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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Dec. 19-26, 2011

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 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, Mexican, mexico fishing, panga fishing, roosterfish, sea of cortez, sea of cortez fishing, southern baja fishing, sportfishing packages, tailhunter, tailhunter international, tuna, wahoo on December 26, 2011| Leave a Comment »

The quiet before the holidays? There just weren't that many fishermen out or much of anyone out the week before Christmas. Just as well...it was darned cold and windy earlier in the week.

CRAZY COLD WEATHER FRONT HITS WITH WINDS EARLY IN THE WEEK!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of December 19-26, 2011

Not much fishing earlier in the week when both winds and low temperatures contributed to less than ideal fishing conditions. Night time temperatures dropped unbelievably into the frosty 40’s and daytime temperatures barely above 60 some days. Add blustery wind and it was better for us to tell just some of our fishing clients who had extra days to just hang out in town and wait until things got better. For most, it turned out to be a better move. As the week went on, it settled a bit although remained chilly.

One thing folks forget is that when it’s really windy, it’s not just tough fishing, but also can be very difficult to get live bait which compound efforts. So, later in the week when things calmed down a bit we were able to get some sardines and using both sardines and slow trolling smaller crank baits and shiny spoons, we got into some nice sierra up to about 5 pounds inshore both off Bahia de Los Muertos as well as in La Paz Bay. As well, some decent cabrilla helped top off the fish boxes plus a few stray dorado were caught up to about 10 pounds.

There were report by some of the commercial guys of hooking some tuna near Cerralvo Island, but when we went out to confirm, nothing showed up as rough off-color waters were left over from the winds. We also got reports of some big squid that were caught as well. We’ll keep an eye out!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Dec. 4-11, 2011

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, 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 fishing, La Ventana, la ventana fishing, Las Arenas, las arenas fishing, light tackle, light tackle fishing, marlin, Mexican, mexico fishing, mexico fishing report, muertos bay, muertos bay fishing, panga, panga fishing, roldan, roosterfish, sailfish, sea of cortez, sea of cortez fishing, southern baja fishing, sportfishing packages, suenos, tailhunter, tailhunter international, tuna, wahoo on December 11, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Yes! Even tho' it's a tad chilly out there and it's December, we got into dorado again as some of the better conditions of the month came out and the winds laid down allowing us to get some blue-water species like Tim Zimmer's Dorad held by Captain Jorge. The "blue water" fish was only caught about 1/4 mile off shore. Don't have to go far!

It's a completely 180 degree catch! Sierra are thick and normally caught in winter when waters are cold. Dorado are warm water fish that we usually catch in the summer and fall! But both species are hitting this past week with our pangas out've Bahia de Los Muertos with our amiga, Verda Boyd, just retired as a sherrif's officer enjoying her new "permanent vacation status!" Boats were averaging 1-4 dorado per outing and limits of sierra.

BEST CONDITIONS IN AWHILE ALLOW US TO CHASE SOME DORADO WHILE STILL WORKING INSHORE!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Dec. 4-11, 2011

It’s hard to keep calling these wacky weather weeks. It is what it is. It’s winter now. Some days are incredibly windy. They are the kinds of days you just should not be out there. The next day it’s flat and sunny. The next day it’s cloudy. Winds can shift direction half-a-dozen times in a day.

Fortunately, this past week were one of the calmest weeks of the last month or so. The week started out like a wind-tunnel, but just as suddenly, it shut off and we had a number of cloudy, but just slightly breezy days that allowed us to work outside a bit for some species we normally wouldn’t be getting right now in winter.

There aren’t that many fishermen in town right now. It’s that lull between American holidays of Thanksgiving and Christmas. La Paz is getting in to “Christmas mode” with decorations and evidence of the approaching holidays. We’re seeing more trees and lights and other Santa paraphanelia although, in truth, since there’s no Thanksgiving here in Mexico as it’s an American holiday, Christmas decorations started popping up right after Halloween.

Anyway, as far as fishing, on the calm days, like I said, there’s some nice species out there. We continue to find flurries of dorado around both Espiritu Island and Cerralvo Island and some breezing tuna were also encountered in the channel out to Cerralvo. Fish were football 10-20 pounders but moving fast and just a few were caught. Dorado can still be up to 30 pounds, but most are 10 pounders. Roosterfish, sierra and pargo can be found inshore in most places where there’s some kind of underwater structure. The two most prominent species are the sierra where you can load up your fish box pretty fast if you hit the school just right. And then the surprise dorado that are running about 5-15 pounds are producing about 1-4 per day.

We’ll keep you posted! Hope the holidays are treating you right!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s
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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International La Paz for Weeek of Nov. 27-Dec. 4, 2011

Posted in 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, Las Arenas fishing, marlin, Mexican sportfishing outfitters, Mexican sportfishing packages, mexico fishing, Mexico vacations, Muertos Bay Fishing, pargo, roosterfish, sea of cortez, sierra mackeral, snook, 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 charters, fishing reports, fishing vacation, international, jonathan, jonathan roldan, la paz, La Paz fishing, La Ventana, la ventana fishing, Las Arenas, las arenas fishing, light tackle, marlin, Mexico, mexico fishing, mexico fishing report, muertos bay, muertos bay fishing, panga, panga fishing, roldan, roosterfish, sailfish, sea of cortez, sea of cortez fishing, southern baja fishing, sportfishing packages, suenos, tailhunter, tailhunter international, tuna, wahoo on December 5, 2011| Leave a Comment »

A late season resurgence of dorado was a nice surprise this past week. Although wind is still an issue, in between flurries or on the days when the winds lie down, dorado were coming up around Cerralvo Island in pockets or warmer water. Nothing big, but some fun 10-20 pound fish were caught like this one that was photo'd just before it was released and caught east of Ventana north of the Las Arenas lighthouse.

Again, it's pretty late to see wahoo pop into the counts, but after waiting all year for wahoo in what has been one of the poorest wahoo season in many years, a few of the big skinnies were taken sporadically off the north and south end of Cerralvo Island. Fishermen in the areas said it wasn't consistent and if you go there be ready for some possibly rough water and wind as both areas take currents from all directions which can be exacerbated if the winds are blowing. As one of our anglers said, "We were soaking wet, but it was worth it to finally get a wahoo." Our amiga, Sue Paul, holds up one that she took at north point.

LATE SEASON SURPRISES!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week for Nov. 27-Dec. 4, 2011

As I’m writing this, it’s raining in La Paz. It’s been an up-and-down week for weather which has reflected in the fishing. Although this is the first real rain, it’s been threatening some days. Other days it’s windy. Other days it’s bright sunny perfect.

This is pretty typical for the change-in-season ,but I had to say, it’s gotten cooler faster than I remember. Many of us locals are already wearing jackets and long pants and it never hurts to keep a sweatshirt handy if the winds come up and it gets a little chilly (chilly for us!…the tourist think we’re nuts!).

Anyway, the fishing is pretty much dictated by the weather conditions which obviously dictate the water conditions.

I’m not so worried about a little bit of rain. Yea, it’s cooler and you might get a bit of wet…it never lasts long. But, even when it rains, normally, there’s not alot of wind so you can still get into some decent fishing. If there’s wind, that’s when things are not so good. Wind churns up waves and chop. Wind brings surf and turns up the water, especially in the areas where we have to look for bait in the shallow areas.

If the winds are over a few days then the water can get really turned up and green and cloudy. Not so good for fishing…at least not for pelagic species like the dorado and billfish and maybe even some tuna that are still out there…if you can get to them…if the conditions are right…if the water is not turned up and if you can get bait! That’s alot of “if’s”.

But even when it’s windy, at least there’s some good inshore fishing to be had. This past week, we still got into good numbers of sierra, cabrilla and snapper. Some of the sierra this year are already some of the larger sierra I think I’ve seen in awhile. I kid you not when I say, they look like baby wahoo! Teeth and sleek! Some 5 pound sierra are not uncommon. That’s a nice sized fish, especially on light tackle. We’re seeing more and more pargo as well…mostly the barred pargo and yellow pargo/ snapper, but all tough in the rocks and great eating.

There were some nice surprises. A few times, we still got into dorado. Good spots are east of Espiritu Santo Island; the south end of Cerralvo Island and around Punta Perrico especiallly on the south end in the ensenada curve by the old Hotel Las Arenas. If you can’t get bait, then trolling smaller feather or skipping the small plastic hoochies on the surface chop gets the strikes. If you only have a little bait, then get a hookup on the trolled lures or feathers then draw the fish in with the live bait!

Also, if you’re willing to “go long” and maybe “get wet and bounced,” the north and south end of Cerralvo Island has kicked our some wahoo. That’s a big surprise since this year the wahoo have been around, but just not biting. I think this year we only saw a handful. However, the last week or so, there were a few caught, but everyone talked about the long bumpy ride out there and the erratic seas and strong winds while trolling around. For some…it was worth it!

Hope your Holidays are off to a good start!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jilly

Jonathan Roldan’s Tailhunter International

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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Nov. 13-20, 2011

Posted in 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, 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 fishing, La Ventana, la ventana fishing, las arenas fishing, mexico fishing report, muertos bay, muertos bay fishing, panga, panga fishing, roldan, roosterfish, sailfish, sea of cortez, sea of cortez fishing, southern baja fishing, sportfishing packages, suenos, tailhunter, tailhunter international, tuna, wahoo on November 20, 2011| Leave a Comment »

While it wasn't the best week for fishing, especially early when weather was a factor, it wasn't too bad either once the weather settled. Fortunately, early in the week we didn't have alot of anglers. However, good friends like Mark Martis did get into some nice sierra and good-grade dorado like this one fishing with our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet out've Muertos Bay.

We got rain and strong winds early in the week that actually caused minor flooding in town but once things settled down and for anyone still willing to get out in the breeze, dorado are still out there. Coral Ogden hangs onto a good bull dorado she caught north of La Paz near the island on a strip of bonito.

VIDEO CLIP OF THE WEEK

Alot of folks have asked to see some of the footage from the Western Outdoor News Tuna Jackpot from last week that both Jill and I worked at. It’s finally been edited and posted on youtube. Check out Jill doing interviews and if you look real closely at the shots around the weigh-scale, I’m the guy in my fishing straw hat with the tank-top! It was another fun time:

http://youtu.be/_j_Eov4C-PE

EARLY WEEK RAIN AND STRONG WINDS TURN UP THE WATERS WHILE FISH WAIT!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Nov. 13-20, 2011

Earlier in the week it was a good thing we didn’t have any fishermen out. Not only was it extremely windy, but we got hit with several brief but really strong rain storms. One was so strong it tore the docks completely out of their pilings at one place in La Paz. They weren’t long, but really violent rains that we call “toritos” (little bulls) that are really unusual for this time of year. But, like I said, glad we didn’t have fishermen out and it was nice to sit indoors and watch the weather pass through. Even after the rains, the water was really turned over and muddy as well so it took a day or two to settle down.

However, once it did, we found dorado outside at the buoys just out of Bahia de Los Muertos with some nice fish around 15-20 pounds. One later-season sailfish and marlin were also hooked. Some private boats found quite a few schools of dorado outside at the 88 (but waters were rough) and there were reports of breezing tuna (moving too fast) at the south end of Cerralvo Island.

North of La Paz, there are still some spots east of Espiritu Santo Island kicking out sporadic dorado as well with some nicer bulls to 30 pounds.

Mostly, however, with the winds and erratic weather changing the scenery, the inshore fishing is where most of the focus has been. Sierra are getting thicker off the beaches and reefs and we’re seeing more pargo and cabrilla action as well as some scattered schools of smaller roosters. With the sierra, you could pick-pick-pick through the day and get a handful or if you hit the right spot, you could get several dozen hook ups. They can get really thick and great fun on lighter tackle. Also, excellent eating. Don’t let anyone fool you with the name “sierra mackeral.” These taste nothing like mackeral! On the contrary, sierra make some of the best ceviche and cooked up, the silky delicate meat is like mild wahoo!

THANK YOU!!!!

Just wanted to wish everyone a safe, happy and peaceful Thanksgiving week with each other and your families. Doing what we do, so many great folks pass through our lives and we’re blessed and grateful to be able to call so many of you our friends and extended family and Tailhunter “tribal members!” You make it all fun and worthwhile. God bless you all!

Enjoy your week! That’s our story.

Jonathan and Jill

Jonathan Roldan’s Tailhunter International

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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Nov. 6-13, 2011

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, 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, la ventana fishing, Las Arenas, las arenas fishing, light tackle, light tackle fishing, marlin, Mexican, Mexico, mexico fishing, mexico fishing report, muertos bay, muertos bay fishing, panga, panga fishing, roldan, roosterfish, sailfish, sea of cortez, sea of cortez fishing, southern baja fishing, sportfishing packages, suenos, tailhunter, tailhunter international, tuna, wahoo on November 13, 2011| Leave a Comment »

It was all about the winds this week. When the winds laid down, there was some pretty decent dorado fishing like this one that Richard Ogden got out of La Paz

There were a few days this week when it wasn't exactly sunny, as we had some cloudy days, but it was perfect weather minus the wind for lots of sierra for both our La Paz and Las Arenas fleets.

It's late in the season, but there's still some nice dorado to be had around Las Arenas and Cerralvo Island like this one held by Rich McClanahan. One other thing...you pretty much have the whole ocean to yourself these days!

IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE WIND NOT THE MOON THIS WEEK!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Nov. 6-13, 2011

Very slow week of fishing. I thought it was a combination of the full moon plus the strong northerly winds that even forced the port captain to close La Paz boat traffic for part of a day. The old double whammy. It was really scratch fishing. Some dorado. A few sierra. But for the most part, it was a real stretch to get fish.

Then the winds stopped. And we a had a few days of only light breezes…

What a difference!

We still had a full moon. But suddenly we got some breaks in the wind and the fish came to eat! All of a sudden, we got limits or near limits of sierra and dorado with both our Las Arenas and our Tailhunter Fleets. Some of the sierra were nice grade 3-6 pounders. The dorado were likewise some nice bulls up to about 25 pounds.

Inshore up tight over the reefs and outcrops, we got some really nice action on pargo, cabrilla and roosterfish as well.

So, although I was about to say we’ve turned the corner and are officially in “winter fishing” hold everything! Maybe we can squeeze out a few more weeks of fishing out’ve this season because just as we were typing this up, we got some reports from commercial pangeros that there were still some marlin, sailfish and tuna lurking. So…fingers crossed!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jill

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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2011

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, 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, la ventana fishing, Las Arenas, las arenas fishing, light tackle, light tackle fishing, marlin, Mexican, Mexico, mexico fishing, mexico fishing report, muertos bay, muertos bay fishing, panga, panga fishing, roldan, roosterfish, sailfish, sea of cortez, sea of cortez fishing, southern baja fishing, sportfishing packages, suenos, tailhunter, tailhunter international, tuna, wahoo on November 6, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Late in the season is a good time to chase the bigger bull dorado we see here in La Paz. What we might lack in quantity with fewer small fish is made up for with larger trophies like these two that Rich Ogden from Morro Bay CA got fishing with Captain Chito north of La Paz.

I don't know how much longer the tuna will be around as waters cool, but both the north and south ends of Cerralvo Island are still producing fish between 25 and 80 pounds although it's getting a big bumpy and windy out there! Our good friends, John and Dolores Ehlers came out from Colorado to spend a week with us and got into some nice fish like those they pose with here at Muertos Bay.

From Utah, Justin and Jarron Cozad had some nice days on the water with us including a good day chasing the dorado around Espiritu Santo Island. Here's two of their catch. That's La Paz in the background.

After several trips to La Paz, Coral Ogden from Durango, CO put her biggest dorado in the boat and had "her best day fishing" with a solid day of big dorado. She was fishing live bait on the west side of Espirito Santo Island.

Captain Archangel with our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet bends to get out of the way of the photo with Justin Cozad holding up another nice yellowfin tuna. Check the flat waters! They were fishing the ridge south of Cerralvo Island chunking drifted dead sardines.

It's been an unusually productive last few weeks on striped marlin and especially sailfish which we usually see in the spring and early summer. For whatever reason, we seem to be hooking quite a few sails which are a nice bonus for many anglers who have never hooked a billfish. Most of them are getting released or breaking off on light tackle. John Ehlers battled this estimated 150 pound sail for 3 hours...his first! This is a BIG sail. They were not able to release it and the meat was donated.

IT’S GETTING COOLER AND WINDIER AS CROWDS THIN BUT FISH STILL BITE!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Oct. 31 to Nov. 6, 2011

It wasn’t a bad week of fishing. It was a really good week for fishing down here. It’s just that there weren’t alot of fishermen. So, overall, the counts might not look that good, but it’s deceiving because there’s just not that many folks fishing this past week! Almost like clockwork, November hits and I think folks are already gearing up for the holidays. There’s a bit of a lull in anglers coming to town. However, those that showed up were treated to finding themselves often the only folks on the hot spots and cooperative fish willing to bite!

For our Las Arenas fleet, the tuna are still there. Both north and south Cerralvo gave up some nice fish with some fish in the 50-60 pound class found at the north end of the island, but a long way to run from Bahia de Los Muertos where our pangas are beached these days. However, if you were looking for quality, that’s where you had to go. The south end of the island that has been a hot spot for the last several weeks still kicked out the 25-40 pounders…a real nice grade of yellowfin and usually about the size that most can handle without busting a back, gut, or fishing rod!

Again, we’re using fresh dead sardines for bait and drifting over the spots. The biggest problem has been a sealion or two that continues to pester and bogart many of the fish that are hooked up. Nothing like watching the big dog take a big tuna right off your line that you’ve been fighting for an hour and leave you with only a head as it swims away and then teases you by tossing the carcass back and forth in front of you! Grrrrrr….

Legally, we can’ t do anything, but some anglers have found that when they see the sealion approach they put their reel into free-spool and at least give their tuna a fighting chance to dive down and escape. It seems to work about 1/2 the time.

As well for our Las Arenas anglers, they’re still finding those big roosters, a nice smattering of late-season sailfish and marlin plus an increasing number of sierra, pargo and cabrilla.

For our La Paz anglers, those fishing north from the city near Espiritu Santo Island are still finding a good quality dorado with some really exceptional bulls being taken up to about 30-40 pounds. Live sardines, caballito and strips of dead bonito are working best. Don’t be surprised either by big sailfish and marlin still moving in the warm waters. Inside the bay where waters are cooling, more and more sierra are being caught.

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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Oct. 22-30, 2011

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Dennis Fuji from Sacramento brought his group of 14 to visit us this week. Although the tuna were sometimes hit-or-miss, the gang did get into some nice fish on two days plus some great dorado fishing. Here's Dennis with 3 of the guys standing on the beach at Bahia de Los Muertos. The fish were found near the S. end of Cerralvo Island.

Characteristic of late fall fishing, many of the dorado were sizeable bulls between 30 and 40 pounds! Eric McClanahan had a banner day off the charts with a day full of bulls like this fishing north of La Paz with his son (see other photos below).

I gotta hand it to these guys (L-R) Mike Cutchin, Bob McPhee, Dan McPhee, Josh Charleton from Napa CA went out on one of the roughest days we've had in awhile. Some of the guys got more than a big queasy, but they hung in there. Caught some fish. Came back to shore to get their sea-legs and went right back out to fish s'more! They're showing off their yellowfin tuna here!

Our good friend, Jeff Sakuda, has come down more times than he and I can count. Sometimes he comes down 3 times a year and always does well...except this past week. Just one of those things. The tuna were elusive, but Jeff still got into some nice snapper, pargo and cabrilla to take home. More reef fish are showing up in the counts as we transition towards winter fishing and cooler waters.

Most of us tend to think the big pargo are only around in the cooler waters of the spring, but there's some resident fish hanging out in the reefs like this one caught by Rich McClanahan and his dad Eric near Cerralvo Island. The nice thing about it is that this time of year, virtually NO ONE if fishing for them!

Dave Combes and Mel Uchida pose with some of their yellowfin tuna taken late in the week with us. The bite was often early and furious then tapered as the winds and sealion made things difficult. So...early to the bite!

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TUNA PLAY GAMES AS DO THE WINDS BUT DORADO AND OTHER SPECIES HELP OUT!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Oct. 22-30, 2011

It was a bit of an up-and-down week around La Paz waters. Clearly things are changing as water temperatures, water conditions, winds and currents all seem to reflect that the seasons are in transition. One day, the tuna bite at Las Arenas would be hot, but the next day, it would go completely down the tubes. The next day, the dorado bite for our La Paz boats would be on fire and the next day, the guys would have to scratch for fish to fill the fish boxes.

Most of the tuna were nice grade. They were 25-35 pounders. The dorado were ranging in size from smaller schoolers of 10 pounds, but some really nice fish in the 30-40 pound class were taken every day.

But things are changing…no doubt…

…it was clear that things are changing by the varieties of species that were caught. Along with dorado and tuna, there were marlin and sailfish hooked; roosterfish that were still prowling the shallows; pargo starting to bite again; plus sierra inshore in the cooler waters and more cabrilla (seabass ) in the counts as well.

Mostly, things were great. If anglers were spending two or three days with us, they went home with a nice load of fish. If they had one bad day, they usually made up for it on the other days. I imagine if the winds pick up consistently, the warm water species will soon be replaced by more inshore varieties.

One thing…it’s really pleasant in town right now. Air temps about 75-85 degrees most days, but the mornings can be chilly (by our standards!). If you’re going fishing, bring a light windbreaker or sweatshirt that you can always take off later when it warms up!

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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Oct. 16-23, 2011

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As the seasons start to change, it was another good week for roosterfish along our beaches with some nice trophys making the report. Jerry Wansack came all the way from S. Carolina and fished an entire week with us and his buddy, Luke Britz. They planned the trip for 3 years and really wanted a rooster. Well, they got tuna and dorado and other species, but they didn't get roosters until their last day when persistence paid off and they got a handful of nice fish including this one taken off Punta Perico near Las Arenas. All the roosters were released.

Yes, the tuna are still biting off the south end of Cerralvo Island across from Las Arenas. Our pangas are averaging about 1-4 fish per day mixed in among all the big bonito and it can be an arm-tiring day as shown by Victor from El Monte CA who has to lean up against the panga with his duo of tuna.

Larry Wayne looks on as his amigo, Bob Sklar, holds up his yellowfin tuna. Both are from Orange Co. CA and Bob had a banner trip getting his first tuna and marlin (see below).

As shown in the photo above, Bob Sklar from Orange Co. CA got his first tuna ever fishing with us but also got his first marlin as well. In fact, he got TWO marlin...and BRAVO to him...HE RELEASED BOTH OF THEM! He took this photo just before letting the 2nd one go. It was caught off Punta Arenas. Well done, Roberto!

Like I said, a pretty nice week for roosters! Double hookup with Captain Archangel from our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet and Luke Britz from S. Carolina who caught these not far from shore in shallow water. Both fish were released.

I don't often post-up photos of the pesky feisty bonito that rampage through our waters bending rods and tearing up anglers. But take a look at this huge bonito that Mimi Wayne caught! Compare that to the tuna photos in this week's report! Is that a slug bonito or what? Pound-for-pound, bonito fight alot harder than their more popular cousins the yellowfin tuna!

As the weather and waters start to get cooler, I'm not sure how much longer the dorado will be around, but for the time-being, we're still pulling them in...mostly with our pangas fishing north of La Paz around Espiritu Santo Island. However, John Mc Lucas and Bill Lee took time of from a week of light tackle fishing on pargo, cabrilla, and roosters to put a couple of dorado fillets in the box.

SEASONS CHANGING BRINGS A VARIETY OF SPECIES!

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Oct. 16-23, 2011

You can tell the seasons are finally changing! Not only has the heat and humidity been exchanged for pleasant tropical sunshine and off-shore breezes but the variety of fish we’re taking give every indication that we’re turning the corner on the season.

The tuna bite off S. Cerralvo we’ve had the last few weeks is still there with some nice 20-45 pound fish and our pangas averaging maybe 1-4 fish per boat/day. Our Las Arenas fleet is still finding the best results with drifted chunking dead sardines in the area about 2 miles off the island. In the same areas, it’s not been unusual to also get a hook up on dorado, sailfish or marlin or other species cruising through the area and having no hesitation just slurping up all the dead sardines in the areas…some of which just happen to have a hook…attached to a line…attached to a rod…in the hands of one of our anglers trying to catch a tuna!

For our La Paz fleet, the dorado are still the main event as well. Western Cerralvo Island continues to be the target area.

It’s a pretty simple formula for the most part. Fish with our Las Arenas fleet if you want tuna. Fish with our La Paz fleet if you want to target dorado.

However, I mentioned things changing…

In addition to the tuna, dorado, marlin and sailfish, if you look at our fish reports, we had a great week on roosterfish as well as pargo, cabrilla and good numbers of sierra are now showing up in La Paz Bay and inshore where it’s obvious that the waters must be cooling down if the sierra are around. Lots of fun on light tackle plus great eating! We’ll probably see more of all these species as things change.

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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of Sept. 25 to Oct. 2, 2011

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Although the main focus has been on the tuna and dorado bite, roosterfish are still around and are a great trophy catch. Trudy wanted one of these and got it just off the Las Arenas lighthouse which is a world-reknowned "roosterfish alley." The pretty fish took a live sardine and was quickly released after the photo.

Our Sacramento amigo, Wade Gomes, comes to visit us yearly and shows off one of the nicer dorado we've been getting with our Tailhunter La Paz fleet. The bite was a little stickier this week than normal, but schools of dorado are definitely around and the bite got better as the week went on.

Shane Grove from Utah gets a special mention. Y'know some guys will wear our Tailhunter t-shirt. Some sport our Tailhunter stickers. Take a look at the inset photo. Shane went and got our Tailhunter logo tatooed on his shoulder! This so rocks! Thanks, Fish Brother. Oh...nice dorado too!

Our yellowfin tuna at Las Arenas were better than last week when we had the full moon, but still not exactly wide open on the bite. Our pangas averaged 1-5 tuna per boat and the bite was late in the day. Fish went 20-30 pounds on the average like the nice trio of tuna caught by our buddy, Leif Dover, who came ovef from Hong Kong where he works. This was his 2nd trip to see us in two months! He's an animal fisherman!

Over the last few weeks, the ladies have really been doing well. Marsha Barnett, on her first trip to La Paz, spent 3 days catching dorado like these. She's holding this one after her first day fishing with our Tailhunter Las Arenas Fleet.

Another of our lady anglers who had a banner week, Kathy Terbu, from Utah pulled this nice bull out of the waters west of Espiritu Santo Island. The bite for our La Paz fleet was a little off but dorado got hungier as the week went on.

Johnny Terbu had a banner week of fishing and snorkeling with us and all the while kept his flyrod handy just-in-case. On his last day, the dorado boiled up all around the boat and he was able to get in some casts hooking up on dorado like this one in the channel between Cerralvo Island and Las Cruces. Here's what John said: " Awesome trip! Best day we had was 13 Dorado! Done by 12:00 noon. Also, got the 1 tuna I wanted. Even got one onthe fly rod! 12 wt. isn't big enough. Go big or stay home.Can't wait til next trip. Thanks so much for a wonderful trip and condo!"

POST – FULL MOON BITE IMPROVES WITH BETTER DORADO AND TUNA FISHING

La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for Week of Sept. 25-Oct. 2, 2009

It wasn’t the best of weeks for fishing, but it was certainly better than the week before when we had the full moon playing games with us. It was still scratchy fishing but the fish were more cooperative to a degree. But, we still had to work hard for them. Things were compounded by the fact that many days the bite was late in the day. So, sometimes guys would get out to the spot and sit there…and sit there…and sit there…and work the area with their captain.

There’s only so much patience. And, in some cases, they’d get the captains to leave the spot and go hunt for roosterfish or cabrilla or some other species. Those boats that stuck around would suddenly get rewards with biters of tuna or dorado. It’s just a matter of knowing when to hold ’em and when to fold ’em. Of course, being fish…sometimes sitting at one spot didn’t do much good either and the guys who pulled off found some action.

Anyway, for our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet, tuna were the center stage again. Fish were a bit larger this week. Most fish were in the 20-25 pound class, which is a real bull for alot of folks, but there were others in the 30-40 pound class and some larger that anglers never saw and busted off. If you count up 1-5 tuna per boat/day then add in a few dorado and about 20 bonito and the occasional roosterfish, it’s an arm-tiring day especially in some cases where all the pandemonimium doesn’t even start until late in the day!

For our La Paz fleet, well, the dorado continue to be good to us and honestly, the mahi are our bread-and-butter-fish. All summer we could count on them to bend the rods and fill the ice chests. This week, they were a little more reluctant. Not so crazy, but what they lacked in numbers they made up for in quality. Quite a few fish were in that nice grade 30-40 to pound size! So, one or two fish could stuff a fish box very easily and it wasn’t unusual to see big tails sticking out of the fix boxes because the whole fish wouldn’t fit with the lids on.

Knock on wood, we did dodge hurricane Hillary that kept our attention most of the week and had us answering phone calls and e-mails from clients wondering if they should still come down. I don’t want to spit in the face of the weather-gods but Hillary fizzled and we didn’t even get any strong winds or storms. We were pretty happy about that, needless to say. We still have to keep an eye on the weather as we wind down the season, but it’s clear that fall is coming. Shadows are longer. It’s a tad cooler. A bit breezier. We hope the fish keep biting.

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Jonathan and Jilly

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La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report from Tailhunter International for Week of May 22-29, 2011

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It was finally a week where the dorado decided to join the party and just-in-time for Chad Schearer's TV show "Shoot Straight" and his family to show up with the cameras. http://www.shootstraightTV.com Chad is the TV host of the program and usually travels the world with either a bow or muzzle-load rifle, but is quite a celebrity with the flyrod as well. He filmed all week with us and one of his sponsors is Cabela's Outdoor Stores. They wanted him to test out their new 6-piece travel flyrod that looked so thin and light a trout would've broken the 10 wt stick! Chad's intent was to get a big roosterfish on it, but when a big dorado charged through, it was GAME ON! Chad battled this monster 40-pound rooster on the light flygear for 1 hour and 45 minutes! He had never gotten a dorado before and this was a personal best...and all in front of the cameras!

Wahoooo! We finally got one to the boat. For weeks, I've been saying the conditions are right and Roger Thompson finally nailed one on a rapala at the north end of Cerralvo Island. He said te day was going slow (note the tuna boat in the back!) but he usually comes through and this 60 pound class speedster topped the day!

It was a stellar week for roosters for both our La Paz and Las Arenas fleets with fish up to 80 pounds. Sheldon "Doc" Schearer is a minister and sherrif's officer from Montana and this 60 pound rooster was a personal best. It ate a live sardine in about 10 feet of water near the Las Arenas lighthouse and took 1/2 an hour to battle. The fish was released. In fact, they caught 6 that day and all but one fish were put back in the water.

Tailhunter's own Jilly Roldan got into the nice dorado bite late this week posing with San Diego's Joe Jacobs in the blue waters of Balandra Bay north of La Paz. They also got roosterfish and small yellowtail, but ran into a spot of dorado that blew up on them and they lost count of the fish with double and triple hookups!

Tihs is the first week that dorado bit consistently. Not surprisingly, the waters edged over 80 degrees too and the winds calmed down. hmmmm...funny how that works! But the week started slowly, but by mid-week the counts were going up with mostly smaller fish in the 5-10 pound category, but as the week went on, there were more 20-40 pound fish in the counts and hardly anything prettier than a lit up mahi on the hook like this one taken off Espiritu Santo Island this week.

Even last season we didn't see many bull dorado over 20 pounds, but this week we had some fish in the 30, 40 and one that may well have been over 50 pounds! Jill got this one on the NE corner of Espiritu Santo Island just off the drop-off on live bait. Captain Joel holds it up for the photo! The waters are holding various spots of fish but they're scattered in all the usual places with many holding under building schools of sargasso weeds floating on the surface!

Even tho' waters kicked into "summer mode," there were still some "cooler water" fish around like this decent yellowtail held by Lisa Chandler of La Mesa CA. We actually took a few of these YT's this week.

Even when the fish weren't biting it seemed there were often schools of dolphin blasting through...wherever dolphin go! It was not unusual to see half the fleet suddenly stop what they were doing to follow the schools! This one was between Cerralvo and Espiritu Santo Island.

For alot of our clients and friends this week, it was their first time tangling with roosterfish and underlines why La Paz waters are called the "roosterfish capital of the world." Joe Jacobs from San Diego took this nice one in Pilot's Cove north of La Paz and released it.

The roosters were biting for BOTH our Tailhunter La Paz and Tailhunter Las Arenas fleets. Captain Jorge with our Las Arenas fleet helps Marsha Schearer pose with this slug rooster caught in shallow water just outside Bahia de Los Muertos.

SLOW START TO WEEK CRANKS UP WITH DORADO AND ROOSTERFISH!

Las Arenas/ La Paz Fishing Report for Week of May 22-29, 2011

Amazing what a difference a week can make. Take away a
full moon; strong winds; green water; and inconsistent water
temperatures…little things like that…and WHAM…THE FISH BITE! In
fact, water temps hit 80+ for the first time this year and it was a 180 degree
turn from the strange fishing last week. In fact, it was a pretty decent
week of fishing!

It didn’t start out like that! At the beginning, it was scratch fishing at
best. I was pretty worried. But…the conditions changed!

Hey, for the first time, dorado bit consistently with nice
patches of sargasso weed building up in the surrounding channels and while many
of the fish were firecracker punks in the 5-10 pound class, there were still
some nicer fish running in the 20-40 pound class (and even one or two that sure looked like 50-pound-class dorado) that really got folks
excited. In fact, we had Chad Schearer, nationally known host of the
outdoor TV show “Shoot Straight” filming the entire week (www.shootstraightTV.com) with us and
Chad, who had never flyfished Baja before and came to tie on a big roosterfish,
instead threw a pattern at boiling bonito and a huge 40-pound class
dorado bit his 10wt rod and it was “fish on!” And epic battle
lasted almost 2 hours as the fish bulldogged down on the light line but finally
Chad got the fish to the boat and was almost speechless in front of the
cameras!

As well, we got into some incredible roosterfish
action. Some stops with both our La Paz and Las Arenas fleets resulted in
double and triple roosterfish hookups. Fish ranged from 10 to as large as
80-pounds this week with some incredible battles on light tackle, flyrods and
spinning gear when anglers fishing for smaller “fun” fish instead got
blown up on larger world-class roosters that almost brought some anglers to
their knees on the smaller gear.

Overall, just a great week with additional species that
included some big cabrilla, jack crevalle, barred pargo, striped marlin (hooked
and lost and released); sailfish (hooked and lost and released), pompano,
bonito, barracuda and even some very very late yellowtail in the 10-15 pound
class. We even got a huge 9-foot mako
shark that ate a small dorado hooked by one of our amigos. They got it to the boat and wisely decided to
cut it loose!

That’s our story!

Jonathan and Jill

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