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…
$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,…
$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…
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…
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…
Ladies Only Marlin Expedition Last month, we were proud to host some of our favorite lady anglers at Casa Vieja for Marlin Expeditions Ladies-Only Expedition! When we asked the director and lead instructor of Marlin Expeditions for her favorite thing about the trip, she told us: “the friendships made during this trip were cemented in unbelievable…
No Sancocho 2023 Another successful No Sancocho Sailfish Shootout is in the books! Just like every year, this Sailfish Shootout was even bigger and better than the last. BIG CONGRATS to Team Palmetto Pescadors on the Finest Kind with Capt Benji, as they took home First Place! Team Pescadors Started off on Day 1 with 15 Sails, plus…
Trophy Husbands Unite If you are a Trophy Husband, Father, or an ordinary husband that deserves to be treated like the Trophy Husband you are, then you need to join our first annual Trophy Husbands Invitational this Father’s Day weekend, June 16-18. Following the format of the No Sancocho Sailfish Shootout, for every missed bite, or…
2022 No Sancocho Sailfish Shootout RESULTS Three days of excellent fishing, calm seas, fabulous friends, and lots of SANCOCHOS made this year’s tournament another success! BIG CONGRATS to the ladies aboard the Finest Kind with Capt Nicho as they took home First Place and it’s such a sweet victory as each year they have become…
2021 No Sancocho Results The final day of No Sancocho had all boats running in different directions trying to find the best bite. All 8 boats had Marlin bites, 4 of them released a single, and The Hooker released 2! Boats totaled 50/74 Sailfish and 6/10 both Striped Marlin and Blue Marlin. This was a battle to the…
2020 No Sancocho Sailfish Shootout Our annual No Sancocho Sailfish Shootout was full of non-stop fun, excellent camaraderie, outfit changes galore and fantastic fishing! We thought everything was going as planned with the ladies aboard the Finest Kind leading the pack daily and even on the last day, they brought home 14 Sailfish and 1…
The Not So Fun Part Although we would like to continue business as usual at Casa Vieja Lodge, we realize the severity of the situation and understand that the health of our clients is of utmost importance as we waiver these unknown seas. Thank you to everyone who has been so understanding during this…
Fly Guys & Gals If you ever caught a billfish on the fly rod, it’s hard to go back to conventional bait. The pure exhilaration of the bite is truly one of the most fascinating bites. If you can follow directions, then our Captains and Crews will coach you to your first of many billfish…
Our Annual No Sancocho Sailfish Shootout was exciting up until the last minute! There were a few twists and turns, and lots of laughs. Fishing was slightly above average with 15-30 raises per boat per day. Anglers fished per IGFA rules and hooked their own fish, which led to a handful of SANCOCHOS! Normally we…
Tuna Time in the Summertime For those looking for more than sailfish, the summertime is your opportunity to rake in all the benefits Guatemala has to offer. From May-August blue marlin are seen almost daily, the yellowfin tuna are in scattered schools, the mahi-mahi are at their largest size, the sailfish are constant, and the…
Make way for April Blues The man in the blue suit has made his debut earlier this season and our anglers surely aren’t complaining about his entrance. The blue marlin tends to start showing up in late April and get heavier in numbers as the summer progresses however, they have been in a part…
See What’s Out There Casa Vieja Lodge has teamed up with Costa del Mar Sunglasses to bring the first ever Angler Trial Lens Program to the fleet. Seven of our boats will have a box of six Costa Sunglasses each with a different color lens, for you to test while out fishing. It’s one thing to…
2018 Annual Billfish Report The numbers were tailed for the 2018 Casa Vieja Lodge Annual billfish report and we are proud to announce the grand total of 28,027 Raises, 21,235 Bites, 12,404 Releases. This report is a total of the CVL Fleet that fished during the 9-month season, and keep in mind there were many rest days, and…
Rum Line is Back The distinguished Rum Line completed a 1.5-year overhaul in the Casa Vieja Marine Services Boat Yard and debuted on October 25th. Casa Vieja Lodge selected to repower the Rum Line with twin Cummins QSC 8.3 Engines (500hp), replacing the previous mechanical version. “With these newer electronic engines she won’t blow black smoke while you are backing down on a big one, be much more fuel efficient, have a higher cruising speed of 25…
