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March 6, 2009 by riplipboy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PRINT MEXICAN FISHING LICENSES NOW ONLINE!

More big news…

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

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

I love technology!

LAST STOP ON 2009 TAILHUNTER TOUR!

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

That’s our story
Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Phone: (626) 333-3355

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

Mex. Cell: 044-612-114-17176

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

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

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

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March 1, 2009 by riplipboy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

HOTEL PERLA NOW ON OUR ROSTER!

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

FRED HALL FISHING AND BOAT SHOW THIS WEEK!

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

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

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International
Phone: (626) 333-3355
FAX: (626) 333-0115
Cell: (626) 278-1585
Mex. Cell: 044-612-114-17176

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

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

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

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February 22, 2009 by riplipboy

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

PHOTO 2: Fireworks over the waterfront and 2 miles of streetfair go off as Carnival time roared into town this past week.
STRONG WINDS SHUT DOWN PORT AND FEW ANGLERS MADE FOR SPOTTY FISHING!
La Paz / Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Feb. 14-21, 2009

It can’t be good all the time…especially in winter. I’d love to tell ya it was a great week of fishing. It really looked promising, but then the winds hit us. All those storms from up along the Pacific Coast of the U.S. that dropped rain and snow resulted in a face blast of winds down here.

In fact, it was so strong, they had to close the port of La Paz a few days. But that’s the way it is during winter fishing. It was still a warm and sunny time ashore with 80 degree weather, but on the water, it was rough if you planned to fish north of the city.

That’s why we put most of our boats out’ve Muertos Bay. Fishing was calmer and closer to shore. That would’ve been fine and good, but on the other side of the coin, we just didn’t have a lot of anglers this week either. Those that went out did run into sierra and some bigger pargo were lost. Some smaller yellowtail were caught…none of the bigger hogs this week. As well there were big bonito and roosterfish to be caught as well. At the time I’m writing this winds have flattened and things are looking pretty good out on the water from where I’m sitting looking at the bay. We’ll keep you posted.

CARNIVAL LA PAZ 2009

Carnival has been going on full blast most of the week and will continue on until FAT TUESDAY which is Feb. 24 (appropriately) it’s also the full moon! For sure, the town was howling. It was full scale party all week. I’ve never seen the waterfront so packed. Rides, game, food stands, and seemingly a concert stage every block or so, the carnival occupied a good 2 miles of waterfront area!

Town has been out in full force and you can hear the pounding music from a mile away. They even built two full-sized roller coasters in the area in front of the now-closed Los Arcos Hotel as well as the park across the street from the hotel which was turned into a huge midway of rides and games. There hasn’t been a hotel room available for over a week.

TAILHUNTER ROAD TOUR 2009 ONTO PHOENIX ARIZONA
We hit the road again this week. After doing shows in San Mateo and Sacramento, CA, we hit Denver and Portland. This coming week we’ll be at Cardinal Football Stadium in Glendale AZ which is the fishing/hunting show for the greater Phoenix AZ area. IT’s the International Sportsmen’s Expo.
It’s a 3 day show and starts Friday and goes to Sunday. Come check us out! It’s right down on the football field!

After that. we crank it up for the gigantic Fred Hall Fishing and Boating Show at the Long Beach Convention Center March 4-8 followed by the International Sportsmen’s Expo in Salt Lake City. Hope to see you!

That’s our story!
Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International
Phone: (626) 333-3355
FAX: (626) 333-0115
Cell: (626) 278-1585
Mex. Cell: 044-612-114-17176
U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Dr., Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745
Mexico Office: , 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Cal Sur, Mexico
Tailhunter YouTube Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/pangapirate
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February 14, 2009 by riplipboy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

YELLOWTAIL FINALLY CHEW!

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

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

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

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

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

LITTLE WHITE BALLS…

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

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

That’s our story!
Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International
Phone: (626) 333-3355FAX: (626) 333-0115Cell: (626) 278-1585Mex.
Cell: 044-612-114-17176E-Mail: Riplipboy@aol.com
U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Dr., Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745
Mexico Office: , 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Cal Sur, Mexico

“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.”

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February 8, 2009 by riplipboy

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

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

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


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

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

The La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Feb. 1-8, 2009
Well, it’s a bit early in the season perhaps, but the yellowtail that had been teasing us for a few weeks finally got into a nice snap and we got some of the forktails off Punta Perrico this past week. They weren’t the big hog yellows, but still, decent 12-16 pound fish. Too early to say if this is the full-blown thing yet, but it’s nice to put some yellowtail in the boat finally! All the signs are there. Last year we went full turbo on big tails so we can only hope that maybe things are heating up!
Still…other species did more than make up for everything else. Pargo appear to be ready to rip and the schools are getting thicker. They’re up in the shallows already in the same spots we’re seeing cabrilla, snapper and breezing schools of sierra. Not sure if the roosterfish are still in. We’ve been hitting the roosters the last few weeks bit didn’t get any this week but that could also be a function of the fact that no one wanted to fish for them!
I will tell ya that it was unseasonably warm this past week. Temperatures were in the low 80’s, but the winds were still a mess. It was windy enough earlier in the week for them to issue small craft warnings out of La Paz Bay. That time of year. But that’s why we’re doing all our fishing out of Muertos to stay on the lee side of things.
Whales are still packing them in at Lopez Mateos at Magdalena Bay. Our whale watchers are seeing lots of the whales now as we move into the height of the whale watching season there in the shallow lagoon waters. They’ll be around for about a month more.
Thanks to all the amigos who came to see us this past week at the Northwest Sportsman’s Expo at the Portland Expo Center in Oregon. It was five great days in the booth and the show was packed! No snow and no rain for once and Portlanders were great hosts. I’ll be in La Paz the rest of the month then back in the states for the International Sportsman’s Show in Phoenix, Arizona at Cardinal Stadium…actually in Glendale. It’s our first appearance in the Phoenix area in a number of years and hope to see many of you there.
YOU TUBE!
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That’s our story!
Jonathan and Jill
Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
Phone: (626) 333-3355
FAX: (626) 333-0115
Cell: (626) 278-1585Mex. Cell: 044-612-114-17176
U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Dr., Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745
Mexico Office: , 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Cal Sur, MexicoTailhunter
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February 1, 2009 by riplipboy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

HOTEL LOS ARCOS CLOSES

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

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

That’s our story!
Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International
Phone: (626) 333-3355FAX: (626) 333-0115
Cell: (626) 278-1585Mex. Cell: 044-612-114-17176
U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Dr., Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745
Mexico Office: , 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Cal Sur, Mexico
Tailhunter YouTube Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/pangapirate
“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.”

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January 24, 2009 by riplipboy

PHOTO 1: Sierra mackerel like this beauty here are still hitting nicely just about anywhere but the inshore reef, shoals and beaches seem to be the best holding spots for these guys. Don’t let the “mackerel” part of the name fool you. They fight hard and are among the tasitest fish around. Light tackle and a wire leader are working best with live bait or small crank bait lures like small Rapalas or Yo-Zuri lures.

PHOTO 2: Nice schools of feisty jack crevalle have move into the beach and inshore areas, especially for our anglers working the Muertos Bay/ Punto Perricos area. Great sport fish, but terrible eating, they are best released. Cousins to yellowtail, roosterfish, amberjack and pompano, when these guys are on the feed, they’ll hit pretty much anything aggressively.

PHOTO 3: The whales have finally arrived in Magdalena Bay and we’re running daily trips there now. The largest migration of mammals on Earth, the grey whales come to Baja during the winter months until about March to mate and give birth.


PHOTO 4: This is about as close as you can get to these great animals! Just watch out when they spout! Good idea to bring a windbreaker and hat! Pretty neat to get this close to a 30 foot whale or it’s baby. The grey whales usually hang out until mid-March in the shallow bay waters.

PHOTO 4: The Tailhunter Road Show 2009 moves on! We are just finishing our 3rd fishing/ hunting show of the season here in Denver CO. It has been a great tour with stops at shows in San Mateo CA and Sacramento CA. We wrap up here in Denver then move onto the Portland Expo Feb. 4-8. Great to see all the old friend and meet new ones. Come visit us in Portland and come fishing in La Paz!
WINTER CONDITIONS IN LA PAZ BUT INSHORE SPECIES PROVIDE GOOD ACTION!
La Paz/ Las Arenas Report for Week of January 18-24, 2009
THE FISHING REPORT

Lots of snow birds in town right now but not many anglers or divers. You can tell the locals. It’s 70 degrees and breezy and we’re all walking around in long pants and sweatshirts bundled against the “cold.” The tourists are wearing shorts and flip-flops and t-shirts. The whales are in at Magdalena Bay so we’re running a lot of trips out there now and indeed, quite a few of the tourists in town are here for the whales and not many for fishing. Let us know if we can set you up with some whale watching before they head north in March.

Still, we had a few boats out this week. With the north winds, we had to keep close to shore. Waters seemed to have turned a bit green. The winds were hard on the few flyfishers but our bait fishermen still got into sierra, seabass, jacks and some smaller pargo. We had some light line anglers do pretty well and they had fun getting hookups but lost a lot of fish in the rocks. They weren’t complaining since almost every cast was another hookup and planned to release most fish anyway. Some of the commercial guys got a few yellowtail so that’s encouraging and we’ll keep an eye on that. Lots of folks are preping for Carnival which is coming up in a few weeks.

TAILHUNTER COMING YOUR WAY

We’ve just finished our shows in San Mateo, Sacramento and Colorado. We’ll be at the Portland Expo Center Feb. 4-8. Come visit us in the booth! After that, Phoenix AZ, Long Beach and Salt Lake City.
CABIN FEVER CLASSIC APRIL 30 – MAY 4
Cabin Fever Classic April 30 to May 4, we still have a few spots that came open! Ask us about the details. Five days in La Paz with 3 days of fishing. This is our 7th annual event and it’s alot of fun! Get outta yer cabin and come enjoy some sunshine! Price is $775 per person double occupancy.
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Jonathan and Jill
Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
Phone: (626) 333-3355FAX: (626) 333-0115C
ell: (626) 278-1585Mex. Cell: 044-612-114-17176
U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Dr., Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745
Mexico Office: , 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Cal Sur, Mexico

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January 16, 2009 by riplipboy

PHOTO 1: Don’t know how much longer this can last as waters start cooling, but there have been little jags of dorado here and there even though it’s winter. Our amiga, Verda Boyd from Fremont CA and her husband Tim Zimmer always come down in the winter and seem to find the fish! Here Captain Jorge lends a hand.

PHOTO 2: Captain Jorge again, this time with Tim Zimmer holding a good looking dorado taken just outside of Muertos Bay on live bait and light tackle.

PHOTO 3: Photo of Jonathan being interviewed by Univision Channel 19 the Sacramento CA Spanish-speaking news station. Jonathan doing his unsuccessful best NOT to butcher the language. I’m sure the channel lost ratings points that night during the broadcast as their viewers switched to the weather channel.

PHOTO 4: The grey whales have arrived in Magdalena Bay and we’re now running whale watching trips daily to this tranquil shallow lagoon where the whales take up winter residence until about mid-March.

PHOTO 5: Yes, they do get this close!

A WINDY WEEK KEEPS BOATS CLOSE TO SHORE BUT STILL CATCHING FISH!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of January 11-17, 2009

THE FISHING REPORT

A really windy week in La Paz with Santa Ana type winds flailing the whole area. The kite and wind surfers in the channel out by La Ventana are just loving this as the winds just funnel between the peninsula and Cerralvo Island. Still, we hug the shoreline and again, kept most of our anglers in the Muertos Bay area with good results. Again, sierra were the mainstay. Boats took 8-12 per boat and losing others. Cabrilla and snapper rounded out the mixed bag, but roosters were not uncommon and we still got a few dorado as well. No complaints. Fortunately, bait is plentiful and close. Sardines on a hook will pretty much get almost all species to bite. Nice to be on the water. Not many people to share the fishing holes with! If anything, the wind really hampered the few flyfishers we had, but being the off-season, this is why we don’t do a lot of flyfishers right now. Waters seemed to turn a bit green too. That’s indicative of a chilling. Could be the winds are pulling colder water up from down deep. We’ll have to keep an eye on it.

WHALES ARE HERE

The annual migration of the whales has started! Pretty much on schedule the vanguard of the California grey whales has arrived at Magdalena Bay. It’s one of the 3 places along the Baja Pacific coast that the whales take up winter residency. It’s the largest migration of animals on the planet. We’re running daily whale watching trips now until they head back sometime around March. Get in touch with us if you’re interested in seeing this incredible event up close!

HEADED TO OUR NEXT STOP

Howdy and thank you to everyone that stopped by our booth at the first two stops on our 2009 Tailhunter Tour. We had a great time two weeks ago at the San Mateo International Sportmen’s Expo near San Francisco and are now finished with the Sacramento ISE show at the California State Fairgrounds.

Next stop Denver from Thursday Jan 22 to Sunday Jan. 25. We’ll be at the Denver Convention Center. This is an incredible show so please stop by to say hi and come chat about coming to see us in 2009 in La Paz.

ALASKA FLIGHTS

Alaska Airlines has a big sale right now. Buy your tickets before Jan. 24th and use them before June 24th for big discounts to fly to La Paz. They now fly Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Seats have been going fast so don’t delay. More sales are on the way, we hear!

MUERTOS BAY

We’ve got some new projects bubbling up at Muertos Bay these days. For those of you who don’t relish the drive over the hill from La Paz, we’re now working with some of the rental houses there and we’re also developing some projects with the Cardon Grill (formerly the Giggling Marlin Restaurant) that are pretty exciting. Stay tuned. More to come!

That’s our story!
Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International
Phone: (626) 333-3355FAX: (626) 333-0115
U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Dr., Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745
Mexico Office: , 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Cal Sur, Mexico
“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.”


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January 9, 2009 by riplipboy

PHOTO 1: Such a great shot. This is 12-year-old Trevor Davidson from Newport Rhode Island who came down with his dad, Simon. Yes, there’s still roosterfish around. Lots of small guys that are great to catch and release on light tackle. According to dad, ” This was just the first Rooster of many we caught that day, Sierra, Pargo, Jack Crevalle, Skipjack Tuna, and snapper were also caught. His biggest fish was probably a Jack Crevalle. I worked hard with my Fly Rod while he used a spinning rod and live bait, so he out fished me that day much to his glee.”

PHOTO 2: Jeff Iverson from Washington was down this past week and did one day on the water with his flyrod. In addtion to roosters, and sierra, Jeff popped this nice dorado as well. Pretty unusual to get dorado in the winter, but lingering warm water has kept the fish in the area. Great surprise!

LOTS OF MIXED INSHORE ACTION WITH LITTLE TRAFFIC ON THE WATER PROVIDES BENT RODS!

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for week of Jan. 4-11, 2009

Another pretty good week for a lot of varieties down here this past week. Even when the wind is blowing from the north, we’re still able to fish out of Muertos Bay. Fishing has been relatively close with an excellent mix of fish. Even our flyfishers are doing well. Most of the fish, however, are coming on live bait, mostly sardines, but they’re producing sierra, roosterfish, jack crevalle, bonito, skipjack, cabrilla, pompano, pargo and we even had a few dorado and two wahoo were hooked and lost on jigs. We had some guys this week on ultra light tackle fishing only bait and throwing bass lures like crank baits, poppers and jerk baits into the rocks and hammering fish after fish! They lost alot of gear to snapper, pargo, cabrilla and sierra, but said it was some of the best action they had ever had with almost every single cast producing a hit!

It’s a great time to be down. Very little pressure on the fishing spots. Air temps are in the mid-70’s and sunny. Water is about 10 degrees cooler in most places.

NOTES ON THE TACKLE BOX

AIR FLIGHTS DROPPING TO LA PAZ –

This past week airline rates to La Paz on Alaska/Horizon Air dropped drastically! Check it out. We were hearing of flights as low as $317 round trip from Los Angeles to La Paz. Alaska/Horizon is now flying 5 days a week to La Paz so make your connection through Los Angeles!

WHALE WATCHING –

Whale watching season is just about to kick off in another week or so as the annual migration of the grey whales comes to Bahia Magdalena. Check out the whales in this tranquil shallow bay. Great experience for the family. We can set this up for you!

TRADE SHOW TOUR 2009 COMING YOUR WAY

We are currently on our 2009 Fishing and Hunting Trade Show Tour! We just finished in San Mateo near San Francisco and had a great time seeing everyone. Next stop is the California State Fairground for the ISE Show January 15-18th. This is a huge show! Come see us at the booth and let’s talk about coming to La Paz for 2009!

Next stop will be Denver at the Denver Convention Center January 22-25.

CABIN FEVER CLASSIC STILL HAS A FEW SPOTS LEFT!

Our 7th Annual Cabin Fever Classic on April 30 t0 May 4 still has some spots. Cost is $775 for five days in La Paz/ 4 nights ocean-front hotel/ 3 days fishing and alot of fun with some great folks. Dig yourself out of the cold and come put your toes in the sand and line in the water with us. Write us for more details!

TAILHUNTER INTERNATIONAL HAS MORE TO DO FOR 2009

In addition to SCUBA and SNORKELING, we’re also offering an array of other great activities for your La Paz vacation including horseback riding, Cabo tours, tours to Todos Santos, City and Beach tours; ATV riding; and swimming with the dolphins. Ask us for more details.

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Phone: (626) 333-3355

FAX: (626) 333-0115

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

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

“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.”

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January 3, 2009 by riplipboy

PHOTO 1: Several varieties of pargo have started to show up like this mullet snapper (pargo liso) that move into the rocky areas this time of year. As we move into spring time, these fish will come into the shallow areas to spawn in large numbers. They will take a live bait but quickly dash into the rocks!

PHOTO 2: A big surprise to have pompano show up as well so early. Normally we get these guys in late spring or so along the reefs and sandy drop offs. Great eating members of the jack family and super fun on light tackle.

GOOD FISHING WITH LOTS OF VARIETY KICKS IN THE NEW YEAR!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Dec. 28 to Jan. 4, 2009

Hope your new year is off to a good start, amigos!

What an excellent week of fishing down here. Again, because of the winds, we’re mostly fishing out of Muertos Bay, but our boats took such a great variety of fish all week. Still plenty of sierra around and you can spend all day catching just sierra. However, there’s plenty of cabrilla to 5 pounds plus it looks like both dog tooth and mullet snapper (pargo liso) have moved into the rocky area. We’re not getting the big ones just yet, but the ones we’ve been catching are the 10-15 pound class with some larger ones lost to the rocks.

A few yellowtail were picked up…smaller sized punks in the 10 pound class, but this is encouraging to have them so early… plus roosterfish (up to 15 pounds) , amberjack and even pompano along the beaches. The pompano were really a nice surprise as I don’t remember getting them this early. they are a great eating fish and will eat the live baits with a small sinker just on the edge of the drop offs. The first few days they showed up, we had clients tossing them back or giving them away not sure of what they were. Of course, my captains were more than happy to take them off the clients hands. The problem is that they are members of the jack family (yellowtail, amberjack, permit, roosterfish, jack crevalle) and look very very close to their hard-fighting cousins, the jack crevalle. Jack crevalle fight like demons, but taste like it too! So, lots of people throw the pompano back even when a captain might suggest they angler keep it. They are great fried or sauteed. I also happened to try some sashime this past year. If you like yellowtail sashime, pompano is even better. It’s a delicate translucent meat that just melts off your chopsticks!

As well… There must still be some warm water around as well because we had flurries of dorado, wahoo and tuna near the island when the winds allowed.

Live bait works best, but bring a sweatshirt for the cool mornings! Some days the winds really blow and others it lays down, but part of everyday can be breezy. It’s great to be in town. Air temps are 75 degrees in the daytime and at night it’s 65.

NOTICES

WHALE WATCHING – We’re booking solidly now for the upcoming whale watching season that starts in about 2 weeks (when the whales show up) and go through about mid-March. We do this over at Magdalena Bay and it’s an incredible experience to have grey whales and their calves come right up to the pangas in the calm shallow waters of the bay. Get in touch with us ASAP and we can set up the whole package.

CABIN FEVER CLASSIC – Our 7th Annual Cabin Fever Classic still has some spots available for the April 30 to May 4 dates. This is always a blast and a good get together for some sunshine, fishing, socializing and tall cold ones. It gets more popular every year and for $775 per person double occupancy, we cover your ocean-view room at La Concha Beach Resort, 3 days panga fishing, transfers, taxes, 2 dinners and a bunch of other stuff. Write to us to find out more or, if you’re one of our Cabin Fever alums, get in touch with us now!

ALASKA AIR – If you had not heard, Alaska Airlines is now flying FIVE days a week to La Paz from Los Angeles. This is a big improvement and gives us plenty of options now. If you can connect through Los Angeles, it’s just a two hour flight to La Paz where we’ll be waiting for you with a load of stuff in the ice chest waiting for you!

VOLARIS AIR – Out of Tijuana is great I just tried them. Brand new airlines and brand new air bus jets. This was fantastic. For 15 bucks they pick you up at the San Diego train station and shuttle you right to the terminal. From there it was just a few minutes to the plane. Because it was a domestic flight, there were fewer security checks. Super service. TV’s to watch. Full beverages. Leather seats. Great leg room and overhead room. AND HALF THE PRICE of U.S. carriers!

TRES VIRGINES RESTAURANT – One of La Paz favorites that had closed has re-opened in a new location. It’s one block down and across the street from where it used to be. They really did a nice job of it. Great spot.

WE HIT THE ROAD FOR THE 2009 TAILHUNTER TOUR

Well, it’s that time again. We’re coming to a city near you! We start the first leg of our fishing and hunting trade shows! This week we’ll be at the San Mateo Expo near San Francisco for the ISE shows. Here’s the schedule:

January 8-11 – International Sportsman’s Expo (San Mateo Expo Center)

January 15-18 – International Sportsman’s Expo (State Fairgrounds Sacramento)

January 22-25 – International Sportsman’s Expo (Denver Convention Center)

More to come! Stop by the booth and say hi! We’ll look forward to it!

That’s our story!
Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Phone: (626) 333-3355

FAX: (626) 333-0115

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

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

“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.”

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