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LA PAZ/ Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for the Week of Sept. 19-26, 2025

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TUNA MAKE A COMEBACK

La Paz/ Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for the Week of Sept. 19-26, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT

WEATHER: It was really good until it wasn’t. Hot humid and crazy muggy weather. Very very tropical. Temps from 95-107 with the humidity, but great fishing weather if you discount the occasional thunderstorm or rain shower that come and go. Sometimes short and violent then the sun comes out again!

WATER: Fortunately, the runoff from the rain hasn’t been extensive because it doesn’t rain for a long time even though alot of rain comes down. So, the water isn’t as turned over or as dirty as might be expected. However, the water is an incredible 88-91 degrees on the surface! I can’t even get my shower water that warm!

SPECIES HOOKED THIS WEEK: Dorado, tuna, (1) blue marlin lost, (1) sailfish lost, (1 striped marlin (lost), wahoo, rainbow runner, jack crevalle, bonito, roosterfish, triggerfish, pompano, cabrilla, pargo

FISHING ON A SCALE of 1-10 (10 is best): 6-8 (best of the year)

IMPORTANT NOTE: Bring a small bit of repellent (flies and mosquito hatch from the rain) and also some electrolyte packets (very hot and muggy…lots of folks affected by the heat by not staying hydrated!)

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

This time of year, a sunny day can turn into a deluge without much notice flooding everything. Then the sun comes back out again. On this particular day, 4 inches of rain fell in on hour.

Paul Nagata has been coming to visit us for years and it’s always great to see him. Plus, he always does great! This year, he brought first timer, Brian Carlomagno who just seemed to be having the time of his life every day!

Brandon and his dad, Bill Champion, had some solid days of fishing and big smiles to go with it. First time visiting us and fishing with Tailhunters.

Captain Alfredo it probably trying to keep this wiggly dorado from smacking Gwyn in the face for the photo. Over 3 days she had some banner fishing!

Our Oregon amigos, Les Bek and son, Kevin, love fishing with Captain Gerardo and probably had the best 3 day fishing trip in all their years with us. On the table with tuna, dorado and even a triggerfish.

Craig Wong put the wood to this maybe 100+ pound yellowfin at the north end of Cerralvo Island. Folks don’t understand just how powerful a fish this size can be, but Craig is a seasoned angler.

Great fun to have Jim Tully with us this week. Nice batch of fun footballs to clean and take home!

George Histatomi and Kevin Lee said they enjoyed fishing 2 days with Captain Armando and also enjoyed his singing on the boat.

Paul was in the middle of the tuna bite and decided on a lark to tie on a big chrome 6x jig. He dropped it and took two cranks and WHAM! Wahoo! You can see the jig still hanging. Captain Pancho is pretty happy too! Have not seen wahoo in about 2 months!

Marty Matsuda and Clay Harada were fishing together and hung a few fish their first day!

Kurt Schmidt and Al Salgado pose with their batch of yellowfin and dorado after their first day on the water. They are both from the San Diego area. Kurt won the trip at an auction we donated to for breast cancer.

Ken Miura and Jim Tully came down to see us with a group of 12 and added these fish to the daily take of the group!

Our Texas amigo, Keith Marshall, sure had fun with Captain Pancho and trying out his new light tackle rod and reel! Nice rack of dorado to take home!

Nice haul with Captain Moncho! Britt Messman Jr and Sr. not only got some of the larger yellowfin this day, but Britt Jr. also nailed a dorado and roosterfish on the flyrod!

Always good to have Frannie and Bob Handegard visit us. They have been fishing with us for many many years and manage to come down every few and also take home a nice batch of fillets to Oregon.

Donna and Ken Papa are also long-time visitors and part of our Tailhunter tribe going way way back…especially Donna! Tuna and dorado need to get into the freezers!

Captain Gerardo with Jiin Sheu and Ron Ronas who pose with their catch on the beach at Bahia Muertos.

Two or our amigos who just have too much fun whenever they are down here. John and Gwyn Bailey started off with a super day with Captain Gerardo. They kinda slowed down their fishing after this! LOL

Nothing like that first yellowfin tuna! Brian is pretty happy!

Captain Gerardo is a big fella and he makes sure to get into the photo between Les and Kevin!

Thumbs-up from Brandon Champion. First day catch with his dad, Bill

We usually see these rainbow runners in cooler water in the spring. Big surprise to catch one when the surface temps are in the high 80’s! But his cousin to the yellowtail got caught by Brian Carlomagno among a number of other species he knocked off his bucket list this past week.

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Another one of those tropical thunderstorms hit us mid-week and put a damper on things and we actually had to cancel boats and bring everyone back to town. What started as a windstorm and shower turned into a Noah’s Ark event. We got about 4 inches of rain in an hour that flooded arroyos and streets up to the car windows:

Fortunately, it was only for about an hour or so then in typical fashion, it stopped and everthing drained. We cleaned up and the next day were thankfully able to get folks back out on the water.

However BEFORE that storm…

We may have had some of the best fishing of the year and surely the best tuna fishing that I’ve seen in maybe 10 years or so down here!

At Bahia Muertos with our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet, the tuna came back in force and were crushing it. Lots of fun football-sized yellowfin, plus some 10-30 pounders mixed in. At Cerralvo Island, more tuna to be found at the south end of the point and at the north end bigger model 100+ pound fish were hitting. Dorado mixed in as well.

Many of these fish were within 100-200 yards of the beach in shallow water.

One day alone, I think our boats took in more than 1000 pounds of fish as we spent almost 4 hours in our packing room processing over 300 pounds of fillets! We’ve also been cooking up alot of fish at our Tailhunter Restaurant plus with the tuna making alot of sahime and poke!

Along with the tuna, there’s dorado mixed in, but for our Tailhunter La Paz Fleet, the bite is probably 90% all dorado. Lots of little punk fish under 12″ in size that we’re releasing but some better 10-15 pound fish are keepers with the occasional 20-pounder in the mix.

Other than the tuna and dorado, there’s some smaller roosterfish around. And some sierra and rainbow runners are showing up in the counts which means that cooler water is starting to come around as the season will start transitioning. Normally, sierra and rainbow runners (cousin to yellowtail) are found in our winter and spring months.

We did have a handful of billfish hooked and lost caught collaterally while fishing for the other species.

Hopefully, by the time you’re reading this, we’ll be back up to full speed like before the storms. The forecast calls for very little precipitation in the forecast for the first time in about 3 weeks!

If you are coming down, bring a little bug repellent. With all the sporadic rainfall, the hatch of flies, mosquitoes and other flying critters can be problematic.

Also, the humidity is really oppressive with the heat. Stay hydrated. It would not hurt to bring some of those little packets of powdered electrolytes that you can put in a bottle of water and chug down when things get really warm.

BOOKINGS FOR 2026

We’re getting a steady stream daily of folks already booking for next season. Many of our guests are leaving their La Paz and immediately giving me dates for next year. Especially if they like a certain hotel or have a favorite captain, they don’t want to miss out. Some weeks and dates are already filled or filling up. Don’t miss out. We’re offering our current 2025 rates if you book before the end of this year for 2026. Reach out to me directly and I’ll get you set up with a customized trip: tailhunterfishinglapaz@gmail.com

PEDREGAL EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE

Massive living room and gourmet kitchen can be completely opened to the sea breeze and pool area

Terrace pool has a 20′ deep plunge at the far end. It is the only heated and cooled pool in La Paz

Spectacular views of La Paz Bay from the hill.

View of the pool area, fire pit and barbecue area and bay view from one of several upstairs terraces.

Each bedroom has it’s own en suite bathroom

One of the king bedrooms. Note all the original artwork. The walls throughout the residence are full of spectacular original art and museum pieces.

View from the 12 person jacuzzi.

Gourmet entertainment kitchen

Fully equipped gym with weights and multi-function weight machine.

In addition to the hotels we normally offer for your lodging here in La Paz with our fishing vacation packages we’re incredibly excited to have added the PEDREGAL EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE to our offerings. This is over 6,000 sq. feet of the best-of-the-best award-winning architectural vacation spot waiting for you.

It is perfect for 6-10 guests. Families are welcome. Great for several couples or an executive group or bachelor(ette) party. Bring the kids!

Spectacular views and amenities and we can even provide you with chef services to prepare your meals as well as a new Chevy Suburban to drive. It has a jacuzzi for 12 and a pool that drops off to 6 meters (20′ deep). A full gym as well!

Check out the attached link.

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Here is the list of amenities and features:

Features:

Space for: 6-8 individuals

4 couples

Kids welcome

More than 6,000 sq.feet of custom architectural space built into a rocky cliff overlooking the ocean and Bay
2 1/2 floors and mult-levels all with spectacular views and numerous terraces to see La Paz Bay
4 bedrooms plus a separate cabana if needed

Master Bedroom – king bed en suite bathroom
Bedroom 2 – 2 queen beds en suite bathroom (sofa can be another single bed)
Bedroom 3 – 2 queen beds en suite bathroom (sofa can be another single bed)
Bedroom 4 – queen bed and en suite bathroom
(All bathrooms are massive!)
Separate cabana if needed – queen bed and en suite bathroom

Gourmet Kitchen
Huge living room and all sliding doors can be completely slid open for a complete view and access to the backyard and entertainment area
All furniture is handmade (there is no plastic in the house)
Hand built stairway
Over a million dollars of original artwork on all walls and rooms
Water maker so all water is not only filtered, but fresh osmosis
Complete solar energy
Jacuzzi for 12
Elongated swimming pool overlooking the bay with an 20’ plunge on one end (the owner is a dive instructor and will do instructions and dives if wanted
The pool is the only heated or cooled pool in La Paz
Wifi
Fully-equipped gym with weights and multi-function weight machine
Individual AC in each room of the house
Elevator
Barbecue area with fire pit
Daily maid service and (laundry available)
Two minutes to the beach
Also available:

Chef services for lunch or dinners
Staff will prepare breakfast (approx. $16/ pers)
A new Chevy Suburban ($150/day)

Let’s get you set up!

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 from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Sept. 11-18, 2025

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TUNA AND DORADO CHEW BUT WAIT…

La Paz / Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos fishing report for Week of Sept.11-18, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Never seen weather so tropical in my 30 years here. It’s hot and muggy in the low 100’s with the humidity factor even tho’ the thermometer reads 95. Rain predicted almost daily but very little actually falls in the city or on our fishermen. We did dodge Tropical Storm Mario that had us in it’s sights, but like Lorena before it, gratefully headed out to the Pacific.

WATER:. Despite and storms and scattered rain and thundershowers, water remains mostly flat, calm, warm and blue with surface temps running 82-85 degrees.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Dorado / tuna/ triggerfish/ sierra/ jack crevalle/ bonito/ marlin (hooked one and lost one)/ pargo/ cabrilla/ snapper

FISHING ON A SCALE of 1-10 (10 is best): Earlier in the week it was tickling 7 and 8. Then for reasons unknown dove to a 3-4. Then came back up a little to a 5 or 6, but had that crazy mid-week dip!

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

MARIO had us in it’s crosshairs for a bit, but thankfully, moved outside and away from us. It’s that time of year. Life in the tropics!

Captain Gerardo put Kurt Kreiner and his sons, Kevin and Keith, on a tuna honey hole their first day. A couple of dorado also on the cutting table as well. Camera

I love Jesse Franco who has been visiting us for years and now brings sons, Jim and Joey along. Always fun with Jesse Franco in town. Never a dull moment.

Great photo! Mark and Donna Kalez who own and run Dana Wharf Sportfishing in S. California. They know a bit about fishing! Double tuna on the deck!

Just a great photo. Super colors a flat ocean. A great fish and big smiles on Captain Jorge and Les Lovell!

Just another day in paradise! Chris Binkley and Roger Laubscher from Nebraska took home a bunch of fillets after 3 days of fishing .

Hard to have a bad day with Captain Pancho. Our long-time amigo, Mac Treasure with Joey Franco and a big table of fish!

Tuna at color! Pretty shot!

A good day for Les and Ted! Good start for the vacation!

Our Seattle amigo, Chad Legg, has had some fun days with us on the water lately!

Everyone’s amigo, Jorge Romero, took a few hours off. Ran to jump in a boat with Captain Gerardo. Caught a bunch of fish and came right back home a few hours later in time for a late breakfast. Like grocery shopping!

Alex and his dad Bill Stack, got a nice batch of tuna and mahi meat to put in the freezer!

Mark Kalez with another good-looking YFT for the box! Check out the flat ocean.

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Not sure how to write this report.

We had some of the best fishing of the season, but we also had a couple of days of some of the worst fishing as well for inexplicable reasons.

Let’s talk about the good stuff first…

For about a week-and-a-half, we had the most incredible tuna/ dorado bite out’ve Bahia Muertos/ Suenos where we launch our Las Arenas boats. I have not seen this in years, but yellowfin tuna between 10 and 20 pounds right there in the bay! Some of the spots were as close as 100-200 yards from the beach in 20-30′ of water!

It was like grocery shopping! Get your bait throw the bait on a hook and instant biters . Fish were foaming! Boats were nailing limits by 8 and 9 a.m. then either calling it quits or go off chasing other species like dorado!

It was pretty incredible. I haven’t seen that in years. Boats were coming in loaded and limits were easy and fun! The fish weren’t so big that they hurt you (as tuna can do), but they sure pulled folks around!

Then, for crazy reasons, the bite suddenly dropped off. Our captains and anglers couldn’t find the fish . Some boats got a few, but others struggled or got goosed! The fish that were caught shrank in size to 5-10 pound footballs.

Here’s what I think happened….

First, everyone and their brother knew the bite was on. Every one in La Paz got out there. Every fleet got out there. Boats from the East Cape were out there. It was a freeway of boats and heavy traffic. This scattered the fish and pushed them down and away.

Second, with so many fishermen and boats, the bait guys couldn’t get enough bait so live bait was limited and it was really really small . They were little pinhead sardines and you had to use a #1 or even a #2 hook and sometimes had to put 2 or 3 sardines one the hook to cover it in which case, the sardine is obviously no longer “alive.” Also, with such a small hook if you get bit you’re in trouble!

Third…With so much boat traffic, the fish got line-shy an skiddish. You had to drop down to 20 or 30 pound test or light flurocarbon to get hit and even then, you still had to find the schools and you also had to have enough bait. So you had three things going against you.

And that’s why I think the bite tapered off and diminshed. Some boats got zero bites. Other boats might have found a fish or two .

And interestingly, as the bite dropped off, so did the number of anglers! Hmmmm…go figure.

And the bite kinda started to come back. A few more tuna..a few more dorado. We’ll have to see how much the bite recovers in the coming days!

Another note is that there are still a good bit of dorado on the waters, but many many of them are really tiny squirts! Seriously 10-12″ dorado that are so voracious that they’ll hit anything in the water because that’s just the way they are. Fortunately, their growth rate, these dinks will be 10 pound fish in a month, but in the meantime, our anglers are releasing alot of these little guys and hoping for the larger models and yes, they are out there running maybe 10-20 pounds, but you often have to make your way through schools of the small fry.

Another important note…WEATHER!

Technically, it has rained every single day for about 3 weeks! (If you read the weather forecasts).

Yes, we had tropical storm Lorena which dropped some gentle rain on us and we just got a little scare from Mario that came towards us then veered out to the Pacific.

But, this has been the most tropical weather I have seen in 30 years down here. It is hot. It is humid and muggy this summer. And for the last few weeks, there has been rain every day.

But, 99% of the rain has been in the afternoons after everyone is done fishing. I see the coming week showing more rain as well, but La Paz is HUGE! You have to understand, but it could rain in the mountains, but not at your hotel. It could rain for 10 minutes at your hotel, but not on the Malecon where all the restaurants are. It could rain across the bay, but not on the ocean.

Late afternoon rain. Yes, technically it IS raining in La Paz, but it’s WAY WAY WAY OVER THERE about 8-10 miles away!

So, technically, yes, it DID rain in La Paz!

At our Tailhunter Restaurant, in the last 2 weeks, I think there was only 1 time that the sidewalk got wet. That was it!

So, if you’re coming down, yes, expect some scattered thundershowers or warm drizzle, but then again, maybe nothing actually hits the ground!

ONE REALLY BAD THING ABOUT THE RAIN…

Bugs are everywhere! As often happens when there is standing water, the bugs hatch! The mosquitoes, flies, gnats and other critters are everywhere for about 2 weeks! Keep your sliding doors, windows and doors closed as much as possible. Bring a little bottle of natural (non-toxic) repellent. One little mosquito in your ear at night can sure ruin an evening! Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it! You will thank me later!

…AND THE HUMIDITY!

More intense and hot than we can remember. Stay hydrated or you’ll get sick. Bring some of those little electrolyte packages to pour into a bottle of water and chug it! It’s been in the 100’s with the humidity.

BOOKINGS FOR 2026!

It’s crazy, but in 30 years, I’ve not had so many advance bookings as we’re getting right now for 2026! Great to see and have with bookings coming in pretty much daily and the calendar is filling! Don’t get left out! Especially, if you have a favorite captain or hotel or set of dates. Some dates are already selling out or getting close to it.

We’re offering 2025 prices on some packages if you book before the end of this year and hold it with a deposit. I would hate to miss you!

Dates for 2021 already filling!

Write me directly: tailhunterfishinglapaz@gmail.com

I”ll get right back to you and let’s see about getting you set up. Don’t wait until we start doing our shows in January to March.

That’s my story!

Jonathan & Jilly

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

Tailhunter Sportfishing

755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

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

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Sept 4-10, 2025

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HURRICANE LORENA AND FISHING

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Sept. 4-10, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER and WATER:. Hurricane Lorena came and went and thankfully, it was a non-event. Most are pretty hairy, but this was gratefully just a gentle rain. Go figure. However, we had to cancel 2 days of fishing because they closed the port out of pre-caution. There wasn’t much run-off from rains and the sea didn’t get too agitated during the storm so waters recovered fast.

Cooler temps than before. Around 95 most days, but the humidity has escalated so the real feel is more like 110-115 during the day.

Update: As of writing this, looks like we might get some scattered thundershowers in the forecast for the coming week!

SPECIES HOOKED THIS WEEK: Dorado, tuna, sailfish, roosterfish, sierra, jack crevalle, bonito, triggerfish, pargo, cabrilla, wahoo.

FISHING ON A SCALE OF 1-10 (10 is best): 6-8

THE MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

A pretty good day! Especially when the fish are only yards away from where you launch and you’re done early! Tuna showed up in Bahia Muertos just minutes from where we launch. Chris Binkley and Roger Laubscher stocked up on some tuna meat! Boats were done with tuna by 8 a.m.

Our good friend Marcus Yoo has a two-fisted pair of dorado he caught with Captain Joel just outside or La Paz Bay!

These two were sometimes having just too much fun. Brett Kester and his son Stetson are first-timers from Utah and this is their first day catch. Check out the big bull on the left side of the table. They. both even got some dandy new tattoos while here!

A real joy to have Erica Freese from Reno bring her mom, Cindy Ersch, out from Florida to join her on her first time visiting us. They were able to take home a nice batch of mahi meat and weathered Hurricane Lorena with us. Cindy said she had the best time ever fishing with her daughter!

Visiting us from Oklahoma, Mike and Tracy Hunt were out with Captain Hugo and their first day we productive on the tuna and dorado.

Roosterfish have shown up again and they are a fun-sized 5-15 pounds in the shallows. Mike shows off one of his before the nice release!

Even Captain Victor is impressed with Mitch Black’s bull dorado. One of the larger fish of the week took him “a very long time” according to Mitch on his first visit to us from Colorado with the Ground Engineering group we hosted this week.

Two of or favoritest ever Texas friends, Debbie and Randy Moe. Always a treat to have them visiting us. A nice day on the tuna and even a dorado thrown in there as well! Thanks for the goodies you brought us!

Captain Hugo and Aaron Klingsmith give Joe Zorack a hand with his sailfish as they pose with a nice rack of dorado to clean. The sailfish was not able to be released and the meat was distributed. A good day with great action. The guys are from Colorado.

Bucket list rooster for a quick photo and release and a big smile from Erica Freese!

Happy guy, Sean Chiang, has some dorado fillets to bring back with him after a good day on the water.

From Florida on her first visit with us, Cindy Ersch has a dorado on the gaff ready for some fish tacos and ceviche at our Tailhunter Restaurant.

Mike Shuey was with Captain Boli and took this sizeable dorado not too far off the rocks near Espirito Santo Island. Good to have Mike back to visit with us. He’s usually not so serious and always laughing!

Maria Gamino from S. California gets a “hand” from someone (probably her husband Chendo) to pose with her dorado!

That’s the right kind! Brett Bleichrodt was just here two weeks ago and then came right back with different friends! This is a legit bull dorado. Right off the shorline of Espirito Santo Island in shallow water!

Chendo Gamino wanted to just get one roosterfish to say he had caught one. He got TEN and released them all. Fun fishing and was great to have him down for his first visit!

These two have been fishing together for years. Captain Victor and Marcus Yu. A good day for dorado fishing. OH…and it probably helps that Marcus brings Victor craft beers as gifts!

Nice catch for Chris Binkley with Captain Pancho. Big sailfish a quick photo then props to Chris for the release to swim away strongly!

Pretty gal…pretty smile…pretty fish! Tracy Hunt from Oklahoma takes a quick shot with another roosterfish off the shore at Bahia Muertos. They released quite a few!

Brett with a 2nd bull dorado. Espirito Santo Island right after the storm had cleared.

Roger Laubscher and Captain Pancho having fun near the beach with catch-and-release roosterfish on light tackle

Love these two…Joe and Holly Moore! With Captain Gerardo and the results of a nice day on the water with some slugger yellowfin tuna and a big bull dorado. Joe and Holly are way fun. Visiting for the first time from Oklahoma.

Chris with another pretty rooster before release.

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What a week!

We had Hurricane Lorena give us some nervous moments as it barreled up towards Baja and La Paz and we prepared for the worst. Fortunately and thankfully, it kinda spun away from us. Instead of torrential downpours, flooding and high winds, we were grateful for basically maybe 24 hours of gentle rain!

As hurricanes go, it was a blessed non-event which is a rarity. Other areas like Cabo took it right on the chin, but other than having to shut down fishing for 2 days as a precaution when the port captain closed down the port, it was kind of enjoyable to just watch the rain and know everyone was safe. No one lost power, water or A/C although phone and wifi service got a bit wonky.

We got about 1 inch of rain over the whole 3 days. Heck, the week before when we had a cloudburst for 2 hours, we got 4 inches of rain!

We got back on the water as soon as the port opened up and I just never know how the fishing will be after a storm. The dorado bite had been pretty good prior to the storm so it’s a bit of a crapshoot for fishing, but good to get folks back out on the boats.

Often after a big storm the waters can be overturned and murky. Especially if there had been high winds and waves. Waters can also be muddy if we had alot of runoff from the rains.

However we didn’t have much wind and rain was negligible and surprise…the fish were willing to bite. Not full speed, but at least we had some OK action on dorado and fun small roosterfish.

With each day past the storm, it got a little better.

Then a huge full moon showed up and well…I hoped it wouldn’t be a factor because the moon…especially one this big… might have an effect on the ocean currents. Fishing slowed just a tick, but we still got fish.

But, then the best thing happened.

Yellowfin tuna popped up right in Bahia Muertos! These were fun-sized 10-15 pounders and they were just off the beach where we launch and ready to chew!

These fish were only in about 30′ of water and our anglers were nailing limits by 8 or 9 a.m. then having time to go get dorado or have fun on the roosterfish.

Two weeks ago the tuna were a 3-hour boat ride to the other side of Cerralvo Island if you really wanted to go look for them and it was hit-or-miss.

But this week, the tuna were foaming right in the bay. I have no idea how long they will stay as the tuna schools are mercurial. Each day, I expect they will be gone, but the boats come back plugged and big smiles on our guests!

Hopefully, they will stick around. Other than the tuna and dorado, the roosterfish and a few sailfish were also hooked. Had one wahoo on the line that got away.

As I write this, it looks like there might be more scattered thundershowers on the way next week. Maybe the whole week although the forecasts show that most of the precipitation will be in the afternoons. Hopefully, after everyone is off the water! Will keep you posted!

RESERVATIONS for 2026

Bookings for 2026 are already coming in and we’re getting them daily. Some dates are already filled or filling. Our main season is late April to mid-October or so depending on the northern winds.

We are offering special prices and packages if you book before the end of the year and hold it with deposits. Many of our regular Tailhunter folks are locking in their favorite captains and rooms!

Let me know if we can set you up. Write me: tailhunterfishinglapaz@gmail.com. and let’s get you locked in.

Or hey…we still have about 6 more weeks left of 2025 and I have spots open! You don’t have to wait until next year to get in on the bite!

That’s my story!

Jonathan & Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s
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755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Aug. 26-Sept. 3, 2025

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DORADO…SOME TUNA…and STORMS!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Aug. 26-Sept. 3, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Erratic. Cooler than previous weeks, but the air is thick as soup with the humidity. It’s very tropical. Every day showers or thunderstorms are predicted, that may or may not happen. It changes almost hourly. We had some “rainstorms” that never materialized and others that closed the roads and airport for a few hours until waters drained off and the sun came out. On the other side of the city, they didn’t get a drop of rain.

UPDATE: You see more about this if you scroll down…the “little rainfall predictions” turned into Tropical Storm Lorena. And now it is being called Hurricane Lorena which is predicted to be a Category 1 storm.

WATERS: Warm and mostly blue, but can get rough and agitated during high winds and rain, then it gets calm again. Fortunately, the port has remained open. If there’s alot of rain, then the areas near the runoff are pretty murky and muddy.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Dorado, some tuna, bonito, jack crevalle, pargo, cabrilla

FISHING ON A SCALE of 1-10 (10 is best): 6

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Hurricane Lorena track. Up the Pacific Coast then east across the Baja Peninsula to mainland Mexico. It does not hit Cabo or La Paz directly fortunately, but expected to get a few days of rain. See more below.

Ed Bird from N. California has fished with us many times over the years, but brought his son, Eddie, for the first time. Check the results from their first day. Eddie’s first-ever dorado!

First-timers with us from Lakeshore CA (near San Diego) Trevor and Kacey Clark took home some nice fillet!

Captain Hugo took Stacia Dickson and her dad, Kevin, to the far side of Cerralvo Island and scored home runs on yellowfin tuna! Big gamble that paid off!

Gavin Evenden came with a nice group from Las Vegas. His first time produced some fun-sized dorado to add to the collective catch!

Brad Wolfe from Las Vegas is used to the heat! Nice catch of dorado for the first day!

One of the best photos of the week, Gino Wullkotte’s bull dorado! Check those colors!

Day one pose…Stacia and dad, Kevin from Utah on their first visit to us. Great meat to take home!

Berry Brothers…Ray and Bob! Had a little fun with us. Actually, tangled with some billfish on day 2!

Captain Blas and Gino took this dorado dragging a lure!

Jaden Edwards and pal scored big-time with the dorado school day one!

Just a super photo of Stacia and one of the larger bulls of the week!

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Well…the fishing report is kinda self-explanatory! Look at the photos. That’s what we’re catching. About 85% of the catch are dorado.

Fun fishing. No question. Some days better than others . Some boats do better than others. Some boats lose more fish than others. Some boat release more fish than others!

But, everyone is catching fish. Everyone that wants to take home fish is taking home fish. Everyone that wants fish cooked up at Tailhunter Restaurant is getting fish cooked up.

The fish are scattered all around. Not much variety in the catch, but that could be the fact that the dorado are more-or-less everywhere. Just find the spot . Not alot of big fish. Most are school-sized 5-10 pounders. Some maybe 10-20 pounders. LOTS OF LITTLE DINKS! I mean, dorado that are less than 12″ will hit lures and baits bigger than themselves. Tons of the little ones are getting releaesed, but given the growth rate of dorado, those fish will be 10 pounders in a month and maybe 15 pounders in 2 months.

So, there’s also a few tuna way way way outside on the others side of Cerralvo Island, but it’s a big gamble. There’s still smaller roosterfish around the beaches plus bonito, jack crevalle and a few pargo, cabrilla, snapper and triggerfish . Occasionally someone hooks a billfish that busts off.

And that’s about all the variety. Like I said, fun summer fishing.

But, let’s talk about the weather…

It’s been one of the hottiest most humid summers I can remember in 30 years. Historically hot. Weird.

Then, about 2 weeks ago, we get rain predictions almost every day. That doesn’t mean it actually rains. It could rain on one city block, but not another. It could rain on one end of the waterfront but 5 blocks away, it is dry. It could rain in the mountains or across the bay, but not on the ocean. But technically it DID rain in La Paz. Some thunder and lightning as well. Very tropical.

But, we haven’t had t cancel any fishing trips…so far! Until today.

Some of the rains could last 5 minutes of an hour or more. Then, it stops and the sun comes out. Some rains are gentle. Some are a drizzle. Some are torrential and in a short time, we have floods.

It doesn’t take much to flood down here. Even if it doesn’t rain hard, if there’s enough volume over even a short amount of time, the city drainage systems just can’t handle it and they back up.

That’s what we’ve dealt with the last two weeks.

But, then Tuesday night the rain predictions turned into “TROPICAL STORM LORENA.” In a few hours, that became “HURRICANE LORENA.”

As of right now, (Wednesday morning as I write this), the storm will NOT hit La Paz or Cabo directly. The path of the storm actually takes it up along the Pacific Coast of Baja where they are expecting heavy rains and flooding, then it does something weird…it hooks east across the Baja Peninsula and the mountains and crosses the Baja…goes over the Sea of Cortez and slams into mainland Mexico.

For us in La Paz and nearby Cabo, that’s a good thing for us. Bad for the coastal areas. We ARE going to get rain and winds, but it’s not so ominous. In fact, as I write this there is just a really nice gentle rain falling and that’s how it will be all day. There is almost no wind. There’s not even a ripple of a wave on the La Paz Bay. Tomorrow, Thursday, there will be occasional scattered thundershowers during the day, but not all day and then it continues to diminish from there.

The Port Captain closed the port today as a precaution so we had to cancel all fishing, diving, snorkeling today and probably tomorrow. The clients we have here were actually kinda happy when I told them they could sleep in today.

Some of them booked massages at the spa or planned to just drink beer and take it easy. It’s not exactly unpleasant and compared to other hurricanes we’ve had her this is like a summer shower.

We will probably have to cancel fishing on Thursday as well.

The biggest issue is whether planes will be able to come in. As of right now, the airports are open, but if you look at the path of the storm, it crosses the Baja Peninsula. That means any plane from the U.S. has to come right through that storm path or over it.

I don’t have any crystal balls or have any knowledge of air traffic rules or procedures, so it remains to be seen what happens.

I have gotten e-mails from several guests slated to fly in today and tomorrow telling me as long as there are flights, they are coming in and would rather be here, even if they can’t fish, than back in their jobs or offices working or on the freeway! So far, for those arriving today (Wednesday) none of the flights have been cancelled.

So, that’s the story so far. Will keep you updated!

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/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Aug 19-25, 2025

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IT’S A DORADO WORLD…and a few TUNA…and some RAIN

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Aug 19-25, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER – Very very hot. Easily 5-10 degrees hotter than normal and the humidity really pushed things into triple digits some days! Some tropical rain and thundershowers here and there. It’s that time of year!

WATER – We’re getting readings anywhere from 82-26 on the surface. Bathwater. It’s mostly pretty blue like a post card!

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Dorado, tuna, (1) wahoo, marlin, sailfish, barred pargo, cabrilla, triggerfish, bonito, jack crevalle, roosterfish, pompano, trevally, needlefish

FISHING on a SCALE of 1-10 (10 is best): 7-8

THE MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

First time with Tailhunter Patrick Towle had some great fun with the dorado bite.

They ran pretty far off Cerralvo Island, but it turned out to be worth it with Captain Gerardo! Bob Cowan with Jeff Loh blew up the tuna school. Jeff also got his first roosterfish finally (released) and this was his first tuna after many years of fishing with us…but no one told him he had to eat the heart ❤️ of his first tuna like all of us did! (wink wink!) 😜

From Colorado, our long-time bestie John Ehlers and his wife Dolores have fished with us for several decades! First day with Captain Pancho produced some nice dorado and a barred pargo.

Thanks to our amigo, Jimmy Williams, for this great dorado shut underwater! Incredible colors.

Gina Wullkotte from Arizona fished 3 days with us. His first visit to La Paz and racked some excellent mahi to take home!

Dolores has a knack for these barred pargo! With Captain Pancho! She hooked a sailfish and fought it for an hour and released it as well, but no photos because they wanted to get it back in the water ASAP! BRAVO!

Bob, Jeff and Taryn…day 1 of 3 started out pretty good on the dorado bite!

Chad Legg had just one day to squeeze in for fishing so he was out with Captain Joel and they filled a nice box of dorado!

Two of our newest sweetest folks from Colorado, Joy and Mark Cook fished with Captain Armando for 3 days!

We need to call him “DOCTOR” Justin Vickery now as he just finished his residency and is now a full-fledged Doctor! Much to celebrate like this dorado that matches his shirt!

She’s studying to eventually be a surgeon, but Jazminne Legg from Washington took time off and was just having way too much fun down here! Dorado, tacos and tequila…she had everyone laughing!

Tony and Steve! On the beach after a good day on the water with dorado, pargo, cabrilla and triggerfish!

Taryn and dad, Ed (“Beaver”) Mitoma have been fishing with us for decades and she finally got her first tuna. They ran outside Cerralvo Island to hit the spot. Long run and gamble that paid off!

I think this is Ken Pak behind the mask, but he’s obviously happy with the day’s catch! He’s from Salem OR!

Jim McCarthy has some fresh mahi meat for the freezer posing on the beach at Bahia Muertos.

Creston Carroll was fishing with us for the first time this week and shows off one of his dorado catches.

Andrew with a nice rack of mahi that needs to get into the freezer! Some nice bulls there!

Gino with another good one for the box!

Ken Pak seems pretty excited about his dorado! He was fishing with his brother, John. Both from Oregon.

Steve Dantonio is another of our first-timers that happened to be down this week and he took home some nice mahi fillets as well this week!

It wouldn’t be a fishing season if our dear amigo, John Ehlers from Aurora CO, didn’t come down to fish with Captain Pancho for a few days! John has probably fished with us for 20 years or so!

Justin with a hefty bull for the fish box and dinner plate. He was fishing with his dad, Jeff, who just re-located from Texas to La Paz.

Pat Towle put some legit mahi in the boat! Check these out!

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Not a bad week at all! In fact, I think we just had possibly the best week of the summer in terms of action. Not alot of species, but just in terms of fun fishing with good action, this past week was pretty nice. I won’t say it was crazy wide open but everyone caught fish. Everyone got bent. Everyone took him fish that wanted to take home fish.

Can’t ask for more than that.

The dorado bite finally turned into what we’ve been waiting for all summer. The majority of the catch were the mahi. Lots of school-sized fish in the 8-15 pound class with some larger ones also hitting the box and larger ones also breaking away!

Tons of little punk-sized ones too and some of the boats were releasing them like crazy and couldn’t keep the little guys away from the hooked baits as dorado are voracious eaters! But, this bodes well. the little 12-inches will be 2 or 3 times the size in a month since their growth rate is so accelerated by all the eating!

Both of our fleets got into fish each day with the fish either free-swimming individuals or you could run into a honey hole and hit a nice school with non-stop action and multiple rods going off. But, the bottom line is that it’s not terribly hard to eventually run into these fish. There are some fish five minutes in front of the hotels if that’s as far as you wanted to go right under the tankers anchored in the bay.

With water temps in the low to mid-80’s these are ideal conditions for the dorado and it’s nice to finally have them wake up and join the party. We’ve seen the schools for months. They just weren’t interested in biting full speed, but thankfully, someone threw the switch and turned them on.

Other than the dorado, there really isn’t much other variety. Either because the water is now too warm or folks are just concentrating more on the dorado because their easy and fun. So, just a few pargo and cabrilla and snapper were in the mix. Also a few billfish hook-ups and we did have one wahoo that got hooked and close to the boat, but busted off.

The big surprise was the nice jag of yellowfin tuna off Cerralvo Island! It’s a bit of a run in the pangas to the spot but the few clients that took the gamble smacked into a nice batch of feeders that were running with the dolphin.

These were nice quality fish…bigger than the football-sizes…in the 10-15 pound category and tore up some tackle, especially for first timers who had some fun tangling with these hard-chargers.

Don’t know if they’ll stick around, but even if they do, the spot where the school is located is a bit of a run. If they are there, great. If not, then by the time you run all the way back, it could be too late to try fishing for anything else. It’s definitely a swing for the fences and hitting a home run or nothing. But, for our anglers that already have fish in the freezers, it’s worth a shot!

Roosterfish are still around if you want to get one off your bucket list. Mostly smaller sizes beetween 3-15 pounds, but great fun especially on lighter tackle.

Other than that…some weather advice…

It’s exceptionally hot and humid! This has been the hottest summer I can remember in my 30 years down here. The temps are easily 5-10 degrees hotter than normal and with the humidity, it is easily tipping triple digit temps during the day.

So STAY HYDRATED and stay covered with a hat, long sleeves and sunscreen.

ALSO, we recommend all the time very strongly that you purchase trip insurance. With the heat, these are the tropics and thundershowers are common. It can rain for an hour or it can rain for 5 minutes. It can rain in one part of the city and by dry in another part or rain in one part of the ocean ,but not on the beach! Just don’t be surprised. We have not had to cancel any trips yet, but it’s always a possibility. We definitely won’t send you out if it’s too rough or with a rod in your hand and lightning in the sky!

FISHING in 2026

We are already getting quite a few bookings for next year and we’re taking reservations! Especially for folks who want a favorite captain or hotel or want to target a certain species of fish like roosterfish, pargo or dorado! Some dates are filling up pretty fast.

Reach out to me directly and we’ll get you set up: tailhunterfishinglapaz@gmail.com

That’s our story!

Jonathan & Jilly

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

Tailhunter Sportfishing

755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Aug 9-17, 2025

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SUMMER DORADO HOLDING STEADY

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Aug. 9-17, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Hot and muggy! Very very tropical. Chances of showers now and then that blow over pretty quickly mostly. Temps in the mid to upper 90’s, but feels alot hotter. Stay hydrated or get sick!

WATER: Surface temps now reading low to mid-80’s. Feels like bath water!

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Dorado/ snapper/ pargo/ marlin/ sailfish/ bonito/ roosterfish/jack crevalle/ cabrilla

THE MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Makalyn Brown has another good day with Captain Rogelio posing on the beach behind La Concha Hotel.

About 20 years ago, Scott Torney came down with his parents to fish with us. This time, he brought his own son, Tyler, who started things off with a trio or dorado and this sailfish. Unfortunately, unexpected weather came up on their last 2 days.

Tony shows off a nice schoolie mahi for the camera. He had two days on the dorado schools!

Yes, there’s still some roosters around the beaches. Not the larger models like before, but these smaller fry on light tackle are alot of fun. Steve’s got one for the camera before the release!

Leo’s got a big smile under that great mustache and and another mahi for the box!

I know that Andrew Fernandez likes to throw iron so I’m not sure if he got this jack on the jig, but bait or iron these guys can fight! Andrew released the fish!

Shea Brown is alot of fun to fish with and always seems to be smiling. She and Captain Rogelio share a pose, a fish and a grin!

Tony has a larger one on the gaff!

Great color on Andrews mahi!

Not as many photos for this edition of the fishing report but that’s because we didn’t have as man fishermen. This is the time of year during the summer when we have a bit of a dip in travel.

Lots of families are back or headed back to school. The focus has changed for folks understandably as summer vacations are fresh memories and the new school year is here. Quite a few of our guests right now seem to be dads trying to squeeze in on last fishing “hurrah” with a kid or two before things get crazy. Not sure it’s for the benefit of the dad or the kids!

But, all fun!

However…

This is the kind of summer fun we’ve been waiting for.

The dorado were about 2-3 months late this year for reasons my small brain can’t figure out. Waters were warm. Conditions were right. However, other than a few dorado here and there, the dorado chew just never remained consistent.

We could see fish. We found fish. We threw everything from bait to lures to burritos at them and they just never showed anything more than a token interest.

Well, about 2 weeks ago, they finally decided to join in.

It’s not full speed . It’s not WFO by any means.

But, it’s fun summer fishing with about 70-80% of the catch being dorado. They can be found in numerous spots. They school up very often so when you find one, you find others. They are great spectacular fighters with leaps and jumps and few fish can match the colors . When they want to feed, look out! It makes it fun for novices or veteran anglers alike. Great on light tackle too.

And they eat and taste great as well. Oh…and they grow fast so they’re a great renewable resource.

Like I said, it’s not wide open, but for the most part, it’s dorado season finally. Some boats might do better than others in the exact same spot. One boat is hot one day and goes cool the next or a boat that has a sticky day is on fire the next.

Fortunately, overall most of our guests fish several days so it all evens out and everyone goes home with some fish!

Most of the fish are the school-sized 5-15 pounders . Occasionally, there are some 20 pound models and some larger ones are getting lost. But, this is good summer fishing!

Other fish have taken a backseat mostly. A few sailfish and marlin hooked incidentally. There’s still some pargo, cabrilla, and snapper in the boxes and of course, bonito and tough jack crevalle .

The roosterfish bite has tapered after a spectacular historic season, but there are still some 5-15 pounders hanging around the beach and rock areas.

A couple of notes…

It’s really hot. Seems more intensely hot than other years. I’ve got folks getting heat-sick every week from not enough hydration or protecting themselves from the sun. Don’t let that happen to you. Stay hydrated. Moreso than normal. Bring some of those little packs of powdered electrolytes to mix into your bottled water. It’s like first-aid. You’ll thank me later!

Secondly, related to the weather as well…it’s not only hot, but tropical. Rainstorms are not unusual this time of year with all the evaporation. Nothing might show in the forecast and the next thing you know it’s storming and raining. I could last a few minutes. It could last an hour or more. It could rain in one spot, but not another. It could be a warm shower or a downpour! You just never know. 99% of the days it’s so hot, you might be praying for a little wind and rain.

Other days, you just gotta duck and let it pass!

We had one day we had to cancel boats because it was too rough to launch. Just be aware. Don’t come down without purchasing trip insurance.

This is the best time to fish, but unexpected thunderstorms are not uncommon here in the tropics!

That’s our story!

Let’s us put your next fishing vacation together! We can put together the whole package with lodging, transportation, activities and, of course, fishing!

Jilly and Jonathan

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:
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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of July 31-Aug. 8, 2025

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DORADO FINALLY JOIN THE PARTY!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of July 31-Aug. 8, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Won’t lie. It’s HOT and STEAMY and sunny. Even for us who live here, it seems intensely more hot even tho’ the temp say it’s a normal 98. The real feel is about 104 or so. Folks getting sick every day because they are not hydrating!

WATER: Mostly warm and blue! Getting readings of about 82 to as high as 86 on the outside.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK:. Roosterfish, dorado, striped marlin, sailfish, bonito, jack crevalle, pargo liso, barred pargo, needlefish (big ones), snapper, triggerfish, cabrilla

LAS ARENAS FISHING: More variety with dorado, roosters, jacks, bonito, pargo, cabrilla.

LA PAZ FISHING:. Mostly dorado with some marlin biters. A few roosters and cabrilla .

FISHING ON A SCALE of 10 (10 is best): 6-7

THE MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Cody Crawford from Florida on his first visit with us had a nice week of pretty solid fishing including some big bulls like this one, but check out the pargo liso as well as the fat triggerfish! Fishing with Captain Pancho 3 days.

There was a time when Noah Stark was alot smaller than his dad, Chris and myself. Now, he’s starting high school! Good first day of dorado and tuna!

Brian Pierce with a great rack of dorado and football tuna plus I see a snapper and a pargo liso on the table as well.

It’s been over a decade since Wade Ralston from Washington was with us. He’s usually on the Columbia River guiding, but came down and couldn’t be more enthusiastic, especially using his custom-made rods of his own. Check out the nice roosterfish on the flyrod! It was released.

Somewhere behind this big roosterfish is a big fella! That’s Oscar Alba somewhere behind that big comb. The fish was released after the photo. I think Juan behind him has a fish on as well!

Nice shot! Crystalynn Lilly with Captain Joel’s thumbs-up! First time visit for Crystalynn. She had quite a week!

The man behind the mask is Captain Gerardo with the barred pargo. But Takashi Rutherford and and dad, Keith, have the dorado in hand and on the table!

Thad Loomis all smiles right off the beach with another rooster for the photo and release!

Sweetest gal, Mandy Caron from Boise ID with Captain Rogelio and another nice cabrilla for the box! Mandy and the family were last with us 13 years ago!

Takashi and his bull dorado make for a great photo! Super colors!

This photo should be framed. Jesus Morales with a big rooster! Photo’d and released after the pose!

Oscar and Juan…they won’t tell us who actually caught the marlin while fishing with Captain Julio. The fish could not be released. First marlin for one or both of them!

Arcie Propster was able to get her son Austin down for a quick trip and he landed a number of dorado like this. They live in Redondo Beach CA

Cody again…with another big bull, some triggerfish, a pargo liso and several more dorado! Fishing with Captain Pancho

Captain Armando checks out Danny and Rusty’s dorado on the beach at Muertos!

Gaby Donnell from Oregon is just a joy everytime she comes down. She seems to have a knack every year for pargo liso no matter what time of year. Captain Pancho helps with the pose.

Roger McCracken has been fishing with us over 20 years but the last few George Hatziyiannis has been joining him. We’ve had some good times over the year. Both are from the Portland area.

Great first day for Nick Brown who brought his family down with him this time fishing with Captain Hugo. Great rack of dorado!

Wade Ralston was really happy with this dorado on his light tackle custom rod!

Crystalynn with another dorado for the freezer to take home!

Oscar poses with a legit bull dorado fishing just outside Muertos Bay where the dorado bite has started to turn on finally .

I think this is Noah Stark behind the bandana with another nice bull dorado. He only had 2 days to fish and put some nice meat in the box fishing with dad, Chris.

A prehistoric monsters needlefish! Keith Rutherford is 6’4″ and this needlefish is still taller! Most needlefish are about 2′ long or so! Captain Gerardo said it was the biggest needlefish he had ever seen in his life fishing these waters.

Check the flat ocean! Thad Loomis with first day bull dorado!

Good way to start the morning for Mike McFeely. A nice roosterfish bite for some quick action and releases.

She had a good week! Crystalynn with a fresh one on the gaff to take home to Washington.

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Sorry this is a few days late. Good excuses…

We lost electricity and wifi for about 2 1/2 days (see explanation below)
We had a storm come through and I didn’t know if it was going to be sprinkles or a full blown crusher and I wanted to have the latest and best info (turned out to be about an hour thunderstorm…that’s it!)

So that’s my story…

Let’s talk fishing!

Well, it finally happened.

The dorado finally showed up. They’re only about 2 or 3 months behind schedule. Normally, we would have seen dorado schools by late May or early June. This year, despite ticklers here and there where we got excited about seeing fish that then petered out, the expected mahi bite just never quite materialized.

Last year was late as well, but that was because the waters stayed cold until August. Heck, we were still catching some cold-water yellowtail and amberjack into August last year.

This year? Go figure. The waters got warm like usual. But the dorado just never came. Actually, they’ve been around. We’ve seen them. But, they wouldn’t eat. Not interested. They would just turn and swim away from baits and lures.

Just one more strange thing to add to our experience.

But in the last week or so, the dorado finally seem to have woken up. I hope I don’t jinx things by talking about it.

The bite is not full-speed WFO the way it normally is. However, there’s enough of a bite that maybe 70% of our catch this past period are mahi. Both our Las Arenas and our La Paz fleets are into the fish.

But, like I said, it’s not wide open. One boat might hit the school and come back with limits. The next boat might only get 2 or 3 fish total. One boat might pick pick pick all day for fish and come back full . Another boat might get bit and that’s the only bite of the day. Or, a boat might find a sweet school and BAM…they are slammed one-stop shopping and they’re done.

It’s not consistent.

But, overall, most folks are fishing numerous days with us and they’re all catching fish. An off-day is off-set by a good day and everyone has fish to take home.

The dorado are mostly school-sized fish up to about 15 pounds. Fun for everyone. Ready to bite. Great for first-timers or on light tackle for the veteran anglers. Some larger fish up to maybe 30 pounds are around as well and some larger fish have been lost.

We’re still getting roosterfish which has been steady.

Easily this is the best roosterfish season I’ve had in 30 years. We’re not seeing the big pig roosters now as the formal roosterfish season normally tapers in July . We’re still getting the occasional 40-50 pounder, but have not seen the bigger 70-100 pounders in several weeks. Most of the fish are fun 5-30 pound fish all getting released. Easy to catch and release a handful pretty much any day of the week right off the beach between Los Alamos and Ventana/ Sargento Beaches.

I thought we’d be deep in billfish by now. Normally, we are, but it’s only the occasional striper, blue or sailfish these days . Maybe 1 or 2 biters per week and most seem to quickly be lost or broken off. I will say that every time I’ve sent anglers out who specifically want a billfish, they get skunked. The billfish seem to always get hooked by folks who are rookies or while trying to catch something else.

Other than that, no wahoo, but there have been a smattering of yellowfin tuna footballs, but nothing to get excited about. There are still some pargo liso around (mullet snapper) which is also surprsing because they are cold-water fish and surface water temps right now are anywhere from 82 up to 86 degrees.

Speaking of heat…folks…the heat is intense. Even us locals are commenting that it’s hotter than a grill these days. Don’t know what it is. The thermometer says 95, but the real feel is about 105!

I’ve had guests getting sick almost every day from heat and lack of hydration. You gotta stay hydrated and folks don’t listen. The sun sucks moisture right out’ve you like a sponge.

Folks are feeling light-headed, cramping, stomach aches, head-aches, the runs…they think it’s the flu or a bug or food poisoning. 99% of the time, it’s the heat. I jack them with some electrolytes and and a banana for potassium and BOOM…almost instant recovery.

However, folks are cancelling trips because they’re not taking care!

Bring some electrolyte powder packs with you. Cover up. Drink lots of water even tho’ you’re not peeing it out.

The heat has been so intense, the there have been rolling blackouts around the city because of the high AC usage. At our Tailhunter Restaurant, we lost 2 1/2 days of no water, power, lights, no wifi no phones or A/C. Our office got up 110 degrees INSIDE.

Lastly, I warn all of our guests to not come down here without purchasing trip insurance. This is just the thing to cover missed trips because of getting sick. Moreso, this is storm season. Tropical storms come and go. We just had one the other day. Fortunately, it was in the afternoon when everyone was done fishing. But, these can pop up anytime.

We hope they don’t turn into hurricanes, but even the 2 or 3 hour thunderstorm can mess up plans. So, once again, DO NOT COME DOWN WITHOUT PURCHASING trip insurance! There’s no refunds for weather-related cancelations. Unfortunately, it just so happens that the best fishing time of the year also happens to be the best time to get a storm now and then!

That’s our story!

Jonathan & Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter Sportfishing
www.tailhunter.com

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755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of July 23-30, 2025

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RELUCTANTLY KINDA GOOD FISHING

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of July 23-30, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Hot and hotter. The thermometer says 95, but the real feel is 104. Nice to have the ocean nearby to cool off. You’re crazy if you’re not using a hat and sunscreen or walking around in the middle of the day. There’s a reason we have siestas in Mexico and everyone stays indoors until the sun goes down!

WATER: Mostly in the lower 80’s and blue, but pick your spots. Some areas have stronger currents. Some days it is flatter than glass but a few miles away, there are swells.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Dorado, tuna, wahoo, blue marlin, striped marlin sailfish, snapper, cabrilla, pargo, triggerfish, jack crevalle, roosterfish, bonito.

LAS ARENAS FISHING – More variety including tuna and wahoo when they show up plus dorado and about a half-dozen other species.

LA PAZ FISHING – Mostly billfish and dorado with some inshore cabrilla and pargo.

FISHING on a SCALE of 1-10 (10 is best): Mostly hovering around a 4-5. Not bad. Should be way better.

THE MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Good to see these smiles after a good day on the water! John McLucas (right) first started fishing with us about 25 years ago and just retired. Jeff Schlesing last fished with us in 2004…TWENTY Years ago! Some good meat to take home!

Captain Gerardo “Gordo” holds down the right flank of the lineup of Mario Rios and his wife with Chris Martinez at center and a great load of yellowfin tuna!

Santiago and Kevin had just one day to fish and made the most of it with Captain Arcangel and some great eating fish that made it over to Tailhunter Restaurant that night.

Mandy, Rob, Parker and Spencer…the Caron Family from Boise Idaho were last here 12 years ago when Spencer was a baby! What a day…they hooked 2 blue marlin and 2 striped marlin and were able to release 3 of the billfish except this one and generously donated the meat! What a day! They were with Captain Rogelio.

Hector Chacon (r) has been fishing with us for decades, but his friend, John Miller, flew all the way in from England to fish 2 days then turned around and flew back, but not before 2 fun days with dorado!

Captain Armando put young Lucas Delgadillo on his first dorado and it’s a nice bull. Dad Pete Delgadillo in the back was pretty excited too!

Captain Armando with a good day of fishing for our Texas friends, Kailee Draymala and Casen Rios who caught this sail plus some chunky yellowfin. Casen generously donated the fish.

Ahhh…two of the funnest! Also from Texas, Ken and Melissa Dean like fishing with Victor and first day catch of a dorado and 2 tuna.

Captain Hugo with Shanoe Cutts and one of the larger roosters in recent weeks. It’s a beauty. They’re still around. Great photo followed by the release. Shanoe is originally from Maui, Hawaii.

Young Spencer with Captain Rogelio had 4 fun days on the water and had some battles with pulling big cabrilla from the rocks.

Stephen Wang gets a hand from son, Evan. Stephen was fishing the light string when this big boy hit and took him for a 90 minute battle! The rooster was released.

It might not look big, but the bonito are providing lots of action and pound-for-pound might be one of the most powerful fish in our waters. Ask Mandy Caron!

Captain Jorge put Wayne McCain (r) and Wayne Ezernack on some fun football tuna on the other side of Cerralvo Island. Wayne is from Texas. Nathan hails from Louisiana.

Kailee has big smiles and another roosterfish off the rocks. Quick photo and release!

One of our best anglers year-after-year, Darrel Manginelli on his 3rd trip this year shows off the tuna on the cutting table that will soon be in the freezer. He first found the tuna spot with Captain Pancho that started the little jag of tuna we had for a few days.

Parker Caron with another cabrilla. He had an eventful week with lots of cabrilla, dorado and even a marlin!

Great colors on this bull dorado that Darrell stuck in Ventana Bay.

They made a fun team! Captain Moncho with Brenda McCain, our Texas amiga. Love our Texas friends!

What a fish. What a photo. Shanoe poses with a prized wahoo off Cerralvo Island. He was with Captain Hugo.

Good to have these first-timers visiting us! Luis Echevarria and Mike Brown who tried to bring a banana on the boat until we all yelled at him that he was jinxing things! He didn’t know the banana superstition!

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Let me get this outta the way right at the top.

Two of the biggest questions I get asked daily:

How’s the fishing?
What are you catching right now?

Here’s my answer these days. Fishing is OK. Everyone is catching fish. Some days are better than others. Some boats do better than others then the next day it could be just the opposite.

And I really don’t know what’s biting and catching right now! It’s really weird. We’re catching a little bit of everything!

If you read nothing more than that, that’s pretty much the gist of the fishing report. Look at the photos above and that tells you the whole story.

It’s really weird . It’s already 2/3 of the way through summer and although it’s hot as blazes the fishing isn’t quite where it should be. We should be deep into schools of dorado. The billfish should be biting. There should be more tuna around. There should NOT be so many roosterfish around.

In 30 years, I have not had this kind of a season.

Everything is off kilter by a degree or two.

It is incredibly HOT! It feels much more intense than usual. Well over 100 degrees with humidity.

Correspondingly, the waters are warm and blue. Surface temps are in the low 80’s. But here’s the rub…there are cold patches of blue and warm patches of blue. Some hold fish and some don’t.

Roosterfish…the best roosterfish season I’ve had in 30 years. They are still around, but should have been gone weeks ago. No complaints! Everyone who wanted one all these years has that opportunity! Fish are mostly 10-30 pounds, but some of the big boys are still cruising.

Dorado schools should be everywhere. They are not. We’re getting maybe 1-3 per boat on the average. We should be kicking out limits. And most of the fish we’re getting are school-sized 5-10 pounders. Barely enough meat for a couple of tacos. There’s some larger 20-30 pounders around, but isolated biters. Just when I think the dorado are gonna blow up…they get hard to find again.

The same can be said for the wahoo and tuna.

We had a few days of spectacular wahoo. Everyone got excited. And the fish disappeared!

We had a few days of great tuna biters. Everyone got exctied . And the fish disappeared.

We had some great days with the marlin charging all over. We all got excited again. The billfish disappeared.

Nothing changed. The climate didn’t change. The waters didn’t change . The bait didn’t change. All the conditions remained static. But the fish had other plans.

Still lots of other species to fill the gap…pargo, cabrilla, trevally, pompano, triggerfish and others. Like I said, everyone is at least catching fish .

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 Week of July 15-22, 2025

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FISHING PICKS UP AGAIN FINALLY!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of July 15-22, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Hot and sunny. Breezy mornings and evenings down to the comfortable high 70’s, but day time temps are in the high 80’s to mid-90’s. But, it feels much hotter and intense for some reason. Lather on the sunscreen and keep covered. We did have an unexpected 1 day storm that dropped some rain on us. These little storms come out’ve nowhere. The heat sucks up moisture. The clouds build and they have to drop that water somewhere.

WATER: Clearing up after the storm 2 weeks ago and then the big full moon last week. More blue patches and water surface temps coming back up into the low 80’s after dropping into the 70’s last week.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Roosterfish, sailfish, wahoo, marlin, tuna, jack crevalle, pargo, cabrilla, sierra, snapper, bonito, triggerfish, dorado

Las Arenas: More variety. Pretty much a shot at everything on the list above. Lots of roosterfish for sure then a little of some of the others . Had the best wahoo bite of the season there.

La Paz : A few more dorado and billfish and some big cabrilla and pargo.

FISHING ON A SCALE of 1-10 (10 is best): 6 plus

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Maybe our biggest dorado of the year so far? Luis Rodriguez and Luis Arandia with Captain Jorge and some other nice fish on the cutting table as well!

Three wahoo the same day? And a bigger one broke off! Stellar fishing day for Larry and Adam! Jackpot fishing south end of Cerralvo Island! They were with Captain Hugo.

Perfect face-frame for Raul and a bull dorado. Check out the flat ocean!

First time and first day! Stephen Wang said they hooked and released 15-20 roosterfish up to 40 pounds all on light tackle with Captain Gerardo

Jim Bovee got his wahoo! While staying at Rancho Costa there in Bahia Muertos, Jim pulled this ‘hoo off the island. Jim visits us several times a year from San Diego.

Nothing like that first fish! Elana Tabachnikoff with Captain Joel on her first day on the water and first visit to La Paz was pretty excited. She was alot of fun to have with us this week!

David Henke has been coming for years. Never caught a wahoo. We’ve only seen about 3 all year. So, yesterday with Captain Moncho, he says, “I’ll give you $100 if you get me a wahoo!” They zoom to the island. Twenty minutes later, BAM they have a wahoo! David says, “I will give you another $100 if you get another wahoo for my girlfriend here!” 30 minutes later BAM a 2nd wahoo!

All the way from Virginia, Jene Nissens just wanted to catch a roosterfish larger than 10 pounds on his flyrod. He lost a couple the first day, but 2nd day did the trick!

After our little storm, the skies still looked ominous, but we got everyone out fishing included Nick Salcedo from San Luis Obispo CA who got into the roosterfish happily! Fish was released.

Captain Gerardo photobombs Fabio Pharazyn and Peter Knapp after a nice day with 3 quality dorado and a wahoo on the cutting table!

Love having Brenda Bovee visit us from San Diego. With Captain Pancho one of the few yellowfin tuna of the year. Cerralvo Island in the background.

After catching and releasing more than a dozen roosterfish, Stephen Wang and son Evan still had some fish to take home including dorado, a huge triggerfish, a cabrilla, a trevally and snapper! Great variety!

Hahahah…Rob Carroll right up in that pretty blue water near the rocks poses with one of his roosterfish before letting it go. Rob visits us from Utah each year with his family.

Lloyd Surhiro from Fresno CA had just one day to fish with us along with his son and daughter, but they boated a nice load of fat cabrilla like these!

Great photo of Gavin Carroll in the aquarium off the rocks where it’s fun fishing and releasing roosterfish!

Sunrise roosterfish for Richie Pusateri just outtside of Bahia Muertos. He got several this day and all released.

Pound-for-pound one of the toughest fish to hook are the jack crevalle that school up off the sandy beaches. Jene has a nice one here and also released it.

Buenos dias! Nice to start the day hooking up roosterfish. Aldo Magana from San Luis Obispo poses with one of his before putting it back in the water.

Two for two! Double roosters for son Evan and dad, Stephen, first day fishing. Flat waters and a good sunrise!

Our amigo, Jim Bovee fishes with us several times a year and captured this great photo from the beach at Rancho Costa Resort in Bahia Muertos. We had a quick torito storm blow through that wasn’t on the radar systems and can rise up in minutes akin to a baby hurricane that lasts only a few minutes or hours. This one blew through in a few hours and caused all our boats to come back in, but fishing went back to normal the next day.

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Compared to the last 2 weeks when were were affected by a hurricane that didn’t hit us but brushed by as well as a massive full moon, this past week was an incredible improvement. It seems that on a daily basis the further we get away from the meteorological and atmospheric events the fishing gets better.

Even during the down time, everyone was catching fish. It was just alot harder work to find the fish and to get the to bite.

However, since then, there’s been a nice resurgence.

The roosterfish have come on strong again. In what has been the best roosterfish season in memory, it is not impossible to catch and release a dozen 5-30 pound fish or just sit on the spot all day long. The fish are varacious and our anglers fishing light tackle are having fun getting beat up. Larger fish in the 40-60 pound fish are still cruising the area, but it’s getting more difficult to find the larger sabalo (ladyfish bait) that attracts the big hogs.

Here’s an account from Stephen Wang after the first day:

“Man— the roosters were everywhere. We did all this on light tackle. Crazy good bite today on the roosters. Fish on first cast. Maybe 15-20 roosters. All 15-40 lbs.

Got some small dorado next to the buoys. We are tired!

Light tackle so much fun. But the 30+ lb roosters made us work on the smaller rod. 20 lb braid. 10-20 lb spinning rod. Hearing the drag scream was fun!!!”

Marlin and sails have also grudgingly decided to jump into the bite as well. For weeks, you could see them but they just weren’t interested. The past few days, it’s not typical, but not unusual to hook at least one or more, especially on live bait. Most of them are stripers running up to about 150 pounds.

I”m still surprised the dorado aren’t going full speed. Normally, by this time of the year, the dorado would be dominating the catches with maybe 60-80% of the catch being mahi. However, despite what I thought a few weeks ago, the dorado have not broken loose quite yet . It’s still pre-season and we hope they wake up soon . We can see them, but they are reluctant biters.

Other species we’re hooking include pompano, trevally, cabrilla, pargo, snapper, sierra, jack crevalle and bonito.

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 from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of July 7-14, 2025

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WORKING HARD FOR FISH LAST WEEK!

La Paz – Las Arenas / Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of July 7-14, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Sunny and hot. Intensely hot even though the thermometer doesn’t seem that hot. Mid-to-high 90’s. Can be breezy in the morning clearing to bright sunshine. Cover up and bring the hat and sunscreen!

WATER: Weirdly off-color. The storm two weeks ago coupled with a huge full moon this week and strong currents pulled up cold green water from deep and water temps dropping 3-8 degrees. Patches of warm blue and patches of cold off-color water everywhere. Fishing fell off big time.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Dorado, roosters, pompano, wahoo, trevally, jack crevalle, bonito, marlin, sailfish, pargo, cabrilla.

FISHING SCALE (10 being best): 3-4.

THE MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Could this huge nighttime orb have been the culprit for the drop in fishing? I usually don’t blame the full moon and it usually has little effect on us down here with fishing ,but this was one of the biggest brightest full moons I have seen this year and it literally blazed bright and surely did not do us or the ocean any favors. Even after the sun came up, you could see it!

Our amiga, Kelly Jimenez from Loveland CO comes to see us each year and wears her lucky pink Tailhunter shirt! It paid off. With Captain Pancho she nailed this nice wahoo off South Cerralvo Island. They also had two other biters come off or bust off.

Casey Petersen from San Diego is all smile after landing this nice bull fishing with Captain Alfredo towards Espirito Santo Island.

These are some of the toughest fish to hook onto. These jacks are viscious! Cathy Corda has been fishing with us for decades and these bruisers gave her a battle!

Jeff Thackery finally got his roosterfish off Punta Arenas Beach and it’s a thick one! Jeff was able to release the fish. Originally from Texas he just set up a home here in La Paz.

Emma Hart is always in the fish whenever she visits! Check out the nice wahoo on the gaff!

This is a huge pompano and great eating too! Miles Wagner staying at his dad’s place at Rancho Costa in Bahia Muertos put the wood to this trophy!

First timers with us, Jared Jones and son Kaden with Captain Hugo land this wahoo when other anglers come for years and can’t seem to hook one of these speedsters!

Costa Rancho owner Gary Wagner (right) told me this was the first marlin he was not able to release in years and could not revive regretfully, but the meat was distributed around.

Casey Petersen finally got his bigger roosterfish this last week. Emma Hart helps with the pose. The fish was released.

Matt Wallis from Kentucky with another of these tough slugger jack crevalle just off the beach at Punta Arenas near the lighthouse. Schools of the big jacks are in that area now. Not so great eating, but fun to hook!

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In short…fishing sure took a nosedive this last week. At best, it was OK. There was some action. Everyone caught fish. It’s just that there were few highlights; few large fish; and not much quantity either.

We really had to work hard for the fish. Captains chased all over and knuckled down looking for spots. Anglers, kept patient and hung in there. But, it mostly just wasn’t happening.

Blame it on the storm two weeks ago that turned over the waters. Blame it on the big giant full moon that usually has little or no effect. I don’t know. Can’t put my finger on it.

But, this full moon was huge and blazing. They even had some full moon parties in town to watch the moon! That’s how big it was. In the dark you didn’t need street lights. The moon was THAT bright. Even when the sun had started to come up, you could still see the moon!

Whether it did or didn’t have an effect on the fishing, it’s difficult to ignore that the ocean currents were unusually strong and erratic. Or that the water temps dropped 3 to 5 degrees or more with colder off-color water patches everywhere. That great summertime blue water was hard to find and was replaced by dirty green cold waters. Often we could see schools of fish like dorado or even marlin and sailfish and they just weren’t interested in eating!

So, the bite was really off and sticky.

Just a few dorado. Not much in billfish although one client was asleep holding the rod when a sailfish hit and pulled the rod right outta his hands. Several of our captains saw the fish bounding away with the rod and reel unfortunately skipping behind the fish.

But that was it. Some big huge bonito…some big jacks…a few good patches of nice cabrilla, pargo, trevally and a little jag of wahoo for the first time.

Roosterfish…hmmmm….

We’ve had a spectacular roosterfish season. But, this past week, nothing really noteable. Mostly 5-10 pounders. A few of the 20-40 pounders, but that was it. I don’t want to say the roosterfish season is over, but maybe ALL the fishing was off. Or maybe…the roosterfish season is over!

Here’s the deal…

This is still the Sea of Cortez. This is still La Paz. This was an off-week. I just want to be honest. No sense in blowing smoke or sugar-coating things.

But things turn around. It doesn’t stay bad. I’m grateful to all our guests who hung tight with us this week. But by the time you’re reading this, things might have already started to rebound.

Fingers crossed! We’ll keep you posted!

That’s my story!

Jonathan

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter Sportfishing
www.tailhunter.com

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