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Luis Gomez Jr. (Unregistered Guest)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, August 03, 2005 - 9:39 am: | |
WAHOOS………THE REVELATION OF 2005!!!!!!
Without a doubt the sea is changing and each and every new time out, we encounter different surprises. Salinas, La Plata Island and Manta have traditionally been excellent fishing destinations for Marlin and Tuna. But after the past couple of weeks, the Wahoos have won their spot!
It has been detected that at the second or third day of the break of the high tide, thousands of Wahoo approach, when the current turns south to the areas of La Plata Island and Salinas.
There are two reefs of equal importance, “Bajo Hondo” at the La Plata Island 30 miles from Manta and the “Cope” 20 miles from Salinas.
One can now leave Salinas or Manta, and in as little as 4 or 5 hours, amount to 20 or 30 Wahoos, returning to port with a smile that reflects 40 and, sometimes, 50 strikes, turning it into one of the best days of fishing any angler only dreams about.
Whether talking about the La Plata Island (where one can alternatively fish amberjacks or groupers) and the Cope (with frequent visits of Marlins and Tunas), Ecuador is changing its traditional tag of “Billfish Only” into a new and immense resource of fisheries of many different, as well as magnificent, species that certainly guarantee a spectacular time.
We should mention anglers such as Bartolo Fernandez and Rodrigo Agudo out of Manta, and Miguel Angel Auad, Jorge Jurado and Xavier “Coco” Oneto out of Salinas, whose experiences are worth mentioning to the angling community worldwide. Needless to say, the BLUE MARLIN LODGE fleet saw action in both places. Our “Umina” was in Manta while the “Maria’s” and the “Lady Rosita” stayed in Salinas. In one day of fishing, you can choose either Salinas or Manta the arrival point, since they are not very far away. Just a few months ago, Jose “Pepe” Anton, aboard his VIKING 48’ “Misamiras” had a World Record Wahoo at the Cope of 19,140kg (42lb 3oz) on an M-02 kg (4lb) record category.
As an extra, we are having an amazing time with the show we are getting from the humpback whales that have just come to visit us. At both places precisely, we are seeing amazing and unforgettable spectacles from these giant mammals. With fishing and whale watching at the same time, we can certainly describe them as “Grand Slams” of fishing days, making our sport special, family-oriented and unique.
Taken from our Webpage at www.bluemarlinmanta.com .
Contact us at reservations@bluemarlinmanta.com |
Luis Gomez Jr. (Unregistered Guest)
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SAN CRISTOBAL ISLAND, GALAPAGOS……SIMPLY SPECTACULAR!!!....THE BEST SPOT FOR STRIPPED MARLIN FISHING IN THE WORLD….. PERIOD!!!
It will be very difficult for us to forget the 7th , the 8th , the 10th and the 11th of February of 2005. The Salinas- San Cristóbal Billfish Tournament was a spectacular event with only one possible description for it…….THE BEST.
The fishing days lasted 7, 6, 7 and 5 hours respectively.
The Mayor of San Cristobal Island, Galapagos-Ecuador invited local Sport Fishermen of the Salinas Yacht Club to organize this Tournament, in which foreign anglers participated as well. Our organization received the deligthful honor that two of our Principals were named Chairman and Vice-Chairman of this altogether success.
Galapagos is a wonder of nature, but San Cristóbal Island is, beyond that, a paradise for Marlin fishing. 4 days of fishing, 15 Sport fishing boats and more than 1600 strikes, confirm our comments. The average number of strikes per boat was 27 a day. All the boats totaled more than 500 releases during those 4 days and there was not a single Marlin killed. In addition to that, the tournament saw the placing of 20 satellite tags by Mr. Michael Domeier PhD., a scientist who researches the Marlin specie and behavior in the Pacific Ocean.
Moreover, local islanders and artesanal fishermen were brought on board the Sport fishing boats in order to receive instruction and training on Sport Fishing as a new source of income in Galapagos, targeting the idea that the fish are worth much more alive than dead. The point is to fish and respect nature at the same time. We also saw on board representatives of the Galapagos National Park and from Charles Darwin Station, who witnessed for their first time the procedure and characteristics of Tag & Release fishing.
Blue Marlin Lodge was lucky to have our vessels on the spot and to be a part of this wonderful event filled with adrenaline, excitement and so many satisfactions.
Words are not enough to explain what we just experienced. 1597 Marlin strikes is something we have never seen before with only 15 boats in 4 days fishing.
The Umiña went fishing with a customer from New York on the 12th and the 13th of February and had 10 releases and 28 strikes on the first day. The next day it had 12 releases and 31 strikes.
Hopefully we can share this Marlin paradise with more and more anglers from around the world, so they can live the same experiences and unforgettable moments we had on this Tournament in San Cristobal Island, Galapagos-Ecuador.
For further information, check our Website: www.bluemarlinmanta.com
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Braden Escobar (Ecuagringo)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, September 02, 2004 - 10:22 am: | |
Galapagos Islands Fishing Report for the End of August, 2004
August 25th, 2004 with 6 days leading up to the full moon, the crew of the Striper set out looking for striped marlin. The early morning ambient temperature held around 76 F but the wind chill sure made it feel in the low 60 F. The water was choppy with 4 -6 foot seas of grey/green color. Ocean temperature on the Dytek instrument indicated 65.8 F in the morning hours. Plenty of krill and plankton gave away to the upwelling of cold water currents coming from the South. Most captains in the world may not even consider at times looking for marlin in waters less than 68 F. The skies were cold and rainy and the outlook seemed pretty grim. Onboard were first time offshore angler Shane Smith from Alabama and seasoned angler Martin Counts from Tennessee. The crew started fishing near the horseshoe drop for about and hour before heading out to Braden’s Bank. Upon arrival at the bank and finding baitfish to be scarcer than usual we were greeted by the strike of a striped marlin. Nearly an hour later another stripey took a flat and Shane missed setting the hook by a split second. A large flock of birds, very common to the area gave way to the position of predators feeding. A third strike from a stripe was at hand but spitting the hook before anything could be done. Before the day ended 2 more tailing stripes would be seen but could not be enticed to bite. The tally fro the day went 3 strikes, 5 raises and no fish released. I guess that is why it is called fishing and not catching. It was still very impressive to find any marlin at all in such cold water.
August 26th, 2004 with the striped marlin not cooperating very much the previous day and after discussing the subject with Shane and Martin, the crew decided to make a run for Hancock Bank. Hancock’s world-class wahoo fishing was brought to light in 2001 by Capt. Braden Escobar and Capt. Isaac Marin in the hopes of finding black marlin. Instead what prevailed were wahoo averaging over 40 lbs and plenty of football tuna. However this very day was unusually dead with water conditions less than clear, quite greenish and temperature averaging 66 F it was not going to be easy to find hungry fish.
Wind conditions were chilly and although the ocean remained quite calm it was a relatively cold day for being on the Equator. The monitor showed plenty of schools of baitfish in 60 and 80 feet of water. The crew was pretty certain to find fish. The story ended with a skunked day. As much as I hate to admit it, but not catching a fish sometimes happens even in the Galapagos.
August 27th, 2004 faith was all we had to go by and good optimism. The reward was a sunny and beautifully calm day. Water conditions continued cold as we arrived upon the end of the Horseshoe Drop on the way to Braden’s Bank. 66 F water temperatures continued along with plenty of plankton and baitfish. Lots of baitfish to be found lead Capt. Braden to order rods in the water. The crew had not finished putting the last rod out when we had a hookup. Angler Shane Smith rushed to strike his first billfish ever. After a tough 13 minute fight with an aggressive stripe, the fish was brought to the side for photos and release. A stripey estimated in 180lb was to be Shane’s first billfish caught and released. Congrats Shane!! After the release rods went right back in the water and a second billfish hit 4 minutes later and spit the hook after about a 1 minute fight. A total of 6 stripes were raised but only two were enticed to bite of which one release was obtained. Well even the world’s best waters have a few slow days.
A total of 11 billfish were raised in two days of billfishing. These numbers are considered slow in Galapagos. However taking into account that fish do not normally feed well in water temperatures that may be too cold or hot it was still it was not bad.
Capt. Braden Escobar
President ECUAGRINGO S.A
Fishing, Hunting & Custom Tours Ecuador & The Galapagos Islands
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Braden Escobar (Ecuagringo)
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Galapagos Islands Fishing Report for August 1-3, 2004
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos
Water conditions continue to be choppy with seas 3-6 feet. Surface temperature has maintained itself from 70.8 – 72 F along the legendary Braden’s Bank discovered by Capt. Braden Escobar and Capt. Isaac Marin in 2001. With fair water temperature and water clarity less than blue the bait and marlin have remained thick. What we predicted to be a super year is has fast become one of the best in our company’s history. Striped marlin raises have steadily averaged 20 to 50 raises almost all year long. Many days with raises over 60 and 70 fish have been quite frequent with double digit releases in single days not being far fetched. Blue marlin have also been spotted roaming Braden’s Bank with several fish estimated over 800 lbs. Future reports will contain more detail as we prepare to welcome several groups this month.
Vistit us on the web www.fishgalapagos.com
or contact Merijo Attong in the USA 305-9267423
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Anonymous
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come now Fernando tell me who REALLY gave you your job, certainly not that biology degree. Ya te sospecho, je je
the Fanthom |
Anonymous
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come now Fernando tell me who REALLY gave you your job, certainly not that biology degree. Ya te sospecho, je je
the Fanthom |
Anonymous
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Fernando
Don't you have anything more important to do? You are not as important as you think you are!
Fishing because it's in our veins |
fortiz (Unregistered Guest)
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Ladies & Gentlemen. fishing in the Galapagos Marine Reserve is forbidden. The operator providing these services are facing legal actions.
Biol. Fernando Ortiz
Head of Marine Ecosistems Conservation, Control & Surveillance. GALAPAGOS NATIONAL PARK
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Carl Z (Unregistered Guest)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, August 29, 2003 - 10:59 pm: | |
I fished Salinas about 8 years ago with Knut Holst's boats.
Holst is dead now but I know his daughter was running the show last I heard.
We were there in November-fishing was slow and I wasn't at all impressed with the boat/crew we had.
However the fish are there-Holst took a 300+ pound Bigeye and we landed 3 Marlin-one Blue about 350 and another smaller one that I deliberately missed with the gaff so it would escape-the crew wanted to kill everything even the small Striper we landed-very disappointing.
Food in town (and the whole country) is delicious and the people are exceptionally fine for the most part.
Expect an minimum one hour run to the grounds and to see a lot of Commercial boats slaughtering everything they can find-not a pretty sight. |
jocelyn jodar (Jocelyn)
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Antti,
I don't fish Salinas much, I mostly fish Northern Peru, but Salinas is not far away. You should do well on tuna and dorado from December to January. You should be able to catch marlin also. If you want black marlin, July to November is better. Check out pescatours.com, they run sport boats out of Salinas. They'll have current information about the fishing in Salinas. Good luck.
Tight Lines
Jocelyn |
Antti Vehmas (Antti)
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I will go to Salinas for marlin and tuna fishing next December-January. Is it good time?
Any experiences from Salinas ? |
Merijo Attong-Artmarina
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Subject: Galapagos Fishing Report January 2002
First Fish report from Galapagos January 2002
We've just had our first group for 2002 visit the Galapagos and they got in 3.5 days of fishing from a 7 day, 4 island tour. The group consisting of the very animated anglers Dorn Pittman, Frederick Gellium and Joseph Maite, were met by the King Marine after landing on Baltra Island. On the cruise down the east coast of Santa Cruz toward Puerto Ayora the group got their first taste of Galapagos wildlife at the Nth and Sth Plaza Island reserves in the shape of sealions and marine and land iguanas, Their first full day on Santa Cruz was spent visiting the Chato reserve observing the famous lava caves and giant land tortoises, finishing up with an afternoon snorkel with sealions and white tipped reef sharks. On the 14th, their first full day fishing was had working the blue marlin waters on the way to Isla Isabella.
A warm day in the 80s and beautiful blue water resulted in Joseph Maite releasing his largest ever blue marlin of approx 400lb on 50lb standup gear which was an outstanding effort. Day ones fishing ended 1 for 1. On the 15th the group took a break from fishing for a land tour of the volcanoes of Isabella finished by a late afternoon run to Floreana. The next full day of fishing was spent hunting striped marlin on the banks 30M NW of Puerto Ayora, but an unusual STH to NTH current and green water less than 40 miles from the warm water currents of Santa Cruz resulted in no fish being raised.
This is unseasonal and sure to change but just goes to show the diverse current breaks in the archipelago. The 18th was a morning stop at Banco Hancock on the way to San Cristobal which resulted in a frantic morning fishing catching wahoo to Yellowfin tuna with Dorn Pittman landing a 22lb wahoo on fly gear - the new 12 weight Gold Cupfly rod and Abel reel - a great combo, and a huge 37lb snapper off the same bank. After a night in San Cristobal an early morning fish was had before the group flew out in the afternoon, wahoo to 47lb and jacks both being boated. The Galapagos certainly holds huge potential for all types of fishing with ongoing research sure to reap rewards! As a foot note on Sunday the 20th local boat Maino caught a 120lb striped marlin 6 miles South of Puerto Ayora while small game fishing, they are certinly here and we are expecting to come across them in numbers soon. We've got some of the best fly fish tackle: Billy Pate, Tibor and Abel reels with 12 and 14 weight Gold Cup and Orvis rods just aching to be broken in. Watch this space! |
Capt. Erik Lorentzen
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Subject: Galapagos fishing report 5/28
As far as a fishing report we went 17 for 39 and raised 57 in three days of offshore fishing for striped marlin. All of our striped marlin were seen on the Santa Fe bank which is located between isla San Cristobol and Santa Cruz approximately a 25 mile run from either island.
In two days of inshore fishing we caught 3 wahoos in the 30-40lb class range and as many yellowfin tuna in the 10-25lb range as one would like to catch. The majority of the yellowfins and all of the wahoos were caught on a bank found between Santa Cruz island and Floreana island approximately 25 miles from either island.
There were several whale encounters with sperm whales countless encounters with dolphines(flipper)and seals.
Capt. Erik Lorentzen, Sea Bird, Galapagos Islands |
Erik Lorentzen
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Subject: 1st Fishing Report From the Galapagos
Hello, A little fishing report for your curious minds. They're still here!!! So far so good, fished two days out of San Cristobal. We have raised 50 stripes had 33 bites and released 14. We started out pulling lures the first day going 4-14. We switched to bait and switch by mid day and caught 5 out of 9 on Eagle claw 8/0 L2004 circle hook Ballyhoos on 30 lb test!!!! The fished ranged from 125-200 lbs!! Day two we fished bait and switch all day going 5 for 10 on the circle hook ballyhoos on 30lb, two of these fish were close to if not over 200 lbs. the other three were all in the 150 lb range. The climate is cool and rainy, and there are seals everywhere. |
Merijo Attong-Artmarina
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Subject: Galapagos Islands Opens to Sportfishing!
March 23, 2001
Galapagos Islands Opens to Sportfishing!
Once again, Artmarina which has pioneered the waters of Guatemala and Brazil’s Royal Charlotte Bank, has been the first to get its bow into the incredibly rich sportfishing waters of the Galapagos Islands through its local partner, Ecuagringo S.A. and Braden Escobar. This 12,000 square mile archipelago, located 600 miles west of the Ecuador port of Salinas, is now being sport fished in the traditional style of Artmarina.
The potential for the massing of striped marlin around these islands was documented in a story by Marlin Magazine’s editor Dave Ritchie in its Aug.-Sept. ’97 issue. Although not yet at what is believed to be its seasonal peak, Artmarina boats are currently experiencing 10 to 25 marlin bites per day and finding a considerable number of blues mixed in with these volumes of stripes. The sizes of these stripes are averaging between 150 and 225 pounds and offer the light tackle enthusiast a real work-out day.
The standard week long trip being offered by Artmarina includes your choice of marlin fishing, tuna and wahoo fishing (found around the innumerable surface braking sea mounds), scuba diving/snorkeling as well as the more traditional island and naturalist tours featuring a phenomenal array of indigenous wildlife. A boat-borne visit to several of the prettiest white sand beaches where you can swim with sea lions is a very popular option for a non-fishing family day.
A unique option to Artmarina guests is a mothership accompanied trip to some of the most remote islands within the archipelago. Although not your 5 star Barrier Reef luxury liner, you’ll be well fed and comfortably housed on a fully staffed vessel capable of reaching any of the rarely visited extremities of the island chain.
Although currently your regular nights at either the San Cristobal or Santa Cruz Islands will be at their finest sea-side hotels, there are permitted plans for a high-end luxury villa resort soon to be constructed on the pristine shores of San Cristobal’s harbor.
Pure fishermen, fishermen with families, or any other group of explorers will be well served by Artmarina’s twin diesel sport boat, and its traditional American captain and English speaking staff.
For further information, please contact Artmarina (305) 663-3553, fish@artmarina.com or (305) 666-6445 fax.
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