Your Ideal Fishing Dates
Recently we’ve been getting a lot of questions about when is “the best time” to fish with us, and the honest answer is: it all depends on what you’re looking to catch!
Just to keep you updated, so far in 2024, we’ve recorded:
9,915 Billfish raises
8,784 Billfish bites
5,836 Billfish releases (51 marlin)
69 Tuna
1,583 Mahi Mahi
And there’s still 284 days left in the year! How many billfish will YOU contribute to our 2024 total??
While we always keep an up-to-date list of Seasons and Species on our website, here’s a quick refresher for you anyway:
- Pacific Sailfish—They truly are year-round, but double and triple hookups are most common from October through August. The average Pacific Sailfish released are in the 80-120lb range.
- Blue Marlin—We see more Blue Marlin from April through August with an average Blue Marlin in the 200-400lb range.
- Black Marlin—The peak season tends to be December through March with the average Black Marlin in the 250-400lb range
- Striped Marlin—Seen more frequently November through February the average striped marlin is in the 90-150lb range.
- Yellowfin Tuna—April through August lends to bigger schools of the Yellowfin Tuna and the average is around 25-45 lbs.
- Mahi mahi—Though common all year long, we tend to see more schools of dolphins from April through November.
- Wahoo—If you’re hoping to hook one of our “lottery fish,” the best time to try your luck is sometime in October through December. We’ve oddly already caught 4 since the start of the year!
- Inshore Fishing—For inshore catches such as roosterfish, cubera snappers, skipjack tunas, bonitos, sierra mackerel, red snapper, broom tail grouper, tripletail, rainbow runners, crevalle and horse-eye jacks: peak season for these inshore species is from March through July.
- Grand Slams—While double-digit sailfish raises have been recorded by our crews every month of the year, Grand Slams are an everyday possibility from December through March and again in late May through July.
When To Book? (Hint: NOW)
So you figured out your perfect season, your fishing team, and the best lodge package for your crew: now it’s time to secure your dates! You might be asking yourself—you might even be asking us—when is the best time to book?
Our Answer:
RIGHT. NOW.
We understand it’s a lot to get to plan your ideal trip but the reality is this: we’re filling up fast, and we want you to have the dates that you want too!
Here is our best advice for booking your dream Casa Vieja Lodge trip, when you know you’re ready to go, BOOK!
CALL us at 305-854-4665, EMAIL us, or click HERE as soon as you’re ready.
Check out our calendar below to see which events are still available!
2024 Events Schedule and Availability:
Trophy Husbands Invitational (Sold Out)
No Sancocho 2024 (Sold Out)
Guy Harvey Foundation Expedition (Sold Out)
Ladies Marlin Expeditions (Sold Out)
Marlin Expeditions (Sold Out)
Summer Solo Anglers (Sold Out)
November Solo Anglers (Still Spots! Click Here)
IWFA Billfish Tournament (If You’re a Member—Click Here)
Available Fishing Dates:
- April 29- May 4: Afinity (39′)
- May 7 & 8: Finest Kind (40′)
- May 27-June 2: Finest Kind (40′)
- May 31-June 2: Makaira (37′)
- June 2-4: Release (37′)
- June 10-12: Afinity (39′)
- June 18-21: Finest Kind (40′) & Chilero (38′)
- June 25-July 21: Release (37′)
These are the available fishing dates, so any days of fishing during these dates will work. Your group will arrive the day before and depart the day after your fishing dates. Click the dates to book or call the Miami office (305) 854-4665.
March Fishing Report
March saw some great numbers for our fleet right from the start! And a record day for this time of year overall—thanks El Niño!—with two of our fleet seeing some truly impressive numbers.
We had a super Hot Bite day on March 9th, the Pica Más had 88 sailfish raises, 83 sailfish bites, and 60 sailfish releases overall, plus 2 mahi! That same day, The Hooker got 75 sailfish raises, 60 sailfish bites, and 40 sailfish releases in total, plus 1 mahi!
Overall for March 9th, we saw a whopping total of 407 sailfish raises, 359 sailfish bites, and 237 sailfish releases, plus 15 mahi, from our entire fleet!
Below are a few fishing highlights (a combination of conventional & fly):
- March 1st-March 19th, the Release (37′ Merritt) with Capt. Sammy Baires, had 348 raises, 315 bites, 177 sailfish releases, 1 marlin raised, 2 striped marlin raises, 2 striped marlin bites, and 2 striped marlin releases, 1 tuna & 58 mahi-mahi!
- March 1st-March 19th, the Rum Line (40′ Gamefisherman) with Capt. Terry Brennan, had 462 raises, 411 bites, 281 sailfish releases plus 2 marlin raises, 2 marlin bites, 1 marlin release, 2 striped marlin raises, 2 striped marlin bites, 2 striped marlin releases, & 22 mahi-mahi.
- March 2nd-March 9th, 18th & 19th,The Hooker (48′ G&S) with Capt. Carlos Alvarenga had 296 raises, 267 bites, 183 sailfish releases, 3 marlin raises, 2 marlin bites, and 2 marlin releases, plus 6 tuna, & 32 mahi-mahi!
- March 2nd-19th the Afinity (39′ Billy Knowles) with Capt. Franz Hoffman, had 367 raises, 290 bites, 156 sailfish releases plus 3 marlins raised, 2 marlin bites, 1 marlin released, 26 mahi-mahi, 6 snapper, and 5 grouper!
- March 2nd-19th, the Finest Kind (40′ Whiticar)with Capt. Benji Bairez, had 430 raises, 344 bites, 246 sailfish releases plus 4 marlin raises, 4 marlin bites, 2 striped marlins raised, 2 striped marlin bites, 2 striped marlins released, 2 tuna, and 45 mahi-mahi!
- March 2nd-19th, the Chilero (Islander)(38′ Warren O’Neal) with Capt. Nico Melendrez had 434 raises, 398 bites, 264 sailfish releases, plus 9 marlins raised, 5 marlin bites, and 4 marlins released, 3 striped marlins raised, 3 striped marlin bites, and 2 striped marlins released, 2 tuna & 35 mahi-mahi!
- March 2nd-19th, the Makaira (37′ Rybovich) with Capt. Jeffrey Garcia, had 384 raises, 356 bites, 247 sailfish releases, plus 9 marlins raised, 6 marlin bites, 5 marlins released, 3 striped marlins raised, 3 striped marlin bites, and 2 striped marlins released, and 64 mahi-mahi.
- March 2nd-19th, Pica Más (48′ Whiticar)with Capt. Nicho Alvarenga, had 504 raises, 398 bites, 237 sailfish releases, plus 9 marlin raised, 5 marlin bites, 1 marlin release, 3 striped marlin raises, 3 striped marlin bites, and 1 striped marlin release, 2 tuna & 34 mahi-mahi!
