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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of April 15-22, 2012

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Verda Boyd with her favorite, Captain Jorge, has a knack for putting fish in the panga. The retired sheriff's officer from the S.F. bay area holds up one of her pargo she hooked off Punta Perico near Las Arenas. Pargo became a main focus over the last week or so as yellowtail tapered off.

Take a look at what might be one of the last yellowtail of the season. Our amigo, Jack Perris, from Garden Grove CA fished with us a few days and put a variety of fish in the boat including this yellowtail.

Craig Norton from Oregon poses with his wife, Debby, and a fat pargo mulato (barred pargo). Craig was on his first trip with us and was fishing with our Las Arenas fleet. The big fish hit just outside of Bahia de Los Muertos.

For a first time visitor, Desiree Weisser, from Orange Co. CA had a banner day on the water showing off a nice catch of sierra and bonito. Some of that went for ceviche that night at the Tailhunter Restaurant. She's posing on the sand at Bahia de Los Muertos.

We were wondering when the roosters would begin to show up and I think it was really that we were just concentrating so much on the yellowtail. Each week it's gotten a little better, but this past week, the roosters were schooling up. NOthing huge, but most fish were fun 5-20 pounders!

YELLOWTAIL SAY ADIOS BUT PARGO AND ROOSTERFISH TAKE HEADLINE STATUS

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of April 15-22, 2012

It would appear that the incredible yellowtail bite of 2012 has left us.  With the exception of a few fish here and there, not many yellowtail to speak of the last two weeks and even the commercial pangeros are off to fish other species.

In it’s place, the focus has been on other species that are normally caught at this time, but haven’t gotten much attention at al the last 3 months.

This past week, the pargo have really been on a tear, or at least, we’re seeing so many more in the counts mainly because everyone is fishing for them so there’s a direct correlation!  The big red guys are in their springtime spawn and schooling up in the shallows so the action has been visually and physically exciting with big moving schools of voracious 10-40 pound fish up close to the rocks and foaming when boat is thrown in their directions.  But that’s also the bain of these fish as well…rocks!  There’s plenty of action on the pargo but “action” doesn’t necessarily mean “catching.”  Probably only 1 of every 6 or 7 fish hooked makes it to the panga.  Many of our anglers who are fishing these pargo for the first time come back with comments like:

“Craziest strongest fish I’ve ever seen in Baja.”

“I hooked at least 5 of these fish and I couldn’t even lift the rod.  They immediately rocked me before I could turn the handle.  So much power!”

“I didn’t have a chance.  Two days fishing, I got 3 of the smaller pargo, but lost so many huge fish!  Frustrating but fun!”

“I was blown away by how powerful these fish are.  If you don’t turn their heads, they take you right into the reef!”

And so it goes!  We have clients down these days who look forward to nothing else but the challenges of these pargo year-after-year.

In addition to the pargo, we’re getting our first real action on the roosterfish as well.  Again, it might be a function of the fact that with the yellowtail moving on, the roosterfish are getting more attention.  However, reports of 2, 3, 5, 10 roosterfish caught and released have not been uncommon this week with our largest being about 40 pounds as the school-sized fish appear to have moved in to feed.

In addition to the pargo and roosters, some of the other classes of fish that helped keep the action rolling include snapper, sierra, cabrilla (seabass), bonito, ladyfish and some fat jack crevalle.

One of the more exciting things that happened this week was a report from one of our amigos who lives in La Ventana and fishes all the time.  When he’s not fishing, he’s kite boarding…his new love.

Check out what he wrote to me…

“Tuesday, I was kiting 1/2 a mile off shore between Punta Gorda and La Ventana when I came upon 100 or more birds crashing the water. There was sargaso everywhere and yes…..Dorado! I was literally kiting among Dorado slashing thru the water crushing bait. I saw at least 6 or 7 fish going ballistic at once with birds diving at jumping bait everywhere. And no fishing rod………. I was so caught up in the moment and amazed with all the action, I crashed my kite and ripped it in half. I talked with several kiters later in the day that had similar experiences with the exception of the kite crashing. Anyway, it was another day on the water to remember.”

We’ll keep you posted.  That’s our story…

Jonathan and Jilly

 

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
Website: www.tailhunter-international.com
U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Drive, Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745
Mexico Office: 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico
Phones:
from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

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Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report:
http://www.tailhunter-international.com/fishreport.htm

Tailhunter YouTube Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/user/pangapirate


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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of March 12-19, 2012

Posted in amberjack, Bahia de Los Muertos, Bahia de los Suenos, Bahia de los Suenos fishing, baja fishing, Baja fishing reports, Baja sportfishing packages, Baja Vacations, Cerralvo Island Fishing, dorado, fish report, fishing charters, fishing tackle, fishing videos, flyfishing, jonathan roldan, la paz baja sur, la paz fishing, La Paz Vacations, La Ventana Fishing, Las Arenas fishing, marlin, Mexican sportfishing outfitters, Mexican sportfishing packages, mexico fishing, Mexico vacations, Muertos Bay Fishing, pargo, robalo, roosterfish, sea of cortez, sierra mackeral, sportfishing packages, tailhunter, tailhunter international, tuna, wahoo, yellowfin tuna, yellowtail, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 19, 2012| Leave a Comment »

The week started slowly, but finished with a nice roar with yellowtail pretty much hitting any bait or jig that hit the water. Our buddy, Jim "Hawk" Davis was in the thick of it and hung this beauty yellowtail off Cerralvo Island.

Ron Clark and his amigo, Mike Phillips, started the day with 10 mackerel and came back with 5 fat yellowtail out by Boca de Alamo south of Bahia de Los Muertos. Largest fish were just under 40 pounders.

The yellowtail bite since January has been so incredible that I think some of our regular season fish like pargo and cabrilla are feeling a big ignored since all the focus has been on the big 'tails. However, no doubt...the fish are there. Capt. Fabio holds up a hugs trophy cabrilla. Cerralvo Island in the background.

Famous Russian pianist Alexander Tutunov http://www.tutunov.com/ is a professor of music at S.Oregon St. University in Ashland, Oregon and took time off from teaching and a busy concert schedule to sneak down to fish with us. He shows off some of his catch taken early in the week.

It'a turning into one of the best yellowtail seasons ever. They fish showed up in January, months ahead of schedule and have been biting pretty much ever since as far down as the East Cape. Mackerel have worked exceptionally well but blue and white and also blue and chrome jigs have been deadly like the one hanging out've this big guy's maw! (Thanks JD!)

This yellowtail bite runs as far north of La Paz as Espiritu Santo Island and at times between the sport pangas and the commercial pangas, there can be several dozen boats on the spot but it hasn't usually mattered as the fish keep biting.

Jack Steele who lives in Ventana got out to work the northern end of Cerralvo Island which seems to be the magnet for these yellowtail and poses with the results!

Jill signs autographs on one of our Tailhunter T-shirts for Denny and Cheri Gallegos at the International Sportsmans Expo in Salt Lake City this past week. We had a great show and time. But this week, we're back after 8 years for our 11th show of the season and will be at the Fred Hall Fishing & Outdoor Show at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego. Thursday to Sunday! Come out to see us!

UP ONE DAY DOWN THE OTHER BUT YELLOWTAIL CONTINUE RIPPING RODS BIG TIME!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of March 12-19, 2012

It’s been a fairly steady week of yellowtail fishing in our area.  Not as good as last week when we had perhaps one of the best yellowtail bites in recent memory, but our pangas fishing out’ve Bahia de Los Muertos still found good grades of fish.  Maybe the fish were just resting up and re-charging from  last week when during the full moon, they bit like mad dogs and there were several days last week when pangas were averaging 4-10 yellowtail per day in the 25-35 pound class.

 

This week, a little slower. Sort of…

 

On the slower days…  Mostly 1-2 yellowtail per boat with some pangas getting up to 5 on the better days. A few boats did better than others.  Skill and luck has a lot to do with it when tangling with these big fish.  On the slower days, some of it was the wind.  Some of it had nothing to do with the wind.  Maybe it was because there were too many boats on the honey hole hot spot. Or maybe the fish were just tired and had lock jaw.  I dunno. 

 

But, on the better days this week, the guys said that once they found the spot or found what the fish wanted…whether live bait or jigged lures, the bite was one and every drop was a biter and, if not a yellowtail, then it was a pesky skipjack or bonito.   Our largest of the week was a hefty 45 pounder on the scale. The fish were in several of the usual places.  Boca de Alamo just south of Bahia de los Muertos was again the hot spot, but the south end of Cerralvo Island, the north end of Cerralvo Island and La Reina all produced fish. There seemed to be so many areas.    Better bait fishing using mackerel were the predominant methods, but lacking that the old –standard blue and white jigs on a rapid retrieve were good as well.

 

One note…normally, we’re fishing pargo, snapper and sierra.  But, they’re rarely appearing in our reports.  I think those other species are starting to feel ignored.  It’s not that they’re not there. It’s just that everyone has been concentrating on the big slug yellowtail!  We did have one pair of our anglers decide they had enough with the yellowtail…”No mas!” and asked Captain Victor to fish for something else.  They got a boat load of sierra and cabrilla as well as some pargo!

 

 

A footnote to this wacky season that’s been so good is that we did have a little flurry of yellowfin tuna in the 30-40 pound class come breezing through at the south end of Cerralvo.  We’re trying to follow up on that but we also had two marlin hooked and lost this week as well.  This is March! 

 

TAILHUNTER TOUR HEADS TO SAN DIEGO

 

We had an incredible time at the International Sportsmen’s Expo in Salt Lake City this past week.  Show number 10 in the books!  Great to see so many of our amigos!  Thanks to everyone who visited and booked their 2012 La Paz fishing trip!  But now…after 8 years…we’re returning to San Diego for our 11th and final show of the 2012 promo tour season.  Starting this Thursday through Sunday, come see us at the Fred Hall Fishing and Outdoor Show at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego!   We are really looking forward to it and seeing all our San Diego amigos! 

 


That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

 

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
Website: www.tailhunter-international.com
U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Drive, Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745
Mexico Office: 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico
Phones:
from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

.
Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report:
http://www.tailhunter-international.com/fishreport.htm

Tailhunter YouTube Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/user/pangapirate


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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of March 4-12, 2012

Posted in amberjack, Bahia de Los Muertos, Bahia de los Suenos, Bahia de los Suenos fishing, baja fishing, Baja fishing reports, Baja sportfishing packages, Baja Vacations, Cerralvo Island Fishing, dorado, fish report, fishing charters, fishing tackle, fishing videos, flyfishing, jonathan roldan, la paz baja sur, la paz fishing, La Paz Vacations, La Ventana Fishing, Las Arenas fishing, marlin, Mexican sportfishing outfitters, Mexican sportfishing packages, mexico fishing, Mexico vacations, Muertos Bay Fishing, pargo, robalo, roosterfish, sea of cortez, sierra mackeral, sportfishing packages, tailhunter, tailhunter international, tuna, wahoo, yellowfin tuna, yellowtail, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 13, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Maybe the best yellowtail week I can remember this past week! Simply spectacular! Of the 4 days when the wind didn't blow, the ocean exploded with big yellowtail up to 45 pounds. Notice the blue and white iron hanging from the lip of this slugger! (thanks for the photo, Roger!)

Our amigo, Jorge Romero, poses with some "Boca de Alamo Salmon" aka yellowtail! The fish were found most of the week in various place but Boca de Alamo just south of Bahia de Los Muertos was on fire. Some days 4-10 fish per boat up to 40 pounds was the AVERAGE with just as many fish lost!

Captain Pancho helps out Lynette Yetter first timer amigos from Colorado. Lynette got several of these including one on light tackle that went 45 pounds and sent Lynette for massages the next day at the hotel losing a day of fishing...so husband Allan had to go alone (see his photo below!)

Lots of happy folks on the beach at Bahia de Los Muertos this week posing with their catches. Interestingly, even with the full moon, the 4 days the wind laid down, folks got as many as 10 fish per panga. The 3 days the wind blew mid-week, it was 1-2 fish per panga.

Colorado fisherman, Al Yetter, came with his wife for 3 days to fish with us and put some nice fish in the boat. Al loves to fish. His wife was so sore after day 2 of fishing when Al put her on a 45 pound fish with light tackle that she missed day 3 having to go get a message. So, Al had to fill-in! He shows off once of his fat yellowtail he got on a mackerel.

Yes, there were other species this week! Amberjack are the big boy cousins to the yellowtail and get over 100 pounds. Check out this copper guy that may have gone 6-70 pounds. Several nice amberjack were taken this week in a range of areas. Great eating fish!

Also getting in on the act is our good friend, Esteban a Romero. He doesn't like fishing...he likes "catching." He did well and I'm sure he went right back to La Paz and threw a party with yellowtail ceviche and yellowtail on the grill.

Working the north side of Cerralvo Island with blue and white iron (bait was tougher to get) it was full turbo slam fishing for Joe Arata from San Francisco. Huge yellowtail all day long!

Guys often ask me, "How many fish will I catch?" "How many 40 pound class fish can you catch?" is what I often answer. Slugger big yellowtail off La Ventana too!

When it's as calm as this in Muertos Bay, the winds are down and the fish go turbo. Or you can just park it on the beach and throw your cell phone as far as you can. It's like living in a postcard! (Thanks, Hawk)

It was just a tad "crowded" at the Long Beach Convention Center for the Fred Hall Fishing and Outdoor show this past week in Long Beach! We had a grand time and now are moving to our Tailhunter Road Show to our 10th venue in Salt Lake City at the Expo Center in Sandy for the International Sportsmans Expo running Thursday to Sunday. Come say hi and book your 2012 La Paz trip!

YELLOWTAIL PUT ON BEST SHOW OF SEASON DESPITE FULL MOON!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of March 4-12, 2012

The week started out with a roar with some of the best yellowtail fishing we’ve seen…perhaps in years!  Our fleet fishing out’ve Las Arenas/Muertos Bay found big yellowtail up to 45 pounds just south of the bay around Boca de Alamo.  Boats averaged 3-10 of the big yellows each and also sometimes losing as many as they caught in relatively shallow water not too far off the beach.

Of note…even with the full moon blazing, the WIND can’t be denied as a factor.  Most days the pangas took 4, 6, 9, 10 fish per boat, ,but ON THE THREE DAYS THE WIND BLEW at mid-week, the boats averaged only 1-2 yellowtail each.

Fish were also found at Punta Perico, south Cerralvo and Northern Cerralvo Island as well.  The fish were prone to jumping on live bait with mackerel as the prime baits, but sardines working as well and, in those areas or if the anglers ran out’ve bait, yo-yo-ing blue and white, scrambled egg or green and yellow irons worked well for some of the larger fish.  As mentioned, as the week went on and the winds came up, the bite slowed.  Perhaps it was a combination of the full moon and winds but I’m going to put it all on the wind! . . ., but the boat averages dropped to about 1-2 per day, but then some larger amberjack started to show that were in the 30-70 pound class.  To round out the bite, big jack crevalle, pargo and bonito added to the action. Also…stay tuned…we have showings of dorado and sailfish starting to move in!!!  Whoa…will keep ya posted!

Here’s some of the comments from the week. Let the amigos tell it better than I can!

“Still hammering the yellows at the north end of the island on bait and jigs, blue/white & blue/chrome……Boca de Alamo was even better than Monday because they they found bait……”

“Flat out beautiful day today……..Still getting plenty of slugs  (yellowtail)”

“We went to the north side today and boated 10 …bad boys! …We caught all these fish on iron. Blue and white was the ticket to a good ass whippin. We lost as many fish as we caught. I need some more jigs!”

“Couple hard fighting Bonita, nice Yellow-tail, couple misses. …We were down to 2 mackrels, one was a 7″ one 4″. On the coin toss I got the big one, Carlos got the other (rigged coin toss). Five min. later, I have my hands full with annother nice yellow-tail. Perfect end to a great day!”

“ I also heard that chico dorado are starting to show around the shark buoys out near the 88”

6 yellows, lost 4 or 5 and 1 amber(jack)….. bait was not a problem today but not as many yellows…….Yesterday the commercial guys brought in 25 to 35 yellows, after fishing all day “

TAILHUNTER ROAD TOUR HEADS TO SALT LAKE CITY ISE SHOW

We just pulled out’ve the Long Beach Convention Center where we just tore down the booth…or should I say “cleared the debris” …after the Fred Hall Fishing & Outdoor show.  Just a massive and fun show.  Imagine cleaning up after a huge kegger party that lasted a week or knocking things down after Woodstock!  That’s what the show was like.  So many great friends and clients stopping by to see us from all the years.  Lots of smiles and high-fives plus folks booking for 2012.

Thanks to all of you who came by and all of you who also stopped by the comment about the blogs, articles and columns I’ve written over these 16 years…Yes, Jill is encouraging me to get that book going!

Also, special thanks to everyone who brought us food…pizza, chicken, Chinese ribs, toritllas and beans, cookies, brownies, pastries, sandwiches, chocolate, smoked fish, smoked venison, tamales, chips, candy, soda, beer, tequila, energy drinks…Jill and I did not starve!!!

So, as I type this, we’re on the road north now towards Salt Lake City which is always a fantastic show in the Expo Center at Sandy UT just south of the city.  It goes from Thursday to Sunday and we’ll be in our usual booth.  Here’s a link to all the details and discounted tickets:

http://www.sportsexpos.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewlocation&locationnumber=7

Hope to see you there!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
Website: www.tailhunter-international.com
U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Drive, Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745
Mexico Office: 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico
Phones:
from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

.
Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report:
http://www.tailhunter-international.com/fishreport.htm

Tailhunter YouTube Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/user/pangapirate


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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Dec. 19-26, 2011

Posted in amberjack, Bahia de Los Muertos, Bahia de los Suenos, Bahia de los Suenos fishing, baja fishing, Baja fishing reports, Baja sportfishing packages, Baja Vacations, Cerralvo Island Fishing, dorado, fish report, fishing charters, fishing tackle, fishing videos, flyfishing, jonathan roldan, la paz baja sur, la paz fishing, La Paz Vacations, La Ventana Fishing, Las Arenas fishing, marlin, Mexican sportfishing outfitters, Mexican sportfishing packages, mexico fishing, Mexico vacations, Muertos Bay Fishing, pargo, robalo, roosterfish, sea of cortez, sierra mackeral, sportfishing packages, tailhunter, tailhunter international, tuna, wahoo, yellowfin tuna, yellowtail, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 26, 2011| Leave a Comment »

 

The quiet before the holidays? There just weren't that many fishermen out or much of anyone out the week before Christmas. Just as well...it was darned cold and windy earlier in the week.

CRAZY COLD WEATHER FRONT HITS WITH WINDS EARLY IN THE WEEK!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of December 19-26, 2011

Not much fishing earlier in the week when both winds and low temperatures contributed to less than ideal fishing conditions.  Night time temperatures dropped unbelievably into the frosty 40’s and daytime temperatures barely above 60 some days. Add blustery wind and it was better for us to tell just some of our fishing clients who had extra days to just hang out in town and wait until things got better.   For most, it turned out to be a better move.  As the week went on, it settled a bit although remained chilly. 

One thing folks forget is that when it’s really windy, it’s not just tough fishing, but also can be very difficult to get live bait which compound efforts.  So, later in the week when things calmed down a bit we were able to get some sardines and using both sardines and slow trolling smaller crank baits and shiny spoons, we got into some nice sierra up to about 5 pounds inshore both off Bahia de Los Muertos as well as in La Paz Bay.   As well, some decent cabrilla helped top off the fish boxes plus a few stray dorado were caught up to about 10 pounds.

There were report by some of the commercial guys of hooking some tuna near Cerralvo Island, but when we went out to confirm, nothing showed up as rough off-color waters were left over from the winds. We also got reports of some big squid that were caught as well.  We’ll keep an eye out!

 That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

 

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
Website: www.tailhunter-international.com
U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Drive, Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745
Mexico Office: 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico
Phones:
from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

.
Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report:
http://www.tailhunter-international.com/fishreport.htm

Tailhunter YouTube Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/user/pangapirate


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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2011

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Late in the season is a good time to chase the bigger bull dorado we see here in La Paz. What we might lack in quantity with fewer small fish is made up for with larger trophies like these two that Rich Ogden from Morro Bay CA got fishing with Captain Chito north of La Paz.

I don't know how much longer the tuna will be around as waters cool, but both the north and south ends of Cerralvo Island are still producing fish between 25 and 80 pounds although it's getting a big bumpy and windy out there! Our good friends, John and Dolores Ehlers came out from Colorado to spend a week with us and got into some nice fish like those they pose with here at Muertos Bay.

From Utah, Justin and Jarron Cozad had some nice days on the water with us including a good day chasing the dorado around Espiritu Santo Island. Here's two of their catch. That's La Paz in the background.

After several trips to La Paz, Coral Ogden from Durango, CO put her biggest dorado in the boat and had "her best day fishing" with a solid day of big dorado. She was fishing live bait on the west side of Espirito Santo Island.

Captain Archangel with our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet bends to get out of the way of the photo with Justin Cozad holding up another nice yellowfin tuna. Check the flat waters! They were fishing the ridge south of Cerralvo Island chunking drifted dead sardines.

It's been an unusually productive last few weeks on striped marlin and especially sailfish which we usually see in the spring and early summer. For whatever reason, we seem to be hooking quite a few sails which are a nice bonus for many anglers who have never hooked a billfish. Most of them are getting released or breaking off on light tackle. John Ehlers battled this estimated 150 pound sail for 3 hours...his first! This is a BIG sail. They were not able to release it and the meat was donated.

IT’S GETTING COOLER AND WINDIER AS CROWDS THIN BUT FISH STILL BITE!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Oct. 31 to Nov. 6, 2011

It wasn’t a bad week of fishing.  It was a really good week for fishing down here.  It’s just that there weren’t alot of fishermen.  So, overall, the counts might not look that good, but it’s deceiving because there’s just not that many folks fishing this past week!  Almost like clockwork, November hits and I think folks are already gearing up for the holidays.  There’s a bit of a lull in anglers coming to town.  However, those that showed up were treated to finding themselves often the only folks on the hot spots and cooperative fish willing to bite!

 

For our Las Arenas fleet, the tuna are still there.  Both north and south Cerralvo gave up some nice fish with some fish in the 50-60 pound class found at the north end of the island, but a long way to run from Bahia de Los Muertos where our pangas are beached these days.  However, if you were looking for quality, that’s where you had to go.  The south end of the island that has been a hot spot for the last several weeks still kicked out the 25-40 pounders…a real nice grade of yellowfin and usually about the size that most can handle without busting a back, gut, or fishing rod! 

 

Again, we’re using fresh dead sardines for bait and drifting over the spots.  The biggest problem has been a sealion or two that continues to pester and bogart many of the fish that are hooked up.  Nothing like watching the big dog take a big tuna right off your line that you’ve been fighting for an hour and leave you with only a head as it swims away and then teases you by tossing the carcass back and forth in front of you!  Grrrrrr….

 

Legally, we can’ t do anything, but some anglers have found that when they see the sealion approach they put their reel into free-spool and at least give their tuna a fighting chance to dive down and escape.  It seems to work about 1/2 the time. 

 

As well for our Las Arenas anglers, they’re still finding those big roosters, a nice smattering of late-season sailfish and marlin plus an increasing number of sierra, pargo and cabrilla.

 

For our La Paz anglers, those fishing north from the city near Espiritu Santo Island are still finding a good quality dorado with some really exceptional bulls being taken up to about 30-40 pounds.  Live sardines, caballito and strips of dead bonito are working best.  Don’t be surprised either by big sailfish and marlin still moving in the warm waters.  Inside the bay where waters are cooling, more and more sierra are being caught.

 

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Jonathan and Jill

 

 

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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Oct. 16-23, 2011

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As the seasons start to change, it was another good week for roosterfish along our beaches with some nice trophys making the report. Jerry Wansack came all the way from S. Carolina and fished an entire week with us and his buddy, Luke Britz. They planned the trip for 3 years and really wanted a rooster. Well, they got tuna and dorado and other species, but they didn't get roosters until their last day when persistence paid off and they got a handful of nice fish including this one taken off Punta Perico near Las Arenas. All the roosters were released.

Yes, the tuna are still biting off the south end of Cerralvo Island across from Las Arenas. Our pangas are averaging about 1-4 fish per day mixed in among all the big bonito and it can be an arm-tiring day as shown by Victor from El Monte CA who has to lean up against the panga with his duo of tuna.

Larry Wayne looks on as his amigo, Bob Sklar, holds up his yellowfin tuna. Both are from Orange Co. CA and Bob had a banner trip getting his first tuna and marlin (see below).

As shown in the photo above, Bob Sklar from Orange Co. CA got his first tuna ever fishing with us but also got his first marlin as well. In fact, he got TWO marlin...and BRAVO to him...HE RELEASED BOTH OF THEM! He took this photo just before letting the 2nd one go. It was caught off Punta Arenas. Well done, Roberto!

Like I said, a pretty nice week for roosters! Double hookup with Captain Archangel from our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet and Luke Britz from S. Carolina who caught these not far from shore in shallow water. Both fish were released.

I don't often post-up photos of the pesky feisty bonito that rampage through our waters bending rods and tearing up anglers. But take a look at this huge bonito that Mimi Wayne caught! Compare that to the tuna photos in this week's report! Is that a slug bonito or what? Pound-for-pound, bonito fight alot harder than their more popular cousins the yellowfin tuna!

As the weather and waters start to get cooler, I'm not sure how much longer the dorado will be around, but for the time-being, we're still pulling them in...mostly with our pangas fishing north of La Paz around Espiritu Santo Island. However, John Mc Lucas and Bill Lee took time of from a week of light tackle fishing on pargo, cabrilla, and roosters to put a couple of dorado fillets in the box.

SEASONS CHANGING BRINGS A VARIETY OF SPECIES!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Oct. 16-23, 2011

You can tell the seasons are finally changing!  Not only has the heat and humidity been exchanged for pleasant tropical sunshine and off-shore breezes but the variety of fish we’re taking give every indication that we’re turning the corner on the season.

 

The tuna bite off S. Cerralvo we’ve had the last few weeks is still there with some nice 20-45 pound fish and our pangas averaging maybe 1-4 fish per boat/day.  Our Las Arenas fleet is still finding the best results with drifted chunking dead sardines in the area about 2 miles off the island.  In the same areas, it’s not been unusual to also get a hook up on dorado, sailfish or marlin or other species cruising through the area and having no hesitation just slurping up all the dead sardines in the areas…some of which just happen to have a hook…attached to a line…attached to a rod…in the hands of one of our anglers trying to catch a tuna!

 

For our La Paz fleet, the dorado are still the main event as well.  Western Cerralvo Island continues to be the target area.

 

It’s a pretty simple formula for the most part.  Fish with our Las Arenas fleet if you want tuna.  Fish with our La Paz fleet if you want to target dorado.

 

However, I mentioned things changing…

 

In addition to the tuna, dorado, marlin and sailfish, if you look at our fish reports, we had a great week on roosterfish as well as pargo, cabrilla and good numbers of sierra are now showing up in La Paz Bay and inshore where it’s obvious that the waters must be cooling down if the sierra are around.  Lots of fun on light tackle plus great eating!  We’ll probably see more of all these species as things change. 

 

That’s our story!

 

Jonathan and Jill

 

 

 

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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Oct. 9-16, 2011

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It was a pretty good week for long drawn out battles and bent rods! Rod Brown, our Alaska amigo, and popular Captain Jorge who can only watch as the minutes start to pile up!

Typical of this week's tuna, Sed Roldan and Bob Dominguez of Hacienda Hts. CA heft up a few of their yellowfin tuna taken just south of Cerralvo Island. Most days the boats averaged 1-4 of these fish per day, but the fish were a nice-grade 25-45 pound fish that often took close to an hour to put aboard, especially since the fish preferred light line!

John McVay from Valencia CA finds his way to us each year for about 5 days of hardcore fishing. Hard to argue with a first day of 8 fat tuna. Maybe one of the best days that any of our amigos have had all year with the yelllowfin. About day 3, John actually hurt his elbow on these slugger fish and had to beg off his last day to get some therapy on his arm! John's a good angler. These fish can be pretty brutal.

The last thing a sardine sees before it goes into the pie hole of a big tuna! All the way from S. Caroline, Luke strikes a pose with his yellowfin at Muertos Bay.

Most of you reading this report will see this photo and the next and say..."What in the world is THAT?" In 16 years down here, I've rarely gotten to see a photo of one myself, but these are the much sought-after fish called the SNOOK! (ROBALO). Highly treasured gamefish and great eating, they're normally found around structure or in pilings or shallow water or in the channels, of bays or in the mangroves. They are supposedly great eating and can get up to 40 or 50 pounds. In all my years here, only a handful have been caught. Rod Brown and his brother Jeff (photo below) were fishing the island with Captain Joel and they said, all of a sudden, the school of snook came up and tore into them!

Jeff Brown from Minnesota, joined his brother, Rod (photo above) and Captain Joel and show off more of the snook they caught at the island. A remarkable catch. The fish only stayed around for a short while, but you can see how close to shore they were fishing.

We keep getting asked if there are roosterfish still around. Hmmmm...you think? That's Punta Perico in the back. Thanks for our buddy, Roger Thompson, for the shot of Larry Rose from Long Beach with this bad boy that they released. We actually got some nicer grade roosters at the end of the week in the 30-60 pound class.

Oh yea...this one too! Mike Wythe and Captain Hugo with another beast. (released).

Lest you think we're not catching dorado, actually yes...we're getting good numbers of dorado with our La Paz fleet. Dorado have been our bread-and-butter fish. Pretty reliable if you want to have some fun and want some fillets for the cooler! Also, for those who wonder if I still got game and get out on the water...yes I do! This is me and my dad who visited us this week.

Cute couple of the week and also first-timers with us...Lance and Kim Miles from Utah had some good days of fishing with us!

Childhood friends who now live in 3 different states, Jonathan Duc Le, Matt Trinh and Hau Pham from Texas, Colorado and New Mexico try to get together at least once a year. This year they picked us to visit and got into some good doardo and tuna fishing.

Randy Sharon and I went to law school together and it's always great to see him. Captain Armando helps out with this thick fat yellowfin tuna.

It's a long way from S. Carolina to Baja and Jerry Wansack planned the trip for 3 years to make it down...and then made it worth his while by fishing the whole week getting tuna, dorado and roosterfish for his efforts.

WEEKLY FISHING VIDEO CLIPS!

Got some GREAT stuff this week including underwater shots of tuna and dorado.  It’s a bit longer than normal, but turn up the sound and check this out:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEq_4b1gydI

FULL MOON KINDER TO US THIS TIME…FISH CHEW NICELY!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Oct. 9-16, 2011

It wasn’t too bad of a week of fishing, alll things considered. (Full moon…high tides…some winds left over from the hurricane!)  We were surely a bit nervous as the week kicked off. 

 

First, we were surely watching the full moon which was big as all get-out.  Normally, the full moon is no biggie, but this year, I don’t know what it is.  The full moon has really played games with our fishing. 

 

Second, we were glued to our web pages and weather channels following 4 different storms to the south of us (including Hurricane Jova that ended up dumping alot of water on Puerta Vallarta)  that had our phones ringing and our e-mails buzzing.  “Should we cancel our trip?”

 

Fortunately the storms failed to materialize except for one day of strong winds that stumped the fishing and the full moon didn’t yank our chain too hard…and the fish bit!

 

The tuna bite off Las Arenas was hardly over-the-top, but it was a decent week for fish in the 25-45 pound shot.  These were thick muscular stubborn growling fish.  Most folks had a shot at 1 or 2 and that was pretty much it.  No mas!  Either the bite shut off or folks were done and wanted to fish for something a little more forgiving.  I mean, most of these fish were close to an hour to put on the boat!  That’s a long time for most people.  The bite was off the south end of Cerralvo Island.  Some days it started really early.  As soon as baits were put in the water…WHAM!  Hook up! 

 

Other times, the bonito went crazy until about 11 or so then the tuna moved in.  The one hitch in everything was the sardine situation.  The sardines are smaller than your little finger.  They  are so small you can’t put them on a hook without impaling them and killing them so we’re fishing them dead.  Just chunking and drifting big handfuls in the water and making the tuna come up for them. Except for one day when we literally got only 1 bonito per boat/day, most days it’s been 1-5 yellowfin tuna per boat/day with our Las Arenas fleet.

 

With our La Paz fleet, well, the dorado were off just a tad, but overall, still pretty reliable fishing for dorado in the 10-20 pound class with occasional 30 pounders in the box.  Sometimes we’d hit a big school and it would be crazy as every rod goes off. Other times, it was a pick bite with 1 here…1 there…and at the end of the day, there would be a box of dorado on the boat.  You could never tell.  Our hot spots moved from Las Cruces off Cerralvo Island to the waters west of Espirito Santo Island. 

 

With other species we had a nice batch of sailfish and marlin hook ups this week.  No one was really fishing for them, but the billfish came up and bit.  Most of the fish were lost or released, but made for some good unexpected fun.  Also, good bites of pargo , cabrilla and roosterfish, some larger ones late in the week,  in the shallows.

 

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

 

 

 

 

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