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La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International Fleet for Week of March 2-9, 2014

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This is more like it for March fishing! Joe Arata of Pacifica CA strikes the hot pose with a slugger yellowtail he took on the iron off Cerralvo Island. Yellowtail were a bit more predominant this week.

What the heck! Roger Thompson is one of the best anglers we know. He was throwing the iron for yellowtail and said his jig barely hit the water when this big-time marlin smacked into it! On 40-pound test, he battled the big billfish for over an hour! Attempts to release the fish were not successful and the meat was donated. Marlin generally don’t show up for another 3 months or so! Just another indication that we’re going to see more warm water species showing up!

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Brian ONeill an Leif Dover are clowning with a hefty pair of yellowtail on the Beach at Bahia de Los Muertos by holding the fish close to the camera. Still…even without them goofing, this pair of yellows are still trophy fish! Both our amigos are from Georgia!

PHOTO 1 – While eating a sandwich…(see story below)

What have we here? (See story below)

If there’s any question about the waters being warmer than usual, check out this crazy story from John Duteil who was visiting us from Canada:
We went to the beach at Tecolote and wow the fish were literally jumping out of the water. Two dorado came speeding right up to the shore, then started flipping around one made it back out to sea but the other was stuck. Our friend Dennis still eating his lunch walked over and picked him up. (Pics attached) moral of the story if you can catch them this easy on the shore imagine what you can do in a boat!! it is so easy to catch fish in La Paz they are literally jumping out of the water for you to catch!”

Best show of the season? Maybe so! Just finished up the mighty Fred Hall Fishing and Boating Show at the Long Beach Convention Center that went from Wednesday to Sunday! We hear it broke attendance records and the place was packed and the Tailhunter Booth never had a dull moment! Don Busse (far right) brought over his merry group to toast us with Jill leading the saludos at our booth! We saw a zillion friends and booked lots of fishing trips for 2014 to La Paz! Thanks, Long Beach! Thanks to everyone! No onto Salt Lake City!

CAN IT GET STRANGER? WATERS WARM AND BRING TOP WATER SPECIES!

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of March 2-9, 2014

Amiga:

So sorry. Impossible to write anything from the show and then I’m up to 3 or 4 a.m. just catching up. It’s after midnight now Sunday. If you can still use it, here’s some info:

The strange week early season continued this past week with more un-characteristic biters all week, but especially early in the week. In what seems like we may have by-passed our cold-water season and got right into spring-like conditions, we continue to hook up with a crazy variety of fish indicative of waters that are unseasonably warm!

We did get a few more big yellowtail this week, but the numbers are way off from what they should be. Normally, this time of the year, we are hammering big 25-40 pound ‘tails and getting 2-5 per panga not counting the ones we lose!

Instead, we are only getting about 3 – 10 per week! That’s it. They are a nice grade of fish, but the counts are not what they should be.

However, don’t panic! The slack is being taken up by other fish including dorado, wahoo…even marlin and we got a tuna (reportedly a 24-pound class yellowfin was taken!) this week as well. All of these are normally warm water species that we don’t see for another 2 months or so!

Mixing that in with some cabrilla and pargo and it’s making for an interesting “chop suey” of fish in the fish box these days. Will it continue?

I have no idea. We seem to get new surprises every week! Two things can happen. The waters will continue to warm in which case, forget the cold water species like the yellowtail an sierra and such. They’ll go deep or leave the area far too early!

Secondarily, they water will suddenly get cool and cold and we’ll lose the warm water species and by then it might also be too drastic of a change for the inshore species.

I tend to think the waters will continue to warm so look out…it’s going to be a season of early big fish!

We’ll keep you posted for sure.

LONG BEACH ROCKED! NOW HEADED TO SALT LAKE ISE SHOW!

Our booth in Long Beach was visited by so many super amigos but we never expected so many dignitaries from La Paz to come up as well including our amigo Agustin Olachea, head of the La Paz hotel association! It was great to see him at the show helping to promote tourism in our city!

We had an incredible run this past week at the Fred Hall Fishing and Boating Show at the Long Beach Convention Center. What a slamming good time seeing so many of our S. Cal friends and so many of our amigos in the fishing industry. It was often shoulder-to-shoulder in the aisles and the din of the crowd was so raucous that we had to yell to be heard! Couldn’t have been more fun and I also got to celebrate my birthday in the middle of about 10,000 of my best friends like I do every year! Thanks to everyone who came by to chat about fishing in La Paz and also wish me another good “trip around the sun!” It was a grand time!

But now…

Here we come Salt Lake City! Two more shows to go and Salt Lake it ALWAYS fun! We’ll be at the Expo Center in Sandy, Utah to be specific in that fine facility from Thursday to Sunday. So, come say hi and let’s set up your 2014 La Paz fishing trip. Here’s the details for the show which runs March 13-16. ISE International Sportsman Expo (Sandy UT)

Click that link for information as well as show times and discount tickets! There’s always a ton of fishing, hunting, camping, boating and other outdoor related gear, info and other stuff for the whole family. See you this week!

That’s our story!

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

http://www.tailhunter-international.com

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

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

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report: https://fishreport.jonathanroldan.com/

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter Fleet for Week of Feb. 23 to March 2, 2014

Posted in amberjack, Bahia de Los Muertos, Bahia de los Suenos, Bahia de los Suenos fishing, bahia magdalena, Baja, baja fishing, Baja fishing reports, Baja sportfishing packages, baja sur, Baja Vacations, bonito, cabo san lucas, cabrilla, Cerralvo Island, Cerralvo Island Fishing, charters, circle hooks, Costa Baja Resort, day trips, dog tooth snapper, dorado, east cape, ecotourism, el sargento, espirito, espirito santo island, family, family fishing, fish, fish report, fishing, fishing and hunting shows, fishing charters, fishing guides, fishing reports, fishing tackle, fishing techniques, fishing tips, fishing tournaments, fishing trips, fishing video, fishing videos, flyfishing, Fred Hall Fishing Show, freediving, girls fishing, gray whales, grouper, holidays, Hotel Perla, idaho sportsman show, International Sportsmans Expo, ISE, jack crevalle, jonathan roldan, kids, La Concha Beach Resort, La Paz, la paz baja sur, la paz fishing, La Paz Vacations, la ventana, La Ventana Fishing, Las Arenas, Las Arenas fishing, light tackle, mag bay, mahi mahi, marlin, mexican, Mexican sportfishing outfitters, Mexican sportfishing packages, mexico, mexico fishing, Mexico vacations, Muertos Bay Fishing, outfitters, packages, panga, pargo, pompano, rainbow runner, robalo, roosterfish, sailfish, scuba, sea of cortez, sierra, sierra mackeral, snapper, snorkel, spearfishing, sportfishing packages, squid, tailhunter, tailhunter international, Tournament fishing, tuna, Tuna tournament, vacations, wahoo, Western Outdoor News, whales, whalewatching, women fishing, yellowfin tuna, yellowtail, tagged amberjack, bahia de los muertos, bahia de los suenos, bahia magdalena, baja, Baja sur, blog, bonito, cabo san lucas, cerralvo Island, charter, costa baja resort, deep sea, dog-tooth, dorado, east cape, ecotourismt, el sargento, Espirito Santo Island, family, fish, fishing, fleet, flyfishing, fred hall fishing show, freediving, grey whales, grouper, guide, guides, holidays, hotel marina, hotel perla, hotels, jack crevalle, jonathan roldan, kids, la concha beach resort, La Ventana, Las Arenas, light tackle, live bait, los barriles, Mexican, Mexico, outfitters, packages, panga, pargo, pargo liso, reports, roosterfish, san jose del cabo, scuba, sierra, snapper, snorkeling, spearfishing, sportfishing, tailhunter international, techniques, tips, tour, tuna, vacation, video, wahoo, whale watching, wife, women, yellowtail on March 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »

In 20 years running our operations in La Paz, I’ve not had anyone pull up a big broomtail grouper like this. Leif (“Don’t call me “Garrett”) Dover from Atlanta GA has been fishing at least 2 times a year for many years and always sticks fish with us. He said this fish slammed into his jig and almost pulled him out’ve the boat. This is not just a trophy fish, it’s also an unusual catch!

Fishermen come for years trying to stick a trophy wahoo. Don Asp came down on his first trip from Minnesota and rips this sweet ‘hoo! He’s just trying to catch some sunshine and get in a little fishing. Instead he gets on of the most prized fish in Baja. He’s on the beach at Bahia de Los Muertos. Lots of wahoo this week. Unbelievable.

Ken Gragg (left) is one of our best amigos who fishes with us at Tailhunter several times a year and came down this past week with his son, Steve. They found the schools of big pargo liso off the rocks near Las Arenas. Tough fish to put in the boat!

Brian O’Neil gets a funny look from our Tailhunter Moncho as Brian struggles with a wiggling big amberjack and not get stuck by the jig. First big amberjack of the season for Brian!

OK…this one turned out to be the biggest amberjack of the week…maybe the year! Look at this beast that Capt. Hugo hung! The amberjack is the delicious big cousin of the yellowtail. These are generally not caught in our waters until later in the spring! Amigo, Roger Thompson, was on the boat and took the photo. Thanks, Rog!

Shellee Mittan from northern California and her husband, Bill, only had time to squeeze in one day of fishing and got some cabrilla (released) and these two nice sierra.

We have missed our amigo, Daryl Valdez from Bakersfield CA who usually visits us every year, but hasn’t been down in a bit. Great to see him and he got the largest pargo of the week…this fish estimated at 20-25 pounds.

Nice forktail! Joe Arata from Pacifca CA dropped a blue and white iron overboard and stuck it to this fat yellowtail off Cerralvo Island. The yellowtail haven’t been as prevailant as normal as water temps and bait conditions have been variable.

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Dave Lue and Chad Gagnier were visiting us for the first time and fishing with Tailhunter and show off their first day of fishing with 2 wahoo plus dorado. The anglers are from Georgia.

First day hot stick, Leif Dover and Captain Moncho pose with another wahoo taken off Cerralvo Island.

THE MOST AMAZING CRAZY WINTER WEEK OF FISHING!

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Feb. 23 to March , 2014

This might have been the craziest week of winter fishing we’ve seen in our many years here. Mainly, it’s because it wasn’t winter fishing! I’m not sure what to call it or what to say about it!

In all honesty, the fishing action was really only so-so. We had a good number of anglers out there and it wasn’t crazy wide-open by any stretch. And it was better earlier in the week than later when it seemed to taper off.

However, what it lacked in numbers was made up for in quality. Great quality. Unbelievable quality. Just look at the photos!

Now, normally this time of year, we’re chasing cold water inshore fish. Species like sea bass (cabrilla), pargo (snapper), jack crevalle, pompano, sierra and the like. If conditions are right, we’re also getting the big pig yellowtail as well.

Well, the last few weeks we started getting some really strange biters and I think it culminated this week. In fact, it was a great indescribable week relatively speaking.

We did find the pargo. Some big ones right off Punta Perrico. But, we also got…get this..(drumroll)….wahoo! Dorado! A 180-pound striped marlin! Amberjack! And even a huge broom tail grouper!

What’s going on?

Maybe it’s the water temps being a little warmer than normal. Maybe it’s the lack of mackerel that usually draw the yellowtail up from the trenches. But, I have never seen a winter like this where we’re getting these species. Sure, every now and then someone gets one, but to have all of these species biting at the same time? Literally unheard of!

But, the anglers sure stuck some fish. Bait was still an issue, but using ballyhoo and slow trolling Rapalas and also those guys who dropped yo yo iron did well. Hot spots were all around Cerralvo Island, around the north and south ends were especially good. But also around Punta Perico fish were found. We’ll just have to keep an eye on things!

BRING ON THE BIG SHOW – TAILHUNTER HEADS TO LONG BEACH FRED HALL SHOW

Thanks to all of our new and old amigos in Boise who came to see us at the Idaho Sportsmans Show! We were slammed and had the best show of our 2014 sports tour! Lots of reservations for fishing with us this year and we’re looking forward to all the visit!
But now…we head to the big boy show of shows…the FRED HALL FISHING and HUNTING SHOW at the Long Beach Convention Center starting this Wednesday to Sunday!

We can’t say enough about this past week show at the Idaho Sportsmans’ Show in Boise Idaho. Thanks to everyone! The show was packed and our Tailhunter booth was slammed. We had some of our best day of the 2014 tour this past week and booked lots of new reservations for fishing this year! Just spectacular!

And now….

We head to the grand-daddy of shows! The Fred Hall Fishing and Hunting Show starts Wednesday and goes through Sunday at the Long Beach Convention Center. This show is huge so bring your walking shoes! There’s tons to see for the whole family. It takes some folks several days to walk through all the displays; check out all the gear for sale; check out the seminars and make their way through the whole show. This is a huge party. If you’ve never attended it’s the Woodstock of fishing shows on the West Coast. Come see us. We’ll be in our booth in our usual place in the middle of tackle row, next to Izorline fishing line and Whopper Stopper fishing rods. This is gonna be fun!

Here’s more details: Fred Hall Fishing Show

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

www.tailhunter-international.com

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

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

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report: https://fishreport.jonathanroldan.com/

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International Fleet for Week of Feb. 16-23, 2014

Posted in amberjack, Bahia de Los Muertos, Bahia de los Suenos, Bahia de los Suenos fishing, bahia magdalena, Baja, baja fishing, Baja fishing reports, Baja sportfishing packages, baja sur, Baja Vacations, bonito, cabo san lucas, cabrilla, Cerralvo Island, Cerralvo Island Fishing, charters, circle hooks, Costa Baja Resort, day trips, dog tooth snapper, dorado, east cape, ecotourism, el sargento, espirito, espirito santo island, family, family fishing, fish, fish report, fishing, fishing and hunting shows, fishing charters, fishing guides, fishing reports, fishing tackle, fishing techniques, fishing tips, fishing tournaments, fishing trips, fishing video, fishing videos, flyfishing, freediving, girls fishing, grouper, holidays, Hotel Perla, idaho sportsman show, International Sportsmans Expo, ISE, jack crevalle, jonathan roldan, kids, La Concha Beach Resort, La Paz, la paz baja sur, la paz fishing, La Paz Vacations, la ventana, La Ventana Fishing, Las Arenas, Las Arenas fishing, light tackle, mahi mahi, marlin, mexican, Mexican sportfishing outfitters, Mexican sportfishing packages, mexico, mexico fishing, Mexico vacations, Muertos Bay Fishing, outfitters, Pacific Northwest Sportsmans Show, packages, panga, pargo, pompano, Portland Expo Center, rainbow runner, robalo, roosterfish, sailfish, scuba, sea of cortez, sierra, sierra mackeral, snapper, snook, snorkel, spearfishing, sportfishing packages, squid, tailhunter, tailhunter international, Tournament fishing, tuna, vacations, wahoo, Washington Sportsmens show, Western Outdoor News, whales, whalewatching, women fishing, yellowfin tuna, yellowtail, tagged amberjack, bahia de los muertos, bahia de los suenos, baja, billfish, blogs, bonito, cabo san lucas, cabrilla, cerralvo Island, charter, costa baja resort, day trip, deep sea, dog-tooth, dorado, east cape, ecotourism, el sargento, Espirito Santo Island, family, fish fishing, freediving, girl, girls, guide, holidays, hotel marina, hotel perla, international sportsmans exposition, isla, jack crevalle, jonathan roldan, kids, la concha beach resort, La Ventana, Las Arenas, light tackle, live bait, los barriles, mahi, marina palmira hotel, marlin, Mexican, Mexico, outfitter, package, panga, pargo, pompano, reports, sailfish, san jose del cabo, scuba, sea of cortez, sierra, snapper, snorkel, spearfishing, sportfishing, tackle, tailhunter international, techniques, tips, tour, tournament, tuna, vacation, wahoo, washington sportsmans show, western outdoor news, whale, whalewatching, wife, woman, women, yellowtail, yellowtail roosterfish on February 24, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Yes! It’s February and we’re catching dorado! Normally, warm water fish, apparently, no one told the dorado as we keep running into them like this nice bull taken by our Washington amiga Carol Darby with Captain Gerardo.

Another surprise this week! Wahoo once again showed up near Cerralvo Island like this speedy ‘hoo with Captain Archangel.

Apparently, this is turning into one of the best whale-watching seasons in recent years! The whales are solid at Lopez Mateos at Bahia Magdalena and we’re running daily trips out to see them! Contact us for a trip of a lifetime getting close to these magnificent animals!

Thanks, everyone who came to visit us at the University of Phoenix stadium in Phoenix, Arizona. We had another great time at the ISE show! We also booked lots of La Paz trips too! We’re filling fast! Now we move onto Boise, Idaho! See the details below and come see Jill and Jonathan!

STRANGE MIX OF FISH AGAIN SURPRISE ANGLERS

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Feb. 16-23, 2014

Generally, not a bad week of fishing for our anglers, but again, just like the last few weeks, some unusual catches. It’s almost getting to be an old record but the catches just don’t seem to make sense!

This is winter and catches are generally inshore and consist of inshore COLD water species. Well, the bite has certainly been inshore, but the CATCH has been rather unusual. For the past few weeks, and again this week, we caught dorado! Dorado are warm water fish. We catch them in the summer and fall when the waters are warm.

What else is unusual is that the fish were mostly caught pretty close to shore…while fishing for WINTER fish like the cabrilla (sea bass) and sierra and species like that. We did indeed catch the sea bass, sierra, pargo and jack crevalle. But in the middle of that, it’s pretty surprising to also get dorado.

Likewise, also got a few wahoo as well. So, go figure. Again, the wahoo are usually trophy fish that we pursue in the warmer months! The wahoo ware taken off the north and south end of Cerralvo Island. We’ll just have to keep following this.

All week, we’ve got a full week of fishermen so we’ll have a better idea of what’s going on with the bite. Hopefully, find more pargo and yellowtail too!

TAILHUNTER TOUR MOVES ONTO BOISE, IDAHO!

Come visit us at the Boise Sporstmans Show in Idaho this week. They have some great taxidermy displays there!

Jill and I have been on the road now for 2 months and had some incredible shows in Sacramento, Denver, Puyallup (Seattle), Portland, Yakima and just finished one of our best shows ever in Phoenix at the University of Phoenix Stadium. Thanks to all our amigos who stopped by and everyone who came by to talk to us about fishing with us this year in La Paz. We now move to our 6th show in Boise, Idaho at the Idaho Sportsman Show at the Boise Fairgrounds. This is a great show and we’ll be there from Thursday to Sunday! Here’s some additional info. Click the link:

Idaho Sportsman Show

Come visit us! There’s always alot to see and great fun for the family. We’ve got new Tailhunter t-shirts and hats that Jilly designed plus come chat about your La Paz vacation this year!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

www.tailhunter-international.com

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

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

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report: https://fishreport.jonathanroldan.com/

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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La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Feb. 2-9, 2014

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Mark Martis visits La Paz several times a year and our amigo has been fishing with Tailhunter for well over a decade. He often surprises us with his great catches, but this surprise catch this past week with Captain Victor was this spectacular wahoo taken off Cerralvo Island. Officially our first wahoo of the season!

Seth Caillat got our first official Las Arenas yellowtail of the season. In fact he got two of the plus dorado using live ballyhoo out’ve Bahia de Los Muertos.

Whale watching season with the gray whales in Magdalena Bay is in full-swing right now with lots of whales in the shallow calm waters! Let us know if we can set up your whale watching trip for the experience of a lifetime! Whales usually hang out until the middle of March.

The Tailhunter Tour showed up for the Pacific Northwest Sportsmans Show this week in Portland Oregon and got slammed with a freak 4 day snow and ice storm that virtually froze everything in the city and shut down much of Portland. We still had a great show!

Like I said, we still had a spectacular show in Portland with lots of amigos visiting Jill and I including Matt, Tim and Phil who stopped to say hi and take a quick photo at our Tailhunter booth. Next stop…YAKIMA, Washington.

A WEEK OF SURPRISES FOR FISHING WEEK!

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Feb. 2-9, 2014

I’m not sure how to describe the week. OK, we got some fish. Yes, it was a little breezy and yes, it was a little bumpy some day out there. But that’s typical of this time of year. In all honesty, we didn’t get ALOT of fish. So, best to be truthful.

However, that’s not what made the week remarkable.

What made it remarkable was the quality of the fish we got!

OK, we got a few cabrilla and some bonito and some sierra. Ho-hum. That’s about par for winter fishing right now. But, whereas we got those big pargo snapper last week and I thought we were going to go zipping into pargo season, the pargo didn’t show.

Instead, it was a week of FIRSTS!

…we got our first yellowtail of the season…some nice 25-pound fish. These fish ate some slow trolled big Rapalas as well as slow-trolled ballyhoo that caused the fish to blow up. Secondly, we also got…(hold on…drumroll…) WAHOO!!! Yup. Wahoo, in winter at the south end of Cerralvo Island. Our first wahoo of the season!

On top of that we got dorado still biting. Dorado are SUMMER fish! What’s up with that? I have a feeling this could be a wacky start to the season. Every week, we’re running into something different. That just makes it fun.

TAILHUNTER TOUR LEAVES PORTLAND SHOW AND MOVES TO YAKIMA WASHINGTON!

It was an incredible crazy snow-filled week in Portland as a freaky 4-day snowstorm pretty much shut down the city! We still had a great time and booked lots of La Paz fishing trips and saw lots of our amigos!

Our 3-month Tailhunter Road Tour says adios to one of our favorite cities in Portland, Oregon where we had a crazy week of an unusual snow and ice storm that pretty much froze the city…and us! But, we had a great show and now move onto the CENTRAL WASHINGTON SPORTSMEN SHOW in YAKIMA, WASHINGTON! The show is a fun 3-day event from Friday to Sunday, Feb. 14-16th. Come say his and let’s talk about visiting us in La Paz this year…where it’s WARM!

For more details, click the link: CENTRAL WASHINGTON SPORTSMEN SHOW

Hope to see you then! Have a great week!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

www.tailhunter-international.com

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

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

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report: https://fishreport.jonathanroldan.com/

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Jan. 26 to Feb. 2, 2014

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Horse buster! Carl Lange from Bakersfield CA fished 4 days this week ending the week by sticking some trophy pargo liso just off the rocks fishing with Captain Pancho. The big fish have moved into the shallows now for their spring spawn.

He fishes with us several times a year, but our amigo, Ken Gragg, found a way to save a tough week of fishing by catching some dorado, sierra, some bonito and also took home some nice pargo meat from big pargo they caught off Punta Perrico.

Carl Lange with another of his big red pargo (mullet snapper) and Captain Pancho happy to pose along!

Yes! The whales are now here and we’re running daily tours to Bahia Magdalena to get close to these great animals in the calm bay waters. The whales usually stick around until March so check with us about coming to visit us to see the whales!

Come say hi to us in Portland, Oregon at the Northwest Sportsmans Show this Wednesday to Sunday! Details below!

QUALITY OVER QUANTITY –

PARGO SAVE THE WEEK!

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Jan. 26 to Feb. 2, 2014

The week started off in typical winter fashion with 80 degree sun, but quite a bit of wind making it bouncy and rough on the waters. The fishing reflected it as well. There were a few unseasonable dorado caught but beyond that, just a few sierra and bonito. A bit of action, but nothing to write home about. But that’s also why we don’t have many fishermen around during the winter. If you’re looking for some sunshine and some fishing action, you’ll be fine, but if you’re searching for flat waters and quality fish, it can be elusive.

However, as the week went on the winds calmed and the seas flattened.

Correspondingly, the fish bite improved. Our folks saw yellowtail, but couldn’t get anything to go. However, the big pargo have moved into the shallows to spawn. Those are always great…and often frustrating…sport!

These fish can be huge. And they can be in incredibly shallow waters littered with rocks, reefs and caves. The photos don’t do these tough fish justice. These are some of the most powerful fish to hook and the ones we see in photos are the “smaller ones” we get to the boat. Veteran anglers and divers will be full of stories of fish “large enough to put a saddle on their backs” and “stronger in short runs than any fish in Baja.”

So hooking them is one aspect. Getting them to the boat is test of wills and good tackle! These fish hit like a train and go straight back down to the rocks Given it can only be a few feet deep, often you’re lost before you know it and so is the fish! If you don’t pull hard and turn their heads, they’ll rock you! We call these “zing powie” fish because that’s the sound your tight lines make before they sing and snap!

Pargo fishing is an entirely different dimension of fishing and can be great fun and frustration! We have guys who specifically come each season to go hand-to-hand with these fish. Great eating too!

TAILHUNTERS ROLLS INTO PORTLAND!

We’re now moving the Tailhunter Road Show and booth to the Portland Expo Center! We’ve been on the road now for a month. We’ve driven to super shows in Sacramento…then Denver…then Puyallup (Seattle/Tacoma)…and now we’re here in another of our favorite cities…PORTLAND! The city on the Columbia River and one of our largest shows of the tour. It’s a monster…it’s a beast…it’s grand fun for 5 days from Wednesday to Sunday…Feb. 5-9…Portland Expo Center!

Here’s the link for more information for the Pacific Northwest Sportsman’s Show and how to get discounted tickets:

Pacific Northwest Sportsmans Show

Come say hi! Talk to us about your 2014 La Paz trips and check out our new T-shirts, hats and our new 24-page 2014 brochure! We’ll see you this week!

That’s our story!

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

www.tailhunter-international.com

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

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

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report: https://fishreport.jonathanroldan.com/

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Jan. 19-26, 2014

Posted in amberjack, Bahia de Los Muertos, Bahia de los Suenos, Bahia de los Suenos fishing, bahia magdalena, Baja, baja fishing, Baja fishing reports, Baja sportfishing packages, baja sur, Baja Vacations, bonito, cabo san lucas, cabrilla, Cerralvo Island, Cerralvo Island Fishing, charters, circle hooks, Costa Baja Resort, day trips, dog tooth snapper, dorado, east cape, ecotourism, el sargento, espirito, espirito santo island, family, family fishing, fish, fish report, fishing, fishing and hunting shows, fishing charters, fishing guides, fishing reports, fishing tackle, fishing techniques, fishing tips, fishing tournaments, fishing trips, fishing video, fishing videos, flyfishing, freediving, girls fishing, grouper, holidays, Hotel Perla, International Sportsmans Expo, ISE, jack crevalle, jonathan roldan, kids, La Concha Beach Resort, La Paz, la paz baja sur, la paz fishing, La Paz Vacations, la ventana, La Ventana Fishing, Las Arenas, Las Arenas fishing, light tackle, mahi mahi, marlin, mexican, Mexican sportfishing outfitters, Mexican sportfishing packages, mexico, mexico fishing, Mexico vacations, Muertos Bay Fishing, outfitters, packages, panga, pargo, pompano, rainbow runner, robalo, roosterfish, sailfish, scuba, sea of cortez, sierra, sierra mackeral, snapper, snook, snorkel, spearfishing, sportfishing packages, squid, tailhunter, tailhunter international, Tournament fishing, tuna, Tuna tournament, vacations, wahoo, Washington Sportsmens show, Western Outdoor News, whales, whalewatching, women fishing, yellowfin tuna, yellowtail, tagged amberjack, bahia de los muertos, bahia de los suenos, baja, blogs, bonito, cabo san lucas, cabrilla, Cerralvo, charters, costa baja resort, dorado, east cape, el sargento, espirito santo, family, fish, fishing, flyfishing, freediving, girl, guides, holiday, hotel marina, hotel perla, images, inshhore, international sportsmans exposition, isla, island, jack crevalle, jonathan roldan, kids, la concha beach resort, la paz, La Ventana, light tackle, los barriles, mahi, Mexican, Mexico, offshore, outfitters, pacific northwest sportsmans show, packages, panga, pargo, photos, pompano, reports, roosterfish, san jose del cabo, scuba, sea of cortez, sierra, snapper, snorkeling, sportfishing, tackle, tailhunter international, techniques, tips, tours, tuna, video, wahoo, washinton sportsmans show, western outdoor news, western outdoors, whales, whalewatching, wife, yellowtail on January 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »

The view from Bahia de Los Muertos where we launch every day for the fishing grounds. Despite the great sunshine and seemingly tranquil waters, just beyond the point, many of the days were pretty choppy. Fortunately, fishing is close!

Sierra…the speedy toothy gamefish that makes great sport and tasty ceviche was our mainstay for the week like this guy that Tim’s holding in front of the camera. Light tackle is great for these guys that can get 3 times this size.

Commercial fishermen started getting into some of our seasonal yellowtail this week as shown by some of the catch laying on the beach. Unfortunately, we were doing more fishing than catching as the powerful jacks we hooked all broke off.

Yes! Whale watching season is back at Bahia Magdalena and we’re running daily trips out to see these great creatures in th calm bay waters! The whales are usually here until mid-March so let us know if you’d like us to set up a tour for you!

ANOTHER WINDY WEEK DOESN’T

HELP COMFORT LEVEL

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of January 19-26, 2014

This past week was more typical of winter fishing in La Paz. In a word…WINDY! Northern winds kept things blustery, cool and bumpy on the water, but fortunately, being the off-season, there weren’t that many fishermen on the water and those that did fish this week have fished during this time in the past and knew what they were going to encounter or, in the alternative, were happy just to get out into some sunshine! It was sunny, no doubt and temperatures were in the 70’s, but windy by our standards and cool as well. But for folks from Canada and the mid-west, they were just looking for a day out on the water in the sunshine!

As for fishing, again, typical of this time of year when the winds blow. Sierra provided the most action inshore along the reefs and beach drop-offs. In the rock areas and reefs, smaller pargo, snapper and cabrilla (sea bass) were willing to bite chunks of dead bait like squid. We know there have been dorado the past few weeks, but nothing came up this week in the usual areas made more difficult by the bumpy waters. However, we did have some yellowtail and larger pargo hooked and lost. It’s sort of a double whammy. These fish are the season trophy fish and mean as heck and powerfully built with attitude. Rookies or folks not ready to put some bend on these fish are quickly schooled when the fish power back into the rocks and the line breaks. Still, it’s very encouraging to know these bad boys are in our waters!

THANKS WASHINGTON! TAILHUNTER NOW GOES TO PORTLAND!

So many friends visit us in our Tailhunter booth like John and Dolores Ehlers, our amigos who have fished with us for many years, but represent Eagle Point Lodge in Alaska. We just had a great week of shows in Washington and now head for Portland, Oregon!

We just wrapped up our third show of the tour season with an incredible show at the Washington Sportsman’s Show at the Puyallup Fairgrounds between Seattle and Tacoma. It was five incredible days and great to see so many of our amigos and tons of reservations for fishing with us in La Paz in 2014! We’re excited to welcome so many new folks and old tribal members who are coming to fish with us this year! Thanks to all who visited!

We move on now to the Northwest Sportsmens Expo at the Portland Expo Center right next to the Columbia River in northern Portland. This show is huge and always one of our biggest plus I think we have a huge number of amigos in the area who come to visit us. The show runs Feb. 5-9. Come see us to say hi…check out our new brochure plus new hat and t-shirt designs and set up your 2014 La Paz fishing trip. Click the link for more information and how to get discount tickets: Pacific Northwest Sportmans Show

Have a great week!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

www.tailhunter-international.com

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

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

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report: https://fishreport.jonathanroldan.com/

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of January 12-19, 2014

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Pancho & Cheyenne with her 45 lb Roosterfish tags 1-14

We had some surprise roosterfish this week like this one that Cheyenne Wenholz took what we estimated to be about 45 pounds… a big fish for the 13-year-old first timer from Aurora, Colorado! It’s a big fish for anyone. A nice trophy! And best of all…she released it! But she did it all by herself just off Punta Perrico with only some help from our Captain Pancho to take the photo!

Another surprise biter this week! Who would have thought we’d bee seeing a rack of dorado like this on the beach after a day of fishing…IN JANUARY! But, late in the week schools of 10-15 pound mahi went on the chew!

The whales have officially arrived now in Bahia Magdalena and it’s a great time to see these great animals in the warm shallow waters of the bay where they’ll usually remain until mid-March or so! It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience and Tailhunters is now running it’s daily trips out to see them!

WINDS KNOCK DOWN BITE BUT END OF WEEK

KICKS BACK IN!

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Jan. 12-19, 2014

It was not the best week for fishing this past week. Well, maybe the fishing would have been better if it hadn’t been windy! It was pretty stiff this past week so fortunately, we didn’t have too many anglers and those we had, we were able to have them put off their fishing until it got calmer.

And it did!

As the week wound down, the winds diminished and we were able to get out. I told the anglers that most likely with the cooler temps and off-color water, they would find some action with maybe some bonito…some snapper…maybe some sierra.

Indeed, they did get those species which are typical of this time of year in the winter. However, again, with the surprises! We got into dorado again! I have no idea why dorado would still be hanging out, but some really fun 10-15 pound school-sized fish showed up and were a real treat. Close to shore and willing to eat! This is pretty unusual to be getting dorado this time of year, but no one complained!

As well, I guess we still have rooster fish in the area also! It’s again normally a fish we don’t see in January, but such a popular exotic fish that everyone wants to try for one. So when they do happen to pop up, it’s a bonus. We hooked and released several 30-40 pound fish off Punta Perico. Also, heads-up…some of the commercial guys are starting to get some yellowtail! Maybe the big jurel are finally here. Will keep you posted!

TAILHUNTER TOUR WRAPS UP DENVER…NOW HEADED TO WASHINGTON!

He’s a star! Young Grayson (“G-man”) Richmond from Evergreen, Colorado poses with me in our booth at the Denver ISE show! Grayson came down to fish with us in La Paz this past season and just tore it up! He even made the cover of our latest Tailhunter brochure!

Just finished tearing down the booth at the Denver Convention Center where we had a blast visiting with all our old amigos and making new ones every day! It was a great show and we got lots of folks signing up for their 2014 fishing vacations with us and we’re really looking forward to the visits!

So, now we’re on the road again. And this week, we’ll be hitting the Puyallup Fairgrounds in Washington just outside Seattle for the Washington Sportsmens Show that starts Wednesday and goes to Sunday January 22-26th. The show is ALWAYS packed and it’s our first show of the year in the Pacific Northwest. Come say hi and check out our new 2014 brochure. Pick up a free DVD as well plus take a look at our new line of t-shirts and hats that Jilly designed. We can also set up your La Paz fishing vacation for this year! Come put your toes in the sand! We’ll hopefully see you this week!

Click this link for more info: http://www.thesportshows.com/wss/

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

www.tailhunter-international.com

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

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

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report: https://fishreport.jonathanroldan.com/

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Dec. 29, 2013 – Jan. 5, 2014

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Cabrilla huge roger thompson tags 1-14-proc

He’s a monster magnet! No matter the fishing, Roger Thompson always sticks big fish. He got this sweet cabrilla (Mexican seabass) off the north end of Cerralvo Island.

The only had one day to fish and it was their first time with Tailhunters, but Annika and James Gervais found a nice little jag of dorado and got a limit of fish like these. People ask all the time for “larger boats” to catch blue water fish and “go further out!” Notice how close to shore the caught these dorado!

SLOW PICKY WEEK TO END/ START THE YEAR

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Dec. 29, 2013 to Jan. 5, 2014

I think the fish took the holiday weekend off. Honestly, it was scratchy fishing, at best. Cooler temps and windy conditions didn’t help. I think that was more of a factor then the good moon phase and it wasn’t enough to overcome the water and wind.

There was still some good inshore action. There’s still some dorado hanging out and some schools of 10 pounders were located pretty close to shore and a good spot for our pangas launching out’ve Bahia de Los Muertos near Las Arenas. Nothing, big but still some good light tackle fun and a nice surprise for winter fishing.

For other species, there were some good jags of bonito. Not such great to eat, but not much tougher than hard-charging bonito to keep a rod bent and since we’ve had quite a few families during the holidays the bonito have been great for the kids as well as folks just looking for some action on the water and something to do…especially if they’re snow-birds from chillier places just wanting to enjoy some sunshine.

There’s also some cabrilla (Mexican sea bass) that were in the counts. (Including the gem in the photos above that Roger Thompson caught off Cerralvo Island). Most of the cabrilla were little 2-3 pounders. Some rooster fish and decent numbers of sierra as well. No pargo to speak of and I would have to officially say that the great marlin bite of the past few weeks is probably done for the season.

The traveling Tailhunter Booth! See you soon! We will be in Sacramento…Denver…Puyallup (Seattle)…Portland…Yakima…Phoenix…Boise…Long Beach…Salt Lake City and Del Mar (San Diego) between now and March!

COME SEE THE TAILHUNTER BOOTH IN SACRAMENTO!

We start our 2014 Tailhunter Road Tour with our first show of the season in Sacramento CA. We’ll be at the California State Fairgrounds from this Thursday to Sunday. Come say hi and talk to us about coming to fish with us in La Paz in 2014. Come check out our

Brand new 24 page brochures
Tailhunter DVD
New Tailhunter t-shirts
New Tailhunter hats

Our booth will be in our usual spot in the main fishing hall and we’re excited to visit with you. Sacramento is always a MONSTER show for us with the ISE. Here’s more info. Check out the video. Click the link!

ISE SHOW COMING TO SACRAMENTO!

That’s our story! Happy 2014 everyone!

Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

www.tailhunter-international.com

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

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

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report: https://fishreport.jonathanroldan.com/

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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La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Dec. 22-29, 2013

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Jason Mills with us for the first time sports a nice fresh dorado while fishing off Las Arenas with the Tailhunter Fleet. It was a little tougher on the dorado as waters are getting cooler, but the fish are still around and a great bonus species to be catching in December!

Ralph Shawver and Captain Jorge pose with another unusual biter for December, a striped marlin. It was Ralph’s first time with Tailhunters. The fish could not be released and was caught just south of Isla Cerralvo.

TOUGHER FISHING FOR CHRISTMAS WEEK

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Dec 22-29, 2013

It was a tougher pull this week for fishing around La Paz. After so many weeks of unseasonably good fishing for a variety of species, this past week was more typical of what we see around our area for this time of year. It was definitely chillier on the water. A few more grey skies in the morning and choppy waters. It was also much windier than in the past…perhaps the windiest week overall that we’ve had in awhile.

Whether because of the cooler temperatures or because of the wind or a combination of both, there were fewer of the blue water pelagic species that have treated us for so many weeks unexpectedly. The marlin and dorado were much harder to find and the bite was sporadic.

However, inshore, we did get into some nice jags of fun sierra which are always great sport and great eating as well as bonito which are great sport…and not such good eating! If you got into a school of sierra, limits weren’t hard to come by.

As well, we surprisingly still got rooster fish. None of the big guys, but some fun 8-15 pounders which were a nice bonus and all fish were released.

It looks like this coming week is going to be less windy so we have our fingers crossed for some better fishing!

NEW MAILING ADDRESS FOR TAILHUNTERS

Thanks to everyone who sent us all the great Christmas cards! You’re the best and we look forward to seeing you in 2014. We have a new U.S. mailing address for Tailhunters:

TAILHUNTER INTERNATIONAL

8030 La Mesa Blvd.

Box 178

La Mesa CA 91942

That’s our story! Wishing you all the best for a great 2014!

Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

www.tailhunter-international.com

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

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

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report: https://fishreport.jonathanroldan.com/

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

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La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Nov. 24-Dec. 1, 2014

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It was one of those nice tranquil holiday weeks. Not a whole lot of fishermen on the water, but a nice time to be in the area with some great weather and, not bad fishing. Here’s the morning view of Bahia de Los Muertos as we launch to go fishing for our Tailhunter Las Arenas Fleet.

They were a little tough to find early in the week, but the dorado bite got better as the week went on with most fish about 10-15 pounds like this decent bull held by our Captain Armando on the beach at Bahia de Los Muertos.

Yes! It’s hard to believe, but there are still good number of striped marlin and sailfish in the area to punctuate what has been a very good year for billfish. Most of the billfish have been running about 100-130 pounds and thankfully are getting released. Most of the catches have also been unintentionally caught when guys are fishing for other species and the line gets picked up by a billfish! A nice treat and very unexpected this late in the season!

Captain Archangel hoists up another roosterfish for the camera before letting it go. Another species we don’t often see this late in the season. But, we’re finding them in the shallow waters inshore near the lighthouse. All of them are getting released.

WEEK STARTS SLOW ENDS ON UPSWING

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Nov. 24 to Dec. 1, 2013

Winds and waters got a little cooler this past week and we even had little flurries of rain that threatened. We still got some fish, but overall, being a holiday weekend there just weren’t that many anglers in town. The week started rather slowly and I figured that the season changes finally caught up with us. Fishing was slow. Just a few fish here and there.

But that’s what I had been expecting for about this time of year as the season changes to cooler conditions. Basically, that means fewer blue water fish like dorado and billfish and more inshore species like cabrilla, pargo, jack crevalle and sierra. So, after a few so-so fishing days early in the week, I was about ready to call it and say the warm-water species are gone.

But, then as the week went on, fishing got better. We started hitting more dorado schools. We had a few biters from billfish (sailfish and marlin) and even got a few nice-sized rooster fish! The dorado do seem a bit more scattered, but it’s great that they are still around. Likewise, the roosters are where you’d expect them…around the Las Arenas lighthouse and off Punta Perrico, but the fact that they are even here this late in the season is kinda cool! The marlin? Who knows! It seems that every day at least one of our pangas is getting hooked up and more often-than-not, several hookups a day. I think the waters are still warm enough to hold them in the area, plus there are still some big schools or bonito in the area which is perfect food for the billfish.

So, as of my writing, there’s still some pelagic species running around. Again, I’m not sure how long this will last, but we’ll enjoy it as long as we get it. The forecast for the coming week calls for some increasing winds and even a slight chance of rain so we’ll have to keep an eye out.

That’s our story! Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend!

Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

Website:

www.tailhunter-international.com

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

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

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report: https://fishreport.jonathanroldan.com/