Guatemala Fishing Report
 

         
 
Current Conditions Fishing Report 2006
     

Current Guatemala Pacific Coast Fishing Conditions
Pacific Coast sport-fishing report

Week ending December 30th 2006

This Guatemala fishing report is for the week ending December 30th 2006 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company operating out of the new Pez Vela Marina.

Well we allowed the fish a break to enjoy their Christmas – but started back straight away fishing on the 26th. They did seem a little sluggish after the festivities, but the sight of fresh ballyhoo just proved too much ……….and the bite showed as soon as we hit Bluewater at 12-15 miles from the dock. We welcomed the Lundgren party, and they started their trip with 9 nice Sailfish in the boat on “Boxing Day” as it is known in the UK . The weather was perfect with a light wind and enough of a chop on the water to make the teasers jump and hop in an
animated way.

You can see more pix from last weeks fishing here :

http://www.greatsailfishing.com/en/weeklyfishing.htm

The weather and the bite improved as the Lundgrens continued their trip – bringing 10 to the boat on their second day………and then really heating up with 16 caught on their third and final day. There has been more and more bait showing in recent days, and we are hopeful of a run of Blue Marlin as we progress through the full moon………….watch this space and we will report if/when it happens !

We wish all our clients, past, present and future a Happy New Year

Our very Best wishes : Les, Carlos, Kevin & Jim

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Week ending December 17th 2006

This Guatemala fishing report is for the week ending December 17th 2006 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company operating out of the new Pez Vela Marina.

This week saw offshore billfishing in Guatemala at its best. Sunny days combined with calm seas and fishing action that started as close as 12 miles from the dock. The action was constant and consistent day to
day - with raises in the mid twenties and generally fish caught in the 15-20 range. One of our groups - the Sinclair party - managed to have a great days fishing on our newest addition to the fleet the 35ft Bertram "Reel Diver" with 76 raises, 63 bites and 45 releases on their first day out. This resulted in almost a 70% catch ratio..a testament to some very experienced anglers' skill !

Captain Marvin was full of praise for the team as they managed to position pitch baits exactly as needed to tempt the litup billfish to an aggressive bite and so the high catch ratio.

There seems to be no slowdown in the fishing as we head into the Christmas peak, and the whole marina is buzzing with talk of a season that could easily match or even exceed the phenomenal numbers achieved last year. We still have some dates left for January - so
give us a call and come down to experience some of the worlds finest Billfishing !!

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Best regards and tight lines,

Jim, Kevin, Carlos and Les

Week ending November 25th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 11-25-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company operating out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.

The boats had to move around substantially this week to find Bluewater - lines in at 25 miles and moving out gradually to as far as 50 miles by the end of the week. The greater search area also caused the fish to be spread out and we didn't see the large concentrations of billfish that we had experienced in the prior weeks. Most days the boats were
reporting raises in the low teens with single digits to the boat.

We at GreatSailfishing were pleased to welcome TV personality Cindy Garisson to fish aboard our new Bertram Sportfisher the Reel Diver. We hoped for some good action and footage, and were not let down
as Cindy expertly cast a fly to a lit up Blue Marlin. After a considerable fight, even a Blue Marlin had to succumb to Cindy's charms, and it was
brought to the boat as a 200-250lb class fish. We look forward to seeing the replay on ESPN someday soon.

Winds midweek caused the seas to push up a little, and further disperse bait - but by the w/end had subsided to our regular fishing conditions of blue skies, calm seas and 80 deg. F. temperatures - all was well again, and the fishing continues to improve. fishing grounds for this past week varied between 15

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Best regards and tight lines,

Jim, Kevin, Carlos and Les

Week ending November 12th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 11-12-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala. The fishing grounds for this past week varied between 15 miles to as far as 47 miles. Seas this week have continued to stay calm with sunny skies and light to no wind in the mornings.

Very good results continued this week with boats reporting raises in the teens to the low thirties,with releases also in the high single digits to low twenties on conventional tackle and with some boats reporting 3 to 4 releases on the fly.We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted several groups with one releasing 10 Pacific sails out of 13 bites. At one point a little chaos broke out when they had a blue marlin and 4 sails in the spread. Cap´n Nestor directed the focus towards the Blue Marlin which
aggressively pursued one teaser to the other teaser and on to the pich bait....... only to be finally beaten by one of the lit up Sails, at which point the commotion of two hooked up sails proved too much and
he sank away from the stern...for next time. Our Sunday charter wanted to target meat fish (we fish how you want to fish) and were rewarded with boating 7 nice dorado,5 yellowfin tuna and several mackeral
along with releasing 2 sails.

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Best regards and tight lines,

Jim, Kevin, Carlos and Les

Week ending November 5th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 11-05-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week varied between 20 miles to as far as 47 miles. Seas this week have continued to stay calm with sunny skies and light to no wind in the mornings.

This week saw good to very good results with boats reporting raises in the teens to the low thirties,with releases also in the high single digits
to low twenties on conventional tackle.We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted Dr.DeNunna and son who fished with us for four days. Over 2 1/2 days targeting Pacific sails they released a total of 31
sails along with boating 5 dorado (one in the 40lb + class). The other 1 1/2 days they wanted to target marlin. They had a nice 400+ pounder in the spreads which attacked the teasers and then the bait but failed to hook-up.

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Best regards and tight lines,

Jim, Kevin, Carlos and Les

Week ending October 30th 2006

Sailfishing good - Marlin bite turns on

This fishing report is for the week ending 10-30-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week went out from averaging 30 miles to as far as 45 miles over the past month to 35 to 50 miles. Seas this week have continued to stay calm with sunny skies and light to no wind in the mornings.

This week saw good results with boats reporting raises in the teens to the low twenties,with releases also in the high single digits to mid teens - most boats releasing between 8 to 12 sails on conventional tackle. The most exciting news is that the marlin bite this past week has been Great...... with most boats reporting at least one Blue Marlin in their spreads every day. At the end of the week all of the boats released anywhere from one to four marlin within 4 days. Another reason why we are looking forward to the imminent arrival of our latest 35ft
Bertram, the "Reel Diver" - as she is fully equipped to chase those marlin with a full tower and a Marlin door. We are looking forward to a continuing strong Marlin bite - and invite you down to experience it for
yourselves !!

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Best regards and tight lines,

Jim, Kevin, Carlos and Les

Week ending October 16th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 10-16-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week came in from
averaging 30 miles to as far as 45 miles over the past month to 20 to 25 miles. Seas this week have continued to stay calm ranging between 1 to 2ft with sunny skies and light to no wind,in the mornings.

This week saw good results with boats reporting raises in the teens to into the twenties,with releases also in the high single digits to high teens with most boats releasing between 8 to 15 sails on conventional tackle. On Saturday our boat the Joint Venture released 10 Pacific Sailfish and a couple of dorado and today 10/16/2006 our group released 8 sails out of 18 rasies.

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Best regards and tight lines,

Jim, Kevin, Carlos and Les

Week ending October 8th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 10-08-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week came in from
averaging 30 miles to as far as 45 miles over the past month to 20 to 30 miles. Seas this week have continued to stay calm ranging between 1 to 2ft with sunny skies and light to no wind.

This week saw good results with boats reporting raises in the teens to mid twenties,with releases also in the high single digits to high teens
with most boats releasing between 8 to 15 sails on conventional tackle. There were even reports of marlin in the spreads. On Saturday our boat the Joint Venture released 10 Pacific Sailfish and a Blue Marlin in the
200 lb. Class. There was a local inshore fishing tournament this past Saturday and we have been told for those that ventured out they were rewarded well with jacks,mackerel,pargo and more.

Once again for those anglers planning to come down to Guatemala and fish with us, please make your reservations soon as our calendar is filling up fast. We are happy to announce the addition to our fleet of the Island Time (38ft.wide-body Bertram)and the Reel Diver (35ft.Bertram with a full tuna tower and tuna door).Both of these vessels will be arriving in early November.

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Best regards and tight lines,

Jim, Kevin, Carlos and Les

Week ending October 1st 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 10-01-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala. The fishing grounds for this past week ranged from 30 miles to as far as 40 miles. Seas this week have been ranging between 1 to 2ft with sunny skies and no wind.

This week saw fair to good results with boats reporting raises in the high teens to mid twenties ,with releases also in the high single digits to mid
teens with Wednesday,Thursday and Friday seeing most boats releasing between 10 to 15 sails. Once again there were some Dorado to be taken each day.

For those anglers planning to come down to Guatemala and fish with us, please make your reservations soon as our calendar is filling up fast. We are happy to announce the addition to our fleet of the Island Time
(38ft.wide-body Bertram)and the Reel Diver (35ft.Bertram with a full tuna tower and tuna door).Both of these vessels will be arriving in early
November.

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Best regards and tight lines,

Jim, Kevin, Carlos and Les

Week ending September 17th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 09-17-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week ranged from 15miles to as far as 40 miles. Seas this week have been ranging between 1 to 3ft at the start of the week. However, on Sunday caused by a severe storm, seas were as high as 4ft. Another storm hit on Sunday night 09-17-06 keeping the fleet in as of this report dated
09-18-06.

This week saw fair to poor results with boats reporting raises in the low single digits,with releases also in the single digits (most boats reporting 0 to 2 releases). Once again there were lotsof Dorado (at the 15 mile mark boats were reporting boated dorado in the 20s and 30s) and yellowfin tuna to be had. On Saturday and Sunday we had the Tiss party out of Long Island New York which released 4 out of 4 sails on Saturday along with boating one Dorado for lunch on the way out for sails, on Sunday they released 3 yellowfin tuna along with other meat fish.

For those anglers planning to come down to Guatemala and fish with us, please make your reservations soon as our calendar is filling up fast.

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Best regards and tight lines,

Jim, Kevin, Carlos and Les

Week ending August 20th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 08-20-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week ranged from 30 miles to as far as 40 miles. Seas started out fairly nice ranging between 1 to 3ft at the start of the week. However, on Saturday caused by a storm, seas were as high as 6ft. However, on Sunday clam seas were once again the norm.

This week saw fair results with boats reporting raises in the low single digits,with releases also in the single digits. Once again there were lots of Dorado and yellowfin tuna to be had. On Saturday and Sunday we had the Mark Hill party which released 3 out of 4 sails and on Sunday released 2 sails, boated 6 dorado and after a 1 hour fight released a nice 400 to 450lb. Blue Marlin, nice fishing guys.

We are very happy to announce that we have a new addition to the GreatSailfishing fleet - a widebody 38ft Bertram Convertible sportfisher. She has a 14.5ft beam - so lots of space in a huge cockpit for when the
action gets frantic - and a beautiful fully refurbished Release fighting chair.

As soon as you walk on the dock, the boat stands out because of its triple-spreader Lee snr outriggers and the classic Bertam profile. Inside is fully airconditioned for your comfort when underway.......and in case you need it, a little rest and relaxation on the way back to the dock in the evening.

With the arrival of this vessel, The Great Sailfishing Company is now able to offer a complete range of Bertam vessels from 28ft to 38ft to accommodate your party.

Week ending August 6th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 08-06-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week ranged from 35 miles to as far as 50 miles. Seas started out fairly nice ranging between 1 to 3ft at the start of the week. However, by mid-week caused by a storm seas were as high as 6ft. We had a charter on Thursday that had to turn around because of these high seas. By the
weekend clam seas were enjoyed by several parties. This week skies ranged from cloudy at the beginning of the week with overcast/cloudy days by weeks end. Some nights saw downpours. Most days started with light breezes in the mornings which picked up in the afternoons.

This week saw fair results with boats reporting raises in the mid to high teens with releases in the mid to high single digits. Once again there were lots of Dorado and yellowfin tuna to be had. At the start of
the week few sportfishing boats ventured out and by mid-week those that tried turned around. This past Saturday our company hosted two charters. Our boat the Joint Venture along with the La Piragua entertained a large group from Banco Industrial. They reported
raises in the mid-teens and released 5 sails on the Joint Venture and 8 sails on the La Piragua. Both boats reported boating 10 and 9 dorado respectfully, could have been more but they didn't leave the dock
until 9:30A.M.(our boats usually depart between 7:00 to 7:30A.M.).

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Best regards and tight lines,

Jim, Kevin, Carlos and Les

Week ending July 30th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 07-30-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week ranged from 35 miles to as far as 50 miles. Seas started out fairly high ranging between 3 to 4ft at the start of the week caused by several storms that hit the coast. However, clam seas were enjoyed by the weekend.This week skies ranged from cloudy/rain at the beginning of the week with overcast/cloudy days at weeks end. Most nights saw heavy downpours. Most days started with light breezes in the mornings which picked up in the afternoons.

This week saw fair results with boats reporting raises in the low to mid teens with releases in the single digits. The good news is that there were lots of Dorado and yellowfin tuna to be had. At the start of the week few sportfishing boats ventured out,with most of the bill-fishing on the weekend. Our boat the Joint Venture hosted a group along with our partners Jim Phillips and Kevin Styles. They reported 14 raises on
Sunday which resulted in 2 sails released on the fly and two on conventionial along with 8 yellowfin tuna. Kevin explained that they could have caught a lot more tuna but stopped after 8 in search of the sails. On Saturday the Stragos came upon some floating structures which resulted in boating 75 Dorado.

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Best regards and tight lines,

Jim, Kevin, Carlos and Les

Week ending July 9nd 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 07-09-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala. The fishing grounds for this past week have remained from as close as 16 miles to as far as 35 miles. Seas continue to be mild ranging between 1 to 2ft to moderate at 3ft. This week skies ranged from partly cloudy to overcast/cloudy days, with a few days bringing light to moderate rains during the day and a few nights with heavy downpours.Most days started with light breezes in the mornings and picking up in the afternoons.

This week again saw some good results with boats reporting releases in the mid single digits to low double digits, one sportfishermen reported 12 releases out of 20 bites. Another had 4 releases on the fly. Once again few sportfishing boats ventured out midweek with most of the bill-fishing on the weekend. Our boat the Joint Venture had a local charter with the clients wanting to target meat fish. They were rewarded with 12 dorado in the 7 to 12lb. class, 3 Yellow-fin tuna ranging from 10 to 15lbs. along with releasing 3 sails.

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Best regards and tight lines,

Jim, Kevin, Carlos and Les

Week ending July 2nd 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 07-02-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala. The fishing grounds for this past week have ranged from as close as 16 miles to as far as 35 miles. Seas this week have been mild ranging between 1 to 2ft to moderate at 3ft. This week skies ranged from cloudly to overcast days, with some days bringing light to
moderate rains during the day and a few nights with heavy downpours. Most days started with no wind in the mornings and moderate breezes in the afternoons.

This week saw good results with boats reporting releases in the mid single digits to low double digits. However, few sportfishing boats ventured out midweek with most of the billfishing on the weekend.
Our boat the Joint Venture released 7 out of 12 sails on Saturday on conventional tackle along with a few dorado before returning early. Those boats that went out for mainly dorado we reporting very good results beginning at the 16 mile mark.

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Week ending June 25th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 06-25-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week have ranged from as close as 15 miles to as far as 40 miles. Seas this week have been mild ranging between 1 to 2ft to moderate at 3ft. This week skies ranged from cloudly to overcast days, with some days bringing light rains; however there as been a few nights with heavy downpours.Most days started with no to light breezes in the mornings and moderate breezes in the afternoons.

This week saw fair results with boats reporting releases in the low to mid single digits. Most boats reported 3 to 7 sailfish releases on conventional tackle. Once again there were Blue Marlin in the spread. On Monday our boat the Joint Venture hooked up a 450lb. class blue but after a short fight the hook came loose from the bill. One other boat this week did manage to release two blues. Those boats that went out for dorado were rewarded with lots of them in the 7 to 15lb. class beginning at the 15 mile mark.

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Week ending June 18th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 06-18-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala. The fishing grounds for this past week have ranged
from 20 miles to as far as 40 miles. Seas this week have varied from mild ranging between 1 to 2ft to moderate 2 to 3ft seas. This week skies ranged from sunny to overcast days, with some days bringing light
rains; however there as been some nights with light to moderate downpours. Most days started with no to light wind in the mornings to light / moderate winds in the afternoons, same as the past two weeks.

This week saw fair to good results with boats reporting releases in the low single digits to low double digits. This week we were happy to host the Jay Halpenny party from Canada. Their first day (Tuesday) saw only fair results with releasing 3 sails out of 7 bites and 6 Dorado. On Wednesday they had a good days fishing releasing 11 sails out of 20 bites and also boating 20 Dorado. On Thursday they also had another good days fishing with releasing 9 sails out of 14 bites. All on conventional tackle.

On Friday we welcomed the arrival of Sam Swisher and his son out of Boston. Their first day fishing was on Saturday and they had great day releasing 5 sails and TWO Blue Marlin,the first marlin (estimated at
300lbs.) first appeared off of the left teaser. With the marlin rig in hand (Penn International 11 50 wide with 50lb line mated to a tournament graphite rod) the fight was on.Thirty minutes later the fight was over
and the mates released the marlin to fight another day. About one hour later another marlin appeared off of the left teaser, estimated at about 200lb. Sam’s son chose light tackle and the fight began, about 1 ½
hours of a great fight the marlin was boat-side and released. Both of the Swishers had big smiles and explained that they were their 1st marlins and on the same day. Today (Sunday) saw another good day with 3 sails being released and another Blue Marlin in the 200lb. Class. That’s right, 3 marlin in two days with another day to go.

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Week ending June 12th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 06-12-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week have ranged from as close as 10 miles to as far as 15+ miles. Seas this week have varied from mild ranging between 2 to 2ft to moderate 2 to 4ft seas. This week skies ranged from sunny to overcast days, with a some days bringing light rains;however there as been some nights with heavy downpours.Most days started with no to light wind in the mornings to light / moderate winds in the afternoons,same as the past week.The week started out with fair results with boats reporting releases in the low to high single digits but this weeks end saw only poor releases in the low single digits on conventional tackle.The silver linings is that most boats going out this week caught 5 to 8 dorado's and some boats also caught a few yellow-tail.To register for our weekly fishing report and other information please click here : http://www.greatsailfishing.com/en/register.html or
act us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com As always our
reports tell it as it is.

Week ending June 4th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 06-04-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week have ranged from as close as 12 miles to as far as 30+ miles. Seas this week have been light ranging between 2 to 4ft. This week skies ranged from sunny to overcast days, with a few bringing light rain.Most days started with no to light wind in the mornings to light / moderate winds in the afternoons.The week started out with fair to good results with boats reporting releases in the high single digits to mid twenties on conventional tackle.Fly fishermen were releasing their sails in the low to mid single digits.Unlike the past week these results maintained themselves thoughout the week.On Friday the La Piragua released 25 sails.There's more good news in that the marlin bite still is active with a couple of releases being reported over the past two weeks. For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for June.

Week ending May 21st 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 05-21-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week have ranged from as little as 10 miles to as far as 30+ miles. Seas this week have been moderate ranging between 2 to 5ft. with cloudy or rainy days plus light to moderate winds. The week started out with poor to fair results with boats reporting releases in the low to mid single digits. Mid week found results acceptable with boats reporting releases in the 8 to 12 digit range. However, by Friday the fishing had once again really slowed down to the very low single digits but the marlin bite still is active with the La Sirena releasing a 200lb marlin - On the Fly and the first of the Yellowfin tuna is starting to appear.Today Sunday 05-21-06 the fishing again is picking up,our boat the Joint Venture (35ft.Bertram)released 4 sails,one 400lb.Blue Marlin and a 10 lb. Yellowfin Tuna.For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for May and June

Week ending May 14th 2006

This fishing report is for the past eight days ending 05-14-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for these past
days have ranged from as little as 15 miles to as far as 30+ miles. Seas at the beginning of the week have been mild ranging between 1 to 3ft.with sunny days and little wind. However, Saturday night brought in heavy rains with some easterly winds causing some moderate chop. The fishing has been very good to good as Guatemala standards go with those fishing conventional releasing between 10 to 38+ sails per day (the norm was in the low-twenties) with 15 to over 50 raises.On Friday our boat the Joint Venture released 38 sails.In shore fishing has cooled off when compared to the previous week along with the previous weeks Marlin bite.For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for April and May

Week ending May 6th 2006
Marlin, Marlin and more Marlin!!!!!

This fishing report is for the week ending 05-06-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this week has ranged from 20 to as far as 30+ miles. Seas have been mild ranging between 1 to 3ft.with sunny days and little wind. The fishing has been fair to good as Guatemala standards go with fly anglers averaging in the low to mid single digits. Those fishing conventional were releasing between 8 to 12 sails per day with 15-20 raises. But the good news is that all of the boats that went out this week have had marlin bites or released one or more Blue Marlins.Our last count totaled 9 marlin releases this week.Today our 35ft.Bertram The Joint Venture released 10 sails,one 225-250lb Blue Marlin and a few dorados. In shore fishing has continued to be good.For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for April and May.

Week ending Apr. 30th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 04-30-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala. The fishing grounds for this week has ranged from 20 to as far as 40+ miles. Seas have ranged between 1 to 3ft. with overcast days and some rain. The fishing has been fair to good as Guatemala standards go with fly anglers averaging in the low to mid single digits. Those fishing conventional were releasing between 10 to 15 per day with 20-30 Sailfish raised per day. In shore fishing has been good.On Wednesday one of our clients was rewarded by catching this years largest Wahoo that weighed in at 62lbs.Along with the Wahoo John aboard our Joint Venture (35ft.Bertram) caught 6 nice Cero Mackerel and one jack.For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for April and May.

Week ending Apr. 23th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 04-23-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for these past days have ranged from 15 to as far as 40+ miles. Seas have ranged between 1 to 3ft. with overcast days. The fishing was fair as Guatemala standards go with fly anglers averaging in the low to mid single digits. Those fishing conventional were averaging mid single digits to as high as 25 early in the week. In shore fishing has picked up,yesterday (Sunday) one of our boats caught 11 jacks,12 Sierra Mackarel and a nice 35lb Rooster-fish.We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted several professional fly fishing guides who released 4 on the fly Saturday and 2 on Sunday,on both days the Joint Venture raised 20 sails getting 8 bites.For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for April and May.

Week ending Apr. 14th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 04-14-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week ranged from 15 to as far as 35+ miles. This past week saw Guatemala's average seas which range between 1 to 2ft. The fishing was fair as Guatemala standards go with conventional still in the mid single digits to mid twenties.We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted several groups, one of our groups released 8,11 and 14 sails(Sat,Sunday,Monday)on our 35ft. Bertram the Joint Venture.Hugo Morales went inshore fishing on Wednesday and caught several large jacks,two large Roosterfish and other inshore fish.For more info. e-mail us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for April and May.

Week ending Apr. 7th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 04-07-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for these past week ranged from 10 to as far as 35+ miles. This past week saw some moderate seas in the 3 to 4ft.class at the first of the week which caused some anglers to return early with the week ending in calm seas. The fishing was slow as Guatemala standards go with conventional still in the low single digits to mid teens.We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted a few several parties day charters with results as discriped above, which was par for most of the fleet.For more info. contact us at reatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free
fly-fishing special for April and May.

Weeks ending Mar. 31th 2006

This fishing report is for two weeks ending 03-31-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for these past two week ranged from 15 to as far as 45+ miles. This past week saw some rough seas in the 6 to 8ft.class which caused some anglers to return early. The fishing was slow as Guatemala standards go with conventional in the low single digits to mid teens. Those who fished on the fly even saw some days with no releases on few bites.We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted several parties / day charters with results as discriped above.For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for April and May.

Week ending Mar. 18th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 03-18-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week has stayed in the 20 to 35 miles range with calm days and fairly flat seas for the first part of the day and with late afternoon winds causing lite to moderate chop. This week saw most boats releasing sails in the mid twenties into the mid double digits on conventional. Still great fishing by most anyones standards but it did cool down compared to last weeks sizzling results.We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted several parties / day charters including the Dr.Cimino party that released 35 sails on Friday and 33 yesterday(note:they were hooking-up most of their own sails).At the first of the week Sunday March 12th, the McFadden party released 77 on conventional which made their total over two days 136 on conventional and another 6 on the fly.Yesterday one of our day charters released 17 on the fly fishing on the Tranquility and our charter on the Stragos released 41 on conventional,also on Saturday March 18th.For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for April and May.

Week ending Mar. 11th 2006
GUATAMALA RED RED RED HOT - BEST DAY EVER

This fishing report for the week ending 03-11-06 is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala.The fishing grounds for the past week ranged between 18 to 30 miles with calm days and fairly flat seas with late afternoon winds causing some chop. This week saw most boats releasing sails in the mid twenties into the high double digits WITH ONE BOAT REPORTING OVER 100.Today it looks like another world record for most sails on conventional was set.This week saw the fishing going from hot to todays red hot / sizzling. We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted several parties / day charters including the Harry party that released 39 sails on Wednesday and 49 on Friday. Today the McFadden party released 59 on conventional and another 6 on the fly.All of our parties enjoy the comforts of The Joint Venture 35ft. Bertram with hot morning coffee and hot lunches,fresh fruit,snacks and real cold beer.Also the first part of this week saw Marlins in the spread on three different days with 3 hook-ups releasing one 300lb and one 400lb Blue Marlin great job Mr.Herdon.For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com

Week ending Mar. 4th 2006

This fishing report for two weeks ending 03-04-06 is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing for the past two weeks ranged between 13 to 25 miles with calm days / flat seas and late afternoon winds causing chop. At the first of the past two weeks fishing was only fair with most boats boating sails in the single digits to low teens on conventional tackle and between 1 to 4 sails on the fly. However, this past week the fishing went from fair to good with most boats in the mid teens to mid-twenties on conventional and low single digits on fly (3 to 7). We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted several parties / day charters including the LUC VAN GIJSEL,HERDON and STYLES parties on our 35ft Bertram The Joint Venture.The Herdon party averaged 19 sails per day, the Styles party 14 per day on their last 3 days. All three of these parties enjoyed the comforts of The Joint Venture with hot morning coffee and hot lunches, fresh fruit, snacks and real cold beer. Also, this week saw Marlins in the spread on four different days with 3 hook-ups. For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com

MARLINS HOT FOR GUATEMALA

OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS THE JOINT VENTURE HAS HAD THREE MARLINS IN THE SPREAD AND YESTERDAY BOATED A 300LB BLUE AND TODAY BOATED A 400LB BLUE along with lots of sails and a few dorado.Along with the Joint Venture the Release boated a Blue Marlin yesterday

Week ending Feb. 18th 2006

This fishing report for week ending 02-18-06 is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala.The fishing this week ranged between 13 to 25 miles with
calm days / flat seas and late afternoon winds causing chop. At the first of the week fishing was very good with most boats boating sails in the low twenties to low 30's on conventional tackle and between 3 to 8 sails on the fly. However, later in the week the fishing did slow down a with most boats in the mid to high single digits on conventional and low single digits on fly. We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted the Mike Murphy party out of New Jersey on our 35ft. Bertram The Joint Venture,they boated a total of 44 sails over two days and then played two nice rounds of golf the following two days before departing to stateside this coming Monday.We also hosted the Overstreet party out of Chicago who boated 14 sails their 1st. day and 7 on their 2nd. Oh,yes they hooked up their own sails. Nice job and let us not forget a local charter of 5 new medical school grads who boated 22.

Week ending Feb. 10th 2006

This fishing report for week ending 02-10-06 is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala.The blue water for this week is still averaging between 12
to as far as 30 miles,with calm days and mild seas at the start of the week which turned to gusty winds with choppy seas Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. This week started out with most boats boating sails on conventional tackle in the high teens to low 30's and fly fisher-persons in the 2 to 8 sails per day range. Thursday and Friday saw a decline due to choppy seas and green water.We at the Great Sailfishing Company had three parties of fly-fisherman / conventional fishermen.The Cowen pary fishing on our boat the Joint Venture,35ft.Bertram, boated 60 sails over 3 days along with a few nice size dorado.

Week ending Feb. 3rd 2006

This fishing report for week ending 02-03-06 is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala.The blue water for this week has been averaging between 12
to as far as 30 miles with calm days and mild seas but with late afternoon winds. This week started the Guatemala National Tury with 20 boats and the action has been good. The daily average for the week has been in the low teens to mid 20's with the La Serina boating 37 and The Release boating 44,both yesterday.We at the Great Sailfishing Company have had three parties of fly-fisherman who have been boating between 2 to 6 sails per day along with one or two dorado and in the 20's on conventional.

Week ending Jan. 28th 2006

Prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The blue water for this week has been averaging between 8 to as far as 35 miles with calm days and mild seas but with late afternoon winds. The week begin with only fair results but started heating up on Wednesday with most boats averaging in the low double digits and by Friday 15 to 20 releases on conventional tackel was the norm and don't let me forget about the marlin and dorado bite. There were over 3 nice blue marlin releases and some real nice bull dorado in the 40 to 50lb class. We at the Great Sailfishing Company had a busy week with over 30 charters and thank you all for your support.For more information,please e-mail us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our web-site at http://www.greatsailfish.com

Week ending Jan. 14th 2006

Prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala. The blue water for this week has been averaging between 5 to as far as 25 miles with calm days and mild seas. The local fleet has been reporting only fair to good numbers of 7 to 12 sails releases per day on conventional tackle and between 2 to 8 sails on the fly.Our guests fishing on the Tranquility for 4 days had 6 sails on the fly Monday,7 on the Fly Tuesday,3 on the Fly Wednesday and 7 on the Fly Thursday.The fishing seems to have lightened up on Friday and Saturday with boats reporting releases on conventionial tackle ranging from 2 to 11 releases. For more information,please e-mail us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our web-site at http://www.greatsailfish.com

Week ending Jan. 7th 2006

Prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The blue water for this week has been averaging between 20 to as far as 45 miles with calm days and mild seas until Saturday which had high winds forcing the fleet to return early. The local fleet has been reporting only fair numbers of 6 to 12 sails releases per day on conventional tackle and between 1 to 6 sails on the fly. The boats have also been reporting some good size dorado's caught each day which helped take some of the pain of only fair numbers during the week. Our guests fishing on the Bora-Bora for 3 days and the Stragos for 2 days released a total of 30 sails on the fly,1 rooster-fish and 1 jack on the fly with some dorado on spinning.Our guests on the Tranquility boated 6 sails and 6 dorados on Wednesday,6 sails and 1 dorado on Thursday and ending their 3 days with 9 sails / 1 dorado on Friday.For more information,please e-mail us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our web-site at http://www.greatsailfish.com

 

 
   
 
   
 
   
 

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