Guatemala went out with a bang, definitely not a whimper. With only two boats, I got to fish on both of them. Usually, with four boats, the instructors stay on the same boat for all four days, so we get to talk with and coach all of the students for a day. Both skippers, Chico (TK) and…
No April Fools here, just a bunch of lucky and happy anglers, especially after getting here yesterday afternoon and being told the fishing was slow, with the only boat out seeing only four fish. Today, my team had more than 20 chances and reckoned we had released 17 sails. To be honest about it, I lost count,…
The report from Casa Vieja Lodge is great, the boats are raising about 30 fish a day and a few Blue Marlin in the mix as wekk as mahi-mahi and some good football tuna’s Come on down contact us in Miami for a quick trip!
Fly fishing is changing. 30 years ago, big fish – I’m talking about really big fish, like Pacific sailfish, bluefin tuna and even marlin – were simply not compatible with fly fishing. If you told a bluewater sportsboat captain that you wanted to fly fish for any of these classic big game trophies, you’d be…
Dear Sam: Linda and I retuned last night from Guatemala. The trip was extraordinary in all respects, including both the fishing and the side trip to Antigua. We caught 35 sailfish and 1 striped marlin, together with a plethora of dorado/mahi mahi during our three (3) days of fishing! We would like to return to…
Just got the new website up and running so we can post fishing reports sorry for the delay, the fishing overall in the last few weeks has been great with several Blue Marlin being caught. So here is the latest, yesterday the Release raised 26 and released 11. The Finest Kind had 37 up, releasing…
Casa Vieja Lodge’s Capt. Chris Sheeder yesterday reached one of the most significant milestones to date in his career aboard the Rum Line (40’ Gamefisherman), releasing his 20,000th billfish! He is one of only 3 Captain’s to every reach this record in the history of the sport and he is the youngest to have ever…
Yes, the fishing is off the hook here!!! 30 to 70 raises a day for sometime now on the Casa Vieja boats and a bunch of Blue Marlin thrown in the mix as well. I just got back from the Miami Boat Show and entertained the Kennedy group from Calgary, Canada aboard the Rum Line…
Greetings from Guatemala, just to keep you up to date, the fishing has been good to say the least. Some big numbers have been posted as far as 40 miles and as close as 3 miles with some Blue Marlin in the mix as well. The Samanka group fished the Rum Line the end of…
Fishing continues to be very good with lots of sails and a few marlin around: * 1-2: The Brad Decker party fishing on the Captain Hook reported the boat raised 27 sails, had 22 bites and released 19 sails and 1 blue marlin – est 400lbs. * 31 Jan-02 Feb: The Darling family on the…