$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…
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…