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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of January 1-8, 2017

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Here we go! We’re starting our 2017 Road Tour! Jill and I will be on the road for our 21st year travelling with our booth to all the best and biggest fishing and hunting shows and this week, we kick it off at the Denver Convention Center for the International Sportsmens Expo. It’s Jan. 12-15th. Come see us and let’s talk fishing!

Whalewatching season is finally on! The whales have started arriving at Bahia Magdalena and Tailhunter is running day trips or overnight trips to spend time with these unbelievable creatures! It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience! Ask me about details: Jonathan@tailhunter.com

Whalesharks are now in the bay in the shallow water just a few hundred yards from the malecon. We're running trips to go swim with the whalesharks now. Ask us about this incredible adventure!

Whalesharks are now right in La Paz Bay in the shallow water just a few hundred yards from the malecon. We’re running trips to go swim with the whalesharks now. Ask us about this incredible adventure!

MOSTLY INSHORE FISH and WIND to START THE YEAR

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Jan. 2-9, 2017

Not much to tell this week. I think the town and visitors were still in “holiday hangover” from Christmas and New Years. Normally, this time of year, the folks who come fishing are walk-in clients off the street. Instead of being anglers who book months in advance who come for a “fishing trip,” these are visitors to town or snowbirds who’d just like a day of fishing.

However, it’s windy this time of year so either we’re up-front and tell them it can be rough and bumpy or the day they want will be so bad, we don’t recommend going out at all. Or, in some cases, they look out at the bay and see all the white-caps they decide to just soak up the 80 degree sun on the beach with a margarita instead. Nothing wrong with that scenario either!

So, just not many folks out fishing.

HERE WE COME DENVER!

We only had about 2 days this past week that were fishable. Inshore is where most of the action was found with cabrilla (sea bass), snapper, barred pargo and jack crevalle. All fun action especially on lighter tackle, but a few of the larger pargo broke off in the rocks even on the heavier gear. Offshore, a few wahoo bit and were lost, but a few of the commercial fishermen landed a couple and also some tuna were hooked. We’ll keep an eye on that. Pretty unusual to see blue-water species like that this time of year!

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Tailhunter Sportfishing starts it’s 2017 “road tour” this week. We’ll be at the International Sportsman’s Expo in our booth at the Denver Convention Center from Thursday to Sunday, January 12-15th. Come visit us and let’s talk about fishing in La Paz this year!

Here’s a link to all the info:

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Hope to see you there!

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from Mexico: 044-612-53311

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La Paz- Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Dec. 25, 2016-Jan. 1, 2017

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It’s winter. Thankfully bonito are still providing action despite a difficult week to fish because of winds.

There’s a reason the wind and kite surfers enjoy our area so much during the winter. It’s the winds. Great for them. Not so good for fishing. Still bright and sunny, however. Temps in the 80’s .

FISH TAKE THE WEEK OFF – WINDS DON’T

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Dec. 25, 2016 – Jan. 1, 2017

In the gap between the holidays, I think the fish took the week off like most folks, but maybe they were smart. They hunkered down because it was a windy week. For one, not many folks fishing, but for the most part, many of the folks that come in right now are walk-in clients or snow birds enjoying the sunshine and otherwise great weather (minus the wind). So, they’re only looking for a day of fishing out on the water.

That’s the dicey part because I always want to be up-front. I warn them about this being the off-season and how windy it might be. If they are flexible on dates then we look at the wind forecasts to try to get them the least windy day. But, sometimes, they only have that ONE DAY to fish during their vacation and, if they still want to go out, we do our best to get them some fish or find areas where it’s less choppy or rough. All we can do is try. You definitely can’t catch fish if you have no line in the water.

However, generally speaking, especially during the winter, if there’s storm going on in the SE United States like California, Arizona and Nevada, that wind/ rain pattern will affect the weather in Baja. It was a stormy week in the lower U.S. Ergo, it was windy in La Paz!

So…

Well, we did our best. Four days this week, I recommended not even going out to prospective fishermen. They’d be wasting their money.

Two of the other days, despite our best, the winds still were stronger than we would have liked and the fishermen got bounced around and only caught some bonito and cabrilla and snapper. Still OK fishing, but we wish it could have been better. The last day, again only some bonito and cabrilla and some small dorado.

The weather forecast this coming week actually looks good. One of the least windy weeks in awhile is on tap so hopefully, better fishing. But, for the sunbirds, if you’re not out on the water getting blown around, it’s hard to beat 85 degree sunny weather in La Paz right now.

WHALEWATCHING SEASON STARTING

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We are starting out Tailhunter whale watching tours in about 2-3 weeks. From mid-January to March is when the grey whale migration takes place and thousands of whales migrate from the Bering Sea to places like Bahia Magdalena on the Pacific Coast about 3 hours drive from La Paz. We’ll be running day and overnight trips to the bay where the whales spend the winter in the shallow, warm, calm waters. It’s a great once-in-a-life time opportunity to get up close with the whale without having to go out into open waters.

The whales will often come right up to the boats and seem to enjoy the interaction and it’s really a treat to have a baby calf come right up and want to have it’s head scratched! Check with us and we can set you up!

That’s our story! Happy New Year everyone!

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Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

TAILHUNTER FISHING FLEET #1 Rated on Trip Advisor

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U.S. Office: 8030 La Mesa, Suite #178, La Mesa CA 91942

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

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-53311

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report:

Tailhunter YouTube Videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBLvdHL_p4-OAu3HfiVzW0g

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Dec. 18-25, 2016

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Sue and Barry Schneider were able to squeeze in one day of fishing on Christmas Eve and got onto one of these great days when the wind layed down and the fish were biting. They got a great surprise with a couple of dorado, a nice wahoo and even a handful of bonito to round out the action. Some of the fish ended up at Tailhunter Restaurant for dinner to have us cook it up! They were fishing with Captain Victor.

WINDY CHRISTMAS WEEK BUT SOME WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Dec. 18-25, 2016

We had one of those windy wakes that made it tough for fishing with north winds blowing a number of days. That was the bad news. The good news was there weren’t many fishermen this week as most folks either had their minds on the holidays or were one of the visiting snowbirds enjoying some of the sunshine. However, for the small windows that we did have fishing, we were again surprised by the catches.

Again, we’re only fishing with our Tailhunter Las Arenas Fleet from Muertos Bay where the fishing is more protected and closer to shore. In addition to the usual “winter fare” like snapper, pargo and cabrilla as well as bonito…

Well, things are still mixed up I guess because we still hooked wahoo and even some dorado which are generally fish we see when the weather and waters are warm. Dorado were not big but still…10 pounders are fun on light tackle and good eating and surely a surprise. And, no one ever argues with catching a wahoo either. Several were hooked and lost and a few brought to the boot were in the 20-25 pound class. Again, a total bonus on a fishing day when you’re not expecting it.

Que Dios Te Bendiga! (May God bless you!)

From our Tailhunter Family and Crew to Yours! God bless for a safe, happy and peaceful Christmas and excellent 2017!

Just taking a little time to reflect on a special time and how blessed we are during this time of year and always. It’s because of you! Wishing you Feliz Navidad from La Paz. Enjoy your families and the holidays and we’ll see you in the new year!

That’s our story!

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Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

TAILHUNTER FISHING FLEET #1 Rated on Trip Advisor

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U.S. Office: 8030 La Mesa, Suite #178, La Mesa CA 91942

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

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-53311

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report:

Tailhunter YouTube Videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBLvdHL_p4-OAu3HfiVzW0g

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Dec. 12-18, 2016

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Rick and Amy Kasper from Wyoming run a hunting operation and Rick is also an outfitter and TV host on the outdoor channel. He and Amy hit a nice day of action boating 3 nice tuna on squid and losing another plus having their hands full on 8 or 9 bonito. .

That’s a HUGE needlefish. Rick Kasper and Captain Jorge with a monster marciel…gotta be 5′ long!

FULL MOON AND WINDS NO ISSUE AS BLUE WATER SPECIES BITE!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Dec. 12-18, 2016

Full moon? Winter? No problem. As if to underscore just what a crazy season it has been, once again some of our best fishing in the last few weeks was this past week. The fact that the winds dropped back a few notches had alot to do with it, but honestly, some surprisingly good fishing for species we don’t normally see during this time of year!

Again, not many fishermen out on the water, but that’s pretty normal as this is off-season. But, those that were out, ran into some minimal winds, flat seas and quality fish.

In addition to the usual inshore species like barred pargo, snapper, and cabrilla, there were also bonito and jacks plus some HUGE needlefish working the waters for the anglers.

However, the biggest surprise were the yellowfin tuna we hit off Punta Perrico and the south side of Cerralvo Island on the high spot. These fish were nice quality 15-30 pound fish. Plus the wahoo are still hanging out and willing to chase deep diver, Rapalas, Magnum Yo-Zuri and Mega Bait lures. Some of the fish ran 30 pounds or so. These blue-water pelagic fish are a nice bonus this time of year.

Winds coming back up again a bit this week. We’ll keep you posted.

WHALEWATCHING SEASON COMING UP!

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THEY’RE ON THEIR WAY…WHALEWATCHING SEASON IN A FEW WEEKS!

The annual migration of grey whales is underway and within a few weeks, they’ll start showing up in the calm, warm Baja water of Bahia Magdalena. We’re already taking reservations for this incredible experience with a great opportunity to get up close and personal to these amazing gentle animals. A trip makes a great present too! Whale watching season generally runs from mid-January to late March. Write to us at: Jonathan@tailhunter.com and we can set up up your whole package.

That’s our story!

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Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s

Tailhunter International

TAILHUNTER FISHING FLEET #1 Rated on Trip Advisor

TAILHUNTER RESTAURANT BAR Top 5 – Rated in La Paz on Trip Advisor

Now follow us on FACEBOOK TOO

U.S. Office: 8030 La Mesa, Suite #178, La Mesa CA 91942

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

Phones:

from USA : 626-638-3383

from Mexico: 044-612-53311

Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report:

Tailhunter YouTube Videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBLvdHL_p4-OAu3HfiVzW0g

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Dec. 4-12, 2016

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There’s a little of this..a little of that right now. Alot of bonito…the occasional dorado plus inshore species like triggerfish and cabrilla.

THAT LULL BETWEEN THE HOLIDAYS – Full Moon Coming up Too!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Dec. 4-12, 2016

It was one of the better weeks for weather with minimal winds most days but just not many fishermen around. I think everyone is geared or pre-disposed with the holidays at the moment or most of the visitors to La Paz are snowbirds making their way down to catch some sunshine or the luckier ones who get to spend all winter down here. Even the locals are pretty tied up with Christmas at the moment with numerous Christmas Fairs, pageants, decorating and shopping. For sure, there’s alot of tamale making going on!

Fishing wise, nothing spectacular, but really hard to know when mostly it’s the commercial guys fishing. Inshore fishing for snapper, barred cargo, cabrilla and jacks has been the predominant catch from what we’re seeing, but there’s still some dorado around. Most are the 5-10 pound size. For a little more fun, the bonito schools are ranging in the usual places with some fish up to 10 pound horses. No tuna or wahoo caught, but that’s because no one was really fishing for them but I did hear of some schools of tuna breaking water just off Punta Perrico. Two of our commerical fishermen friends did get hook-ups on wahoo, but fish came off. Again, it’s hard to give a complete report when there’s not much sportfishing traffic out there. Next week will be a little more complete.

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Tailhunters can set up your trips and put together full packages with lodging, transportation, day trips and more. It makes a great Christmas present too!

That’s our story! Hope you and yours are enjoying a fantastic holiday season!

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Nov. 6-13, 2016

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VIDEO EXPRESS WEEKLY REPORT

WEEK AT A GLANCE

Weather – Pleasantly sunny, but cooling off. Days high 80’s. Nights high 60’s (We’re using blankets at night!)

Water – Relatively still warm in the 80’s, but losing visibility as winds starting to churn up the water a bit

Wind – Becoming more of an issue and now getting more northerns. Had to suggest some folks wait a few days to fish because it was too rough outside and gusts blowing double digits.

Fishing Quantity – Lots of dorado if you fished with our La Paz Fleet. Only 1-2 fish per panga at Las Arenas, but they could be 20-50 pounders.

Fishing Quality – The La Paz dorado continue to be dinks…5-10 pounds. The larger wahoo this week were 40-pound class.

Jonathan’s Forecast – Gonna get windier and cooler as we head towards winter. Not hardly anyone on the water anymore.

Jonathan’s Attitude – Grateful and blessed to have reached pretty much the end of our 21st season here. Another year of great memories and so many smiles with all our Tailhunter Tribe.

THE FULL EDITION FISHING REPORT

That’s alot of wahoo meat! Linda Canizzo and Jack Stewart just had one day to fish but put this phat ‘hoo in the boat at Muertos Bay.

First day on the water for L.P. Hieb and his dad, Paul, produced this nice wahoo and a yellowfin tuna. Several other fish were also lost. It was a week where we got wahoo, but there were alot of bite-offs and lost lures. The wahoo were getting smarter!

You can tell the seasons are changing. From Rock Springs, Wyoming, Brandon and Tanya McGarr show off the type of catch we’ll be seeing more of…a mix of offshore/inshore species with the inshore species becoming more prevailant. But a sweet mix of fish including a tuna snapper, pargo, triggerfish and bonito.

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Day 2 on the water for L.P and Paul produced a double handful of more wahoo for them out’ve Muertos Bay.

Happy Fella…Jack Steele spends a good part of the year in La Ventana and fishing with Captain Hugo put the wood to another speedy wahoo.

FULL MOON WAHOO PACE CHANGING BITE & CONDITIONS

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Nov. 6-13, 2016

Fishing conditions and seasons are definitely changing.

With each passing week, it’s a little cooler…a little breezier…the sun is going down earlier…the shadows are getting longer. But, it’s still a great time to be here with lots of sunshine mixed with an occasional passing localized pleasant afternoon shower. Temperatures have been in the high 80’s and evenings have been great an in the high 60’s. Fewer fishermen are here. Fewer families are here as well now that we’re approaching the holiday season. However, there’s snowbirds coming for vacations or seasonal residents escaping their colder homes to spend the winter here in La Paz.

As for fishing, once again, it seems that the closer we get to the full moon…and during the full moon…the better the fishing. As I mentioned, there’s not many anglers out on the water so you almost have the whole ocean to yourself and, although we’re seeing more and more cooler water fish like sierras, cabrilla, jack crevalle, pargo and rainbow runner, there’s still some great blue water pelagic fishing to be done. And, as I said, without many folks here, you’ve got the fishing grounds pretty much to yourself and not much pressure on the fish!

For our Tailhunter La Paz Fleet, as it has been been pretty much all season, the schoolie-sized dorado are still the main catch. They’re smallish, but fun and provide lots of action. Catch-and-release has been very common because you can hook way over your limit in short order. Anglers get enough for their limits and coolers or for dinner and then keep fishing just for fun and letting the extra fish go.

Most of the dorado continue to be 5-10 pounds, but occasionally, there’s a 15 or 20 pounder makes it in. Often, there’s so many “squirts” they don’t give the bigger fish a chance to grab the bait! In those same areas, there’s still some marlin and sailfish feeding as well providing the occasional hookups.

For our Tailhunter Las Arenas Fleet out’ve Muertos Bay, I was really surprised that we are still getting so many wahoo! In fact, almost every day, our pangas were hooking 1-5 wahoo each. Of course, that’s a generalization. It changed from day-to-day. Howver… Maybe getting 1 or 2 to the panga, but these are quality 20-40 pound fish! Great fun and great eating. Experienced anglers are getting even better scores.

One thing…we’ve been seeing wahoo almost all year. Now that we’re at the end of the year, I think the wahoo have gotten a little more clever. We’re sure losing alot more fish than before…even for our veteran anglers. I think the wahoo have learned to hit the trolled Rapalas from the side thereby cutting the lines. Rods go bendo then ZIP!!! Just like that, the lure is gone in a snap.

As well, there’s still flurries of 20-30 pound yellowfin tuna hanging out as well and willing to eat the chunked squid drifted down on a bare hook in the current.

No real roosterfish to speak of this week, but not really anyone chasing roosterfish this time of year. But it doesn’t mean they aren’t still out there. It’s just the wahoo and tuna have gotten (understandably) most of the focus.

But, with the cooling conditions, we’re seeing alot more variety. A little more of this and that and more inshore species. For sure, winds have become more and more of an issue and there were several days this week that we recommended that the clients stay in and wait a day or two before going out on the water.

It’s going to be coming more common as the north winds increase.

TAILHUNTER DONATION NATION

All the way from Alaska, Lonn and Emma Goldbeck brought down school supplies and toothbrushes along with some great smiles. Lonn is a guide for Hellbent Sportfishing in Alaska. Emma is a school teacher.

End of the season big shout out to EVERYONE all year who brought down so many good and great things for our families and kids in the barrio and the orphanage as well as the women’s shelter. Grateful beyond words at what a difference you made in other’s lives and the smiles you all created. I’m sorry that I also didn’t get Brandon and Tanya McGarr’s photo for this week’s donations!

…and one more big thank you from us

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Well…eleven months later, it looks like we’ve come to the end of another season here in La Paz. If anyone is counting, I believe that wraps up 21-years! Jill has already left for the states and I’ll be following in a few days to start getting ready to hit the road on our annual tour of the fishing and hunting shows from late December to the end of March.

We have alot to do now to get the booth together…print out a zillion t-shirts…and brand new 24-page brochure…re-build a new website and find all our winter clothes in storage! I’ll post up all the cities we’ll be visiting in a report in a few weeks. I believe we hit 14 cities in 2017 so I hope we see you there!

But before we pull the curtain down, a few parting words…

You can still come to fish. Our awesome staff will take good care of you in our absence.

The Tailhunter Restaurant is ALWAY open and the margaritas and tacos will still be waiting for you along with our great Tailhunter Team so don’t be shy!

Finally, NOTHING happens without you and because of YOU! We are blessed to do what we do and honored that you share your special vacations and Kodak moments with us. We are beyond grateful. How many jobs can claim that “most of our clients also become our friends?” Thank you all. God bless and best fishes!

That’s our story!

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Oct. 30-Nov. 6, 2016

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EXPRESS VIDEO FISHING REPORT

THE WEEK AT A GLANCE

Weather – Nice Sunny high 80’s to low 90’s. Getting a little more breezy and cooling down. More north winds.

Water – Still nice, but cooling. Mid-80’s. Seeing more cooler water fish moving in. Colder thermoclines.

Quality of Fish – Billfish, tuna and wahoo are good sized when you can get them.

Quantity of Fish – If you fish La Paz, you can get lots of dorado. If you fish Las Arenas, fewer fish, but bigger fish.

Forecast – For coming week weather looks good. Nothing special forecast except sun! But winds getting stronger.

Jonathan’s Attitude – Great! It’s been a long season and we’re coming to end of our 21st season. And fish are still biting!

THE BIG PICTURE FULL EDITION FISHING REPORT

Bruce McFadden is the sales director at the famous Peregine Lodge in Canada and had just one day to fish on a quick visit to us in La Paz. With his wife Leticia and Captain Pancho, they tied into Bruce’s first marlin that he fought for 40 minutes before it got off. (they were going to release it) Then, they got this sailfish but were unable to let it go and generously donated the meat to the pueblo.

Our good amigo, Paul Nagata from San Francisco, with a chunky tuna he caught earlier in the week off Las Arenas on dead squid.

Really great first-timer with us, Scott Evans, tied into this yellowfin tuna and is all smiles and thumbs with Captain Jorge.

LATE SEASON STILL HOLDING BLUE WATER FISH

La Paz- Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Oct. 30-Nov. 6, 2016

Conditions couldn’t have been nicer this past week for weather and water although it’s obvious that everything is changing as we move through the late fall and towards winter. The sun is out and you really couldn’t ask for nicer days in the high 80’s with cooler nights in the low 70’s and high 60’s. (Us locals are wearing sweatshirts and even some jackets now!). Water is getting a little cooler too. All part of the cycle.

Moreso, you can tell we’ve pretty much come to the end of our regular season.

We’ve been rolling full steam since the end of March with as many as 20-50 anglers per day for 7 days-per-week. Now, we’re down to about less than 10 per week and that will continue to taper. From November to March, we might see only a handful as winds get stronger from the north; the waters get a bit rougher; and the “glamour” fish go elsewhere. There will still be fish to catch, but the majority will be inshore species and cooler water species like pargo, cabrilla, rainbow runners and sierra. That doesn’t mean fishing is bad. Just different and surely not to discount some of our cooler water “beasts” like amberjack and yellowtail that can still yank you right outta your socks!

So…to be more specific…we didn’t really fish too much with our La Paz fleet. Winds are already coming from the north and making it bumpy and most of our anglers might do one or two days, and catch a cooler of small dorado between 5-10 pounds, but then want to chase the larger species.

So most of our fishing has been with our Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fleet.

There’s some larger dorado there. The wahoo are still hanging around and surprisingly some marlin and sailfish pretty late in the season. There were two blue marlin hooked this week and several stripers and at least one-sailfish.

No tuna for once, but there are several factors that might play into that:

1. The tuna might have started moving out after about 2 months of them being around.

2. We did see some tuna, but moving fast on the surface and headed elsewhere and too fast to get on them

3. Not as many anglers out there from our fleet or any fleet to really pinpoint where the fish might be. (It’s alot easier when a number of pangas are on the water)

4. The few anglers we had this week wanted to spend most of their time chasing other species.

I guess we’ll see how it goes this week!

Some of the other species we got were rainbow runners, pargo, cabrilla and small bonito.

18th ANNUAL LOS CABOS TUNA JACKPOT TOURNAMENT

Team “Tu Corazon” from Los Barriles had the biggest tuna of the tournament with a fish that pulled at 298 pounds. It was worth over $100 thousand dollars, but was not the biggest money winner of the tournament. It did win for biggest fish of the tournament and biggest fish of the first day.

There were lots of fish in the 80-150 pound class that were caught by the 169 teams, but were never weighed because they would not have qualified since we had alot of 180-200 pounders and 8 fish over 200 pounds. These were beasts that were taking 3-4 hours to pull aboard.

Lots of big wahoo were caught both days. The two winning wahoo were 53 and 52 pounds respectively and were worth more than $60 thousand dollars each.

There were a record breaking 169 teams involved from all over the world and all over the U.S. and Mexico. Lots of teams from California, Arizona, Texas, Wisconsin, Ohio and Florida. We had one team from Luxembourg and we’ve had teams from Japan and Russia competing. Good to see so many local teams and also teams from Mexico City as well. There was a record payout for the tournament of almost $800 thousand dollars.

Mark Rayor’s boat the “Vaquera” briefly held the money lead with this 251-pound yellowfin. This was the largest tournament in Mexico history and the largest tuna tournament in the world.

The teams from Texas are always colorful! “It’s not fuschia…that’s too big a word in Texas…It’s PINK!” they told us!

On the last day with only minutes to go before the scales closed, Team Reel Quest literally destroyed the field when they backed into the docks with 5 huge yellowfin tuna parked up against their transom weighing between 150 and 274 pounds. No one had seen anything like it and the huge crowd was cheering! Their 274 and another fish of 251 were the 2nd and 3rd largest fish of the tournament. Largest was a 298 caught the first day.

Team Reel Quest’s fish of 274 pounds wasn’t the largest fish of the tournament, but it was the largest of the 2nd day and it swept all the jackpot categories and resulted in the highest payout ever in the history of the tournament of almost $400 thousand dollars.

Jill and spent this last week working at the Western Outdoor News 18th Annual Los Cabos Tuna Jackpot Tournament in Cabo San Lucas. It’s always fun and great to see so many good friends every year.

This year had the largest field ever with 168 teams and 621 anglers from around the world. Lots of teams from the Western U.S including California, Alaska, Oregon, Arizona, Washington and Idaho. Plus so many teams from Texas, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio and Florida. I met anglers from Russia, Japan and even one team from Luxembourg in Europe…a first! (And their first time ever in Cabo or Mexico!).

Mexico also had a great representation with a huge number of teams from Cabo San Lucas, Los Barriles and La Paz plus teams from Mexico City and Puerta Vallarta as well. As you can imagine, these local “experts” all did well!

The field made this the largest tuna tournament in the world…and the largest tournament in Mexico. We had a record purse of almost $800 thousand dollars plus raised almost $40 thousand in charity funds for dental work for kids in Los Cabos.

Thanks to everyone who made it the best tournament ever. What a great time with great friends!

That’s our story!

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Jonathan Roldan’s

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Oct. 23-30, 2016

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THE EXPRESS VIDEO VERSION FISHING REPORT

This was done really really early in the morning after we had put out our boats and I did NOT wear my day-glow green shirt this time!

THE ABBREVIATED FISHING REPORT

Weather – Nice. High 90’s day/ high 60’s night Very pleasant. Getting cooler. Had two days quite windy

Water – Blue and generally clear. Surface temps in the mid-80’s. But cooling down with the weather

Las Arenas Bite – The fish were twice as big. But not many. Tuna and wahoo main targets. Lost more fish than we should.

La Paz Bite – All the little dorado you want. Can be like a fish pond. Releasing lots. Some marlin still around.

Forecast – Really tapering off. Gone from 20-40 fishermen a day to 4-8 per day. Holidays approaching. More snowbirds. and folks who just look for some sunshine and not necessarily here for water sports. Town is nicely quiet!

Whalesharks – Got 3-8 right out in front in 10 feet of water. Mostly 10-15 foot “babies” but there’s a few 20-30 footers too! Fun swimming with them!

Quote of the Week – “Money can’t buy happiness, but it can by a fishing rod and that’s pretty much the same thing!”

THE WHOLE ENCHILADA EDITION FISHING REPORT

Now THIS is a good day! Jorge Romero with Captain Ramon “Moncho” Green stuck 6 nice tuna out’ve Muertos Bay using squid.

Rusty Cain has made two trips with us this year and loves fishing with Captain Armando. He got his first tuna and he also nailed this fat speedy wahoo as well!

Our great fun family from Washington, the Millspaughs spent the whole week fishing with us. Check out the variety here…tuna…wahoo…roosterfish…dorado. Left to right, we have Tanner, Travis, Kendell and Julie. They tried to release the rooster, but couldn’t.

Captain Gerardo poses with Kirsten Ettner and Mike Hanson from Oregon and a couple of their Muertos Bay tuna!

Our San Francisco buddy, Paul Nagata visits us each year…sometimes twice a year and poses with one of the heavier tuna of the week.

New amigo from the Bay Area, Scott Evans was always smiling and fished hard despite the tougher bite. He’s all smiles here with one of his tuna.

Captain Armando with Justin Thomas from San Diego fishing with his father-in-law, Rusty Cain from Lemoore, CA. For each of them, it was their first tuna!

The Millspaugh family again with another fun day’s catch of tuna! That’s alot of fillets! They took 6 ice chests of fish home with them after a week on the water.

Captain Jorge holds up Scott’s tuna while he sneaks in a little peck on the cheek!

That’s a hefty chunk of tuna for Travis Millspaugh. The fish this week were definitely bigger…and tougher!

Paul didn’t get many tuna this week, but at least they were quality fish like this tuna with Captain Jorge.

END OF SEASON – FEWER FISH…BIGGER FISH!

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Oct. 23-30, 2016

Now that we’ve come to the end of the month, I can say to all doubters…the best bite of the month took place during the full moon! We had some pretty great conditions this past week, but it seemed that the further we got away from the full moon the pickier the fish got. Still, everyone got bit. Everyone took home fish. The action just wasn’t as heady as it had been the previous week or the week before. In many respects, the fish were bigger…twice a big as before! But only half as many fish were caught which meant some days some anglers didn’t get anything while their buddy caught one or two fish!

Also, water are getting cooler. We’re coming up on the end of the season and conditions are changing. We’re getting cooler water fish like amberjack and sierra and the winds are also noticeably just a little stronger from the north week-by-week.

LA PAZ FISHING

For the most part, not much changed. I almost don’t even count the fishing anymore. The dorado are there. They have been there for months. Some days all you want. And more! You can catch easily limits by noon. Stay out longer and catch-and-release many more.

The problem is, they’re relatively all small fish. Five pound mahi up to maybe 10 pounds. If you wanna bring the kids or the family or don’t have much experience this is awfully fun and sometimes frantic with double and triple hookups. Fill your cooler!

On the other hand, after a day-or-two, most folks have the “cake” and go for the larger and more elusive fish at Las Arenas.

There are billfish out there still. Mostly eating the smaller dorado. Sent one panga out specifically only for marlin and they hooked four and lost 3 after nice fights.

LAS ARENAS/ MUERTOS BAY

In a word…the fish got twice as big this week. But, there were less than half-as-many!

Basically, whereas we were catching 3, 4…6 ten-to-fifteen-pound tuna before, this week the fish were 20-35 pounds, but the boats only averaged 1-3 fish each. Sometimes not even that. But, these were definitely bigger, heartier and feistier fish. I can only think what the counts would be like if so many fish had not been lost. But, alot were lost!

Several reasons for that…

1. Tougher fish and bigger fish

2. Lack of experience (all part of the fun!)

3. Danged triggerfish (we’re using chunked squid for bait. The triggerfish dive bomb the squid. Their teeth nick up the line. Then a tuna bites. The line snaps under pressure!)

Same with the wahoo. The fish are definitely there and we got a couple. But lost so many more. Seems like the fish are bigger and surely more vicious. Or maybe just smarter. We’re losing alot of trolling lures the past few weeks to fish that seem to know how to hit the lines from the side…or something! Only getting maybe 1 for every four fish that we hooked.

Other species included some late-season rooster fish; scattered dorado; bonito; lots of triggerfish; sierra and even an amberjack. A few marlin hooked too and lost.

TAILHUNTER DONATION NATION

Check out all the sports gear and bags and bags of pencils and pens from Paul Nagata and Scott Evans. Some cool medical supplies as well and backpacks! Jilly jumps into the photo.

Always fun to have them visit, Al Jones and Jeanne Sheasby brought a load of much needed school supplies for us!

Out with a bang! If this is about the end of our season, there was surely no end to the generosity of our Tailhunter Tribal family who continued to bring so many goods for our supported charities. Thanks to all of you and a special shout-out to Vic Patton, Joe Barrera and Tom Maher who brought a huge bag of clothes I could barely carrry it. I didn’t get a chance to take their photo and give them the proper props. You guys rock! Muchas gracias!

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La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Week of Oct. 16-23, 2016

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WEEKLY VIDEO FISHING REPORT

WEEK AT A GLANCE

Weather – Cooler than normal, but lots of sun. Low 90’s and sunny in the day / High 70’s low 80’s night with breeze.

Wind – Was great all week until wind blow late in the week and screwed up the Las Arenas bite.

Water – Temps in high 80’s and blue

Fishing Quality – During full moon early in the week the bite was great for nice tuna, wahoo, roosterfish and dorado. Then at the end of the week it stank at Las Arenas. La Paz – mostly only small to medium dorado.

Fishing Quantity – Fewer but bigger slugger fish at Las Arenas with 1-6 fish per panga. La Paz, limits of small dorado most days.

Coming Week? – Waters cooling. Winter-type winds increasing. Catching more sierra and rainbow runners. Hope the tuna haven’t left us!

Quote of the Week – “To fish is human. To throw back is divine.”

THE BIG PICTURE

John Luker from Arroyo Grande CA has been our amigo for more years than I can count. Always a pleasure to have him here just like having a handful of nice fat yellowfin tuna!

I love this photo! Even Captain Arcangel looks like he’s in pain holding up these tough fish. Michelle was really really tired and said she had a sore back and arms from fighting fish! She and husband, Rudy, went home with 3 good days of fish in the ice chests.

Fresh on for the box! Great shot of Greg Hayes with a hot wahoo struggling not to get it’s photo taken!

Texas in the house! Kelli Hohn from Pipe Creek TX was fishing with Captain Hugo and has a colorful yellowfin tuna on the gaff!

This photo is frameable! Amigo from N. California, Tim Butterworth has been visiting us for over a decade and he got his biggest wahoo and a fine fine photo to prove it!

Like I said in the report, the tuna got a little chunkier this week. Julio Cornejo was fishing with Captain Gerardo and shows off one of his yellowfin!

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From Lakewood CA, Tim Stansell got himself a really pretty ‘hoo fishing out’ve Bahia de los Muertos with Capitan Hugo on Roger Thompson’s boat. Check out those colors!

The Pfaff Brothers from Clovis CA started their trip off nicely with some yellowfin tuna out’ve Bahia de los Muertos! Best mustaches of the week, guys! Great to have you here!

You will be hard pressed to find funner folks who were real troopers this week! Shayna and Jason Andersen from Utah hung in there tough all week and fished harder than anyone and always smiling even when the fishing was slow.

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What better way to spend your 11th birthday? Tristan Cornejo from Whittier CA with a nice dorado and big smile north of La Paz near Espirito Santo Island.

Captain Armando had himself a very productive week like these two nice yellowfin while fishing with John and Maryann Mussel.

This might be the biggest dorado of the year! Dana Hohn does her best to cradle the big bull for a great photo. She’s from Texas.

First timers with us, Russ and Lisa Alex went home with alot of fish including a bunch of tuna fillets that they caught with Captain Pancho. They fished most of the week.

Big smiles for John Mussel and Captain Armando and one of the larger tuna of the week.

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Captain Gerardo helps with the photo shoot with Steve Long and Dana Milano with a couple of nice tuna and a wahoo from their first day of fishing.

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Like I said, Armando had a good week! Wahoo here for Craig Brown and Bob Layko our good amigos from the Pacific Northwest. Bob always comes down to celebrate his birthday with us.

Here she is! Always in the fish. Donna Thompson holding a pretty wahoo on her boat with Captain Hugo. The wahoo were elusive this week insofar as I heard alot of stories of fish biting off the lures! This one wasn’t so lucky.

Holy cow! That’s a big roosterfish! Captain Victor and Greg Hayes share a laugh as they try to heft up the big gallo before releasing it!

Kyle MacDonald and his buddy Chad Kerley from Glendale CA hold up a couple of their yellowfin tuna caught with Captain Armando out’ve Bahia de los Muertos. One of the fish is especially girthy!

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Kelli Hohn again this time with her wahoo on the Thompson’s boat with Captain Hugo. Big smiles!

Another great shot! We love families and the Andie family from Paso Robles CA…Brooks, Kristi and sons Tye and Cooper (kissing the fish) had some fun days fishing with us!

Joe and Francisco Schimeck from Grass Valley CA got into the tuna too. Joe came back a 2nd day and got wahoo and more tuna!

Hard to see it here, but Lisa Alex could barely contain herself when she hooked and landed this trophy rooster! It was a great catch! The big fish was released.

“You really want me to fight the fish AND lift them both up for a photo?” Cooper Andie from Paso Robles looks a bit worn out!

A pretty good day and alot of heavy fillets for the cooler for the Cornejo boys with three good-sized yellowfin and a wahoo to top it off!

Greg Hayes has one of the larger bull dorado of the week. Normally ALL the dorado this time of year should be AT LEAST this size!

No one worked harder for their fish this week than Jason Andersen. He finally got his yellowfin in the boat! He always hung in there!

One of the kind of dorado we were hooking directly north of La Paz. John Mussel does the honors on this bull.

Almost bigger than him! Ty Andie does his best holding up his fish with Mike Davis for the camera. One more fish lying on the ground too!

Shayna Andersen put a number of these dorado to the wood while fishing north of La Paz around Espirito Santo Island. Check out the water!

FULL MOON BRINGS IN THE BITE

La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fishing Report for Week of Oct. 16-23, 2016

You would have thought the week would be exactly the opposite…at least the way alot of anglers feel. With the big full moon this past week, folks tend to shy away thinking that the bite diminishes during the big moon.

I’ve never been a big subscriber to that, at least as far as fishing down here in La Paz. There’s alot of other variables that can affect it like wind, current, etc. But standing alone, the full moon is just one factor. And crazy as many folks might think, we had one of the best bites of the year while that big moon was shining down. Perfect weather and water too.

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True to form as it has been for months, if you just wanted to “catch fish” and just wanted “action” there were plenty of dorado to play with if you fished with our La Paz fleet. For some days and some boats it was all you wanted and boats were back by noon and clients back on the beach having lunch before mid-day! It varied a bit from day-to-day, the overall, the dorado were hungry and willing to chew. A few days, the bite was delayed and didn’t happen until late.

So, we just told folks to be patient and sure enough, the schools would charge up at the end of the day with double and triple hook-ups and fill the box. Or catch-and-release as fast as they could go.

But no one didn’t catch fish…and all dorado. We did see and hook a few marlin, but nothing stuck.

Tailhunter Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay Fleet

This is where the magic happened this week. Fishing had been kinda stinky and sticky. A real pick bite.

Then, as the moon got fuller…so did the bite!

Bigger tuna…20’s…25’s…30’s Wahoo came on stronger with 30-50 pound fish. Roosterfish were mostly 40-80 pounds. We even got a few dorado too. The tuna, especially bit hard and put the hurt on some arms, backs and tackle. There were several fish fought for 30, 40 minutes or longer that never got to the boats because they were lost. The wahoo were biting through leaders and a few billfish came up on light tackle for a few minutes of thrill before busting off. All-in-all, some pretty decent fishing. Not off the charts, but good, steady and strong for most folks…most days.

Then, the moon started to slide on us.

And so did the fishing. And another variable…strong winds later in the week that virtually shut down the bite. There was one day when all of our boats at Las Arenas COMBINED…got ONE needlefish. Nothing bit. We used lures, live bait, chunked bait, dead bait…and only ONE needlefish! I can never even remember a day like that…EVER!

Anyway, hopefully by the time you’re reading this things have turned around!

TAILHUNTER DONATION NATION

Al Jones and Jeanne Sheasby always bring stuff and no different this year. School supplies for the kids.

We’re just about coming up to the end of the season after more than 20 years down here and I can see the home stretch. Just maybe one last shout-out to all of you Tailhunter Amigos and Tribe Members with the big generous hearts who came down and brought down donations for our charities here. Whether it was clothes, shoes, toys, school supplies, toiletries or other things for the orphanage, the Vista Hermosa Pueblo, Care for Kids or the La Paz Women’s Shelter, it was all gratefully accepted with more smiles than you can imagine.

For those of you who left cash for our FANLAP scholarship funds, I believe we kept 7 kids in school this year and enough money came in just the last 2 weeks to keep 3 more kids in school for a year. This is all done because of YOU and we cobble together those 20’s and 10’s and other denominations and just-like-that, aother kid is kept in school! GRACIAS!

Greg and April Hayes took home alot of fish this week, but they also left even more…great school supplies and clothes!

Pretty amazing that $300 keeps a kid in school who otherwise would have zero chance. That $300 buys a pair of Jordan Nike basketball shoes in the U.S. Here, it provides a uniform, books, school supplies, meals and transportation for a whole year for one kid. And that kid, in turn, must keep up their grades AND help mentor a younger child. So, kudos to all of you for making the world just a bit better and brighter!

I don’t have the exact weight, but this past fishing season YOU brought enough stuff to fill about 4 rooms from floor to ceiling with stuff for folks who don’t have it as well as you and I. I believe the tally was something like 4 TONS of very cool needed stuff. We are beyond grateful!

That’s our story!

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