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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of June 18-25, 2024

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DORADO FINALLY START SHOWING UP

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of June 18-25, 2024

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WATER and WEATHER: No question, it gets hot during the day, but things are mixed. Some mornings can still be cool and blustery. Waters are generally blue and clear and getting wamer, but that big storm that his the southern U.S. last week moved over to Mexico then to our area bringing strong winds and some big waves. It clouded up the water and 1 day we were not able to fish. We even had a little rain one morning as well. Oh…and there has been real honest-to-goodness fog along the coast and up the mountains!

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Dorado, yellowtail, roosterfish, marlin, sailfish, jack crevalle, rainbow runners, triggerfish, bonito, barred pargo, yellow snapper, cabrilla, sierra, pompano, trevally and amberjack

FISHING ON A SCALE of 1-10: 6.5

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Jim Stahlman has been fishing with us for many years, but said he had one of his best days ever landing a number of large dorado and yellowtail north of La Paz Bay.

Gerry Eichhorn from Edmonton Canada had a banner week with almost a dozen large roosters caught and released with Captain Victor.

Kyle Hoogervorst on his first visit to us got into the yellowtail very nicely while fishing with our Tailhunter La Paz fleet.

Love the cigar look! Steve Hoogervorst is funny as heck and poses here with a tough jack crevalle right off the sand at Punta Arenas. The fish was released.

Lou Salatich has a legit bull dorado here with Captain Armando. They also caught and released 2 marlin.

Vern Eichhorn with another rooster to add to the scorebox of fish released over the week! Vern is from Canada on his first trip with us.

Tino DiLeon and Bryan Hyland with big smiles and a full table of dorado and rainblow runners! I also see a cabrilla as well.

Our long-time amigo, Bob Sayre from Chicago has his hands (and mouth) full of bull dorado!

Jeremy Hart and Chase with a nice marlin in the boat. Marlin have gotten more active the last 2 weeks.

Art Torrez and Rich Sevaly with first-day dorado for the cooler and eating at Tailhunter for dinner!

Still some chunky yellowtail to be had. Jim Stahlman with another forkie for the ice chest!

Paul and Phil with a pair of tasty mahi on the beach at Muertos!

Gary Wagner at his place the Rancho Costa at Bahia Muertos with son Miles and an amigo with dinner…snapper, cabrilla and yellowtail!

Captain Armando give Lou Salatich a hand with his striper. The fish was released!

Margo Salatich and Captain Armando with another bull for day!

Tanner Pierson and son Braedon with Jim Bovee, our friends from San Diego with yellowtail and dorado fishing with our Tailhunter La Paz fleet.

Gerry and Vern with yet another big roosterfish for a quick photo and release!

Ryan’s first dorado fishing with grandma Margo and Captain Gerardo!

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Well…it was a good fishing week, but a weird weather week.

Yes, it’s summer, but that big storm that hit the southern coast of the U.S like Texas slammed there. Then, it was big enough to move across mainland Mexico where it made its presence felt then was strong enough to come all the way over to the Pacific side and affect things in Baja.

It produced some windy blustery days and some big swells and waves coming from the south. It even brought a bit of rain. The southern blow and swell made fishing a big difficult for our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet since we launch at Bahia Muertos which faces south. One day it even shut down the fishing.

Get this…we’ve even had FOG! Yup…fog. Real FOG! Go figure. Up on the hills and along the coast. Crazy crazy weather.

But overall, still a pretty OK fishing week.

No bones about it, this is a cooler time of year than normal. Although it can get blazing hot in the day, this isn’t our typical weather. Mornings can be cool. The surface temperature of the ocean is warm, but down deep the waters are still on the chilly side.

The result is that on top, the warming waters are finally bringin in the blue water species like dorado, marlin, sailfish and even a few tuna. However, we’re still seeing colder water fish like yellowtail, amberjack, rainbow runners and sierra.

Overall, still a crazy mix of fish that seems unpredictable from one day to the next.

Our Tailhunter La Paz Fleet are still finding some nice grade yellowtail up into the 30 pound class mixed in with some nicer 20-pound class dorado or larger. Plus the occasional billfish.

Our Tailhunter Las Arenas Fleet is where we’re getting the big mix of dorado, billfish, pargo, cabrilla, bonito, jack crevalle, roosterfish and more. However, getting live bait has been an issue as we’re having to run all the way over to the backside of Cerralvo Island to get live bait befoe we can even begin to start fishing.

Roosterfish are still around from 5 to about 60 pounds along the sandy and rocky areas for those of you coming in the next few weeks looking for that rooster on your bucket list.

Also, strangely, there’s a ton of sharks in the water! Never seen so many reports of sharks on the fishing grounds biting lines and chasing hooked fish! Crazy. But, there’s a whole bunch of little tiny tuna swimming around. They are smaller than bonito and the captains think that’s what’s bringing in the sharks!

Will keep you posted!

That’s my story!

Jonathan

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter Sportfishing
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Tailhunter Sportfishing

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of May 23-30, 2024

FULL MOON FEVER?

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Week of May 23-30, 2024

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT

WEATHER: Getting hotter finally. Humidity hasn’t really hit yet so that’s a good thing. Daytime temps now in the high 90’s or low 100’s.

WATER: Getting bluer and warmer, but there is an apparent thermocline about 20-30′ down. So surface temps are 75-79 degrees, but 5-10 degrees cooler below the thermocline which is why we’re still getting the cooler water species like the yellowtail.

FISH HOOKED: yellowtail, amberjack, sierra, barred pargo, dog-tooth snapper, yellow snapper, marlin, sailfish, wahoo, bonito, cabrilla, jack crevalle pompano, trevally, dorado

FISHING SCALE of 1-10: 7

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Toad-sized hog yellowtail for Matt Correia from San Diego with the mackerel bait still hanging from it’s mouth. I recall they hooked 7 that day north of La Paz!

First time in La Paz, Emma Hart, with her first roosterfish too! She’s visiting us from San Diego.

So much variety this week. Casey Petersen off Cerralvo Island with a palometa (trevally). Good eating!

Finally seeing some of the big boy roosters! Paul Cowdell from Utah has been talking to us for years and finally came down. His first day he got the better of this big rooster estimated of about 100 pounds. Paul also released the fish and caught several others he released as well.

Mark Bonsack from Cle Elum WA fishes with us several times a year for almost 20 years now . He always get into the fish like this rare banqueta grouper caught down deep.

The ladies were rocking it this week! Another first timer, Myra Schmonsky all the way from Green Bay WI with one of several roosters on the day. All released.

Visting us from Austin TX, JD Durst said this jack crevalle battled him long and hard off Punta Perrico.

Always great to have Johnny Stone visit us from San Diego. He never disappoints getting onto the fish like this big mossback yellowtail. They hooked 7 that day.

Blaine Larsen and Capt. Julio with our first boated marlin of the year not able to release. It was Blaine’s first and they had another one hooked the next day that threw the hook! Much of the meat was donated.

Great colors on Jim Schmonsky’s dorado. Look how close to shore he is…those are the rocks of Punta Perrico about 20 yards away. Don’t have to go far to find blue water fish!

Our long-time amigo, Brad Sleder from S. Carolina with another unusual banqueta grouper. These are great eating!

Always great to get big smiles from first-timers like Casey and Emma with their first day fishing when they hooked and released 5 roosters!

Whoa! Victor strains to help Myra with her hefty first roosterfish estimated at 60+ pounds. Myra released the fish.

Nice rack of fish! All tasty amberjack at Bahia Muertos for Jason Correia and son, Matt, from San Diego.

My poster-shot of the week! This could be a magazine cover of Paul Cowdell and one of his big roosterfish right off the Punta Arenas lighthouse beach. Fish was realeased!

Jason with another big yellowtail headed to the fish box and more fillets for San Diego!

Jim Schmonsky and Captain Boli posing with another mossback ‘tail and some dinner fillets at Tailhunter Restaurant!

She was so much fun to have visit. Martha Cowdell from Utah in the calm waters off Punta Arenas with a jack crevalle (released). Tough fish when hooked!

Double armfulls of yellowtail to heft up…John Stone and Jeff Correia coming back from Punta Coyote!

From Alaska on the flyrod. This ain’t no salmon. The Mexican name is “toro” (jack crevalle) which means “bull.” Damon Harvey had some fun with these sluggers on the flyrod .

Myra sure had fun in their one-week fishing trip with us. Dorado…just one more species to add to the different species she caught all week!

Lots of fun jack crevalle all week. Not real good eating so they all get released mostly, but difficult to battle and a tough fish on rod and reel. Captain Alfredo and Jason Correia.

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I won’t say it was the greatest fishing ever, but it sure was a solid week for sure and the best week of fishing so far this season with lots of variety; big fish and some species we’ve been waiting for!

And all on a full moon too! ( I usually don’t put much stock into the full moon/ bad fishing theory down here. Maybe other places I have fished, but not so much down here!)

We got our first marlin.

First sailfish.

The first big boy 50-100 pound roosterfish.

We got wahoo.

Big big yellowtail (and lots of them!),

We got some dorado finally too!

But, then add in barred pargo, pargo liso, cubera snapper, yellow snapper, sierra, amberjack, jack crevalle, bonito, pompano, trevally, amberjack, triggerfish…and more!

Let me tell you, we were busy every afternoon in our Tailhunter fish packing room!

Huge slabs of yellowtail fillet…FROM JUST ONE BOAT! We were commercial vacuum packing several hundred bags a day of fish!

Plus, we were whipping up lots of cooked fish every night at our Tailhunter Restaurant to cook up the fish that our fishermen brought in!

But, like I said, a good solid week.

The yellowtail north of town were as good as I have ever seen it. The fish are a healthy 15-40 pound mossback forkies. Some biting live mackerel deep and others up on the surface. Boats were coming back usually with 2-8 yellowtail and telling me stories of losing just as many of the fish to broken lines or pulled hooks or some fish they just could not stop!

Fishing with our La Paz fleet that’s pretty much the highlight.

If you wanted the variety of all the other dozen or so species, fishing with our Las Arenas Fleet was were we had you go out. Honestly, if you had a bait in the water, you never knew what you were going to hook.

Fishing for roosterfish, you might also hook jack crevalle, dorado, trevally or pompano or one of the larger 50-100 pound roosterfish that finally showed up.

If you fished over the rocks, we were hooking big mullet snapper (pargo lis0), barred pargo (pargo mulato) and dog-tooth snapper (pargo rojo/ pargo perro/ cubera snapper) as well as cabrilla, yellow snapper, palometas and others.

Not sure how much longer we’ll be getting this kind of variety.

As things warm up, we’ll usually start seeing more dorado, billfish, wahoo and hopefully some tuna and fewer of the cooler water species.

The air temps are definitely on the upswing as many parts of Mexico have been in a heatwave. We’re getting sunny hot temps now in the high 90’s and low 100’s. Nice thing, however, is that the humidity still hasn’t escalated.

The water temps are 75-78 on the surface which is typical, but it appears there’s a thermocline 20-30 feet down where waters are 5-8 degrees cooler and that’s why we’re still getting so many cold water species.

No doubt, it’s hot. Bring the sunscreen and wide-brimmed hats and cover up! And do not forget to stay hydrated or you’ll get sick down here real fast.

OH…and ONE MORE THING DANGIT…

Because of the national, regional, state and local elections on SUNDAY, all alcohol sales in La Paz are prohibited from 6 p.m. Saturday night until Monday morning! Some special areas in Cabo and some other cities got exemptions and in the past, we’ve gotten an exemption as well as some hotels.

But, not THIS YEAR! In La Paz, restaurants (like ours), hotels, cantinas, grocery stores…cannot sell alcohol. Just poke me with a fork…

We’ll keep you posted.

That’s my story!

Jonathan

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter Sportfishing
www.tailhunter.com

Mexico Office:

Tailhunter Sportfishing

755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

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

Phones:
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/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of May 15-22, 2024

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NO WAY TO KNOW WHAT YOU MIGHT HOOK RIGHT NOW!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of May 15-22, 2024

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Sunny and getting warmer. Nights are in the 70’s and day time in the high 90’s but still very comfortable because the humidity isn’t here yet. Plus, if you get hot, jump in the ocean!

WATER: Getting bluer, but not as warm as I would expect as shown by all the yellowtail and other cold water species we’re getting. But you can tell it’s getting warmer by more warm-water species showing up.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Quite a lineup!

Dorado, yellowtail, amberjack, rainbow runners, marlin, tuna, wahoo, roosterfish, yellow snapper, pargo liso, pargo mulato, cabrilla, white bonito, skipjack, sierra, triggerfish

Note: More variety fishing with our Las Arenas fleet. Mostly nice yellowtail and a few dorado with our La Paz fleet.

FISHING ON A SCALE of 1-10 – 6 1/2. (pretty good!)

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Sanford Slack from Washington State had just one day to fish with us and knocked it out’ve the ballpark with two wahoo (see photos below), big cabrilla and two big yellowtail!

Julia Mitchell on her first trip to visit us is all smiles with her first roosterfish. She had quite a week down here. The rooster was released.

Captain Rogelio estimated this thick yellowtail caught by John Pechous to be about 40 pounds! John was a first-time visitor and came to us from Arizona.

Gary Wagner at his place at Rancho Costa has one of the best eating fish, a hefty cabrilla (seabass).

Ray Millman from Rancho Palos Verdes with a nice dorado and Captain Victor doing a photobomb. Ray rocked the week and went home and booked another trip with us in September!

Yes…bigger roosters have moved in! Mauricio Levy from Monterey CA has an armful of rooster! The fish was released.

We had a nice little jag of wahoo at the south end of Cerralvo Island this week. Sanford popped two of the speedy ‘hoos with Captain Hugo.

Julia’s yellowtail is bigger than her dad’s yellowtail, she claims! Captain Alfredo looks on. They were fishing around Punta Coyote.

Gary Wagner at Rancho Costa in Bahia Muertos with quite a rack of fishi. I can see yellowtail, dorado, barred pargo, yellow snapper and cabrlla. I’m sure they had a great dinner there that night.

Willy Moers is always fun when he comes down from Colorado! Quite a day here…cabrilla, yellow snapper, dorado and rainbow runner.

Bill Mitchell was one of my first Tailhunter clients almost 30 years ago. Good to have him back and here’s another yellowtail for the box. He and his daughter put 7 on the deck this particular day.

Tough-fighting pargo liso are still schooling in the shallows. Julia has another one!

That’a alot of sweet fillet meat for Sanford with a trophy cabrilla in the pose.

Julia and Captain Alfredo with another yellowtail.

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Just another good solid week of fishing down here.

Everyone got fish. Everyone ate fish. Everyone took fish home! That kinda says it all.

The “problem” is that I couldn’t pinpoint what kinds of fish were biting. Every day and every boat things changed. We caught so many different species of fish once again as the waters change from cooler to warmer and both cooler water species and warm water species mix things up.

Boats came back with different catches every day. Even if they fished the same spots. Boats next to each other caught different fish. One day fish were small. Next day all the fish were trophy.

It really made it fun. If you went out…if you had a bait in the water…you just never knew what you were going to catch.

It was quite a list:

Dorado…yellowtail…jack crevalle…bonito…skipjack…tuna…wahoo…cabrilla…sierra…amberjack…rainbow runners…pargo liso (mullet snapper)…barred pargo (pargo mulato)…dog tooth snapper (cubera)…yellow snapper…marlin…roosterfish…milkfish…triggerfish

I probably missed one or two! There were that many species!

I think as things get warmer, we’ll be narrowing down to dorado, tuna, billfish, wahoo and roosterfish among a few others. I don’t know how long the waters will stay cool enough to hold this kind of variety, but for now, it’s alot of fun.

Things are definitely getting warmer. Night temps are in the mid-70’s. Day time temp are in the mid-to-high 90’s. However, the humidity really hasn’t hit yet so it’s still very pleasant sunshine days with mostly flat warm 75 degree waters on the surface, but a cooler thermocline 20-30 feet below.

That’s my story!

Jonathan

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter Sportfishing
www.tailhunter.com

Mexico Office:

Tailhunter Sportfishing

755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

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

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of April 19-26, 2024

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LITTLE OF THIS…LITTLE OF THAT

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Apri 19-27, 2024

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Chilly breezy mornings in the high-50’s or low 60’s (bring a sweatshirt or windbreaker) then hitting the low 90’s by daytime. A few clouds giving way to bright sunshine.

WATER: Getting warmer and more blue as it clears up . Temps ranging fromthe high 60’s to mid-70’s some spots. Warmer water is bringing in a sargasso bloom that will grow until warmer water burns it off.

WIND: Can be a bit gusty in the mornings and even kicking up some whitecaps in the bay, then it settles down. Still a bit choppy outside, but most of the winds are now from the south and not preventing us from getting to most fishing spots…this week!

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Yellowtail, dorado, tuna, cabrilla, pargo liso, barred pargo, snapper, sierra, jack crevalle, bonito, roosterfish, skipjack, pompano, palometa(yellow trevally)

BAIT: Lots of sardines but the schools are moving around a lot. Some mornings, it takes a little longer to find the spots. La Paz has mackerel under the anchored tankers in the bay.

SCALE of 1-10: Four. (I think the full moon had a bit of an effect as fishing got better as the full moon faded.)

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

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Carlos Sanabria, Jr. just had two days to fish with his dad before heading off on his honeymoon then getting deployed to Kuwait. Big smiles…a flat sea…and a nice yellowtail he snagged with a jig! Doesn’t matter if it ends up in the fish box!

Darrell Manginelli, from Ventura CA, visits us several times a year and always does well. He got a nice variety here on his spinning rod with a pargo liso, some cabrilla and a dorado on the table.

Our two newest amigos, Peter Tobias and Eugene Wowk from New Jersey, spent the week with us and show off a few of the roosterfish they hooked. Nice double here! All roosters were released.

You don’t realize how tough pargo liso fight…even the smaller ones…until you have one hooked! Carlos Sanabria pulled this one from the rocks. Great eating and the fish are in the shallows spawning now!

Great first day for Johnny and Allison Hogan who visited us from Oklahoma. Nice variety! Cabriila, rainbow runner, yellowtail, snapper and dorado at Bahia Muertos!

He’s visited us several times, but Andy Lauber from Louisiana, had never hooked a rooster on the flyrod. He and his wife found a nice school of small and medium roosters right up along the beach and said, “We could have stayed there all day with the light tackle. It was way fun!” All roosters were released.

A few dorado creeping into the counts as the waters warm! Carlos got this just south of Bahia Muertos along the cliffs.

Peter Tobias all the way from New Jersey with Captain Hugo and a bull dorado. To me, more impressive are the big pargo lying on the fish cleaning table!

Cabrilla are the favorite fish for locals here in La Paz and the meat is tender and white! These are two legit fish for Darrell. He said he missed a few others in the rocks!

Captain Hugo posing with Peter and Eugene. Some legit-sized cabrilla and pompano on the cutting table and a nice bull dorado that they had a laugh over as the mahi ate both their hooks and a friendly argument ensued as to who’s fish it was!

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It was an interesting week.

Good action and lots of variety the entire time and everyone had fun, but earlier in the week, it was a bit picky…the fishing was somewhat scratchy. Everyone was catching fish, but it wasn’t as good as the previous week.

I couldn’t figure out why.

Then one dark morning as I was putting out the boats, I looked up…DANGIT…full moon! That had to be it. I’m not a big “full moon theory” person, but that was the only variable that I could point to. (And of course throw blame like any good fisherman!).

What else could it be? Because as the full moon diminished, the fish got better. I mean, it improved tremendously! Everyone was catching and taking home fish, but as the week went on and the full moon got darker, the fish got more active. We started getting more variety. The fish also got bigger.

The list of fish hooked this week was pretty amazing and not completely unusual for this time of the year:

Yellowtail

Amberjack

Jack Crevalle

Pompano

Trevally

Dorado

Sierra

White Bonito

Skipjack

Roosterfish

Barred Pargo

Dog Tooth Snapper

Mullet Snapper (Pargo Liso)

Yellow Snapper

Cabrilla

Grouper

Commercial guys also hooked some big tuna

It’s probably going to be like that for a few weeks as waters get warmer. The patches of colder water are producing the colder water species and the patches of warmer water are kicking out the blue-water pelagic species like the tuna and dorado.

Gotta tell you, it’s reflected in the daytime temps. The nights and mornings can be chilly sweatshirt weather with temps down to the mid-50’s and breezy. Then, within a few hours, the thermometer zooms up to the high 80’s or low 90’s. Frankly, it’s been mostly gorgeous sunny weather with minimal humidity. A really nice time to be here in town.

As the waters get warmer, we’ll be seeing fewer species, but more dorado (we hope) as well as tuna, billfish, wahoo and larger roosterfish.

The fun thing right now is that if you have a bait in the water, there’s just no telling what’s gonna bite. It could be any number of species! And each day can be completely different than the other days.

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 April 3-10, 2024

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WIND AND THE ECLIPSE?

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of April 3-10, 2024

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER – Mostly warmer days, but winds came back up this week getting the waters back up to choppy and some days limiting where we could get to fish. Had to even cancel one day of fishing and snorkeling. Don’t know how much the eclipse affected things. It affected animals!

WATER – Getting warmer, but a bit choppier this week and rough when the winds kicked back up.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK – Yellowtail, dorado, bonito, jack crevalle, sierra, snapper, pargo

FISHING ON A SCALE OF 1-10 SINCE LAST REPORT (10 is best) – 3.5

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

It’s been a few years since Gavin Chun has visited us, but he was out with Captain Boli and took this sizeable dorado off Espirito Santo Island north of La Paz. They hung a big yellowtail as well that they battled before it got unbuttoned.

First roosterfish for Kevin Lyons. They actually hooked 5 roosters all released. Kevin is from Long Island NY and grew up watching American Sportsman and dreamed of catching a roosterfish!

Captain Luis has a laugh with Jeff Pagliuca as they unhook a fresh yellowtail.

Dave Pollard and Hector Chacon started fishing with us about 25 years ago. Nice photo of their catch of dorado, snapper, a cabrilla and palometa.

Captain Armando helped put another dorado in the boat!

One of the larger dorado of the young season for Steve! His first time with us.

Kevin has a nice big sierra that’s going back to the freezers!

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Pump the brakes!

Despite my optimism over the last several fishing reports, the bite still isn’t quite ready to go full-speed. I kept warning that the winds would be coming back and this past week, it did get breezy again. Not enough to blow folks off the water like the previous months but enough to make it choppy and difficult to fish.

We had to cancel two fishing trips as well as a snorkel trip this past week because of the rough weather.

…and the fish weren’t exactly cooperative either.

Was it the weather? Was it the atmospheric changes caused by the eclipse? Maybe the combination of the two? I won’t discount that any of those could have had a major affect on things. I mean the moon has an affect on tides and currents normally. And news reports during the eclipse talked about how the zoo animals behaved…confused and agitated.

So, maybe the fish were affected too. Who knows? I don’t think it helped!

Not only were the counts down compared to previous weeks, but also the variety was reduced as well.

We did get some nice dorado…the largest of the season so far. And a few smaller roosterfish as well as pargo, cabrilla, snapper, jacks and bonito. And some large sierra. And not really many at that. And that was kinda it!

Things will change. Just being honest. We’re going to see more winds, but it’ll get better. It always does. In fact, the next few days after you’re reading this, the forecasts call for diminished winds.

That’s my story!

Jonathan

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755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

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

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La Paz- Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Mar. 14-24, 2023

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THINGS WARMING UP?

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Mar. 14-24, 2024

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT

Weather: Mostly sunny. Some clouds, but temps ranging from the mid-50’s to mid-70’s

Water: Still cold water around, but more patches of clear blue showing up. Fewer rough days as there are still some very windy days, but somewhat diminishing.

Fish Species Hooked This Week: Yellowtail, sierra, pompano, amberjack, bonito, jack crevalle, snapper, barred pargo, cabrilla. A few dorado also hooked.

Better Spots: North and south ends of Cerralvo Island. Inshore rocky areas or over submerged reefs. Northern and eastern Espirito Santo Island.

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THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Some of the biggest pompano I’ve seen in a long time came up like this big fella caught by our amigo from Atlanta, Leif Dover.

Yellowtail action is improving, but the trick is getting out to the spots and sometimes ploughing through windy and rough seas. Kip Slaugh from Utah has been a long-time amigo making several trips a year poses with a double handful of forktails.

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Our popular Captain Gerardo took some of our clients to North Cerralvo to find the big yellowtail and poses for a quick shot while in his new panga.

John Turner has another nice forkie for the fish box and ready to pack up for the ice chest.

No photos of the clients, but Captain Rogelio poses with one of their yellowtail unloading back at the La Paz docks on the Malecon.

Hugo puts a fresh yellowtail on the gaff. Knowing Hugo, I know he loves the heads and collars of these tasty jacks.

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Happy Easter and Easter Week everyone!

I won’t go so far as to say we’re out’ve the winter winds yet, but there’s certainly reason for some optimism. There are more calm days than windy rough days and waters are getting warmer and clearer.

There were still some days when it was better to just stay off the water and there were days when anglers went charging out anyway as town starts to fill up with Spring Breakers and Easter visitors.

Consequently, there were good days on the water and not-so good days on the water. There were some days that were just “Meh.” But, the better days were marginally productive and generated some nice and interesting catches.

Most noteable were the yellowtail biters. Fish ranging from about 10-25 pounds hit live bait, dead bait as well as yo-yo jigs and trolled jigs. The trick was being in the right spot and some of those spots sometimes required hitting some rough patches of wind and water. However, anglers working the high spots off Cerralvo Island and Espirito Santo Island found fish willing to chew. Other areas including the rock spots off Las Arenas/ Bahia Muertos.

Those same areas kicked out some nice pargo and cabrilla as well as the occasional amberjack.

Inshore fishing held the same species, but also sierra, jack crevalle, bonito and some really huge pompano. These were some hog-sized pompano too. We usually don’t see the pompano until about May or June so catching them was a treat, but also surprising in size as well.

The upcoming week, there will be some gusts and windy days, but overall, not too bad to take a shot out on the water. Just have to pick and choose the correct days.

MAG BAY REPORT

We had some good friends, Kip Slaugh and Jim Molinari from Utah out with Captain Rigo for a few days fishing the mangroves at Bahia Magdalena this past week.

Miles and miles of tangled mangrove roots and shoals holding numerous species!

Easy to get lost in the days before GPS!

Captain Rigo takes the guys out to start the day.

Over two days the guys hooked and released numerous species, keeping about a half-dozen including some good-sized grouper, spotted bay bass, snapper, cabrilla and others.

Captain Rigo with Kip and Jim. Good first day. Captain Rigo has more than a bit of fish cleaning to do! Lots of grouper and cabrilla!

Another day and more light tackle grouper for the fish box!

Jim Molinari poses with one of his grouper in the bay.

They also realeased many more fish as well.

That’s my story! Happy Easter and Easter Week everyone!

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Mar. 2-12, 2024

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CONDITIONS GRADUALLY IMPROVING!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay / Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Mar. 2-12, 2024

MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Phil and Captain Beto rocked some nice yellowtail at the north end of Cerralvo Island before winds chased them off.

Our amigo, Gary Wagner, was at his place at Rancho Costa and sent us some great photos this week. Check out the nice bull dorado…in MARCH!

Hard not to have a big smile like Mauricio here. He knows how good these barred pargo taste and the heads make some great soup too!

Gary again with a huge sierra! I have no doubt Gary had this turned into several delicious plates of ceviche.

Our amigo, Jimmy Williams with his friend, Phil took a load of yellowtail off Cerralvo Island.

A great shot of the kind of inshore variety right now…snapper, cabrilla, bonito and pargo!

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Sorry for not posting more often! I honestly try to get these reports out weekly as I have for almost 30 years. But, we’ve been constantly on the road with the Tailhunter 2024 Road Tour and just finished shows in Salt Lake City and Southern California (see below).

However, frankly, there just hasn’t been alot of exciting stuff to impart! Even I get bored writing about the winter winds and especially no one is really fishing or I’m actively discouraging folks from going out…especially if they are first-timers or have kids. No fun being seasick and wet!

Anyway…that being said…can things really be improving? Stand by!

It seems we’re finally getting some spring-time conditions! We’re not out’ve the windy zone yet, but little-by-little, there are more calm days than blustery days. More clear blue water than cloudy cold water. More flat water than choppy whitecaps!

Not good for all the windsurfers and kite boarders, but better for sportfishing! I still expect there will be some crazy windy times, but there’s reason to be optimistic.

There are some nice grade yellowtail busting around areas of Cerralvo Island and Espirito Santo Island. Fish are running 15-30 pounds mostly and willing to take jigs, live sardines and mackerel as well as deep trolled Rapalas and Y0-zuri lures near structure. The same areas are also kicking out some of yellowtail’s cousins the amberjack. Most of them are in the 10-20 pound class, but some of these fish can easily go well over 50 pounds…if you can land them and keep them out’ve the rocks.

As well, there have been some jags of fast moving 20-40 pound yellowfin tuna and the warmer waters are have some spots of dorado as well which we usually don’t see either species unti much later in the season like May or so.

Inshore, the usual variety of fish are actively feeding on seemingly plentiful bait schools of sardines. So we’re getting reports of sierra, pargo liso (mullet snapper), barred pargo, yellow snapper, cabrilla, jack crevalle, bonito and even a few roosterfish…another fish that we usually don’t see until a little later.

So, lots of reasons to keep an eye on things and we’ll keep you posted. We’re “offically” calling April 15th the start of the season, but it looks like maybe the fish won’t wait!

END OF THE ROAD (TOUR!)

Well…3 months on the road criss-crossing the country. More than 30 years of doing these fantastic outdoor shows during the winter months. Just finished up our last show in S.California at the Pacific Coast Sportfishing Festival.

Just an incredible time and what a way to wrap up the tour for the year. Thank you to all our friends and Tailhunter Tribe Nation who came to see us and say hi…and booked their fishing trips for 2024 and especially a big shout out to everyone who came to party for my birthday and sent wishes and goodies. You always make Jilly and I feel pretty darned special! God bless you all!

So…by the time you’re reading this, we’re on our way driving back to Texas to re-group and re-load then back home finally to La Paz to get the season rolling! We’ll see you there.

We still have spots open too if you want to come down and put your toes in the sand and a line in the waters!

That’s our story!

Jonathan & Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter Sportfishing

www.tailhunter.com

Mexico Office: Tailhunter International, 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

U.S. Mailing Address: Tailhunter Sportfishing

8030 La Mesa Blvd. #178, La Mesa CA 91942

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

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La Paz- Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Feb. 16-Mar. 1, 2024

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WINDY QUIET TIMES FOR FISHING

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Feb. 16-Mar. 1, 2024

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Commercial mix of fish…jackk crevalle, an amberjack even two smaller dorado.

Typical inshore catch. Again from one of our commercial fishing amigos. Two barred pargo and a yellow snapper. Great eating!

I know this week’s report is REALLY late, but I was kinda holding out.

I was hoping that there would be a break in the winds or that there would be something exciting to write about other than the usual boring winter reports about strong winds; rough seas and non one fishing.

But, that’s just the way it is and I couldn’t hold out any longer. We actually did have a booking or two the past two weeks, but had to cancel all of them because of the weather. As one of the prospective anglers wrote to me, “I’m glad you warned us about the weather. We had planned to take the family out for an easy day of fishing, but I’m writing this looking at the ocean and it’s all white caps and rough! Thanks for the FYI!”

There’s some fish to be caught but if you can’t get out because of the weather, it’s pretty typical this time of year. That’s why we say that November to April is off-season. The winsurfers and kiteboarder love it, but for fishing, not so much!

The few reports I’m getting are from friends that are commercial fishermen who tell me that they are hooking some yellowtail, amberjack, sierra, plus the usual rock fish like cabrilla, snapper and pargo. There have been a few dorado still being caught and a few tuna hookups near Cerralvo Island, but that’s about it. Quiet times mostly.

Reservations for our regular season from late April to October, however, are rolling in every day. After the last two years since Covid, fishing has been pretty spectacular and I think everyone is excited to get in on it again for 2024. Get in touch with me directly if you want to come visit us this year. My personal e-mail is jonathan@tailhunter.com Don’t wait, dates are filling up pretty fast.

As a matter of fact, we’ll be making our own S.California appearance this coming week from Mar. 7-10 at the Pacific Coast Sportfishing Show at the Orange Co. Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa.

We’ve been on the road now some 3 months and have had some crazy great shows in Dallas, Reno, Nashville and Salt Lake City. We really miss not being able to attend some other shows in S.Cal and some of our other favorite areas but we’re really looking forward to this week at the PCS show. It’s gonna be huge and all your favorites will be there. I hear is now takes up 7 of the massive exhibition halls. Check out the video:

This will be our final show of the 2024 season before heading home to La Paz to kick things off. Hope you can join us. Jilly and I will be in the booth every day and it would be great to see you!

That’s our story!

Jonathan

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

Tailhunter Sportfishing

755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

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

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Jan. 17-27, 2024

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STORMS UP NORTH MEANS WINDS IN BAJA

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Jan. 17-27, 2024

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT

WEATHER: Highs in the 70’s. Nightime in the low 60’s. Mostly sunny, but also can have gusting winds.

WATER: Mostly off-colored water as the winds create turbidity and stir things up. Key is to find blue warmer water. Best when the wind isn’t blowing.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Snapper, cabrilla, tuna, yellowtail, amberjack, jack crevalle, pargo, roosterfish, sierra.

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Typical inshore catch right now. All very tasty which is why the commercial fishermen love these sierra mackerel and cabrilla.

More variety of rockfish caught this time of year including pargo liso (look like mullet), yellow snapper, pargo mulatto and cabrilla.

A really good surprising day of variety with a hefty yellowfin tuna and a yellowtail in the middle of the rack!

Apologies that the “weekly” fishing report took longer than a week to send out!

We’ve been travelling the last 3 weeks doing shows in Dallas, Reno and now Nashville but even more importantly, I kept putting it off. One more day. Then one more day. So on and so on. I was just hoping there would be something interesting to report other than telling you the wind was blowing again.

Even I get bored writing about it and I wanted something interesting to post on the report.

Unfortunately, that’s just the way things are this time of year between November and April. It’s off-season. Not many folks on the water at all, let alone fishing. It’s just mostly too windy and rough most days.

The real downside is that there are definitely fish to be caught including some real surprise species. The problem is finding that rare day when the winds dial-back a few notches so that you can get out fishing.

Most of the reports I’m getting as well as the photos come from friends that are commercial fishermen that have no choice. They have to go out and fish to support their families. The other info comes from other local friends who live in La Paz. They have the luxury of finding just the right day when the winds aren’t blowing so hard and they can get out to fish.

Accordingly…yes, there’s still the usual inshore species like pargo, sierra, jack crevalle, snapper and cabrilla. However, yellowtail have started showing up around some of the high spots near the drop offs. They are healthy legit 20-30 pound models. Some smaller amberjack have also been mixed in.

But the surprise are the 30-50 pound tuna showing up around the island and mounts. We don’t usually see tuna this time of year. As well, there are still some free-swimming dorado as well as marlin, sailfish and…even roosterfish!!! I guess they don’t know it’s winter time! You just never know what’s going to bite right now if you can get out!

WHALE WATCHING SEASON HAS STARTED!

This is the time of year when the gray whales have migrated all the way south from the Bering Sea to the warm lagoon waters of Baja on the Pacific side. They spend the time mating and giving birth and it’s a great time to get close for a life-time experience in the warm shallow waters of Baja.

The whales usually start moving about mid-March so let us know and we can set up an incredible trip for you to go out there and spend time with these magnificent animals!

HERE WE GO TO NASHVILLE!

We just finished up two incredible international shows these last 3 weeks. First the Dallas Safari Club in Dallas Texas. We followed that up with the Wild Sheep Show and Expo in Reno, Nevada. We had a great time and thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth to chat and for those who signed up to visit us in La Paz, we’re looking forward to a fun time in 2024.

Jill and I are now on our way to Nashville! This is the big Safari Club International. One of the largest outdoor shows in the world. Vendor and outfitters from all over the world have their booths there and it’s a geography lesson just walking the aisles and seeing all the exhibits.

As well, attendees come from all over the United States as well to book hunting and fishing trip. Last year at the show, I believe I spoke to visitors from 32 different states and 9 different countries including England, France, Italy, Canada, New Zealand, Spain, Namibia, Japan and Hungary.

Jilly and I will be in the booth and we’d love to chat with you about coming to see us in La Paz this year! We’ll be in the booth every day from Wednesday to Saturday.

We will be in booth #3057.

Here’s more information for you:

https://safariclub.org/2024-convention/

That’s our story!

Jonathan & Jilly!

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

Tailhunter Sportfishing

755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

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

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Jan. 10-16, 2024

TYPICAL WEATHER…ATYPICAL FISHING!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Jan. 10-16, 2024

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER – Mostly in the 70’s and sunny. Northern winds came back up and we had to cancel a few trips for fishing; snorkeling and swimming with the whalesharks.

WATER – If the winds are blowing, you really don’t wanna be out. Just not worth it.

WIND – Up to 25 mph gusts from the north. We had only 2 days of the week that could have been available.

SPECIES HOOKED THIS WEEK – Tuna, yellowtail, marlin, dorado, sierra, cabrilla, bonito

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Definitely NOT fishing in Canada! Josh puts the gaff to a yellowfin tuna. Josh is from Vancouver.

They had just one day to fish, but Captain Victor pout Josh, Chris and Lyanna onto a good day of fishing including this unusual striped marlin that we rarely ever see in the winter months! The fish could not be released.

A great photo with big smiles and a pretty fish! Lyanna and Captain Victor with a nice bull dorado!

Yup! Let’s get these fish packed up and on ice! Great day on the water and an unusual catch!

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Pretty typical winter stuff this past week.

We had a few folks ask to go out and after showing them the weather forcast wisely decided to sit it out or we had a few that decided to give it a try and we ended up having to cancel because of the winds. This was for some folks that wanted to fish, but also some folks that wanted to snorkel and some that wanted to swim with the whalesharks. On several occasions, we canceled and re-booked only to have the winds cut us down and disappoint.

But, that’s the way it is during the winter. And with all the frigid arctic winter weather taking place in the U.S. this week, it’s gonna have an effect on Baja with cooler temperatures and overall higher winds.

That doesn’t mean there’s no fish.

What it means is that you need to carefully pick and choose the dates you go out on the water. Check with several days in advance or up to a week in advance to I can check the extended forecast and you can make an informed decision.

We did have some folks actually get out one day. It was the only day they had to squeeze it in during their vacation. They picked well.

They got dorado, tuna, and even a marlin! That’s crazy fishing because none of these fish are typical winter-time fish. The catch was even more remarkable because they had very little fishing experience and came down all the way from Canada!

We also know there are fish around because we have friends that are commercial fishermen. They don’t have a choice. They need to make a living no matter the weather. They inform us that there are yellowtail up to about 25 pounds around the high spots of the island.

There are also a few wahoo, tuna and regular inshore fish like pargo, cabrilla and snapper mixed in with sierra.

But, really just not that many folks on the water during the winter.

DID SOMEONE SAY WILD SHEEP?

Jill and I just finished our first show of the season at the Dallas Safari Club Convention held at the Dallas Convention Center and it was 4 incredible days in the booth. Maybe one of the best shows we have had in the more than 30 years of shows we have done.

Thank you everyone who came by to chat with us about coming down to see us in La Paz and especially to everyone who made reservations for 2024. We’re gonna have a great time and we’re looking forward to your visit!

One special event we were invited to by our good friends Kip and Sue Slaugh was the Weatherby Firearms Awards Banquet and Auction. A fantastic black-tie event and I don’t get dressed up for nothing! We had a great time and it was fun getting dressed up and sharing time with our friends and hob-nobbing with celebrities in the hunting industry!

But now, as I write this, we’re on our way to Reno, Nevada. We’ll that’s where we’re trying to go. We’ve been stuck in the airport in Dallas because all the flights around the country seem to have been cancelled because of the winter storms. But, we hope to be on our way by the time you’re reading this!

We’ll be at the:

WILD SHEEP CONVENTION AND SPORTS EXPO

RENO-SPARKS CONVENTION CENTER

Jan. 18th-20th (Thursday to Sunday)

Jilly and I will be in the booth every day and would love to talk to you about coming down fishing with us this year. C’mon by and say hi. There’s so much to see at this show if you like fishing, hunting, camping or anything outdoors!

Here’s more info:

https://www.visitrenotahoe.com/event/2024-sheep-show/

Hope to see you there this week !

That’s my story!

Jonathan

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter Sportfishing
www.tailhunter.com

Mexico Office:

Tailhunter Sportfishing

755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

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

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

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