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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Sept. 22-29, 2024

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FOR ONCE FISHING PRETTY SOLID – DORADO LIGHT IT UP!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Sept. 22-30, 2024

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Cooler than normal for this time of year. But, weather is still erratic. Mostly sunny, but some days cooler than others and some days more humid than others. Would still suggest you bring a light windbreaker or similar along. Mostly daytime temps in the low 90’s. Had one day where big waves and strong winds came from the south and we had to cancel fishing at Las Arenas. Next day it was fine.

WATER: Mostly clear and blue. Just the way we like it. Surface temps are a nice 80-84 degrees, but cooler water moving in as some cold water species are already starting to show.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Dorado, tuna, wahoo, roostefish, sailfish, striped marlin, blue marlin, snapper, cabrilla, snapper, sierra, amberjack rainbow runner, pompano, trevally, bonito, triggerfish, wahoo.

SCALE of 1-10: Fishing was a 7 most of this week. Had one day that was about a 3. (Best of the year)

MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

David Paganucci…first time fishing with us. First day on the water he catches the holy grail of fish. Nice wahoo!

Nat Hargett and Pete Walker from Washington. Always great to have them visiting. Good rack of fish to start your week!

The Okizaki Brothers from Orange Co. Danny and Gary caught FOUR wahoo in two days and thought it was “no big” and why all the fuss? They didn’t know how prized the wahoo are. They also caught dorado and prickly pear as well during the week.

Oh yea! Check the size of this golden bull heard. Captain Alfredo and Mike Ingster with the thumbs-up!

Michael Novotny had himself quite a fun week. He got his first wahoo among several other species! Just south of Cerralvo Island.

Good first day for Dave Lindell from Pendlton OR and son, Ben from Portland. Four dorado and 3 tuna is a good start. Dave also hooked and released a sailfish!

Another first for Michael Novotny’s week…a roosterfish! Not supposed to be around this time of year, but this fish didn’t know that. Michael took the quick photo and released it!

Kim Stuart, Ken Cereghino and Tom Tews with Captain Hugo (blue shirt) and a good day of dorado out’ve Las Arenas!

Dan Lewis, Brian Linn and Michael Murray with a heck of a load of fish! I see prickly pear, dorado and a big amberjack in Dan’s hand! Great day!

Captain Victor helps Mike Broadbend and Ryan Gonzalez with their catch wahoo, tuna and dorado. Again, two first timers hit a wahoo home run!

Captain Gerardo photosbombs, Fred Cowan and his wahoo. Once again, a first timer gets a wahoo. A big smile for the camera!

A solid first day for sure! Frank Cheng and Larry Lundberg have some tuna and dorado that needs to get cleaned and into the freezers!

Mark Bonsack from Washington fishes 2-3 times a year with us and never fails to hook some kind of beast! This past week he and his buddy Brad hooked 4 of these on live whole bonito, but only got one big dog-tooth snapper to the boat. These are tough tough fish!

One of their four wahoo in two days!

Brendan Gann and Fred Cowan with Captain Jorge. Nice day of golden and prickly pear.

MIke Ingster is all smiles with his wahoo!

That’s the way! Bill Bigelman has some dordo fillets to bring home!

Captain Jorge with Steve Carroll and Dave Massey (I hope!) Hard to tell with everyone wearing sunglasses! But, nice rack of fish!

High school chums, Dave Massey and Scott Hall with some mahi to take home.

Bill Dixon from Tampa Bay, FLA and Bob Dixon from Washington had a good first day on the dorado schools!

Mike Shaw and Carlos Sanabria with Captain Moncho. This was Carlos’ 2nd trip this year with us.

I don’t remember if this is Jim Bovee’s 3rd or 4th visit to us this year, but always great to have him and he loves fishing with Captains Boli and Pancho. Boli put Jim on this nice bull outside La Paz Bay.

Steve Manney and Howard Bellows from Washington State posing with their catch of dorado.

Love my Washington friends…Andy Hall and Dana Murray (well, he’s also in Arizona these days) with Captan Armando. I think that’s a yellowtail on the table as well

Brad Gann has a good looking golden bull caught off Espirito Santo Island.

Captain Pancho with Jim Bailey from San Diego and our old friend, Adam Florence from…everywhere…he’s retired now and travels around the country in his RV!

Captain Victor gives Dave Lindell a hand with his sailfish! Dave is from Pendleton OR and this sail is larger than normal! They released the fish too! Well done!

Staying at Dad’s place at Bahia Muertos Rancho Costa, Miles and Delanie got nice dorado in the boat. It’s deceptively a lot larger than it looks because Miles is about 6’7″ these days!

There’s some meat! Fred Cruz back in town with us and Captain Alfredo hoist a couple of trophy bull mahi!

Greg Garrisons from San Diego with his wahoo and flanked by Miles and Gary Wagner staying at Rancho Costa in Bahia Muertos.

Pat Sylvers from Sammamish WA with Scott Hall from N. Cal with a first day catch of dorado and even snuck in a snapper and I think I see a pompano back there too!

Thumbs-up from Captain Gerardo posing with Glenn Tochiban and a healthy load of dorado and yellowfin tuna!

Tom Tews (middle) from Colorado battled this bull mahi for 35 minutes on light tackle fishing with Captain Joel out’ve La Paz. Ken Cereghino and Kim Stuart lend a hand!

Brothers Gann…Brad and Roger…have some fillets to bring home after 1 day fishing! Tuna and dorado on the cleaning board!

Our friend and owner of Rancho Costa in Bahia Muertos has a knack for big snapper like this one. Probably ended up on the dinner table for guests that night. Great eating!

Whoa! Dorado and big snapper for Bill Bigelman and John Stendara! Captain Hugo has some fish cleaning to do!

Howard Bellows (can never get him to smile in the photos!) and Andy Hall who is always smiling with more gold to add to the freezers!

Fred and Lisa Cruz…first day back on the water produces some quality dorado outside La Paz Bay!

Fernando and Nina Delmendo with their favorite Captain Armando after their first day with a load of dorado!

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I’m torn and conflicted!

Part of me wants to bang drums and blow trumpets and fill this report with superlatives about the fishing. After the pretty terrible year we’ve had so far…the worst and weirdest season in my 30 years down here…the fishing really turned around the last 3 weeks or so. It’s NOT 100%, but compared to what it’s been, I feel like having a parade!

On the other hand…

The other side of me wants to keep this on the QT downlow. I don’t wanna harp and scream too much. I don’t wanna jinx things. I don’t wanna tick off the fish gods and ruin everything!!!

I think you might understand how I feel. I’m a bit superstitious about stuff like this.

So, let me just lay the facts on you and tell you to look at all the photos above. It’s the LARGEST gallery of the season. It’s the most colorful gallery of the season. The photos tell the story and you can draw your own conclusions! LOL. I am just the messenger!

But, good or bad…this is the best fishing we have had all year.

We had one day of panic when strong winds and waves from the south blew us off the water and we had to cancel our Las Arenas boats, but it turned out to be a one-off. Fishing picked up right where it left off.

In short, it’s been a long time since I’ve used the word “limits.”

But, the dorado bite has been pretty darned solid. Fun-fish in the school-sized 5-15 pound class are sometimes bending rods and providing limits by early morning! Anglers are releasing a lot of fish! Plus there are some larger 20-40 pounders also getting hooked. The dorado has been great fun, especially for many of our first-timers, kids and families.

However, you add in lots of bonito, some snapper, cabrilla, jack crevalle, an occasional roosterfish, marlin or sailfish and there have been more grins and smiles than frowns every day.

Plus, we have caught more wahoo in the last 2 weeks than the lat 2 years combined. Not alot. And not everyday. They remain elusive. However, we’ve hooked about a dozen or so with a good number breaking off or biting through lines but maybe about 8 or 9 making it into the boats! Fish have been 15-40 pounders.

Tuna also showed up as well. Nothing big, but football-sized yellowfin in the 5-12 pound category have been fun. The only glitch is that they bite early and it’s been a little run to Punta Pescadero to jump on them quickly. Then, the fish stop chewing and you have to run all the way back to get into the dorado zones.

Bottom line, it’s not off-the-charts. Everyday some boats do better than others, but it all evens out by the end of the trip over several days. It’s still pretty darned nice compared to before and everyone is catching fish!

I also want to apologize that this week’s report is a bit late. I was already set and ready to publish a few days ago, but then that little storm popped up and changed the complexion of things. I wanted to wait and see what it would do to the bite so that I could give you the most accurate version of what’s happening!

That’s my story!

Jonathan

Jonathan Roldan’s
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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Sept .14-21, 2024

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POST TROPICAL STORM ILEANA

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Sept. 14-21, 2024

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT

WEATHER: Had Tropical Storm Ileana came and crashed into S.Baja bringing rain and big seas except to La Paz where we had some drizzle and dark clouds (thankfully that’s all), but it was enough for the port captain to shut down all fishing for 2 days. Since then, it’s been sunny, but cool and breezy.

WATER: Water was not as bad as usual after a storm. Readings of 83-86 on the surface and mostly good patches of blue.

SPECIES HOOKED THIS WEEK: Dorado, prickly pear, bonito, jack crevalle, snapper, cabrilla, sailfish, striped marlin, blue marlin, amberjack, wahoo, rainbow runner, snapper, sierra

FISHING SCALE 1-10: Was 4 and got to a 6

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

There sure haven’t been many wahoo this year, but Jim Bailey from San Diego with Captain Pancho boated this fatty at the south end of Cerralvo Island. They also had another biter, but it straightened the hook on the Rapala!

Richard Smith and Ron Gray hooked this striper on light tackle and tag-teamed it to the boat for almost 2 hours. The fish could not be released.

A great start for Mike Ingster and Glenn Tochibana with a table full of dorado and some of the first tuna we’ve seen all season.

Scott and Darin Stromberg from Utah had a successful day (and week) fishing out’ve Bahia Muertos. Dorado and football tuna!

Steve poses with his striper on the beach at Bahia Muertos. They released a sailfish, but this one could not be released.

Shane Nielsen and Gary Sears took home a nice load of dorado over several days fishing with us.

Two of the sweetest folks ever! From Texas, Debbie and Randy Moe get a hand from Captain Jorge with some dorado from their first day on the water.

Darrell Chang and Bobby Hara squeezed two days of fishing in with us and always good to see them down here. 2nd day they rocked the dorado school plus a couple of pompano.

This is more like it! Brothers-in-law, Jim Bailey and Adam Florence found a better grade of prickly pear at the north end of Cerralvo Island.

Debbie will tell everyone within earshot that she caught all the dorado even tho’ she was fishing with husband Randy!

Voronika Sharikova and Amanda Davies visiting us from home in Yosemite put some dorado fillets in the cooler to go with their other fish.

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Tropical Storm Ileana bumped into Baja earlier in the week and created all kinds of havoc. It never developed into a full-blown hurricane, but it was enough.

Many areas got flooded. There were mudslides and road closures. The airports got shut down and flights got cancelled.

In La Paz, the government had the National Guard ready. They had the Red Cross ready to go. they had the. CFE power company trucks ready to handle power outages.

Then…nothing happened!

Clouds got dark. Seas got a bit stormy. But, there wasn’t even enough rain to get the ground wet! It was a complete non-event. A huge inconvenience for some but a disaster for fishing, only insofar as the Port Captain shut down La Paz Bay to all boat traffic in and out. So for two days as we waited for the storm to actually smack into us, NO ONE COULD GET OUT FISHING!

Understandably, it could have been worse. We’re grateful that it wasn’t worse. We get it that out’ve caution, boating gets shut down. People lose their lives out there on the water and just because it looks calm inside the bay…outside it could be a washing machine!

But, it’s just hard to justify to fishermen why we couldn’t go out when it wasn’t really raining and from inside the bay it didn’t look that rough.

So, Ileana came and went and regretfully, some guys lost days of fishing. That’s why I constantly warn our guests to purchase trip insurance.

After the storm passed on, it’s always difficult to tell how the fishing will be. Prior to Ileana, we had some of the best fishing of the season. Not great, but compared to the rest of the summer, fishing was pretty darned good.

But after a storm, waters could be colder. Waters could be dirtier. It could be rough. There are lots of variables.

However, because we didn’t get much rain, the waters didn’t get hit too hard. Fishing started slow, but with each progressive day, it seemed to get a little better.

It has been windy and cool, however. In fact, we’re all commenting this is the coldest September any of us can remember. In fact, instead of the beginning of fall, it feels like the beginning of winter down here. We have all been wearing jackets in the mornings!

But, the fishing did improve progressively.

Dorado came back nicely. Some 5-10 pound schoolie fish mostly, with some occasional fish in the 20 pound class. Some days they were here and there. Other times, anglers got into a school and it was one-stop shopping!

Additionally, we got some surprises.

Tuna showed up! We haven’t had much prickly pear in 2 or 3 seasons. Definitely we got more tuna this week than any time of the year. Nothing spectacular, but football-sized 5-10 pounders came up around Cerralvo Island and south towards Punta Pescadero. It seemed like a morning bite then the fish were gone so you had to jump on it pretty early. Some of the larger fish went 20 pounds or so.

As well, we kinda got our first wahoo of the season after nothing all year. Fish running 20-30 pounds were hit at the south end of Cerralvo with out half the fish getting off or biting through lines and lures.

Add in lots of bonito, needlefish, jack crevalle and even some marlin and sailfish and it was a surprisingly good end of the week those last few days!

Some roosterfish are still around and we’re getting some cold-water species as well as amberjack, sierra, rainbow runners, pompano and trevally.

This whole year has been unpredictable, but we hope it continues to get better before the northern winds start up!

That’s my story!

Jonathan

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

Tailhunter Sportfishing

755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

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

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

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

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BEST WEEK OF THE SUMMER UNTIL ILEANA CRASHES THE PARTY

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

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

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

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

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

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

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Tropical Storm Ileana has been a buzz kill.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tough fighting jack crevalle for carrie.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

That’s my story!

Jonathan

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755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Weeks of Aug. 13-28, 2024

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UP DOWN SIDEWAYS…NO WAY TO PREDICT

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muerto Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Weeks of Aug. 13-28, 2024

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT

WEATHER: Cooler than normal, but still hot by anyone’s standards just NOT AS HOT AS USUAL. Daytime temps in the high 90’s.

WATER: Colder than normal as well. And greener. And dirtier. That’s the problem messing up the fishing. Currents are funky as well.

FISH HOOKED: Dorado, marlin, sailfish, tuna, roosterfish, jacks, cabrilla, snapper, pargo, pompano, trevally

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

There’s dorado around, but we should be plugging the boats full of dorado this time of year. We really have to hunt for them these days.

The marlin bite that was so good earlier in the summer has tapered off, but there’s still billfish if you can find the blue water.

Our good amigos, Daniel and his dad, Jim Bovee with Captain Pancho come several times a year and know fishing in our waters as well as anyone. They spent 3 days and had to work hard for their fish and ran as much as 20 miles out trying to find the blue water.

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I DID NOT FORGET YOU! And YES, we’re OK!

Thanks to everyone who checked up on us and many apologies that it’s been about 2 1/2 weeks since the last report.

I’ve been diligently doing the fishing reports for almost 30 years…the videos for almost 20 years and regretfully, some personal and medical issues came up that were unavoidable and needed attention.

Then, a double whammy…I was ready to get out a report, but…

Not many photos since fishing hasn’t been that great and no one needs to see photos of 12″ tuna and 4 pound dorado
I accidentally pressed “DELETE” and the few photos I had ready for the report vanished! Just like that. My bad. My fault.

So, that’s what happened. I know alot of you folks kinda rely on getting the weekly report and thanks to everyone who checked in on me. We’re good to go!

Honestly, you haven’t missed much since the last report. In fact, not much has changed.

Fishing remains erratically perplexing.

Full discloser honesty without the sugar coating…

It’s August. Almost September. We should be knee deep in blue water pelagic species like dorado, billfish, tuna and such. It’s not like that.

Waters are still cooler/ colder than normal and very off-color and dirty instead of the pretty blue waters we should be enjoying. It’s also been a bit rougher than normal as southern winds keep bumping into us and nothing is as it should be.

We’re having to hunt hard to find the blue water and favorable condition. The captains are working hard chasing the right stuff and guests are being patient. The problem is that every day is different. The locations change. The water changes. What worked yesterday doesn’t necessarily work today. One boat finds fish. The boat next to it can’t get a bite. One boat catches dorado. The other boat only gets cold water species like snapper and triggerfish and cabrilla.

So, I think the fish are as confused as we are. The fishing results are mixed and the species we are finding are mixed. I can’t tell you if you go fishing if you have a better chance at dorado, marlin or needlefish. It’s just that kind of year.

Got alot of folks coming to visit in the next few week so hopefully things will get better. Just gotta hang in there. We’re doing all we can and wish I had a crystal ball or magic wand. In my 30 years this has been the most frustrating of seasons. But, if you don’t put a line in the water, you definitely won’t catch anything. I just can’t tell you what you’re gonna hook!

That’s my story!

Jonathan

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755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

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

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FISHING STILL DAZED and CONFUSED

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

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

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

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

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

FISHING SCALE of 1-10; 3.5 still tough going

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE AND THE REST OF THE STORY…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jake Sybesma posing with a nice bull dorado

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sweet Gaby Donnel from Portland having fun with Captain Pancho.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

That’s my story!

Jonathan

Jonathan Roldan’s
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Tailhunter Sportfishing

755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

U.S. Mailing Address: Tailhunter Sportfishing
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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of July 20-27, 2027

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IMPROVED FISHING DURING FULL MOON…(Sort of…)

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of July 20-27, 2024

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: It’s all over the place. It’s definitely hot in the afternoons…blazing actually, but not as hot as normal. Mornings and nights can be cool or hot and humid. It’s different every day. It can also be very windy and breeze or sometimes not even a whisper of wind.

WATER: It’s like the weather. And directly related. We have warm surface water and blue clear conditions or a few yards away cold green dirty water. Waters can be flat calm and an hour later bumpy as heck. Never seen anything like this in 30 years.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Dorado, marlin, sailfish, bonito, tiny tuna, jack crevalle, yellowtail, amberjack, pompano, trevally, pargo, cabrilla, triggerfish…sharks!

THE MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE AND THE REST OF THE STORY…

Marie McClelland from Park City UT, visits us every year and has a knack for big fish, especially dorado like this one. She was out with Captain Victor.

Tom Wilkens brought his daughter, Kaitlyn with him for her first visit. They were out with Captain Gerardo for this pair of dorado.

My old high school classmate Eddie Falcon who lives up in Carson City NV area has a colorful dorado on the gaff. Check out the flat ocean!

As I recall, Tanner was out at the 88 bank when they hit a school of better dorado like this one with Captain Pancho. This was Tanner’s 2nd trip this year with Tailhunters

Braedon and Steward Pierson had themselves a ball with the spinning rods and some fun-sized schoolie dorado.

Our good amigo, Kip Slaugh, on his 2nd trip to us this year from Salt Lake City had a double marlin hook up and released both!

Jim and Brenda Bovee from San Diego have fished with us already 2 times. They got a quick limit of dorado then found of a school of litte baby yellowfin tuna…not football size…Pop Warner size!

This is a NICE dorado. Connor is about 6’1″! He was out with Captain Luis north of La Paz Bay.

Daniel Bovee with his favorite Captain, Pancho and a jack crevalle they released. Always good to see Daniel down here.

Brian and Marie McClelland with another bull for the fish box!

Matt Slaugh looks pretty happy with this striped marlin! The fish was released.

Eddie and Debbie Falcon with first-day’s catch of dorado going home to Nevada with them.

Gabe Aguilar with Captain Alfredo fought this striper for a long time finallly getting it to the boat.

Daniel Bovee and his mom, Brenda, found a patch of schoolie-dorado near Bahia Muertos.

Seeing an abnormal lot of sharks this past month of many species. My captain say it’s because there’s so much baitfish in the waters for them and it’s actually a good sign.

Tanner with another big bull! Big head on this one!

Brenda and Jim had a good day with limits of dorado releasing many.

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Well…we had a full moon this past week or so to add to our fishing issues.

That makes most folks cringe when they hear about fishing on a full moon.

But, pump the brakes! The fishing actually got a bit better during the full moon! Given how erratic and difficult the fishing had been the past month, this was great to have. Nothing great to be honest, but anything is better than what it had been!

The waters still remain weird. Cold dirty water in many spots, but then right next to warm blue water. And it changes all the time.

Got in the water on the beach and it should have been warm. Instead if was COLD! I got goose bumps. I walked down the beach about 100 yards and the water was like bathwater! That’s the way it is out fishing!

Here’s the rub…yes, we got dorado which bit a bit better this week. We actually got some limits here and there with guys releasing fish. I haven’t used the word “limits” in a few weeks.

Nothing big. Mostly school-sized 5-10 pound fish. Way off for what we SHOULD be catching, but at least they are biting. There are some larger 20-40 pounders around as well if you check the photos above. But, whereas in the last several seasons post-Covid where we had lots of big bulls swimming around, there are fewer big fish. And, if you hook one…and you lose it…well, that might be your only shot at a big boy.

That’s the warm water stuff. The rub is that we are getting COLD water fish! IN JULY!

This is unheard of in my 30 years here, but we’re getting yellowtail 10-25 pounds. We’re getting amberjack. We hooked pargo liso that we have spawning here in the springtime in April and May. I thought we were well on our way towards summertime fishing, but to be honest, this is more like spring-time fishing! It’s crazy. It’s un-predicatable.

The cold water fish just suddenly showed up again.

As well, another strange occurance…more marlin and sailfish than I have ever seen! Most are getting released, but some boats are getting multiple hook-ups on billfish…even when they are not trying and DO NOT WANT billfish.

Here’s another little funky fact…more sharks in the water than I have ever seen as well. Folks are hooking makos, blues, hammerheads, lemon sharks, thresher sharks and others…all sizes. There’s a ton of baby shark in the bay as well. Don’t worry, the sharks aren’t bothering anyone, but they’re a pain in the backside to hook them and have them tear up your line and gear after long fights or short fights then trying to unhook and release them.

My captains say that the sharks are here because there’s so much bait and feed in the water for them and this includes large schools of TINY SMALL tuna! Even smaller than bonito. Perfect munchy-size food for sharks as well as the larger apex predators like the marlin and sailfish.

So…bottom line…fishing did get better. But, nothing to blow whistles over…just yet! We can only hope and keep fishing! Our captains are working super hard and are super frustrated as well. Even staying out extra time some days to keep pushing to find fish.

Likewise, the guests are being patient and hanging with us as well. It’s strange because several boats could be on the same spot. Several boats are hanging fish and the boats right next to them can’t get a nibble. Or hot spots become cold spots and vice versa. There’s just no logic.

We just have to keep at it!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of July. 12-19, 2024

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STRANGE OCEAN- STRANGE BITERS

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of July 12-19, 2024

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WATER – Just weird and strange. Blue water mixed with cold ugly dirty green water. And seemingly changing daily. Hot spots become cold spots. And vice versa. The ocean is not it’s usual self these past weeks. Temps on the surface ranging all over from 75-85 degrees. Colder down deep.

WEATHER – Strange as well. Mornings are actually cooler than normal some days. It’s July yet not a bad idea to have a windbreaker or sweatshirt. Then blazing hot later. Some days very very windy and rough. Other days, not a ripple.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK – Dorado, yellowtail, rainbow runners, marlin, sailfish, roosterfish, pargo liso, snapper, dog-tooth snapper, cabrilla, triggerfish, bonito, jack crevalle

FISHING on the 1-10 SCALE: 4

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Jimmy Fontenot from San Angelo, TX, got this big trophy rooster off Las Arenas. Jimmy is a champion taxidermist and big game hunting outfitter and owns Wildlife Connections in TX. First time with us! The fish was released.

Mike and Pam Lara from S. California, I could not stop laughing whenever they were around because they always seemed to be having just the best time. They slammed dorado with us and took home a big batch of fillets! Also, first time visitors with Tailhunter.

Ahhh…Dolores Ehlers with her favorite Captain Pancho has been with us for many many years and we can’t help but call her “Mom.” She’s a treasure and she can fish too! She also makes a mean meatloaf sandwich! 😁

Weird and strange! Cold water fish like yellowtaill suddenly showed up this week! Right off the northern and southern ends of Cerralvo Island and north Espirito Santo Island as well as the Punta Arenas lighthouse! Gary and Miles Wagner with a nice pair. Gary owns the Rancho Costa at Bahia Muertos!

Bryan Gadol only had 2 days to fish with us and had quite a time. Fishing with Captain Armando check out the striped marlin. Great photo and the fish was released.

Sunrise roosterfish for Mike Frazier. One of several he caught and released! His wife claims hers was bigger! See the rest of the photos below!

Kelli Frazier made sure to let husband, Mike, know that HER roosterfish was larger than the ones he caught! Big trophy in the photo and they released all their roosters!

Love this photo and this young man! Mike Novotny with a gorgous blue bull dorado and his “deckhand” of the day, Dylan, son of our popular Captain Luis.

He wanted one and he got one! Randy Fontenot from Texas poses with his big rooster before releasing it. Brother Jimmy stands by!

My high school classmate from more than 50 years ago, Eddie Falcon, behind the mask with his super wife, Debbie and deckhand Dylan (son of Captain Luis) near Espirito Santo Island. Eddie battled this bull dorado with a bad shoulder and back and had been tussling already with several big bonito when the dorado slammed him! But, he got it and that’s what we made for dinner for them at Tailhunter that night!

Not quite sure whether Aaron or Kyle caught this nice marlin. Both of them laughed when I asked, but they said it was off the bucket list! They were with Captain Julio off Espirito Santo Island.

Richard Kraft is with us all week and has done pretty nicely each day with a variety of species and good action. I think this was his first day catch. Dorado and bonito!

Another sample of colder water moving in! Amigo, Gary Wagner, owner of Rancho Costa in Bahia Muertos with a pargo liso which we usually catch in the early spring. I’ve never seen them in July!

Cheyenne Lee on her birthday with husband Brody from Utah. First timers withus and some nice dorado to bring home. Check out Cheyenn’s bull! I believe she also hooked a marlin that day.

Gary Wagner with wife Tracy and daughter Brittany just off his place at Rancho Costa at Bahia Muertos with a dandy rooster for the quick photo and release. They got 2 nice ones on the day.

Lots of dorado meat for John Ehlers to take home to Colorado! John has been with us for almost 20 years and loves fishing with Captain Pancho.

Might be the best photo of the week! Nancy Novotny with Captain Gerardo and her big striper! It was a big time battle and Nancy released the fish swimming away strong!

Again, I’m not sure if Aaron or Kyle caught this big dorado, but either way, it’s a great fish and the meat went home to the same house!

Louisiana boys, Steve Dupuis and Scott Sebastien. Double marlin and both released!

First rooster for Brody to start the morning! Quick photo and release!

Pancho and John Ehlers with a big striper. John tried to release the fish, but was unable to revive it. He generously donated the meat!

Great shot and colors for Jim Lipkowski with his morning dorado fishing with Captain Armando.

In addition to a trophy rooster, Randy really wanted a trophy dorado as well. I think this one fit the bill nicely!

Steve’s got his rooster for a fast photo and get him back in the water for a great release!

Bryan Gadol off Espirito Santo Island poses with another one for the box!

Birthday rooster fishing trip for Cheyenne! Right in the shallows off the island. She released the fish too!

Marlin and her daughter, Priscilla were sure fun to have visiting with us. Nice batch of dorado. Marline has been with us before, but Priscilla was on her first trip!

The ladies had fun this week. Mike Frazier helps Kelli with a feisty jack crevalle!

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In four words…THE STRUGGLE IS REAL!

In 30 years down here, I can’t remember ever running into these kinds of conditions!

I dunno. Like the rest of the world I can’t imagine we are immune from all the funky weird weather changes the rest of the world seems to be experiencing. However, what I’ve seen the last 3 weeks or so has been perplexing to say the least.

Let me cut to the chase.

Yes, we are finding fish.
Yes, we are catching big fish.
Yes, everyone is catching fish.

So, let’s get that out’ve the way right off the top.

But, the erratic conditions and un-predictable bite is driving us all crazy. Or maybe we’re just spoiled. We’re just so used to being red hot on fire fishing this time of the year!

A spot that’s hot one day is ice cold the next. Patches of blue clear water are right next to ugly green cold water.

Mornings can be cool and needing a sweatshirt. Or they can already be blazing warm with out a breeze. And yes, we have been having some unseasonably windy and rough days that should NOT be here and then calm flat days when we pray for a breeze on the water as respite from the oven-like heat of the day.

Somedays are humid. Some days are incredibly pleasant.

Earlier this week, thousands of baitfish washed up on the beaches of La Paz Bay. Attributed to the rapid heat of the water which caused an algae bloom which depleted the oxygen. BECAUSE the WATERS WERE TOO WARM.

Yet right outside the bay, the waters were TOO COLD and had turned green and dirty!

Go further out and you find 85 degree blue water.

The fish are as mixed up as we are. Nothing is for certain except our captains are working hard and ranging far and wide looking for the biters. Our guests are hanging tough and patient as well.

Dorado could bite one day. The next day same spot nothing. Or we suddenly are catching cold-water fish like pargo and yellowtail that NEVER bite in the summer in spots where they should not be!

Marlin are being pests or a great find everywhere depending on your viewpoint. We sure are hooking a lot and for all the photos you see above 95% are getting released or broken off.

More sharks in the water than I have ever seen too.

There are schools of dorado in the 5 pound (mini mahi) that are around, but they aren’t consistent but then there are big free swimming 20-40 pounders here and there as well.

One boat is all over the fish. The boat 20 yards away can’t buy a fish bite. Some days Las Arenas is hot. Next day it’s cold. Same with La Paz. It runs different every day with no rhyme or reason.

One of our captains that has been red hot hitting home runs all season suddenly goes several days without hits.

Go figure .

All I can say is look at the photos. Come fishing. Most of our guests fish several days and you might have an off-day, but you will probably make up for it on another day. For sure, if you don’t have a line in the water you’re definitely NOT going to catch anything.

But, despite all the wackiness in the ocean, everyone is catching fish! Just don’t ask me what you’ll be catching!

Steve andn Scott!

Oh wait…we also have a full moon this week too! We’ll let you know next week how that impacts all the other variables right now!

That’s my story!

Jonathan

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of July 4-11, 2024

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FISH GOT PICKY -WHAT CHANGED?

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of July 4-11, 2024

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WATER: Several weeks of southern winds and waves caused by those storms on the Eastern Coast of Mexico really turned our waters from blue to cold, cloudy and green in many areas. Directly affecting the fishing.

WEATHER: Cool mornings. HOT HOT HOT afternoons. Strange for July weather.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Dorado, marlin, sailfish, tuna, yellowtail, bonito, jack crevalle, cubera snapper, yellowsnapper, triggerfish, roosterfish, cabrilla, pargo

FISHING ON 1-10 SCALE: 3 😳😳😳🥲

MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Captain Luis gives first-timer Jessica Lister from Oregon a hand with a huge bull dorado that’s about as tall as she is!

Steve “Roosterfish King” Bryan from Seattle spends 2 weeks with us each year and only targets big roosterfish. He was in last week’s report and he’s got more fish for this week. All released!

David Jones from Oklahoma with a beast bull dorado!

Always too fun with Taylor Sering from Oregon and Captain Luis. Finally landed his sailfish! Fish could not be released.

Wonderful first-timer with us from Bakersfield CA, Dennis Slater had a good week on dorado and roosterfish.

Sal Lopez has been fishing with us for a couple of decades, but he finally landed (and released) his first roosterfish and it was a gem. He was pretty excited!

The Henke Brothers, David and Bo, our long time, amigos were with Captain Chito and landed a really colorful bull mahi!

Lots of great action on the jack crevalle that sure put up big fights. Austin Lister with a big smile and a jack!

All the way from Indianapolis, Brian Bauer with his wife, Rita, could not have been more excited with this big striper he battled on light tackle for a few hours! His first. Fish could not be released.

Great to have Kevin Lister come spend vacation time with us for his first-time La Paz trip. Got himself a nice jack on the gaff!

Fresh color on Austin’s dorado! Great shot!

Kim Sebastian from Louisiana scooted out and almost didn’t make it down because of Hurricane Beryl. He’s been fishing all over the continents for years trying to get ONE roosterfish and never even got a nibble. His wife said he could have one more trip and one more try. First day with us and Captain Pancho, he racked this 80-pound class rooster! His wife was more excited than he was! Fish was released!

Steve Bryan with yet another nice roosterfish…caught and released!

These two characters are funny as heck. Steve Dupuis and Vance Robichaux from Louisiana caught and released 3 big roosters on the day!

After several years absence, it was great to have Craig Corda from Calexico back with us and he’s got a big smile and dorado fishing with Captain Pancho.

Young Owen Fujita is a very good angler and comes fishing with us every year with his dad, Corey. Don’t be fooled, Owen can fish and his dad always rocks as well. Nice rooster caught and released and great photo!

Steve and Kim with Captain Pancho…double D’s! Two big dorado on the day!

One of the best fishermen down here…Kevin Shiotani…big tuna off Cerralvo Island. Maybe 100 pounder. The photo doesn’t do justice to how thick this fish really is!

Cathy and Randy Corda only had 2 days to fish with us, but took home some good dorado fillets fishing with Captain Pancho.

Brian posing with one of his dorado before it hits the fillet table!

It’s legit! Taylor and Captain Luis with a bull that might not fit in the fish box!

Our own Tailhunter Jorge Romero slipped out for a day off driving everyone all over to go out with Captain Chito. Fishing was tough, but they got this big dorado just off the rocks in shallow water!

Gilberto is somewhere behind the mask, but I’m sure was pretty happy with this big gallo for the photo then release!

Always fun…jack crevalle on the end of a line! Craig with the photo and smile! Fish was released.

That big heavy powerful tail was about to smack Steve in the face when this photo was taken, but he got the feisty rooster back in the water!

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I’ll cut right to the chase.

It wasn’t a very good week of fishing. Despite everyone’s best efforts, we struggled.

In the fishing biz, even down here, you have the occasional off day. Or maybe one or two boats just have bad luck. It happens. It’s called fishing. Other days make up for it or, if the fishing is off, it recovers pretty quickly, especially down here.

But, about 2 weeks ago fishing got pretty erratic and un-predictable.

It’s gotten worse since then!

It was hard to put a finger on it, but I think it’s a combination of factors.

One is those huge storms on the eastern side of Mexico the last 2-3 weeks that pushed across into Mexico affected our weather patterns here on the Pacific side. We have strong southern winds, big waves and stronger than usual currents.

Waters have gotten turned over. We have warm blue 85 degree water in some places, but then you run into big patches of colder off-color waters that are cloudy and dirty. That usually means cooler water from down deep has pushed to the surface.

On top of that, we cut open the stomachs of some of the caught fish and found their bellies full of little red shrimp! So, they are also full. No reason to eat more. Plenty of food elsewhere.

It has all really affected the bite. Normally we should be in full-turbo right now.

Instead, we’re struggling to find a handful or decent dorado or dorado bigger than 18″ or better action than bonito, jack crevalle and needlefish. It’s fun at first, but after that, pretty frustrating.

The dorado we have been seeing are some nicer grade 20-30 pound class fish, but not like it should be.

Marlin and sailfish are crazier than I have ever seen them. A good example was that the other day, I had 14 pangas out with about 30 anglers. Ten boats hooked at least one marlin or sailfish even though they were not trying. The billfish just happened to be feeding. All the billfish either broke off or were released. A few didn’t revive and most meat was donated.

Funny thing is that the few times where our guest specifically targeted billfish, they mostly caught zero! The boats that had no intention of catching billfish hooked billfish accidentally!

Thankfully, the roosterfish have hung around. Still some big hogs in the area including trophy-fish running 40-100 pounds! Larger ones have been lost. Still pretty thrilling to hook one of these on light tackle.

Our anglers have been great and patient and hung in there. Captains have worked extra hard. We can only keep pushing on. Hopefully, things will turn. If we don’t have lines in the water we definitely won’t catch anything. We’re still having fun!

ADIOS y VAYA CON DIOS OLD FRIEND

Cheers and Godspeed to Pops Henke our dear long-time Tailhunter friend. We’ll see you again, amigo!

THANK YOU AND KEEP THEM COMING

For all of you sending prayers and good thoughts for Jilly, thank you beyond words. She’s hanging in there and we appreciate you all! One day-at-a-time. Small victories. We’ll take them and each day is a gift and blessing! 😁👍🙏🙏🙏🙏

That’s my story

Jonathan

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

Tailhunter Sportfishing

755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of June 26-July 3, 2024

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DORADO ROOSTERFISH MARLN IN SPOTLIGHT BUT…WEIRD

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of June 26-July 3, 2024

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WEATHER: Strangely it’s rather chilly some mornings and windy and can be cloudy, but then by late morning, it’s blazing sunny then just plain hot. At least it’s not very humid. Day time temps in the high 90s. Nights in the 70’s and pleasant.

WATER: Some spots now into the mid-80’s on the surface and pretty blue, but the mornings can sometimes be a tad bumpy if the wind is breezy but then it flatttens out. I think the waters have now gotten too warm for the yellowtail bite which is pretty much over, but now blue water species showing up. Storms moving from the East Coast have not doner us any favors. See below…

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Dorado, tuna, roosterfish, striped marlin, blue marlin, white marlin, bonito, jack crevalle, yellowtail, pargo, cabrilla, snapper, pompano, trevally, shark

FISHING SCALE 1-10: 5 to 6.5 (erratic/un-predicatable)

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Bigger model dorado starting to show up! Sam Aiello had some banner days on the water with us like this big bull!

Our rooster king from Seattle, Steve Bryan, comes down every year and fishes 10-14 days for nothing but roosters. I’ve lost count of how many big roosterfish he has caught and released!

From Tennessee, Stacy Amos fished with us over a dozen years ago, but brought first-time neighbor Sam Oliver who caught his first dorado.

Maybe the last yellowtail of the season? J.T. and Joe rocked these nice forkies up against the island.

Joe Hicks is a big fella, but even he had trouble hefting this big roosterfish after battling it so he could get a photo! He caught 4 this day and released them all. Joe is from Denver. Always fun to see him.

Captain Victor with Marty and Taylor Sering from Oregon. Wow…estimated 350 pounds and a 1 hour battle. Lots of marlin in the water this week. The guys generously donated the great meat to the grateful pueblo to share.

First tuna of the season! Nice footballs for Julie and Travis. They found the school under some fast-moving dolphin and the fish came up and boiled on lures and live baits. They also got the dorado. Julie also released a sailfish. Travis released a striped marlin and Julie lost a blue marlin estimated between 300-400 pounds!

Chris Stark looks on at his son, Noah, with a tough jack crevalle near Punta Perrico. Noah released the fish.

What a day. Travis Millspaugh with Captain Pancho…caught and released this striper. Caught and released a sailfish (photo down below). Lost a big blue marlin. Lost a white marlin. Caught a bunch of tuna and a nice dorado!

Travis with one for the cooler!

This is a big sailfish! Over the years, Julie, kept missing a sailfish. Just couldn’t keep them on. This time, she got one and it’s a large one. She released the fish which swam off strong!

Kevin Evans from Idaho last fished with Tailhunter in 2000! That’s 24 years ago! He came back and got his biggest rooster and promised he’ll be back sooner than 20 years. This fish was released. Punta Arenas beach in the background.

Lotta bull…dorado! Joey Berzins on his first trip with future-father-in-law Sam Aiello.

Another trophy rooster for Joe. Four fish on the day. All released.

Kevin plugged the boat with limits of dorado fishing north out’ve La Paz Bay with us.

Great shot of the great Gary Wagner fishing just off from his Rancho Costa on Bahia Muertos. It’s easier to sit and take a photo than try to hold one of these big guys up. The rooster was released.

Yup! That’s a trophy bull dorado on the gaff for Joey! Flat ocean too!

So great to have these two visit. Only had time for one day on the water, but Joe and Christian Bridley from San Diego have been friends for years, but their first time in La Paz. Glad they got into the last of the yellowtail!

Branson Knowles on his first trip was with his dad, Lee, and had the big dorado slam them! Lots of meat!

Captain Arcangel with the Stark Family…Steph, Noah and dad, Chris! Dorado, pargo and palometa on the cleaning board!

Three of Jason Ryan’s guys. Way fun group and got into dorado, cabrilla, palometa, snapper and pompano! Great variety!

Colorado Springs CO in the house! Miles Wagner staying at his dad’s place at Rancho Costa got himself a toad roosterfish as well this week. Quick photo then back into the water!

On the beach for photos! Tyler and Ryan had just one day to squeeze in for fishing!

Joey with another bull dorado. It’s about time the quality dorado showed up!

David Jones visiting us from Arkansas got this marlin fishing with Captain Javier. The fish could not be released. Light tackle!

Another first for Joey. First roosterfish! Also a sweet release!

Great shot! Bobby Feliciano is pretty happy!

Incredible colors on Sam’s fish! Fresh one!

The Wagner family has dinner set up!

Steve Bryan with yet another roosterfish to his credit. He releases them all so he can catch them next year!

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First things first…Happy 4th of July everyone! Hope it’s a safe and happy holiday for ya”ll. It sas always one of my favorite holidays. It’s summertime Happy Birthday USA! Unfortunately, being down here, and it being the height of the fishing season, I’ve dearly missed it for 30 years now. So watch some fireworks and have a hot dog, fried chicken and some potato salad for me!

As for the fishing…

Well…I’m gonna be brutally honest. We caught alot of great fish since the last report. In fact, some spectacular fish were hooked. But, I can’t say it was great fishing. Straight up.

Waters are warmer. Yes, there were some big fish hooked, but fishing was erratic.

The weather patterns are just plain weird. It’s warm, but cooler than normal. The waters have stayed colder than normal although finally hitting the mid-80’s on the surface which is why we’re getting more blue water species.

But, morning have often been chilly and windy. We had that big storm Alberto that crushed into the southern coast of Texas barrell across mainland Mexico then drift into the Pacific south of us that pushed strong southern winds, bigger swells and waves and some colder upwellings up to us. It made for some mixed fishing. Even the fish are confused.

At the time I’m writing this. Hurricane Beryl is chugging across the Caribbean and into the southern parts of Mexico and Central America and it’s so powerful that once again, just as fishing was starting to get better, big crashing waves have hit the southern facing beaches and waters have gotten cooler and dirtier.

That has changed the normal currents. It has made it difficult to get to some of the fishing spots. It has made it harder to get bait.

The result is the fishing has changed from day-to-day. It has changed from boat-to-boat. One day good. Next day so-so. Next day good. Next day really slow. Very un-predictable fishing!

And, as I’m writing this at 4:30 a.m. in the morning, the winds were blowing as I sent folks out onto the boats and the predictions this week show more strong winds from the south.

Weird…weird…weird.

But the fishing, here’s the scoop…

I think the great yellowtail season we had is finally over. There’s still a few fish holding down deep, but the waters have consistently warmed that the forkies have moved off. The cold water held the yellowtail here probably 2 months longer than normal but I think we’ve seen the last of them.

On the other hand, the warmer waters have finally brought in more dorado. It’s not full-speed yet, but school-sized fish in the 5-10 pound class are more abundant and we hooked some really nice bulls…the largest of the season…that are easily in the 30-40 pound class.

We also got our first yellowfin tuna of the season with our Tailhunter Las Arenas Fleet. The fish were found pretty far out…past Cerralvo Island at the 88 spot and beyond, but the football fish running about 15-20 pounds were running with the dolphin and came up on lures and live bait. It’s a run and it’s hit or miss, but give the captain extra gas money and let us know and we’ll give it a shot!

Also, I’ve not seen the marlin so active like this in several seasons. We had several blue marlin between 300-400 pounds hooked this past week. Also a white marlin was lost and several striped marlin were hooked, lost or released. Actually, most of the billfish are getting released. Also got into some sailfish this week as well. All released. It’s pretty exciting to hook and fight a billfish from a panga!

Roosterfish from 10-100 pounds are still hanging out as well although I’m not sure how much longer they will be here. Smaller ones should still linger, but the bigger ones are about time to move off. I can only hope they’ll stick around awhile longer.

Jack crevalle, big bonito, cabrilla, pargo, snapper, pompano and trevally are providing action as well.

That’s my story!

Jonathan and Jilly

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

Tailhunter Sportfishing

755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

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

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

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DORADO FINALLY START SHOWING UP

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

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

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

FISHING ON A SCALE of 1-10: 6.5

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Margo Salatich and Captain Armando with another bull for day!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

But overall, still a pretty OK fishing week.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Will keep you posted!

That’s my story!

Jonathan

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

Tailhunter Sportfishing

755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

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

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