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La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Jan. 5-12, 2014

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Dorado in the winter? That was a big surprise this week as a number of our anglers got into the dorado not too far off the beach near Bahia de Los Muertos. Captain Jorge with our Tailhunter Fleet shows off the kind of fish we were catching!

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More typical of our winter fishing are the schools of sierra that come up into the shallows and make for great light tackle fun plus great eating like this one taken just off the sand at Punta Arenas.

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Yes! It’s about that time again. Each year the incredible migration of the gray whales takes place and the visitors take up a 3 month residence near us at Bahia Magdalena about 3 hours from La Paz. If you’d like more information about our whale watching trips to these calm inshore waters, drop us a line at riplipboy@tailhunter-international.com

FISHING REBOUNDS…SOMEWHAT NICELY AFTER HOLIDAY SLOWDOWN!

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Jan 5-12, 2014

The fishing  rebounded somewhat from the slow windy week we had the previous week to start the year.  The key really seemed to be the winds.  They can get pretty blustery this time of year and there’s usually a direct correlation between winds…the number of fish caught…the types of fish caught…and definitely the number of anglers out there!

But, this past week the winds were at least a tad more forgiving and as might be expected, there was an upswing in the fish.  The surprising thing was that we didn’t get the type of fish we might expect this time of year.  Normally, we see inshore fish like sierra, and cabrilla (sea bass), bonito and jack crevalle.

And yes, we did get some of those!  But, what really surprised me were the dorado that showed up!  Yea…that’s right, dorado.  A real treat since dorado tend to always be warm water fish and the type of fish we get in the summer and warmer months of the fall.  Not winter!

Anyway, a nice bonus with fish around 6-10 pounds.  Nothing earth-shattering, but 3-6 fish per panga is pretty sweet for a day of winter fishing to be able to bring some mahi mahi back home to the ice chest and grill!

 TAILHUNTER ROAD SHOW GOES TO DENVER!

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We had an incredible show this past week at the California State Fairgrounds at the International Sportsman’s Expo.  So, now we take the road show and drive to Denver, one of our most favorite cities!  We’ll be at the Denver Convention Center for 4 days with the show starting Thursday and going to Sunday.  This is always a spectacular show with lots of great things for fishing, hunting, travel and the outdoors for the family to see.  Come spend the day and come visit our booth to talk to us about setting up your 2014 La Paz fishing trip!

We’ve got a whole new line of hats and shirts too!  See you in Denver this week…Jan. 16-19th!

Here’s more information about the show plus how to get discount tickets:  http://www.sportsexpos.com/attend/2014/denver/

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

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

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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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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.

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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.

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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

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

Tailhunter YouTube Videoshttp://www.youtube.com/user/pangapirate

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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!

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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

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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 Videoshttp://www.youtube.com/user/pangapirate

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La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International Fleet La Paz for Week of Dec. 15-22, 2013

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It was another surprising week of marlin running around our waters despite the fact that it’s WINTER! Usually, we stop seeing billfish around the end of October or so, but this year, they’ve been thick, hungry and willing to bite! Verda Boyd, our amiga from the Bay Area near San Francisco, always rocks the fish and go this one with Captain Jorge just outside of Bahia de Los Muertos. Unfortunately, they were not able to revive this fish, but most of the billfish are getting released.

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Another of the bluewater surprises this late in the season is the continued presence of dorado. Not big ones, but fun-sized school fish around 10-20 pounds like this one that Llew Williams caught with Captain Pancho off Las Arenas.

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It’s that time again! Just wanted to wish all our Tailhunter Family, Amigos and Tribe members a safe, happy and peaceful Christmas! God bless you all and best fishes always!

WINDIER CONDITIONS BUT GOOD VARIETY OF FISH!

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Dec. 15-22, 2013

Lots of variety this past week.  After the stellar fishing we’ve had the past few weeks that surprised many of us, this week seemed to be a little more typical of what winter fishing is like in La Paz.  It was breezy and a bit chilly even tho’ the sun was out most of the time.  It was a tad choppy as well.  All typical winter weather when fishing this time of year.

However, the fishing had a really good mix of species with perhaps a bit more inshore fish than we had been getting which included nice bunches of sierra and cabrilla as well as bonito.  However, the nice surprise again was the showing of striped marlin and other blue water species that we don’t usually see this time of year.

The marlin were respectable 90-130 pound fish and  almost all were released (except a two that couldn’t be revived) but a real treat given that they were taken close to shore and most on light tackle. But sometimes, the marlin were…for lack of a better word…”PESTS!”  Anglers either had caught and released a marlin or two or had no interest in marlin and wanted to catch something else and, as one angler laughing told me, “The marlin wouldn’t leave us alone!  It was like they followed the panga around!”

As well, we still have schools of 8-20 pound dorado cruising nearby and we had a few bites on wahoo once again although most bites were lost.  As well, we can’t discount that there are still nice trophy rooster fish up on the beach areas and in the shallows that are running 15-40 pounds and all getting released.   All-in-all, not bad as we head into the first week of winter and the Christmas week!

That’s our story!  Have a safe, happy and peaceful Christmas and holidays.  God bless and best fishes always from our Tailhunter Family to yours.

Jonathan and Jilly

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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 Videoshttp://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 Fleet La Paz for Week of Dec. 8-15, 2012

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Tim Zimmer and a jubilant Captain Jorge of our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet, hoist up this beefy wahoo off the south end of Cerralvo Island in the early morning. Great way to start the day and more evidence of the great blue water fish we’re still experiencing this past week!

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Can you tell it’s winter in La Paz? Our Florida, amigo, Llew Williams, has been fishing with us for many years and came to fish with us in December this time. Never expecting to catch dorado, wahoo and this big trophy rooster he’s trying t cradle so he can take a photo and release it. That’s Punta Perrico and the old Hotel Las Arenas in the distance.

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Captain Gerardo is a big big fella so his size somewhat dwarfs Julie Gragg and here nice wahoo she caught on her first time fishing and visiting La Paz!

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I think this is Verda’s 3rd time fishing with us this year. She’s a gangbuster angler from the East Bay of San Francisco and shows off a nice rack of sierra, a dorado and a cabrila. She also got a marlin as well.

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Great dorado photo with Steve Medley who caught this good-looking young bull just outside of Bahia de Los Muertos.

COOLER WEATHER WITH WARM WATER FISH!

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Dec. 8-15, 2013

As one of our fishermen this week said, “I can’t believe how many marlin are in the water.  It’s crazy.  This is December and we fished for 4 days and it was almost like we couldn’t get away from them!  It was like they were following us around.  We hooked and released 5, but could have caught others!”

Another said, “We know it’s off-season, but never expected to catch marlin, let alone 3 in two days and lost 2 more.  Great fun to catch-and-release big fish!”

And another said, “Fight of my life.  We were catching dorado, which we never expected in the winter so I had 30 pound test on when a marlin bit just about 100 yards from shore!”

His buddy said, “We thought we’d be fishing for sierra and maybe some cabrilla and instead we loaded a cooler with dorado and wahoo.  I’m glad we released the marlin!”

And that’s pretty much how it went this week!  Again, another surprise fishing week.  It was windy and definitely cooler with some gray skies as is typical of fishing this time of year and we highly recommend not to forget bringing a jacket aboard.  But, the fishing the last few weeks has definitely NOT been seasonal.

We did get sierra and cabrilla for sure.  In fact, it was one of our better weeks for the inshore fishing which combined for cabrilla, bonito and even a few smaller rooster fish.

But, I’m again surprised by the continued presence of blue water fish like marlin (never had a November and December like this!), dorado and wahoo in the area.  As I’ve mentioned before, we’re ONLY fishing with our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet.  We’ve pretty much shuttered out Tailhunter La Paz fleet as it’s usually too windy or not worth it to spend 1-2 hours getting bumped around to get to the fishing grounds.  Plus the bait guys just aren’t out much since there’s not many folks fishing out’ve La Paz for the same reasons.  So, it just makes more sense to keep fishing with our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet where the fish are close; there’s bait around; and even if it’s a little brisk, we’re somewhat sheltered by Bahia de Los Muertos and the lee side of Cerralvo Island.

Not many anglers around this time of year so it’s kinda nice to be out there fishing and you almost have the whole Sea of Cortez all to yourself!

AIRLINE UPDATES

Just a heads-up.  Looks like there’s some updates for flights from the U.S. this year.  Normally, Aero Mexico flies from Los Angeles to La Paz on Sundays and Thursdays.  This is the ONLY flight direct to La Paz non-stop.  But, it looks like they have added some Saturday flights as well!  Great news. 

Also, most of our amigos fly to Cabo and then we have our Tailhunter shuttle come get them.  Cabo is such an easy no-brainer much of the time.  There’s more flights.  There are daily flights.  It’s usually alot cheaper flying to Cabo.  With the newly completed road, it’s now just a bit over 2 hours now zooming up to La Paz!

Well, Alaska Air has opened routes from Boise  ID to San Diego now!  San Diego is a great airport and it’s way better than flying into LAX any day!  Several of our amigos and clients have already booked that flight from Idaho and are really happy with it.  San Diego to Cabo is cake!

That’s our story!  Hope you’re having a safe and happy Christmas holidays!

Jonathan and Jilly

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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

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

Tailhunter YouTube Videoshttp://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 Nov. 10-17, 2013

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Surprisingly, we’ve had a pretty nice showing of trophy roosterfish the last month during a time when we normally don’t see roosters! But, they’ve been a great treat with fish like this one caught by Ryan Chipley who loves fishing the light tackle. Captain Pancho, normally smiling, helps out the shot. Note how close they are to the shore!

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Great action continues for fun school-sized dorado like these despite cooling waters and increasingly breezy conditions. But easy limits are not uncommon like these fish caught by our good amigos, Bob Solee from Portland CEO of B & B Fishing Rods and Mike Anderson all the way from Kodiak Island, Alaska.

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When you come all the way out from Wyoming for your first time fishing in salt water and you get a mess of dorado plus your first marlin, that’s pretty good for Rod Lang with amigo, Rick Kasper, outdoor and hunting TV show host. Marlin and sailfish are still in the area. This one could not be released, but fish was donated.

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If you’d really like some light tackle or flyfishing fun, not much can top jack crevalle for attitude and power! Schools of the tough fish, called “Toro” (Bull) in Spanish are up close to the beaches and rocks right now and can keep you bent for hours as they’ll hit just about anything tossed their way. Larger ones can go up to 30 pounds or more.

BLUE WATER SPECIES HANG IN THERE!

La Paz – Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Nov. 10-17, 2014

We had some really nice weather this week.  A bit of breeze, but overall really just sunny pleasant weather.  Normally, this time of the year, it can get pretty blustery although if you’re not on the water, just a genuinely nice time to be in La Paz because the town is almost empty of tourists and traffic.  Great time to be in La Paz!

But this week, pretty calm overall and correspondingly some good solid fishing with good action on a variety of species.

Dorado continued to be the highlight with good to great results on 8-15 pound fish.  Perfect for lots of the light tackle folks and snow-bird amigos who really aren’t in town to fish, but are in town these days just to get some sunshine and maybe fish a day or so.  Some don’t have alot of experience so this size of dorado makes for great sport as well as great eating for a first-timer.  But for veteran fisher-folks as well, nothing wrong with limits of dorado ripping it up either!

I’m still amazed at how well we’re doing on the rooster fish also!  Normally, we just don’t see many rooster fish this late in the season.  However, it’s been a banner year for the big pez gallos since April, so I guess I should be surprised.  We kinda just think the roosters go away and once the dorado start showing up in May or June, the focus is away from the rooster fish and more towards the dorado and other pelagic species.

But, maybe this year, the rooster fish have been here all along!

About a month or so ago, just for grins and giggles, some of the anglers started fishing for roosters because they were just tired of so many dorado!  And whoa…we started getting into roosters again!  Not many…but certainly enough to be a nice cherry on top of a good day of dorado fishing to top it off with a bucket-list rooster or two!  And these fish have been a nice grade as well…20, 30…even 50 pound fish have been taken.

This past week was no exception with at least a rooster or two caught and released every day running in that 20-30 pound class.

As for other species, still getting into billfish by way of striped marlin and sailfish.  Again, it’s been a super event for some of our first-timers who don’t have alot of experience and suddenly find themselves attached to a leaping billfish!  Most are getting released and have been in that 80-130 pound size.

Not sure how much longer the blue water species like dorado and billfish will be along, but predictions for the week show that winds will be down so maybe our season will continue to hang on with the fish!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

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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 Videoshttp://www.youtube.com/user/pangapirate

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