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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of June 2-9, 2025

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BIG HOGS and DAWGS!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Bahia Muertos / Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of June 2-9, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Definitely racing into summer. Daytime temps in the mid to high 90’s. Humidity creeping up there! Nights are warm. Had 2 cooler breezy mornings that zoomed off as soon as the sun came up.

WATER: Bluer all the time. Surface temps in the high 70’s. Sargasso weed balling up now north of town into paddies which is good for dorado.

SPECIES HOOKED THIS WEEK: Roosters, dorado, marlin, amberjack, pargo liso, dog-tooth snapper, barred pargo, yellow snapper, silver snapper, jack crevalle, needlefish, trumpetfish, bonito, sierra, triggerfish, pompano, African trevally, black trevally, cabrilla

FISHING ON SCALE of 1-10: SEVEN

THE MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

First time from Oklahoma with a big trophy pargo liso, Jalee Crofford poses with one of these tough but tasty fighters. The pargo are in the shallows spawning right now!

Sako Kechichian and Howard Folmer had some fun their first day on their first trip visiting us with some brute roosterfish like this one! All released. I think this is Sako’s fish. Scroll down to see Howard’s rooster. First day they got a 60, 70 and 80 pound class roosterfish.

Rich Gardner and Captain Joel are pretty happy with this bull dorado. Great colors and photo. We’re finally getting some dorado schools showing up!

Finally! Roosterfish on the flyrod. Norm Fujimoto came back this year and finally got his roosterfish on the flyrod! Actually, he caught and released several! What a battle!

Kim Gardner gets a hand from husband, Rich, on her big roosterfish. They’re from Reno and were on their first trip with us at Tailhunter. Rich is having a reproduction made of the fish for Kim. The actual fish was released.

Proud mom, Holly Butler and her husband, Bert, from Maryland were able to get their son, Nick away from Ft. Bragg where he is serving with the 82nd Airborne for a quick get-away. Started the vay-cay with a bunch of roosters (all released) including this trophy! (BTW…it’s Holly’s fish! Nick stepped in to help!)

Our roosterfish king, Steve Bryan, from Seattle comes down every year for 3 weeks and all he fishes for is big roosters. Home runs or nothing. I lost count, but I think Steve has about 11 or 12 fish this run between 60 and 80 pounds and at least 3 roosters like this one that are over the 100 pound mark! Lookit the gut and girth on this fish! All roosters released! Steve said the first run took almost 200 yards of line and they had to chase the fish with the boat!

Our Washington friends, Ginger and Jeff Thorpe with Captain Moncho and a table full of good-eating pargo, cabrilla and huge triggers!

Brad Baker has been fishing with us for years. He’s having some fun here with Captain Alfredo and a barred pargo that’s headed for the freezer.

Finally got his roosterfish! John Zoetjes and his dad came all the way from New Jersey and got several nice roosters. All released.

Love this photo for Captain Victor with Janet Jordan from Michigan on her first day fishing. Flat seas. A big smile and a nice rooster to start the trip!

Johnny Stone with a hefty dog-tooth (cubera) snapper! Tough fighters and great eating! John is from San Diego and fishes with us every year and always does well.

Captain Pancho helps out for the photo and Bert Butler’s stubby fat roosterfish just off the Punta Perrico rocks. Bert’s first day and first trip with Tailhunter. The fish and all roosters were released.

Our good San Diego amigo, Jim Bovee, visits us 3 or 4 times a year for quick little fishing trips and it’s always great to see him. He got this dorado fishing with Captain Boli outside the bay.

Just another amazing pig roosterfish! Mike Muehl from San Diego got this one up just long enough for the photo and release! Mike is from San Diego.

Bob Francy with yet another rooster. Three days of fishing and he and his amigos from San Diego had some fun!

Jimmy Adair gets a thumbs-up from Captain Alfredo. Even tho’ jack crevalle aren’t good eating, anglers will argue all day long that there aren’t a more difficult fighter than these toro!

Our Colorado, amiga, Lori Ballweber from Fort Collins, is back with us and has a big smile and a roosterfish her first day before letting it swim away!

This is funny. I think that is Captain Moncho’s arm holding the flyrod over Norm Fujimoto’s head! Finally put some roosterfish on the end of the flyrod with major props. It’s alot of work and a tough battle on the flyrod!

Two of the funnest gals to have here visiting us! Patty Killian and Tracy Chung can fish! They often put their husbands on another boat so the ladies can outfish them! Two fatty cabrilla are headed for the fish box. Patty and Tracy have been with us for years and are from Oregon. Always fun visits!

It’s been many years since Jeff Stephens came down, but always good to see him. Nice cabrilla for the day . Jeff generously gifted all his fish to the captains.

Whoa! This pargo liso is almost as big as Holly Butler, but she’s the winner of the battle. Captain Pancho helps out!

Finally! Rick got his roosterfish the first day and it’s a pretty one! Fish was released. Rich was visiting us for the first time from Reno NV.

Barred pargo and Jeff Stephens.

He wanted to get it off his bucket list…Walter Jordan poses with one of his roosters. Walt came all the way down from Michigan. He released all his roosters, but still took home an ice chest of other fillets!

Joshua Herrera, all the way from Rawlins WYO on his first trip to see us and can count this trophy cabrilla as part of his take-home catch!

Steve with another toad roosterfish! Captain Jorge said this was around 100 pounds and Steve said he needed help lifting it for the quick photo so he could get it back into the water!

Tony Crofford had to postone his visit to us last year, but came back strong this year and started off with a good day on the roosterfish grounds just off the beach with his first rooster!

Al Bielstein and Chris Heisse from San Diego with a double. They caught and released over a dozen big roosters. Chris called it the best 5 hours of fishing in his life.

YEOW! That’s a huge cabrilla in the hands of Jeff Killian with Captain Boli pretending to help out!

One of my favorite photos of the week. Doesn’t get better than Sako and Howard, both hooked up to big roosterfish on a flat sea having a great time!

Talk about variety! Matt and Jason Correia from San Diego with Captain Jorge cradling a dorado and triggerfish! I also see pargo liso, cabrilla, green trevally, black trevally, yellow snapper and silver snapper!

The times of your life! The best of the best photos! Jalee Crofford and Captain Joel with her first dorado! Sheer joy!

Poster shot! John Stone and his rooster.

John Chung, Captain Boli…a big cabrilla. Knowing John, he gonna make some good eats outta this fish!

Pretty colors and a great shot of Jeff Killian, Captain Boli and a bull mahi.

Rachel and Greg Stafford with son, Monty, and a rack of fish on their first day…not shown are the roosterfish they released earlier. Check out the huge sierra on the table. It looks almost iike a baby wahoo!

it doesn’t look like a great day, but Mark Hinds and Lee Bennett from Texas caught a bunch of roosterfish to start, then finished off whith these eaters…a dorado, snapper, pargo liso and a triggerfish!

Oh yea! The right kind. Trio of dorado for Tony and Jalee from Oklahoma.

Nice rack of fish including pargo liso, yellow snapper and cabrilla for Scott Rodde.

I think this is Howard Folmer’s big roosterfish and Sako is giving him a hand so they can get it back in the water.

New fun friends from Michigan. Quite a variety! in addtion to their roosterfish, they also got a dorado, big pompano, green trevally, amberjack, cabrilla and a triggerfish .

A good start to the vacation. Releasing a bunch of roosterfish then some take-home trevally and snapper for the freezer. Nice to have Lora and Jeff Ballweber back to visit us!

Good way to start the day at sunrise. Flat seas and hungry fish for Tony Crofford.

Sako’s bull dorado!

Captain Victor and Janet. She really really wanted to catch a dorado. Well, she finally got one. She was beyond thrilled. She didn’t realize that it would be the first of several!

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Once again…where the heck do I start?

I know for you, just start by looking at the fishing gallery for the week. I thought LAST week we had alot of photos. This week tops it! I didn’t have enough space for all the great shots. The photos will pretty much tell the whole story!

But, after about a month of this crazy bite, I think we’re getting a little spoiled. If we’re not hooking a half-dozen roosterfish a day, I hear it was a bad day. If we’re not getting 20 pound cabrilla and filling the box, I hear it was a slow day. If we have only 3 dorado instead of 5 or 6 or don’t have at least a half-dozen species of fish, I hear “fishing was off today!

I say this with a grin and a laugh, but we can’t win!

I have no idea how long this bite will last. Nothing lasts forever, but we gotta enjoy it while we can because this is one of the most epic bites I have ever seen in 30 year in both size and quantity of the species we are hooking.

I mean, in a normal year during roosterfish season, we a boat get 2 or 3 it’s a great day. This year? Heck 5, 8, 10 or more fish per boat per day is not unheard of or even more! I had one boat take 12. Another get 20 fish! All released of course!

And the size? YEOW…50 pounds to fish over 100 pounds are swimming in the waters right now.

Same for cabrilla and the big pargo liso.

Have they been eating steroids in the off-season or working out? We are catching more of both species than I have ever seen and these are NOT easy fish to battle. Plus, they seem to be 30-50% larger than other years! When I see the fillets on our packing room table, they are the size of doormats.

Other species in the wings…

Dorado finally started showing up in better numbers as the sargasso weed starts to build up north or town. Nothing wide open yet, but there are some schools willing to bite and this is about the right time of year when it breaks open.

Marlin are all over just sitting and sunning themselves. Not quite ready to go on the chew, but like the dorado, it could happen any day.

That’s my story! Check the photos and watch the video!

Cheers and best fishes!

Jonathan & Jilly

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of May 23-June 1, 2025

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BIGGER AND MORE!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of May 23-June 1, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: We had a little anxiety as Tropical Storm Alvin made it’s way up the coast towards us ,but thankfully, we dodged the bullet. A little wind. A little drizzle and lots of humidity. We were still able to fish. It’s warm now for sure. Temps in the mid-90’s during the day and don’t be a dummy…put the sunscreen on! Had some painful lessons this week.

WATER: Warmer and bluer, but there’s still some chilly stuff deeper below the thermocline judging by the colder water species we hooked at times.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Where to start…

Roosterfish, dorado, barred pargo, dog-tooth snapper, silver snapper, pargo liso (mullet snapper), trevally, green palometa, black palometa, pompano, amberjack, sierra, wahoo, bonito, jack crevalle, triggerfish, cabrilla, grouper.

FISHING ON THE 1-10 SCALE: 7 plus!

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Finally! Chad Schearer, our long-time amigo from Montana and host of the long-running famous “Shoot Straight” TV show got his big rooster on the flyrod! In fact, he caught and released two with Captain Moncho running the boat! If you look carefully in the background, that ripple of water is a school of roosterfish boiling!

Three years ago, we got the IGFA world record 46 pound pargo liso. When we saw Leif Dover’s big fish, we quickly ran it to the scales, but it was “only ” 42 pounds, but a heck of a fish and catch!

Our “Rooster King” Steve Bryan is back in town for 3 weeks of chasing big roosters every years . In 3 days…so far…9 roosters caught and released including this one that might push 80-100 pounds! Steve is from Seattle. Always good to have him here.

First-timer with us Rawley Thackery has a big bull dorado in hand. More dorado are showing up although not yet at full speed. They’re coming! Rawley is from Utah.

Yea..this is a dog-tooth snapper with a mouth full of choppers! Randy Choate from Boise ID has been with us for a month getting bent on all manners of fish. It was his retirement gift to himself!

The Holy Grail of fish! Doug Fowler finally got his wahoo and it’s a fatty at the south end of Cerralvo Island with Captain Hugo.

Mike Bies caught this Baja Grouper/ Golden Grouper which is really a cabrilla. We only see about 1 of these a year. Mike was first-time with us from Denver.

A prize catch no matter how you look at it. These pargo liso are the toughest, meanest and most viciously frustrating fish we have, but Lori Baydo got a trophy! Captain Victor helps with the photo!

Couldn’t be a sweeter lady than Marsha Schearer. She got several big roosterfish this past week. Captain Moncho is all smiles under the gator! All roosters released.

Colorado in the house! Michelle Bies with one of her roosterfish. She was fishing with us for the first time. Fish was released.

Two of new Tailhunter friends from Washington State…Gomer and Crystal Gage with a massive table of tasty black trevally/ palometa to take home.

These two were way fun! Ginger and Jeff Thorpe double hook-up on roosterfish off the island! They spent the whole week with us and kept everyone laughing.

Great colors on Chad’s dorado. Not getting alot of dorado, but the ones coming in are legit sizes. Give it a few weeks and it could be crazy!

Captain Joel (right) with Abbie and Dawson recently married living in N. Dakota with some dandy cabrilla!

We don’t see many silver snapper or understand why they are even called “silver snapper” but Brian O’Neil and Capt. Pancho pose with one and I hear they are great eating!

Somewhere under this massive roosterfish is Steve Bryan. Captain Jorge estimates this fish over 100 pounds and had to be lifted onto Steve’s lap for the photo as his arms were shaking and they wanted to get the fish into the water ASAP!

I have never seen so many big cabrilla as this season. Greg Baer had his family out with Captain Rogelio and put these nice cabrilla and pargo (look on the deck) in the fish box!

Texas Lawrence Piccagli with a great photo right next to the beach. Check the pretty water. You don’t have to go far for these fish. Lawrence took this rooster on his flyrod for the photo and release.

Long time Tailhunter amigos from Colorado, Paul Lubow, Al Martz, Daryl Marts and Al Lubow with some hefty amberjack , pargo and a big triggerfish for the ice chest!

Captain Chito give a thumb-up to Nico Harris for his bull dorado taken north of La Paz Bay.

Bear hunting guide and taxidermist from Oklahoma, Billy Bunyard fishing with us for the first time shows off a nice cabrilla.

Candy Bunyard and husband Billy (photo above) were first-timing with us but also celebrating their honeymoon! Her first rooster for a catch and release is a nice one!

Talk about a colorful cutting board! Leif Dover and Brian O’Neil have been fishing with us for years and always do well. I see trevally, a big pompano, a dog-tooth snapper, a pargo liso and a couple of silver snapper and a cabrilla in the photos. A feast in the making!

Captain Gerardo give a hand to Soon and Wade from the San Francisco area with a nice variety on a good day. Wahoo, pargo liso, cabrilla, snapper, triggerfish, amberjack on the table!

Our new Arizona friends Ernie and Lori Baydo had quite a day. he’s got a trophy cabrilla and she’s sporting a big pargo liso on the beach at Bahia Muertos!

Wyatt Schearer and Kassidy Albright…celebrating his birthday and celebrating their engagement in La Paz! Wyatt was with us as a little kid 14 years ago. This was Kassidy’s first trip and her first rooster!

There’s no doubt that these jack crevalle are well-name by locals as “toro.” (Bull). Chad fought this guy for 90 minutes and took his flyreel down to the backing and they had to chase the fish! Great battle and the fish was released.

Billy and Captain Gerardo for a quick pose with his big rooster and release. Billy is from Oklahoma and was headed to guiding bear hunts in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska when he got back from his La Paz trip.

Wyatt Schearer working the flyrod while fiance Kassidy and Captain Gerardo look on.

Nice bull! Captain Victor with Lori and Ernie Baydo on the beach at Bahia Muertos

Rawley seems pretty happy with his rooster! A quick photo and release.

Alot places folks don’t like amberjack, but ours (related to yellowtail) are pretty tasty and tough fighters growing to over 100 pounds. Soon Saelaw from San Francisco had a pretty great 3 day fishing with us and added this amberjack (pez fuerte) to his box!

Paul and Martha…just engaged were back with us again from Utah and got a double catch-and-release on these roosterfish.

Oh the joy! Brian and his buddy Leif got 16 roosters to the boat that day up to 50 pounds and lost a bigger one that might’ve gone 100 pounds.

Two dorado for Lawrence who took his fillets to Cabo to meet up with family. Lawrence is from Dallas.

The right kind…Paul Cowdell with a trophy for the quick photo and back to the water!

San Mateo Wade Ichimura with a prized pargo liso taken over the rocks off Cerralvo Island. The big snapper are spawning right now and fish can go over 50 pounds!

Only had two days to fish, but Trevor Cook from Reno NV got his rooster the first day right off Bahia Muertos. This was Trevor’s first visit with us.

Alex Piccagli with a thumb-up with Captain Armando and a tasty barred pargo. Lots of folks here throw the whole fish on the grill and stuff it with rice, garlic and veggies! Or just deep fry the whole thing!

It’s a beast! Most needlefish are about 2-3 feet long! But check out Paul’s monster! It’s jurassic! Captain Miko in the photo also!

Always great to have Jeff Brown come down every year from Minnesota with family. Abbie and Derrick help with the trio of dorado.

Mike Bies with one of his roosterfish on his first day! Mike visiting us from Colorado. Fish are right off the sandy beach at Punta Arenas.

Our gal, Marsha Schearer with Captain Chito and another big roosterfish for her. This one near Espirito Santo Island. All fish released.

Jeff and Ginger and a whole bunch of the crazy black trevally that showed up in massive schools. Never seen anything like it!

Yup…Soon Saelaw had a good few days with us. He even got a wahoo with Captain Gerardo!

Another of our fun Utah guests, Jeramy Lund shows off one of his roosters before releasing it strongly into the water.

Pesky pelican trying and succeeding in photobombing Alex and Henry Piccagli from Austin TX.

Three former Air Force officer friends…Kurt Wagner, Trevor Cook and Grant Thomas on the water.

Chad…another nice one on the flyrod. When a flyfisher has to balance his rod across his shoulder to take a photo, it’s a good thing! Nice job, amigo. Thank you for the visit!

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Well…last week’s report during the full moon was pretty hard to top. I had never had such a large report in 30 years down here. So much info…so many photos.

…until this past week!

Listen…if you were here this last week and I missed your photo and you don’t see yourself here, I really apologize! I tried to get everyone in and probably had over 100 photos this week to try edit and squeeze in. I try to get everyone!

MORE AND BIGGER…

Wow! Compared to the last report… It kinda got better. Maybe not in terms of numbers of fish, but yes more fish were caught this past week (and released), but it also seems THE FISH GOT BIGGER!

Even my captains are commenting on the size of the fish!

The first several weeks of the season, OK, we got some big fish. There are always the occasional catch that raises an eyebrow and gets a big high-five. But after about 6 weeks into the season, it seems the fish are consistently larger than normal. And then there are the numbers!

The roosterfish bite has been the best in all my years down here!

I mean, a good day in the past meant maybe 2-4 roosters per boat per day. But these past 2-3 weeks, singular anglers (not per boat)…singular anglers are telling me they are getting 2-12 roosters in the 10-40 pound class. Some boats getting up to 20 fish per day and anglers telling me “We could have sat on the school all day and caught dozens more…it was stupid fun!” One angler told me, “I just had the finest 5 hours of fishing in my life!”

Not only are folks catching alot of roosterfish, but also landing personal best with fish ranging from 50-to possibly over 100 pounds! (Just check the photos above).

They are telling me that once you get into the schools, the roosterfish are literally boiling. You can see the roosterfish under the boat and they are foaming on baits as soon as the baits hit the water!

I dunno…maybe there is too much of a good thing? It’s getting to the point where some of our guests are getting spoiled. “We got tired of roosterish! We wanna catch something else.” or “Oh man, we caught roosterfish again (bored voice).”

Enjoy it while you can. This is the kind of bite we may never see again!

MORE and BIGGER…WORLD RECORD?

The pargo liso are spawning in the shallow and these are ferocious frustrating tenacious sluggers. Again, never seen so many or so big. I tell folks if you get one to the boat after 5 hits, you’re doing pretty good.

Three years ago, we got the IGFA record at 46 pounds. A beast.

Well, Captain Pancho fishing with one of our long-time anglers and amigos, Leif Dover sent me a photos from the beach which simply said, “New world record?” I saw the photo and told them to rush it back and DO NOT CUT IT UP. They raced back to La Paz with the fish wrapped up in wet blankets and ice.

Well, we got it on the scale and unfortunately, “only 42 pounds!” Close, but not quite, but unquestionably and beast and trophy!

I tell you what…it took me over an hour to clean this thing and after cutting through all the armor plating, huge bones, tough scales and sharp teeth and fins using 3 different knives, a hammer, a saw, a wire cutter and industrial sheers and a small hatchet…this 42 pound fish yielded only 12 pounds of meat! It was a tank!

MORE and BIGGER…

Every year at this time, we catch alot of cabrilla (seabass). Tasty fun fish. Most are about 12-18 inches long. But this year holy cow…they are grouper sized fish! They must’ve been eating steroids in the off-season because they yoked out. We’re catching 24-36 inch long fish!

…and we are losing probably even bigger fish in the rocks!

MORE and BIGGER…

Other species this week…overall, I think I counted 21 different species!

Wahoo are getting cuaght finally off the south end of Cerralvo Island. Not many. I think 8 were hooked and 3 got to the boats. All caught on deep-running Rapalas and Nomads, but we’re also losing some big boys . The largest this week went about 50 pounds.

More dorado are coming in. We’re far from WFO on the mahi and only getting about 3-5 per day now for my whole fleet, but they are legit sized 10-30 pounders and I saw one fish that scaled at 49 pounds! As the waters get warmer we anticipate more coming in. Give it another 2 weeks or so. North of the city, the sargasso weed starting to bunch up and forming into paddies and that will get the dorado schooling up.

Other remarkable stuff…so many pompano and trevally this past week. I have never seen black trevally in 30 years here, but we had whole schools tearing it up like piranhas! Most fish about 5 pounds, but easy limits and these are great eating.

We also caught big jack crevalle that are probably 50% larger than normal. They are really beating folks up and giving folks more than a run for their money!

Add in bonito, barred pargo, dog-tooth snapper, rainbow runners, sierra, amberjack and more. It was a full full week of fun. Just look at the photos!

We did dodge Tropical Storm Alvin that had as a bit nervous as it marched up the Pacific towards Baja that promised high winds and rain. But fortunately, it petered out and gave us a few days of clouds, humidity and just enough of a sprinkle to mess up the dust on my car windshield.

That’s my story!

Jonathan & Jilly

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of April 9-16, 2025

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YELLOWTAIL MOVING ON BUT OTHER SPECIES MOVING IN

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of April 9-16, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Cooler than last week, but daytime temps still in the low 80’s. Nights and mornings a bit chilly down to the mid-50’s. Breezy at times.

WATER: Warming and getting bluer and clearer, but down deep it’s still chilly and dark, but changing every week. Nice mackerel and sardines for bait. Can get bumpy if the wind is blowing.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Yellowtail (fewer), pargo liso, barred pargo, yellow snapper, roosterfish, bonito, sierra, jack crevalle.

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Tailhunter’s own and everyone’s favorite, Jorge Romero, was out north of town near Punta Coyote and the yellowtail weren’t being very cooperative, but he got this one on a live mackerel. Usually, he has a big smile, especially when he is fishing and he always catches fish.

Our amigo, Jimmy Williams was out at the north end of Cerralvo Island looking for yellowtail that never showed up, but Jimmy tied into some big pargo liso that are as tough as you can find down here for fighters! He and his pals also nailed some nice snapper. Jimmy thinks the yellowtail bite has dwindled.

Popular Captain Chito is one of the best. Poses here with a trophy cabrilla that I’m sure ended up whole in the fish box then onto the grill!

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A little cooler overall this week, but still clearly we’re on a warming trend with temps in the mid-80’s and mostly sunny days. Windy days can still pop up, but are more the exception than the rule. But, there’s still some breeze out on the water. Nights and early mornings are where you really need to take care because temps drop into the cooler mid-50’s.

With the warmer temps, the waters are also warming…on the surface. Down deeper waters are still cool. There’s a thermocline down about 40′ where the waters are darker and colder although surface temps show clearer, bluer water.

Lots of changes…

it would seem as predicted, the yellowtail bite for the season is tapering off. The fish are getting harder to find. Some days there are no biters. Even with all the great live bait like mackerel and sardines. Even dropping the jigs on them. When we do find them, there are fewer fish.

Just the way it is. Yellowtail are colder water fish and they are moving off to deeper cooler waters. Last year, our waters stayed cold so we were actually still hooking a few yellowtail into August. Unheard of!

But, the departure of the yellowtail doesn’t mean there’s a lack of action. There is still a good variety of fish to chase that are biting.

Most notable are the big schools of pargo liso (mullet snapper) that have moved into the shallows. These incredibly tough-fighting fish move in during this time of year to spawn and are both exciting and frustrating to hook! Some would argue that pound-for-pound, these might be the best slugger fish on our waters. With their sharp teeth, sharp gills, armor plating, powerful muscular backs and fins plus being in the rocky areas, these fish have anglers at a huge disadvantage! These fish range from about 5-40 pound right now.

Best spots so far have been the backside and north side of Cerralvo Island, the high spot off the south end of Cerralvo and Punta Perrico area near the Las Arenas lighthouse.

Not seeing any dorado just yet, but hopefully, the waters get warmer and the fish show up. We do know that there have been some sightings of tuna and marlin which are both warm water fish, but hook-ups from anglers to speak of at the moment.

Roosterfish are getting more active. Not the big pigs yet that go up to 100 pounds, but some sporty 20-30 pounder have been getting hooked and released over the sandy areas and shallow rocks south of Bahia Muertos and the east side of Espirito Santo Island.

Other species biting include some sierra, smaller amberjack, barred pargo, yellow snapper, triggerfish, jack crevalle and pompano.

A STILL A FEW SPOTS TO FILL TO COME FISHING IN LA PAZ!

We got a great response last week from these so I thought I’d put them up again…

Reservations are coming in daily and, after 30 years at this, we have so many great regulars who visit us year-after-year! Many dates are filled or filling pretty fast.

However, we have some limited spots here and there with some space just for you! Also, don’t forget that Alaska Air is now flying direct to La Paz. It’s the first time we’ve had direct flights in 12 years!

Check out these specials.

The season is on! You can contact me directly: tailhunterfishinglapaz@gmail.com

We’ll see you down here in La Paz!

Wishing you blessings for Easter!

Jonathan , Jilly and the Tailhunter Team

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Feb. 2-18, 2025

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WINDY BUT BEAST YELLOWTAIL CHEW!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Feb. 2-18, 2025

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WATER: Kinda crazy . There’s warm water and cold water spots all over the ocean. Water down deep is definitely cooler. If it’s windy, it can be pretty rough. But there have been a few really nice flat days.

WEATHER: Variable. Some days sunny. Some days hazy. Some days cloudy. Temperatures rising but a big thermometer with daytime temps in the low-to-mid-80’s but night time dropping all the way to the high 50’s. Winds can be variable as well. Some days not a whisper but others blowing up to 20 mph.

SPECIES HOOKED THIS WEEK: Yellowtail, amberjack, pargo, cabrilla, sierra, bonito, jack crevalle, dorado.

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

The struggle was real! Phil Desautels was at the north end of Cerralvo Island when they got slammed by yellowtail. Phil has alot of experience, but even he admitted that it was a struggle to get fish into the boat as the big sluggers tore them up and busted alot of lines.

Sierra are on the bite which is very typical of this time of year. Great eating and fun on light tackle, Zach Reinig and John Draminsky put a 1/2 dozen into the boat. Makes great ceviche.

Our amigo, Gary Wagner, had his family out at his place at Rancho Costa visiting from Colorado Springs. They like to fish the late afternoon and early evening there at his place at Bahia Muertos and it looks like it paid off with a nice catch of dorado and a pargo liso (Gary’s fish).

Thick-bodied yellowtail around Cerralvo took one of Jimmy William’s baits in. a rare calm day, but Jimmy told me they lost more than they caught as the fish were even busting heavy leader.

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There are some days recently, where it sure seems like there’s a bit of spring in the air. We’re not out’ve winter yet and every few days it kinda roars back with the heavy north winds, but there were some nice windows of calm days here and there since the last report.

Temperatures are surely starting to edge up. Highs are now in the low 80’s, but nights are cool. Temps can be as low as the mid-50’s so not a bad idea to have a sweatshirt or windbreaker handy and especially if you’re planning ot go fishing or any water activity.

As far as the catch, it remains mixed.

However, the highlight has been the jag of nice yellowtail that have shown up. They have actually probably been around for a bit, but with the winds and rough seas, it was simply difficult to get onto the fish spots with any consistency.

With the calmer conditions, however, there were some nice bites of the big forktails found around both Cerralvo and Espirito Santo Islands with the fish eating live mackerel, sardines as well as casted and trolled jigs over the high spots.

These have been slugger fish with catches ranging from 15-30 pounds or more and many fish lots to broken lines and rocks.

Other notables like sierra seem to have moved into the areas along the shores near the dropoffs. These toothy members are like baby wahoo and are a hoot on light tackle. Good idea to fish them with wire leaders as their sharp teeth will shred mono, but these are great eating and a prized catch for making ceviche!

Other biters have been the usual species found during the winter. Especially inshore and along the rocky areas, we’re getting several species of pargo, including some spawning pargo liso, snapper, smaller dog-tooth, amberjack, bonito and jack crevalle.

There must also still be some warmer waters around as a few dorado are getting picke up and I heard that a striped marlin was also caught by a commercial angler.

OFF TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NOW

We’ve been on the road now for over a month and our Tailhunter Tour 2025 has taken us to some great shows and expos in Reno, Nevada (Wild Sheep Foundation); Nashville, Tennessee (Safari Club International) and most recently we had a crazy great show in Salt Lake City, UT for the Western Hunt and Conservation Show.

I think it has been our best show. Jill and I were in the booth 4 straight days and it was 9 hours-a-day non-stop talking and enjoying meeting new and old friends. We signed up a ton of new reservations to come see us in La Paz in 2025 as well. Thank you to everyone who came by and spent some time with us and for all the Utah hospitality.

So now…

Jilly and I are taking the long car haul to S.California for the Pacific Coast Sportfishing Show. It’s the largest fishing show on the West Coast and pretty much takes over the entire Orange Co. Fairgrounds!

Showtimes are March 6-9 and we’ll be in the booth all four days (Thursday to Sunday). There’s a ton to see and do for fishing, adventure travel, outdoors, boating and more. Bring the whole family and we’ll see you there!

That’s our story!

Jonathan & Jilly

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La Paz – Las Arenas- Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Dec. 5-21, 2024

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FISHING DURING THE HOLIDAYS

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Dec. 5-21, 2024

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

Weather: Mostly nice and sunny and really pleasant with temps ranging from the 60’s to 80’s. However, winds from the north continue to be problematic with gusts between 10 and 30 mph

Water: Getting cooler, but there’s some nice patches of surprising blue/warmer water here and there. Can be extremely rough if the winds are blowing

Species Hooked This Week: Dorado, sierra, small yellowtail, triggerfish, snapper, snapper, bonito, jack crevalle, roosterfish, marlin, amberjack,

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST OF THE STORY…

Our friends, Bob Sayre from Chicago and his friend Jim Fanscher weren’t able to get outside the bay because of winds but still found a dorado and a sierra…a warm water fish and cold water fish as well as a big bonito.

Enjoying some sunshine escaping from Minnesota, Greg Earles had a great star with 4 dorado, a big sierra and some white bonito plus released a bunch of small roosterfish.

Beto is going to make some great ceviche with this saw!

Our La Paz friend, Jimmy Williams always does well. Nice barred snapper!

Greg caught and released about a half-dozen of these fun little roosterfish right in Bahia Muertos on live sardines.

Some good eating on the table for Jimmy and Phil with several types of snapper plus triggers and a saw.

Once again, apologies for the late response.

With the increasing northern winter winds, I was really waiting for something to happen so that I’ve have some “meat” to the report rather than just continuously telling you that the winds are blowing and not much of anyone fishing during the winter months.

But, honestly, in the last 3 weeks, some days the winds have been kicking 10-30 mph and not a great time to be out on the water unless you’re a windsurfer. I’ve had a number of folks wanting to go out and I’ve had to flat out tell them, “I’d love the booking and money, but the reality is that you’re going to get blown off the water or seasick !”

These aren’t hardcore fishermen. They’re just in town for vacations and decide they want to try fishing for a day. Often they have youngsters with them and I would just rather be honest and transparent about expectations and the weather.

I’ve also had to cancel a few trips for fishing and snorkeling as well. It’s a great time to be in town as the weather is really pleasant and sunny with temps into the 60’s -80’s but just not a great time to be on the water.

However, we did actually get a few folks out whenwe found some windows when the winds backed off a bit. Also, we had some of our local friends get out fishing and got me some reliable reports. Other than that, most of the reports are coming from friends who are commercial fishermen who don’t have a choice. They’re not fishing for fun or sport. They’re out on the water no matter what trying to make a living.

Waters are getting cooler and rougher, but there are surprisingly still some warm patches of blue water holding dorado. Crazy to see dorado in December but there are some school-sized 5-15 pound fish still in the area plus some larger 20 pound class free swimmers. Live bait is difficult to come by because of the rough waters so frozen dead ballyhoo or striped bonito slow trolled has worked most effectively.

The warm waters have also been cited as the reason that there are still some billfish like striped marlin, sporadic tuna and wahoo have been hooked. Again, it’s very unusual to see these species in the winter and likewise, to get to some of the spots, it has to be calm enough on the ocean.

Inshore, is where the majority of the action has been found, especially if you can’t get across the channels to the islands. Big bonito, sierra, some smaller yellowtail, pargo, cabrilla, amberjacks and jack crevalle have provided decent action.

Another surprise, however, is that we’re seeing roosterfish! Not very common this time of the year, but smaller 5-10 pounders have been hooked (and released) along the shallow sandy beaches and some of the bigger 50-100 pounders have been seen cruising the drop offs. We usually don’t see those for another 3 or 4 months!

TAILHUNTER SHOW SEASON COMING UP!

We’re getting ready to hit the road again for our 30th year. We’ll be doing 4 shows this year and they’re all big ones. We had hoped to do more shows, but so many are on conflicting dates and it was hard to pick and choose:

RENO – Wild Sheep Foundation at the Reno Convention Center (Jan. 16-18)

NASHVILLE – Safari Club International at the Nashville Convention Center (Jan. 22-25)

SALT LAKE CITY – Western Hunt and Conservation Show at the Salt Palace (Feb. 13-16)

ORANGE CO. – Pacific Coast Sportfishing Show at the Orange Co. Fairgrounds (Mar. 6-9)

We’ll be there and we’re looking forward to seeing you and getting you set up to see us in La Paz in 2025.

However, don’t wait! Dates are filling up pretty fast and reservations are coming in daily. You can write me directly: tailhunterfishinglapaz@gmail.com

We don’t want to miss you, especially if you have a favorite captains or hotel!

That’s our story!

Wishing you many blessings for the holidays, Christmas and the New Year!

Jonathan & Jilly

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

Tailhunter Sportfishing

755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

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

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

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La Paz -Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Oct. 19-Nov. 3, 2024

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NORTHERN WINDS HAVE STARTED

La Paz- Las Arenas / Muertos Bay/Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Week of Oct. 19-Nov. 3, 2024

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Jessie De Vries from San Diego with a nice bull just outside of La Paz Bay with Captain Rogelio. Waters are cooling, but there’s still some dorado schooling around.

Our amigo, Jimmy Williams, hit the north end of Cerralvo Island and found a nice jag of yellowtail. A clear indication that the waters are getting cooler.

Tailhunter’s very own, Jorge Romero, took a day off and got on the water. He hit the day at the south end of Cerralvo Island when blue marlin blew up. But not much of anyone fishing. Mostly only commercial pangeros and locals like him!

First off, a quick apology for my tardiness in posting up a more current fishing report. For close to 30 years, I’ve been pretty diligent in publishing report every week or so. However, as I explained in the last report, this particular report was going to be a little later than normal.

For one, as you see below in the report, we start getting fewer fishermen this time of the year. Secondly, and maybe most importantly, I had a little medical procedure about 10 days ago. Well, it was surgery actually whereby the doctors pretty much rebuilt my right foot…shaved a cut a bunch of bones…inserted a couple of screws…

My right foot completely wrapped up.

So, like last year when I got my knee replaced, I am once again hobbled and immobile. In fact, I will be off my feet up to 6 months and prohibited from putting any weight whatsoever on my right foot or I can screw up the surgery. Sigh…

So, pretty much doing this fishing report is the first time I’m actually able to sit up at a desk! I’ve also been on some fun happy pill pain meds as well.

Basically, my right foot got deformed. Bad DNA added to 30 years of walking around in flip-flops; carrying ice chests, luggage, scuba tanks, fishing gear…no arch support. My past caught up with me!

So, that’s my story and I’m sticking too it! And that’why the fishing report is late!

As far as fishing…

Like I said not many folks at all on the water. We’ve gone from 10, 20, 30 folks on the water each day for 7 straight months to ….ZERO. I have some guys booked for December for a few days, but that’s it…for now.

We consider mid-October to April to be off-season because the northern winds kick in and it just gets too darned rough and windy to be out on the water about 50% of the time and anglers have about a 50-70% chance of getting blown off or cancelled. I make sure that I tell anyone who wants to book about these weather issues so they had realistic expectations. Or at least be flexible on their fishing days so we can move them to the better days or tell them to just forget it.

Fishing is supposed to be fun and it’s no fun getting seasick or soaking wet or getting bounced out’ve their seats. Or wasting their money and getting cancelled.

There’s a reason why all the windsurfers and kite boarders come to the La Paz area in the winter. It’s because we get world class winds!

Fun to windsurf,but not fun to try to fish with all those whitecaps!

Well…almost on cue, the winds started up last week. Not blowing ferociously quite yet, but 10-15 knots is still blustery with some 20 knot gusts. I talked to some of the commercial guys and they said there were some days they could not get their boats in the water. There was even a little rain.

So, except for windsurfers/ kiteboarders, the only ones on the water are either commercial fisherman making a living or locals who can fish on the days when the weather permits.

As might be expected, the fish being caught are mixed. It’s a little bit of a toss up. THERE IS SOME GREAT FISHING right now. The deal is finding the days when the wind is not going to blow you off the water! But, there’s a nice mix of fish happening.

With the winds, the waters are already cooling down. That’s bringing in murkier greener patches of water, although there are still some surface temps showing 80 degree water on top.

The cooler waters are producing snapper, pargo, cabrilla, sierra, amberjack and even some yellowtail. Those are all cooler water fish.

However, there are still some warm water fish around. Some of the commercial guys have been able to boat a few tuna here and there. I’ve heard some wahoo are around and a few schools of 5-10 pound dorado or free swimmers in the 20-30 pound class, but those will diminish as the waters continue to trend cooler.

Surprisingly, billfish keep popping up just when we think we’ve seen the last of them. Some days the marlin mixed in with the dorado have been some of the best. We had one day when blue marlin were chomping like mackerel. Go figure. Just another piece of an already puzzling fishing season. Just have to take your chances with the winds.

2025 RESERVATIONS

We’re getting lots of reservations already for next season…more than usual for this time of year! Reservations are coming in daily! Dates are already filling up and some dates are already sold out or close to it!

Don’t wait! If you have favorite rooms or captains, don’t sit on your hands. Contact me directly: jonathan@taillhunter.com and let’s look at some dates!

If you book before the end of the year we are offering 2024 prices.

Also, for the first time in 12 years, there will be direct flights to La Paz from the U.S. Exciting news if you can avoid flying all the way to Cabo and that long 3 hour drive to La Paz. Alaska Airlines is flying 3 times per week starting in 2025. Check it out!

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

“Keep the circus going inside you, keep it going, don’t take anything too seriously, it’ll all work out in the end.”

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Oct. 10-17, 2024

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WAHOO BILLFISH MAHI!

La Paz -Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Oct. 11-18, 2024

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Mostly pretty comfortable. You can tell the weather is changing. Getting cooler in the mornings and evenings. Almost time for a sweatshirt! Low 70’s to start the day and low 90’s in the day. Very pleasant. Starting to get breezier and the north winds start up this week which will change things completely once they start blowing consistently.

WATER: Mostly pretty and blue. Perfect for fishing. Getting 81 degrees on the surface, but colder water down deeper as evidenced by some of the fish we are hooking. Have had a few bouncy days from the winds. Gonna get rougher if the winter winds start to kick in.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Dorado, tuna, wahoo, sailfish, blue marlin, striped marlin, amberjack, yellowtail, sierra, bonito, jack crevalle, roosterfish, trevally, pompano, cabrilla, pargo, triggerfish

FISHING ON A SCALE of 1-10: 7

THE MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Not one…FOUR! Brian Spicer had himself quite a day with Captain Victor taking four big wahoo off Cerralvo Island plus he also released a striped marlin. He donated or gifted the majority of the meat!

Randy Haire and Dennis Fujii with a nice rack or dorado to bring home!

Long-time amigo, Tim Butterworth always nails something great each time he visits us. He brought son-in-law Dave Spriggs this year and their last day, Tom got another wahoo with Captain Pancho.

Caroline Cain and family friend Kayla Lespade from Idaho had themselves a banner day with a number of big dorado like this fishing outside of La Paz Bay.

Great photo of a great day. Chris and Mari Bedsaul with Captain Gerardo.

Ken Takata and Steve Hirano fished 3 good days like this with dorado, pargo and snapper and Captain Gerardo doing the photobomb in the back.

This is what Santa does in the off-season! Actually, good amigo Rusty Cain…always good to have him visiting!

Our Tailhunter office managers, Maite Palacio and Arturo Becerrril got out on the water away from work and had fun on the dorado spot!

Mike Clark with Captain Pancho decked this beautiful blue marlin outside of Bahia Muertos. Mike had quite a battle as they passed the rod back and forth. The fish could not be revived and Mike donated much of the meat.

Chris Bedsaul and Captain Gerardo with the thumbs-up!

Such a great photo of a sweet amiga of Tailhunter. Mari Bedsaul always does well when she visits us. Beautiful colors! They actually lost two marlin and a sailfish this day!

Mike Clark poses with two of his four mahi on the day.

Anniversary trip for Don Jossie who was visiting us for the first time and had two days fishing with Captain Rogelio.

Many of you have known Benny Salgado for years working for Tailhunter as a cook, with me in the fish packing room and also our ace guitar player . We sent him out for the day to catch some dorado…good job!

The man behind the mask is Arturo Becerril…Tailhunter’s very own. He had fun with dorado like this one!

Good to have Steve Partridge and his wife fish with us for a few days. First day with Captain Armando out’ve Las Arenas was very productive! They’re from Redondo Beach CA.

Catch and release striper for Brian Spicer with Captain Victor! It was a good week for the billfish. Most broke off or were released.

Almost as big as her! Maite with one of her large dorado on the day! Her biggest!

Don Hugo poses with some of his catch of mahi at Bahia de los Muertos.

Brian…one more wahoo on the gaff!

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You can feel it in the air.

The seasons are changing. Daytime temps are getting cooler and breezier. The shadows are longer. The night times are pleasant and not a bad idea to have a light sweatshirt handy. Waters are getting just a bit bumpier when the breeze blows.

We usually say late October to April is our off-season. It starts getting windier and colder and once the north winds start blowing consistently, the fishing complexion changes completely.Not only is it rougher, but colder water fish move in as the ocean cools down.

Some days, it will be too rough to fish or you’ll get blown off the water. So, really not many folks will be fishing the next few months. But, this is why all the windsurfers and kiteboarders descend on us from all over the world to take advantage of our world-class winds in the La Paz area.

That’s generally speaking…

Sometimes, the winds don’t show up until later. And warm water fishing continues.

But, this year, just like clockwork, I can see in the forecast that next week strong northern winds start kicking up! Some gusts will be 12-20 knots.

We don’t stop fishing, but not many reservations now on the books. We’re usually running 10-20 boats per day from late March until October. For the next few months, there will be almost no one. And, if someone wants to fish, I make sure they know about the weather situation so they can make an informed decision. Many of the fisherfolks that I do get in the coming months are regulars who know what to expect. Or, they keep their schedules flexible so I can tell them which days will be worse than others so they can find the best day.

But, if this is our last “official” week of the season, we sure went out like gangbusters!

Dorado remained a solid mainstay of the catch.

It would be a crazy day if you didn’t come back with dorado in the box. Our boats have been taking 4-8 dorado on the average and many tell me they lost fish or released a whole bunch. Most fish have been in the 10-15 pound class but some of the larger bulls have hit the 20-40 pound size.

Ever day is different. Some days it’s an early bite. Some days it’s a later bite. Some days, you pick up one fish here…then 2 fish there…then nothing for a bit…then another fish…etc etc. End of the day you’ve got some decent fish in the box.

Biggest surprise…the wahoo!!!

I can’t remember when we’ve had a run of wahoo like this in my 30 years down here. Our boats were hitting 1,2, 3, 4 and 5 wahoo on the day fro 20-60 pounders. More getting lost or busting off. It was crazy. An early morning bite for the most part and 90% taken trolling Marauders, Rapalas and Nomads.

Anglers come down and fish for years trying to get just one of these incredible fish. And yet we had a few days when they suddenly just turned on like a light switch. The best spots were the north and south ends of Cerralvo Island.

As well, the billfish didn’t want to get left out either. After several weeks of non-existent biters, we had a number of billfish including sailfish, striped marlin and even the highly prized blue marlin. Most fish were lost and most that were caught were released whenever possible. But a real bonus catch!

With the weather changing, we’re seeing a few more colder water fishing starting to show up in the catches: sierra, amberjack, pompano, trevally and small yellowtail.

There’s still some smaller roosterfish still hanging out as well!

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ON A PERSONAL NOTE:

A big shout out and thank you to our Tailhunter Nation for a great 30th season. Whether you were able to visit us this year or not, Jilly and I appreciate all the love, support and friendship for all these years, but especially this year which has been especially challenging. The prayers have been the best!

As many of you know, Jilly has been dealing with some serious medical issues and has not been able to be down here in La Paz for most of the year. She’s been the ultimate trooper back in Texas dealing with the situation, while I’ve been here in La Paz alone trying to keep the Tailhunter Fleets, Restaurant and Transportation companies running and everyone smiling.

Even down here alone, Jilly has kept things rolling from up there so that I could keep things running as smoothly as possible down here. She is still my best teammate.

So, I’ve pretty much been going 7 days a week since April. I’m finally heading north to be able to see and spend time with my Jilly so we can figure some things out. I have a few medical issues of my own to iron out! (Nothing serious…just 30 years of wear-and-tear down here!).

I’ve done the fishing reports pretty religiously every week for over 28 years. But, given we’re about at the end of the season, I’m going to take a few weeks off. So, if you don’t see a report in a week, I just wanted you to know the reason. I’m fine! We’re fine.

It’s just that when my reports are late, I start getting e-mails from so many thoughtful folks!

Just wishing ya’ll grateful blessings always! Thanks for all the smiles and prayers!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and 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 Oct. 2-9, 2024

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DORADO KEEPS RODS BENT!

La Paz- Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Oct. 2-9, 2024

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WATER: Mostly nice and blue the way we like it with surface temps still in the low to mid-80’s. However, judging from some of the species we are hooking some cooler water starting to move in down deeper and along some of the coastal areas.

WEATHER: Warm and sunny. Highs in the mid 90’s in the day time. Can be a tad breezy in the mornings, but overall, nothing to complain about. Evenings are comfortable. I would still keep a light windbreaker handy.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Dorado, tuna, wahoo, sailfish, marlin, sierra, jack crevalle, bonito, snapper, cabrilla, snapper, amberjack, rainbow runner, pompano, trevally, roosterfish

FISHING SCALE 1-10: Solid 7

MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Ray Millman from Palos Verdes CA (middle) was on his 2nd trip of 2024 with us and brought his friend, Marc Bacon, with him this time. Captain Hugo found them a nice spot of bigger golden schoolie.

Captain Armando is a big favorite every year with Fernando and Nina Delmendo. Some nice mahi meat there on the table!

Stan Andre from San Francisco has been visiting us for years. He got onto this fatty yellowfin near Punta Pescadero on an early bite!

Love having first timers with us. Nick and Katelyn Hill from Utah had a couple of days on the water with us and took home a nice batch of dorado.

More great first timers! Aly Serafin and Shawn Mahan from Wyoming got to enjoy 2 days of fishing and some sunshine. They did pretty well on the fishing! Fun folks!

Biggest gold of the week? Wiley Randolph was with Capt. Jorge when he put the wood to this big bull! His personal best and always good to have Wiley down here!

Every year, Craig Brown and cousin, Bob Layko come down from Washington/Oregon and fish with Capt. Armando. Bob battled this 80 pound tuna on 40 pound test for over 2 hours and needed some help from cousin, Craig. But, the got it in!

Tom Maher had just one day to squeeze in some fishing and made the most of it hitting a nice spot of dorado!

Tim Campbell has been fishing with me over 20-something years. He finally brought son-in-law David Spriggs to fish down here and it was fun watching David get his first dorado. They fished the whole week.

Always great when Tim Nishimura from Sacramento comes down with son, Kenny. They have been here for years with us and love fishing with Captain Gerardo. Great guys!

Captain Armando put Steve Haeseker and Dan Schroeder on a jag of dorado for their first time down here with us. Good to have met new Tailhunter friends!

Greg Saubolle has been one of our friends for years, but this time he brought his lady Tracy Gray and got her onto her first gold...actually a lot more than one! Good folks!

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Paul Nagata! Over the many years, our friend has been a poster-boy for Tailhunter with all his big fish and great photos. He was at it again this past week.

Lyle Huffaker with his first day big golden bull! Lyle is from Idaho.

Cody and Lucas Huffaker met me years ago in Idaho and have always wanted to come down! Finally made it and took home a bunch of great dorado and had some fun too!

Eric Pennington and Wiley Randolph got some great quality gold on the cutting table there!

Two of my all-time bestest fish brothers, Kenny Campbell and Johnny Gibbs fishing with Captain Armando.

So great to have Fred and Lisa Cruz from Washington come visit us again! With their favorite Captain Gerardo, I see dorado, pompano, cabrilla and snapper on the table!

It’s been many years since Shayne Grove came fishing with us. Great to have him back on the water!

Angelo Oliverio and Joe Malone give a couple thumbs-up on their first day fishing. Angelo…special shout-out to you on making it back after the medical incident! Blessings!

Johnny Terbu and Shayne Grove! Fishing buddies for years from Utah, good to see them on our water again. They started fishing with us almost 20 years ago!

Joe Malone has some colorful blue gold on the day’s catch!

Another view of that big tuna Bob Layko hooked and fought over 2 hours, but needed help from cousin Craig Brown here holding the fish with Captain Armando.

Dave again! Happy guy with more gold!

Rusty Cain has been fishing with us for years and loves fishing with Captain Armando. He was out with family friend, Kayla Lespade from Idaho to watch her tangle with dorado for the first time!

Terry Hawk makes it a point every year to fish with us and his favorite Captain Pancho. Obviously, he does pretty well. He’s had some great catches over the years!

Paul and Captain Pancho again!

Fred and Lisa again…different day…same result…MORE FISH!

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I was thinking that this time last year we were getting slammed by 3-days of Hurricane Norma. Nothing like that so far this year, but sending our thoughts and prayers to all our Tailhunter Tribe and Nation and everyone on the Eastern and Southern areas hit by storms two weeks ago and currently getting wracked again.

We had another good solid week of fishing. Lots of fun. Lots of smiles. Lots of folks catching their first…or their biggest…or the most fish!

This should really be a very short short fishing report. Just let all the photos do the talking!

It’s almost boring! We caught alot of dorado. There! That’s the report!

Both of our fleets did pretty well. Not alot of big bulls but just fun school-sized 5-15 pounders everyday. No matter, it’s a vast improvement over how the rest of the summer/fall has been with such erratic fishing. It’s good to be able to tell folks,”Have fun today. I’m pretty sure you’re gonna catch fish!”

I would say on the average, our boats have been bringing back 6-8 dorado per day. Really hard to tell because fish are getting released. Also, fish are getting lost! That’s just the way fishing is.

The bite can be pick…pick…pick all day and at the end of the day you have a nice box of fish. Or it can be agonizingly slow then all of a sudden…BAM! You hit a frantic school and all heck busts loose in a frenzy!

In addition to the dorado, we got a little jag of 50-80 pound tuna that hit us for 2 days then disappeared. You had to get on thise fish early in the morning before they went down

Also a few wahoo biters but nothing to get too exited about. Got a few billfish…all released.

Inshore, pargo, cabrilla, some roosterfish, but also seeing some cooler-water fish moving in like sierra, amberjack, pompano, trevaly and rainbow runners!

That’s my story!

Jonathan

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Sept. 6-13, 2024

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BEST WEEK OF THE SUMMER UNTIL ILEANA CRASHES THE PARTY

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Sept. 6-13, 2024

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WATER: Getting some surface temps of 86 degrees. Mostly blue and warm but some colder water still down deep and some dirty cold green patches still clinging.

WEATHER: High 90’s and very very humid. Stay hydrated. Feel like 20 degrees hotter than the thermometer says it is!

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Dorado, marlin, sailfish, small tuna, roosterfish, jack crevalle, bonito, trevally, pompano, sierra, amberjack, rainbow runners, pargo, cabrilla, snapper.

SCALE OF 1-10: Fishing was a 6 …highest of the summer

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Tropical Storm Ileana has been a buzz kill.

Roger Laubscher and Chris Binkely from Louisiana have fished with us several years and had a banner 3 days with a load of fillets to take home. Unfortunately, they got caught in Cabo when the storm hit and got stuck overnight.

Leif Dover and Brian O’Neill are two of our better anglers who come every year and consistently rock big fish like this nice rack of dorado. They’re from Georgia. They are headed next month to climb to base camp on Mt.Everest for the 2nd time.

She’s been waiting more than 2 years for this trip. Veronika Sharikova loves to fish and fishes well! She just knocked roosters off her bucket list. Fish was released. She lives in Yosemite!

Our favorite flight attendant Carrie McKinley from Washington with one of her dorado. Check the flat waters!

Ron Clouser out with his sister Jan Nesmith and Captain Victor started out with a nice load of dorado including these two. They gifted all their fish each day.

Roger didn’t even know he was hooked to this massive sailfish at first. His first and it was caught with Captain Luis with our La Paz fleet. They were not able to release the fish.

Leif and Brian…day 2…more quality dorado fishing with Captain Hugo.

Tough fighting jack crevalle for carrie.

We love Don McKinley who has visited us several times and is a former missionary. Don has himself a tasty barred pargo near the rocks off Cerralvo Island.

Captain Jorge with his iconic thumb and Anita Wilkens first rooster! Normally, roosters aren’t here this late in the season. The fish was released.

Nice way to start the day with an early morning striper for Chris Binkley. His first. They are not able to release the fish. Chris hooked the fish just outside of La Paz Bay.

A day for big grins! First day out for Ed Hayes and Brent Lockhart!

I’m surprised our good friend, Dan McKinley doesn’t have a cigar in hand to go with the trevally! Good fisherman! Caught about 10 different species!

Good start! First day for Bryan Forward and Phil Kennedy fishing with Captain Moncho. Nice rack of fish!

Yea! First time visitors Veronika Sharikova and Amanda Davies decided to leave the boyfriend behind and do a girls fishing trip themselves!

Jon Eide with Capt. Armando and one of several mahi on the day.

First-time visitors with big smiles showing off a few of their dorado from the day, Bill and Jan Nesmith.

Andy Harrison and Jon Eide from Mineapolis MN visit us every year and have fun with their favorite captain Gerardo who has his job cut out for him cleaning fish!

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Still not what it SHOULD be, but by far we just had the best week of the summer.

There were some rough spots here and there, but overall just a nice week of pretty decent fishing. There’s some colder green water here and there, but for once the fish were around and not only around, but willing to come to the party!

Mostly, the dorado finally decided to bite with the best areas being with our Las Arenas Fleet. Fish were school-sized 5-10 pounders, but also some legit bulls up to 30 pounds. Just lots of fun and some days, hitting limits (not a word I’ve been able to use much lately!) before 9 a.m.

For our La Paz fleet, fewer dorado, but there was a tendency for them to be larger and also billfish like sailfish and striped and blue marlin also got more active with most fish being released or breaking off, especially on the lighter tackle.

As well, there’s still some small to medium roosterfish around (all released). Add in lots of bonito action, jack crevalle, good fishing for pargo, cabrilla and snapper and overall a good week. Plus some unusual catches of amberjack, rainbow runner, yellowtail (small), and sierra which are all cold-water species.

It was going grand until INVEST 9-E from the south and turned into Tropical Storm “ILEANA”

At the time I’m writing this, the port has been shut down and we’re still waiting for the 3-5 inches of rain predicted but has not yet hit. Further south, Cabo is experiencing flooding and mudslides and where we launch the boats at Bahia Muertos it’s rough with rain, big waves and strong winds which are forecast to reach 30-60 mph.

But, it’s frustrating because we had to cancel all the fishing today and looking out the window it’s ugly and dark, but the waters in the bay are flat.

Lots of cancelled flights arriving and departing which added to the frustration!

That’s my story!

Jonathan

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La Paz- Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of July 28-Aug. 4, 2024

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of July 28-Aug. 4, 2024

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WEATHER: We were worried about some dual tropical storms this week, but they stayed well to the south, but dropped about 5 minutes of rain sprinkles on car windshields. It did up the intensity of the humidity with 50-70% humidity some days and continued hot daytime temps in the hi-90’s. Nights are comfortable. Can be breezy at times more than normal

WATER: Had a few rough days, especially for south-facing areas like Las Arenas with had some big swells caused by the storms to the south. Lots of cold green water still around which is problematic for fishing, but later in the week, finding more blue patches holding fish.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Yellowtail, dorado, little tuna, marlin, sailfish, amberjack, roosterfish, pargo, cabrilla, trevally, pompano, bonito, jack crevalle, triggerfish, snapper, rainbow runner

FISHING SCALE of 1-10; 3.5 still tough going

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THE BIG PICTURE AND THE REST OF THE STORY…

Talk about a mix. Perfect example. It’s August and we got warm water fish (dorado) and cold water fish (yellowtail)! Nice haul from new Texas friends, Lawrence Piccagli and son Henry.

DJ Oleson has a great grin to go with a big-time roosterfish right off the rocks at Punta Perrico. He released the fish too! Check out the glassy water! DJ is from Utah.

Josh Matthews and Bruce Bliechrodt with a good start on the dorado at Bahia Muertos.

Ohio man, Brian Bleichrodt first time with us picks off a bucket-list rooster near the sands of Punta Arenas. He released the fish.

Ahhh...more good Texas in the house! Our good friend, Chris Burgin with some dorado fillets to take home along with some pargo too!

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Captain Jorge with a thumb-up and helping hand for Paul Jewell from Portland. First-timer with a trophy dorado for the photo!

Maybe 80 pounds according to Captain Jorge with a sunrise pose with Darrell Oleson and his big rooster! Darrell released the fish!

Just graduated from University of Texas…first day on the water for Alex Piccagli and Billy Conn. Two nice dorado. A fat yellowtail and TWO marlin…they were able to release one of them. Good first day!

Brent Bleichrodt from Denver with his favorite, Capt. Arcangel and Brent’s biggest rooster. Catch and release!

Jake Sybesma posing with a nice bull dorado

Captain Boli helps Shelton with a big mossback yellowtail that should NOT be here in August, but they got 4 on the day!

Captain Jorge with a smiling Destany Fawcett visiting us for the first time from Texas and a colorful dorado.

First day bruiser rooster for Brent Racker from Utah. The fish was released. He had a crazy few days with us. Drove all the way down with friends from Utah. Two days down…two days back..about 3800 miles round trip!

Michael Amodeo and son Michael from the San Diego area fished with us years ago and found some dorado and some of those little pop warner football tuna.

BAM…right off the bat. Jonathan Dille from Arizona with Captain Pancho punches two big roosterfish. Both released.

Might be one of my most favorite photos of the week. Lawrence Piccagli from Dallas TX got this tough bonito on the flyrod! He looks kinda happy! 😆

Sweet Gaby Donnel from Portland having fun with Captain Pancho.

Lucas Garrett and Keeley Chamberlain got a few dorado to start the trip!

If the dorado looks smallish, don’t be fooled. Micah is about 6’6″ and plays college volleyball. It’s a good fish!

Josh with Captain Joel and a chunky yellowtail near Espirito Santo Island. Crazy to be getting these quality fish in August. These are cold water fish we see in the springtime!

Wow! It’s August, but roostefish alley there off the Punta Arenas lighthouse is still kicking out some trophy roosters! Check out the catch-and-release rooster caught by Lawrence Piccagli!

If Brent looks tired, he is. This striper busted him up and gave him quite a tussle on a very light rod that they had to keep handing off!

Roger Mc Cracken and Paul Jewell from Portland had a nice day on the dorado and a bunch of those little yellowfin tuna!

Valerie Burgin…one of the sweetest gals every time they come to visit. She has no bad days! Six dorado for the fish box!

It’s rare, but sometimes the fish make it look easy!

Henry Piccagli and Captain Victor got a hog rooster for a great photos and release. Cerralvo Island in the background .

Captain Arcangel has a great expression. Brett has another rooster and release!

Jimmy and Amanda have quite a table of fish…dorado, palometa (trevally), barred pargo, yellow snapper, amberjack and cabrilla!

Yea! That’s the right kind! Billy Conn with his first trophy rooster. Quick release followed. Billy is from Texas.

Gaby was all excited about being able to bring fresh yellowtail back to Oregon for sashime!

Alex and Captain Jorge with his famous thumb…which is a good sign for this big rooster. Alex was visiting us from Texas and released the fish!

____________________________________________With so many fish pictures, you would think we had a great week of fishing. And no doubt there were some really nice catches.

But, once again, we really had to work to find biters. Captains pushed hard and guests gritted their teeth and fished patiently.

The weird weather, water and winds that we’ve had now for over a month continued to play havoc with the fishing season . Every day was different. Ever boat seemed different.

There were hot days. There were cool days. There were calm days. There were breezy, windy and rough days. We had two big tropical storms to the south that never made it up here, thankfully. But they did push up a few days of some really big waves and wind and just enough rain to mess up our dusty windshields. I think the fish are as confused as we are.

What has been the biggest issue and causing the erratic bite has been all the cold dirty water that has been pushed from the south and from deep upwellings. The colder water is clearly visible. The trick is to find the patches of blue warmer water holding fish! And that moves from day-to-day and hour-to-hour! There’s no rhyme or reason. In my 30 years down here, I’ve never seen anything like this.

Whereas we should be deep into bluewater warm-water pelagic species this time of year, we are hunting and pecking for dorado which are usually numerous. The ones we’re getting are ones we used to throw back in previous years. Yes, there’s the occasional 20-40 pounder, but most are the 5-10 pound schoolie dinks.

The weird thing is that here we are in August…2/3 through the summer and all of a sudden cold water fish have shown up. These are fish we never ever see in the summer. Fish like 20-40 pound yellowtail…amberjack…rainbow runners…pompano…trevally…pargo…cabrilla…are all cooler water fish that we catch in the winter and spring.

They kinda disappeared around June, but now they’re back! Weird.

But, warm water marlin and sailfish are here. So are lots of sharks. More than I have ever seen!

Another fish that we usually never see this time of year are big roosterfish. Yet, here they are with 30-80 pounders suddenly back and providing action. Go figure.

Here’s the thing to think about. Yes, there are some big fish around and yes, you have a shot at them even with this unpredictable fishing. But, you have to be ready. It could be a trophy marlin or roosterfish. Or a toad yellowtail or dorado. You might have just one shot at the big boy. There’s usually no 2nd chance if you miss it our bounce the fish. There have been some big dissapointments because of lost fish!

All we can do is keep looking and keep fishing. The season has been full of surprises. It seems to be like this all over the world with the funky weather!

That’s my story!

Jonathan

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