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kjs (Marlinkjs)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 26, 2007 - 10:39 am: | |
This Guatemala fishing report is for the week ending
March 26 th 2007 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing
Company operating out of the new Pez Vela
Marina.
As one of my old bosses used to tell me……”The hardest part of
Forecasting is the predicting the future bit……..”
…………..and we have been predicting/hoping for some weeks now
for the bite to pick up to the standards expected of the rich waters
of Guatemala.
Finally the blue water has moved closer in and the appropriate stars
seemed to have lined up so that the billfish have concentrated and
are feeding well. There has been a steady improvement each day
over the last week, with the numbers of fish raised each day now
comfortably in the teens and twenties.
The “Reel Diver” had a high day late in the week with 35 raises
and constant action through the day.
The Karr party had “11 by 11” fish to the boat yesterday, when they
decided to switch and try some reef fishing for Pargo and Grouper – but
a strong start to the day !
The Blue Marlin are still around, but the numbers have diminished as
the conditions now are clearly more favourable for Sailfish.
We are hoping for the bite to continue through the new moon, and
look forward to the last part of the season (hopefully !) being the best
part of the year for our clients over the next 6 weeks.
Our Favorite Fishing Quote for the week:
“Reading about baseball is a lot more interesting than
reading about chess, but you have to wonder : Don’t
any of these guys ever go fishing ?”
~ Dave Shiflet
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kevin styles (Marlinkjs)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 4:06 pm: | |
This Guatemala fishing report is for the week ending December
24th 2006 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing
Company operating out of the new Pez Vela
Marina.
This week saw the continuation of blue skies, calm seas and an
ever improving bite both offshore and inshore.
We reported last week on a few days that the Sinclair party fished
and were rewarded with raises in the 40-75 range each day. This snap
of the Cap’ns log shows the results of another fine days fishing with
75/66/45 raises, bites and catches respectively. It is certainly the
Season to be Merry down here !!.........not just fishing, but catching as
well !! As we came into the New Moon the fishing stayed close in at
12-30 miles and the Blue Water was apparent as close as 15miles.
The inshore fishing has been strong as well – the return of the
Commercial shrimping boats has given the fleet the ability to
focus on areas where there are bound to be fish – Amberjack
until your arms are sore, as well as a decent showing of school
yellowfin right off the beach. There have been some Roosterfish
caught in the melee as well, mostly being caught on fast trolled
Rappalas.
We at The Great Sailfishing Company would like to take the opportunity
to wish you and your families the best for the Season (and not just the
fishing Season !) – and a safe and prosperous New Year. We hope to
see more past clients early in the New Year, and would welcome the
opportunity to make 2007 the year that you finally catch that Sailfish
on the fly, join with your friends in a trip to remember, or introduce your
children to the thrill of offshore fishing in a safe and welcoming environment.
Whichever you aspire to…………..we hope to see you soon !
Our very Best wishes : Les, Carlos, Kevin & Jim
Contact us at :
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kevin styles (Marlinkjs)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 14, 2006 - 1:39 pm: | |
This fishing report is for the week ending December
11th 2006 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing
Company operating out of the new Pez Vela
Marina,Guatemala.
Last week saw the start of the ILTTA (International
Light Tackle Tournament Association) fishing the
waters of Guatemala again. The Great Sailfishing
Company had all 3 Bertams fishing in the tournament,
which lasted over 5 days with a “rest day” in the
middle. We were please to host the “Chivas Girls” aboard
the Island Time (they hadn’t seen such a wide beam in a long time)
– you can see the thumbnails here and on our
website.
Fishing was fast and furious, but with Blue Water
ranging from 16-45 miles out, it required plenty of
cruising to find large numbers of Sailfish. This was
achieved by the last day of the tournament however –
as our Bertrams raised substantial numbers on the
final day, ranging from 45 for the “Joint Venture” to
a record 56 for one of our newest additions, the 35ft
“Reel Diver” while our other new addition the
Island Time (38ft.widebody) had 53 bites – perhaps
there is something to be said then for the low
frequency hum of the big Detroit Diesels in raising
fish !
The tournament rules meant that we hosted different,
and mixed groups of anglers on all boats each day, so
it is hard to draw any conclusions from the numbers of
fish brought to the boat – and in the end, it is the
challenge of our boats and our crews to raise the
fish………..and I don’t think anyone can argue that 56
raised on one boat didn’t give the anglers a good
chance at winning the tournament !
If you want to come and experience the phenomenal
Sailfishing – and it is only getting better – please
feel free to contact us at
enquiries@greatsailfishing.com or to register for our
weekly fishing report and other
> information please click here :
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> contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com
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Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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Post Number: 68
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 7:10 am: | |
This fishing report is for the week ending 11-12-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week varied between 15 miles to as far as 47 miles. Seas this week have continued to stay calm with sunny skies and light to no wind in the mornings.
Very good results continued this week with boats reporting raises in the teens to the low
thirties,with releases also in the high single digits to low twenties on conventional tackle and with some boats reporting 3 to 4 releases on the fly.We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted several groups with one releasing 10 Pacific sails out of 13 bites.
At one point a little chaos broke out when they had a blue marlin and 4 sails in the spread. Cap´n Nestor directed the focus towards the Blue Marlin which aggressively pursued one teaser to the other teaser and on to the pich bait....... only to be finally beaten by one of the lit up Sails, at which point the commotion of two hooked up sails proved too much and he sank away from the stern...for next time. Our Sunday charter wanted to target meat fish (we fish how you want to fish) and were rewarded with boating 7 nice dorado,5 yellowfin tuna and several mackeral along with releasing 2 sails.
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Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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Post Number: 67
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, November 06, 2006 - 7:03 am: | |
This fishing report is for the week ending 11-05-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week varied between 20 miles to as far as 47 miles. Seas this week have continued to stay calm with sunny skies and light to no wind in the mornings.
This week saw good to very good results with boats reporting raises in the teens to the low
thirties,with releases also in the high single digits to low twenties on conventional tackle.We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted Dr.DeNunna and son who fished with us for four days. Over 2 1/2 days targeting Pacific sails they released a total of 31 sails along with boating 5 dorado (one in the 40lb + class). The other 1 1/2 days they wanted to target marlin. They had a nice 400+ pounder in the spreads which attacked the teasers and then the bait but failed to hook-up.
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Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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Post Number: 66
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, October 31, 2006 - 6:02 am: | |
This fishing report is for the week ending 10-30-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week went out from averaging 30 miles to as far as 45 miles over the past month to 35 to 50 miles. Seas this week have continued to stay calm with sunny skies and light to no wind in the mornings.
This week saw good results with boats
reporting raises in the teens to the low
twenties,with releases also in the high single digits to mid teens - most boats releasing between 8 to 12 sails on conventional tackle.
The most exciting news is that the marlin bite this past week has been Great......
with most boats reporting at least one Blue Marlin in their spreads every day. At the end of the week all of the boats released anywhere from one to four marlin within 4 days. Another reason why we are looking forward to the imminent arrival of our latest 35ft Bertram, the "Reel Diver" - as she is fully equipped to chase those marlin with a full tower and a Marlin door. We are looking forward to a continuing strong Marlin bite - and invite you down to experience it for yourselves !!
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Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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Post Number: 65
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, October 16, 2006 - 3:41 pm: | |
This fishing report is for the week ending 10-16-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week came in from averaging 30 miles to as far as 45 miles over the past month to 20 to 25 miles. Seas this week have continued
to stay calm ranging between 1 to 2ft with sunny skies and light to no wind,in the mornings.
This week saw good results with boats
reporting raises in the teens to into the twenties,with releases also in the high single digits to high teens with most boats releasing between 8 to 15 sails on conventional tackle. On Saturday our boat the Joint Venture
released 10 Pacific Sailfish and a couple of dorado and today 10/16/2006 our group released 8 sails out of 18 rasies.
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Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, October 09, 2006 - 9:25 am: | |
This fishing report is for the week ending 10-08-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week came in from averaging 30 miles to as far as 45 miles over the past month to 20 to 30 miles. Seas this week have continued
to stay calm ranging between 1 to 2ft with sunny skies and light to no wind.
This week saw good results with boats
reporting raises in the teens to mid twenties,with releases also in the high single digits to high teens with most boats releasing between 8 to 15 sails on conventional tackle. There were even reports of marlin in the spreads. On Saturday our boat the Joint Venture
released 10 Pacific Sailfish and a Blue Marlin in the 200 lb. Class. There was a local inshore fishing tournament this past Saturday and we have been told for those that ventured out they were rewarded well with jacks,mackerel,pargo and more.
Once again for those anglers planning to come down to Guatemala and fish with us, please make your reservations soon as our calendar is filling up fast.
We are happy to announce the addition to our fleet of the Island Time (38ft.wide-body Bertram)and the Reel Diver (35ft.Bertram with a full tuna tower and tuna door).Both of these vessels will be arriving in early November.
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Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, October 02, 2006 - 8:44 am: | |
This fishing report is for the week ending 10-01-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week ranged from 30 miles to as far as 40 miles. Seas this week have been ranging between 1 to 2ft with sunny skies and no wind.
This week saw fair to good results with boats
reporting raises in the high teens to mid twenties,with releases also in the high single digits to mid teens with Wednesday,Thursday and Friday seeing most boats releasing between 10 to 15 sails on conventionial tackle. Once again
there were some Dorado to be taken each day.
For those anglers planning to come down to Guatemala and fish with us, please make your reservations soon as our calendar is filling up fast. We are happy to announce the addition to our fleet of the Island Time (38ft.wide-body Bertram)and the Reel Diver (35ft.Bertram with a full tuna tower and tuna door).Both of these vessels will be arriving in early November.
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Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, September 18, 2006 - 7:09 am: | |
This fishing report is for the week ending 09-17-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week ranged from 15 miles to as far as 40 miles. Seas this week have been ranging between 1 to 3ft at the start of the week. However, on Sunday caused by a severe storm, seas were as high as 4ft. Another storm hit on Sunday night 09-17-06 keeping the fleet in as of this report dated 09-18-06.
This week saw fair to poor results with boats reporting raises in the low single digits,with releases also in the single digits (most boats reporting 0 to 2 releases). Once again there were lots of Dorado (at the 15 mile mark boats were reporting boated dorado in the 20s and 30s) and yellowfin tuna to be had. On Saturday and Sunday we had the Tiss party out of Long Island New York which released 4 out of 4 sails on Saturday along with boating one Dorado for lunch on the way out for sails, on Sunday they released 3 yellowfin tuna along with other meat fish.
For those anglers planning to come down to Guatemala and fish with us, please make your reservations soon as our calendar is filling up fast.
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Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 21, 2006 - 7:32 am: | |
This fishing report is for the week ending 08-20-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week ranged from 30 miles to as far as 40 miles. Seas started out fairly nice ranging between 1 to 3ft at the start of the week. However, on Saturday caused by a storm, seas were as high as 6ft. However, on Sunday clam seas were once again the norm.
This week saw fair results with boats reporting raises in the low single digits,with releases also in the single digits. Once again there were lots of Dorado and yellowfin tuna to be had. On Saturday and Sunday we had the Mark Hill party which released 3 out of 4 sails and on Sunday released 2 sails, boated 6 dorado and after a 1 hour fight released a nice 400 to 450lb. Blue Marlin, nice fishing guys.
We are very happy to announce that we have a new addition to the GreatSailfishing fleet - a widebody 38ft Bertram Convertible sportfisher. She has a 14.5ft beam - so lots of space in a huge cockpit for when the action gets frantic - and a beautiful fully refurbished Release fighting chair.
As soon as you walk on the dock, the boat stands out because of its triple-spreader Lee snr outriggers and the classic Bertam profile. Inside is fully airconditioned for your comfort when underway.......and in case you need it, a little rest and relaxation on the way back to the dock in the evening.
With the arrival of this vessel, The Great Sailfishing Company is now able to offer a complete range of Bertam vessels from 28ft to 38ft to accommodate your party.
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Best regards and tight lines,
Jim, Kevin, Carlos and Les |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 07, 2006 - 4:06 pm: | |
This fishing report is for the week ending 08-06-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week ranged from 35 miles to as far as 50 miles. Seas started out fairly nice ranging between 1 to 3ft at the start of the week. However, by mid-week caused by a storm seas were as high as 6ft. We had a charter on Thursday that had to turn around because of these high seas. By the weekend clam seas were enjoyed by several parties. This week skies ranged from cloudy at the beginning of the week with overcast/cloudy days by weeks end. Some nights saw downpours. Most days started with light breezes in the mornings which picked up in the afternoons.
This week saw fair results with boats reporting raises in the mid to high teens with releases in the mid to high single digits. Once again there were lots of Dorado and yellowfin tuna to be had. At the start of the week few sportfishing boats ventured out and by mid-week those that tried turned around. This past Saturday our company hosted two charters. Our boat the Joint Venture along with the La Piragua entertained a large group from Banco Industrial. They reported
raises in the mid-teens and released 5 sails on the Joint Venture and 8 sails on the La Piragua. Both boats reported boating 10 and 9 dorado respectfully, could have been more but they didn't leave the dock until 9:30A.M.(our boats usually depart between 7:00 to 7:30A.M.).
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Best regards and tight lines,
Jim, Kevin, Carlos and Les |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 31, 2006 - 6:56 am: | |
This fishing report is for the week ending 07-30-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week ranged from 35 miles to as far as 50 miles. Seas started out fairly high ranging between 3 to 4ft at the start of the week caused by several storms that hit the coast. However, clam seas were enjoyed by the weekend.This week skies ranged from cloudy/rain at the beginning of the week with overcast/cloudy days at weeks end. Most nights saw heavy downpours. Most days started with light breezes in the mornings which picked up in the afternoons.
This week saw fair results with boats reporting raises in the low to mid teens with releases in the single digits. The good news is that there were lots of Dorado and yellowfin tuna to be had. At the start of the week few sportfishing boats ventured out,with most of the bill-fishing on the weekend. Our boat the Joint Venture hosted a group along with our partners Jim Phillips and Kevin Styles. They reported 14 raises on Sunday which resulted in 2 sails released on the fly and two on conventionial along with 8 yellowfin tuna. Kevin explained that they could have caught a lot more tuna but stopped after 8 in search of the sails. On Saturday the Stragos came upon some floating structures which resulted in boating 75 Dorado.
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Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 5:57 am: | |
This fishing report is for the week ending 07-09-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week have have remained from as close as 16 miles to as far as 35 miles. Seas continue to be mild ranging between 1 to 2ft to moderate at 3ft. This week skies ranged from partly
cloudy to overcast/cloudy days, with a few days bringing light to moderate rains during the day and a few nights with heavy downpours.Most days started with light breezes in the mornings and picking up in the afternoons.
This week again saw some good results with boats
reporting releases in the mid single digits to low double digits, one sportfishermen reported 12 releases out of 20 bites. Another had 4 releases on the fly. Once again few sportfishing boats ventured out midweek with most of the bill-fishing on the weekend. Our boat the Joint Venture had a local charter with the clients
wanting to target meat fish. They were rewarded with 12 dorado in the 7 to 12lb. class, 3 Yellow-fin tuna ranging from 10 to 15lbs. along with releasing 3 sails.
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Best regards and tight lines,
Jim, Kevin, Carlos and Les |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 03, 2006 - 7:24 am: | |
This fishing report is for the week ending 07-02-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week have ranged from as close as 16 miles to as far as 35 miles. Seas this week have been mild ranging between 1 to 2ft to moderate at 3ft. This week skies ranged from cloudly to overcast days, with some days bringing light to moderate rains during the day and a few nights with heavy downpours.Most days started with no wind in the mornings and moderate breezes in the afternoons.
This week saw good results with boats reporting releases in the mid single digits to low double digits. However,few sportfishing boats ventured out midweek with most of the billfishing on the weekend. Our boat the Joint Venture released 7 out of 12 sails on Saturday on conventional tackle along with a few dorado before returning early. Those boats that went out for mainly dorado we reporting very good results beginning at the 16 mile mark.
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Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 26, 2006 - 4:13 am: | |
This fishing report is for the week ending 06-25-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week have ranged from as close as 15 miles to as far as 40 miles. Seas this week have been mild ranging between 1 to 2ft to moderate at 3ft. This week skies ranged from cloudly to overcast days, with some days bringing light rains;however there as been a few nights with heavy downpours.Most days started with no to light breezes in the mornings and moderate breezes in the afternoons.
This week saw fair results with boats reporting releases in the low to mid single digits. Most boats reported 3 to 7 sailfish releases on conventional tackle. Once again there were Blue Marlin in the spread. On Monday our boat the Joint Venture hooked up a 450lb. class blue but after a short fight the hook came loose from the bill. One other boat this week did manage to release two blues. Those boats that went out for dorado were rewarded with lots of them in the 7 to 15lb. class beginning at the 15 mile mark.
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Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, June 18, 2006 - 3:11 pm: | |
This fishing report is for the week ending 06-18-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala. The fishing grounds for this past week have ranged from as ranged from 20 miles to as far as 40 miles. Seas this week have varied from mild ranging between 1 to 2ft to moderate 2 to 3ft seas. This week skies ranged from sunny to overcast days, with a some days bringing light rains; however there as been some nights with light to moderate downpours. Most days started with no to light wind in the mornings to light / moderate winds in the afternoons, same as the past two weeks.
This week saw fair to good results with boats reporting releases in the low single digits to low double digits. This week we were happy to host the Jay Halpenny party from Canada. Their first day (Tuesday) saw only fair results with releasing 3 sails out of 7 bites and 6 Dorado. One Wednesday they had a good days fishing releasing 11 sails out of 20 bites and also boating 20 Dorado. On Thursday they also had another good days fishing with releasing 9 sails out of 14 bites. All on conventional tackle.
On Friday we welcomed the arrival of Sam Swisher and his son out of Boston. Their first days fishing was on Saturday and they were great releasing 5 sails and TWO Blue Marlin,the first marlin (estimated at 300lbs.) first appeared off of the left teaser. With the marlin rig in hand (Penn International 11 50 wide with 50lb line mated to a tournament graphite rod) the fight was on. About one hour later another marlin again appeared off of the left teaser, estimated at about 200lb. Sam’s son chose light tackle and the fight began, about 1 ˝ hours of a great fight the marlin was in and released. Both of the Swishers had smiles and explained that they were their 1st marlins and on the same day. Today (Sunday) saw another good day with 3 sails being released and another Blue Marlin in the 200lb. Class. That’s right, 3 marlin in two days with another day to go.
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Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 12, 2006 - 6:46 am: | |
This fishing report is for the week ending 06-12-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week have ranged from as close as 10 miles to as far as 15+ miles. Seas this week have varied from mild ranging between 2 to 2ft to moderate 2 to 4ft seas. This week skies ranged from sunny to overcast days, with a some days bringing light rains;however there as been some nights with heavy downpours.Most days started with no to light wind in the mornings to light / moderate winds in the afternoons,same as the past week.The week started out with fair results with boats reporting releases in the low to high single digits but this weeks end saw only poor releases in the low single digits on conventional tackle.The silver linings is that most boats going out this week caught 5 to 8 dorado's and some boats also caught a few yellow-tail and black tuna.To register for our weekly fishing report and other information please click here : http://www.greatsailfishing.com/en/register.html or act us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com As always our reports tell it as it is. |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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This fishing report is for the week ending 06-04-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week have ranged from as close as 12 miles to as far as 30+ miles. Seas this week have been light ranging between 2 to 4ft. This week skies ranged from sunny to overcast days, with a few bringing light rain.Most days started with no to light wind in the mornings to light / moderate winds in the afternoons.The week started out with fair to good results with boats reporting releases in the high single digits to mid twenties on conventional tackle.Fly fishermen were releasing their sails in the low to mid single digits.Unlike the past week these results maintained themselves thoughout the week.On Friday the La Piragua released 25 sails.There's more good news in that the marlin bite still is active with a couple of releases being reported over the past two weeks.For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for June. |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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This fishing report is for the week ending 05-21-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week have ranged from as little as 10 miles to as far as 30+ miles. Seas this week have been moderate ranging between 2 to 5ft. with cloudy or rainy days plus light to moderate winds.The week started out with poor to fair results with boats reporting releases in the low to mid single digits.Mid week found results acceptable with boats reporting releases in the 8 to 12 digit range.However,by Friday the fishing had once again really slowed down to the very low single digits but the marlin bite still is active with the La Sirena releasing a 200lb marlin - On the Fly and the first of the Yellowfin tuna is starting to appear.Today Sunday 05-21-06 the fishing again is picking up,our boat the Joint Venture (35ft.Bertram)released 4 sails,one 400lb.Blue Marlin and a 10 lb. Yellowfin Tuna.For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for May and June. |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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This fishing report is for the past eight days ending 05-14-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for these past days have ranged from as little as 15 miles to as far as 30+ miles. Seas at the beginning of the week have been mild ranging between 1 to 3ft.with sunny days and little wind.However,Saturday night brought in heavy rains with some easterly winds causing some moderate chop. The fishing has been very good to good as Guatemala standards go with those fishing conventional releasing between 10 to 38+ sails per day (the norm was in the low-twenties) with 15 to over 50 raises.On Friday our boat the Joint Venture released 38 sails.In shore fishing has cooled off when compared to the previous week along with the previous weeks Marlin bite.For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for April and May. |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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Marlin,Marlin and more Marlin!!!!!
This fishing report is for the week ending 05-06-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this week has ranged from 20 to as far as 30+ miles. Seas have been mild ranging between 1 to 3ft.with sunny days and little wind. The fishing has been fair to good as Guatemala standards go with fly anglers averaging in the low to mid single digits.Those fishing conventional were releasing between 8 to 12 sails per day with 15-20 raises.But the good news is that all of the boats that went out this week have had marlin bites or released one or more Blue Marlins.Our last count totaled 9 marlin releases this week.Today our 35ft.Bertram The Joint Venture released 10 sails,one 225-250lb Blue Marlin and a few dorados. In shore fishing has continued to be good.For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for April and May. |
kevin styles (Marlinkjs)
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This fishing report is for the week ending 04-30-06
and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which
operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The
fishing grounds for this week has ranged from 20 to as
far as 40+ miles. Seas have ranged between 1 to 3ft.
with overcast days and some rain. The fishing has been
fair to good as Guatemala standards go with fly
anglers averaging in the low to mid single digits.
Those fishing conventional were releasing between 10
to 15 per day with 20-30 Sailfish raised per day.
In shore fishing has been good.On
Wednesday one of our clients was rewarded by
catching this years largest Wahoo that weighed in at
62lbs.Along with the Wahoo John aboard our Joint
Venture (35ft.Bertram) caught 6 nice Cero Mackerel and
one jack.For more info. contact us at
greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at
www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free
fly-fishing special for April and May. |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 5:13 am: | |
This fishing report is for the week ending 04-30-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this week has ranged from 20 to as far as 40+ miles. Seas have ranged between 1 to 3ft. with overcast days and some rain. The fishing has been fair to good as Guatemala standards go with fly anglers averaging in the low to mid single digits. Those fishing conventional were releasing between 10 to 15 per day. In shore fishing has been good.On Wednesday John Dobson from Yellowdog Fishing Adventures went inshore fishing,he was rewarded by catching this years largest Wahoo that weighed in at 62lbs.Along with the Wahoo John aboard our Joint Venture (35ft.Bertram) caught 6 nice Cero Macheral and one jack.For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for April and May. |
Gary Graham (Bajafly)
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As the season winds down, the few boats going out are still finding decent action. Everyone one agrees that 2006 will go down in history as an extraordinary season even by Guatemala standards.
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 79- 84
Humidity 94%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Thunderstorms
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 5:42 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:19 p.m. CST |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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This fishing report is for the week ending 04-23-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for these past days have ranged from 15 to as far as 40+ miles. Seas have ranged between 1 to 3ft. with overcast days. The fishing was fair as Guatemala standards go with fly anglers averaging in the low to mid single digits. Those fishing conventional were averaging mid single digits to as high as 25 early in the week. In shore fishing has picked up,yesterday (Sunday) one of our boats caught 11 jacks,12 Sierra Mackarel and a nice 35lb Rooster-fish.We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted several professional fly fishing guides who released 4 on the fly Saturday and 2 on Sunday,on both days the Joint Venture raised 20 sails getting 8 bites.For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for April and May. |
Gary Graham (Bajafly)
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Sketchy reports seem to indicate that the season seems to be winding down from a client perspective. Most of the action is outside of 18 miles with double digit action for the few boats making the run.
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 75- 84
Humidity 94%
Wind: NW 8 mph
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 5:45 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:17 p.m. CST |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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This fishing report is for the week ending 04-14-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week ranged from 15 to as far as 35+ miles. This past week saw Guatemala's average seas which range between 1 to 2ft. The fishing was fair as Guatemala standards go with conventional still in the mid single digits to mid twenties.We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted several groups, one of our groups released 8,11 and 14 sails(Sat,Sunday,Monday)on our 35ft. Bertram the Joint Venture.Hugo Morales went inshore fishing on Wednesday and caught several large jacks,two large Roosterfish and other inshore fish.For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for April and May. |
neal goodrich (Captainneal)
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First week in April, Mosquito Lagoon
Here it is April already and the fishing is good. The Speckeled Trout have been bitting good and there are some nice sized ones,running 12-23 inches. You can also expect to catch 15-25 shorts each trip out. There are still some 15-17 inch Redfish around and you can expect to catch up to 20 of them each trip. There are some large Reds in the mix as well.
Berkley Gulp has been working great on both the reds and trout! Gold spoons have also been good. There is still at least one school of big black drum around the Haulover Canal and the Port St. John power plant. The power plant also has a lot of Jacks and some small Tarpon directly offshore.
I had two young men and their dad out earlier this week, and there is nothing like watching an eight-year old catch a 23 inch trout. His eyes lit up and his face turned into a great big smile. He was laughing and yelling to beat the band. It's worth the effort to take a kid fishing. Try it if you have the chance.
Let's talk a little about fishing ettiquite; I don't want to step on anyone's toes and far be it from me to start preaching... but I was raised to respect the rights of every fisherman on the water. A little courtesy never hurt anyone and it sure makes for better fishing all around. If you see someone anchored and fishing in one spot give them some room. Don't crowd right in on top of them. Keep enough distance between you so each of you can cast toward each other and not get you lines tangled. Both of you will catch more fish and have a better day.
Good fishing to you all!
Captain Neal Goodrich
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CaptainNeal@fishingfrenzy.org
386-690-0473 |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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This fishing report is for the week ending 04-07-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for these past week ranged from 10 to as far as 35+ miles. This past week saw some moderate seas in the 3 to 4ft.class at the first of the week which caused some anglers to return early with the week ending in calm seas. The fishing was slow as Guatemala standards go with conventional still in the low single digits to mid teens.We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted a few several parties day charters with results as discriped above,which was par for most of the fleet.For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for April and May. |
Gary Graham (Bajafly)
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The record-breaking catches seen during March madness in Guatemala is over with new records set. There are enough stories to dominate Happy Hours wherever fishermen gather for sometime. April began with the fish being less concentrated as they spread out looking for bait. There was consistent action beginning at 20 miles for both sails and an occasional marlin in calm seas.
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 70- 84
Humidity 94%
Wind: N 4 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 5:54 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:15 p.m. CST |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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This fishing report is for two weeks ending 03-31-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for these past two week ranged from 15 to as far as 45+ miles. This past week saw some rough seas in the 6 to 8ft.class which caused some anglers to return early. The fishing was slow as Guatemala standards go with conventional in the low single digits to mid teens. Those who fished on the fly even saw some days with no releases on few bites.We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted several parties / day charters with results as discriped above.For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for April and May. |
Gary Graham (Bajafly)
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No Report Received this week – Last week’s report repeated
As expected, the WFO action couldn't go on indefinitely. This week, the catches were still in the low double digits as the sailfish scattered in search of bait. The acres of small baitfish that had been reported for the past few weeks seemed to have disappeared leaving no other choice than to resort to more exploring. The fleet did find action anywhere from 15 to as far as 45 miles offshore as the boats spread out in search of herds of sailfish seen in the previous week. You can imagine how many times this week’s visitors heard, “You should have been here last week!”
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 72- 84
Humidity 94%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 5:59 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:15 p.m. CST |
Gary Graham (Bajafly)
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San Jose, Guatemala
As expected, the WFO action couldn't go on indefinitely. This week, the catches were still in the low double digits as the sailfish scattered in search of bait. The acres of small baitfish that had been reported for the past few weeks seemed to have disappeared leaving no other choice than to resort to more exploring. The fleet did find action anywhere from 15 to as far as 45 miles offshore as the boats spread out in search of herds of sailfish seen in the previous week. You can imagine how many times this week’s visitors heard, “You should have been here last week!”
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 72- 84
Humidity 94%
Wind: ENE 15 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:03 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:14 p.m. CST |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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This fishing report is for the week ending 03-18-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week has stayed in the 20 to 35 miles range with calm days and fairly flat seas for the first part of the day and with late afternoon winds causing lite to moderate chop. This week saw most boats releasing sails in the mid twenties into the mid double digits on conventional. Still great fishing by most anyones standards but it did cool down compared to last weeks sizzling results.We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted several parties / day charters including the Dr.Cimino party that released 35 sails on Friday and 33 yesterday(note:they were hooking-up most of their own sails).At the first of the week Sunday April 12th,the McFadden party released 77 on conventional which made their total over two days 136 on conventional and another 6 on the fly.Yesterday one of our day charters released 17 on the fly fishing on the Tranquility and our charter on the Stragos released 41 on conventional,also on Saturday April 18th.For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for April and May. |
Gary Graham (Bajafly)
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Adios Whales . . . Sailfish Records Smashed
REPORT #1002. “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 03/18/06
San Jose, Guatemala
This was the week that was and will be remembered for a long time. Sailfish action exploded, reports of sailfish everywhere was the norm for the past week, allowing fleet records, boat records and personal bests to be smashed during the week. Will it continue, Quien Sabe? It is safe to say this week will be remembered for a long time – maybe forever! – and the bar for high boat counts and personal catch records has been raised significantly. Guatemala continues to demonstrate why it is considered the destination to deliver the highest volume of sailfish.
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Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 80- 82
Humidity 100%
Wind: SW 4 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:08 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:13 p.m. CST |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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The correct date for the below fishing report is March 11,2006 Sorry for the fat thumb. |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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GUATAMALA RED RED RED HOT - BEST DAY EVER
This fishing report for the week ending 04-11-06 is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for the past week ranged between 18 to 30 miles with calm days and fairly flat seas with late afternoon winds causing some chop. This week saw most boats releasing sails in the mid twenties into the high double digits WITH ONE BOAT REPORTING OVER 100.Today it looks like another world record for most sails on conventional was set.This week saw the fishing going from hot to todays red hot / sizzling. We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted several parties / day charters including the Harry party that released 39 sails on Wednesday and 49 on Friday. Today the McFadden party released 59 on conventional and another 6 on the fly.All of our parties enjoy the comforts of The Joint Venture 35ft.Bertram with hot morning coffee and hot lunches,fresh fruit,snacks and real cold beer.Also the first part of this week saw Marlins in the spread on three different days with 3 hook-ups releasing one 300lb and one 400lb Blue Marlin great job Mr.Herdon.For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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MARLINS HOT FOR GUATEMALA
OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS THE JOINT VENTURE HAS HAD THREE MARLINS IN THE SPREAD AND YESTERDAY BOATED A 300LB BLUE AND TODAY BOATED A 400LB BLUE along with lots of sails and a few dorado.Along with the Joint Venture the Release boated a Blue Marlin yesterday. |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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This fishing report for two weeks ending 04-04-06 is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing for the past two weeks ranged between 13 to 25 miles with calm days / flat seas and late afternoon winds causing chop. At the first of the past two weeks fishing was only fair with most boats boating sails in the single digits to low teens on conventional tackle and between 1 to 4 sails on the fly.However,this past week the fishing went from fair to good with most boats in the mid teens to mid-twenties on conventional and low single digits on fly (3 to 7). We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted several parties / day charters including the LUC VAN GIJSEL,HERDON and STYLES parties on our 35ft Bertram The Joint Venture.The Herdon party averaged 19 sails per day,the Styles party 14 per day on their last 3 days. All three of these parties enjoyed the comforts of The Joint Venture with hot morning coffee and hot lunches,fresh fruit,snacks and real cold beer.Also,this week saw Marlins in the spread on four different days with 3 hook-ups.For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com |
Gary Graham (Bajafly)
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Marlin, not what you would expect to hear from Guatemala, but true. The past few days have shown the fleet raising 8 to 10 marlin a day! These are mostly little blues in the 150- to 200-pound range, though three nice fish have been seen. The sails are here, but are decidedly un-aggressive as huge schools of bait are everywhere.
Jonathan Nicholas owner/operator of “Man of War”
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 75- 84
Humidity 94%
Wind: S 4 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:17 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:12 p.m. CST |
Gary Graham (Bajafly)
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Early in the week the wind blew all night and Monday morning the fleet was greeted with grumpy seas and the prospects of it getting worse before it got better. By late Monday afternoon the seas had subsided and the sun was shining bright.
Chris Pearson, from Boise, Idaho and Jack Balch, Fremont, Calif., wrapped up their trip early this week calling it one of the most intense fishing trips of their collective lives. While the action was slower than usual for Guatemala they considered the trip a complete success. In the four days they raised 47 sails, cast to 27 and landed 11. During their entire trip they never were out further than 24 miles and had excellent weather except for Monday. Chris had never landed a sailfish before so he was thrilled with the results. Jack a seasoned veteran having fished with us once before demonstrated what he had learned on his previous trip out fishing his buddy Chris by one sail caught in the final few minutes of the trip. Fly selection was pretty basic with pink poppers being the definite winner for the guys on this trip.
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 63- 84
Humidity 94%
Wind: SSW 6 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:25 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:09 p.m. CST |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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This fishing report for week ending 02-18-06 is
prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which
operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing this week ranged between 13 to 25 miles with calm days / flat seas and late afternoon winds causing chop. At the first of the week fishing was very good with most boats boating sails in the low twenties to low 30's on conventional tackle and between 3 to 8 sails on the fly.However,latter in the week the fishing did slow down a with most boats in the mid to high single digits on conventional and low single digits on fly. We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted the Mike Murphy party out of New Jersey on our 35ft. Bertram The Joint Venture,they boated a total of 44 sails over two days and then played two nice rounds of golf the following two days before departing to stateside this coming Monday.We also hosted the Overstreet party out of Chicago who boated 14 sails their 1st. day and 7 on their 2nd. Oh,yes they hooked up their own sails. Nice job and let us not forget a local charter of 5 new medical school grads who boated 22.For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 6:07 am: | |
This fishing report for week ending 02-10-06 is
prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which
operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The blue water for this week is still averaging between 12 to as far as 30 miles,with calm days and mild seas at the start of the week which turned to gusty winds with choppy seas Wednesday,Thursday and Friday.This week started out with most boats boating sails on conventional tackle in the high teens to low 30's and fly fisher-persons in the 2 to 8 sails per day range. Thursday and Friday saw a decline due to choppy seas and green water.We at the Great Sailfishing Company had three parties of fly-fisherman / conventional fishermen.The Cowen pary fishing on our boat the Joint Venture,35ft.Bertram, boated 60 sails over 3 days along with a few nice size dorado.For more information,please e-mail us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our web-site at http://www.greatsailfish.com |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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This fishing report for week ending 02-10-06 is
prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which
operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The blue water for this week is still averaging between 12 to as far as 30 miles,with calm days and mild seas at the start of the week which turned to gusty winds with choppy seas Wednesday,Thursday and Friday.This week started out with most boats boating sails on conventional tackle in the high teens to low 30's and fly fisher-persons in the 2 to 8 sails per day range. Thursday and Friday saw a decline due to choppy seas and green water.We at the Great Sailfishing Company had three parties of fly-fisherman / conventional fishermen.The Cowen pary fishing on our boat the Joint Venture,35ft.Bertram, boated 60 sails over 3 days.For more information,please e-mail us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our web-site at http://www.greatsailfish.com |
Gary Graham (Bajafly)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 9:12 am: | |
Action was hit or miss this week with more fish beginning to show later in the week. Chris Pearson, from Boise, Idaho and Jack Baltch, Fremont, Calif., after a slow start in the morning with more misses than hits, came up with a strong finish in the afternoon with Chris catching his first sailfish ever. Jack, not to be outdone, added to his total with the first one of the trip late in the day. Lots of high fives and more than a little bit of Guatemalan rum in the bar. With three days to go, it could get interesting tomorrow.
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 70- 82
Humidity 94%
Wind: SE 8 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:30 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:04 p.m. CST |
Gary Graham (Bajafly)
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REPORT #996. “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 02/04/06
Plan on something between one-half to 1-˝ hours to get to the fishing grounds as the blue water moves in and out between 12 to as far as 30 miles. They’re experiencing calm seas in the morning and wind at your back in the afternoon. The fleet has been reporting fair action early in the week that improved to good action for everyone by week’s end. In addition to the sailfish, there were also a few dorado in the 20 pound class.
I will be heading down mid-week and can’t wait to be back on the water. If you want to see what kind of action I am looking for, here’s a video to get you in the mood.
http://www.youtube.com/w/?v=t7-kl8THUmU
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 70- 82
Humidity 94%
Wind: SE 8 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:30 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:04 p.m. CST |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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This fishing report for week ending 02-03-06 is
prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which
operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The blue water for this week has been averaging between 12 to as far as 30 miles with calm days and mild seas but with late afternoon winds. This week started the Guatemala National Tury with 20 boats and the action has been good. The daily average for the week has been in the low teens to mid 20's with the La Serina boating 37 and The Release boating 44,both yesterday.We at the Great Sailfishing Company have had three parties of fly-fisherman who have been boating between 2 to 6 sails per day along with one or two dorado and in the 20's on conventional.For more information,please e-mail us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our web-site at http://www.greatsailfish.com |
Gary Graham (Bajafly)
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The trick this week was to find the blue water, which seemed to moving around. The calm seas made it easier for the fleet to spread out and search for the action anywhere from eight to 35 miles. Early in the week, there was more seeking than catching! By mid-week the captains had narrowed down the area and everyone’s results improved and double digit scores were not uncommon. With an occasional blue marlin and some fat dorado for variety, everyone had plenty to talk about over fresh dorado hors d'oeuvres at happy hour.
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 68- 80
Humidity 100%
Wind: SE 8 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:31 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:01 p.m. CST |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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This fishing report for week ending 01-28-06 is
prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which
operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The blue water for this week has been averaging between 8 to as far as 35 miles with calm days and mild seas but with late afternoon winds. The week begin with only fair results but started heating up on Wednesday with most boats averaging in the low double digits and by Friday 15 to 20 releases on conventional tackel was the norm and don't let me forget about the marlin and dorado bite. There were over 3 nice blue marlin releases and some real nice bull dorado in the 40 to 50lb class. We at the Great Sailfishing Company had a busy week with over 30 charters and thank you all for your support.For more information,please e-mail us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our web-site at http://www.greatsailfish.com |
Gary Graham (Bajafly)
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With the fleet spreading out and a few boats traveling out 40 miles – most pulling the throttles back at 10 miles or less – the fishing has not been terrific this week. Single digits were the norm with very few exceptions. When the sails did appear in the pattern, they were pretty lethargic and tough to get to take a fly. A few boats did locate a school of porpoise and did well on yellowfin tuna. While the fishing was not up to the usual Guatemala standards, the weather was calm seas and clear skies.
Les Kagel
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 66- 84
Humidity 100%
Wind: SE 8 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:31 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:57 p.m. CST |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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This fishing report for week ending 01-14-05 is
prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which
operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The blue water for this week has been averaging between 5 to as far as 25 miles with calm days and mild seas.The local fleet has been reporting only fair to good numbers of 7 to 12 sails releases per day on conventional tackle and between 2 to 8 sails on the fly.Our guests fishing on the Tranquility for 4 days had 6 sails on the fly Monday,7 on the Fly Tuesday,3 on the Fly Wednesday and 7 on the Fly Thursday.The fishing seems to have lightened up on Friday and Saturday with boats reporting releases on conventionial tackle ranging from 2 to 11 releases.For more information,please e-mail us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our web-site at http://www.greatsailfish.com |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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This fishing report for week ending 01-07-05 is
prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which
operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The blue water for this week has been averaging between 20 to as far as 45 miles with calm days and mild seas until Saturday which had high winds forcing the fleet to return early. The local fleet has been reporting only fair numbers of 6 to 12 sails releases per day on conventional tackle and between 1 to 6 sails on the fly. The boats have also been reporting some good size dorado's caught each day which helped take some of the pain of only fair numbers during the week. Our guests fishing on the Bora-Bora for 3 days and the Stragos for 2 days released a total of 30 sails on the fly,1 rooster-fish and 1 jack on the fly with some dorado on spinning.Our guests on the Tranquility boated 6 sails and 6 dorados on Wednesday,6 sails and 1 dorado on Thursday and ending their 3 days with 9 sails / 1 dorado on Friday.For more information,please e-mail us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our web-site at http://www.greatsailfish.com |
Gary Graham (Bajafly)
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The first week of 2006 really fizzled the first few days, maybe both the anglers and fish partied too hard welcoming in the New Year. Mid-week, the fishing began to get its groove back providing enough action to keep bars buzzing at Happy Hour. In addition to the customary sailfish bite, there were just enough blue marlin to make the angler think about which rod to grab. There were even a few fat dorado streaking into the pattern with a gold and turquoise flash to confuse the game plan further.
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 66- 80
Humidity 68%
Wind: NE 17 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 6:29 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:50 p.m. CST |
Gary Graham (Bajafly)
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2005 finished up with a bang with most boats finding fast-paced action. The blue water for this week has been averaging between 17 to 30 miles with calm days and flat seas. Many boats reporting double digit releases. A blue marlin pop this week had the crews scrambling to figure out which gear to use. There also plenty of dorado in the 20 to 40 pound class and one boomer that tipped the scales at 50 pounds.
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 73- 82
Humidity 100%
Wind: SW 6 mph
Conditions: T Storms
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 6:26 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:46 p.m. CST |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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This fishing report for week ending 12-31-05 is
prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which
operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The blue water for this week has been averaging between 17 to 30 miles with calm days and mild seas The local fleet has been reporting nice robust numbers of 10 to 28 sail releases per day on conventional tackle and between 6 to 12 sails on the fly. The boats have also been reporting some good size bull dorado's caught each day. Our guests fishing on the Stragos, a 31ft. Bertram, released 6 on the fly on Thursday and 10,on the fly, (using The Great Sailfishing Company supplied gear) yesterday. On the Bora-Bora, a 37ft. Hatteras, both on Tuesday and Wednesday saw 15 sails released on conventional and add another two on the fly to that Wednesday number along with some size bull dorados. One of those 4 bull dorados came close to 50lbs.Today both the Bora-Bora and the Tranquility, a 31ft. Bertram,are out and the conditions look good.For more information,please e-mail us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our web-site at http://www.greatsailfish |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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This fishing report for week ending 12-24-05 is
prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which
operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The blue water for this week has been averaging between 20 to 35 miles with calm days and mild seas The local fleet has been reporting around 15 sail releases per day on conventional tackle and between 4 to 8 sails on the fly. The boats have also been reporting a few dorado caught each day. Our guests Mr.Wern Blasaditsch and Rodolf Hotter from Germany released 8 sails,on the fly,on their last day before returning to Germany on Monday. They went out on the Tranquility a 31ft. Bertram and both agreed that Guatemala is for real.On Friday 12/23/05 our day charter on the Tranquility released 9 sails on conventionial and 4 30lb. class dorados before returning early.For more information,please e-mail us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our web-site at http://www.greatsailfishing.com |
Gary Graham (Bajafly)
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As 2005 season winds down, the chatter on the dock is about another great season that once again confirms the fact Guatemala offers some of the finest sail fishing in the world. With most of the action within an hour or so of the dock – and calm seas – it looks like the season will go out with a bang; and, there could even be a few new season-totals records set. The local fleet, along with a few yachts that arrived recently, have reported good to excellent fishing most of the week. With fishing like this, it’s hard to take time to get ready for another great Christmas in Guatemala.
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 68- 82
Humidity 94%
Wind: SW 6 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:23 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:42 p.m. CST |
Gary Graham (Bajafly)
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Action early in the week was a couple of clicks slow as boats scoured the waters 20- to 40-miles offshore for the mother lode. By mid-week, the herd was found and the action was cooking again. Mr. Wern Blasaditsch and Rodolf Hotter from Germany fishing on the Tranquility, a 31-foot Bertram, had better action each day as the week progressed. Their best day, they raised plenty of sails, releasing double digits all on the fly. Tom Pero, editor of Fish and Fly magazine and professional photographer Walter Hodges fished aboard the Maverick with Sailfish Bay owner Robert Fallon. Since neither had ever fly-fished for billfish before, there was a steep learning curve to deal with. By the end of the week, however, they both had notches on their flyrods for released sailfish; not to mention, plenty of photos and enough stories to impress their friends for some time to come. It will be interesting to see their take on Guatemala Sailfish on the Fly in Fish and Fly magazine some time next year.
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 80- 84
Humidity 79%
Wind: W 9 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:19 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:38 p.m. CST |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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This week ending 12-16-2005 we welcomed Mr.Wern Blasaditsch and Rodolf Hotter from Germany. They went out on the Tranquility 31ft. Bertram and on their first day released 8 sails on conventional, 3 on the fly along with a few dorados. On their 2nd day they released 6 on conventional and 8 on the fly and on their 3rd. day was solely fly-fishing and they released 10 on the fly on 15 bites. They have 3 more days of sportfishing and we will report on they next week.Most of the boats have been traveling between 20 to 40 miles and experiencing mild seas. Our new addition to the fleet is the Joint Venture a 35ft.Bertram she just arrived in Costa Rica and will be here in 3 days. She is roomy with a lot of cockpit space for fly-fishing and they are reporting that she just lays down the waves. For more information please e-mail us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our web-site at http://www.greatsailfishing.com |
Gary Graham (Bajafly)
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Recent reports this week are that the weather was absolutely perfect and the sailfish were ready to rock. Boats leaving the dock by 7 and began fishing around 9 a.m. It was teasers in the water and only a few minutes before the action began. A few of the boats reported double digit days with at least one doing it all on the fly.
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 80- 84
Humidity 79%
Wind: W 9 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:16 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:35 p.m. CST |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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For this week ending 12-10-2005 the seas have been calm in the mornings with winds picking up in the afternoons. The bluewater for this week has been found between 35 to 45 miles and the local fleet has been reporting 15 to 26 sails released on conventional tackle and between 4 to 8 sails released per day on the fly. The boats have also been reporting a few dorado caught each day.For more information,please e-mail us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our web-site at http://www.greatsailfishing.com |
Gary Graham (Bajafly)
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The blue water is out between 15 and 30 miles and fishing this week has slowed noticeably compared to last week. Boats averaged high single digit releases along with a fair dorado bite throughout the week.
Les Kagel
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 78- 84
Humidity 46%
Wind: SSE 7 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:12 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:33 p.m. CST |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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This fishing report for week ending 11-25-05 is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.
The 2005 Presidential
Challenge starting 11-19-05 and ending on the 21st. This years turny saw a lot of action with the two top boats releasing 39 sails and a marlin each,with one hour making the difference between 1st.and 2nd place. The action ranged between 20 to 40 miles with a couple of boats going as far as 50 miles on the last day. We weclomed Alex McCleod out of London,U.K. who joined us for 4 days of fly-fishing. Alex who had been fly-fishing in the past for sails had yet to boat one,Alex read that Guatemala held the worlds record for sailfish both with conventional tackle and on the fly. So after some reseach he booked his first trip to Guatemala.After boating 12 sails in four days with a few that got away Alex said ¨Guatemala is all that I have read about and it sure feels great when those dreams come true¨ Not only was Alex rewarded with 12 sails but several dorado on the fly as well. Alex fished on-board The Stragos 31ft.Bertram and fished between 20 to 25 miles. |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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This fishing report for week ending 10-18-05 is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.
As some prepare for the 2005 Presidential
Challenge starting 11-19-05 others have gone out to practice or just to enjoy Guatemala sportfishing. For those that did,the fishing grounds this week were only 15 to 17 miles out and for Guatemala standards that is good. They were also rewarded with some great fishing,one boat the Stragos (31ft.Bertram) on 11-17-05 had 45 raises/34 bites/25 sailfish releases/one small marlin release. The Stragos also reported keeping 3 nice size dorado. For the other
sportfishing cruisers that went out this week the
average was between 18 to 27 releases.We will have the results of this years Presidential Challenge within the next couple of weeks. For more information please contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our web-site @ http://www.greatsailfishing.com |
Gary Graham (Bajafly)
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The fishing for Guatemala this week went from BORING to WFO. Early in the week, boats were traveling 40 to 50 miles to find good action ranging from high single digits to mid-double digits with a few here and there on the fly. As the weekend approached, the fish moved half the distance to the beach ranging anywhere from 15 to 25 miles. The sailfish bite turned on and by all accounts the 2006 Season has begun! Boats were reporting an incredible number of the fish that Guatemala is famous for raised and caught. With even a few yellowfin tuna and dorado thrown in; it was a great start for a new season.
Les Kagel
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 78- 84
Humidity 84%
Wind: SW 4 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:02 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:32 p.m. CST |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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The fishing for Guatemala this week went from fair to hot. The week started with boats reporting from 9 to 15 sails released on conventional tackle and 2 to 3 on the fly. Also,the fishing has moved in from 40 to
50 miles last week to 20 to 25 miles at the start of this week. Today 11-10-05 the fishing turned hot with the Bolita 72ft. reporting 65 sails released on around 100 bites and another smaller craft reporting 34 releases,both of these using conventional gear. On the fly one boat reported releasing 5 sails. All of the
boats reported catching several dorado along with the sail releases.The blue water today was between 11 to 15 miles. For more info. please contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com and please visit our web-site at http://www.greatsailfishing.com |
Gary Graham (Bajafly)
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All the storm activity during the past month has driven the clean water forty to 50 miles offshore. While the fishing is good, it is not up to the usual level found in Guatemala. Sounds like there are few YFT and dorado mixed in as well.
While last month’s hurricane “Stan” left a mess in its wake, the area has bounced back quickly and the port is getting back to normal. While [resort hotel] Villas del Pacifico sustained some damage, they are cleaned up and back in operation.
Les Kagel
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 78- 84
Humidity 94%
Wind: SSW 4 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 5:59 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:34 p.m. CST |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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For this week ending 11-05-05 we had a group that went out fishing Tuesday,Wednesday and Thursday. The fishing was out between 40 and 50 miles and each day they had between 5 to 7 bites and released between one and two sails. For most boats that went out this week they had between 4 to 8 bites and released between 1 to 5 sails on conventional tackle. Most of the boats that went out this week also reported catching and keeping dorado and a few tuna. The water continues to improve each day from Hurricane Stan. As
far as conditions at the Villas del Pacifico Resort and our private houses they are fine,in fact,one would not know there was a flood if not told. In short,conditions at the port have returned to normal.For more info. e-mail us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our web-site at http://www.greatsailfishing.com |
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For the week ending 10-30-50 fishing is starting to pick-up as the debree from Hurricane Stan settles down. Our charter boats the Stragos and Tranquility went out three days this week and were releasing two to three sails per day plus a few dorado. On Saturday they did some inshore fishing and were rewarded with lots of jacks and red snapper.It will take a few more days before most of the debree from Stan will be gone. The boats were fishing between 40 and 47 miles for the sails,several other boats reported bites from blue marlin without any hook-ups.For more information e-mail us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our web-site at http://www.greatsailfishing.com and please remember that the Joint Venture 35ft.Bertram will be available for charters starting in Dec. |
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No Report received this week
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 79- 89
Humidity 100%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 5:57 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:36 p.m. CST |
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With all the recent storm activity, the water has be off-color and fishing has been tough. Everyone is hoping that the fringes of Wilma don’t extend the poor conditions. Activity should begin to pick up right after the first of the month as the fleet begins to ramp up for the upcoming season.
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Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 79- 89
Humidity 100%
Wind: W 11 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 5:55 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:39 p.m. CST
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There is still a lot of dirt in the water and it
will take a few more days before the fishing returns to normal. One local tour operator had a group that went out on Tuesday and Wednesday with only one sailfish being released on both days with a few dorado and their group canceled their final day which would have been on Thursday. It appears that several tour
operators are getting their boats ready for their
first incoming groups starting next week.We are all hoping that by then Guatemala's great fishing
conditions will have returned to normal. Our company just purchased a 35ft.Bertram out of Florida and she (Joint Venture) will be ready for charter on Dec.6th. 2005 Please check out our complete line of new fly-fishing rigs,we have also added several 8,9 and 10wt. rigs for dorado and inshore game-fish. Our web-site address is http://www.greatsailfishing.com or e-mail us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com |
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 8:49 am: | |
Because of the large clean-up effort after Hurricane Stan, no boats that went out. Also, it will take another week or so for all of the river runoff to get back to their usual levels, thus bringing the blue water back normal distances.
Les Kagel
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 77- 88
Humidity 70%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 5:54 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:44 p.m. CST |
Les Kagel (Greatsailfishing)
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To bring everyone up to speed,there has been some very heavy flooding to some parts of Puerto San Jose and Puerto Iztapa. A few of the private houses in the Villas del Pacifico Compound were flooded with two to three feet of water but most are OK. At the resort,a few large trees were fallen and some flooding to the employee quarters and parking lot but the resort is OK and ready for our clients.
Currently the roads to both the Villas and Marina Sol are closed but should open soon(they just opened yesterday). There were no boats reported fishing. A little note on the bright side,I was talking to one of our captains and he explained that several of the shrimp farms got flooded releasing tons of shrimp and a lot of the locals got their nets and caught a lot of shrimp. He said his family and friends had a real nice shrimp feed eventhough his house was flooded(a little silver lining). |
