Guatemala Fishing

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