Posts Tagged ‘fishing trip’
Monday, January 16th, 2012
We were honoured to welcome the new President of Guatemala to Greatsailfishing recently. While the fishing trip did not raise our normal and recent productivity for sailfish, he was very happy to fill a cooler with Dorado and Tuna.
President Perez Molina was not able to spend the whole day fishing in Guatemala, and so we remained closer to shore, hoping to raise sailfish in the temperature breaks or around bait. Most billfishing this past week was out around 40 miles from shore, so we did not have tiume to Take President Perez Molina that far in pursuit of billfish – but we all had a great day and enjoyed meeting and fishing with him. Our full January Guatemala Fishing Report is here : http://www.greatsailfishing.com/Guatemala_Fishing_Report.php
Tags: fishing guatemala, fishing trip, Fishing Vacation, guatemala fishing report, President Perez Molina
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Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
The recent cold experienced in the US has been seen in Guatemala as well. Temperatures were in the 70′s this past week for groups fishing in Guatemala. The cooler temperatures and water pushing in have not effected the bite however, with lots of bait in the area the sailfish have been feeding aggressively.
Our boats have been fishing at about 20 miles from the dock where they have found enormous quantities of bait being corralled by hungry sailfish. This made the fishing frustrating at times – particulalrly for those fly-fishing for sailfish. Later in the day however, once the biat became more fragmented, there was lots of action, with boats raising multiple sailfish at the same time on both conventional and fly-fishing tackle.
our full report can be read here :
http://www.greatsailfishing.com/Guatemala_Fishing_Report.php
Tags: fishing trip, guatemala fishing, guatemala fishing report, pez vela marina, saltwater fly-fishing
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Friday, November 5th, 2010
After running several very successful shared fishing trips to Guatemala, we have now scheduled what is likely to be the final one of this coming season. The trip is planned for the weekend of March 26/27th 2011 and will include opportunites for both fly-fishing for sailfish and conventionak fishing for both sailfish and Blue Marlin. We will be fishing leading up to the new moon, which is often the peak time for raising sailfish as they tend to feed less at night and are more aggressive on the teasers during the day enabling the crew to raise fish within castin range for fly-fishing. Our past shared fishing trips to Guatemala have been well received and anglers have enjoyed some great fishing. The weather is typically warm with calm seas n March and April so a great opportunity to come down and experience the sailfishing capital !
Full information on the trip can be seen here :
http://www.greatsailfishing.com/guatemala_fishing_sharing.php
Tags: billfishing, fishing trip, fly-fishing sailfish, guatemala fishing
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Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
Every time I want to go somewhere, it seems that all of the cheap flights have disappeared!! Looking for flights for the upcoming peak fishing season in Guatemala however, we came across some great deals direct from Florida for as little as $39 each way.
The season for fishing in Guatemala is considered to be prime from November until May – with February and March being the peak monthns not so much becoase that is when the fishng is best (although that is the case…….) but because the weather in Guatemala is pleasant and warm – making a great break from the harsh winter further North.
If you are considering a trip for fishing in Guatemala, this is a great opportunity to manage it within a tight budget. More of our specials can be found here :
http://www.greatsailfishing.com/specials.php
Tags: aurora Guatemala, cheap Guatemala flights, fishing trip, guatemala fishing report, pez vela marina
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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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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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