fish are quickly schooled when the fish power back into the rocks and the line breaks.  Still, it’s very encouraging to know these bad boys are in our waters!

THANKS WASHINGTON!  TAILHUNTER NOW GOES TO PORTLAND!

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So many friends visit us in our Tailhunter booth like John and Dolores Ehlers, our amigos who have fished with us for many years, but represent Eagle Point Lodge in Alaska. We just had a great week of shows in Washington and now head for Portland, Oregon!

We just wrapped up our third show of the tour season with an incredible show at the Washington Sportsman’s Show at the Puyallup Fairgrounds between Seattle and Tacoma.  It was five incredible days and great to see so many of our amigos and tons of reservations for fishing with us in La Paz in 2014!  We’re excited to welcome so many new folks and old tribal members who are coming to fish with us this year!  Thanks to all who visited!

We move on now to the Northwest Sportsmens Expo at the Portland Expo Center right next to the Columbia River in northern Portland.  This show is huge and always one of our biggest plus I think we have a huge number of amigos in the area who come to visit us.  The show runs Feb. 5-9.  Come see us to say hi…check out our new brochure plus new hat and t-shirt designs and set up your 2014 La Paz fishing trip.  Click the link for more information and how to get discount tickets:  Pacific Northwest Sportmans Show

Have a great week!

 

That’s our story!

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

.

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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