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…
2011 ended and 2012 began with some fantastic fishing action from both sailfish and blue marlin. The year ended with boats raising up to 7 blues a day, and the year began with boats raising up to 40 sails a day! The McGee / Hughes group tried their luck fishing aboard the Rum Line the last…
* Brenton party from Washington State is aboard the Intensity with Capt. Mike Sheeder 110 raised, 94 bites and 70 sails released! * Samanka party from Pennsylvania is aboard the Rum Line on their annual trip with Capt. Chris Sheeder. The boat raised 113, had 80 bites and released 48 sails! * Roberts party is…
I’d like to introduce you to the IBYYA. What is the IBYYA, you ask? The International Billfish Yo-Yo Association — or more simply put, those who like to troll for billfish with a hand line and a yo-yo, a plastic device with a thumb rim-drag that’s often used in Third World countries in place of…