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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of March 19-25, 2012

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Art Flippin is a fireman and medic who usually doesn't get 80 degree weather since he works ABOVE the a Arctic Circle all year where it's regularly 60 and 70 below zero. But he wears Hawaiian shirts whenever he's not working. Our amigo, came to share a few days with us and got into the nice yellowtail bite out of Bahia de Los Muertos. Yellowtail were again center stage but some cabrilla, sierra and pargo finally jumped aboard too!

Our amigos, Ken Gragg and Carl Lange fish with us several times a year and spent the whole week on the water. They got some good variety but targeted the big yellowtail most days with fish into the 40 pound class. That's Punta Perico in the background.

This incredible yellowtail bite we've had for the last 3 months has been scattered all over from north to south. Best we've seen in my 16 years in the area. James "Hawk" Davis our amigo who lives in La Ventana went out to the beach and took some photos out front of his place of the catching coming in off his beach.

Everyone has been so focused on the fantastic yellowtail bite that we often forget this is a time for some great other species! Well, we finally put some variety in the boat with some big pargo, cabrilla and sierra this week!

Big chunks of fillet headed to the freezer after their first day fishing this week for Gary Bray and Ken Gragg from California who got 13 fish the first day between 5 guys. It seems the bite is only limited to two things...how much wind comes up and how much mackerel is available for bait.

Need more hands? Carlos helps Art with an armload of fish he took on his 2nd day fishing with us. He said his knees took a beating fishing the big yellowtail "stand up style." But he had a blast and more fish for the cooler than he knew what to do with.

Daryl Valdez with the help of our Captain Victor hold up a nice pargo liso (mullet snapper). Daryl got the tough fish out of the rocks fishing just out of Bahia de Los Muertos!

After 3 months, our 2012 Tailhunter Road Tour comes to a close. Thanks to all of you who came by our booths in the various cities and all the hospitality you showed us along the 14,000 mile drive. It was a grand grand time! Now back to La Paz and let's get the season really rolling! FISH ON!

BEST YELLOWTAIL SEASON EVER? COUNTS DOWN FROM LAST WEEK BUT FORKIES STILL CAUSING FEVER!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of March 19-25

It was a bit of a so-so week this week as far as the spectacular yellowtail bite we’ve been having. The fish were there, but early in the week, the winds came roaring back. I’m glad we didn’t have many fishermen out and most of them, at least had other days to fish when the winds were more hospitable so eventually, they all got fish. However, the wind were so ripping that last Sunday, they even had to cancel the popular La Paz Yellowtail Tournament they hold annually.

We didn’t have anyone participating, but we have friends that fish it every year and they were disappointed, but what are you gonna do when they port captain has the red danger flag flying and there’s 20 knot winds pushing beach furniture across the sand? It’s just the way it is this time of year. Winds are the norm, not the exception this time of year! So, we’re grateful when it’s NOT blowing and can’t be too disappointed when it does blow.

But…heheheheh…that’s why we have TWO fleets going all the time. Most of the time during this part of the year, we fish everyone with our Las Arenas fleet! That way, we’re generally out of the wind…fish are closer…we’re on the lee side of Cerralvo Island. It’s just more logical. We almost don’t use our La Paz fleet during the winter and early spring…there’s just no need to…when we can shuttle everyone very comfortably to fish out of Las Arenas/ Muertos and they can climb into our pangas and be fishing closer to shore and literally within minutes with the winds minimized as much as possible. It just makes more sense.

All that being said, the winds calmed down as the week went on and we got into some nicer ‘tails. However, during the stronger winds earlier in the week, no one was able to go out. So as soon as the wind eased up…EVERYONE went out! That included private boaters, our sportfishing panga fleets…AND THE COMMERCIAL GUYS! God bless ‘em…they’re good friends and just trying to make a living too. But one of our guys counted 40 pangas out on the water one day. That put a lot of pressure on getting mackerel for bait which are the prime candy for these big ‘tails. So, counts were down a bit and our sporties weren’t able to get as many mackerel for bait as we would have liked.

Anyway…bottom line…one day, it was like 2-4 yellowtail per boat. The days when the whole world was on the water it dropped to 1-2 yellowtail per boat.

Most of our action this week was just south along the shore towards that hot spot at Boca de Alamo in the relatively shallow waters. The mackerel have schooled up there and the big yellows have followed them in there. I don’t know how long this bite will last, but it’s been the best I’ve seen in 16 years! The fish are regularly 25-45 pounders with some larger mixed in. When the fish are on the CHEW, it’s not unusual to get up to 4-10 fish per panga and that doesn’t include the ones lost!

The bite has been so good, that most anglers are ignoring some of the other species like pargo, amberjack, jack crevalle, cabrilla and sierra that are usually mainstays of the bite this time of year. “Yellow Fever” is what they call it when these yellowtail go off and I’m feeling that these other species are gonna feel slighted because there has been virtually no attention paid to getting these other types of fish! Oh well…strike when the iron is hot! But, it was nice to see that we did get into some of the nicer “alternative fish” this week!

THANK YOU EVERYONE! TAILHUNTER ROAD SHOW 2012 COMES TO AN END!

Well…after almost 90 days on the road…countless motels…late night diners…more than 14,000 miles of driving, Jill and I are at the end of our 2012 promo tour. In our van, it took us to a new fishing and hunting show every week…from Denver to Sacramento. Then to Puyallup, Washington (near Seattle). Then to Las Vegas and then to Portland. In Portland, I stayed to do that show while we flew Jill to the first of our Salt Lake City shows. Jill re-joined me after the Portland show and we then drove to the show in Phoenix. After that to Boise, Idaho. And onto Long Beach then back to Salt Lake City for our 2nd SLC show. Finally, we wrapped it up at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego.

What a trip it’s been! Met so many good friends along the way who visited us in our booths and met many more new ones that plan to see us this year to fish in La Paz. We just want to thank everyone who said hello…threw us a smile…shook our hands…and kept us going. You’re awesome.

Now, let’s get the season REALLY underway! Back home to La Paz!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
Website: www.tailhunter-international.com
U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Drive, Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745
Mexico Office: 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico
Phones:
from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

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http://www.tailhunter-international.com/fishreport.htm

Tailhunter YouTube Videos:
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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of March 12-19, 2012

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The week started slowly, but finished with a nice roar with yellowtail pretty much hitting any bait or jig that hit the water. Our buddy, Jim "Hawk" Davis was in the thick of it and hung this beauty yellowtail off Cerralvo Island.

Ron Clark and his amigo, Mike Phillips, started the day with 10 mackerel and came back with 5 fat yellowtail out by Boca de Alamo south of Bahia de Los Muertos. Largest fish were just under 40 pounders.

The yellowtail bite since January has been so incredible that I think some of our regular season fish like pargo and cabrilla are feeling a big ignored since all the focus has been on the big 'tails. However, no doubt...the fish are there. Capt. Fabio holds up a hugs trophy cabrilla. Cerralvo Island in the background.

Famous Russian pianist Alexander Tutunov http://www.tutunov.com/ is a professor of music at S.Oregon St. University in Ashland, Oregon and took time off from teaching and a busy concert schedule to sneak down to fish with us. He shows off some of his catch taken early in the week.

It'a turning into one of the best yellowtail seasons ever. They fish showed up in January, months ahead of schedule and have been biting pretty much ever since as far down as the East Cape. Mackerel have worked exceptionally well but blue and white and also blue and chrome jigs have been deadly like the one hanging out've this big guy's maw! (Thanks JD!)

This yellowtail bite runs as far north of La Paz as Espiritu Santo Island and at times between the sport pangas and the commercial pangas, there can be several dozen boats on the spot but it hasn't usually mattered as the fish keep biting.

Jack Steele who lives in Ventana got out to work the northern end of Cerralvo Island which seems to be the magnet for these yellowtail and poses with the results!

Jill signs autographs on one of our Tailhunter T-shirts for Denny and Cheri Gallegos at the International Sportsmans Expo in Salt Lake City this past week. We had a great show and time. But this week, we're back after 8 years for our 11th show of the season and will be at the Fred Hall Fishing & Outdoor Show at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego. Thursday to Sunday! Come out to see us!

UP ONE DAY DOWN THE OTHER BUT YELLOWTAIL CONTINUE RIPPING RODS BIG TIME!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of March 12-19, 2012

It’s been a fairly steady week of yellowtail fishing in our area. Not as good as last week when we had perhaps one of the best yellowtail bites in recent memory, but our pangas fishing out’ve Bahia de Los Muertos still found good grades of fish. Maybe the fish were just resting up and re-charging from last week when during the full moon, they bit like mad dogs and there were several days last week when pangas were averaging 4-10 yellowtail per day in the 25-35 pound class.

This week, a little slower. Sort of…

On the slower days… Mostly 1-2 yellowtail per boat with some pangas getting up to 5 on the better days. A few boats did better than others. Skill and luck has a lot to do with it when tangling with these big fish. On the slower days, some of it was the wind. Some of it had nothing to do with the wind. Maybe it was because there were too many boats on the honey hole hot spot. Or maybe the fish were just tired and had lock jaw. I dunno.

But, on the better days this week, the guys said that once they found the spot or found what the fish wanted…whether live bait or jigged lures, the bite was one and every drop was a biter and, if not a yellowtail, then it was a pesky skipjack or bonito. Our largest of the week was a hefty 45 pounder on the scale. The fish were in several of the usual places. Boca de Alamo just south of Bahia de los Muertos was again the hot spot, but the south end of Cerralvo Island, the north end of Cerralvo Island and La Reina all produced fish. There seemed to be so many areas. Better bait fishing using mackerel were the predominant methods, but lacking that the old –standard blue and white jigs on a rapid retrieve were good as well.

One note…normally, we’re fishing pargo, snapper and sierra. But, they’re rarely appearing in our reports. I think those other species are starting to feel ignored. It’s not that they’re not there. It’s just that everyone has been concentrating on the big slug yellowtail! We did have one pair of our anglers decide they had enough with the yellowtail…”No mas!” and asked Captain Victor to fish for something else. They got a boat load of sierra and cabrilla as well as some pargo!

A footnote to this wacky season that’s been so good is that we did have a little flurry of yellowfin tuna in the 30-40 pound class come breezing through at the south end of Cerralvo. We’re trying to follow up on that but we also had two marlin hooked and lost this week as well. This is March!

TAILHUNTER TOUR HEADS TO SAN DIEGO

We had an incredible time at the International Sportsmen’s Expo in Salt Lake City this past week. Show number 10 in the books! Great to see so many of our amigos! Thanks to everyone who visited and booked their 2012 La Paz fishing trip! But now…after 8 years…we’re returning to San Diego for our 11^th and final show of the 2012 promo tour season. Starting this Thursday through Sunday, come see us at the Fred Hall Fishing and Outdoor Show at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego! We are really looking forward to it and seeing all our San Diego amigos!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

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Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report:
http://www.tailhunter-international.com/fishreport.htm

Tailhunter YouTube Videos:
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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of March 4-12, 2012

Posted in amberjack, Bahia de Los Muertos, Bahia de los Suenos, Bahia de los Suenos fishing, baja fishing, Baja fishing reports, Baja sportfishing packages, Baja Vacations, Cerralvo Island Fishing, dorado, fish report, fishing charters, fishing tackle, fishing videos, flyfishing, jonathan roldan, la paz baja sur, la paz fishing, La Paz Vacations, La Ventana Fishing, Las Arenas fishing, marlin, Mexican sportfishing outfitters, Mexican sportfishing packages, mexico fishing, Mexico vacations, Muertos Bay Fishing, pargo, robalo, roosterfish, sea of cortez, sierra mackeral, sportfishing packages, tailhunter, tailhunter international, tuna, wahoo, yellowfin tuna, yellowtail, tagged bahia de los suenos, bahia suenos, baja, baja fishing, baja mexico, Cerralvo, cerralvo island fishing, dorado, fishing, fishing charters, fishing reports, fishing vacation, international, jonathan, jonathan roldan, la paz, La Paz fishing, La Ventana, Las Arenas, las arenas fishing, light tackle, light tackle fishing, marlin, Mexican, Mexico, mexico fishing, muertos bay, muertos bay fishing, panga, panga fishing, roldan, roosterfish, sea of cortez fishing, southern baja fishing, sportfishing packages, suenos, tailhunter, tailhunter international, tuna, wahoo on March 13, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Maybe the best yellowtail week I can remember this past week! Simply spectacular! Of the 4 days when the wind didn't blow, the ocean exploded with big yellowtail up to 45 pounds. Notice the blue and white iron hanging from the lip of this slugger! (thanks for the photo, Roger!)

Our amigo, Jorge Romero, poses with some "Boca de Alamo Salmon" aka yellowtail! The fish were found most of the week in various place but Boca de Alamo just south of Bahia de Los Muertos was on fire. Some days 4-10 fish per boat up to 40 pounds was the AVERAGE with just as many fish lost!

Captain Pancho helps out Lynette Yetter first timer amigos from Colorado. Lynette got several of these including one on light tackle that went 45 pounds and sent Lynette for massages the next day at the hotel losing a day of fishing...so husband Allan had to go alone (see his photo below!)

Lots of happy folks on the beach at Bahia de Los Muertos this week posing with their catches. Interestingly, even with the full moon, the 4 days the wind laid down, folks got as many as 10 fish per panga. The 3 days the wind blew mid-week, it was 1-2 fish per panga.

Colorado fisherman, Al Yetter, came with his wife for 3 days to fish with us and put some nice fish in the boat. Al loves to fish. His wife was so sore after day 2 of fishing when Al put her on a 45 pound fish with light tackle that she missed day 3 having to go get a message. So, Al had to fill-in! He shows off once of his fat yellowtail he got on a mackerel.

Yes, there were other species this week! Amberjack are the big boy cousins to the yellowtail and get over 100 pounds. Check out this copper guy that may have gone 6-70 pounds. Several nice amberjack were taken this week in a range of areas. Great eating fish!

Also getting in on the act is our good friend, Esteban a Romero. He doesn't like fishing...he likes "catching." He did well and I'm sure he went right back to La Paz and threw a party with yellowtail ceviche and yellowtail on the grill.

Working the north side of Cerralvo Island with blue and white iron (bait was tougher to get) it was full turbo slam fishing for Joe Arata from San Francisco. Huge yellowtail all day long!

Guys often ask me, "How many fish will I catch?" "How many 40 pound class fish can you catch?" is what I often answer. Slugger big yellowtail off La Ventana too!

When it's as calm as this in Muertos Bay, the winds are down and the fish go turbo. Or you can just park it on the beach and throw your cell phone as far as you can. It's like living in a postcard! (Thanks, Hawk)

It was just a tad "crowded" at the Long Beach Convention Center for the Fred Hall Fishing and Outdoor show this past week in Long Beach! We had a grand time and now are moving to our Tailhunter Road Show to our 10th venue in Salt Lake City at the Expo Center in Sandy for the International Sportsmans Expo running Thursday to Sunday. Come say hi and book your 2012 La Paz trip!

YELLOWTAIL PUT ON BEST SHOW OF SEASON DESPITE FULL MOON!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of March 4-12, 2012

The week started out with a roar with some of the best yellowtail fishing we’ve seen…perhaps in years! Our fleet fishing out’ve Las Arenas/Muertos Bay found big yellowtail up to 45 pounds just south of the bay around Boca de Alamo. Boats averaged 3-10 of the big yellows each and also sometimes losing as many as they caught in relatively shallow water not too far off the beach.

Of note…even with the full moon blazing, the WIND can’t be denied as a factor. Most days the pangas took 4, 6, 9, 10 fish per boat, ,but ON THE THREE DAYS THE WIND BLEW at mid-week, the boats averaged only 1-2 yellowtail each.

Fish were also found at Punta Perico, south Cerralvo and Northern Cerralvo Island as well. The fish were prone to jumping on live bait with mackerel as the prime baits, but sardines working as well and, in those areas or if the anglers ran out’ve bait, yo-yo-ing blue and white, scrambled egg or green and yellow irons worked well for some of the larger fish. As mentioned, as the week went on and the winds came up, the bite slowed. Perhaps it was a combination of the full moon and winds but I’m going to put it all on the wind! . . ., but the boat averages dropped to about 1-2 per day, but then some larger amberjack started to show that were in the 30-70 pound class. To round out the bite, big jack crevalle, pargo and bonito added to the action. Also…stay tuned…we have showings of dorado and sailfish starting to move in!!! Whoa…will keep ya posted!

Here’s some of the comments from the week. Let the amigos tell it better than I can!

“Still hammering the yellows at the north end of the island on bait and jigs, blue/white & blue/chrome……Boca de Alamo was even better than Monday because they they found bait……”

“Flat out beautiful day today……..Still getting plenty of slugs (yellowtail)”

“We went to the north side today and boated 10 …bad boys! …We caught all these fish on iron. Blue and white was the ticket to a good ass whippin. We lost as many fish as we caught. I need some more jigs!”

“Couple hard fighting Bonita, nice Yellow-tail, couple misses. …We were down to 2 mackrels, one was a 7″ one 4″. On the coin toss I got the big one, Carlos got the other (rigged coin toss). Five min. later, I have my hands full with annother nice yellow-tail. Perfect end to a great day!”

“ I also heard that chico dorado are starting to show around the shark buoys out near the 88”

6 yellows, lost 4 or 5 and 1 amber(jack)….. bait was not a problem today but not as many yellows…….Yesterday the commercial guys brought in 25 to 35 yellows, after fishing all day “

TAILHUNTER ROAD TOUR HEADS TO SALT LAKE CITY ISE SHOW

We just pulled out’ve the Long Beach Convention Center where we just tore down the booth…or should I say “cleared the debris” …after the Fred Hall Fishing & Outdoor show. Just a massive and fun show. Imagine cleaning up after a huge kegger party that lasted a week or knocking things down after Woodstock! That’s what the show was like. So many great friends and clients stopping by to see us from all the years. Lots of smiles and high-fives plus folks booking for 2012.

Thanks to all of you who came by and all of you who also stopped by the comment about the blogs, articles and columns I’ve written over these 16 years…Yes, Jill is encouraging me to get that book going!

Also, special thanks to everyone who brought us food…pizza, chicken, Chinese ribs, toritllas and beans, cookies, brownies, pastries, sandwiches, chocolate, smoked fish, smoked venison, tamales, chips, candy, soda, beer, tequila, energy drinks…Jill and I did not starve!!!

So, as I type this, we’re on the road north now towards Salt Lake City which is always a fantastic show in the Expo Center at Sandy UT just south of the city. It goes from Thursday to Sunday and we’ll be in our usual booth. Here’s a link to all the details and discounted tickets:

http://www.sportsexpos.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewlocation&locationnumber=7

Hope to see you there!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s
Tailhunter International
Website: www.tailhunter-international.com
U.S. Office: 3319 White Cloud Drive, Suite A, Hacienda Hts. CA 91745
Mexico Office: 755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico
Phones:
from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863

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Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report:
http://www.tailhunter-international.com/fishreport.htm

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 Feb. 26 to March 4, 2012

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Fishing the north end of Cerralvo Island, Donna Thompson got this hefty yellowtail early in the week.

The yellowtail were again the focus early in the week before winds came up with fish in the 20-40 pound class. Rob hold up another nice one on the sands at Muertos Bay.

From Boise, Idaho to Long Beach CA, the Tailhunter Road Tour 2011 moves from the Sportsman Show in Idaho to the big Fred Hall Fishing and Boating Show at the Long Beach Convention Center. This is the big one! Show runs from Wednesday to Sunday. here we pose with famous long range angler (The Long Ranger) Ralph Mikelson at our booth.

YELLOWTAIL SPARK EARLY WEEK BITE BEFORE WINDS KNOCK THINGS DOWN!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Feb. 24 to May 2, 2012

Overall, there’s every indication that, if this keeps it, this might be one of the better yellowtail seasons La Paz has seen in quite sometime! Not only did the fish show up two months earlier than normal, but overall, the size and quality of the fish has been outstanding. Certainly, not on the level of say, Loreto, Mulege or Santa Rosalia which are famous for their yellowtail runs, but surely, La Paz is having it’s own banner year.

This week, again, except for the days when fishing efforts were hampered by a few windy days, especially later in the week, the yellowtail were big, brutal and willing to bite. Our pangas fishing out of Bahia de Los Muertos near Las Arenas averaged 1-5 of the fat yellowtail that ranged from 20-48 pounds! The fish were found in numerous places…north and south Cerralvo Island…La Ventana…Punta Perico …and Los Alamos. There were reports of some giant yellowtail also at El Bajo and some of the spots around Espirito Santo Island, but strong northern winds kept even the hearty commercials guys off the hot spots.

But, even when it was windy at times, there was some great action to be had from the pargo, cabrilla, jack crevalle, bonito, amberjack and small roosterfish that are also in the areas around the yellowtail.

TAILHUNTER MOVES TO THE FRED HALL FISHING & BOATING SHOW

We had a great time at the Idaho Sportsman Show in Boise, Idaho and it was great to meet all the old and new amigos! We got some great bookings too for this year’s fishing in La Paz. But now…It’s the big one this week! We’re setting up the booth in our usual spot on tackle row in the Long Beach Convention Center for the massive Fred Hall Fishing and Boating Show. It runs Wednesday to Sunday and promises to be huge as always. There’s always tons to see and do! Here’s a video clip all about it: http://www.fredhall.com/test/youtube.html

And additional links with details for tickets, seminars and more! http://www.fredhall.com/index.php

TAILHUNTER 10th ANNUAL CABIN FEVER CLASSIC

Tailhunter’s 10^th Annual Cabin Fever Classic Event will be held April 25-30^th and promises to be a great time. With 3 days of fishing / 5 nights of hotel/ a day of snorkeling to the island/ taco tours and more, it’s going to be another great time. Spots go fast! If you’re interested in more details get in touch with us at riplipboy@tailhunter-international.com

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jill

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Tailhunter Weekly Fishing Report:
http://www.tailhunter-international.com/fishreport.htm

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 Feb. 19-26, 2012

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Big yellowtail were again the focus and highlights of the week with good actions just offshore close to the beaches and rocks. This big fat yellowtail is so thick, it almost looks like a yellowfin tuna! Jerry Clark from Kansas City poses on the beach at Bahia de Los Muertos. Our pangas this week took 2-4 of these yellowtail per day but lost others to the rocks!

There was some nice variety this week. Our amigo, Don White from Oregon, holds up the kind of jack crevalle we got this week. Related to roosterfish, yellowtail, pompano and amberjack, the jack crevalle schools come rolling up close to the shores and are voracious and tenacious feeders and fighters. They just don't taste very good so they're great sport, especially on light tackle, but most get released.

Typical of this time of year, pargo like this trophy barred pargo (pargo mulato) that Stacy is holding here at Muertos Beach are good targets. Again, these guys are in the rocks but attack the baits ferociously with a big set of teeth and powerful shoulders. The pargo were really hot for the guys using ballyoo as live bait slow slow slow trolled over the reefs.

It was another good week for cabilla (Mexican seabass) fishing as well. Donna Thompson, our amiga from Ventana, seems to have a knack for the cabrilla. The cabrilla are eating live bait, but will also fall for slow trolled Rapalas or other crank baits close to the rocks.

The Tailhunter International Road Show leaves it's 8th show after a great expo in Phoenix and now heads this week to Boise, Idaho for the Boise Fishing & Hunting Show this Thursday to Sunday. Come say hi. We'll be in our booth!

BIG YELLOWTAIL AGAIN STAR FOR ANGLERS

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Feb. 19-16, 2012

Not a bad week of fishing here in La Paz. Some days the wind really kicked like a mule, but it all depended where you were. The unique thing about La Paz is that there are so many micro- climates. You can be tied to a palm tree in one part of the area trying not to get blown away and then be just a few miles away on the beach and there’s barely a ripple. A few hours later, the situation is completely reversed. It’s typical winter weather in Baja. Anyway, just-to-be-sure, we’re doing most of our fishing out of the Las Arenas/ Bahia de Los Muertos side. At least, even if the winds are blowing, we’re closer to shore and the lee side of Cerralvo Island offers some protection for our anglers and there’s less of a boat ride for them since the fishing isn’t that far anyway.

We did hear of some good concentrations of yellowtail out at El Bajo north of town, but the winds are just too ripping to get out there. And really, there’s no need to run that far if the fish are much closer to shore without getting your kidneys knocked around!

That being said, we had some nice jags of yellowtail again…but all with our Las Arenas/ Muertos Fleet. Surprisingly, even on some of the windiest days, the fish still bit! Some of the fish were real horses up to over 40 pounds. The range of the fish went from firecracker 10 pounds up to the larger models. Personally, I think the smaller ones taste better, but nothing fights like a yellowtail. Sardines, mackerel, jigs and ballyhoo all worked well. The trick isn’t getting them to bite. The trick is getting them stopped from the rocks once they hook up as that’s their first inclination to head back to structure!

So, sometimes, even tho’ the counts might look smaller than we’d like, when you talk to the anglers, they’ll tell you that they lost 1, 2, 3 or more fish to the rocks and just weren’t ready to stop the fish. If you’ve never had one of these sluggers on your rod, you can’t sit there and goof –around or rest or think you’re gonna tire the fish just by holding the rod! You gotta pull and you gotta turn the reel handle the get the fish’s head turned towards the boat and away from the rocks!

Speaking about heading back into the rocks, another mean customer, the big pargo liso snapper were also biting this week. Ballyhoo, especially the larger ones, were especially effective baits in getting the big red fish to bite. Slow trolled over the rocky areas produced some monster bites. But that was also the problem. By slow trolling…literally kicking the outboards in and out of gear…means that you have quite a bit of line out behind the boat. When you hooked up, the fish already have the edge by taking all that excess line straight down to the reef. Ergo…adios! Bye-bye. Fish gone! But there’s nothing quite like seeing a 20-50 pound fish attack a bait on the surface. So, you tie on another bait and drop it back and go again. It’s addicting. Like dropping another quarter in the slot machine. There’s always “hope” but we all know the casino usually always wins! So, we got some nice bites on pargo…but sadly the ratio of fish put in the boat to fish hooked wasn’t that good!

Other species included some fun biters on the schools of jack crevalle and bonito that moved in. They provided lots of fun furious action even tho’ most of the fish get released.

TAILHUNTER HEADS TO BOISE!

Yup…we head back north this week after an incredible great show in Phoenix at Phoenix Football Stadium. Come say hi and talk to us about fishing in La Paz this year. We’ll be at the Boise Fairgrounds for the Boise Fishing & Hunting Show this Thursday to Sunday.

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jill

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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Feb. 12-19, 2012

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One of the most popular captains on the beach, "Moncho" is actually Captain Ramon Green (He's never told me how he got thet last name of "Green"...his famous dad is Captain Loreto Green) but he holds up a big handful of Las Arenas yellowtail. He's always smiling. (Thanks for the shot, Hawk!)

Double trouble for yellowtail...Darrell and his dad, John, teamed up to put the hurt on these nice Muertos Bay yellowtail all in the 25-40 pound class.

Even if the yellowtail aren't on the bend, there's always pargo (snapper) in the rocks. These toothy guys can get quite big up to 30 or 40 pounds and are always tough fighters in the element...the rocks! Bo Herrera and Captain Archangel hold up one headed to the grill.

The Tailhunter Road Show moves from Portland to Phoenix AZ this week and we'll be in our booth at Phoenix Stadium where the Phoenix Cardinals play. We're right on the floor of the stadium and it's always a good show. We'll be there Thursday to Sunday!

WEEK GETS OUT THE GATE FAST …SLOWS in the MIDDLE…GOES NICE BY THE WEEKEND!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Feb. 12-19, 2012

The week started out OK. Right off the bat. Some decent weather with diminished winds made for good conditions and we had a nice run of yellowtail between 10 and 30 pound popping up in numerous places. North Cerralvo Island…South Cerralvo Island…La Ventana…Las Cruces…Punta Perrico…Boca de Alamo! It was a nice spread of fish! Nothing overhwhelming in any one spot, but certainly enough to keep things lively and fun. Mackeral, sardines, squid, trolled lures and cast lures all worked well when the fish were going.

It seemed that the prime ticket seemed to be the live mackeral if you could get it. Forty pound test and a good two-speed reel surely helps with these tough fish. They’re not necesssarily in deep water and a short rod with the lower gears help in turning the heads of these yellowtail before they get to the rocks or other structure and bust you off.

Our amigo, Hawk Davis, who lives in Ventana said this: ” Yellows are everywhere….Both ends of the island (Cerralvo), Punta Gordo, (Punto) Perico, and that spot just south of Muertos……and even in Muertos bay, smaller ones 15-20# were chasing bait and boiling around the mooring buoys………only two pangas with clients out there yesterday…….The yellows are not plentiful but scattered everywhere……”

Too bad it didn’t last…

About mid-week, winds came up. Bite fell off. I mean, really fell off to make it rough fishing as well as slow catching with really not much more to talk about than bonito and some scattered sierra and small pargo. Kinda disappointing.

But then…part 3…RECOVERY!

By the weekend, the winds ramped down a bit and Ta-DA!!! The yellowtail bit again! We had fish up to 40 pounds again! The winds were all the difference. But that’s the way things are this time of year. It’s sometimes a simple as that. We can yak about moon phase and bait and currents. All of those things are important, but lately, it’s seems that the one common thread is the wind.

TAILHUNTER GOES TO PHOENIX STADIUM

We had an incredible show in Portland. Wow. Saw so many of our old amigos and got tons of reservations…so welcome to our new amigos also! But now, we’re headed south and will be at the Phoenix Football Stadium from Thursday to Sunday. It’s the International Sportsmens Expo. For details and discounted tickets check out: http://www.sportsexpos.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewlocation&locationnumber=6

Hope to see you there!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jill

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http://www.tailhunter-international.com/fishreport.htm

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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Feb. 6-13, 2012

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The right kind! Doctor Bo Herrera from New Mexico gets a gaff hand from Captain Victor as he puts another nice fat yellowtail in the boat with our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet. That's Boca de Alamo in the background just south of Bahia de Los Muertos

Big fish on the beach...it MUST be Pacifico time! John George and his son, Darrell show of some thick yellowtail caught on the beach at Muertos Bay.

Good eats! Scott Burmeister shows off a nice pargo that's gonna get filleted. The pargo have moved into the shallow areas to spawn.

Heavy-bodied 40 pound class yellowfin were on target most of this past week again with Darrell George putting this one on the boat with Captain Victor running things!

Adios and Vaya Con Dios and a toast with our red solo cups to all our friends and amigos who came to see us at the Pacific Northwest Sportsmen's Show this past week at the Portland Expo Center and also to all those who visited Jill at the Salt Lake City Convention Center! It was a rocking good week and we enjoyed seeing everyone. The "Talhunter Road Tour" now takes us to Phoenix, Arizona for the International Sportsman's Expo Feb. 23-26 at the Phoenix Cardinal Football Stadium. See you then!

IN BETWEEN SOME WIND AND RAIN THE YELLOWTAIL WERE ON TARGET!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Feb. 6-13, 2012

It was an up-and-down week for fishing these past 7 days since the last report we posted. There seemed to be a little of everything. We had a few days of really strong wind when it was scratchy fishing for cabrilla, sierra, pargo and bonito. Decent action, but not what most of the fishermen came down to catch. We even had a few days of rain and drizzle for a bit of the day as well (most of it was at night).

But the wind was the biggest factor. Even when it was rainy, if the winds were down, we again got into the nice grades of yellowtail although there seemed to be more smaller fish than normal too. When I say “small”, I mean 10 pounders. But there were the nicer grade horses as well that were in the 30 pound class.

Fish were distributed over a pretty wide area. Spots of the yellowtail were found as far south as Boca de Alamo; and as far north as the tip at the north end of Cerralvo Island and a few spots in between. Again, mackerel worked as did live sardines; trolled deep-diving Rapalas/Y0-Zuri/ Bomber type lures; and fishing with heavy jigs on the fast retrieve.

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jill

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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Jan. 28-Feb. 5, 2012

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BIG FAT YELLOWTAIL were again the story of the week. Gary Morris got into this toad jurel out front of La Ventana east of La Paz.

A happy guy! Jack Steele poses with one of the yellowtail anglers were getting into this week where the range of fish went from 10-45 pounds.

The better fishing for the yellowtail moved up this week to focus on the area in front of La Ventana and Cerralvo Island. Winds did not make it easy. Juan kept his slickers on while out fishing but was rewarded with this sweet yellowtail.

After a great week at the International Sportsmen's Show in Las Vegas, we move it back up to Oregon for the Pacific Northwest Sportsman's Show at the Portland Expo Center. Show is Wednesday to Sunday. Jill took this photo of me and some of our amigos, Gama, Chalres and Rey goofing in the Tailhunter booth!

But wait! While Jonathan is in Portland this week, Jill will break off and does the massive Western Hunting and Conservation Show at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City. They're expecting 30,000 visitors from Thursday to Sunday! Go say hi to Jill!

FOCUS ON YELLOWTAIL AGAIN THIS WEEK DESPITE WINDS BUT SOME SURPRISES!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Jan. 28 to Feb. 5, 2012

The week started kinda slow. Good action, but not a lot of quality. We get into the usual small pargo, cabrilla and tons of bonito. Nice slightly breezy days, but the quality just wasn’t there. Then, Wednesday things got exciting!

The yellowtail bite we’ve enjoyed the last 3 weeks came back although the area changed somewhat. Whereas the chew had been mostly around the island and just outside of Bahia de Los Muertos, instead, it spread towards the area in front of La Ventana with fish up to 45 pounds and anglers hanging 1, 2…5 and even 6 nice fat yellowtail at a time! These were a nice chunky grade of fish and taken on live mackerel or deep running crank baits like the big Rapalas, Yo-Zuri’s and Bombers in mackerel patterns.

But the big excitement was the crazy appearance of tuna! Yea…tuna in February…WINTER! We had reports sporadically over the last few weeks of tuna boils at the north end of Cerralvo Island, but nothing to substantiated. Then, mid-week, we got a couple of hook ups and reports that 30-60 pound fish were traveling with the bonito schools at north end. Several big fish were farmed. Nothing put in the boat! By end of the week, we had fish in the 100-120 pound class blowing up all around the pangas…but they wouldn’t eat the sardines! One of our amigos said he had fish around for 20 minutes crashing and nothing bit. Said it was crazy, but some of the commercial pangeros hooked 40 pound yellowfin. This was the same day that we got some bigger 30-40 pound yellowtail at the south end of the island!

(Oh…there were also some unconfirmed reports of sailfish and dorado breezing our waters as well!)

All this during a week when everyone was saying the ocean looked like “glass” because it was so smooth! (It did change as the weekend came up and winds started blowing from the north.) That might have reflected on the fishing, not just in the number of biters, but also in size of the fish we were catching with most of the fishing being the younger smaller 10-15 pound yellowtail.

So, lots of exciting stuff happening that we’ll keep an eye out for!

PACIFIC NORTHWEST SPORTSMAN’S SHOW COMING UP IN PORTLAND…SO DOES THE WESTERN HUNTING & CONSERVATION SHOW IN SALT LAKE CITY!

Thanks to all the amigos who came to see us in our booth at the Las Vegas International Sportsman’s Expo this past week. Spectacular show and we had a great time.

But now we do something really different. Jonathan will head back north to the Pacific Northwest. From Wednesday to Sunday, he’ll be at the Portland Expo Center for one of the biggest shows of our tour. These are great fun for the whole family with fishing, hunting, camping, boating and other outdoor fun with lots of booths offering trips and products, great seminars and demonstrations, off-road vehicles, RV’s and boats and much more. A great way to spend the day and this is always a great show. We’ll see you there! We always have a great time in Oregon and always great to see all our amigos from the area. Come by the booth and say hello. If you’d like more information and info on how to get discount tickets, click this link:

http://www.thesportshows.com/pnwss/

While Jonathan is in Portland, Jilly will be jetting to Salt Lake City to cover the Western Hunting & Conservation Expo at the Salt Palace Convention Center. Yup…that’s right, we split up!

The Salt Lake City Show is a massive expo right in the heart of Salt Lake City. It’s an experience just to walk among the booths offering fishing trips to everywhere from S. Africa to the Arctic Circle! Last year they had Ted Nugent as a guest speaker. This year, they have Jeff Foxworthy! Jilly will be manning the booth so come say hello and talk to her about coming to visit us to fish in La Paz! Here’s the link:

http://www.huntexpo.com/

Gonna be a fun week!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jill

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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Jan. 22-29, 2012

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More fat yellowtail were the story of the week with fish like Jorge Romero's 40 pound class toad yellowtail he caught just off Punta Perico just south of the Las Arenas lighthouse.

Always into big fish, Roger Thompson, shows off another big yellowtail taken this week where except for a few days when the winds kicked up, the yellowtail were on the chew earlier than normal this year! Roger was working the hot spot at the north end of Cerralvo Island.

A MONSTER of a sheephead! Rene Jueng and Captain Fernando show off a huge sheephead they caught just outside of Bahia de Los Muertos. In all my years in La Paz, I've only seen a few...even while scuba diving! I've seen them in other places, but surely none this huge in our waters. This is a great eating fish and a trophy-sized sheephead.

Fishing THAT good? Here's another shot you won't see often...yellowtail caught on a paddle board? Yup! Jerry Tomasek who has a place in La Ventana caught this yellowtail in about 20 feet of water in front of La Ventana. He fought the fish 1 1/2 hours and the fish pulled him over 2 miles offshore! The next day...he did it again! He caught the fish on a live ballyhoo he caught on a jig!

Donna Thompson is making it a habit of latching onto big cabrilla. She did it again this week with this big guy off the north end of Cerralvo Island.

If he looks a little familiar, actor and outdoor TV show host, Rick Kasper, has his own hunting TV show and is often a character actor on many TV series plus he used to be an acting-double for Gary Bussey. He does pretty well at fishing as well and got into our yellowtail bite showing off two of the 4 nice jurel he caught with our fleet just out of Bahia de Los Muertos!

Just another tough day of fishing. Floy and Park kick back on the sand at Bahia de Los Muertos after a big day battling the yellowtail.

THE WHALES HAVE ARRIVED! The yearly migration of the magnificent grey whales is on the the incredible animals have shown up in Bahia Magdalena and are usually there through mid-March. Tailhunter International is offering day and overnight trips to see these great creatures in the calm waters near Lopez Mateos. It's a great family experience! For more information, get details by e-mailing us at riplpiboy@tailhunter-international.com

We're moving on to Las Vegas this week! The Tailhunter International Road Show moves from Washington where we had an incredible 5-day run at the Washington Sportsmens Show in Puyallup WA. We'll be in Las Vegas at the ISE show at the Vegas Convention Center this week at Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Come say hi. Amigo Bob Le Beau mugs in our booth for the camera!

SPOTLIGHT SHINES ANOTHER WEEK ON HOT YELLOWTAIL BITE!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Jan. 22-29, 2012

It was another productive week…at least for ½ the week. Early in the week conditions were excellent and we got into more of those nice yellowtail and pargo. However, by the time mid-week showed up, the days started out nice, but my mid-morning, the winds were up and howling. Seas were up and choppy and just as well to either head back in or not to have gone out at all. Pretty typical for this time of year. But then again, as the weekend drew near, conditions settled again and the bite turned on again!

When the bite was one, boats averaged 1-5 fish each. These were 15-45 pound fish eating live sardines, mackerel, jigged heavy iron and deep diving Bomber, Yo-zuri and Rapalas over areas deep enough to drag the deeper running lures. It seems the larger fish were closer to to Cerralvo Island with fish averaging about 30-40 pounds. The “smaller” fish…but still tough…15-30 pounders were found just outside of Muertos Bay, Punta Perico and Boca de Alamo.

Inshore, the cabrilla, jack crevalle, sierra, bonito, snapper keep it fun, but the focus has been on the big pargo that, like the yellowtail, appear to have shown up earlier than usual this year. The big mullet snapper pargo are ranging over the rocky areas in water as shallow as just a few feet as they come in to spawn. The big fish are ranging from 10-20 pounds, but larger ones are tough to get out’ve the rocks!

TAILHUNTER ROAD TOUR HEADS TO LAS VEGAS THIS WEEK!

We want to thank all the amigos who came to visit us and chat at our booth this past week at the Washington State Fairgrounds in Puyallup, Washington at the Sportsmen’s Show. Great five day event and we enjoyed our time! But now…our 4th city stop on the Tailhunter Tour. We roll into Las Vegas for the Vegas International Sportsman’s Expo held at the Las Vegas Convention Center this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Come by and say hi and come pick up your copy of our new 24 page brochure and DVD as well as our new logo Tailhunter T-shirts!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jill

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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Jan. 15-22, 2012

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Whoo-hooooo! Parks from Colorado came up with this nice yellowtail just outside of Bahia de Los Muertos where flat waters kept the hot yellowtail bite rolling with 15-30 pound fish!

Uno mas! A fat jurel (yellowtail) for Bob Day who scored with this off Cerralvo Island. Ideal conditions this past week helped keep the yellowtail bite on the roll, especially around Cerralvo Island.

James "Hawk" Davis is getting to be a regular poster child on the Tailhunter Fishing Report. Thanks to him also so often for such great photos like this one with another yellowtail over the rail.

Close cousin to the yellowtail (and some people say better table fare!) amberjack are also on the feed around Bahia de Los Muertos. Some of these fish can get over 100 pounds. This one by our amigo, Esteban Romero, isn't quite that big, but it's the right size for his grill!

The yellowtail have arrived a bit early this year, but the pargo are also in numbers inshore and on the spawn. Cindy Hunt holds up a tough hard fighting pargo liso (dog snapper). These fish are literally in just a few feet of water and catching one out of the rocks is quite a conquest!

A long way from North Carolina, Floy puts the gaff to one more yellowtail this past week.

Click the link above to get a video-clip view from the inside of the Tailhunter booth this past week at the International Sportsman’s Expo show at the State Fairgrounds in Sacramento. Thanks to everyone who came by to say hi and book their 2012 fishing trips to La Paz! The Tailhunter Road Show now heads north up to the Pacific Northwest to the Washington State Fairgrounds at Puyallup, Washington going on through Sunday. Stop by to say hi and pick up this year’s Tailhunter DVD and 24 page action brochure!

YELLOWTAIL and BIG PARGO KEEP BITING AS LONG AS THE WIND STAYS AWAY!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for the Week of Jan. 15-22, 2012

Great inshore fishing continued to dominate the La Paz/ Las Arenas fishing scene this past week again with continued bent rods on the featured yellowtail and pargo. The fish are surely here a bit earlier than normal. Fish of this quality and quantity usually don’t show up for another month or two! No one’s complaining…except those anglers seeing the reports lately and wishing they were in La Paz waters getting into this great bite.

The week started a bit sluggish for the big boys, but still some nice action on the bonito, cabrilla and smaller pargo. Buy any standards, half-way decent fishing action for this time of year! However, by mid-week the yellowtail were again crashing just off the inside waters around north and south Cerralvo Island plus a nice jag of fish just off Punta Perico in that rocky areas between Muertos Bay and the Las Arenas lighthouse.

These were a nice grade of yellowtail. The larger fish up to 30-40 pound seemed to be closer to the spots around the island. “Smaller’ fish (up to 30 pounds) were the ones taken near Bahia de Los Muertos, Punta Perico and Boca de Alamo just to the south.

Mackerel seem to be the prime bait, but sardines and casting yo yo iron on the fast crank using blue/white; brown bait; and scrambled egg patterns have been steady producers.

In addition to the areas of yellowtail those same rocky areas are still kicking out early-season pargo as well. Some of the fish appear to literally be mere feet from the rocky cliffs and shorelines. But that’s because they ARE that close. I often tell folks it looks like a Japanese kio pond with 10-50 pound fish gone on steroids as the big pargo (snapper) start roiling and boiling in the chum lines and many large fish we never see simply because they are too big and the rocks beneath the surface are too close and can shred mono leaders like mere thread. They’re a frustrating fish!

I’m still hearing reports from the commercial guys of some fast-moving tuna at the north end of Cerralvo Island with fish up to 100 pounds greyhounding. But, none of the sport pangas have been able to get on them. We’ll keep you posted!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jill

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