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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for the Week of June 26-July 4, 2023

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DORADO STILL CHARGING!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of June 26-July 4, 2023

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT

WEATHER – We had to keep our eye on two hurricanes that were looming several hundred miles to the south but fortunately, they blew themselves out.  Still, it’s mostly hot and humid and perfect sunny beach weather.  We did have one day when the winds were gusting.

WATER – Inching warmer every week.  Most spots it’s blue and in the mid-70’s on the surface but there’s still some cooler water below the thermocline that’s 5-8 degrees cooler .

SPECIES CAUGHT THIS WEEK – Lots of dorado.  Plus pargo, big jack crevalle, pompano, palometas, snapper, cabrilla, bonito, triggerfish, roosterfish, rainbow runners.  One marlin hooked and lost.  Commercial guys found some tuna, but they moved off fast .

LAS ARENAS FISHING – Still the area with the most variety.  The larger dorado came from this area.  Lots of other action on jacks, bonito, cabrilla, snapper and pargo.  No big roosters, but some were hooked.  Smaller 10 pounds around the beaches .

LA PAZ FISHING – Generally school-sized dorado fun if you hit the right school.  Surprising number of school-sized roosterfish also around the white sand beaches.

 

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Captain Armando give Steve and Karen Gilmore and hand with a trophy bull dorado. Note more fish on the cutting table!

Big smiles from Jennifer Lauritzen and her rooster for a quick photo and release!

Dan Baldwin and Ed Porto…happy guys after their first day of fishing on the beach at Bahia Muertos

Matt and Jennifer Lauritizen showng off the variety of fish taken in the reefs and rocks with a pargo liso, barred pargo, baja grouper and a cabrilla. All excellent eating fish!

Alex and Ryan Moore with a nice batch of dorado to fillet and get into the freezer to take home!

All the way from South Africa where he runs a huge hunting safari operation, Russ Field has been telling us for years he was coming to visit. After an incredible 47-hours of travel time, he finally got to us for a good 3 days of fishing that started out with a big bull in the boat.

Just too darned cute! Josie Bina from Missouri gets a hand from Captain Raul on her dorado she caught north of La Paz.

Always great to get a visit from our amigo, Jim Stahlman, from Idaho who loves fishing with Captain Jorge which produced a number of good fishing including some big bull dorado like this one that ate a trolled ballyhoo.

 

From Arizona, it’s been awhile since we had Rex Smith visit us, but good to have him and his brother, Mark, back with us. They started their trip with a great load of dorado, triggerfish and a big barred pargo.

Samantha, Les, Josh and Jacob Bina had a nice outing fishing with our La Paz fleet. Sam is from San Diego. Les, Josh and Jacob visit us from St. Louis, Missouri

Love the big smile from Molly Vesta from Reno Nevada who hooked this dorado just outside of La Ventana. Check the flat seas!

Whoa! Smiley and Shannon Wooten visit us from Texas where they deal with cattle auctions, but this is a different kind of bull for sure! Big bull dorado with Captain Victor.

 

Katie Apsley gets a hand posing with her nice bull from Captain Arcangel.

Kennedy Dixon from Long Beach CA got a limit of dorado outside of La Paz Bay by 11 a.m. He had just one day to fish with us.

Love this shot from a great gal! Always enjoy her visit. Sam Bina is pretty happy with this dorado! I think that’s Captain Rogelio holding the gaff. Espirito Santo Island in the background

Beast mode! Steve Gilmore and Captain Armando! Wow!

Jennifer and Matt with more meat for the ice chest! They caught quite a variety of fish over the week.

Chris Diaz finally got his family down to visit us after several cancelled trips and they started out with a great day on the water with Captain Armando.

 

Kinda McGregor from Colorado had an awesome 5 days of dorado fishing with us. Couldn’t stop smiling!

 

There’s some good eating! Russ Field with a trophy-sized barred pargo he said he was going to put whole on the barbecue!

For some variety, Steve and Karen told Captain Armando, they wanted something besides dorado (they already had alot!) so they came back with these tasty African pompano.

Ed Porto and Rex Smith from Arizona have more dorado meat for the freezer!

 

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Well…it’s still “dorado-landia!”  I could just stop the report and say, “We’re catching alot of dorado” and that could be the end of it.  Look at the photos!

But, the last month has been the best dorado fishing that I can remember in a long time.  There are alot of photos of smaller fun school-sized dorado this week, but make no mistake that there are still some “beast mode” bulls in our waters.  Just for some reason, the photos weren’t that good or as one of our anglers told me, “I didn’t take any photos because were were too busy fighting fish!”

Good of an excuse as any!

Also, despite photos of smaller fish, believe me…folks are also releasing a ton of fish as well.  In some cases, they catch a bunch and release a bunch in a short time when they hit the dorado schools.  Then, they’re done!  They come back with big smiles early or,  they go chase roosterfish along the beaches or fish over the reefs and rocks for pargo and snapper.

Make no mistake that there are still alot of other species around.  It’s just that the dorado can be so fun and easy.  In many situations, I’ve got families, kids, first-timers and they have so much fun pulling on dorado that there’s no reason to go hunting other species.

One thing, if you’re coming down…it’s HOT!  Like much of the U.S. the summer has been scorching hot up there.  For us down here, it’s been in the high 90’s, but with the 50-70% humidity, it feels like it’s in the 100’s.   It’s great beach weather, but you can feel the heat from early morning even before the sun comes up.  So, keep covered and stay hydrated.

That’s my story!

Jonathan

 

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Tailhunter Sportfishing

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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
 

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of June 11-18,2023

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DORADO-LANDIA!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of June 11-18, 2023

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT

WATER – Continually clearing and getting bluer and warmer, but still a few degrees colder than it should be and alot clouder than normal.  But overall improving. 

WEATHER – Overall, a nice week.  Some chilly breezy mornings giving way to warm days and evening breezes.  On the water, mostly pretty calm, but had two days where the day-time winds really kicked in strangely and the water got bouncy. 

SPECIES CAUGHT THIS WEEK – Dorado…and then some dorado…and more dorado.  But also roosterfish, jack crevalle, bonito, pompano, trevally, snapper, cabrilla, barred bargo, rainbow runners, yellowtail, amberjack. A few tuna popped up outside. 

LAS ARENAS – Some slower days, but this area has the most variety.  Look at the list above and every one of those species is a possibility if you fish with our Las Arenas fleet.  But, some days better than others.  Some days, the dorado go nuts.  Right at the end of the week, there were some huge dorado caught.  All big bulls. Other days, it’s a rockfish day and not a dorado to be found. 

LA PAZ – This was the dorado hot spot all week.  Especially the area north of the city around Las Cruces.  Schools of 5-30 pound fish.  At the islands, the usual fun aquarium fish like pargo, cabrilla and jacks to play with on light tackle. 

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Nothing like this in Montana! Brad Bennett fought this big bull dorado for over an hour on light tackle and finally boated it. Great colors!

First time from San Diego, Dave Jenkins started out his 3 days with us with some fresh mahi on the boat .

Always good to have Dave and his dad Bill Johnson from Colorado visiting us. Fishing with Captain Pancho produced some big bulls and they released others!

Double roosters for Grant Checa and his dad Gianni. Both fish caught and released. Gianni brought down a whole group of dads and kids from Colorado this past week.

Good way to start the day. Fishing with Captain Gerardo, Earl Lawson from Marina CA hooked and landed this pretty striped marlin for a quick photo and release.

Lots of variety of good-eating fish for Ed Pak with a spread of snapper pargo, triggerfish, rainbow runner, cabrilla and a nice amberjack too!

I think Randy Rimple’s facial expression speaks volumes about this big roosterfish that Captain Armando estimated in the 80 pound class. The fish was released.

I’ve known Emily Duncan since she was 5 years-old and coming down to fish with her family. How time flies. She was down this week to plan her wedding in La Paz for next year! I’m feeling old. This gal can fish! Note the nice bull. Cerralvo Island in back.

All the way from Illinois, Jim Newman, loves to fish. Even when he’s not one of our pangas, he’s hitting the water. This nice trevally hit a surface plug while Jim was working the beach with a light rod.

Just a darned good day on light tackle and the flyrod!

Cool photo on the beach at Bahia Muertos. Jonathan Bernardini with kids Julia and Christian.

John Lowdermilk has fished with us for years from Colorado. Just outside of Bahia Muertos, a nice photo of his rooster. Catch and release.

Just a great photo with great colors, flat seas and a big smile from Tim Jenkins from Utah on his first trip with us. Son, Drake contemplates the tail!

Right up on the beach, Mark Stuart from San Diego, with a fun rooster for a photo and release.

Dwight Ortmann might look a little tired. Make no doubt…for their size these jack crevalle are sluggers and put up a helecious fight!  Dwight very sportingly released the fish to fight another day.

 

Dylan Williams with a La Paz bull to put in the box then to the freezer. Dylan is from Pennsylvania.

John Lowdermilk and Captain Jorge posing on the beach. Not the other “tails” in the lower part of the photo as well.

Jake and Scott Snapp with Captain Armando show off another nice mahi on the beach.

Not sure if Gianni or his son, Grant, caught this fish, but it’s still a good-looking bull dorado. Lots of legit bull dorado caught this week.

Dan and Jordan Le and a pair of mystery hands to pose on the beach with their dorado.

Christian Bernardini has a great smile to go along with his fish and an assist from dad, Jonathan.

Inshore fishing remains solid for anyone that doesn’t want to chase the bluewater species. Especially for pargo and cabrilla like this one especially on light tackle caught by Jim Newman.

 

Almost impossible to catch a fish jumping in the camera lens, but Earl Wilson nailed this shot of a fighting dorado. He said a moment later, the dorado spit the hook and got away!

Flyrod jack crevalle near the beach for Drake Jenkins. He also released the fish.

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The week had high spots and low spots.  There was some wind and some rough waters came back.  However, overall, there were alot more highs than lows.  Alot more good conditions than bad and alot more smiles than frowns.

For sure, no question, we’re into dorado season solidly now.  Lots of small school-sized fish for action and quite a few big pulls pulling people around and bending rods!

There’s a few spots in the channel between the La Paz Peninsula and Cerralvo Island that were just stacked with dorado for the last week or so.  Crazy dorado fishing.  You could get into a school of frenzied “kid” dorado or you could end up in a school of bigger bulls with attitude.

Actually, kind of a funny observation.  There have been so many larger dorado that some folks have been complaining (seriously) that it was a “bad day” fishing because they caught-and-released so many smaller ones and didn’t catch any or enough big ones.

A week ago, they would have been keeping these fish!

Anyway…

That’s not to say there aren’t dorado in other spots.  On the contrary.  There are dorado that can pop up anywhere.  There’s a good bunch of sargasso weeds bunching up on the surface now and that’s drawing the fish and as the waters continue to warm, I expect more dorado to show up.

The dorado bite was probably 80% of the catch, but that could mostly be because they were the easiest to catch and readily located.

However, we did get a few nice marlin hooks-ups and the roosters are still around and out although there were fewer in the counts.  That could possibly be attributed to the fact that not as many folks are focusing on the roosters which you have to commit to doing and lots of folks would rather go chase fish that are easier to find and “funner” to fight and better eating.

Inshore, we still have a pretty good variety including pargo, amberjack, jack crevalle, rainbow runners, cabrilla and big bonito.

That’s my story!

Jonathan

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 Week of May 3-10, 2023

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ERRATIC FISHING FUELED BY CHANGING WIND AND FULL MOON

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Week of May 3-10, 2023

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN WEEK AT A GLANCE

Weather – Big thermometer.  Down into the chilly 50’s (again) up to the high 80’s and low 90’s.

Water – strong winds keeping the waters murky and disturbed.

Fishing – I’d give it at best a 3 on a scale of 10.  One day Las Arenas would be better.  The next La Paz would be better.  Very un predictable.

Species Caught this week:  Pargo mulato, pargo liso, cabrilla, sierra, jack crevalle, bonito, amberjack, yellowtail, tuna (just 1), dorado, snapper, rainbow runner, pompano, trevally

MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Our Wyoming amigo, Will Dolinar caught and released this pretty rooster just outside of Bahia Muertos. Roosters finally making their way into us. Will was able to releas the fish!

Good guy, Jimmy Williams was at Cerralvo Island just hoping to catch a few pargo and cabrilla for dinner, but saw a bunch of boiling fish and tossed a live sardine into the crashing fish and it ended up being this slug yellowfin tuna. Good thing Jimmy is a good fisherman because he ended up fighting this fish for 2 hours on 30 pound test!

Chuck Toeniskoetter gets photo-punked by his favorite Captain Victor as the show off some nice pargo liso, a trevally and some sierra. Chuck gave all the fish to Victor and the family.

Jimmy also surprisingly pulled this bull dorado off the island as well. There’s a few starting to swim around. Definitely, the largest of the week. Hopefully, more to come!

Definitely a good day. Stan Andre and Terry Hawk have been fishing with us for years and had a banner day on the tough pargo liso plus a trio of snapper. They donated all the fish.

Nice smiles and cold beers in hand from Donna and Will with a nice rack of yellowtail, amberjack, cabrilla, snapper, pargo and triggerfish. Pretty much a great catch of reef fish that they brought over to our Tailhunter Restaurant to have prepared for dinner.  Many thanks to them as well for bringing me some fresh real butter from the U.S.  Totally gold down here!

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Just when I thought things were starting to take off for our fishing season, we hit a bump in the road.  It was like we had taken the proverbial “two steps forward and one step back.”

But, there’s no controlling nature.

It was combination of things that hampered fishing.  I don’t want to sugarcoat things.

First, the winds came back.  Not those crazy northern winter winds that blew us all around for 5 months.  But, erratic winds that seemed to blow from different directions all during the days.  Sometimes from the south.  Sometimes from the west.  It might be a morning wind or an afternoon northern for a few hours that turns the water into white caps.   Totally unpredictable.

And some days there was no wind…

However, the windy effect not only dropped the ambient air temperatures (it got chilly and nippy again) but moreso, really turned over the waters and clouded them up again.

On top of it, we had a massive full moon this week.  Normally, I don’t worry too much about full moons, but in combination of the winds, we got a double whammy as it produced some strong tides and currents.

The overall effect was a mixed and unpredictable bag of fish.

I’ll be honest, some days were incredibly slow and picky with the fish simply refusing to chew.  Other times, a regular hot-spot would go cold.  Or one boat would find fish and the boat right next to it would struggle mightily.

The catch seemed different from day-to-day.  We got cabrilla, snapper, sierra, bonito, jack crevalle, amberjack, rainbow runner, pompano, trevally and triggerfish.  There were a few smallish yellowtail here and there, but overall, I think the waters have warmed and the yellowtail have moved off.  There were also a few dorado and one tuna hooked, but nothing to get too excited about with no further hook-ups.

Those big pargo liso that were schooling were biting earlier in the week then disappeared.  We’re seeing a few billish on the surface, but not yet willing to bite.  Hopefully, soon!

Roosterfish in the 5-20 pound class have moved in.

That’s my story

Jonathan

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www.tailhunter.comMexico Office:

Tailhunter Sportfishing
755 Paseo Obregon

La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

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Tailhunter Sportfishing
P.O. Box 159
Hewitt TX. 76643Phones:
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La Paz – Las Arenas / Muertos Bay / Bahia Suenos Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of April 17-23, 2023

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ACTION IMPROVES AS WINDS DIMINISH

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Week of April 17-24, 2023

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ FISHING VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

The pargo or schooling and spawning in the shallow and exciting to see but real horses to try to pull out’ve the rocks. However, Mike Luna from Utah got this big guy out while fishing with Captain Victor! They are often willing to bite ,but most are lost because of sharp teeth and scales and they head back to the rocks! Nice catch!

We’ve know Cole Chavira since he was about 3 feet tall. He’s from the San Diego area and an excellent angler who has been in La Paz a zillion times. He picked up this roosterfish on the east side of Espirito Santo Island. Nice to see the roosters start to move in. The fish was released.

Our amigo, Doctor Art Flippin, had just one day to fish and was drifting the shallows over the rocks fishing for cabrilla and pargo and got surprised by this nice bull dorado. Art looks kinda happy! He did also get pargo, jacks, cabrilla and rainbow runner as well.  Art lives in Colorado.

Big smile from Sophia with a tasty barred pargo ready for the fish box. Tough fighting fish, but great eating!

Captain Victor has a smile as he tries to help Rita Luna with her rainbow runner. Cousins to yellowtail, the fish are schooling up over the shallow areas right now and make great sashime and cooked up as well.

Our long-time amigo, Mark Bonsack from Washington comes down several times a year and is an excellent angler. He had just one day to fish, but rocked it with two hefty pargo liso. Tough to pull out’ve the rocks and most fish are lost. As a matter of fact, Mark says they broke off 4 others!

I think I’m coming over for fish tacos. Our amigo, Jimmy Williams was with Phil Desautels and Phil Perrone and I see dorado, ca brilla, pargo and yellow snapper on the table. They got hit by the winds, but these guys have experience and were able to hide in a cove and found a honey hole of fish!

East side of Cerralvo Island is a light tackle mecca. Art Flippin has a slugger jack crevalle he caught and released. The jacks are cousins to the roosterfish and fight just as hard, but don’t have the “mohawk” dorsal fin.

Mike Luna with Captain Victor on the beach. Check out the two nice pargo liso and the rainbow runner on the table, but the HUGE palometa (trevally) on the table is also a trophy fish!

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It’s all about the wind.   It’s been that way all winter.

But finally, after a horrendous few months, the winds seem to be diminishing somewhat.  Fortunately, during those crazy rough months, I warn folks about the winds so we don’t have too many anglers.   But this week, the season started to kick in just in time as the winds cut back back on us a bit to allow for some decent fishing.

Early in the week, we got into quite a variety of fish.

It looks like the big pargo have come inshore to spawn.  These tough fish are schooling over the rocks and are difficult fighters but great sport.  Even the smaller 5-10 pounders can be brutally frustrating with their sharp teeth and scales plus their ability to get back into the rocks.  We did get some larger 15-25 pounders, however, and many were lost to the rocks.

The same areas also held rainbow runners, barred pargo, snapper, smaller yellowtail, amberjack, cabrilla as well as bonito and jack crevalle making for some excellent fulls-speed action.   As well, we’re starting to see some roosterfish in the area up to about 20 pounds plus a few free-swimming dorado moving into the area which keeps it promising.

Later in the week, the winds kicked in again and the only folks out on the water enjoying were the kiteboarders and windsurfers.

Check out this video of the channel in front of Cerralvo Island (turn up your volume)!

It was blowing even stronger before this video was taken.

It should get calmer with each passing week.  Fingers crossed!

That’s my 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
P.O. Box 159
Hewitt TX. 76643Phones:
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 for Feb. 26-March 8, 2023

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“COLDEST WINDIEST WINTER…IN FOREVER!”

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Feb. 26-March 9, 2023

MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

 

Nice catch of yellowtail for Paul Le Claire and his amigo who found a little window between winds to hook these tasty forktails.

There’s lots of good eating on the table as Gary Wagner, who owns the Rancho Costa Resort poses with Mauricio and his son and a whole mess of sierra.

Attorney General of Kansas, Kris Korbach with Gary and some unseasonable dorado caught outside of Bahia Muertos. There must be some warmer water around!

I’m sorry for not posting up sooner.  I know the report is later than normal, but we’re still on the road and I’ve been a bit under the weather plus losing my voice!

But, again, not really a whole lot to report.

The wind really dictate what’s going on and as I’ve heard so often this season, this is the “coldest and windiest” winter anyone can remember.  It very much mirrors what’s been going on for the entire west coast and much of the country with crazy cold, winds, snow, rain and more.

Not much of anyone on the water and many of the days, it’s so rough the port captain shuts down the port to all boating traffic.

The key is to find the small windows between the winds to get out on the water.  If you pick the right day, there’s quite a variety of species willing to bite.

Colder water species like yellowtail, amberjack, sierra, pargo, cabrilla and snapper have been available over the reefs and rocks.  Some warmer water species like dorado have surprised us.  Live and dead bait is best, but casting lures have also been productive.

It does look like the yellowtail bite is starting to heat up.  Hot spots at the north end of Cerralvo Island as well as the south and east side of the island have been productive as well as parts off the rocks near Punta Perrico and Punta Arenas.  Some jags of the fish have also been hit around Espirito Santo Island as well.  The trick is finding those times when the wind isn’t blowing.

Some nice hog-size fish are getting taken and there have been schools of big breezing 100+ pound tuna that were moving too fast to jump on.

 

MAGDALENA BAY REPORT

We had Jim Gibson and his sons, Dan and Patrick out at Mag Bay with us for several days of whale watching and 2 days of fishing the mangroves.

Although the winds got to them, they had lots of whales in the bay coming up to their panga!

For their two days of fishing, they had plenty of action.  According to Jim:

“We caught Black Snook, Corvina, Pompano, Red Snapper, Yellowtail Snapper, Dog Snapper, Triggerfish, Broomtail Grouper, Spotted Bay Bass, Cabrilla (Spotted Cabrilla, I think), Pacific Porgy, various Grunts, Barred Pargo, and a pretty good sized Scorpionfish. And a couple of octopus, maybe some other species I’ve forgotten. And we got rocked by at least one huge grouper when Rigo took us outside the Bay to fish a favorite rock pile of his. We were under-gunned for that experience!”

TAILHUNTER ROAD TOUR

To anyone that came out to the Orange Co. Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa CA last week for the Pacific Coast Sportfishing Show, you had quite a treat with a super-great show with hundreds of vendors and sold-out crowds every day at the fairgrounds.

Thank you so everyone who came by and it was so great to see so many old friends and Tailhunter Nation after several years of no shows in S.California.   We had a great time and we’re looking forward to seeing you in La Paz this year.  Thanks for you reservations.

Now onto…Bakersfield!

We’ll be at the Kern Co. Fairgrounds from March 11-13 from Friday to Sunday.  Great fun for the whole family.  In addition to the fishing halls, they will also have a hunting hall with guns and ammo plus the fairgrounds will be covered with RV’s and boats as well as great activities like the tractor pull and custom car exhibits.  Hope to see you there!

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
P.O. Box 159
Hewitt TX. 76643Phones:
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 Feb. 8-15, 2023

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PORT CAPTAIN BLOCKS BOAT TRAFFIC

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Feb. 8-15, 2023

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Not much to report from La Paz.  I wish I did!

A good portion of the week, the port captain shut things down for the port because the winds made it too precarious to be out on the water.  So, that meant no boat traffic coming or going.  Pretty hard to fish or do much else when you can’t get on a boat.  Even after the port was opened, most operators and outfitters in town had already cancelled scheduled trips not knowing when the port captain would open things up again.  So, unless you were a windsurfer or kite boarder, you really didn’t have many options except sit by your hotel pool with a cold one.

We don’t usually have many bookings between November and April because of the rough weather, but the few we had this week all had to be cancelled because of the winds.

THE PARTY IS BACK!

For the first time in years, they’re bringing back the the La Paz Carnaval!

It’s going to be a mega-party lasting until next Tuesday with food, rides, parades, concerts and the biggest street fair of the year.  After being shut down for covid, the town is ready to bust out for carnaval.

The parades go right by our Tailhunter Restaurant and having multiple stories, we have a great grandstand to the fun on the street!

If you’re in town this week, come by and come down to enjoy th festivities!

GREAT TO BE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AGAIN!

After a month of shows in snow, winds, ice, rain and hail,  it’s nice to be back in Southern California again and see the beach and put on the shorts and flip-flops!

From Thursday to Sunday, we’ll be in our booth at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego right on the beach for the Bart Hall Fishing and Boating Show.  You may remember these as the Fred Hall Shows.  After a 3 year-hiatus, the shows are back and we’re excited to be back for the first of 4 shows in Southern Cal.   So, come out and say hi and let’s set you up for visiting us in La Paz in 2023!

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
P.O. Box 159
Hewitt TX. 76643Phones:
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 Feb. 1-7, 2023

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MORE WIND and EVEN SOME RAIN KEEPS

FOLKS OFF WATER

La Paz – las ARenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Week of Feb. 1-7, 2023

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

It’s sounding like a broken record lately, but often, it’s important to report what is NOT happening  so folks get the whole picture.

Basically, fishing was NOT happening this past week, but it has not really been happening for weeks as winds kept things rough and blustery as often happens between November and April.  It’s off-season specifically for that reason.   It’s too rough to be out unless you’re a windsurfer or kiteboarder.

However, this past week even witnessed rainfall as well on-and-off for two days.

Just being honest.  I tell everyone before they book with us this time of year that weather can be “iffy.”  We had folks interested in fishing and others who were hoping to get out diving and snorkeling.  In all situations, when we saw the weather forecasts, we told them it was not going to happen.

This coming week doesn’t look much better.  Although there’s no rain in the extended forecast, as of this writing, the port captain has shut down all boat traffic until further notice . That means no boat traffic is allowed in or out of the harbor because of the winds.

Hopefully, things will calm down a bit soon because we do know that there’s fish to be caught.  That includes dorado, sierra, jacks, yellowtail, pargo, snapper, cabrilla and even some wahoo.  However, as long as there are storms happening north of the border, it will have an effect on the weather down in our areas.

WHALESHARK SEASON CANCELLED

Swimming with the whalesharks will have to wait this year.  Normally, the season runs October to April.  However, because of lack of animals, the season wasn’t even opened until December.

Normally, the animals are hanging out in the shallow waters of La Paz Bay.  However, because there are so few whalesharks, the remainder of the whaleshark season has been suspended until further notice.

THANK YOU SALT LAKE CITY!

Good to see old friends and meet new ones at the Western Hunt Show. Our amigos here are all celebrating the fact that all of them will be coming to see us this June!

Thank you to everyone who came to visit us at the massive Western Hunting Expo in downtown Salt Lake City.  Wow!  What a great show and so great to chat with so many of you.  Estimates that almost 50,000 attendees came to the show over 4 days!  Just incredible.  Here we are re-packing our booth.

We are now on the road having left the snows of Salt Lake City and headed towards S. California for the Bart Hall Fishing & Boating Show in San Diego at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.

After a 3 year hiatus, the Hall Shows are back and everyone is excited.  This will be the first of 3 shows in S.California and we hope to see you there!

So, we’re brushing off the snow and headed to sunny So. Cal!

See you soon!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter Sportfishing
www.tailhunter.com

Mexico Office:

Tailhunter Sportfishing
755 Paseo Obregon
La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Jan. 15-22, 2023

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COLD and WINDY WEEK BUT…

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Jan. 15-22, 2023

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Local La Paz amigos out’ve Bahia Muertos with a great day catch of cabrilla, sierra, bonito and even a couple of dorado!

Fernando was out with our Captain Pancho and was able to get across the channel to the south side of Cerralvo Island and got this hefty slugger yellowfin tuna on dead sardines.

As storms battered much of the U.S. this week, especially the west coast, it also had an effect on Baja and for us in La Paz.  For most of the week it was cold and windy so fishing opportunities were limited which is pretty typical for this time of year.

Most of the folks who were out are locals who have flexible schedules and can pick-and-choose which days or even what hours are best for diminished winds.

Not surprisingly, there are fish to be caught.

If you can make your way across the rough channel to the south end of Cerralvo Island, there has been a little jag of 50-100 pound tuna.  Nothing wide open, but a few have been hooked, especially by commercial panga fishermen.   But, it can be a really rough ride out there especially with the winds roaring down the channel.

Not surprisingly, however, there is a nice mix of fish closer inside including sierra, jacks, cabrilla, snapper and even some dorado which is surprising and leads me to believe there’s still some warm water patches around.  Bait is not a problem and jigs and lures are working effectively also.

THANK YOU RENO!

Thanks to everyone who came to visit us at our booth in Reno, Nevada last week for the Wild Sheep Foundation Show at the Reno/Sparks Convention Center.  It was great fun and great chatting with lots of old and new amigos and glad many of you signed up to come down.

It was also fun (for us, but maybe not for alot of others) to get snow.  Living in Mexico, it’s quite a novelty to get snow, but know that last week wasn’t fun for many of our friends especially in California with all the rain and snow.

This is the view from our hotel room as the snow started to fall about 2 hours into a 2 day storm in Reno.

Our next show is a BIG ONE.  One of the largest we will have this year. It’s the

WESTERN HUNT & CONSERVATION SHOW

Feb. 2-5

SALT PALACE CONVENTION CENTER

SALT LAKE CITY UT

This is a view of only about 1/3 of the show floor

It’s our only show in Utah this year, but it’s massive and if you’re anywhere near the area, you can spend all 3 days in the show and still never see all the hunting, fish, camping, RV’s and more.  We’ll be in our booth all 3 days to talk about coming to La Paz.  Just look for the booth that has a bunch of our Tailhunter Nation friends hanging out there!

We’re filling up really fast so let us know if you want to come visit us this year to come fishing!

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
P.O. Box 159
Hewitt TX. 76643Phones:
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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Dec. 3-12, 2022

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LA PAZ IS UNUSUALLY QUIET

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Dec. 3-9, 2022

MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Our very own, Jorge Romero who managers Tailhunter’s Tecolote Transportation Company took a day off to get out on the water and by all counts, he sure had a nice day on the dorado schools. He said not much of anyone else was on the water.

 

Eduardo Gomez, who works for Mattel Toys in Mexico, came out with his wife and caught a limit of dorado. All on live bait.

Since it’s off-season and not much of anyone fishing, Jorge  took another day off to get out on the water and racked this pretty bull dorado just south of Bahia Muertos. Jorge also said he had two wahoo bite him off and briefly had a marlin on the line as well.

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Another typical windy rough week on the water, but that’s to be expected this time of the year. Town is surprisingly quiet as well. Normally, alot more tourists and snowbirds are around, but I’m hearing and seeing around the city and from businesses that it’s amazingly sedate this year. Certainly alot fewer than expected or normal for the holiday season.

Fishermen are few or non-existent as this time of year can be particularly rough and difficult to be on the water. About the only ones fishing are locals who have the luxury of being able to pick-and-choose the calmer days to give fishing a try. Even then, some of them are telling me it can get pretty rough even though the sun is out.

However, there are fish to be caught. Friends have caught good numbers of cold-water fish like sierra and small amberjack and yellowtail along with reef fish like pargo, snapper and cabrilla.

Nevertheless,  there’s an unusual number of dorado still hanging out if you can find the warm patches of water. I’ve even heard of an occasional wahoo or marlin getting hooked. Crazy that they are still around with the waters cooling off and turning greener. These are warm water fish and normally, we would have seen the last of them back in November.

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
P.O. Box 159
Hewitt TX. 766443

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 Oct. 22-29, 2022

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FISHERMEN DECREASE AS NORTHERN WINDS

INCREASE

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Oct. 22-29, 2022

MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

What a smile! Sue Cross from Santa Cruz has been waiting for awhile to come visit us again and she got right back into it with some fun on the dorado grounds and this nice bull! (Thanks again for the empanadas, Sue!)

Jim Bailey from San Diego on a first-time visit didn’t do so bad with the dorado at Bahia Muertos! Good day!

Good to have Adam Florence from Kansas back to visit us. He was out with Captain Pancho and hooked this sailfish on light tackle and a spinning reel outfit! Even moreso…they were able to release the fish which swam away strongly! Well done!

First day for Sal Pamiza from S. Carolina with our son-in-law from Hewitt TX, Brian Reid and a good start on the fishing week including a rare blue tiger dorado on the end of the table.

Brent Ritchie and Tom Brewer have some mahi meat on the table to have cleaned up for them!

Thanks, Chris Bedsaul for the awesome underwater dorado shot!

Captain Rogelio gives young Ryder Jensen a hand with his bull dorado to take a photo! Ryder had a couple of fun days with us.

Wayne Vanzandt and Mike Jennings rocked it for 3 days with the dorado producing some good quality fishing with Captain Victor.

Great new Tailhunter amigos, Julie Hansen with sons Marcus and Alex had fun with the mahi schools.

Nothing wrong tangling with some of our feisty bonito that will pull you outta your socks! Ryan Jensen with Captain Rogelio and another catch-and-release!

Some awesome sierra caught by Michelle Rahn and Sue Cross who had enough dorado from the first day and decided to fish for something else! Sierra are a sure sign that waters are cooling off. Delicious eating fish too!

Jim and Brenda Bovee with their favorite Captain Pancho.

The Haltons…Belle, Brian and Liz squeezed in one day of fishing and did well with dorado to take and have cooked up in town.

Mike with Captain Jorge and some good color on the deck!

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Straight up…fishing was pretty good…when we could go out.

About half the day this week were bumpy and rough and windy and probably would have been best to not fish, but folks still wanted to get out.  One day the wind forecasts were so strong, the La Paz port captain shut down all boat traffic preventing anyone from going out.

One day our boats pretty much got blown off the water after a brave effort to catch fish.  I think we had 8 pangas out that day.  They came back with 4 fish total for all those fishermen.  This is what it looked like at Bahia Muertos where we launch.

Normally, what it looks like:

This is what we got in the video below.  This is why all the windsurfers come to the area and love the coming months so much.  These winds will only get stronger as winter arrives.

It rarely happens, because normally during the season it’s so calm, but we actually had some folks get seasick this past week which is unfortunate.

But with growing frequency,  the winds will be increasing and why we consider November to April to be our off-season and why so few fishermen are out on the waters.  (It’s why all the windsurfers and kiteboarders descend on our area in the winter).  Plus, it’s getting cooler and our captains and I were actually wearing sweatshirts in the mornings.

However, on the days we did fish, the dorado are still biting nicely.  Decent 5-20 pound fish were the average with limits or near limits most days.  The fish are eating live baits, dead baits, chunked bonito strips and trolled feathers.   The fish can be found in numerous places and often, not that far off the beach or shoreline or as close as the rocks and cliffs.

We still have a few billfish also being hooked as well as plenty of bonito, some jack crevalle, snapper and cabrilla.  However, cooler water fish like sierra, pompano, trevally and rainbow runners are starting to show up in the counts with more frequency.  I even heard that some of the commercial pangeros hung some yellowtail off the south end of Cerralvo Island.

So, warm water fishing is transitioning to cooler water fishing and species and we’re pretty much seeing the last of our fishing groups for the year now that the season is changing, but also as the holidays approach.  More snowbirds coming to town looking for sunshine and not so much interested in being on the water.

BOOKINGS FOR 2023 – 30 years in La Paz!

Dates for 2023 filling faaaaast!

We are just coming off another banner year right now and we were booked up 3-6 months in advance.  We had to turn many folks away or many of you were not able to get your favorite captain or hotel.  We don’t want to miss you or have you disappointed.

Reservations are coming in daily and many folks left La Paz and went home and gave us dates for 2023 already.   Don’t wait!  Really!

We are NOT going to be able to do as many shows as we normally do.  With the price of gas, it’s impossible to drive for 3 months and go 10-15,000 miles of driving so we have to cut down on the shows.  So, don’t wait until show season to get in touch with us.

Write me directly:  Tailhunterfishinglapaz@gmail.com

We have more hotel options too plus condos and villas:

La Concha Beach Resort

Costa Baja Resort

Gaviotas Resort

 

Hotel Moro

Casa al Mar Hotel

Waterfront Marina Hotel

We’ll put together a customized trip for you.  The best times are May to October.

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Let’s get you set up and we’ll see you in 2023.

That’s my story!

Jonathan

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter Sportfishing

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