Tailhunter Fish Report

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
.

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.”

PHOTO 1: Steve Hastings was in town from Washington State to study with our friend Juli Goff at Se Habla La Paz Spanish Language School. He figured to take a day or two and go fishing just for a break-in-the-action. He ripped on a variety of fish including bull dorado such as this, despite winter-conditions. Captain Pancho looks on. Bahia de Los Muertos in the background. On his 2nd day, Steve even hooked a marlin on a light tackle spinning rod before it broke off.

PHOTO 2: Craig Black from Canada was on his first trip to La Paz. He’s an avid flyfisher and despite warnings to perhaps not expect too much since it’s windy and the off-season, Craig caught and released 26 roosterfish in the span of 3 hours as well as several nice jack crevalle that tore into him plus hooking numerous needlefish and losing several pargo.

PHOTO 3: Captain Pancho standing on the beach at Muertos Bay with Stan Kirkland from British Columbia and Steve Hastings from Washington. They are holding some nice dorado as well as pargo. Fun fishing to get both warm and cooler water species at the same time!

PHOTO 4: Calm waters and tough fish are a great combination, especially for flyfishing. This is Craig Black again with one of the jack crevalle he caught and released. He was impressed with the power of the fish the Mexicans nickname “toro” (bull) for good reason.

PHOTO 5: Match the hatch! This is a sample of the fly pattern used this past week on the roosterfish and jack crevalle. They match the sardines that we use for bait very well.

PHOTO 6: Leonard “Don’t call me Leo Di Caprio” Bishop is a transplanted Canadian flyfisher who got into the roosterfish as well. He got dozens of the schoolie gallos and is now trying for one of the bigger toads. Notice how close he is to the beach.

PHOTO 7: Matt Fiamengo came in last week to celebrate his 1 year wedding anniversary and took a day to knock down some fish with his wife. Not a bad day with pargo, dorado and sierra standing on the beach at Muertos Bay.

PHOTO 8: I couldn’t resist this Jimmy Buffet shirt worn by Matt Fiamengo at our Tailhunter Bar. “The Weather is Here. Wish You Were Beautiful.” Thanks to all of you this past year who helped us open the new bar and restaurant in style and being part of the fun. We’ve already been rated #1 on Trip Advisor. Thanks also to all of you who wrote a review or comment! If you’d like to add your own or post a photo click this:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g150771-d1480691-Reviews-Tailhunter_Fubar_Cantina-La_Paz_Baja_California.html

BEAUTIFUL WEEK OF CHRISTMAS FISHING WITH COOPERATIVE FISH AND WEATHER!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Dec. 20-27, 2009

We probably could not have asked for a better week for fishing conditions. There were some strong breezes, but that didn’t stop the fish from biting and overall, it was just really pleasant time on the water with sunny skies and temperatures in the high 70’s to low 80’s. All of our fishing was done out of Muertos Bay and we really got a surprising variety of fish. Despite the cooler temperatures and it being late in the season, pelagic species such as tuna, wahoo, dorado, marlin and roosterfish are still around!

The tuna were just off the drop off between Punta Perrico and the old Hotel Las Arenas. Nothing big, but a fun size 20 pound class fish were great on light tackle. There also seemed to be a school running around the high spots south of Cerralvo…er Jacques Cousteau Island! It’s the same place were getting the occasional wahoo rip as well! The 2nd mount seems to be some type of concentration of wahoo with fish around 30 pounds there. One boat got 6 fish one day. Another day, a panga got 3 while several others dropped fish.

Dorado are just as surprising. Pretty much, the mahi are free ranging. We’ve been finding the fish by dragging a strip of fresh bonito behind the pangas, especially around concentrations of bait or where the waters fall to deeper waters. No telling. But all of a sudden if you get bit on the strip bait, tossing some live sardines around often brings 2, 3 or more dorado into the bite as well. The fish aren’t big, but you can have a blast on 10-25 pound fish! Straight live bait with nothing else except possibly a heavier leader, like 30-40 pound test, is about all it’s taking!

And then, there’s the billfish…striped marlin and sailfish. Steve Hastings from Washington fished several times with us and he was busy with tuna and dorado and a striper went swimming by the panga. He grabbed the nearest rod and fired out a sardine which got inhaled by the striper. Unfortunately, as Steve laughed later…it was his light spinning rod! He immediately realized his error and hung on for about 2 minutes but said it was incredible fun. He would have released the fish anyway.

As well, what’s up with the roosterfish? I think this is the longest roosterfish season I’ve ever had down here! We were getting them as early as February and even now in December, there’s big sluggers around as well as schoolie fish! My amigo, Leonard Bishop and his amigo, Craig Black from Canada took out the flyrods and in a matter of about 3 hours caught and released close to 30 school-sized roosterfish and some nice sized jack crevalle and had a hoot.

TAILHUNTER ROAD TOUR 2010 COMING SOON NEAR YOU!

In a few days, we climb in our trusty white van and hit the road to visit all of you back in the states as we start our 2010 Tailhunter Road Tour setting up our booth at all the big hunting and fishing shows in the Western United States.

Our first show is January 7-10th at the International Sportsman’s Expo in Denver CO at the Denver Convention Center. Come say hi and pick up a copy or our DVD and brochures!

Here’s our full schedule:

January 7-10 – Denver Convention Center for the International Sportsman’s Expo Booth 648

January 14-17 – San Mate Expo Center (San Francisco) for the International Sportsman’s Expo Booth 556C

January 21-24 – International Sportsmens Expo Sacramento CA at the State Fairgrounds Booth 3108

January 27 -31 – Washington Sportsmens Show at Puyallup Washington Booth 1041

Feb. 10-14 – Pacific Northwest Sportmens Expo at Portland OR Booth 1231

Feb. 26-28 – Cardinal Football Stadium Phoenix AZ for the International Sportsmen’s Expo Booth 533C

March 3-7 – Fred Hall Fishing and Boating Show at Long Beach Convention Center

March 9-15 – Central Oregon Sportmens Show Redmond OR Booth 135

March 18-21 – International Sportsmens Expo at Salt Lake City UT Both L1422C

Hope to see you in 2010.

Have a great New Year! 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: From all of our staff at the Tailhunter Bar…Thanks for helping us finally get open and a fun year. Best to you for the holidays!

PHOTO 2: From me and Jill, you all make it happen! God bless you all for a safe and happy Christmas!

PHOTO 3: Dave Rose drove all the way down from frozen Denver in his car for a “quick getaway.” It paid off in dorado, roosterfish, pargo and yes…even yellowfin tuna like this nice football taken off Muertos Bay south of La Paz.

PHOTO 4: This is normally the type of bull dorado we get in the summer and fall, but the big bulls are still around! Captain Jorge assists our amiga, Verda Boyd from the East Bay area of San Francisco. She always does well when she comes down for her birthday every December.

PHOTO 5: Dave Rose from Denver CO again. Nice bull dorado! He was fishing with Captain Pancho.

PHOTO 6: No shortage of sierra right now and some of them are BIG! Verda Boyd shows off one of many sierra she and her husband, Tim, caught over two days fishing. All our boats have been fishing off the Muertos/ Las Arenas areas.

VARIETY OF FISH BRING IT ON IN DECEMBER BITE!

La Paz / Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Dec. 13-19, 2009

Despite some winds and chop, we sure had a nice week of fishing. We did all of our fishing out of Muertos Bay and the area around Las Arenas and despite it being December, our anglers got into some nice dorado, tuna and even baited up a few marlin. No mistaking that it’s a bit cooler and rougher, but if you looked at the species of fish, it’d be hard to tell. These are all warm water fish. There were also several wahoo hooked and lost. The tuna were in the 15-20 pound class. Dorado went as large as 30 pounds.

Inshore, there were all the school-sized roosterfish you could want. When the winds blow, these were a nice fallback on these 5-10 pounders. Plus sierra are all over the beach areas with pargo and cabrilla along the rocky areas. We’ve got great temperatures and it’s a nice time to be in La Paz without many folks. It’s a pleasant 80 degrees during the day and in the mid-60’s at night.

Have a safe and happy Christmas, amigos!

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

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: No, this wasn’t taken in July! However, it’s highly unusual to find this kind of a dorado feed so late in the season. Fernando Sucre and his group of amigos from the San Francisco area with three of them shown here: Vince Saunders, Fernando, Paul Scheuring, and Eric Techel from L-R. They also lost and released a number of fish as well. They were fishing just off Muertos Bay and got in a day of scuba diving as well. Live sardines did the trick.

PHOTO 2: Texan Dave Crawford put in 3 days of fishing and got a tremendous number of variety. In addtion to warm water dorado, they got some of the largest sierra I’ve seen in many seasons. The sierra are thick and can provide a day-long bite by themselves. Here, a fresh one is headed for the box with Captain Victor looking on.

PHOTO 3: Escaping chilly New Mexico, our amigo Larry Daniel, fished 3 days and seemed to hook just about everything swimming. In addition to a number or roosterfish like this one (released) they also go dorado, pargo, sierra and others and released many fish as well.

PHOTO 4: Dave Crawford showing off a few of his dorado again. The fish were not far off the shoreline and on several days were thick and eating as fast a new baits could be thrown in the water.

PHOTO 5: One in every crowd and this is Gary “Lefty” Evans from S. California show demonstrates how to hold up 3 fish when you only have TWO hands! He has a dorado in each hand and that’s a pargo hanging from his uh…well…it’s hanging…

PHOTO 6: No, you can’t catch fish here, but you can put a club in your hand now and take some swings. The Paraiso del Mar on Mogote Peninsula is now in full operation and Tailhunter is now offering fishing/golfing packages for the coming season so you can get in a few days of fishing and golf now! Ask us about it. This is the view from the clubhouse/restaurant.

PHOTO 7: They’ve really done a nice job on the course and it will be great to offer the fishing/ golf packages now.

EXCELLENT WEEK OF FISHING WITH A BREAK IN THE WINDS PROVIDES VARIETY OF FISH!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Dec. 6-12, 2009

Really an exceptional week of fishing here. Given that it’s almost Christmas, the sun was out and the winds stayed down and the fish bit like it was summer-time, except that we had a great mix of unusual warm-water fish as well as the more typical seasonal fish. In fact, the dorado bit like mad dogs some days where the anglers had to pull away from the spots or were throwing fish back as fast as they could unhook them. Some of these dorado were easily in the 30-pound class and we had reports of some monster 40 pounders lost at the boat.

By contrast, the cooler water fish were also hogging center ring. It was an incredible week for sierra fishing as well with some of the biggest sierra I have ever seen. Some of the anglers were calling them “baby wahoo.” You could load up a limit of sierra in short order then round it out with pargo, snapper, cabrilla, rainbow runners then finish the day catching and releasing roosterfish and jack crevalle.

GOLF PACKAGES FOR 2010

Just to let you know that beginning this coming fishing season, we’re now able to offer fishing/golf packages now that the beautiful Paraiso Del Mar Golf Course is open. Tailhunter has special prices for it’s anglers so fish a little and take a day and swing some clubs. Ask us for details.

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: His first wahoo, Brian “Bill” Harnack of Los Angeles poses with Captain Jorge south of Cerralvo Island. It’s late in the year, but the wahoo are still around. Bill and his family caught a variety of fish over several days of fishing including this wahoo, tuna, dorado, sierra and roosterfish.

Photo 2: Sue Cross from San Francisco was on her first trip to La Paz and shows off a great dorado caught near shore with Captain Pancho. Dorado are still in the area eating live sardines and slow-trolled bonito strips. The fish range from 5-20 pounds, but larger fish in the 25-30 pound class have been hooked and lost.

PHOTO 3: He’s just 12 years old, but Andre Harnack has pulled on quite a few fish, but got into some really nice fishing this past week with a variety of fish that included sierra, dorado, roosterfish and this nice tuna he hooked with our Las Arenas fleet. He also had on a wahoo that came unbuttoned.

PHOTO 4: Headed for the dinner table, Bill Lee, was on his 2nd trip of the year with us. From the San Francisco area, he holds up a barred pargo also known as a pargo mulatto. Great eating. Get to be about 40 pounds, but the smaller ones taste better. Tough fighters in the rocks!

PHOTO 5: This is a great catch with lots of variety more typical of winter fishing. Bill Lee and Sue Cross have sierra, triggerfish, green pargo and pargo liso on the box. They were fishing with our Tailhunter Fleet off Muertos Bay.

PHOTO 6: Trenton Staley from chilly Parker, Colorado got to take off his jacket and got into some good dorado fishing outside of Muertos Bay.

PHOTO 7: It’s about time for these pargo liso to start moving into the shallows to start spawning. Casey Staley is from Colorado, but lives part-time here in La Paz. He’s fishing with Captain Jorge.

GREAT VARIETY INCLUDING TUNA WAHOO DORADO AND ROOSTERFISH KEEP WINTER ANGLERS BENT!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Nov. 29 to Dec. 5, 2009

A nice mixed week of fishing. Town is almost empty. Weather is beautiful and a great time to be in La Paz and if you go fishing, it’s like having the whole ocean to yourselves! The winds pretty much dictate where we fish and what we fish for these days. Almost all of our fishing is being done with our Las Arenas fleet launching out of Bahia de Los Muertos. That way, even if it’s windy we can still hug the shore and catch fish. Surprisingly, we’re not only getting inshore species, but offshore species are close to shore as well.

There are abundant sierra to be caught as the schools have now moved into the inshore areas and you can spend your whole day tearing it up with these speedsters. Live bait fished with a little bit of wire on the hook works great as does slow trolling small crank baits with wire. Good idea to change all treble hooks to single hooks or simply cut off two of the treble hooks as it gets tough to pull three hooks out of the snapping teeth of a sierra.

In addition to the sierra, there’s snapper, pargo, and cabrilla and surprisingly still some good roosterfish to be caught along the sandy areas. The real surprise is that we’re still taking bluewater species like a few tuna here and there in the 25 pound class as well as the occasional wahoo. On the days you could get out there and the wind laid down, there’s a pesky school of football tuna at the north end of Cerralvo Island and a good shot at taking a wahoo there as well around North Point and La Reyna. If not, then south end of Cerralvo Island and near Punta Perrico would be our 2nd choice. Dorado schools flurry in and out and often surprise anglers who find every rod suddenly bent. On two days, it was like summer fishing! The dorado literally swarmed the boats and it was wild. As soon as the winds came up, the fish petered out, but by then, the guys had bloody decks and full fish boxes! We also hooked and lost a few striped marlin too.

Bring a sweatshirt or light jacket for the cool mornings on the water or evenings in town. Long pants aren’t a bad idea either. It’s a “chilly” 65 at night at 82 in the daytimes. Locals like ourselves are all in long pants and sweatshirts these days!

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.”

FEW ANGLERS AND INCONSISTENT WEATHER STILL PROVIDE FAIRLY GOOD LATE SEASON FISHING

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

Not many anglers in town and fishing conditions have been variable. One day it’s sunny and calm. The next day, it’s sunny with lots of wind. The next day it’s cloudy and cold and looks like rain. We even got little sprinkles here and there. The seasons are definitely changing.

Almost all our fishing has been out of Las Arenas/Muertos. Right now with the unpredictability of the weather, it’s the best bet because even if the weather is less than desirable, at least we don’t have to go very far to catch fish. Close to shore, we can still get some roostersfish, jack crevalle and the occasional pompano.

As well, the chance of getting into a nice school of sierra is always there so that you can put easily a limit of the speedsters in the box in short time or catch-and-release as fast as you want. Good idea to bring a little wire for your hooks because these fish have sharp teeth.

If conditions are right, there’s still the opportunity to get into some of the bluewater fish still lingering. The good thing is that you don’t really have to go too far for the fish. Some schools of tuna and dorado aren’t too far from shore and a little live bait can get the fish worked up fast. But if it’s really windy, then too much chop seems to keep the fish lockjawed and down unwilling to come to the surface. There’s still some marlin and sailfish around too moving in the areas of bonito off the south end of Cerralvo (er…Jacques Cousteau Island *) Island. Also, there’s still some wahoo in the area as well. If you have the right rig in the water at the righ time, wahoo are in that same area between the south side of the island and the Punta Perrico area.

*As of Nov. 17th, that’s the new name for Cerralvo Island.

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!

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.”