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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 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 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

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, roosterfish, sea of cortez, sierra mackeral, sportfishing packages, tailhunter, tailhunter international, tuna, wahoo, yellowfin tuna, yellowtail, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 5, 2012| 1 Comment »

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 10th Annual Cabin Fever Classic Event will be held April 25-30th 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

 

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. 19-26, 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, roosterfish, sea of cortez, sierra mackeral, sportfishing packages, tailhunter, tailhunter international, tuna, wahoo, yellowfin tuna, yellowtail, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 27, 2012| 1 Comment »

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

 

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

.
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 for Feb. 6-13, 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, roosterfish, sea of cortez, sierra mackeral, sportfishing packages, tailhunter, tailhunter international, tuna, wahoo, yellowfin tuna, yellowtail, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 14, 2012| Leave a Comment »

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

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

.

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 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

 

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 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

 

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

.
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 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

 

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

.
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 Jan. 8-15, 2012

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James "Hawk" Davis is one of our regular amigos and living in La Ventana gets out quite a bit. He got into the nice yellowtail bite that has shown up a bit earlier than usual. Note the flat waters behind. Absence of wind seems to be the key!

Showing great form...especially on light tackle, Damon Davis, an experienced skipper and deckhand from S. California visiting his dad, shows how to put the wood to the pargo that have started spawning in the shallow waters near the rocks. Note how close to shore he is and why it's imperative to turn these powerful fish before you get cut off!

....and this is what you get when you do it right and add a smidgen of fishing luck as well. Damon shows off the nice pargo liso off Punta Perico.

First-timer Bob and Captain Fernando fishing off Punta Perico pose for a a photo with one of the fat yellowtail we started getting about 2 weeks ago.

Morning "rush hour" on the Sea of Cortez, just offshore making mackeral for bait out of Muertos Bay before heading to the fishing grounds (Gracias for the foto, Jorge!)

We just wrapped up a completely fantastic week in Denver a the downtown convention center at the International Sportsman's Expo. Probably the BEST Denver show in our 13 years there. Great to see so many old friend and welcome aboard new amigos as well! No we head to the ISE show in Sacramento at the California State Fairgrounds Jan. 19-22nd. Details below!

YELLOWTAIL AND PARGO AGAIN SPARK THE EARLY SEASON BITE!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Jan 8-15, 2012

Despite the full moon, it turned into a pretty decent week of fishing.  Except for a few days when it got a bit blustery in the afternoons and it got difficult to stay on the spots,  fishing for inshore species remained solid.  Big pargo up close to the rocks near Punta Perrico continued to bend rods and break hearts as big fish often took guys into the rocks frustrating even the most veteran anglers.  However, as long as we could get the mackerel for bait, big yellowtail also produced south of Muertos around Boca de Alamo and also at the south end of Cerralvo Island. Fish ranged between 20 and 40 pounds with boats taking 1-3 big fish each day in shallow water.  Again, that can be problem keeping the fish out’ve the rocks and turning those big heads and shoulders before getting cut off!  So, the numbers are sometimes deceiving between the number of hook-ups and the number of fish put into the boxes! 

We’ve got some encouraging stray reports of big breezing tuna over 100 pounds and wahoo as well from some of the commercial guys working the north end of Cerralvo Island, however, shakey conditions with rip currents and high winds make it hard to fish the areas.  We’re keeping an eye out!

Other species rounding out the counts include sierra, cabrilla, some smaller schoolie roosterfish, lots of bonito and jack crevalle mixed with trigger fish!

NEW VISA REGULATIONS

I’m getting alot of questions about the new VISA regulations that came down the pipe from the Mexican government at the beginning of the year.  It requires that you obtain a VISA in addition to your fishing licenses in order to be fishing in Mexican waters.  It’s creating alot of confusion and concern and, needless to say, not real good for bringing fishermen into Mexico. Well, for 99.9 percent of you who visit us, you already have your VISA so stop worrying.  That little piece of paper they have you fill out on the airplane IS your VISA!  So that’s why we always tell you to hang onto it!  Take a breath.  It’s OK! 

SACRAMENTO ISE SHOW

Next stop for the Tailhunter International Road Tour for 2012 will be the California State Fairoungds for the ISE show Jan. 19th to 22nd.  This is a mammoth show.  It’s the largest fishing / hunting show in Northern California and is an incredible event for anyone who likes the outdoors whether it’s hunting, fishing, boating, off-roading, kayaking, camping and other activities. Hunting dog shows. Seminars.  Outdoor cooking.  It’s all there.   Great day for the entire family.  Vendors and booths from around the world like us from Baja, Africa, Asia, Canada, South America and pretty much every state in the U.S. is there.  Lots to see and learn.  Great food. Lots of exhbits.

Here’s all the details and some great video clips:  http://www.sportsexpos.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewlocation&locationnumber=1

If you want discount tickets click this:  http://www.sportsexpos.com/contest/survey/index.cfm?surveyNumber=212

Come say hi and pick up our new 24 page brochure and DVD and talk to us about fishing in 2012 in La Paz!  Bookings are coming in fast this year so let’s make sure you’re covered!  We have some great show specials.  Ask us directly at riplipboy@tailhunter-international.com.  I know alot of you have your favorite captains and rooms so check with us to make sure they’re not already reserved.  We’re looking at a really busy year again!

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

.
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/ La Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of January 1-8, 2012

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Big yellowtail were a big part of the story this past week with fish up to 35 pounds like this solid fish that Roger Thompson took on a trolled deep diving Rapala north of Cerralvo Island.

Kneeling on the sand at Bahia de Los Muertos near La Paz, our amigo, Jorge Romero not only got two slugger yellowtail, but also a nice amberjack as well...usually larger cousin to the yellowtail obviously, the full moon didn't have much effect!

It's a pretty picture of the pangas at sunrise at Muertos Bay, but the key to the photo is how flat the waters are! The key to the good fishing this week wasn't the full moon, it was the fact that the winds laid down most days allowing anglers to get onto the fish!

This lady can fish! Donna Thompson always does well and she worked north point Cerralvo Island for this early season trophy yellowtail.

CLICK THE IMAGE ABOVE TO SEE THE VIDEO CLIP

Thanks to everyone who came by our booth at the Denver Convention Center at the International Sportsman’s Expo that wound up on Sunday.  It was great to see so many of our older amigos and clients as well as meet new amigos and talk about fishing with Tailhunter in La Paz.  It was our 12th year hear at this expo and Denver always treats us great!  Next stop will be the Califorania State Fairground in Sacramento for the next ISE show!  See you there!

EARLY SEASON YELLOWTAIL and PARGO ROCK FISHERMEN FOR FIRST WEEK OF 2012!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Jan. 1-8, 2012

What a way to start off the new year!  Winds laid down for the most part and we got a surprise bite of nice fat 20-40 pound yellowtail!  The key was the wind.  On the days when the wind blew, fishing was scratchy at best, but for most of the week, winds laid down and the little firecracker yellowtail we were catching around the holidays suddenly grew into the big trophy fish we usually don’t see until a month or two from now.  But, no one was complaining!

The fish were in several areas.  North Point Cerralvo Island held fish.  As did the southern area near the lighthouse.  The fish were holding off the bottom but could be enticed up with live bait or slow trolling deep-diving Rapalas or Yo-Zuri Magnums (green mack patterns and silver/black patterns worked well).  Yo-yo iron in blue/white and brown/yellow also got picke up on the fast retrieve.

Other good areas included Bahia de Los Muertos which rocked up some nice amberjack but the fleet also took fish south of the bay in the shallow drop off areas off Boca de Alamo near the arroyo.  Most of these fish were taken on live bait and iron.

But wait!….

It  looks like we’ve also  got an early run of the schooling spawning pargo liso (mullet snapper) happening already too!   Normally, we start seeing the fish around March or April in these numbers, and certainly, they’ll get thicker as the weeks roll in, but at least for this week, they were a big focus for us around Punta Perico near Las Arenas.

The fish we’re getting have been 5-20 pounders, but larger fish are getting lost.  It’s hard to tell sometimes since the fish are in shallow waters inshore in rocky areas and a quick pickup and bent rod is often followed very quickly after a few moments with strained line…some grunts…a squealing drag and a POP!  As the line breaks!  They’re pretty frustrating fish!  But no doubt great sport.

At least the good part is that in those same areas are some nice cabrilla (Mexican seabass) as well as some of the smaller yellowtail and rainbow runners showing up too and just offshore, bonito are around to at least provide fun action.

Like I said…The earlier parts of the week the winds were down and we put up good numbers with our pangas getting 10-30 fish caught and released…good fun days!  Letting smaller cabrilla and bonito go but plenty of action.  Then, the winds came up beginning Thursday and the counts got scratchy again.  The local windsurfers love it, but not so good for fishing.  Then, late in the week, even with the full moon, the wind settled again and that’s when we started getting the big yellowtail!  Hope it holds up!

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

.
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 Dec. 26-Jan.1, 2012

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Matt Lewis came all the way from chilly Canada to find some sunshine and fish. He spent several days fishing with us and had some great action! Look like the pargo liso have moved back in a bit early! Matt got this nice fish just off Punta Perrico.

It was a great week for cabrilla (Mexican seabass) fishing! Our pangas this week averaged 6-12 fish between 2 and 8 pounds all week. Many of the smaller ones were releasd. It was also a bit chilly too...Matt is from Canada and still sported a jacket when temperatures dropping into the 40's. But Matt shows off a nice trophy cabrilla standing on the sand there at Muertos Bay.

This is a different species of "pargo" than the one in the top photo. This is the "dog tooth" pargo or "cubera snapper" or "pargo rojo". The one above is the "pargo liso" or "mullet snapper." I know...confusing as all get out. But make no mistake. These are tough tough fish in the inshore rocks that makes ANY pargo a real sporting fish and an event when you get one on the boat! We had a pretty decent week on working the reefs for some good pargo action.

Both Jill and I and all of the Tailhunter Tribe, Family and Staff wanted to thank you all for such a great year and for all the smiles and good times. We are blessed every single day for the privilege to do what we do and all of you make it happen. We're looking forward to and wishing all of you an even better 2012! BEST FISHES!!

COLD WEATHER BUT HOT FISHING ACTION MAKE FOR A PRETTY GOOD WEEK TO END THE YEAR!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of December 26-January 1, 2012

We had a pretty nice week of fishing here. We may have had one of the calmest weeks for wind in a few weeks, but it sure was cold. Temperatures at night dropped into the 40’s and we advised our anglers to make sure they brought jackets.  The best way to characterize the week was “action.”  Nothing spectacular in terms of size, but we had pangas out almost every single day and with all the catch-and-release fish added to the counts, our anglers were getting 20-30 fish per day!  That’s a lot of fun.  For a lot of our folks, many of them are from really cold places like New York and Canada and Minnesota right now so just being on the water was a treat. Add in some fishing fun and it made for some good days!

There weren’t any blue-water species to speak of, but what a great mix.  If you start with about a dozen feisty bonito ripping you up; add in about a dozen cabrilla; half-a dozen sierra, a few small yellowtail and a pargo or two…that’s a full day of fishing!  The most remarkable fish were the pargo liso which appear to have shown up early.  Several larger pargo took anglers into the rocks but we did get a few in the 10-20 pound class that are horses anyway!  Best spot was close…just around the corner from Bahia de Los Muertos at Punta Perrico.

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

.

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

Tailhunter YouTube Videos:
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