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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishng for Week of Aug. 19-26, 2023

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WHEW!…THAT’S MORE LIKE IT!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report for Week of Aug. 19-26, 2023

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Hurricane Hilary has come and gone. It’s back to hot, sunny and humid. Day temps are in the high 90’s.

WATER: It took a few days for the waters to clean themselves back up after the storm, but not it’s mostly back to blue and perfect fishing conditions.

SPECIES CAUGHT THIS WEEK: Dorado, bonito, skipjack, pargo, cabrilla, snapper, roosterfish, jack crevalle .

LAS ARENAS FLEET: It seemed that generally, there were fewer fish caught here, but more of the monster dorado were caught here.

LA PAZ: Seems that there are more dorado on this side and more action than Las Arenas, but not as many trophy fish.

MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Ralph Lopez used a gift certificate from his wife to fish with us all week and started the trip with some nice dorado like this one fishing with Captain Jorge.

Beast Mode!!! Captain Luis gives Dennis Cameron from Orange Co, CA a hand with this huge bull dorado. Dennis said he saw it swim by the transom. He flipped a bait on it and it turned…SLAMMED…then peeled off more than 100 yards of line in the first run!

Brian Chu brought the family of 4 down for a few days and started of the week with a nice load of dorado, here posing with just a few of their fish!

Bob Cowan and Jeff Loh have fished with us many times and always good to see them A good start at Bahia Muertos!

Craig Braswell is one of our Sacramento firefighters that has been visiting us for about 20 years. Great to have him down now that he’s retired and he cam with Dave Smith who is still with the department. Captain Pancho got them into a nice bite. “The Braz” is still able to fish even with bad gout (just had to toss that in there, Braz!) 😛

This is one of my new favorite first-timers! From Idaho, Ryder Lee had such a great time with us and us with him. He just graduated from 8th grade and poses with a hefty bull dorado with Captain Luis.

Cecilia Berumen says the bar is now set pretty high after 3 good days right after Hurricane Hilary. She did great on the dorado like this one!

The man behind the mask is Angel Navarro. First-time visitor with and gets to check a roosterfish off his bucket list. He released the fish as well! Good job.

Captain Armando poses with Tom Lelevich who got some nice filets to take home after 3 days fishing with his wife, Donna, celebrating their 30th anniversary with us!

Stefani and Steve Fries from Idaho are too much fun whenever they fish with us. They decided to take one day and fish the rocks and came back with quite a variety including, dorado, pargo, snapper and cabrilla. Oh and a bonito!

Captain Licho hoists this big-headed bull that Mike Zech (left) fought for the better part of an hour until his hands started cramping and he handed the rod to his buddy, Ryan, to finish off. In all Mike’s years fishing with us, this was his biggest.

It’s not always the size…it’s the moment. A lifetime smile from Ryder Lee and his first roosterfish. Caught and released!

We love having youngsters with us and there’s no denying that Hunter Lee is having a good time. Here posing on the beach at La Concha with one of his fish.

Ralph Burnett with Captain Jorge and a nice rack of fish to start the week!

After a good day of fishing, there’s nothing quite like that first icy cold one. Roy Trejo has the right idea.

Excellent eating variety on the cutting table! Cabrilla, pargo and dorado for Bobby Hira and Daryl Chang.

Yessir!!! Two pig dorado. Albert Leung and John Pak!

Shea and Nick Brown had a fun time with Captain Gerardo their first of 3 days on the water.

First-timer rocks it with Daryl Chang from Los Angeles with two of his dorado right after the storm.

Might be one of my favorite photos of the week! Just the sheer joy! Cecilia puts another one on the deck.

Good to have our 3 amigos back to visit us from Portland. Wes Perkins; Dennis McCleod and Roger Hall were with us all week and topped off their fishing with some massive dorado!

You know it’s a good fish when even Captain Boli smiles. Using his scale, Craig Braswell said they weighed this bull in at 38 pounds. The angle of the photo doesn’t do justice!

We had so much fun with Trisha Clark on her first rodeo with Tailhunter. She’s promising to come back!

Not a bad day at all! Steve Rons started the week with some medium bulls topped by this big boy toad dorado bull.

Ralph and Jorge!

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Well, Hurricane Hilary moved off without too much fuss after a few days and gratefully it wasn’t that big of a deal. Some heavy rain and wind a times, but fairly “lightweight” as far as hurricanes go. We’re very fortunate. The biggest drawback was that we had a few days of not being able to fish.

After a storm like that leaves, you just never know how long it will take for things to bounce back. Fortunately, it didn’t take that long. We were back on the water as soon as the storm moved of and although it started somewhat slow, within another day, it was full-speed again witht the fishing.

Once again, just as it had been before the storm, the dorado were stacked and limits were the rule rather the exception. Most fish were in the 5-15 pound class and many many fish were released.

The exciting part is that there’s still some massive fish that were hitting this week. A good many were lost (that’s why their big). And the ones that were boated were easily 30, 40 and even 50-pound fish.

Live bait continues to be the best way to get bit.

Not much else in species mainly because the dorado are so prevalent, but we dig also catch pargo, snapper, cabrilla, jack crevalle, bonito and even some off-season roosterfish.

IMPORTANT NOTES

BUGS – The weather is back to being hot and humid and any time after we get any rain we have a big hatch of bugs. Everything from butterflies to mosquitos for about 2 weeks is out. Normally no bug problem. Good idea to bring some repellent. Wear long sleeves. Keep doors and windows closed.

BAJA 1000 – Will return again in November to La Paz. Every room in La Paz is already sold out. However, we have a 3 BR beach condo with 4 baths available for Nov. 13-19. If you’re interested e-mail me: Jonathan@tailhunter.com

COME GET YOUR STUFF – For almost 15 years, we’ve been storing fishing gear for our folks that come down so you don’t have to hassle dragging it on planes as well as the high cost. However, we can no longer afford to store so much gear. Some folks haven’t been down for years. This is our last year we’ll be able to do it then anything left over we’ll donate.

GET YOUR BALANCES PAID – If you got a booking with us this year, don’t forget your balances are due 45 days from arrival.

That’s our story!

Jonathan & Jilly

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

Tailhunter Sportfishing

755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

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

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

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

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HURRICANE HILARY BUMPS INTO US

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

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: Before the storm, it was up to the mid-to-upper 90’s and humid. Has gotten just a tad cooler since the storm arrived, but humidity is higher and the air is very heavy and wet. Forecast keeps changing. Maybe 1-2 days of rain expected, but more worried about the winds from Hilary. It will be in the 20 mph range here…enough to keep us off the water, but outside, I hear it’s blowing triple digits.

WATER: The bay is calm, but outside it’s a washing machine you don’t want to be in. Had some folks in a sailboat tell me they had 20-25 foot swells.

FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: Dorado and more dorado. One tuna hooked and lost. One billfish hooked and lost. Most likely a big striped marlin. Smaller roosterfish, jacks, bonito, rockfish inside.

LAS ARENAS FISHING: More variety of species, but not as many dorado. However, some of the larger dorado were coming up here.

LA PAZ FISHING: Dorado are as close as the tankers anchored in the bay!

NOTE: Saying it over and over. Our best part of the fishing season is also the time when we could see storms. Usually NOT a big issue, but you need to purchase trip insurance. Storms are part of fishing and there’s no refunds for weather-related cancelations, but the trip insurance will also help cover cancelled or delayed airline flight/ hotel rooms/ activities, etc.

MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG (LACK OF) PICTURES and the REST of the STORY…

Hilary’s angry eye moving up!

Jimmy Williams knows how to pose with a big dorado!

Captain Armando was out with Andrew Fernandez at Bahia Muertos.

Daniel Bovee rocked a couple of nice mahi as well. Daniel visits us several times a year.

Well…the fishing continued reall good…until it wasn’t.

And it has nothing to do with the fish leaving or anything like that.

It’s THAT time of year and little storm “Hilary” turned into a Category 3 tempest with 165 mph winds, rain and big seas. The good news is that it’s NOT hitting us directly. It’s not punching us right in the nose. However, it has long arms and those arms are giving us a nice glancing shove.

It’s enough that we’re getting rain and wind and unfortunately is shutting down the fishing for anywhere from 1-3 days depending on how fast this storm moves through and whether the La Paz Port Captain allows any boats to go out.

It can’t be avoided. It’s just part of this wacky-weather that’s all over the place these days although tropical storms are not unusual down here especially this time of year. It’s our best fishing, but also the greatest chance of a storm. You just never know.

Actually Hilary appears to be headed right towards S.California which might get a taste of a real hurricane.

At time time I’m writing this, Hilary is several hundred miles to the south of us, but is already generating winds up to 140 mph and up to 20 foot seas into the Sea of Cortez. Definitely not the kind of weather we want to be out in.

But, before that, we still had that great dorado bite going on that we’ve been experiencing for the last 3 months. The best dorado fishing that I can remember in 30 years. Still lots of 5-15 pound biters with an unusual amount of bigger 30-50 pound bulls. I only hope that after this weather passes, things will be back on track.

I have to apologize because if you know me and you’ve been reading my reports these 30-something years, you know that I always have a ton of photos.

Well…I don’t know what happened, but we’ve been having power outtages down here lately and somehow the flash drive where I stored this week’s photos got ERASED! Dangit, am so sorry and there’s not enough time to round up all the photos again. Many apologies. I guess for once, you’ll just have to see the few photos this week and also take my word for it that we WERE INDEED still catching dorado before the storm hit.

We’ll just have to see what’s on the other side of Hilary!

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

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Bahia Muertos / Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of July 29-Aug. 7, 2023

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BEST DORADO SEASON EVER?

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of July 29-Aug. 7, 2023

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER: No doubt hot and humid! Stay hydrated and covered up. Common sense! It’s in the high 90’s to low 100’s in the daytime…normal summer temps. Actually maybe cooler than many parts of the U.S. strangely enough. But, humidity is high as well. Thankfully, the beach is right outside!

WATER: Mostly warm and blue. Surface temps on the water are high 70’s to low 80’s. Actually and strangely COOLER than normal! But great swimming, snorkel and scuba conditions.

SPECIES HOOKED THIS WEEK: Dorado, bonito, roosterfish, wahoo (lost), marlin (lost), pargo (2 types), snapper, cabrilla, jack crevalle, palometa, pompano

TAILHUNTER LAS ARENAS FLEET: Primarily dorado. Not as many as La Paz, but more of the bigger dorado. Plus inshore species like roosters, pargo and cabrilla.

TAILHUNTER LA PAZ FLEET: More dorado than La Arenas…usually…it changes all the time, but the LARGER of the larger dorado seem to be on this side. (30-50 pounders)

IMPORTANT MESSAGES IF YOU’RE COMING DOWN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS:

It’s hot. Dress accordingly with sunglasses, big brim hats, long sleeves, sunscreen and lots of water.
Your balances are due 45 days from arrival so get in touch with us if your balances are due.
The best part of our season is also hurricane season. Usually NOT an issue, but you never know with this wacky weather around the world these days. These are the tropis. TRAVEL INSURANCE is cheap and remember, there are no refunds for weather-related cancelations. Weather is part of the sport whether it’s sunny, windy, rainy…whatever. This is prime time for fishing and we are always sold out this time of year because fishing rocks, I wish we did, but we also have no control over the weather. Even if it’s a heavy rain storm for 1 hour or 1 day, it COULD affect your fishing; airline flight;

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Frank Kunze, our long-time Colorado, amigo, has been with us twice this year. We got him to put down the conventional fishing rod one day and only use his flyrod. Here’s his first fish of the day on the flyrod. It wasn’t his last! He released all his fish!

Captain Luis give Rose Vadnais a hand with a another big bull off the east end of Espirito Santo Island. They apparently had several other big boys on the line that got away!

Daniel always gets fish! This is Daniel Bovee’s 2nd trip this year to visit us and has been doing it for years. Great colors on this bull dorado taken near Bahia Muertos!

Yes! There are still roosters around. Maybe not the big pig slug roosters, but some fun 5-10 pounders can be lots of fun like this one that Darrell Manginelli hooked and released after fishing for dorado.

This is Sam Sybesma’s biggest doado every and he’s been fishing with us for years! Sam is about 6’3″ so you KNOW this fish is legit!

Always great to have Lee Carlson here with us. He got lots of fish on the conventional rod and reel, but took our his flyrod for this beauty. He released or donated all ths dorado this day.

Some good eating barred pargo that Daniel is holding. Winds came up, but still able to fish for a number of inshore species.

I lost count of how many big bull dorado Darrell Manginelli caught last week!

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It’s been an unbelievable dorado season now for more than two months. After almost 30 years down here, I’d have to call it “historic” and hope I’m not jinxing the whole ball-o’-wax and shutting it off because our fisherfolk are having a ball.

They catching either the most fish ever. Or they are catching the biggest fish ever. Or they are catching maybe their first fish ever. Or they are catching their limits of fish faster than ever.

Either way, the dorao are sure checking alot of the boxes!

Most of the fish are running 5-15 pounds. Fun legit fish. Lots of those are so voracious that they are crashing the boats which are ending up with some fast easy limits. Many many of these fish are getting thankfully released.

But, wait…there’s also the big Mo’s out there as well. The pigs. The hogs. These bull dorado are all business and when you have a 20-60 pound fish pulling line and jumping and charging the boat, it’s more than most folks can handle and alot of fun. But, we’re also losing alot of these fish which is just part of the sport! You just never know when that next fish will or might be the fish of a lifetime.

But, the dorado continue to be the big story for our fishing.

That’s not saying there are no other species. We’ve got shots at billfish, wahoo, roosterfish, bonito, jack crevalle, pompano, snapper, pargo and cabrilla. The problem is that everyone is having way too much fun with the dorado and don’t care to invest the time or change tactics to chase the other species. Which is just fine as well! Go have fun!

We did get a little rain over the weekend and some jags of southern winds made it a tad bumpy for a few afternoons, but otherwise, there were always fish to be caught and places to find fish less windy.

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

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 July 21-28, 2023

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MAHI MADNESS KEEPS ROLLING

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of July 21-28, 2023

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT

WEATHER – Hot and humid. High 90’s to low 100’s. Normal temps for this time of year, but just FEELS hotter for some reason. Everyone talks about the heat.

WATER – Strangely although the air temps are hot…the water temps are maybe 3-5 degrees COOLER on the surface than normal. Go figure! But, at least the waters are blue which is conducive to fishing!

SPECIES CAUGHT THIS WEEK – Dorado (5-50 pounds); Roosterfish (2-15 pounds); Pargo/ Cabrilla/ Snapper / Triggerfish (2-8 pounds); Jack Crevalle and Bonito (3-17 pounds); Wahoo (at least 5 hooked and lost of unknown size!); Marlin (2 hooked and lost of maybe 120 pounds each).

LAS ARENAS – Fewer fish than La Paz, but overall LARGER fish. Maybe 2-4 fish per rod and largest fish overall consistently more 15-30 pound bulls. Lots of releases.

LA PAZ – More fish than Las Arenas. Most in the 5-10 pound size with LOTS of releases. Not as many large fish as Las Arenas, but the chance for larger bulls up to 50 pounds is always there.

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Just a great dawn shot with the sun coming up and a big dorado to kick off the day for Darrell Manginelli who has been visiting us for years. Darrell had an incredible 5 days of fishing with lots of huge bulls. He filled enough for his ice chest after two days! He released lots of fish. Darrell visits us from Camarillo CA.

Big smiles as Jen Enright needs some help from Captain Joel to photo this big dorado. She battled the big fish and said afterwards her arms and hands were shaking too hard to hold the fish. Jen is from San Diego.

What a way to end their fishing week that was full of good fishing days. Rick and his son Steve Fling capped it with 3 big bull dorado. The guys were visiting us from Denver.

It was great to have Frank and brother John Marshall hang out with us for a few days. Nice bull after fishing with our La Paz fleet.

What great colors on this photo of Mark Melnick and his beautiful bull. This is frameable. That’s El Sargento in the back.

Always fun having Roger McCracken and George Hatziayiannis visiting us from Portland. Roger has been with us over 20 years.

First time family visitors Laryn Keller and Dawson Enright taking a break after their first year of law school in Oregon had a banner few days fishing with us with dorado like these.

Hito Nishikawa and Mark Melnick have alot of meat in the table to start their 3 days of fishing. Good dorado bite!

I just think this is a funny photo. Shelton Donnell and Louie Mogabgab have been our friends over 20 years fishing with us. We love these guys, but this is just funny because it looks like Shelton is trying to take a selfie. Only problem is that last time I checked, you need a phone camera in your hand to take a selfie! Shelton doesn’t have a phone!

Kirk Paterno is 18-years-old and got this 3 days of fishing as a graduation present from high school before heading to the University of Iowa. This is a photo from the first of 3 days fishing and each day got better and better!

Darrell with another big bull! He was king of the bulls this week!

Whenever Captain Gerardo gives a thumbs-up, it’s a good fish and Toshi Nishikawa looks a tad disheveled after battling this nice bull.

Oh yea…Our cousin, Andy Enright holds up another big bull dorado to go with the big smile! It’s a big fish because Andy is pretty tall.

Len Weaverling and Tatsu Watanabe posing on the beach at Bahia Muertos after their first day.

Bryan Forward is just a kick every time he visits us. He brought Eddie Haynes with him this time and they knocked out the dorado and took him a nice load of fillets.

Captain Alfredo grimaces a bit as he gives Tatsu a hand with a dorado they estimated at 50 pounds that Tatsu battled north of La Paz.

Darrell is in alot of photos in the gallery this week! But, he caught alot of big dorado!

Captain Jorge with George and Louie and a table full of dorado headed into the ice chest.

It never fails. The biggest fish bite the lightest line and Roger McCracken had a rod with 20 pound test line on it when this big boy bit and took him for a ride!

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Long story short…we’re still rolling in dorado. Little ones…medium ones…big ones…even bigger ones!

It’s been on for a good 2 months now and I don’t know when it will stop, but we’re enjoying the heck out’ve it and having alot of fun and I only hope it sticks around for another 3-4 months because will reiterate that this is the best and most consistent dorado bite I’ve seen in my 30-some years down here.

Both out Tailhunter La Paz and our Tailhunter Las Arenas Fleets are into the mahi. Some boats might do better than others, but overall, since most of our anglers fish multiple days, they more than make up for it on other days .

Even having an “off” day is relative. The fishing has been so consistent that an “off day” these days used to be a “pretty good day” any other year. It’s just that we tend to get spoiled when the pickin’s are this good.

If you take a look at the photos, you see some great catches. But, this does not count all the fish that were released (too small) or broke off (too strong and smart!). Again, sometimes, the anglers are getting early limits and decide that, with the heat, they’ll call it a day and head back to the beach early to eat lunch and enjoy the rest of the day knowing they already got a full fish box for the day.

Others will catch-and-release or catch limits then go chase roosterfish or go fish the rocks and reefs for pargo, snapper and cabrilla or hit the shallows to have fun with light tackle on jack crevalle and bonito.

I will warn you again…it’s HOT!!! If you’re up in the U.S. you’re probably going through alot of the same thing. It’s a burner summer. We’re easily in the low 100’s right now, but with the humidity, it feels alot hotter and you’re really not being smart if you don’t stay covered and hydrated. So, bring big brim hats; long sleeve shirts; sunscreen; sunglasses and chug that water!

SOME NOTICES:

YOUR FISHING GEAR:

We’ve been storing the fishing gear for many of you for many many years so you wouldn’t have to haul it through airports not to mention the cost of the weight or oversize luggage. We’ve been doing it for free as a convenience to you. We have a whole warehouse of YOUR gear!

The warehousing is now getting way too expensive and they’re charging us an arm, leg and first-born every month. So we’re going to ask you to come get your gear. Some of you, we haven’t heard from in 5, 10 or more years. If you want us to hang onto it for a bit longer, no problem, but if you’re not coming back down or we don’t hear from you before the end of the year, we’re going to have to donate the equipment.

BALANCES:

Just a heads-up that if you’re within 45 days or coming to visit us, your balances are due. No stress. Just let us know it’s on the way. Or ask us for the most convenient way to get it to us.

Hope ya’ll are enjoying your summer!

That’s my story!

Jonathan

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter Sportfishing
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Tailhunter Sportfishing

755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

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

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DORADO STILL CHARGING!

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

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT

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

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

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

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

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

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Beast mode! Steve Gilmore and Captain Armando! Wow!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Good of an excuse as any!

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

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

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

That’s my story!

Jonathan

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter Sportfishing

www.tailhunter.com

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

U.S. Mailing Address: Tailhunter Sportfishing

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

Phones:
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La Paz-Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of June 19-26, 2023

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BIG MAHI LIKE I HAVE NEVER SEEN

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of June 19-26, 2023

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT

WEATHER – Someone flipped a switch about 2 weeks ago and we went from cool to blazing hot. Even the winds are hot. Definitely shorts and lots of sunscreen with the biggest hat you can bring. It’s in the mid-90’s which doesn’t seem too hot, but the humidity is running 50-70% which makes the air feel really heavy.

WATER – Mostly blue although surprisingly not as warm as it should be. Water temps on the surface are only about 72 which should be closer to 80. However, mostly really calm and flat except when the winds kick up creating chop. Finding fish means finding the warmer blue water .

WIND– No more chilly gusts for sure. But, now it’s been replaced by a hot breeze. Usually the breeze cools things down, but not the ones we’re getting right now. We did have one day when the northwest winds jacked up for a few hours and the water got bumpy. Then, it disappeared in a snap and there wasn’t a ripple on the ocean.

FISH SPECIES HOOKED THIS WEEK: Dorado and more dorado. Then more dorado. Roosterfish, jack crevalle, bonito, amberjack, marlin, trevally, pompano, cabrilla, triggerfish, rainbow runners, pargo lisa, pargo mulatto, snapper.

LAS ARENAS REPORT – Most of the week’s bigger model dorado were caught fishing with our Las Arenas fleet. Fish well into the 40-pound class. More species caught on this side as well. Pretty much everything in the list above.

LA PAZ REPORT – Not as many species, but if you wanted to load up on school-sized dorado and easy limits, this was the spot. Often fast easy action and dorado madness. Some nice cabrilla and snapper caught and some schools of small to medium roosters fun on light tackle.

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Three days of big dorado for Doug and Penny Nuffer, our amigos from Utah. Penny fought one dorado well over an hour estimated at over 50 pounds that broke off at the boat.

I love this photo! Al Hed and Mike Jennings from Washington wanted big roosters so they figured they would get an “edge” if Mike wore a chicken head. They insist it’s a rooster head, but I think it looks more like a chicken! It worked. They got a number of our larger roosters this week.

Incredible colors. Chris Bedsaul with Captain Jorge got a fish to match his shirt! Nice dorado and always fun to have Chris visit us.

First-time visitors, Warren Stewart and his wife Krisele with son Austin display 3 of their big bulls.

…and then there’s Mari, Bedsaul. This lady can fish and always takes great photos. Nice little rooster fish for a CPR (Catch…Photo…Release).

First day out was a good one for Allan and Cheryl Herman. That’s quite a haul of dorado on the table!

Some of our funnest first-timers from Colorado had to cancel their trip last year, but Kindra and Brian McGregor roared back with a full week of good dorado fishing and some big bulls like this one posed by Kindra.

Joe Morse from San Diego, brought his group of 7 amigos down and their first day was a good one on the dorado spot.

Captain Joel give Lisa Leduc a hand with this good-looking bull caught north out’ve La Paz Bay.

Wow! That’s a great triple for Captain Pancho flanked by Mike Jennings and Al Hed.

Terry and Stepanie Martell with Captain Armando on the beach at Bahia Muertos posing with 3 of their dorado catch.

Captain Jorge with Mari’s barred pargo. Tasty fish for the fish box!

Andy Lauber from Louisiana went to town on the light tackle one day off Cerralvo Island on these palometas (trevally) landing about a half-dozen

Marcus Yoo is a major in the U.S. Army and in between deployments he usually finds time to pay us a visit and, you can tell, he’s kind of a fun guy to have around! He spent two days fishing and one day diving.

Randy Rimple and Brian Hyland with a nice double shot pair of big dorado. They’re from the Sacramento area.

Happy Birthday to me! Cory Mahan celebrated his 45th with us with some snorkeling and fishing and started things out with a pair of nice bulls on the first day of fishing!

Dion Hyland cradles an early morning bull to kick off the day of fishing.

Captain Armando give Terry and Stephanie Martell help posing with a couple of their first-day catch of dorado. They added more over the next 4 days!

First time visitors Vicki and Scott Shaw were great to have visit. On the beach with Captain Arcangel and more dorado on the table in the foreground too!

Captain Armando has alot of fish cleaning ahead of him, but doesn’t mind after a day like this with Randy Rimple and Brian Hyland and a table full of dorado.

Big jack crevalle in the hands of Big Mike Jennings! These are tough-fighting fish!

Just another day of big dorado for Doug and Penny! They had 3 days of this kind of fishing!

Big smile under that hoodie from Brian McGregor who hit the dorado schools big time with Captain Rogelio all week. Brian is from Colorado and stayed the whole week. First-time visitor!

It’s Mari again with another great catch. Captain Jorge hold the gaff and the dorado.

Captain Jorge, Steve Martin and Dion Hyland with a nice triple!

Whoa!!! This dorado stretches from one side of the panga to the other! Mike and Al with the pose and smiles!

Taller than him? Al Hed holds it up while Mike watches.

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OK…I guess you can figure out what’s been going on this last week-or-so just by looking at the photos!

We have dorado…and we have more dorado. The the surprising part is the amount of dorado and the sheer SIZE of some of these dorado. I’ve seen alot of big dorado down here in 30 years, but I cannot remember a time when we had such a concentration of BIG dorado. Fish running 20-40 pounds have not been uncommon and larger ones have been lost.

Take a look at the photos. These are the ones that were photo’d. For every one in the fish box, clients have told me there are some days when they are catching-and-releasing smaller ones as fast as they can get a hook into the water.

Some boats are finding huge schools of these smaller 5-10 pound fish and it can go crazy.

And then there are the larger ones cruising on the periphery of the school-sized fish or free-swimming solo or in small groups. These are powerful, crafty and acrobatic fish and folks are having alot of fun…and frustration catching them!

Some days folks are actually complaining because “We’re only catching small ones!” or “We only caught two larger ones!” I guess we’re getting a bit spoiled. All fun stuff.

I have no idea how long this will last, but we’ll ride it as long as it goes. There’s some big bunches of sargasso weeds building north and east of the city which continues to hold many of these schools plus the dorado are also gathering around the commercial shark buoys as well.

So….I’d say 95% of the catch has been dorado.

But that’s not the only fish around. There are alot of other species. It’s just that the dorado have been so prevalent and so dynamic, that folks are having too much fun and it’s too easy. There’s that old saying…”Don’t leave fish to find fish.”

So, that’s not to say there are no other fish biting. The roosterfish are still around. There’s pargo, cabrilla, snapper, trevally, pompano, bonito, jack crevalle and even a few billfish. However, most of these have been incidental catches. The focus is on these dorado schools right now!

I think alot has to do with the temperature. We went from cool and breezy weather that was actually cold straight to hot and humid summer weather. It’s like we skipped springtime weather. Temps are in the mid-90’s now and I think we’re in for a warm summer like much of North America.

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 May 11-18, 2023

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THE STRUGGLE IS REAL – Crazy Fishing!

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

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO FISHING REPORT

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT

OVERALL FISHING (Scale of 10) – 3

WEATHER – Big thermometer. 50’s to 80’s. Really chilly mornings and unseasonably windy. Bring a sweatshirt or light jacket you can take off

WATER – Because of the erratic winds, water temps are all over. Water is also cloudier and greener than usual because of it. Gotta hunt around . There’s warm blue water mixed with the turbid waters.

BAIT – Mostly no problem getting live bait of sardines, mackerel, caballitos, cocineros

FISHING – Really up-and-down. Different from day-t0-day and boat -to-boat. Lots of variety, but really gotta work for the fish and find a spot where they are biting.

SPECIES CAUGHT THIS WEEK – pargo mulatto, rainbow runner, yellowtail, amberjack, sierra, bonito, jack crevalle, pompano, trevally, cabrilla, palometa, tuna, dorado, totuava, roosterfish

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Just when I thought the waters had warmed and the yellowtail were gone, Troy Kuzminsky came back with this double haul from the island.

Some dorado starting to move in. Captain Jorge has a thumbs-up for our good amigo, Johnny Chung, from Oregon!

Daniel Bovee comes down every year and does well. He put the first wahoo into the boat for the season off Cerralvo Island.

Just way too cute of a photo. Summer Kuzminsky’s first rooster! She also released the fish!

It’s all about the smiles and good times! Megan Nay from Colorado with her first-ever fish!

Neil Kanemoto from Hawaii on his first trip with us hung ths nice trevally off the rocks with Captain Rogelio.

Captain Armando with two of our funnest amigas from Oregon, Tracy Chung and Patty Killian with quite a variety of rock and reef fish. Alot of it ended up for dinner at our Tailhunter Restaurant.

The “Cabrilla Master.” Glen Adkins hadn’t had a bite all day but right at the end, Captain Edgar put him over a rock pile that produced a half-dozen of these trophy cabrilla. Gorgeous and great eating fish!

Marie Wirtz from Bend OR had just one day to squeeze in for fishing and got this pretty dorado fishing with Captain Victor.

Off Espirito Santo Island, Tom Worley from Colorado got one of the nicer roosterfish of the week for a photo and release.

A slug tuna! Troy was dropping a jig off Espirto Santo Island for yellowtail when he got hammered by this 50-60 pound tuna. He said never ever fought as hard!

Dean Sensui is the TV of of the show long running “Hawaii Goes Fishing” back in Hawaii and shows off a nice little rooster for the camera before putting it back in the water.

Another of our Hawaii brothers who visited us, Mark Mitsuyasu with a taste barred pargo.

Big smile from Crystal Kuzminsky and her roosterfish. We’re starting to see more coming in finally. Crystal released her fish.

Damon Donovan from Reno and dad, Jim Donovan, from Connecticut on the beach with a little yellowtail and amberjack.

Johnny with a fat bonito and Captain Jorge. The bonito have been big fat and feisty this week.

Captain Armando helps Nate Abe get a quick photo of a nice jack crevalle.

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If you’ve been reading our other fishing reports these past weeks, you can tell that it was probably a better fishing week than before just by the increasing number photos.

That’s true to some degree.

Overall, last week was so slow with the full moon and wind that any improvement had to be better and indeed, in terms of numbers, quantity and quality it was an up-tick.

However, we still had to work hard for the fish.

For one, these winds are really chilling things off. These aren’t the northern winds that blow us off the water every winter. These winds are from the south and usually warmer, but this whole past month, it’s been darned cold, especially in the mornings.

I’m wearing a heavy sweatshirt and long pants. Captains have heavy jackets. Clients are scrambling to Walmart and Sears to buy sweatshirts. I’m not kidding. If you’re coming down, it wouldn’t hurt to throw something into the suitcase that you can wear and take off later, because later in the day it turns into sunshine and 85 degree weather.

But the winds have been blowing from the south…then switching to the west…back to the south…now from the north. It’s all over and un-predictable!

The winds have made it rougher than we normally have it this time of year plus the winds have stirred up the waters so that they are cloudier and definitely colder than usual.

To that end, the fishing has been well…less than stellar. Being perfectly honest.

No problem getting live bait like sardines, mackerel, cocineros and caballitos. But, the fishing has been all over the place. It’s hard to know what will bite or where they will bite. Every day is different. Every spot is different. Our captains are busting their chops and burning engine gass working hard to find fish our folks.

Some boats struggle to get a bite. The boat right next to them is hooking fish in the same spot. One hot spot turns cold the next day. We go looking for one species of fish and something totally different shows up. Some boats struggle all day. Their friends come back talking about a fun day of action! Go figure.

On the good side…

This our Art’s 2nd time down this month! He’s been a long-time Tailhunter amigo from Colorado and has a pig of a bonito in this photo.

We’re getting alot of different species. That is typical of this time of year. You can just tell by looking at the the photos! And it’s good to be getting more roosterfish although not yet seeing those big hog roosters. I think when the larger sabalo (ladyfish) move into the shallows, the bigger roosters will show up as the sabalo are a favorite food for the big gallos.

We also got our first wahoo of the season as well. We’ve seen them around for several weeks, but haven’t gotten any to stick. Also, there’s obviously some tuna in the area and billfish as well hopefully ready to go-off soon Nice to see more dorado as well, which means the waters are warming a bit.

We are also seeing billfish sunning themselves on the surface waiting for the ocean to get a big warmer and hopefully, they get ready to bite!

UNUSUAL CATCH

Daniel Bovee’s totuava!

In the mid 1900’s you could catch 100-200 pound totuava way up 1000 miles in the northern Sea of Cortez. San Felipe was well known for these huge fish which are related to the smaller white seabass many southern California ocean fishermen are familiar with. These fish were massive. And delicious often described and “buttery” in flavor. Parts of the fish were also popular on the Asian market as well.

Unfortunately they were also popular sportfish and commercial fish. Unregulated fishing back then depleted the fish population almost to extinction and hence fishing for them was banned. It’s now illegal to catch them. The ones sometimes found on menus are supposedly “farm raised” fish.

However, this past week we caught TWO of them!

Not the massive ones, but still legit 20-pound-class fish. In my 30 years here in La Paz, I’ve never seen even one of these. Mostly these fish are relegated far up the Sea of Cortez in cooler waters. So it was quite a surprise. Both fish were released.

From what I found out later, there’s a totuava fish farm somewhere in the bay and they have a big fast hole in the net and fish have been escaping. So this might not be the last totuava we see!

That’s my story!

Jonathan & Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter Sportfishing
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Tailhunter Sportfishing
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La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

U.S. Mailing Address:

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Hewitt TX. 76643Phones:
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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of April 25-May 2, 2023

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BIG SPAWNING PARGO BENDING RODS IN SHALLOW WATER

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of April 25-May 2, 2023

SHORT ATTENTION SPAN REPORT AT A GLANCE:

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WEATHER – 65 to 85 degrees. Cold windy mornings

FISHING – (Scale of 1-10) – 4 but getting better. Lots of variety. Las Arenas has been better than La Paz

WIND – Still being a pain, but it’s now coming from the south instead of the north which are the real problematic winds. South is manageable. But it’s keeping the waters cool and somewhat cloudier than we would like.

TYPES of FISH CAUGHT THIS WEEK:

Yellowtail, amberjack, pargo liso, pargo mulato, dog tooth snapper, cabrilla, rainbow runner, triggerfish, bonito, jack crevalle, roosterfish, parrotfish, sierra.

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MEXICAN MINUTE VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Fresh one in the boat! Stan Andre has been with us numerous times over the years and he’s hooked ’em, but never able to land one of these tough pargo. He got several this week to break the jinx!

Oh the sheer joy! Great photo of Jan’s first fish with a photo assist from Captain Pancho.

Love these guys! Been coming for years. Steve Halgrimson and Chuck Toeniskoetter got quite a variety on the table of pompano, snapper, pargo and trevally! Threw back a bunch too!

Dan Shay always does well on his spinning rod. He chummed up some yellowtail at the island and cast his jig into the middle of the boils and had this nice forkie blow up on his lure!

These are horses! (The fish…not the guys!). Terry Hawk and Stan Andre with two more legit pargo liso in the boat!

Jan and Art…fished with us a week ago and came back to catch more pargo. Art made the mistake of trying to fish the pargo with light line and missed several other fish in the rocks!

I suppose the biggest news is that it’s still windy!

But this is different. It’s not those dastardly northern winds that blew us around all winter and kept everyone off the water. These are southern winds that are alot more manageable.

That’s the good news.

The bad news is that the winds are making for some crazy chilly mornings even though it warms up to the mid-80’s the rest of the day. All of us are wearing jackets and sweatshirts in the mornings. I kid you not! If you’re coming down soon, it wouldn’t hurt to bring something you can take off later!

What the winds are doing is keeping the waters on the cool side and making the ocean alot murkier than we would prefer. That’s the part that’s affecting the bite.

That’s not to say we’re not catching fish.

We’re catching quite a variety of species! However, where and when you fish has alot to do with the results. This past week, the fishing out’ve La Paz was so-so at best. The yellowtail largely got lock-jaw and wouldn’t bite which I think had alot to do with the winds and erratic seas. So, most of the catch was a smattering of rock and reef fish.

On the other hand, our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet did remarkably better with a super variety of species that included jack crevalle, bonito, smaller roosterfish, sierra, amberjack, yellowtail, cabrilla, rainbow runner and several species of pargo including the big pargo liso (mullet snapper) that school up in the shallows this time of year and can give anglers fits.

In the photos, some of them might not look that big, but they can pull as big as fish 3x their size and are equipped with sharp teeth; sharp scales and gill plates plus quickly pull you into the rocks because these powerfish fish are in the shallows. They also have a really bad attitude! I often tell our anglers, if you hook 5 or 6 of them and get one to the boat, you’re doing pretty good!

This wasn’t from this week, but this is about a “medium” sized one just to give you an idea. This is the kind that can leave you in tears!

A few dorado swimming around. A few tuna noticed by the commercial anglers and we’re seeing our first billfish of the season starting to sun themselves on the surface but not yet quite ready to chew!

That’s my story!

Jonathan

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La Paz – Las Arenas / Muertos Bay / Bahia Suenos Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of April 17-23, 2023

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ACTION IMPROVES AS WINDS DIMINISH

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

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ FISHING VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It was blowing even stronger before this video was taken.

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

That’s my story!

Jonathan

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Bahia Suenos Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of April 9-16, 2023

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WINDS DIMINISHING (SOMEWHAT) – FISHING IMPROVING (SOMEWHAT)

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of April 9-16, 2023

MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT

THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…

Our San Diego friends, Maureen and Skip got a couple of nice yellowtail to take home fishing with Captain Victor.

Russ Osterstein got a pretty early season dorado just off the rocks outside of Bahia Muertos where he was staying at Rancho Costa at Gary Wagner’s place.

Sometimes, it’s not the size or quantity, it’s just about having fun. Sage Fleener and his dad had just one day to fish and wanted to take light spinning tackle to fish the rocks. Had a kick with over 30 fish hooked including 7 or 8 species. They released everything except a few for dinner. See the photo below of Sage with Captain Jorge!

Just so much fun on light tackle! Another hook-up! This is all-day fun!

From Colorado, Chris Bee with a legit yellowtail headed for the kitchen at Rancho Costa in Bahia Muertos.

Skip and Maureen Coomber with some of their friends and a varietal catch. That’s FOG in the background!

With daytime temps hitting the low 80’s now, it finally started to feel like spring with a tinge of summer thrown in as winds (at least for now) diminished enough to get some folks out on the water.

As mentioned numerous times, this has been the windiest and roughest winter we can remember in our 30 years in La Paz. Normally, November to April is our off-season because it’s just too crazy on the water more-often-than-not. However, this past winter has been historic.

We’re not quite done with the winds yet, but at least for this past week, there were enough calmer days where the winds abated and we got folks out on the water.

We actually sent our first boats of the year with our Tailhunter La Paz Fleet to try fishing north of the city where there had been a good jag of big yellowtail. However, some boats got blown out one day and another day, it was calmer. But the fish just weren’t going to have any of it and lock-jawed on us resulting in just a few bonito. Not just us, but boats from other fleets as well.

By far, the better bite remained with our Tailhunter Las Arenas Fleet pushing out’ve Bahia Muertos.

Jack crevalle on light tackle will pull you out’ve your socks and great fun. Maureen has a big smile!

There was a nice mix of yellowtail, snapper, bonito, jack crevalle, cabrilla, pargo, sierra and even a few small roosterfish and dorado making for some nice action. No tuna to report, but that could also be because the yellowtail have been the focus being so close inshore or over the reefs and much more ready to bite.

A bonus included some spectacular whales breaching as well. Pretty thrilling to be so close to shore and seeing these great animals i the water!

Bonus whale breaching! Great shot and hard to catch on camera!

Looking at the extended forecast, the winds aren’t quite done with us yet. However, with each passing week, it usually gets a little better as we head towards the summer months.

One interesting thing happened this week. Crazy weather continuing as our anglers encountered FOG! Yup…real thick clinging fog! In my 30 years on the water in La Paz, I think I’ve run into Fog maybe twice. You just never know!

COMING HOME! FIND MY SHORTS ‘n’ FLIP FLOPS!

After almost 4 months on the road, we’re just wrapping up our final show here in Indianapolis, Indiana at the NRA Convention. That means I’m finally coming home to La Paz. Big thanks and shout out to everyone who came to see us at all the shows across the U.S. every week to say hi and all the crazy good hospitality, smiles, grins and laughs and for those of you coming to visit, we’ll be waiting for you in La Paz!

By the way…who knew? Never been to Indianapolis before and had no idea what to expect. Hey, Indy…we are totally enamored with you! What a great city to visit. Great folks. Great restaurants. Zero traffic. Incredibly clean and so much history as well. We’ll be back soon and hopefully not working. It bears much more exploring. Thanks for having us!

We still have some openings this year so get in touch with us before we’re completely sold out!

Write me: Jonathan@tailhunter.com

Also, thank you so much to everyone for all the good wishes ya’ll sent to Jilly on her birthday. We had to work and travel, but we had (and continue to celebrate all week) a great time! She just keeps getting mo’ bettah! I’m blessed!