Tailhunter Fish Report

PHOTO 1: Can this be? Dorado in April? Charline Oistad from the Sacramento CA area came down with her husband and brother for their first trip to La Paz and got into some nice fishing including this pair of spring dorado using live bait out of Muertos Bay. Read below…there were more than just dorado biting!

CRAZY FISHING MIXES WITH CRAZY WINDS!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Report for week of March 29-April 4, 2009

Not sure how to describe this past week of fishing….

As I sit here at the moment looking out at the ocean, it’s grey. So is the sky. The wind is screaming out’ve the west and I’m glad I’m not out on the water today. Weather-wise, it’s been a windy and choppy week which is not uncommon for this time of the year. You definitely want a windbreaker or sweatshirt right now. Some days are flat calm, but better to have the protection and not need it than need it and not have it. Some days it starts by ripping then settles out. Sometimes not. Guys have told me they’ve gotten wet getting out to the fishing grounds, especially those headed north out of La Paz.

But…

Some darned good fishing this week! Where do I start? Out’ve La Paz, the yellowtail continued to hammer out by the islands and at El Bajo Seamount. Mackerel and heavy iron were the ticket to these slugger fish that run into the 40 pound class. If you have a Lucky Joe rig, bring it to catch the mackerel. These are tough fish and many are getting lost to the rocks and you definitely want to use the heavy 50 and 60 pound string on these big fish!

My amigos, Steve Di Guiseppe from Ventura CA area and Gabe Martinez from Las Vegas came with dad, Ross and friend, Jess, and spent their first day pulling on the yellowtail. The next 3 days they found “the honey hole” of pargo! “Almost every drop was a hookup!” They got limits of pargo and big cabrilla almost everyday and lost many, but hauled in a bunch of fillets every day to the hotel restaurant for daily feasts that they shared with other guests.

From our Las Arenas/ Muertos fleet….

Can you say smorgasbord? What’s going on? One day it was like going down a buffet line. Incredible early season fishing. Inshore, lots of sierra, roosterfish, big cabrilla and pargo were on the chew. But offshore, spots of floating squid prompted the fish to go nuts!

“We went out to the buoys with Capt. Jorge,” said Rob McClean who’s from California and one of our regulars who fishes with us several times a year. “We got to one and there must’ve been 50 dorado there! We stopped catching and releasing after awhile. Took some for the ice chest and said, let’s get outta here. This is too much! We went inshore to catch pargo!”

Yes, dorado came out and big ones too! Some 30-50 pound fish (Captains estimates on the weights!) were caught but some striped marlin also were caught as well. Rumors of breezing tuna also came in, but no one was able to get on them as they seemed to traveling with fast-moving dolphin schools also jumping on some of the floating squid.

This is getting interesting! We’ll keep you posted.

Happy Easter Week everyone! Be safe if you’re traveling and God bless.

Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
Website: http://www.tailhunter-international.com/
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PHOTO 1: Yellowtail season is on. Nice forkies like these held by Gary Palese and Bob Robbins from Arizona are eating sardines, mackerel and heavy iron fished on the yo-yo. There’s a number of hot spots. See below. Not all days, unfortunately, are as flat as what you see here. Winds keep being stubborn.

PHOTO 2: Angela Farrell hung this nice Cerralvo Island yellowtail on live bait. Angela has a knack for big fish whenever she comes to La Paz. She took this one on her mini Whopper Stopper rod and Penn 4/0 with 40 pound test.

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PHOTO 1: These are the type of fish that made El Bajo famous! Bill Evans recently retired to La Paz to do just this…fish his brains out! The waters laid flat, the fish came to eat and Bill got into some nice grade yellowtail like this awesome fish!

PHOTO 2: This is just so classic. The bent rod on flat water with yellowtail under the boat. That’s northern Espiritu Santo Island in the distance just north of La Paz. The waters don’t always look like this during the spring, but when they do, time to get out. Bill Evans had a great day on the water.

PHOTO 3: We just came off 3 months on the road doing all the fishing and hunting shows. Every now and then as we criss-cross the states you come across some signs that are just too funny to pass up. We drove past this “motel” in Baker CA. It’s just WRONG on so many levels! Read all the signs! Look at the picture! No big rigs allowed except for deliveries! By the way…the motel didn’t have any windows. Only doors! Too funny! There’s probably a perfectly good story behind this… It’s on the way to Vegas. Lots of you have passed through. Interestingly, it’s right across from the famous “Mad Greek Restaurant.” Best strawberry shakes around!

PHOTO 4: Our last stop on the tour was Salt Lake City. Wow…great gas prices!

YELLOWTAIL BITE BUT NOT SO EASY TO PUT THEM INTO THE BOATS!!!

The La Paz / Las Arenas Fishing Report for the Week of March 22, 2009

More yellowtail this week, although not as many. That, however, might have been a function of the fact that there weren’t many anglers out this week, but also, some of the fish were thick, mean and strong and there were more fish lost than put in the boat! These fish are not only tough, but when you get into the 25-40 pound fish and surround them with rocks, reef and other structure, the fish has the edge. Put that up with the aspect that many anglers just don’t know what a strong fish can do and more-often-than-not, the fish wins! It’s one thing to hook a fish, it’s another to put that grumpy fish in the boat.

As one angler said this week, after losing two…”These ocean fish don’t nibble!” No, they don’t! They slam! What I see so often is an angler getting bit and then just hanging on as his or her elbows get slammed to the gunwale of the panga. They try to hold on instead of lifting and trying to turn the head of the fish. They fail to realize that the bottom isn’t that far away and that fish (this goes for pargo too) already has a head of steam when it hits and the first thing it’s gonna do is head down! Next thing is “zingpowie!” The line snaps…game over!

So, it’s deceiving when the fish counts are low. The truer tail is not how many were caught, but how many opportunities did you have that were lost? But all fun!

Like I alluded to…it’s the same with pargo. Big bruising fish, and like the yellowtail, they are structure oriented and probably even closer to the rocks. If you can’t turn them in that first run, well…they’ve got their momentum up already.

“Just got back from my 2 days fishing. I had a good time and some good success toward my multiple species goal. 8 new varieties including a good size Dogtooth Snapper on the last day, at the last hour, at the last minute. It was a wrap as soon as the Snapper was boated,” according to Nick Morenc who fished this week with us

Anyway…yes, pargo (snapper) in the shallower areas near drop offs and reefs. Yellowtail…from what we can tell…are in the deeper areas moving in the channels between the rocks. High spots too! Best areas are off Muertos Bay, the Las Arenas lighthouse, north Cerralvo Island and El Bajo Seamount.

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Photo 1: Dave Harper, all the way from the chilly cold of Wyoming came out for a few days and got into a surprising bite of early season dorado. Check out this nice bull but also notice how close he is to shore and how calm the waters are! Dave hooked this on live bait. (Details below!)

Photo 2: Again…dorado in March? We usually don’t see these warm water guys until May or so, but Hilda Sexauer holds the proof with this young bull. Captain Jorge lends the assist.

PHOTO 3: Here’s Dave Harper again, but this time holding up a big yellowtail taken off Punta Perico. If the fish looks funny, it’s because it was subject to a sealion attack. The dog grabbed the fish, but they were able to chase it down and get the fish back losing only some yellowtail guts!

PHOTO 4: I keep getting asked what “sierra” look like. We’ll here you go. Nice rack of fish caught by John Diciccio and Sue Nielsen. These are great light tackle sportfish and make excellent eating. Top-of-the-line for ceviche!

PHOTO 5: Here’s John Dicicco and Captain Victor holding a fat yellowtail. This is typical of the type of big ones coming along right now. John has more details below.

PHOTO 6: Salt Lake City International Sportsman’s Show…last stop on the 2009 tour. Thanks to all of you who came out to all the shows! Headed home now to La Paz!

BIG YELLOWTAIL AND SURPRISING DORADO MARK THE WEEK’S BITE!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of March 8-14, 2009

Interesting week of fishing. A bit windy as might be expected this time of year, but again just an interesting mix of fish as well! Yellowtail are definitely here. I don’t think we’ve seen the full brunt yet, but in between punky 10-15 pounders there’s definitely homeguard mossbacks around in the 30-40 pound class. Best areas have been off Muertos Bay, Punta Perico then north of La Paz around the El Bajo Seamount and north Cerralvo Island. The fish eat the sardine bait, but if you can find the larger caballitos or mackerel, it’s like french fries in front of a kid! In the deeper areas, heavy iron fished yo-yo is also working. Scrambled egg and blue/white patterns work best. Wind like a madman until your arms fall off is the best way to get chewed! If you don’t crank hard you won’t get bit!

The other part of the fishing report is the dorado bite that started last week. Normally, we don’t see dorado this early. Normally, we get numbers like this when the waters start to warm up in a month or two. Sure, we’ll get the stray bite or two but we’ve had limits or near limits several days! Our bite has been rather close to shore too! Only about 100-200 yards off Perico rocks, but there’s also some fish outside by the inner buoys.

All-in-all…some exciting stuff happening. We’ll keep you posted.

Here’s some first-hand reports:

This is from Dave Harper who has his photo above with the dorado and yellowtail:

“We had a great time fishing with Jorge, as you heard, the first day was wide open for Dorado. I was not expecting that and we were pretty darned happy to have boated 15 dorado before 11:00!!! All three days were calm (?).

The next day I caught my first yellowtail, but only after a 15 minute battle with the fish, followed by a 20 minute tug of war with a sea lion!! It was only through the persistence of Jorge chasing after the sea lion when it surfaced and tiring it out that I got it back, and it was pretty much intact somehow. Pretty funny stuff. We also hooked 5 big pargo Lisa and were schooled by every one of them. Humbling. I am ready to battle those buggers again!!!”

From John Dicicco who also has his photo above with the big yellowtai:

“For what we were told is off season fishing, we did pretty>well: 2 Yellow Fin, 22 Sierra, 1 Pargo and about 45 Pelicans. Too>bad we couldn’t eat the Pelicans. We also lost 2 Yellow Tail and 2>Sierra. Breakfasts and Lunch on the fishing days were very good.>>We had several very good dinners but two that stood out were, El Jibe>in town and the best was Pichilngue Restaurant. It was the>best meals I think I have had in Mexico and in the top ten ever.>And not a bad view either.>>This beats hell out of Cabo. I hope it doesn’t change.”

Thanks, guys!

COMING TO BASS PRO SHOPS THIS FRIDAY

This Friday March 20th, I’ll be giving a seminar at the Bass Pro Shops theater in Rancho Cucamonga CA on extreme light tackle fishing in La Paz. It’s at 7 p.m. and this is geared towards an extreme light tackle fishing trip to La Paz in August. Come check it out! Promise not to heckle!

TAILHUNTER ROAD TOUR 2009

Final thanks to everyone who came to see us the last 3 months. Jill and I have been on the road over pretty much most of the Western U.S. Seven states and a lot of miles as we hit the big fishing shows in Sacramento, Denver, Portland, San Mateo (San Francisco), Phoenix, Long Beach and Salt Lake City. We had a great time and it was great to see so many old amigos! Thanks to all who stopped by and have a great 2009 fishing year! Now back home to La Paz and let’s get fishing again!

That’s our story!
Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website: http://www.tailhunter-international.com/

Phone: (626) 333-3355

FAX: (626) 333-0115

Cell: (626) 278-1585

Mex. Cell: 044-612-114-17176

E-Mail: Riplipboy@aol.com

U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Dr., Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745

Mexico Office: , 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Cal Sur, Mexico

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PHOTO 1: Mitch Chavira and his 11-year-old son, Cole from the San Diego area never fail to do well when they fish La Paz. They say it’s better to be lucky and good but these two have both going for them and often put fish on board when everyone is just scratching around. Cole especially has often set the waters on fire. This past week when alot of other anglers were hiding from the winds, these two were out at El Bajo knocking out yellowtail on bait and iron. Check out some of these nice fat yellowtail.

PHOTO 2: Mitch Chavira with another fat forktail for the box. There’s more details below in our report, but Mitch said the wind was really kicking most days, but one day it just laid down flat and was epic.

PHOTO 3: Just one more day on the water. Cole and Mitch with another triple on yellowtail. They lost several others and also released other fish as well.

DID YOU SAY DORADO IN MARCH? BIG YELLOWTAIL TOO FOR LAS ARENAS AND LA PAZ BOATS IN BETWEEN WINDS

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for week of March 1-8, 2009

What a crazy week. I wouldn’t say it was fantastic fishing, but there were some fantastic bites here and there as things certainl warmed up on the waters!

Big yellowtail were in the counts again with 20-30 pound fish rolling around not too far out of Muertos Bay and Punta Perico. But we are supposed to be catching yellowtail right now. It’s that time of the year. We get yellowtail this time of year. But, here’s the surprise…in that same area schools of dorado showed up! That’s right. Dorado are normally warm water fish. However, schools of punky 8-15 pound fish came up to bite. That could only mean that there’s some fingers of warm water moving around. These fish were hungry and ready to bite! We normally do not see these fish until at least late April or May. We’ll keep you posted! There were also some reliable reports of dorado just outside at the buoys as well!! What’s up with that? No one is complaining!

Another nice surprise was that north of town, despite strong winds we’re finally seeing some activity as well. If you can brave the rough water and breezes, there are some good windows of opportunity finally opening up. San Diego residents, Mitch Chavira and his 11-year-old-son, Cole, who have successfully fished La Paz for many years got into some great yellowtail fishing especially at the El Bajo Seamount using bait and iron. According to Mitch:

“We had to work hard to get fish as the wind was blowing and had the bite pretty shut down. We did get fish every day and our last day at El Bajo was epic as the wind finally laid off. They really wanted the iron! One guy had to stay dedicated to the yo yo which got em going and allowed us to get em with surface iron and bait as well. We boated three, released a couple at the gaff and lost a few to the rocks. It was a hoot! Man they pull so much harder in the deeper water! We had our drags buttoned all the way down. Cole now 11 yrs old was really man handling these fish! Made the ol man proud.”

Just before posting this, we got more reports of a jag of big pargo that came up on the east side of the island! These were the nice dogtooth and mullet snapper with fish up to 40 pounds. They came. The ravaged. They went down! Wow….things are perking up!!!

PRINT MEXICAN FISHING LICENSES NOW ONLINE!

More big news…

YOU CAN NOW GET YOUR MEXICAN FISHING PERMITS ONLINE! It’s about time! You have no idea what a pain-in-the-keister it is getting your Mexican fishing licenses here in Mexico. Talk about bureaucratic B.S.! (I can’t say what I really think because Mexican officials read my postings!) But, it’s not like walking into your local Wal-Mart and paying your money. Five minutes later you walk out with your fishing license! In Mexico, it takes us 2-4 days to have a fishing license for one of our clients.

However, now, using your credit card you can actually do everything on the internet and be ready to get bent! Here’s the link to keep handy: Click these. http://www.bestbajafishing.org/ or http://www.discoverbajacaliforina.com/

I love technology!

LAST STOP ON 2009 TAILHUNTER TOUR!

We’ll after 3 months, we’re finally headed to our last round up on the Tailhunter Tour for 2009. It’s been awesome to see so many amigos….San Mateo, Sacramento, Denver, Portland, Phoenix, Long Beach and now…Salt Lake City. Going out with a bang at one of our favorite venues. The International Sportsmen’s Expo will be from Thursday to Sunday this week, March 12-15 at the Expo hall in Sandy. Great facility built for the Olympics. Hope to see you this week!

That’s our story
Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website: http://www.tailhunter-international.com/

Phone: (626) 333-3355

FAX: (626) 333-0115Cell: (626) 278-1585

Mex. Cell: 044-612-114-17176

E-Mail: Riplipboy@aol.com

U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Dr., Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745

Mexico Office: , 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Cal Sur, Mexico

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

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PHOTO 1: Roosterfish appear to have shown up a tad early this year, but Las Arenas isn’t called the roosterfish capital of the world for nothing. Captain Jorge hosts a nice pez gallos taken south of Muertos Bay on live bait. Notice how close to shore he is. The fish was released.

PHOTO 2: Hotel Perla, one of La Paz most historic hotels on the waterfront has been added to the Tailhunter list of lodgings for our fishing clients who prefer to stay downtown in La Paz.

PHOTO 3: Hotel Perla is now available for our La Paz clients who prefer to stay downtown on the waterfront area close to restaurants and shops now that Hotel Los Arcos has been closed.

PHOTO 4: The cavernous University of Phoenix Stadium where the NFL Cardinals play indoors. We just spent the week there for the International Sportsmen’s Show. Our booth was right at ground level and this photo shows the indoor stadium before we all set up. Had a great time in the town! Thanks to everyone who came by and said hi!

PHOTO 5: We got a chance to sneak out behind the scenes at the football stadium and came upon a secret locker room down a dark hallway where we probably should not have been!

MORE LARGE YELLOWTAIL MARK MIXED BAG OF FISH THIS PAST WEEK!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Feb. 22-28, 2009

The winds last week brought up some cold green waters that put off the fishing bite the early part of the week, but it seemed to improve as the week went by. Not many anglers out to get a really good read on the bite, but we did get some smaller yellowtail in the 10-15 pound class close to shore. As the week went on, we saw some of the larger models show up in the 25-35 pound class. Again, thoug, it’s really hard to get good feel on this to know if there’s a lot of fish in the area or they’re just breezing through and just the vanguard of the larger bite still coming. Still, it’s encouraging and everyone got fish this week. There just weren’t a lot of folks on the water, but this coming week, we’ll have more boats out with spring break here so we’ll hopefully have a better read on this for you.

Still… Pargo and roosterfish are still around and big big bonito have been great fun as well. Sierra schools keep coming in and out and when they hit…it can be bendo bendo bendo as they rip into the lines non-stop. Bait is fine. Hopefully, the winds will stay down so the water temps can get back to normal.

HOTEL PERLA NOW ON OUR ROSTER!

With the unfortunate closing of the historic Hotel Los Arcos earlier in the year, we needed to have another resort property for our clients who wanted to stay downtown on the waterfront. We’re happy to announce that we’re now able to lodge our fishing clients in the equally historic Hotel Perla. Built in 1940, the Hotel Perla has been a great destination right in the heart of the La Paz waterfront with walking distance to shops, restaurants and nightlife. Let us know if we can set you up. As usual, depending on our fishing, we’ll pick you up right there each day to get you on the water. We still have our other great hotels as well, La Concha Beach Resort and Hotel Marina.

FRED HALL FISHING AND BOAT SHOW THIS WEEK!

It’s that time again. The big circus is coming to town. The Fred Hall Fishing and Boating Show at the Long Beach Convention Center March 4-8 (Wednesday to Saturday) rolls in. Come see us! This is the big one so come early. We’ll be in our usual spot in the tackle section right next to Izorline. Look for the booth with the palapa roof overhead!

We’re just leaving our ISE show in Phoenix. What a great show. Great to see so many old amigos and clients and what an outsanding facility. We were actually on the football field at ground level in Cardinals Football stadium. We had never done the Phoenix show before and had a great time. Thanks to everyone who came by to say hi.

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website: http://www.tailhunter-international.com/

Phone: (626) 333-3355

FAX: (626) 333-0115

Cell: (626) 278-1585

Mex. Cell: 044-612-114-17176

E-Mail: Riplipboy@aol.com

U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Dr., Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745

Mexico Office: , 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Cal Sur, Mexico

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

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

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PHOTO 1: It’s calm now, but most of the week it was whipping and frothing pretty hard down here and had most folks hunkered down against the strong winds!

PHOTO 2: Fireworks over the waterfront and 2 miles of streetfair go off as Carnival time roared into town this past week.

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PHOTO 1: MIGHTY YELLOWTAIL HOGS! Yes…the yellowtail have finally started to show. Greg Keehr from Bothell WA made their first trip to see us in La Paz this past week and stuck some great roosters, cabrilla and these AWESOME yellowtail while fishing out’ve Muertos Bay.

PHOTO 2: Janet Keehr admittedly outfished her husband with this 35-pound yellowtail that she took on 25 pound test. That’s Captain Victor that many of you know, holding the gaff and sporting a DOUBLE CHIN! (Must’ve been hibernating in the off-season!). Janet took the fish on live bait. That’s a slugger of a fish!

PHOTO 3: You’ve probably neve seen one of these. One of our amigos, called it the “Boy George Fish” for the pink makeup on it’s lips and rouge on it’s cheeks. This is a rare louvar fish. Normally never seen in the Sea of Cortez, but correctly identified by our friend, Gene Kira from Mexfish.com http://www.mexfish.com/fish/louvar/louvar.htm. The photo was sent by Ed Hoffman and the fish was found in Loreto.

PHOTO 4: The louvar is not only rare. It’s also usually only about 30 pounds or so. This was estimated at 200 pounds. No idea how it tasted! More details on the way.

PHOTO 5: Yes, it finally happened. La Paz has it’s first golf course at Mogote Peninsula just across from the city. This is the driving range.

PHOTO 6: That’s our amigo, Dan Shore from the La Concha Pearl condos with the purple polo shirt being told that his ball went down a rattlesnake hole and he’d have to get it himself plus suffer 3 penalty strokes.

PHOTO 7: Bilingual warning sign on the Colorado River telling us not to fish for trout! We’ve just finished our 5th week traveling the U.S. visiting all our amigos and clients at the fishing and hunting shows. We just finished Portland, Oregon and will be going to Phoenix AZ next at Cardinal Football Stadium the last week of February. Come say hi!

YELLOWTAIL FINALLY CHEW!

La Paz / Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Feb. 8-14, 2009

Well! Sunshine…low wind…and YELLOWTAIL! Finally some lunker toad forktails! Check out the photos above. That’s the style we like…20-40 pound fish! We got fish for both our La Paz and Las Arenas fleet. Fishing the high spots and reefs, it would appear that the fish are in our waters although because of the winds, most of our fishing remains fishing out’ve Muertos Bay where the waters are calmer.

The fish are in shallow and eating live bait. But, in those same areas, we got some really nice pargo (and lost some HUGE fish too in the rocks!) as well as cabrilla. Sierra are still around, but we got another shot of roosterfish as well as some of those big gigantus bonito that kick our butts! All good signs! Weather has been great for the most part. We had wind earlier in the week but temps have been in the hight 70’s to lower 80’s.

This is CARNIVAL WEEK this week too so the town will be in party zone along the malecon waterfront all week! Gonna be rowdy!

Oh…and the whales are in full turbo as well at Mag Bay. We’re running trips daily now and seeing lots of whales in the shallow waters of the bay. We’re still booking trips so let us know.

LITTLE WHITE BALLS…

Lastly…you saw the golf course photos above…Yes…La Paz has it’s first golf course. It’s over at the Mogote Peninsula…that big sand spit across the way from La Paz. If you’ve been to La Paz and stood there on the malecon looking out at the ocean, it’s directly across. It’s still a 45 minute car ride over, but they have a quick 5 minute shuttle on a pontoon boat that will take you over. I guess I better learn to play golf. I’ve never been real good. I always had a fishing rod in my hand. I did shoot a 63 once, and would have done better, but my ball hit the windmill and missed the clown’s mouth by the castle…

According to our friend, Rory King, he says, ” The course is not ‘Open’ until March. The grand opening will be a round of golf played by the developer, and Arthur Hills, and Brian Yoder, the golf course architect and designer. At this time, the people living there, can play the course, but most of the markers are not up now, details have to be done, so it is not open to the public, except for the driving range.Driving range is open 10 to 4 every day. $12.00 for one hour or the whole day if you wish. Anyone can go. The little electric boats leave from the dock that goes down to El Patron restaurant. Short ride to the other side, then they pick you up in a golf cart and take you to the driving range. They have a rudimentary food stand, water, hot dogs, stuff like that, and it is beautiful. Anyone can play at this time. The price is right for a couple of hours of hitting balls.”

That’s our story!
Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website: http://www.tailhunter-international.com/

Phone: (626) 333-3355FAX: (626) 333-0115Cell: (626) 278-1585Mex.

Cell: 044-612-114-17176E-Mail: Riplipboy@aol.com

U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Dr., Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745

Mexico Office: , 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Cal Sur, Mexico

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PHOTO 1: Snapper like this nice pargo have moved into the shallows. A bit earlier than normal, but great sport trying to pull them out’ve the rocks. This is a “small” one and one of the most frustrating of Baja sportfishing. However, this is the time of year when they come in to spawn.

PHOTO 2: Here’s a nice winter-time catch that makes great eating. From left-to-right, cabrilla (seabass), two pargo mulatto (barred pargo) and yellow snapper (huachinango). All of these species inhabit the rocks and reefs inshore and can actually get pretty big. Willing to eat a live bait, chunked dead bait, slow trolled lures; and plastic jig and swim baits. Just be ready to lean into the rod and put alot of pressure on them to keep them from going back into their holes!

PHOTO 3: We’re traveling the country doing all the outdoor fishing and hunting shows right now. Just wanted to share some of the road signs we’ve come across. This is a rather famous truck stop in Colorado.

PHOTO 4: One can only speculate on what’s being sold here! Oregano?

YELLOWTAIL FINALLY BITE BUT PARGO NOT WILLING TO GIVE UP CENTER STAGE!

The La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Feb. 1-8, 2009

Well, it’s a bit early in the season perhaps, but the yellowtail that had been teasing us for a few weeks finally got into a nice snap and we got some of the forktails off Punta Perrico this past week. They weren’t the big hog yellows, but still, decent 12-16 pound fish. Too early to say if this is the full-blown thing yet, but it’s nice to put some yellowtail in the boat finally! All the signs are there. Last year we went full turbo on big tails so we can only hope that maybe things are heating up!

Still…other species did more than make up for everything else. Pargo appear to be ready to rip and the schools are getting thicker. They’re up in the shallows already in the same spots we’re seeing cabrilla, snapper and breezing schools of sierra. Not sure if the roosterfish are still in. We’ve been hitting the roosters the last few weeks bit didn’t get any this week but that could also be a function of the fact that no one wanted to fish for them!

I will tell ya that it was unseasonably warm this past week. Temperatures were in the low 80’s, but the winds were still a mess. It was windy enough earlier in the week for them to issue small craft warnings out of La Paz Bay. That time of year. But that’s why we’re doing all our fishing out of Muertos to stay on the lee side of things.

Whales are still packing them in at Lopez Mateos at Magdalena Bay. Our whale watchers are seeing lots of the whales now as we move into the height of the whale watching season there in the shallow lagoon waters. They’ll be around for about a month more.

Thanks to all the amigos who came to see us this past week at the Northwest Sportsman’s Expo at the Portland Expo Center in Oregon. It was five great days in the booth and the show was packed! No snow and no rain for once and Portlanders were great hosts. I’ll be in La Paz the rest of the month then back in the states for the International Sportsman’s Show in Phoenix, Arizona at Cardinal Stadium…actually in Glendale. It’s our first appearance in the Phoenix area in a number of years and hope to see many of you there.

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PHOTO 1: Lots of inshore species biting now which is a good thing because strong seasonal winds keep the pangas close to shore. But that’s fine. Sierra, cabrilla, snapper, and several types of pargo like this barred pargo are more than willing to bite. Just because it’s “inshore” doesn’t mean these are small fish either. Pargo can be up to 30 pounds. Cabrilla (seabass), snapper and sierra can be large as well as give attitude when hooked.

PHOTO 2: Roosterfish are either still here from last season or are here early for 2009. Who cares? They are here! These are the large mondo-monsters but it’s still alot of fun when a school of 5-10 pounders are up near the beach and willing to hit the fly or live bait. Best when the winds are down, but every few days…

PHOTO 3: Sad day. The historic Hotel Los Arcos on the waterfront of La Paz was officially closed this past week. One of the most popular hotels in La Paz, the hotel was originally shuttered just before Thanksgiving when the labor union boarded up the hotel and prevented anyone from entering or exiting. No one blinked during negotiatons and the owners decided to just close the property and fire everyone. That’ll show ya. Something like 200 employees are now out’ve jobs during a tough tourist economy and one of the great hotels is now permanently dark.

PHOTO 4: Hola from the Royal Gorge in Colorado. Our 2009 Tailhunter Tour continues on. It was great to meet and see so many old friends and new friends at San Mateo, Sacramento and Denver. We had to slug our way out’ve the blizzard in Denver and stopped for a Kodak moment along the Colorado River in the snow. Our next stop is this week in Portland OR at the Expo Center Feb. 4-8 Wednesday to Sunday. It’s the Pacific Northwest Sportsman’s Show. Come say hi.

PHOTO 5: This is the blizzard that hit us as we left Denver on Monday last week. It was crazy. Up to then, we’d had incredible weather. Then, the hammer fell. Jill kept us on the road headed forward unlike my adventures last year when we went spinning off the road.

PHOTO 6: Couldn’t resist this photo. Gas in Utah. It was even cheaper in Wyoming.

NOT MANY ANGLERS BUT GOOD INSHORE FISHING AWAY FROM THE WINDS PROVIDES ACTION

La Paz / Las Arenas Fishing Reprt for Week of Jan. 25 to Feb. 1, 2009

Inshore fishing continued to deliver steady action as seasonal northern winds keep our pangas close to shore. This is fairly typical for winter fishing. However, there’s a good variety of inshore fish. For light tackle fishing this can be a great time. Using either live bait or lures such as crankbaits, plastics or poppers, cabrilla, sierra, and snapper are willing to hit. On the days when the winds slow down, even the flyfishers got into the hookups. Roosterfish and jack crevalle along the beaches have shown up. None of the big ones, but these fish can’t be beat for action. We know some yellowtail have popped up but they come up and disappear. Some of the commercial guys are getting them but it’s real sporadic…so far. We’re seeing more and more pargo as well. Bait is good but all the fishing right now is still coming out’ve Muertos Bay. La Paz fishing is still too rough most days.

In other activities, the whales are in full turbo right now and we’re running all-day trips out to check out the grey whales at Magdalena Bay. The whales usually hang out until mid-March.

HOTEL LOS ARCOS CLOSES

Sadly, the Hotel Los Arcos has officially been closed. One of the most popular hotels in La Paz history, the old Hotel Los Arcos was shut down this week. Originally, the hotel was shut down by the local labor union just before Thanksgiving. The union boarded up the the hotel and it was anticipated that they could negotiate a quick re-opening. However, there was no movement and the owners fired all the employees and closed the hotel this past week. Hopefully, there’s some other resolution down the road, but for now, Hotel Los Arcos is dark for good.

TAILHUNTER INTERNATIONAL ON THE ROAD IN PORTLAND

We’ll be at the Portland Expo Center this week for our next hunting/ fishing/ outdoor show. Come by and check us out and say hi. The show is Wednesday to Sunday and our booth is in the main hall.

That’s our story!
Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website: http://www.tailhunter-international.com/

Phone: (626) 333-3355FAX: (626) 333-0115

Cell: (626) 278-1585Mex. Cell: 044-612-114-17176

E-Mail: Riplipboy@aol.com

U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Dr., Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745

Mexico Office: , 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Cal Sur, Mexico

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

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