Tailhunter Fish Report

YELLOWTAIL FINALLY SHOW TO KICK OFF MARCH!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Feb. 28-March 7, 2010

We had another interesting week with quite a bit of variety at such diverse ends that it makes us wonder about the El Nino everyone says is upon us.

The best part is that yellowtail finally showed up in the counts. It’s about time! Fish ran 20-40 pounds and there weren’t alot caught compared to the number hooked, but that’s because most of the anglers were simply outgunned by the slugger fish or simply weren’t up to it! About 3 out of every 4 fish broke off!

The fish hit a variety of baits including mackerel and sardines as well as some of the caballitos that were found. Defintely, the larger baits were the preferred “candy” for the bigger fish. As well, yo-yo iron dropped off and jigged quickly back got some tremendous strikes. The secret is to not try to set the hook on a pick up but rather to keep grinding and turning that reel handle to make sure the fish is securely stuck in the jaw. Prefferred colors of lures includes blue and white as well as “scrambeled egg” (white, yellow, brown). Best spots included the north and south sides of Cerralvo Island, Punta Perrico off of Bahia de los Muertos and off Coyote Point where fish up to 30 pounds were seen in as shallow as just a few feet of water! We’ll keep you posted!

Inshore also, roosterfish and cabrilla as well as sierra were almost slam-dunk easy to hook most days. Wish we could say the same thing about the pargo. Easier to hook than put into the boat and the ones we got were the 5-15 pounders. The larger toad pargo kept taking guys into the rocks. The best news about the inshore fishing is that it looks like the yellowtail bite finally seems to have kicked in. Fish were in the 15-25 pound class, but about half the fish were breaking off. Still, it’s encouraging to finally get into some of the forktails.

On the other end of the spectrum, warm water fish like dorado are still hanging out. Not big fish but even seeing 5-15 pound fish in March is pretty remarkable. The fish are readily hitting sardines or any small feathers in dragged behind the pangas. As well, we’re seeing more and more marlin. We didn’t get any to bite this week, but again, having marlin in our waters this early in the season is worth keeping an eye on.

FIESTA INN IN LA PAZ CLOSES IT’S DOORS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

Just as an aside, the new Fiesta Inn Hotel in La Paz closed it’s doors this week. Word has it that they plan to re-open at some undisclosed time in the future, but for now, the hotel is closed.

VOLARIS AIR ANNOUNCES SURPRISE DISCOUNT SALE UNTIL MARCH 9!

Volaris Airlines, the ever-growing popular airlines flying out of Tijuana to La Paz (and several other destinations) announced a pretty incredible fare to come to La Paz. Basically, for about 118 dollars one way and ONE PESO to come back, they’ll sell you a ticket! The restrictions are that you MUST purchase the ticket before March 9 and you MUST use the ticket to travel between May 1st and June 30th! Jump on it. Here’s the website:

http://www.volaris.com.mx/Inicio.aspx?culture=en-US

Check it out. Don’t wait. Seats are limited. Then c’mon down to see us!

TAILHUNTER ROAD TOUR CONTINUES BACK TO OREGON THIS WEEK!

Our 2010 road tour of the best fishing and hunting shows in the west continues this week as we head to Bend, Oregon in the beautiful central Oregon area. The show runs from Thursday to Sunday and we’ll be there with the full booth and all the new brochures and DVDs to set up your next trip to come fishing in La Paz.

We just left the Fred Hall Fishing and Boating Show in Long Beach after 5 days and it was a monster! Wow! In more than 2 decades of doing this massive show, I’ve never had a show like this one. We were swamped from the get-go and folks were making their reservations about as fast as we could take them! Thanks to all of you who came by to say hi; to let me know you enjoyed yourselves fishing with us; to share your photos; to let me know you’re reading my reports and Baja columns and to make your reservations for 2010. A special shout-out to everyone who brought us goodies to the booth also!

I’m surprised we could even walk out of there after all the home-made cookies, Chinese food, jerky, cakes, Mexican food, pastries, sandwiches, and cheese, sausage, sushi and other goodies. Also, thanks to everyone who came by to wish me a happy birthday and brought cards and gifts. You’re the best! It was the best place to spend my day…in the middle of a fishing show with all my fishing amigos!

That’s our story!
Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
Website: http://www.tailhunter-international.com/

U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Drive, Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745
Mexico Office: 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico
Phones:
from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863
.

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

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

“When your life finally flashes before your eyes, you will have only moments to regret all the things in life you never had the courage to try.”

PHOTO 1: Not bad for a beginner. Anglers come for years to try to land one of these beauties, but Vanessa Cannon from Utah got this nice roosterfish, but it was her first fish on her first day fishing…ever! Captain Jorge mugs with Vanessa. Note the calmness of the water just a few yards off the beach at Muertos Bay.

PHOTO 2: Next stop…the BIG SHOW! Long Beach Convention Center for the Fred Hall Fishing and Boating Show. We are leaving a great show in Phoenix, our 6th show of the Tailhunter Tour and now headed to Long Beach where we’ll be in our regular booth spot on tackle row next to Calstar rods, Izorline and our pal, Ed Robison at Whopper Stopper Rods. The show goes Wednesday to Sunday at the Long Beach Convention Center.

LONG BEACH SHOW COMING UP MARCH 3-7 LONG BEACH CONVENTION CENTER

Well, we’ve put 5 shows under our belts on the 2010 tour…Denver, San Mateo, Sacramento, Puyallup (Washington), Portland and now we’re just finished Phoenix where we had an outstanding show at the University of Phoenix Football Stadium where the NFL Cardinals play. So, now…here we come…the Fred Hall Fishing and Boating Show at the Long Beach Convention Center. This is the big crazy one! Our booth will be in it’s usual spot on tackle row smack in the middle of the main hall next to Izorline and Calstar rods. Come see us and say hi and lock in your La Paz fishing trip for 2010.

That’s our story!
Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
Website: http://www.tailhunter-international.com/

U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Drive, Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745
Mexico Office: 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico
Phones:
from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863
.

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

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

“When your life finally flashes before your eyes, you will have only moments to regret all the things in life you never had the courage to try.”

PHOTO 1: They started slow, but finished fast. Yusuke Suzuki and his dad Katsu from Portland had to cancel their first trip to La Paz 2 times last year, but finally made it down. Their first day fishing the winds blew strong and they barely scratched out a bite and had tough fishing. However, the fish gods finally smiled on their second day and they had quite a variety including sierra, pargo, snapper, cabrilla and bonito. This is pretty typical of winter fishing for inshore species.

PHOTO 2: Yusuke holds up a pargo happily pulled out near Punta Perrico. Popular captain Archangel helps with the gaff.

PHOTO 3: Whale watching in Lopez Mateos is in full swing right now. The whales aren’t quite as plentiful as normal…maybe it’s El Nino…but everyone is having fun in the shallow bays watching the whales come up to the pangas!

PHOTO 4: On the weekends, EVERYONE comes out to see the whales! Hopefully, they’ll be around until about mid-March and we’re running folks out every week.

ANOTHER WEEK OF MIXED INSHORE FISHING WITH NUMEROUS VARIETIES

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Feb. 14-20, 2010

It was a mixed bag of fish, so to speak, this past week which is pretty characteristic of this time of year. What we catch and how we fish and where we fish are often dictated by wind, weather and the bait conditions rather than by what clients want to specifically target. At least moreso than other times of the year.

Most of our fishing is confined to the Muertos Bay area as it is more protected and fishing is closer. Whether we go much further than that depends on the winds but generally we focus on the Punta Perrico areas, Punta Arenas, Boca de Alamo and the surrounding areas. If winds permit, we can head over to Cerralvo Island.

The other aspect is bait. Can’t fish without it so sometimes getting bait is hunt and peck a little bit. Since waters are a bit rougher this time of year, often the sardines get scattered by the wave action or the waters get too cloudy from the splash and it’s hard to throw the net. Alternatively, sometimes it’s hard to get in tight in the rocks to throw the bait nets when the waves are pushing you into the rocks.

Anyway, I guess that’s the so-so news and the realities of fishing some days. Others, it’s flat, calm, warm and the bait is readily taken. All that taken into account, we’re still having a great time with sierra which are easy since they can be taken close to shore anyway and will eat lures when bait is a little sketchy…basically, anything shiny will attract strikes. As well, pargo are frustrating anglers also. The big red fish are biting, but anglers will lose half their fish or more to the rocks when the fish immediately burrow down. But, in the same areas, cabrilla (seabass) and snapper are being taken and we’re also getting jack crevalle and some roosters along the beaches. Attribute it to El Nino, but every now and then, just a hair offshore, someone hooks a tuna or dorado.

PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMENS EXPO THIS WEEK

That’s where we’ll be from Friday to Sunday this week for the next stop on our road tour. We’ll be right on the floor of the football stadium where the Cardinals play. It’s a great facility and great place to come out and spend the day; see some great exhibits and, of course, come say hi to us and check out some dates for your La Paz fishing trip this year! See you then!

That’s our story
Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
Website: http://www.tailhunter-international.com/

U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Drive, Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745
Mexico Office: 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico
Phones:
from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863
.

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

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

“When your life finally flashes before your eyes, you will have only moments to regret all the things in life you never had the courage to try.”

PHOTO 1: Larry Barnes all the way from Alberta Canada was down for his first time and got a variety of fish including this nice pargo just off Punto Perrico. Conditions were less than stellar this week as you might notice from the grey skies and Captain Victor needing to wear his slickers.

PHOTO 2: Our amigo from La Paz by way of Mazatalan, Leonard Bishop, at first thought this was a funny looking yellowtail and found out later it’s a rainbow runner… a close cousin to the yellowtail caught near Muertos Bay. For Leonard’s full account see below. He got this fish on his flyrod.

STRONG WINDS AND EVEN SOME WET DAYS PUT A DAMPER ON THE WEEK’S FISHING

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Feb. 7-14, 2010

A bit of a mixed week down here with some surprising varieties of fish. Quite a mix considering it’s only February and everyone is talking about “El Nino.” Everyone wants to know. Heck, I’m no scientist. We just go fishing and catch what’s biting and right now, you just never know what’s out there! This week, it was a bit on the windy side. The winds have the obvious effect of making it a bit rougher than we would like, but it also affects our ability to get bait. Sardines are usually in the shallow areas near the rockys or beaches and when waves are spanking the shore, it not only scatters the little guys, but if you’re a panga captain trying to throw a net and get close into the shallows, it’s hell trying to keep the waves from smashing your panga into the rocks. It gets dicey!

Anyway, as mentioned, there’s good fish to be caught. Pargo are up in numbers inside now. We’re seeing ’em for sure. But catching them is another issue. I had guys lose 8, 12, 16 fish to the rocks as the big red boys racked the lines and tore them up. They had fun trying to stop the beasts, but still managed a few “smaller” fish in the 10-20 pound class around Cerralvo Island and Muertos Bay. As well, in the same areas, they met with better success on snapper and some nice cabrilla (seabass). No shortage of sierra and you can play with those all day long and have a blast. Surprising species, however, included rainbow runners (baby cousins to yellowtail and great eating!) as well as some dorado and even a few yellowfin tuna!

The bad news is that mid-week, the winds really picked up for really the first time all year. It just made it really tough to fish. We actually canceled the fishing for a few days. We could’ve gone out and gotten a few fish, but no sense in being miserable out there and the clients decided to simply postpone fishing until later in the week. After the winds abated a bit, fishing was still off a bit, but, as mentioned above there were some decent varieties of fish to be caught although in all honesty, it surely could have been better.

Carnivale started this week so the whole city is in party mode!

FIRST PERSON

Thanks to Leonard Bishop on his report for his fishing day:

“We trolled rapalas at the south end of Cerralvo (Island), while we waited for Captain Victor to get bait. Caught 4-5 nice size cabrilla some 4-6 lbs!
Got bait then went out from Punta Arena in open water. We got bonito, sierra (1 big one), skipjack, and a rainbow runner, We went back to rocks near Muertos Bay, more cabrilla, dog snapper, triggerfish, golden trevally, couple other “toss em` backs”
missed a bunch of pargo liso (mullet snapper), just got rocked again and again! The bite was really fussy. Yes I got the rainbow runner on a pink bucktail fly. The cabrilla were dee-licious!!!”

PORTLAND SPORT SHOW

Thanks to everyone who came to say hi to us at the Portland Expo Center this past week for the Northwest Sportsman’s Hunting and Fishing Show. What a kick! Five great days in the booth and thanks to all our friends who brought us goodies as well. We ate and drank well! You’re the best!

Now…onto Phoenix! Our next Tailhunter appearance will be at Cardinal football Stadium right there on the football field. We’ll be there Friday to Sunday Feb. 26-28. Come check it out and say hi.

That’s our story!
Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
Website: http://www.tailhunter-international.com/

U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Drive, Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745
Mexico Office: 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico
Phones:
from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863
.

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

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

“When your life finally flashes before your eyes, you will have only moments to regret all the things in life you never had the courage to try.”

PHOTO 1: It wasn’t what you would call incredible fishing this past week, mostly because of less-than-stellar fishing conditions, but it got better as the week continued. Surprisingly, there’s still dorado swimming around like these two held by our amigos Rob and Jodi McClean even though we’re in the dead of winter! We even had some biters right in La Paz Bay!

PHOTO 2: No, we didn’t catch this brute of a black seabass here in La Paz, but rather this big boy was taken by commercial fishermen on the Pacific side of northern Baja about 2 weeks ago. Unlike in the states, it is legal to take blackseabass. Hate to see this, but I”m sure this was a big payday for some lucky commercial guy who eeks out a living and I’m sure every bit of this fish got eaten or used. This is an ancient fish and hopefully, it had lots of years of breeding. In the states, black seabass must be released.

VIDEO 1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqpLHerDkKo

We know alot of our amigos back in the states are having some weird and horrendous weather. We’ve been travelling across the U.S. all during January with our booth doing all the hunting and fishing shows in Denver, San Francisco, Sacramento and most recently in Puyallup, Washington (near Seattle/Tacoma). It’s been great, but this week, we’re back here in La Paz. We had not seen sunshine in more than a month and some of our friends and clients on the trade show “tour” asked me to post up some sunshine in the weekly fishing report. I took this Saturday morning, Feb. 6th, on the waterfront downtown.

VIDEO 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMWu3pAXlAs

We’re coming to Portland, Oregon this week! After 4 shows we finally come to visit our amigos in Portland. It’s one of the best shows of the tour and we’re looknig forward to seeing alot of you. The show will be from Wednesday to Sunday Feb 10-14 at the Portland Expo Center! It’s always packed. Come say hi. This video is some of the aisle action from the Denver ISE show where it was 10 degrees below zero outside! That’s Jill you see talking in the booth.

THE EARLY WEEK IS DIMINISHED BY WINDS AND EVEN SOME RAIN BUT IMPROVES LATER IN WEEK

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Feb. 6-13, 2010

It was a bit of an off-week here in La Paz. Earlier in the week it was literally a sierra “rodeo” with all the inshore fun you might want with unlimited sierra biters pretty much at any of the usual spots along the beaches where shallow waters tapered to deeper waters. It seemed like the schools were really concentrated. Normally, you might get a handful at any stop and have a good day, but this week, it was almost one-stop shopping. If you’ve ever been in a bonito or mackerel bite, that’s what it was like. Any shiny lure slow trolled or any piece of bait in the water got hit. I had one client catch and release almost 40 fish on day and he said he lost count of all the sierra he lost that bit through the leader. Even with wire, he said sometimes they bit higher than the wire and nipped the mono. He had a blast. Another client who was flyfishing, didn’t bring wire, but still managed half-a-dozen on a 6 wt rod and lost a ton more, but said, “Having never fought a fish that had REAL TEETH and power, it was the most fun” he’d ever had on a flyrod. As well, there were a few roosters and jacks also caught inshore.

Not much else worth mentioning except a few stray small dorado. However, like I keep saying strange thinks keep happening. One of our local amigos took his boat out just to cruise around La Paz Bay for 30 minutes with visiting family. He ran into a feeding school of dorado. He managed to get two on the flyrod right off the shore!

As the week went on, waters got choppier and things got windy. We even had two days of sporadic rain and showers that periodically and in spots, came down pretty steadily for a few minutes.

OTHER HAPPENINGS IN LA PAZ

Just some bits and pieces of info to pass on.

I went walking downtown. There is now a little Subway Sandwich place now down near where Carlos & Charlie’s used to be. Kinda nice. I also found a cool little place that makes awesome cinnamon buns!

On a sadder note, it looks like the brand new Fiesta Inn at Costa Baja is going to be closing it’s doors. Looks like so many operations, they had financial problems. From what we understand, Costa Baja will be taking over but they are letting all the staff go. Probably they’ll be looking for a new operator. They never really catered to fishermen anyway there so hopefully, the new tenants will be more fishermen-friendly.

CARNIVAL COMING !

We have CARNIVALE (Mardi Gras) starting this week so the town is really gearing up to put on it’s party-face for a whole week. The place rocks. The whole waterfront will be closed down for the revelry. Our Tailhunter Bar just happens to overlook the street and all the parades and booths so folks are reserving tables out front. Great fun.

PORTLAND SPORTSMENS SHOW

Beginning Wednesday, we’ll be at the Northwest Sportsmens Show at the Portland Expo Center from Feb. 10-15. Five full days with great exhibits and, of course…US! Come say hi and check us out for your 2010 La Paz fishing trip too. Things are filling up.

That’s our story!
Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
Website: http://www.tailhunter-international.com
U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Drive, Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745
Mexico Office: 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico
Phones:
from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863
.

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

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

“When your life finally flashes before your eyes, you will have only moments to regret all the things in life you never had the courage to try.”

PHOTO 1: Inshore fishing right now can be outstanding. Even on days when it’s windy, there’s usually no shortage of fish willing to chew in the rocky areas and reefs like this nice pargo mulatto (barred pargo). Tough fighters…great on the dinner plate! This was taken just off Punta Perrico.

PHOTO 2: I don’t know if it’s El Nino, but yes, we’re still getting exotic roosterfish like this one around the beach areas. No big ones lately, but this fun size school fish rooster is alot of fun on light tackle. You can catch dozens of these some days if you hit the right school. Note how close to the beach this is.

PHOTO 1: Unlike so many places right now, it’s not freezing/ snowing/ raining in La Paz! Temperatures this past week ran into the high 70’s and even low 80’s. It’s more like spring-conditions rather than winter! This sunset photo was taken from town looking across the Bay to the Mogote Peninsula.

PHOTO 2: It’s not as serious as I look, but at the recent series of Sportsmen’s Shows, I was chosen to participate with a panel of “experts” to answer questions about fishing in Baja. I guess I had folks fooled as I tried to live up to the billing but I’m flanked by two great pros…on the left, you can barely see John Donovan, owner of Redrum Sportfishing in Cabo San Lucas and to the right is Felipe Valez from the famous Valdez family that has run the Spa Buenavista / Buenavista Beach Resort for so many years. Felipe is on the microphone.

Tailhunter’s next stop on the fishing/hunting outdoor trade show circuit will be Puyallup, Washington south of Seattle. The show starts Wednesday and goes to Sunday.

PHOTO 3: A school-sized roosterfish off Muertos Bay is pulled near the boat before it gets released. The fish in the 5-15 pound class are mixing it up on the shallows right now along with sierra and jack crevalle. Great light tackle and flyfishing opportunities!

MIXED SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR SURPRISINGLY GOOD WINTER FISHING

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of January 17-24, 2009

Not many fishermen right now. Weather has been great. High 70’s in the day and relatively calm for this time of year as far as the wind is concerned.

Still lots of sierra inshore even in the bay but pretty much anywhere there’s a shallow place with a nice drop off, slow trolling the area with some live bait or a shiny lure produces strikes. We had a few roosters here and there and there could be more, but no one was really targeting them this week. It’s hard to get a good gauge of the fishing when there aren’t that many folks on the water.

For all we know offshore, there could be monster tuna or giant marlin prowling…that’s not likely in January, but who knows? Everyone we had this week wanted to check out the inshore fishing and that’s always good right now. As well as the sierra, cabrilla and snapper were also caught and a few nice pargo got broken off in the rocks.

NEXT STOP WASHINGTON

For any of you who came to see us this past week at the Sacramento CA International Sportsmans Expo at the California State Fairgrounds, it was great to see you. The show was incredible. I think most would say it was one of the best and busiests shows in recent years! It as off-the-charts and we were talking and handing out brochures from our booth as fast as folks could ask for them! We almost ran out.

By the time you’re reading this, we’ll either be on the road or set up in our booth in Puyallup, Washington which is just south of Seattle. The show starts Wednesday and goes to Sunday. Hope to see you this week!

By the way, you can follow all of our reports and travels on Facebook now as well as the Tailhunter Bar. Check it out.

That’s our story!

Joanthan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
Website: http://www.tailhunter-international.com
U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Drive, Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745
Mexico Office: 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico
Phones:
from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863
.

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

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

“When your life finally flashes before your eyes, you will have only moments to regret all the things in life you never had the courage to try.”

PHOTO 1: Bay area resident Kwame Satterfield shows off the type of wahoo beasts that are still prowling south fo Cerralvo Island. Slow trolling dark crank baits like Rapalas and Yo-Zuris are
the ticket.

PHOTO 2: No, this isn’t Baja, but Tailhunter has been travelling the western U.S. on it’s 2010 trade show tour. We drove to the ISE show in Denver and encountered temperatures as low as 20 below zero. Driving from Denver to the ISE show this past week in San Mateo, near San Francisco, we hit snow and rain coming over the Donner Pass in the Sierras from Reno, Nevada. Tihs week we drive to the California State Fairgrounds for the Sacramento ISE show from Thursday to Sunday. We’re expecting…MORE RAIN! Anyway, come by the booth if you’re in the area and get a new brochure and DVD and book your La Paz fishing trip for 2010!

PHOTO 3: I just had to post up this photos from Rawlins, Wyoming where we stopped for gas on our way from Denver to San Mateo. Cheapest gas so far on the tour. Note the snow. The subzero weather followed us. It was five below zero that morning.

STEADY FISHING AND GOOD CONDITIONS THIS PAST WEEK OF A NICE VARIETY OF FISH!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of January 10-17, 2010

Not many anglers out right now but conditions all week were good although it’s certainly cooler with air temperatures in the mid-70’s and at night, we think it’s chilly in the upper 40’s. I guess compared to the rest of the country, we’re in a “hot zone!”

Most of our anglers this week wanted to fish inshore and did well on cabrilla up to 5 pounds although there were many “shorts” in the 1-2 pound range that were mostly released. Some pargo were hooked that might have gone 10-15 pounds, but, like most tangles with these toothy guys, the fish went straight to the rocks and most were “unintentionally” released when lines broke and frayed. Still, lots of fun. The sierra, as usual took up the slack and limits of these fish for anglers fishing both Las Arenas and La Paz were not uncommon. In fact, you could stay in La Paz Bay all day and hook sierra or catch a mess and be back by breakfast at your hotel! A few roosters and jacks were also hooked. Largest rooster went about 20 pounds. I don’t know if these fish are the tail-end of last season that never really ended or the beginning of THIS season which is an early start, but no one is complaining!

It’s surprising that at this time of the year, we’re still seeing pelgagic blue water species in our area. We’re still getting the occasional dorado, wahoo..and yes…even marlin. The fish aren’t far offshore either. We try not to build up anyone’s expectations when they come down this time of the year since it’s winter and these species aren’t common at this time of the year. However, when our anglers go out expecting to catch some seabass or sierra and come back with half the boat box stuffed with dorado or they tell me they hooked a wahoo or tuna…that’s bonus and frosting on the cake! I just have to think that there’s still some fingers of warm water in the area. Certainly, the fact that there’s good stocks of sardines all over doesn’t hurt!

TAILHUNTER ROLLS INTO SACRAMENTO THIS WEEK

At the time you’re reading this, we’ll have torn down our booth at the San Mateo Expo Center and will be rolling towards Sacramento. We’ll be at the California State Fairgrounds for the International Sportsmens Expo that starts Thursday and goes to Sunday. Hope to see you!

That’s our story!
Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
Website: http://www.tailhunter-international.com
U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Drive, Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745
Mexico Office: 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico
Phones:
from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863
.

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

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

“When your life finally flashes before your eyes, you will have only moments to regret all the things in life you never had the courage to try.”

PHOTO 1: Still quite a few roosterfish around considering it’s so early/late in the season. It’s like they never left. In addition to the small school-sized fish like this young roosterfish, some of the larger toad fish are here as well. Larry Daniels holds this one he caught and released. Captain Victor checks over his shoulder.

PHOTO 2: Another surprise fish we’re still catching are dorado. Tim Zimmer and Captain Jorge show off the great colors of this bull. We had several days this week when our pangas fishing out’ve Las Arenas caught limits of dorado which we usually only find from about April to October.

PHOTO 3: No, this isn’t Baja. It’s the plains of Colorado where we encountered temperatures as low as 11 degrees below zero while driving from Los Angeles to Denver where we spent this past week at the Denver International Sportsmans Show at the Colorado Convention Center.

PHOTO 4: Here’s Jill in our booth at the Colorado Convention Center at the ISE Show this past week. Great to see so many of you who came by to visit. Next stop…we drive back towards to California for the International Sportsman’s Show at the San Mateo Expo Center near San Francisco from Jan. 14-17 (Thursday to Sunday) Come by the booth and say hi as well as pick up a new copy of our brochure and DVD.

SURPRISINGLY MILD CONDITIONS SPARK ANOTHER RUN OF DORADO, ROOSTERFISH and OTHER SPECIES!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of January 3-10, 2010

Been a tad chilly in La Paz, especially at night and early mornings. Temperatures in the mid-40’s at night but sunny and comfortable mid-70’s in the daytime. The best part is not much wind.

We’re having a blast catching sierra pretty much everywhere right now. Jump in a boat and put down a bait or some kind of small shiny lure and it seems that within minutes you’re hooked up. Throw more baits and soon, there’s a school or you pick up or or two more. You go again and wham, you start all over again. Before too long you’ve got limits and you’re looking to throw back as many as you can!

I’ve been recommending that our anglers either crimp or cut off treble hooks from their crank baits or other lures so that you can unhook the fish easier. It’s pretty tough to have a flipping sierra which has a very slippery slime on it plus a mouth full of snapping teeth in your hand while you try to take a treble hook out of it’s mouth. You end up spending more time unhooking the fish than catching them! A single hook works so much better…much like barracuda fishing!

In addition to the sierra, we’ve still got schools of 5-10 pound roosters roaming the rocky and sandy areas, often in the same spots as the sierra so this is light tackle and spinning rod heaven right now. The roosters are also hitting the flies as well. There are larger roosters about, but they seem more interested in taking only the larger live bait like the big 12 inch sabalo which you have to catch to use for baits. Some 30-60 pounders were hooked and lost this week and some other larger ones were seen.

Offshore, it’s amazing to still be getting dorado this late/early in the season, but yes…there’s still some dorado about. In fact, if you find the school, there’s ALOT of dorado about! These aren’t big fish, but 10-20 pounders are not uncommon. Best way to find them is to either slow troll a hoochie skirt or a strip of fresh bonito. Combining the two on a single hook is even more deadly. When you hook one fish, keep an eye out for followers and multi-hook-ups are not uncommon.

In addition to these species, inshore action, especially on light tackle has been solid for cabrilla, pargo, and snapper.

TAILHUNTER COMING TO THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

We leave chilly Denver on Sunday January 10th and drive back to California to set up for our next fishing and hunting show. We’ll be at the San Mateo Expo Center in San Mateo, California near San Francisco for the International Sportsman’s Expo. The show opens January 14-17. Come say hi at our booth!

That’s our story!
Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
Website: http://www.tailhunter-international.com
U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Drive, Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745
Mexico Office: 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico
Phones:
from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863
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Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report:
http://www.tailhunter-international.com/fishreport.htm

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

“When your life finally flashes before your eyes, you will have only moments to regret all the things in life you never had the courage to try.”

PHOTO 1: We’re in Denver, Colorado this week for the first of our 2010 appearances at the major hunting and fishing shows on the west coast. This week were at the International Sportsmans Expo at the Denver Convention center. This is our booth from last year. Come say hi and pick up a copy of our new brochure a DVD and talk to us about fishing in La Paz this year!

Sorry I don’t have any fishing photos this week for the first time all year. Either fishermen didn’t bring a camera or…one guy dropped his camera into the bait tank and another forgot lost his camera on the beach! Oh well…

A nice week of fishing with overall great, but cool conditions and lots of sun interrupted one day of drizzle! But the fish still bit. Highlights of the week were many, despite the time of year. The tuna came back solidly for our Las Arenas boats pushing out of Muertos Bay. We found fish as close as Punta Perrico and then scattered out towards the south end of Cerralvo Island with some larger fish at the north end of the island. Most of the fish were fun-sized 15-25 pounders, but some larger 30-35 pounders were taken and a few large ones lost.

As well, dorado are still in the area. School sized 10-15 pounders are not uncommon with some larger 20 pound bulls cruising along the drop offs. The most action comes off the beaches and rocky areas with literally unlimited sierra fishing. You can pop almost as many of these as you can stand within limits! Same with the roosterfish. Several dozen roosterfish in the right school are not uncommon and happily most fish are getting released.

We did have two marlin bite and fall off and three times wahoo bit guys off so there’s still alot of variety.

Air temperatures are in the mid-60’s to high 70’s with lots of sunshine!

DENVER INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMAN’S SHOW

As I write this, we are on the road driving towards Denver, Colorado for our first hunting/fishing show for 2010. In the span of two days we have gone from temperatures in La Paz in the “chilly” mid-70’s to driving through Nevada where it was 32 degrees. . . to here in Grand Junction, Colorado where it is now MINUS 5 degrees below zero! Hijole, it is cold!!! Sheesh…the wind is also blowing too. Will post up photos next week and on Facebook. Nothing but white everywhere!

We’ll be at the ISE show at the Denver Convention Center from Thursday to Sunday (January 7-10). Come see our booth and say hello and talk to us about fishing in 2010 in La Paz! Pick up a new brochure and DVD too!

Next week we drive to California to the San Mateo (San Francisco ) ISE show so put that on your calendar too!

That’s our story!
Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
Website: http://www.tailhunter-international.com
U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Drive, Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745
Mexico Office: 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico
Phones:
from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863
.

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

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

“When your life finally flashes before your eyes, you will have only moments to regret all the things in life you never had the courage to try.”