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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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http://www.greatsailfishing.com/en/weeklyfishing.htm
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Saturday, March 7th, 2009
Mixed and unusual are two adjectives that come to mind. The fishing has been in general much less predictable than is usual or desirable – but we pride ourselves in telling it like it is.
We have sent our boats out up to sixty miles to try and find good blue water – and we have found it – but it is quite a drag out there (and in particular coming back !) for what has been only marginal better fishing than the whole fleet was experiencing much closer to home.
As we speak, the fishing has been improving significantly – with boats consistently picking up double digits. You can read our full fishing report here
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