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La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of March 9-15, 2015

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This is some GOOD fish! Some of the best eating rockfish from our area and typical of winter fishing. Nice snapper and good-sized cabrilla (Mexican seabass) with Captain Jorge from our Tailhunter Fleet, and our good amigos, Marianne Sugawara and Jeff Sakuda at Bahia de los Muertos.

Changing conditions and warming waters bring in the blue water species and it looks like they’re here early. Butch Tropez and Captain Adolfo with our first official striped marlin of the season taken just offshore. The marlin was not able to be released.

Jeff Sakuda makes several trips a year to La Paz and knows how to fish our waters. He fished several days this week and got this nice snapper and cabrilla among other species!

The best indication that warmer waters are moving in are the showing of dorado (mahi mahi) in our waters. Butch Tropez with a double handful of schoolie-sized dorado at Bahia de Los Muertos.

GOOD CONDITIONS BUT CHANGING FISHERY SHOWS VARIETY!

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of March 9-15, 2015

Quite a mix of fish this week. Lately, these days, it’s like a box of cracker jack. You just don’t know what the prize will be when you empty it out. Same with fishing. There’s just no telling what you’ll be catching either. One day, it’s a mix of inshore rock fish. Next day, the rock fish don’t bite, but rooster fish show up. The next day, it’s some pelagic species.

That’s what it was like this week. There was no predicting what might turn up for our fishermen.

On day it was cabrilla (sea bass and bonito). Another day, neither the bonito or cabrilla would bite and instead pargo bit in the rocks and they got some rooster fish along the beach. The following day, when the rock fish wouldn’t bite, venturing a bit outside a tad and our guys got marlin and dorado!

I wish there was a little more predictability, but we seem to be in a transition time when there’s warm and cold water species mixing it up a bit as the waters move away from winter to more spring-like conditions. I think we’ll continue to see a wide variety of species for awhile. We do have reports of yellowtail (finally) north of La Paz by commercial guys and good amounts of bait. Wind can still be an issue but with each week, week should be diminishing.

STILL LOTS OF WHALES IN MAG BAY FOR RECORD SETTING YEAR!

On other lines, we do have alot of folks in town going whale watching at Magdalena Bay where the grey whales seem to be having a record year and the whale watching is off-the-charts. Check out the video. The past season has been a great opportunity for folks to really get right up close to these amazing animals. Closer to town and right in La Paz Bay, more than a 3 dozen juvenile whale sharks have been in the shallow waters and alot of the tourists and locals alike have been swimming with them.

THANKS SALT LAKE CITY! LET’S WRAP IT UP IN SAN DIEGO!

Let’s get the party rolling! Jilly with Johnny and Kathy Terbu and family and friends all visiting us at our booth this week at the Salt Lake City ISE show and celebrating that they are all coming to visit us again in September in La Paz! Hoist ’em up!

Congratulations to Tom and Missy from Salt Lake City who won a radio contest on FM 97.1 and won themselves a free fishing trip to La Paz courtesy of the International Sportsmens Expo and Tailhunter Sportfishing! Looking forward to their visit in August!

We want to give a big shout-out to all our friends and amigos in Salt Lake City who showed us all the hospitality and came to see us in our booth at the ISE show at the Southe Towne Expo Center. As always, it was alot of fun and for all of you that signed up for trips to La Paz to come visit us, we’re gonna have some fun!

This was our 9th show in 2 1/2 months on our Tailhunter Road Tour and we’re winding it up with our homecoming bash at the Fred Hall Fishing and Boating Show in San Diego at the Del Mar Fairgrounds March 26-29th. This is ALWAYS a fun show right next to the beach and it’s a big party for 4 days! Come see us and let’s chat about setting up your 2015 La Paz Fishing Adventure! Here’s more details for the show and how to get advance tickets:

http://www.fredhall.com/pages/san_diego/sdticketInfo.php

We’ll see you there!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

www.tailhunter-international.com

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

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

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from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report: https://fishreport.jonathanroldan.com/

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La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of March 1-8, 2015

Posted in amberjack, Bahia de Los Muertos, Bahia de los Suenos, Bahia de los Suenos fishing, bahia magdalena, Baja, baja fishing, Baja fishing reports, Baja sportfishing packages, baja sur, Baja Vacations, beach, bonito, cabo san lucas, cabrilla, catch-and-release, central washington sportsmans show, Cerralvo Island, Cerralvo Island Fishing, Chad Schearer, charters, Costa Baja Resort, day trips, dog tooth snapper, dorado, east cape, ecotourism, el sargento, espirito santo island, family, family fishing, fish, fish report, fishing, fishing and hunting shows, fishing charters, fishing guides, fishing reports, fishing tackle, fishing techniques, fishing tips, fishing tournaments, fishing trips, fishing video, fishing videos, flyfishing, Fred Hall Fishing Show, fred hall fishing shows, freediving, girls fishing, gray whales, grouper, holidays, Hotel Perla, idaho sportsman show, IGFA, International Fish and Game, International Sportsmans Expo, ISE, jack crevalle, jonathan roldan, kids, La Concha Beach Resort, La Paz, la paz baja sur, la paz fishing, La Paz Vacations, la ventana, La Ventana Fishing, Las Arenas, Las Arenas fishing, light tackle, mag bay, mahi mahi, marlin, mexican, Mexican sportfishing outfitters, Mexican sportfishing packages, mexico, mexico fishing, Mexico vacations, Muertos Bay Fishing, outfitters, Pacific Northwest Sportsmans Show, packages, panga, pargo, pompano, Portland Expo Center, rainbow runner, robalo, roosterfish, sailfish, scuba, sea of cortez, Shoot Straight TV, sierra, sierra mackeral, snapper, snook, snorkel, spearfishing, sportfishing packages, squid, swimming, tailhunter, tailhunter international, Tournament fishing, travel, triple tail, tuna, Tuna tournament, vacations, wahoo, Washington Sportsmans Show, Washington Sportsmens show, Western Outdoor New Tuna Jackpots, Western Outdoor News, whales, whalesharks, whalewatching, women fishing, Word Records, world records, yellowfin tuna, yellowtail, tagged amberjack, bahia de los muertos, bahia de los suenos, baja, Baja sur, beach, billfish, blog, bonito, cabos san lucas, cabrilla, catch-and-release, central oregon sportsmansn show. Portland, Cerralvo, certified scale, charter, children, chubasco, column, day tour, deep sea, discount, dorado, east cape. los barriles, eco tour, el sargento, espirito santo, family, fish, fishing, fishing and hunting show, flyfishing, fred hall fishing show, freedive, grey whales, guide, holidays, Hurricane, IGFA, images, inshore, ISE, isla, island, jack crevalle, jillene roldan, jilly roldan, jonathan roldan, kids, La Ventana, Las Arenas, light tackle, live bait, mahi mahi, marlin, Mexican, Mexico, offshore, outfitter, package, panga, pargo, photos, report, roosterfish, roosterfish foundation, sailfish, salt water, san jose del cabo, scuba, sea of cortez, sierra, snapper, snorkel, sportfishing, sportsmans show, stories, storms, swim, tailhunter international, tailhunter restaurant, tour, tournament, trolling, tuna, vacation, videos, wahoo, weather, whales, whalesharks, whalewatching, wife, world record, yellowtail on March 9, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Tal Nazani from San Clemente CA got one of the prized wahoo this week!

Quite a buffet for John and Joe Vondrak and Vic Carlso with dorado, yellowtail and bonito.

Our own Captain Gerardo shows up a yellowtail caught from Bahia de Los Muertos.

Phil rocks the pose with a couple of really nice Mexican cabrilla (seabass).

VARIETY OF SPECIES TOPPED BY WAHOO

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of March 1-8, 2015

It wasn’t a great week of fishing. It wasn’t bad either. It had it’s moments. It just kinda depended where you were fishing and what day you happened to pick to fish.

There weren’t alot of fishermen this past week, and there weren’t alot of fish. But on the better days, there was some incredible variety. Very surprising for this time of the year that we normally call off-season. But, it’s kind of typical as well. Perhaps it was a combination of variables. I usually don’t put alot of stock in the full moon thing, but we did have a big moon. Maybe not much in-and-of-itself, but there were also some windy days as well and checking water temperatures, there were some big patches of cooler water around. So, maybe it was a combination.

However, as I said, this week had it’s moments!

There were some nice ones. Probably the most exciting was the showing of wahoo off Cerrlavo Island. Pretty early in the year to be sticking the speedy ‘hoo! We got few but also lost a few.

Plus, we finally put some yellowtail in the boats as well as a few dorado. Mix that in with some pargo, cabrilla and even some rooster fish and a bunch of bonito and there was some OK action to be had.

THANKS TO LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA and BOISE, IDAHO! NOW to SALT LAKE CITY ISE SHOW!

Our shows in Long Beach at the Convention Center for the Fred Hall Fishing Show and at the Idaho Sportsmans Show were off-the-hook, with lots of friends coming to visit us…share some laughs…and talk about coming to fish with us in La Paz!

For the past two weeks, Jill and I have been forced to split up our tour schedule because of the crazy show calendar. I did the Phoenix Show and she went to Yakima WA. This past week, Jilly held the fort in the booth at the great Boise, Idaho Sportsmans Show. I covered us at the Long Beach Convention Center for the 69th Annual Fred Hall Fishing Show.

What a time we had! We can’t thank everyone enough for all the great time and all the amigos who came to visit us. Personally, I want to give a big shout-out to everyone who also came by to wish me a happy birthday and also for all the thoughtful gifts and food. Wow! Just incredible. And for everyone who looked in on Jilly in Boise and helped her out we are especially grateful. We booked lots of fishing trip reservations for the season and we’re looking forward to seeing so many of you again later in the season down in La Paz. For all the rest of you, let us know what we can do to assist you with coming to see us!

Here we come Salt Lake City at the Expo Center in Sandy! We always have a great time visiting with our amigos!

We’ll after almost 3 months on the road, we’re finally coming near the end, but not quite yet! Jill and I will be together again instead of doing shows separately. Next stop, Salt Lake City at the ISE show at the Sandy Expo Center. The show will be Thursday to Sunday and always promises a great time and we have so many of our amigos in the area. Come see us and let’s talk about visiting us in La Paz this year. Here’s details and how to get advance online tickets: http://www.sportsexpos.com/attend/2015/saltlakecity/

We’ll see you this week!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly Roldan

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

www.tailhunter-international.com

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

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

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report: https://fishreport.jonathanroldan.com/

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Feb. 1-8, 2015

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James “Hawk” Davis, our amigo from La Ventana put the wood on this surprise yellowtin tuna estimated at about 80 pounds!

TV show host and actor, Rick Kasper on the beach at Bahia de Los Muertos. Rich had a nice day of dorado including these two and a few others.

Captain Favio was out with Sam from North Carolina and they stuck this beefy yellowtail from the island.

Washington amigos in the house! Grant and Carol Darby with our Captain Gerardo and a colorful selection of the day’s catch including pargo, yellow snapper, cabrilla and sierra! All great eating fish.

YELLOWTAIL YES…BUT TUNA IN FEBRUARY?

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Feb. 1-8, 2015

After two weeks of on-again-off-again funky weather that included both wind AND rain, we finally had a week where the clouds parted a bit and we got sunshine and calmer seas.

Accordingly, I’m not surprised that we got into a few more fish and had some better conditions. There was still some wind, but it was still better than it had been!

We had quite a variety and I guess the biggest news was the surprise jag of tuna found at the north end of Cerralvo Island. Commercial fishermen had been trickling reports to us of fast moving tuna now and then, often moving too fast to get on them, but we finally stuck one. James “Hawk” Davis our amigo, stuck a fish we estimate at perhaps 60 pounds dragging a Rapala. Now, normally, we don’t see tuna until maybe late spring or early summer and it’s too soon to call this a “tuna bite.” But, it’s darned exciting to see a good-grade ahi hit the deck! We’ll keep you posted.

Hawk got his fish on 40 pound test and his xRap30 was the mackerel pattern. According to Hawk, there’s yellowtail around in the shallow spots, but that’s the problem. Dragging deep running lures like the XRap30 means losing alot of expensive Rapalas in the rocks!

As for other species, there’s some slugger yellowtail also around the island with most fish running 20-30 pounds. A nice grade of hefty fish that can pull like crazy. This is the right time for more of them to show up.

In addition, talk about a buffet of species…we also have been getting into pargo…both the big mullet snapper (pargo liso) as well as the barred pargo mulatto that have the pretty orange and green bars on them. Fish have been 5-20 pounds which might not sound like much until you try putting the wood to one of these guys and try to pull him outta the rocks.

We also found schools of dorado…some smaller school-sized rooster fish…bonito and cabrilla for a nice mix of fish.

Conditions look like they’re going to hold so hopefully, we’ll get some better fishing reports coming up!

TAILHUNTER WHALE WATCHING TRIPS IN FULL SWING!

Our daily trips out to Bahia Magdalena for whale watching have been having some incredible times! Lots of whales in the water and it’s an amazing experience to get close to these incredible animals. They usually hang out in the area until about mid-March or so. Plenty of time to see them before they start their long journey north back to the Bering Sea by Alaska! For more information, give us a call at 626-638-3383, or write us at riplipboy@tailhunter-international.com.

CARNAVAL COMING TO TOWN!

All the revelry right in front of our Tailhunter Restaurant Bar!

It’s gonna be a full week of craziness and fun at Carnaval!

Several huge parades will be taking place on the waterfront and all the town will turn out to watch!

The best seats in the house to watch a parade are at Tailhunters!

Just a heads-up that the 2015 La Paz Carnavale kicks it off this week with the giant street fair…incredible concerts…huge parades…fireworks and food! The revelry starts on Feb. 12 and goes to the 17th! Alot of the action takes place right in front of our Tailhunter Restaurant on the malecon which is also the best seat on the waterfront to watch the parades!

TAILHUNTER ON THE ROAD HEADING FOR PHOENIX AND YAKIMA!

Jill and I in our booth ready to talk La Paz fishing!

Oregon amigos toasting their upcoming fish trip to La Paz this year! Salud!

Amy and Belmond Mann , have been friends and frequent visitors to see us in La Paz for many many years! Always great to have them visit us at the show with the family!

Don and Debbie White have been fishing with us for years! They’re coming again this April! But, they brought me some awesome fuzzy slippers to wear in the booth because they know I stand for 10-12 hours straight and my feet are killing me!

An incredible shout-out THANK YOU / MUCHAS GRACIAS to our own Rod Brown from Wrangell, Alaska. Not only did he come all the way down to Portland but he put together the most amazing photos book called, “Fishing with Jonathan and Jill” filled with pages and pages of some of the fantastic fish he and his family and friends have caught with us over the years! I’m going to keep this somewhere very special. We were honored to get such a thoughtful gift! Thanks, Rod!

We just finished one of our best shows of the year at the Portland Expo Center for the Northwest Sportsmans Show! It as off-the-charts! Solid wall-to-wall people for 5 days and we saw soooo many of our amigos who came to visit us at the booth! We had a blast and thank you for all of you who were so thoughtful to bring goodies and gifts. You’re the best. And a special shout-out to everyone who booked their 2015 La Paz fishing vacations as well!

We now head on down the road to our next stops Only this time, we do something different. Because of scheduling, Jill and I will split up!

Jill will head up to Yakima Washington and do the show there!

I’ll be in the football stadium at Phoenix doing the ISE show there!

Gonna be a crazy week. Come say hi and talk to us about your 2015 La Paz Fishing Adventure!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

www.tailhunter-international.com

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

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

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report: https://fishreport.jonathanroldan.com/

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Jan. 18-25, 2015

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She’s one of the best! Donna Thompson gets our first yellowtail of the season putting the wood to two nice yellowtail off Cerralvo Island with live bait.

Two more of our super amigos…from Bakersfield, California…Ken Gragg and Carl Lange put a handful of pargo and a cabrila in the boat fishing just outside of Bahia de los Muertos. These are tough fish to pull out’ve the rocks!

Captain Jorge and Richard Branson from Virgin Airlines? Nope…it’s our amigo, Rick Kasper who actually has been a double for Branson, but as an actor and host of his own outdoor TV show has also been a double for Gary Bussey. He’s also a fun fisherman! He’s showing off a dorado and a sierra here although they let a few get away!

YELLOWTAIL AND PARGO MAKE A SHOWING…SO DOES DRIZZLE AND RAIN!

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Jan. 18-25, 2015

The week started on some real high notes. Not only did we have some really fishing-condusive weather, but the fish decided to join in as well. However, as the week progressed, by the end of the week, not only did winter winds return, but we also got the surprise of rain which dampened things a bit. Fortunately, being the off-season, we didn’t have to cancel anyone’s fishing trips as they weren’t many folks fishing this week anyway.

However, let’s talk about fishing. The best news is that we finally got into yellowtail. The big fork tail jacks really laid low last year when El Nino conditions warmed the waters and made bait and the big fish a rarity. However, this week we took some nice quality-grade yellows around Cerralvo Island near the high spots both north and south ends with bait and iron with fish going 20-30 pounds. Some hefty hamachi! Hopefully, this is just the start of things to come.

The yellowtail require the cooler waters and normally, we don’t see many until about February or March. They stick around until about May when the waters start warming and we see the warm water species like dorado, billfish and wahoo move in. We barely had any yellowtail to speak of at all last year. We’re hopeful that the yellowtail we saw this week are the vanguard of a nice yellowtail season.

Another fish we really didn’t see last year were the pargo…the big snapper that come up in the springtime just like the yellowtail. These big red/ copper fish are powerful and in the spring come into the shallows to spawn. One of the most vicious fish to tangle with and a real frustrating game fish to put in the boat because of their power and the rock cover they love, we got a few of those this week as well. Most of the big ones get lost because they’re just rugged sluggers, but early in the week some 3-8 pounders came up (a good sized one is 15…a brute is 40!) so, like the yellowtail maybe this year we’ll get them back.

In addition to the yellowtail and the pargo, there were some dorado and sierra taken plus cabrilla.

Then, the wind came back up again from the north and as the weekend approached, skies got cloudy and a few days of rain hit us. As I’m writing this, we’re still looking at rain then it will let up next week and the forecast calls for some rain late in the week again as the month ends.

WHALES WATCHING ON BAHIA MAGDALENA GOING FULL

If you want to really do one of those “once-in-a-lifetime” things or check something off your “bucket list” our Bahia Magdalena Whale Watching is in full swing. The grey whales have come down from the Bering Sea in the longest migration of any animal on the planet. They showed up a bit early this year and we’re running daily trips to see them. They usually stay around until about mid-March and the bay is where they come to mate, give birth and basically hang out in the warm calm waters where we can get up close to them in their natural environment. If you’d like details get in touch with us at riplipboy@tailhunter-international.com or give us a call at 626-638-3383.

SPOTS FILLING FOR JUNE PANGA SLAM

We still have a few spots for our 2015 Tailhunter International / Western Outdoor News Panga Slam. With 3 days of fishing…a snorkel day party on the island…several fun dinners…a fishing jackpot and much more, this is one of the highlights of our season! We’re limiting it to only 24 spots and there’s just a few spots still left. We’ve love to have you join us! Write us at riplipboy@tailhunter-international.com for all the details!

THANKS WASHINGTON! NOW ONTO PORTLAND SPORTSMANS SHOW!

Our good friends, Dave Rose and his family dropped in to say hi and pose for a quick shot. Great family and they’ve visited us a number of times in La Paz. Great to see them.

Jilly working the counter at our booth at the Puyallup Fairgrounds in Washington.

Just a shout-out thank you to all our amigos who came to visit us at the Washington Sportsmans Show at the Seattle Fairgrounds in Puyallup, Washington. After shows in Sacramento and Denver and about 3,000 miles of driving, this was our third show of the year and it was a great time. We saw so many of our friends and signed up lots of amigos for their 2015 fishing trips with Tailhunters in 2015. We now have a few days to catch up and re-group then hit our next show in Portland at the Portland Expo Center from Feb. 4th to 8th. If you’re in the Portland area, come see us and talk to us about fishing in La Paz! We’ll see you there.

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

www.tailhunter-international.com

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

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Jan. 11-18, 2015

Posted in amberjack, Bahia de Los Muertos, Bahia de los Suenos, Bahia de los Suenos fishing, bahia magdalena, Baja, baja fishing, Baja fishing reports, Baja sportfishing packages, baja sur, Baja Vacations, beach, bonito, cabo san lucas, cabrilla, catch-and-release, Cerralvo Island, Cerralvo Island Fishing, Chad Schearer, charters, circle hooks, Costa Baja Resort, day trips, dog tooth snapper, dorado, east cape, ecotourism, el sargento, espirito, espirito santo island, family, family fishing, fish, fish report, fishing, fishing and hunting shows, fishing charters, fishing guides, fishing reports, fishing tackle, fishing techniques, fishing tips, fishing tournaments, fishing trips, fishing video, fishing videos, flyfishing, Fred Hall Fishing Show, fred hall fishing shows, freediving, girls fishing, gray whales, grouper, holidays, Hotel Perla, idaho sportsman show, IGFA, International Fish and Game, International Sportsmans Expo, ISE, jack crevalle, jonathan roldan, kids, La Concha Beach Resort, La Paz, la paz baja sur, la paz fishing, La Paz Vacations, la ventana, La Ventana Fishing, Las Arenas, Las Arenas fishing, light tackle, mag bay, mahi mahi, marlin, mexican, Mexican sportfishing outfitters, Mexican sportfishing packages, mexico, mexico fishing, Mexico vacations, Muertos Bay Fishing, outfitters, Pacific Northwest Sportsmans Show, packages, panga, pargo, pompano, Portland Expo Center, rainbow runner, robalo, roosterfish, sailfish, scuba, sea of cortez, Shoot Straight TV, sierra, sierra mackeral, snapper, snook, snorkel, spearfishing, sportfishing packages, squid, swimming, tailhunter, tailhunter international, Tournament fishing, travel, triple tail, tuna, Tuna tournament, vacations, wahoo, Washington Sportsmans Show, Washington Sportsmens show, Western Outdoor New Tuna Jackpots, Western Outdoor News, whales, whalesharks, whalewatching, women fishing, Word Records, world records, yellowfin tuna, yellowtail, tagged accommodations, amberjack, bahia, bahia magdalena, baja, Baja sur, bay, beach, billfish, blogs, bonito, cabo san lucas, cabrilla, catch-and-release, Cerralvo, certified scale, charter, children, day tour, deep sea, discount, dog-tooth, dolphin, dorado, east cape, eco tour, el sargento, esperito santo, family, fish, fishing, flyfishing, fred hall, freediving, girl, gray whales, grey whales, guide, holiday, hotel, Hurricane, IGFA, images, inshore, International Game Fish Association, ISE, isla, island, jack crevalle, jillene roldan, jilly roldan, jonathan roldan, kids, la paz, La Ventana, Las Arenas, light tackle, live bait, lodging, lopez mateos, los barriles, mahi mahi, marlin, Mexican, Mexico, muertos, offshore, outfitter, pacific northewest sportsmans show, package, panga, panga slam, pargo, photos, pompano, reports, roosterfish, roosterfish foundation, sailfish, salt water, san jose del cabo, scuba, sea of cortez, seabass, sealions, sierra, snapper, snorkel, sportfishing, suenos, swimming, techniques, tips, tour, tournaments, trip, trolling, tuna, wahoo, washington sportsmans show, weather, western outdoor news, whales, whalewatching, wife, world record, yellowtail on January 19, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Barred pargo and cabrilla (Mexican seabass) like these two nice fish taken by the Montejano Brothers (Andy and Raphael) have been biting nicely inshore lately. Typical action for this time of year and tough to get outta the rocks. But GREAT eating!

Some fat sierra and schoolie dorado are were not uncommon this week. No roosterfish to show you because all the roosters were released!

The grey whales have arrived earlier than normal and are already in good numbers at Bahia Magdalena and we’re already running day trips to get on the water with them!

POST HOLIDAY BLUES

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Jan. 11-18, 2015

There weren’t that many fishermen around this week, either because there simply weren’t that many around or those that wanted to fish were kept off the water by pesky northern winds. But, this is typical of winter fishing in our area and frankly, it’s pretty common few weeks after Christmas not to have even many tourists in town. You could almost call La Paz “sleepy.” Even the locals are keeping it low key and under the radar, perhaps still recovering from the holidays. Stores, streets and restaurants are almost empty sometimes!

We did get a few folks out on the water with air temps in the mid-70’s and a bit choppy. Sierra were biting along the drop-off points where shallow water slopes into deeper areas like near the Las Arenas lighthouse and also in the channel areas where current move between rocky spot. As well, the sloping areas also produced jack crevalle and some pompano…both related plus their more popular cousin the rooster fish with some smaller school-sized fish that might have gone about 15 pounds.

Bonito were prevailant not to far from shore either and a few stray free-swimming dorado were hooked as well.

WHALES HAVE SHOWN UP EARLY IN BAHIA MAGDALENA!

Yes, please rub my head for me! We love getting our photo taken with visitors!

Normally, from about late January to late March, the grey whales take up residence at Bahia Magdalena where they spawn, breed and give birth. In these shallow warm waters, this is the end of the largest migration of mammals on earth as they come down from the Bering Sea near Alaska. We’ve started running daily trips to the Bay to spend a day getting close to these amazing gentle animals and it’s a great life-time experience for the whole family. If ou’re interested, you can get more information by calling us at Tailhunter at 626-638-3383 or e-mailing us directly at riplipboy@tailhunter-international.com for an even faster response!

THANKS DENVER AND NOW ONTO WASHINGTON!

In our booth at the Denver ISE show and a special shout-out to Kelly and Diego Jimenez, our amigos from Loveland, Colorado. Kelly made this incredible wreath for us out’ve shells and other items collected from the beaches around Las Arenas. Kelly and Diego are making their 3rd trip in a row to us this year!

From one of our favorite cities…DENVER…we just had an incredible time at the International Sportsman’s Expo at the Convention Center downtown. Thanks to everyone who came to visit us in our booth to say hi and talk about their past and future fishing adventures in La Paz. What a kick and we never tire of seeing everyone!

So now…we head to our 3rd show on the “road tour.” First was Sacramento. Now, we just finished Denver. This week we set up for the Washington Sportsmans Expo at the Puyallup Fairgrounds near Seattle, Washington! This is always a super-fun show and it’s going to be nice to be in the green trees again in a beautiful state and seeing all our amigos. The show runs from Wednesday to Sunday. Please come visit us! We’re in our booth every day. For more information and to buy tickets, click this link: http://www.thesportshows.com/shows/washington/

2015 TAILHUNTER/ WESTERN OUTDOOR NEWS PANGA SLAM & JACKPOT IS FILLING!

Captain Jorge and Verda Boyd started off the first day of last year’s Panga Slam with a nice bull dorado taken just off the area of La Ventana.

Tim Farrell took a photo of a trophy rooster fishing with Captain Archangel during last year’s Panga Slam. Tim caught several nice fish and released the all!

We just announced the dates for our 2015 Panga Slam two weeks ago nd the response was incredible! Still some spots available. Dates are June 16-21 and is gonna be a blast with 3 days fishing / hotel/ several great parties and dinners and a big island snorkel party as well. All this personally hosted by Jill and myself and Executive Editor Pat McDonell from Western Outdoor News. It promises to be another great time. For more information, contact us here at Tailhunter at riplipboy@tailhunter-international.com or call 626-638-3383.

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

www.tailhunter-international.com

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

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

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report: https://fishreport.jonathanroldan.com/

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of January 4-11, 2015

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Nice one-day catch for Tim Hoops and his boys with some surprise early season school-sized dorado and sierra while fishing with us from Las Arenas. This photo was taken on the beach at Bahia de los Muertos.

It’s that time again! The grey whales have arrived in Bahia and Tailhunters is running our daily whale watching trips to Bahia Magdalena. Come check it out!

We’re Denver bound now! Jill and Jonathan in their booth ready to set up your next La Paz fishing adventure!

SOME SURPRISE SPECIES ADD ACTION!

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of January 4-11, 2015

The New Year is off to a good start! We had some nicer days on the water this week. Some breezy days, but overall, some good days to be on the water, all things considered. It’s just a nice time to be in town. Sunshine and 75 degree days and 60 degree nights and not many tourists in town almost make it a “sleepy seaside city.” It’s really one of my favorite times in Baja.

For the fishing, there were some surprises. We got the usual winter-fare of inshore specials including some pargo liso…running about 5-10 pounds. Cabrilla in the 3-4 pound class. Some surprisingly large sierra this year up to about 5 pounds and some good fun with 4-6 pound bonito.

However, surprisingly, we had some appearances of some species we normally don’t see this early in the year. For one, we had a few of our anglers tie into some pre-season rooster fish! Normally, we don’t see roosters until maybe late February or March so these were a nice bonus. The fish ran about 10-20 pounds and were taken around the Las Arenas lighthouse and Bahia de Los Muertos.

The other surprise was the showing of small school-sized dorado. Perhaps 10 pounders, but great eating and again, we don’t usually see them in May so perhaps this is a sign of some early mahi moving into the area.

By the way, word has it that our scouts are already seeing gray whales over at Bahia Magdalena! It seems they’re coming a tad early as well. This is a great opportunity to get about as close to one of these wonderful huge animals as humanly possible without getting into the water! We’ll be running trips until about late February or Mid-March when the whales start swimming north again But for now, this is the time when the whales arrive after the longest and largest migration of any animal on Earth all the way from the Bering Sea to spend time mating and birthing in the warm lagoons of the western Coast of Baja. Ask us about or great whalewatching tours!

TAILHUNTER / WESTERN OUTDOOR NEW 2015 PANGA SLAM JACKPOT TOURNAMENT IS FILLING!

Big dorado were a highlight of last years 2014 Panga Slam

Tim Zimmer, out amigo from the San Francisco Bay area put this one in the box in last year’s Panga Slam

Dave and Michele Conklin from Washington just reserved and are coming back this year for more fun!

We just announced the dates for our 2015 Panga Slam last week and the response was incredible! Still some spots available. Dates are June 16-21 and is gonna be a blast with 3 days fishing / hotel/ several great parties and dinners and a big island snorkel party as well. All this personally hosted by Jill and myself and Executive Editor Pat McDonell from Western Outdoor News. It promises to be another great time. For more information, contact us here at Tailhunter at riplipboy@tailhunter-international.com or call 626-638-3383.

TAILHUNTER ON IT’S WAY TO DENVER

We just wrapped up the first of our road shows with an explosively great fun 4 days at the California State Fairgrounds for the Sacramento ISE show! With over 650 vendors it was the largest fishing and hunting exhibit in the history of the Sacramento ISE and IT WAS PACKED! Thanks to all our amigos who came out to see us and say hi and to also set up their La Paz fishing adventure with us. We had a great time and also a big thank you to everyone who brought us so many goodies…everything from sushi to Chinese pork buns…wine…See’s candy…homemade cookies…homemade cheesecake…homemade carmel corn…gourmet chocolate…cheese…bread…pastries…champagne…you’re the best. Also a special shout-out to the Tim Campbell family (Better known as the TIM and PAULA BUTTERWORTH FAMILY…I screwed up dangit!) who put together a little ice chest travel pack for us on the road filled with gourmet cheese…baguettes…marinated mushrooms…candies…seafood spread…wine and more! We were well stocked for our journeys!

But now…here we go again. We hit the road and are now on our way to Denver. We’ll be at the Denver Convention Center from Thursday to Sunday this week. One of our favorite cities, this will be the Denver ISE show right downtown. Come see us! There’s tons for the whole family if you love the outdoors especially fishing and hunting. Kids under 16 are free with their parents. Here’s more information: http://www.sportsexpos.com/attend/2015/denver/

Hope to see you this week!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

http://www.tailhunter-international.com

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

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

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report: https://fishreport.jonathanroldan.com/

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of November 23-30, 2014

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Dave Vincent hits the good pose with a nice colorful dorado just outside of Bahia de Los Muertos the day before the winds descended on us! (See below)

Mid-week, we got slammed by some incredible winds. Guts up to 50-70 mph ripped into the area and our normally placid seas turned into a cauldron we rarely see. Check out the waves hitting the breakwater at Las Cruces north of La Paz. That’s Cerralvo Island in the background.

Another view of the roiling ocean at Las Cruces near the old hotel caused by the winds that stayed with us almost 3 days and caused the port captain to close the port.

dorado small tags Doug Duval Judie Pierce Bill Harvey dorado 11-14

New York in the house. The day after the winds finally left us, we were able to find some dorado with some big boys mixed with school-sized fish. Captain Jorge poses with Doug Duval, Judie Pierce and Bill Harvey all from New York on the beach at Bahia de los Muertos.

Carson Vincent, 13-years-old, with dad, Dave found time for a day of fishing that produced 5 dorado including this nice mahi.

VIDEO

Some video of what it looked like in La Paz Bay during the big winds with waves and spray sweeping the malecon in front of our Tailhunter Restaurant getting cars and pedestrians a bit wet! If you’re not familiar with our bay, it usually looks like a lake!

DORADO BITE SANDWICHES BIG WINDS ROARING IN MID-WEEK

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Nov. 23-30, 2014

What a freakish week we had here in La Paz. This is the time of year when things transition from warmer conditions to cooler conditions. With it, we start to get more and more windy days with winds whipping from the north.

Well, lately, we’ve had more “breezy days.” That’s normal. It’s expected. I never expected what we had this week!

They talk about winter roaring in like a lion. Well, it didn’t just roar. It tore in like a freight train! Tuesday to Thursday, wind of 30-50 mph generated huge waves and gust up to 70 mph had the port captain closing down the port and keep folks off the water It was pretty incredible to watch…from the shore! Definitely NOT a good time to try to be on the water!

Huge waves crashed against beaches and against the concrete sidewalks of the waterfront Malecon throwing giant plumes of spray and water as far as parked cars across the street. Strolling pedestrians were sent scampering each time a wave crashed in much the same way that kids run through sprinklers in the summer except one could get seriously soaked by the giant swell. Even within the bay, it was uncharacterically white-capped and foaming. Many folks just parked themselves on the shore or in a nearby restaurant or bar to watch the display!

Then, on Friday, it pretty much disappeared!

And out we went fishing again. Just like before the storm, the dorado bit pretty readily with fish in the 20-30 pound class not uncommon but decent numbers of 10-15 pound fish as well. Some rooster fish and pargo were also hooked. The biggest issue was that those ripping winds really tore up the water and turned things over. For our guys who went out’ve La Paz, all the found was green and brown dirty water. The better fishing was from Las Arenas where the area was a bit more protected from the winds although waters were still not optimal. But at least we found fish!

Really hard to get a read on things. Not many folks in town or many fishermen as Thanksgiving week isn’t a big week here in La Paz for tourism. But, still a nice time to spend onshore as the sun was still comfortably warm. We’ll get a run of folks in between now and Christmas, but this week, was just nice to spend onshore and watching Mother Nature do her thing!

That’s our story! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving weekend!

Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

www.tailhunter-international.com

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

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

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report: https://fishreport.jonathanroldan.com/

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Nov. 16-23, 2014

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Jesse had one day to squeeze in for fishing and made the most of it with a nice rack of dorado to put in the freezer. If he’s not smiling, it’s cuz he told me had had a wahoo estimated at 60 pounds all the way to the boat before it broke loose!

Yes! There’s crazy roosterfish still around. They started showing up about a month ago and have been running up to about 50 pounds! Brian Mee from Eastern Washington was fishing light tackle and shows off a great sampel of the kind of roosters we’re getting. This big boy was released!

Carlos Cifuentes had never been fishing before he tried a day on the water with our Tailhunter Capt. Armando fishing from Bahia de los Muertos! They got 4 nice dorado and lost several others prompting Carlos to laughing tell us, “My shoulders are so sore! I never caught fish before like this!”

Some of the wahoo we’re getting are just minutes from leaving the beach just around the corner from Bahia de Los Muertos. Captain Jorge put the guys into this fat ‘hoo!

Our gran amigo, Art Savedra, the famous “Captain Hook” was here working the Baja 1000 race but stayed a few extra days to get in some fishing and scuba. He’s here on the beach with Captain Armando and dinner!

DORADO STILL AROUND BUT OTHER SPECIES HELP OUT AS COOLER CONDITIONS COME IN!

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Nov. 16-23, 2014

A bit windier this week with a few days that were really bouncy, but still overall really pleasant conditions. But, as we get closer to winter we’re going to see more winds and especially winds from the north. But, for that very reason is why we’re doing most of our fishing from Las Arenas right now since we can launch from the beach at Bahia de Los Muertos where we’re a bit more protected from the winds and it’s also easier since the fishing is much closer…like RIGHT THERE!

I’m not kidding. We’re getting a variety of fish within minutes of where we launch. The bay itself is holding some decent rooster fish up to about 40 pounds. By the northern point of rocks, there’s jack crevalle and cabrilla. As soon as you pass the point, drop the lures and there’s always the possibility of wahoo literally within a hundred yards of the rocks! Go south or just outside to the buoys and you can hit dorado.

Anywhere in between, there’s also the chance of more wahoo, billfish (sails mostly), pargo, and bonito. Great variety and in between these gusty days, conditions are about as pleasant as you could want with air temps in the low 80’s and water temps just about the same. Just be flexible on your fishing days, if you can, in case the day you want to go out looks like the wind is going to kick in.

Keep an eye out as well. There’s so much sea life out there. Schools of dolphin…sea turtles…whalesharks…blue whales…manta rays. Pretty incredible time to be in La Paz!

A LITTLE THANKSGIVING MESSAGE FROM US

We just wanted to take the time to wish you and your family a very peaceful and happy Thanksgiving. We’ve had a crazy tumultuous year here in La Paz. Mother Nature did what Mother Nature does and not much to be done about it except roll with it and try to keep smiling. Crazy El Nino year affected the fishing. Storms and hurricanes. Winds and heat…we pretty much had it all. But, through it all, so many of you kept us smiling and laughing and remembering how very blessed we are to even be here. Thanks for your support. Thanks for your patience. Thanks for your friendship. Tailhunter tribal family is the best! God bless you all!

That’ our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

www.tailhunter-international.com

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

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

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report: https://fishreport.jonathanroldan.com/

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International Fleet for Week of Nov. 9-16, 2014

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Touch all the bases! Talk about “grand slamming” Rafi Achmetov from Virginia and Arlan Schmitz (New Mexico), flank Captain Jorge with three nice catches! They had barely left the beach at Muertos when the big wahoo hit. They got that in the boat and got hit by the dorado then topped it off with a roosterfish (not able to release). Great example of some of the variety right now.

Whoa! That’s a fat wahoo for Virgil Redwine and Bob Donahue! The duo had some kind of week with us! They used conventional tackle for the wahoo but with the flyrod, they got numerous dorado, jack crevalle, roosterfish and other species!

After a week of fishing in Cabo, Randy Matz and Barbara Morris from Coalinga CA came north to do a bit of panga fishing with us. They show off some of their catch…a trophy-sized pompano and a dorado.

Catch of the week for Marty Koschnitzke! He and his girlfriend, Belle, got a couple handfuls of dorado with Captain Armando, then he proposed to Belle on the beach back in La Paz and she said, “Yes!” Congratulations to them both!

Surprising roosterfish bite for so late in the year! Virgil Redwine caught and released over a dozen roosters many on the flyrod. The roosterfish have been very good to us the last few weeks!

tags Joseph Cisneros Carlos Rojas wahoo 11-14

They were able to squeeze in one day of fishing and Joe Cisneros and his bud, Carlos Rojas from San Diego turned in a nice day…they got this fat wahoo and lost two others at the boat!

Mike Carter who lives in Pescadero just south of La Paz put the hurt on some dorado plus this nice pair of tasty pompano. These are fish we normally don’t see until the springtime.

Another cold-water fish that showed up lately indicative of the changing season…sierra! Captain Pancho poses with Brian Mee from eastern Washington and this speedy sierra!

A rare catch! It’s a mutant cabrilla (seabass) that we call a “Baja Grouper” or “Golden Grouper” that we catch now and then. Captain Archangel seems a bit distressed, but he’s one of our best at catching reef species!

Virgil Redwine and Bob Donahue had a great week….wahoo…dorado…sierra…roosterfish…jack crevalle…roosterfish…They released most of their fish too!

Another example of our variety this week…red snapper…dog tooth snapper (pargo) and amberjack!

SOLID FISHING – CRAZY WAHOO – VARIETY!

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Nov. 9-16, 2014

Perfect conditions…willing fish…lots of variety…light traffic…a nice action week of fishing!

Our anglers this past week probably could not have asked for better conditions that we often get at this time of the year. There can be days as we transition from warmer to colder conditions where the winds blow strong and cool and it gets a bit choppy. We’ll see more of those kinds of days as we get closer to December, but this past week wasn’t one of them as the season winds down.

This time of year, we get fewer fishermen and more folks simply escaping for a few days in the sunshine from colder areas or here for the holidays. So, if this is truly the end of our fishing “rush” for the season, it’s closing with a bang!

There were incredible varieties this week. Bottom fish. Topwater fish. Bluewater game fish. Warm water fish. Cold water fish. Trophy fish. They pretty much all game to the party in one way, shape or form. Some days were better than others. Some boats did better than others. But the whole week…taken in totality… provided some excellent action, especially if the anglers fished more than one day. Our conventional anglers did great. Our light tackle folks did great. Some of our BEST fishing was had by our flyfishermen…after a season that was really tough on flyfishing!

I’m not sure where to start.

For one thing, I’m pretty convinced now that our La Paz side fishing is headed into winter condtions. Fishing for La Paz has been pretty inconsistent as waters cool down. There’s still some dorado, but it’s erratic. For that reason, most of our fishermen are fishing with our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet. Waters seem to be holding warmer and, even on the breezy days, fishing is closer to shower and there’s no arguing with the variety. Everyone is getting fish every day. I would say the anglers who go for the “home run” fish and chase the big trophy fish are most likely to be at the whims of nature, the fish and luck, while the anglers who “go with the flow” and chase whatever is biting have had the better success.

The majority of the fish were dorado. Nothing huge, but fun 10-20 pounders were common. Great for the first-timers, light tackle and the flyfishers. We also had bonito, jack crevalle and schools of sierra and incredibly surprising numbers of rooster fish show up that all meant great bent rod action plus a few sailfish hooked and lost. We also got a few nice wahoo off that high spot at the south end of Cerralvo Island. Incredibly, some of our wahoo were being caught right against the rocks just outside of Bahia de Los Muertos just a few minutes off the beach.

On the bottom and off the reefs and rocks, we saw amberjack for the first time. None of the huge ones, but 10-20 pound amberjack are a fun size and great eating at that size. Plus dog-tooth cubera snapper (pargo), barred pargo, yellow snapper and cabrilla (Mexican sea bass) in varying sizes up to the larger 15 pound pargo.

It was the kind of week that you almost never knew what you were going to catch. It really feels like we’re right on the brink of things changing over. I don’t know how much longer this kind of fishing will continue. It could change by the time you’re reading this. We’re right on the brink. It just has that “feel” as I watch the waters, the winds and the air temperatures every day. However, with this “El Nino” season, there’s just no telling and I’ve been wrong all season! So, until things change, we’ll continue to ride the wave and enjoy the bite!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

www.tailhunter-international.com

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

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

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report: https://fishreport.jonathanroldan.com/

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International Fleet for Week of Nov. 2-9, 2014

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Captain Armando helps Marty Koschnitzke with a nice bull dorado caught out’ve Bahia de los Muertos. Marty squeezed in a day of fishing and had a few dorado and other species put into the panga.

The wonderful Ehlers Family from Colorado! John and Dolores at center. Tyler Ehlers and Cheyenne Weinholtz holding dorado on the outside around grandpa and grandma on the beach at Bahia de los Muertos. These were typical-sized fish this week.

A much “larger model” for Mike Caray from Portland OR on his first trip with us fishing La Paz. Good day on dorado with our Tailhunter La Paz fleet.

Captain Pancho and Dennis Weinholtz have big smiles with a bull dorado just south of Las Arenas. Dennis is from Colorado.

SEASONS CHANGING – SO IS THE FISHING – AND THE FISHERMEN!

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Nov. 2-9, 2014

After nervously watching to see if late-season hurricane “Vance” was going to make up it’s mind and give us a scare, it turned into not much of anything except a few raindrops and some wind! And we’re not complaining. It’s pretty late in the year to be seeing storms like this and, you can tell how many storms we have had by the fact that we’ve almost gone through the whole alphabet and are on letter “V” for “Vance.” I think we’ve had enough for awhile.

Anyway, in anticipation of some kind of stormy event, most folks stayed off the water Tuesday and Wednesday just as a precaution. Admittedly, Tuesday was really windy…far too windy to want to put anglers out there getting wet and bounced around. So, it was easier to just tell folks to hang out in town.

However, on the other days, we did have some OK dorado action with fish in the 10-20 pound class. Most of the bite was near the south end of Espirito Santo Island and near El Rosario plus just outside of Bahia de Los Muertos.

The latter area seems to hold the most variety right now as we transition towards cooler water fishing. In addition to the dorado, we also hooked a few billfish including sailfish and small striped marlin…pargo…cabrilla…jack crevalle and a few more of the decent sized 30-50 pound rooster fish. But, the majority of the bite this week consisted of a variety of inshore fish like the jacks, pargo and bonito..even some small amberjack and sierra which are normally cooler water fish. Fun light tackle action.

It will be interesting to see what we do with this full moon right now. But, as of mid-week it hasn’t affected the fishing very much. There’s a definite drop-off in the number of anglers this week as we head into November. So, that by itself makes it hard to gauge the fishing. It’s hard to be completely accurate. When there’s a large number of our anglers out there scattered over the fishing grounds, it’s easier to find the hot spots. Plus, the “anglers” are changing as well. From March to October, we have more hardcore anglers, but now with winter setting in, we have more snow-birds who just want some sunshine and maybe a day on the water fishing.

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

http://www.tailhunter-international.com

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

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

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report: https://fishreport.jonathanroldan.com/