February Fishing on FIRE! Holy fishing numbers, anglers! If you’ve been watching our Daily Totals board lately, you already know—the bite is ON. The fish are here, and they’re fired up. Similar to this time last year, our fleet has been posting the kind of numbers this February that remind everyone exactly why Guatemala has earned its reputation as the sailfishing capital of the world.…
2025 Fishing Numbers 22,128 sailfish releases! We did it, anglers!!! Even with a full Casa Vieja Lodge shutdown for 3 whole months for construction on a brand new pool, we still managed to lap the total numbers from the year before! Over the course of 2025, our fleet managed an impressive 39,044 sailfish raises, 33,761 bites, and 22,128 sailfish released. When compared to the year before…
NYE @ The Lodge! You might sometimes think to yourself, I wonder what my friends at Casa Vieja Lodge are doing for New Year’s Eve celebrations? Well the answer is: a lot. By the time New Year’s Eve arrives, a lot of us are running on empty. Same parties. Same countdown. Same promise that this next year will be different. Here…
No Sancocho 2025! What an incredible No Sancocho weekend, anglers! Nonstop action and fun made for an absolute smashing success of our 11th annual No Sancocho Sailfish Shootout! After two straight days in first place, Team A-Fin-Ity was knocked out of their top place spot on the third tournament day by Team Release who ultimately took home the top spot!! Lodge…
Hey, Good Lookin’ ! Casa Vieja Lodge is officially back! And dare we say…Better than ever?? After a short break from July 5th until October 15th, Casa Vieja Lodge has officially reopened its doors—and the Pacific greeted us with open arms (and full fish boxes)! Within days of our return, our anglers were flying several marlin flags before lunch and reeling…
$ugar Mamas & Trophy Husbands ’26 Don’t lie to us…how much FOMO did you have watching all the fun we had for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Weekends at the Lodge? Champagne toasts on the boat first thing in the morning, beautiful flower arrangements, custom hat making, specially engraved CVL Yeti’s…and that was just Mothers Day weekend! Fathers Day weekend was a whole other set of fun,…
Construction Updates! Whether or not you’ve been following us on social media, you might have heard by now…we’re giving the lodge a little love and a bit of a makeover. But have you been keeping up with the progress we’re making so far?? Things are really moving along! Following up alongside our first block of 8 brand…
June 25th, 2025: Stiltsville & Billy’s Point On Wednesday, June 25th, over a dozen boats—brimming with friends and family from all over—gathered just off of Stiltsville to say our Miami goodbyes to our beloved Captain David in his home waters. Among his loved ones, we were also grateful for the show of camaraderie from the Miami-Dade Police and Fire Department vessels, FWC, and the City of…
Trophy Husbands III Our Third Annual Trophy Husbands Invitational was a smashing success! Huge thanks to all the dads who joined us from all over! You proved once again that being a dad and a top angler go hand in hand. We’re grateful for the laughs, the unforgettable memories, and most of all…the Sancochos! Here’s to the real MVPs—on and off…
$ugar Mama’s Ivitational: Volume 1 Our very first Mother’s Day Weekend fishing tournament went off without a hitch—except a couple of Sancocho’s, of course! Just a quick little 2-day tournament for our Moms, chock-full of big excitement. Day one, we saw three big leads with the Chilero, Finest Kind, and Pica Mas each garnering 720 points. Team Poco Loco was a close second with 700 points on their first day…
A Brief Intermission We’ve got big, bittersweet news. Casa Vieja Lodge is going on a teeny, tiny hiatus—but only for a couple of months!! From July 6th through October 15th we’re putting a hard stop to all lodge operations for a little renovation; but we promise, it’s for the best! Once we open back up, Casa Vieja Lodge is going to be bigger, bolder, and better than…
Almost a Decade of Kicking Plastic “The largest consumption of single-use plastic water bottles is on our fleet. We average about 6 bottles a day/person. That equates to 60,000 a season just on the boats, add the consumption at the lodge, and we are at 80,000 plastic bottles. That’s just wrong for the environment we…
A Roundup above the rest On February 8th, 2025, we held a Boat Rodeo for our local Guatemalan friends and family, honoring our late, great Captain David Salazar. Almost every boat in our Marina joined us as we set sail to gather around and say our “see you later’s” to our beloved Captain—because for us, it’s…
A Year in Review: 2024 Numbers 20,168 Sailfish Released. What. A. TOTAL! To do the math, that is roughly a 66% increase from the numbers we saw in 2023 (which was 12,160 releases), can you believe it?? Compared to the year before, we doubled the amount of fish released, and then some! As for Marlin, we are proud to say we had…
Capt. David Salazar, forever Our Jefe As some of you may already know, one half of our lodge leadership, David Salazar passed away unexpectedly on the morning of December 3rd, 2024. An important person to many of us, but few as much as his beloved wife, Kristen. First and foremost, we’d like to start with…
No Sancocho 2024 And just like that, our epic 10th No Sancocho Sailfish Shootout has come and gone…And what a wake it left behind! With 1,141 sailfish raised, 983 bites, and 653 sailfish released, plus an incredible 26 marlin raises, 23 marlin bites, and 20 marlin releases we’d say our TENTH annual No Sancocho was a smashing success! First and foremost, a BIG CONGRATS to our team aboard the Pica Más with Capt. Nicho, who took home First Place! The Pica…
CVL Loves Pink! Since October has become globally recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness month, companies all across the globe are dedicating this month to thinking Pink! So to honor that Think Pink spirit, Casa Vieja Lodge has reached out to one of our favorite fishing brands, the creators of those eye-catching fishing flags you might’ve seen around: Ladies Love Pink! You’ve probably spotted these fun pink flags…
A Fine Kind of History The vessel that we’re delving into the history of this month has a very special place in our Casa Vieja Lodge hearts. A boat that lives on in fishing infamy: the Finest Kind, 40′ Whiticar! Our Finest Kind has led a simple, but rich, life so far; she was made in 1982 by Captain Curt Whiticar himself, who was dubbed the “dean of custom boat…
A Queen amongst Vessels As we continue the exciting Histories of our Fleet segment, this month we’re featuring our “Queen of the Fleet,” the boat that set the record on March 11, 2006 for most sailfish caught on fly in a single day (a whopping 57 total)–it’s the Release! A 37-ft Merritt made in 1961 by Buddy Merritt himself, this vessel was the 8th hull constructed in the…
Makaira: Then & Now Believe it or not, every single one of our vessels here at Casa Vieja Lodge has lived a long and exciting life before they ultimately became a part of our fleet. Welcome to a new newsletter segment, we’re calling the Histories of our Fleet! To start a new series on where all of our boats came from,…
Trophy Husbands Round 2! This past Father’s Day weekend, we packed the lodge full for our second annual Trophy Husbands Invitational! It was a weekend filled with fun, friendly competition, and some great billfish numbers. Our Jefe, Capt. David Salazar was in attendance of course, along with fellow founding Trophy Husband Capt. Jimbo Thomas; as well as a lodge full of anglers, ranging from fathers to…
