Posts Tagged ‘fishing guatemala’
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
It does seem like this rainy season has been one of the longest and most persistent for many years in Guatemala. This hasn’t stopped us fishing of course, and in all clouds there is a silver lining, even if those clouds tend to be dark and rumbling in the distance !
The fishing has remained quite close in with boats finding good numbers of sailfish as close as fifteen miles from the Marina Pez Vela. Of course the crews would prefer to fish for food for the table particulalrly at this time of year, and so have been happy alsmost every day as we have come across lots of good sized mahi-mahi.
Sailfish are well known for their speed and fighting prowess, but there is little doubt that a hooked dorado can put up an equal fight – especially once they catch a glipse of the boat and perhaps realise what their prospects may be!
read our latest fishing report(s) here
www.greatsailfishing.com
Tags: billfishing, bluewater fishing, fishing guatemala, fishing trip, mahi mahi dorado, pez vela marina
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Monday, August 23rd, 2010
The rainy season in Guatemala which starts in June and continues until September brings with it some significant benefits for anglers visiting Guatemala. The rivers fill as the rainwater makes its way down from the highlands – and with it brings debris and material that flows out into the ocean. This debris – some pieces as large as treetrunks – get washed offshore and provide shelter for small fish that start the predatory food chain.
While Guatemala is renowned for its billfishin, the summer months bring the opportunity for great predator fishing – such as mahi mahi and wahoo as well. The floating logs and weed provide “targets” for the boats to fish – and often bringthe opportunity for some outstanding saltwater flyfishing as well.
The new Guatemala fishng season is nearly upon us, you can register here to read how we did last season and to signup for our latest fishing reports as the fishing season gets underway.
http://www.greatsailfishing.com
Tags: antigua guatemala, fishing guatemala, fishing trip, fly-fishing, guatemala city
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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
This was a fishing season in Guatemala that faced down many natural challenges – from volcanoes to earthquakes to floods at the tail end of the season.
Throughout it all pretty much we fished usccessfully – and although the climatic effects of the quakes were hard to predict, we were able to continue to raise fish and bring many to the boat throughout.
The weather was more difficult or less predictable than usual – with several cold fronts coming through the region in the peak fishing months of January and Febraury…….but again, the fishing recovered quickly and most days we continued to raise at least double digits of billfish for clients.
For a detailed and month by month summary of the season see here : http://www.greatsailfishing.com/en/SeasonSummary.html
Tags: billfishing, blue marlin, fishing guatemala, fishing trip, guatemala fishing report, pez vela, sailfish
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Despite some follow on tremors, the huge earthquake in Chile did not have any effect on the fishing in Guatemala. The boats went to sea in search of sailfish, but with a cautious eye towards the waves as the possibility of a rolling tsunami existed.
You may have read how the Hawaiian coastline was largely evacuated lest the wave came ashore. Being roughly in the path between the epicenter and Hawaii, we thought it prudent to at least move the boats from their moorings and set to sea ….. just in case. Of course the local captains had heard it all before and were slightly bemused by the whole thing, but better safe than sorry.
With some delight, minutes past the appointed hour for this huge wave to pass the latitude of the marina, the radios lit up with the chatter over channel 71 that the boats had been hit by a “massive wave” that was estimated at 1.5 feet. They were grinning when they came back to dock at the triumph of local knowledge over gringo science. Still better safe than sorry.
read the full report here :
http://www.greatsailfishing.com/en/weeklyfishing.htm
Tags: billfishing, fishing guatemala, guatemala earthquake, guatemala fishing report, pez vela, pez vela marina
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
It’s a great idea, who would have thought of that ? Including Guatemala Fishing as a test for the next Olympic sport could have mass appeal. Surely the 20 million fishermen who particiapte regularly can’t be wrong ? Just read our latest fishing report to see what we need to do and have fishing included in the next winter and summer games.
The fishing is great !
http://www.greatsailfishing.com/en/weeklyfishing.htm
Tags: billfishing, fishing guatemala, fishing trip, guatemala fishing report, guatemala fishing tournament, olympic sport, pez vela
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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
The month has started off well. Since the recent cold fronts blew them selves out, or at least blew themselves away, the fishing in Guatemala has improved significantly. There are many anglers who would regard the period around the full moon as a less productive time to fish, but in this case the common wisdom is that it is the return to a calmer weather pattern and wamer air pushing the blue water in that has mostly contributed to the improved fishing conditions. For our full report for the past week read here ==>>
http://www.greatsailfishing.com/en/weeklyfishing.htm
Tags: billfishing, bluewater fishing, fishing guatemala, Flyfishing, gibbous moon, pez vela
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Started the week of Jan 17th with some great Guatemala fishing – even better we welcomed back old friends the Graham party. They started with a vengeance and really didn’t stop – releasing over 100 sailfish over th course of 5 days. One of the fish in particular – we are awaiting the pictures – was estimated at 150 lbs, and on their last day released a sailfish of an estimated 130lbs on the fly.
The SST charts saved us a ton of fuel and our clients a ton of time searching for the blue water and finding the hot bite. The blue water was moving radicaly from day to day – see our full fishing report here :
http://www.greatsailfishing.com/en/weeklyfishing.htm
Tags: fishing guatemala, fishing trip, Flyfishing, guatemala fishing report, pez vela, sailfishing
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
When you are thinking of golf destinations, Guatemala may not be the first that comes to mind.
The country is home to five courses and to date has comfortably accommodated the country’s two thousand or so active players.
The most recent addition to this stable of International courses is La Reunion located just 11 miles outside the old capital and world heritage site of Antigua.
If you want to try your hand on this remarkable course perhaps as an “off” day from fishing in Guatemala, The GreatSailfishing Company is pleased to arrange tee times for you – and even has a selection of golf sets for you to choose from (it can be difficult to rent clubs in Guatemala), just ask and we will be happy to accommodate you !
The fishing this past week has ranged from outstanding to tough – as has the weather ! The storm that is now approaching the Gulf Coast has been busy pushing fronts across all of Central America – and Guatemala was quick to catch a cold ! Early in this past week we have been seeing days where 20-30 billfish raised was the norm – but as soon as the front and the weather came in, the seas built and unfortunately the fishing slowed. ……………………for the full golf and Guatemala fishing report visit www.fishing-guatemala.com
Tags: antigua guatemala, fishing guatemala, golf guatemala, guatemala fishing report, la reunion antigua, pez vela
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Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
Barry Jackson and Ron Corsan fished with us this week and had what has become a “typical” days fishing for recent weeks – raising 5 sailfish and lots of Dorado (even had a Wahoo in the mix !). They both hail from Texas and are avid redfishermen -so sails and wahoo was a high speed change for them ! They are down in Guatemala helping out on a mission to support an orphanage, but managed to find the time to spend a day with us at the coast fishing – we sent them home with a five gallon bucket of fresh fish to share at their table……………….for the full fishing report read here :
http://www.greatsailfishing.com/en/2008-9_Guatemala_Fishing_Report.html
Tags: fishing guatemala, guatemala fishing report, pez vela, sailfishing
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Greatsailfishing in Guatemala has launched a program to enable single anglers or small groups the opportunity to register and combine a trip with other similar minded anglers.
Frequently the cost of billfishing in Guatemala and other locales can become prohibitive when fishing alone. The only practical way to significantly reduce the individual cost is to find like minded fellow anglers to share a trip. This can be difficult, but Greatsailfishing is now trying to make it easy(er) – register for a trip and we will circulate dates that you can consider – if there is a match, we will attempt to “hook you up” with others and build a shared trip.
All anglers will benefit from their own bedroom (and usually a private bathroom) in one of our private villas. All meals, drinks and transfers are included.
For more and complete information visit :
http://www.greatsailfishing.com/en/guatemala_fishing_sharing.html
Tags: billfishing, costa rica fishing, fishing guatemala, pez vela, shared fishing trip, single angler
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