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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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Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
Not quite natural disasters – but yet another volcano started to spew ash over the highlands of Guatemala this week – but it didn’t seem to interrupt the fishing.
high as 27,000 feet is an indicator of the potential of activity !
This constant seismic activity does not appear to have any significant impact on the fishing in Guatemala – even the large magnitude quake in March had no noticeable effect on the concentrations of billfish – seems like it is only us land dwellers that are effected by such things. The fishing although slower than a month ago, has remained quite consistent. Decent numbers of sailfish – but a LOT of Blue Marlin showing. Some days our boats have been reporting 3-5 raises of marlin for the day with perhaps one or two hookups. What has been noticeable however is how concentrated the fishing has been – most days the sportfishing fleet has ended up within a couple of miles of each other over concentrations of bait, but outside of that diameter, the pickings have been slim.
Natural bait was to be found in the City as well, with the Miss Universe regional competition coming to a climax this past weekend.Ms Alejandra Barillas was crowned as Miss Guatemala 2010 and will represent the country in the Miss Universe competition.
More information on current fishing conditions Here :
http://www.greatsailfishing.com/en/indexeng.php
Tags: fishing trip, guatemala fishing, guatemala fishing report, pez vela, volcano ash
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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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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
US Secretary of State visits Guatemala at the end of this week, the final stop of her Latin America tour. Unfortunately no time to try the fishing in Guatemala, but we are confident that she will still enjoy her visit. If you are planning a fishing trip to Guatemala, and are arriving anywhere around the time of the entourage, be prepared for some intesns securirt in and around Guatemala City.
Our advice is to head straight to the coast and get out fishing, not time to be trying to sightsee in either the capital or Antigua !
For our most recent fishing report click below :
http://www.greatsailfishing.com/en/weeklyfishing.htm
Tags: guatemala fishing, guatemala fishing report, hilary clinton, pez vela, sailfish
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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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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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Thursday, June 11th, 2009
Over the course of the years, I have heard many debates and even some arguments about whether the rain affects the fishing…………..positively or negatively. I guess my conclusion after listening and in some cases partaking in these debates is that “it depends”………………so it is with much of fishing, and with most of the variables involved. The weather offshore has been relatively kind. Some showers, even the odd thunderhead thrown in – but nothing good size sportfishing boats can’t handle with ease and almost comfort. The seas have been rolling as much as 4-6ft – which is unusual even for this time of year – but sometimes that is what it takes to literally “shake things up” and get the fish to bite. Our most recent trips have reported some great and consistent bites on BIG Blue Marlin. Our Blues generally average in the 300-450lb class……..but these have been averaging considerably more, maybe 500+ and as high as 650lbs or so.
read the full report here :
http://www.greatsailfishing.com/en/weeklyfishing.htm
Tags: black marlin, blue marlin, fishing guatemala, fishing trip, guatemala fishing, guatemala fishing report, the billfish foundation
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
And goodbye to the green – in our case it’s goodbye to the green water that has been hanging around for far too long ! We are pleased to report that that weather has been fine, the seas have been calm – and many a group recently has been experienceing some great (and consistent !) fishing down here in Pez Vela land – home to the greatest sailfishing in the world.
The Guatemala fishing has been improving steadily as the water has improved – raising once again good numbers of billfish each day. Still plenty of blue marlin around. For the complete weekly fishing report, or to register for our regular updates visit www.GreatSailfishing.com
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