Current Guatemala Pacific Coast Fishing Conditions
Pacific Coast sport-fishing report

Week ending August 5th 2007

Our Favorite Fishing Quote for the week :

"Fishermen are born honest, but they get over it”   
~ Ed Zern

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Week ending June 24th 2007

Our Favorite Fishing Quote for the week :

"If fishing is interfering with your business, give up your business.”   
~ Paul Schullery 

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Week ending June 17th 2007

Our Favorite Fishing Quote for the week :

"Calling fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job.”  
~ Paul Schullery 

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Week ending March 31th 2007

This Guatemala fishing report is for the week ending March 31th 2007 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company operating out of the new Pez Vela Marina .

Finally – the fish have started to show in the numbers and concentrations that Guatemala is famous for. The McCarthy party had a great visit with double digit releases each day, as well as a monster dorado of close to 50lbs. We were pleased to welcome father and son the Prices all the way from the UK for 4 days of fishing on the Reel Diver. They demonstrated some great hooking skill – and managed to have 87 Sailfish to the boat over their 4 days offshore.

The fishing is consistent now with at least 20 raises each day and many days over 20 releases as well. The blue water has been best with lines in at 30 miles. What has been even more pleasing has been that the action has been constant all day with a steady bite from early morning until the end of the day.

We are hoping that it will last and is only an indicator of the season
kicking off later than usual……but we will continue to report the action
each week as it develops……stay tuned !

Our Favorite Fishing Quote for the week :

"Angling may be said to be so like mathematics That it can never be fully learnt"
~ Izaak Walton

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Week ending March 26th 2007

This Guatemala fishing report is for the week ending March 26th 2007 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company operating out of the new Pez Vela Marina . As one of my old bosses used to tell me.."The hardest part of Forecasting is the predicting the future bit...."

......and we have been predicting/hoping for some weeks now for the bite to pick up to the standards expected of the rich waters of Guatemala . Finally the blue water has moved closer in and the appropriate stars seemed to have lined up so that the billfish have concentrated and are feeding well. There has been a steady improvement each day over the last week, with the numbers of fish raised each day now comfortably in the teens and twenties.

The "Reel Diver" had a high day late in the week with 35 raises and constant action through the day. The Karr party had "11 by 11" fish to the boat yesterday, when they decided to switch and try some reef fishing for Pargo and Grouper - but a strong start to the day ! The Blue Marlin are still around, but the numbers have diminished as the conditions now are clearly more favourable for Sailfish.

We are hoping for the bite to continue through the new moon, and look forward to the last part of the season (hopefully !) being the best part of the year for our clients over the next 6 weeks.

Our Favorite Fishing Quote for the week :

"Reading about baseball is a lot more interesting than reading about chess, but you have to wonder :
Don't any of these guys ever go fishing ?"
~Dave Shiflet

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Week ending March 4th 2007

This Guatemala fishing report is for the week ending March 4th 2007 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company operating out of the new Pez Vela Marina .

I was hoping for one of those days; it has been a while since I managed a day on the water, and much longer since I managed a day with my wife and two sons.

We were inspired by the reports from the Carr party last week of Blue Marlin to be found as well as Sailfish far to the West - so as the sun rose, we parted ways with the majority of the fleet and ran West for an hour to find blue water. It has been slow for Guatemala this "peak season" for some reason - single digits have been the norm, and this day started in much the same way. The crew worked hard to keep the baits fresh and trying different patterns to try and tempt the sails to turn on - but it took 3 hours of trolling to raise the first sailfish.

My 11 year old son took the challenge and Capt. Marvin did a great job of working the boat to get the sail over the transom in 10 minutes for my youngest son's first ever sailfish ! We took a quick 300 photos. and released the fish to swim away.

My 12 year old son was next in rotation, and patiently concentrated on the teasers for 2 hours. Doesn't it always seem to happen this way ? We were just finishing off our lunch that Oswlado the first mate on the Reel Diver had lovingly prepared, when The yell resonated from the bridge : Marlina !!............. and there it was, focused on the centre teaser. Oswaldo grabbed the 50WT rigged with a freshly sewn bonita belly and pitched it while I thrust the remnants of lunch into the trash. As I looked up, I could see the huge shadow of a very large marlin redirect its focus now to the fresh bait just tossed. It inhaled the bonita and the reel screamed - the fish was well hooked. "Mas Mas" screamed Capt. Marvin to wake us up from the action - and we pitched Rigged ballyhoo back to two more apparently hungry bills. Two quick hook ups and we were there.......3 Blue Marlin hooked up at one time !! Now what to do ??

Some of the chaos was relieved when in the melee two lines crossed while all three marlin were running and we lost one of the fish - regrettably the largest. We still had a double header underway however. We maneuvered the boat so that one fish was off the bow and one was off the stern, and we started to feed line to my son's fish so that we could focus on bringing the other fish to the boat. Oswaldo made busy
connecting line as the fish off the bow just continued to run.... Twenty minutes later, we had the first Marlin, approximately 300lbs to the leader and a clean release was executed. Now my son was faced with a still fresh marlin and 1000yds of Dacron between him and the fish......he faced the challenge with a brave face.. An hour and several bottles of water later, we hauled in Matthew's first Blue Marlin - a good fish of around 400lbs. Some quick pictures, and the third marlin of the afternoon disappeared into the deep blue water. It had been a Great Day out on the fishing grounds of Guatemala .

Kevin Styles

Our Favorite Fishing Quote for the week :

"Game fish are too valuable to be caught only once"
~Lee Wulff

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Week ending February 26th 2007

This Guatemala fishing report is for the week ending February 26th 2007 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company operating out of the new Pez Vela Marina .

This is seeming to be a confusing season; we had a great bite in late December and early January….and then it went cold. Both in the sense of the veracity of the bite, and also for the relative water temperature. It appeared like we had recovered, and the fishing was coming back to the “norm” of catches in the teens for February………… but it has stayed stubbornly in the single digits for most days.

Up and down the Pacific coast, we hear similar reports of less aggressive and less numerous bites than expected for this time of year……..but we live in hope and anticipation of it really turning on.

On the positive side, we are seeing and catching a good run of Blue Marlin : The Carr party had 2 good sized Blues in the spread on their penultimate days fishing. Unfortunately the fish refused the fresh Bonita belly baits, and despite being surround by tasty teasers of all flavors, and just wouldn’t bite seriously. I’m happy to report however that that was resolved on theirfinal day as they hooked up and brought to the boat a 500lb Blue Marlin……a good trophy to accompany the 7 sailfish caught that day. Congratulations !

Our Favorite Fishing Quote for the week :

"The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing"
~Babylonian Proverb

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Week ending February 12th 2007

This Guatemala fishing report is for the week ending February 12th 2007 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company operating out of the new Pez Vela Marina .

As you walk down to the dock in the early morning……you can sense it. The season in full swing – the clients know it, the crews know it, and
most important of all, the fish know it and are cooperating. It is still dark, and the marina is a hive of activity, as almost every boat has spreader lights on and the crews are working to prepare the boats for the day. Coolers are being stocked; ice is being delivered in 100lbbags, bait is being rigged and drags are tested and set for the day.

Even though our crews do this almost every day now, they still have a smile on their face, as the fishing has been good, and just as importantly, it has been consistent.

The run to the blue water has come in a little to about 25miles, but once
the lines are in, the action has generally started quickly, and has remained consistent throughout the day. Most boats most days are reporting catches in the mid teens to twenties, with the fish being particularly aggressive for the early bite – multiple hook ups are the norm in the morning.

There still seem to be plenty of marlin – both striped and blue – around and they have been aggressive even towards the smaller baits and teasers that we are dragging for the Sailfish.

We anticipate it only getting better from here !! Come down and let’s go !

Our Favorite Fishing Quote for the week :

"Scholars have long known that fishing eventually turns men into philosophers. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to buy decent tackle on a philosopher's salary..”
~Patrick F McManus

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Week ending February 4th 2007

This Guatemala fishing report is for the week ending February 4th 2007 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company operating out of the new Pez Vela Marina .

OK – so now I’m confused…but maybe the fish are as well. The “Common Wisdom” purports that during the brightest moon phases, the predators are more able to find a meal at night – and so feed constantly, diminishing their appetite and usual aggressive feeding during the day. It was during a full moon in March 2006 that the Sailfish were practically jumping in the boat – and Guatemala (re)set the record book with up to 124 to the boat in a single days fishing. When fishing here was slow (by Guatemala standards) through the new moon in January, we weren’t anticipating much help as it rose through full at the start of the month. But just to confound us………….the bite steadily picked up, and continues to improve.

So much for the fish playing by the rules (see last weeks “Favorite Quote”.

The blue water is still a ways out, at 35-50 miles, but Rick Quade and party made the run (despite the full moon!) and were rewarded with counts in the high teens to low twenties. Each of our boats also had a Blue Marlin in the 350-450lb class over the weekend as well. The marlin action has been constant this season so far – even reports of “Granders”, with at least one caught. Blacks and Stripeys have been
making a showing in the spread.

Following on from our filming for ESPN with Cindy Garrison, we were
pleased to welcome Mike Keyes of “Keyes Outdoors” down this past
week filming a show for FOX SPORTS to be shown in 5m homes in
Mid West. Lookout for The Great Sailfishing Company coming to a TV
in your neighborhood!

Our Favorite Fishing Quote for the week :

"Three-fourths of the Earth's surface is water, and one-fourth is land. It is quite clear that the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn.”
~Chuck Clark

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Week ending January 28th 2007

This Guatemala fishing report is for the week ending January 28th
2007 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company operating out of the new Pez Vela Marina .

It has been unusually slow fishing for Guatemala over the last couple of weeks – the common wisdom among the wizened captains has been that the water temperatures at the colour changes have either not had enough gradient, or the temperatures themselves have been a couple of degrees below normal.

This had resulted in bait not concentrating, and hence the Predators find it harder to find food, and they themselves become harder to find.

The weather has improved significantly this last week – and it certainly seems to have positively effected the fishing. The bluewater has come in to about 30 miles from the dock, we are seeing regular billfish raises in the low teens per day – along with catches of good size (20-25lb)
yellowfin tuna and dorado.

Our catch of the week has to go to the Wuori party, who are demonstrating their skill at hooking up to the sails – but somewhat unusually for Guatemala also managed to hook up to a feisty striped marlin this week – and saw another in the spread.

Our Favorite Fishing Quote for the week :

"It has always been my private conviction that any man who pits his intelligence against a fish andloses has it coming”
~John Steinbeck

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Week ending January 15th 2007

This Guatemala fishing report is for the week ending January 15th 2007 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company operating out of the new Pez Vela Marina .

Well it has certainly been a mixed bag this past week. The fish remain somewhat unco-operative – the fleet is spreading far and wide each morning to find blue water and aggressive fish. The first has not been generally found until 35-50miles from the dock, which makes it a long first run. The good news here is that fresh coffee is served on the way out, and the big heavy Bertrams make as good a coffee platform as the comfy couch at Starbucks.

The second remain more difficult – the fish are there ok., but seem to be finicky and slow to really chase the teasers or the proffered baits. The mixed bag for the Fetterman party came in the form of feisty yellowfin tuna that make about the best sashimi that money can buy – especially on the high seas with all the accoutrements. The mixed bag for the Edgar party was formed by good sized bull dolphin that were duly served up to the group for dinner that evening ……..it always tastes even better when you just caught it yourself that afternoon.

The billfishing seemed to improve from the low single digits that we experienced at the beginning of the week – and we are encouraged (or at least thinking positivey) with the waning crescent moon. My sense is that a couple of decent sacrifices to the fish Gods should do it for us so please come down and help out.

We were asked by Mr Nowery to correct the fishing report from last week –we scored him with 3 raises on their first day, when in fact it was 5………. apologies to his team………..but one was a monster and almost counted as three…………..

Hope you enjoyed watching Cindy and her sister fish on the Joint Venture on ESPN2 last Sunday……………or almost as much as we enjoyed watching them ……………….and the fishing was great as well.

Our very Best wishes : Les, Carlos, Kevin & Jim

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Week ending January 7th 2007

This Guatemala fishing report is for the week ending January 7th 2007 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company operating out of the new Pez Vela Marina .

This fishing report is slow in arriving, as the fish have been slow in biting so far. Maybe they enjoyed the New Year festivities too much, maybe they are just starting the year out slowly………..maybe it was the moon shining full in the sky – but whatever it was, the fishing has been slow at least by Guatemalan standards. The Nowery party had 3 raises on their first day fishing with us – one of the sails caught was enormous – about
the largest that Cap’n Marven has seen in 15 years fishing the waters, estimated at > 135lbs.

Michael Stough fishing with us also on the 35ft Strike was having a slow day flyfishing………..right up to the point that a Blue Marlin surfaced on the naked ballyhoo trailing on the flat line. He had an opportunity for a couple of casts with his favorite fly, but the Blue had the smell of bait already – so he pitched the pre-rigged belly bait on the 50lb tackle. This immediately caught the attention of the fish and the fight was on. For the next 2 ½ hours Michael, the Marlin and the boat each tried to outmaneuver each other through guile and stamina. Eventually the boat and Michael succeeded in bringing the marlin to the side of the boat and touch the leader. The mates swung into action and held on to the 350lb Blue for as long as possible to revive her at the side of the boat forcing water through her gills until she flicked her massive tail and swam away….tired but ready for another day.

Fishing seems to be picking up this week as the moon wanes, with
reports of double digit raises and more Marlin showing.

If you have yet to fish with us, you have the opportunity to see just how good the fishing is by watching Cindy Garrison on ESPN2 at 9.30am this weekend (January 14th). This is the second of the episodes That she filmed with us just after Thanksgiving last year. There are Some great shots where she jumps into the water with the sailfish at the boat – only to realize that it was one of a pod of about 6 others that had trailed it to the boat. She came down with her sister – and it didn’t take long for her sister to catch her first ever sailfish……aother great memory of Guatemala fishing !

We wish all our clients, past, present and future a Happy New Year

Our very Best wishes : Les, Carlos, Kevin & Jim

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Week ending December 30th 2006

This Guatemala fishing report is for the week ending December 30th 2006 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company operating out of the new Pez Vela Marina.

Well we allowed the fish a break to enjoy their Christmas – but started back straight away fishing on the 26th. They did seem a little sluggish after the festivities, but the sight of fresh ballyhoo just proved too much ……….and the bite showed as soon as we hit Bluewater at 12-15 miles from the dock. We welcomed the Lundgren party, and they started their trip with 9 nice Sailfish in the boat on “Boxing Day” as it is known in the UK . The weather was perfect with a light wind and enough of a chop on the water to make the teasers jump and hop in an
animated way.

You can see more pix from last weeks fishing here :

http://www.greatsailfishing.com/en/weeklyfishing.htm

The weather and the bite improved as the Lundgrens continued their trip – bringing 10 to the boat on their second day………and then really heating up with 16 caught on their third and final day. There has been more and more bait showing in recent days, and we are hopeful of a run of Blue Marlin as we progress through the full moon………….watch this space and we will report if/when it happens !

We wish all our clients, past, present and future a Happy New Year

Our very Best wishes : Les, Carlos, Kevin & Jim

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Week ending December 17th 2006

This Guatemala fishing report is for the week ending December 17th 2006 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company operating out of the new Pez Vela Marina.

This week saw offshore billfishing in Guatemala at its best. Sunny days combined with calm seas and fishing action that started as close as 12 miles from the dock. The action was constant and consistent day to
day - with raises in the mid twenties and generally fish caught in the 15-20 range. One of our groups - the Sinclair party - managed to have a great days fishing on our newest addition to the fleet the 35ft Bertram "Reel Diver" with 76 raises, 63 bites and 45 releases on their first day out. This resulted in almost a 70% catch ratio..a testament to some very experienced anglers' skill !

Captain Marvin was full of praise for the team as they managed to position pitch baits exactly as needed to tempt the litup billfish to an aggressive bite and so the high catch ratio.

There seems to be no slowdown in the fishing as we head into the Christmas peak, and the whole marina is buzzing with talk of a season that could easily match or even exceed the phenomenal numbers achieved last year. We still have some dates left for January - so
give us a call and come down to experience some of the worlds finest Billfishing !!

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Best regards and tight lines,

Jim, Kevin, Carlos and Les

 

Week ending November 25th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 11-25-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company operating out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.

The boats had to move around substantially this week to find Bluewater - lines in at 25 miles and moving out gradually to as far as 50 miles by the end of the week. The greater search area also caused the fish to be spread out and we didn't see the large concentrations of billfish that we had experienced in the prior weeks. Most days the boats were reporting raises in the low teens with single digits to the boat.

We at GreatSailfishing were pleased to welcome TV personality Cindy Garisson to fish aboard our new Bertram Sportfisher the Reel Diver. We hoped for some good action and footage, and were not let down as Cindy expertly cast a fly to a lit up Blue Marlin. After a considerable fight, even a Blue Marlin had to succumb to Cindy's charms, and it was brought to the boat as a 200-250lb class fish. We look forward to seeing the replay on ESPN someday soon.

Winds midweek caused the seas to push up a little, and further disperse bait - but by the w/end had subsided to our regular fishing conditions of blue skies, calm seas and 80 deg. F. temperatures - all was well again, and the fishing continues to improve. fishing grounds for this past week varied between 15

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Best regards and tight lines,

Jim, Kevin, Carlos and Les

Week ending November 12th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 11-12-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala. The fishing grounds for this past week varied between 15 miles to as far as 47 miles. Seas this week have continued to stay calm with sunny skies and light to no wind in the mornings.

Very good results continued this week with boats reporting raises in the teens to the low thirties,with releases also in the high single digits to low twenties on conventional tackle and with some boats reporting 3 to 4 releases on the fly.We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted several groups with one releasing 10 Pacific sails out of 13 bites. At one point a little chaos broke out when they had a blue marlin and 4 sails in the spread. Cap´n Nestor directed the focus towards the Blue Marlin which aggressively pursued one teaser to the other teaser and on to the pich bait....... only to be finally beaten by one of the lit up Sails, at which point the commotion of two hooked up sails proved too much and he sank away from the stern...for next time. Our Sunday charter wanted to target meat fish (we fish how you want to fish) and were rewarded with boating 7 nice dorado,5 yellowfin tuna and several mackeral along with releasing 2 sails.

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Best regards and tight lines,

Jim, Kevin, Carlos and Les

Week ending November 5th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 11-05-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala. The fishing grounds for this past week varied between 20 miles to as far as 47 miles. Seas this week have continued to stay calm with sunny skies and light to no wind in the mornings.

This week saw good to very good results with boats reporting raises in the teens to the low thirties,with releases also in the high single digits to low twenties on conventional tackle.We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted Dr.DeNunna and son who fished with us for four days. Over 2 1/2 days targeting Pacific sails they released a total of 31 sails along with boating 5 dorado (one in the 40lb + class). The other 1 1/2 days they wanted to target marlin. They had a nice 400+ pounder in the spreads which attacked the teasers and then the bait but failed to hook-up.

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Best regards and tight lines,

Jim, Kevin, Carlos and Les

Week ending October 30th 2006

Sailfishing good - Marlin bite turns on

This fishing report is for the week ending 10-30-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala. The fishing grounds for this past week went out from averaging 30 miles to as far as 45 miles over the past month to 35 to 50 miles. Seas this week have continued to stay calm with sunny skies and light to no wind in the mornings.

This week saw good results with boats reporting raises in the teens to the low twenties,with releases also in the high single digits to mid teens - most boats releasing between 8 to 12 sails on conventional tackle. The most exciting news is that the marlin bite this past week has been Great...... with most boats reporting at least one Blue Marlin in their spreads every day. At the end of the week all of the boats released anywhere from one to four marlin within 4 days. Another reason why we are looking forward to the imminent arrival of our latest 35ft Bertram, the "Reel Diver" - as she is fully equipped to chase those marlin with a full tower and a Marlin door. We are looking forward to a continuing strong Marlin bite - and invite you down to experience it for
yourselves !!

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Best regards and tight lines,

Jim, Kevin, Carlos and Les

Week ending October 16th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 10-16-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala. The fishing grounds for this past week came in from averaging 30 miles to as far as 45 miles over the past month to 20 to 25 miles. Seas this week have continued to stay calm ranging between 1 to 2ft with sunny skies and light to no wind,in the mornings.

This week saw good results with boats reporting raises in the teens to into the twenties,with releases also in the high single digits to high teens with most boats releasing between 8 to 15 sails on conventional tackle. On Saturday our boat the Joint Venture released 10 Pacific Sailfish and a couple of dorado and today 10/16/2006 our group released 8 sails out of 18 rasies.

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Best regards and tight lines,

Jim, Kevin, Carlos and Les

Week ending October 8th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 10-08-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala. The fishing grounds for this past week came in from averaging 30 miles to as far as 45 miles over the past month to 20 to 30 miles. Seas this week have continued to stay calm ranging between 1 to 2ft with sunny skies and light to no wind.

This week saw good results with boats reporting raises in the teens to mid twenties,with releases also in the high single digits to high teens with most boats releasing between 8 to 15 sails on conventional tackle. There were even reports of marlin in the spreads. On Saturday our boat the Joint Venture released 10 Pacific Sailfish and a Blue Marlin in the 200 lb. Class. There was a local inshore fishing tournament this past Saturday and we have been told for those that ventured out they were rewarded well with jacks,mackerel,pargo and more.

Once again for those anglers planning to come down to Guatemala and fish with us, please make your reservations soon as our calendar is filling up fast. We are happy to announce the addition to our fleet of the Island Time (38ft.wide-body Bertram) and the Reel Diver (35ft.Bertram with a full tuna tower and tuna door). Both of these vessels will be arriving in early November.

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Best regards and tight lines,

Jim, Kevin, Carlos and Les

Week ending October 1st 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 10-01-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala. The fishing grounds for this past week ranged from 30 miles to as far as 40 miles. Seas this week have been ranging between 1 to 2ft with sunny skies and no wind.

This week saw fair to good results with boats reporting raises in the high teens to mid twenties ,with releases also in the high single digits to mid teens with Wednesday,Thursday and Friday seeing most boats releasing between 10 to 15 sails. Once again there were some Dorado to be taken each day.

For those anglers planning to come down to Guatemala and fish with us, please make your reservations soon as our calendar is filling up fast. We are happy to announce the addition to our fleet of the Island Time (38ft.wide-body Bertram)and the Reel Diver (35ft.Bertram with a full tuna tower and tuna door).Both of these vessels will be arriving in early
November.

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Best regards and tight lines,

Jim, Kevin, Carlos and Les

Week ending September 17th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 09-17-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala. The fishing grounds for this past week ranged from 15miles to as far as 40 miles. Seas this week have been ranging between 1 to 3ft at the start of the week. However, on Sunday caused by a severe storm, seas were as high as 4ft. Another storm hit on Sunday night 09-17-06 keeping the fleet in as of this report dated
09-18-06.

This week saw fair to poor results with boats reporting raises in the low single digits,with releases also in the single digits (most boats reporting 0 to 2 releases). Once again there were lotsof Dorado (at the 15 mile mark boats were reporting boated dorado in the 20s and 30s) and yellowfin tuna to be had. On Saturday and Sunday we had the Tiss party out of Long Island New York which released 4 out of 4 sails on Saturday along with boating one Dorado for lunch on the way out for sails, on Sunday they released 3 yellowfin tuna along with other meat fish.

For those anglers planning to come down to Guatemala and fish with us, please make your reservations soon as our calendar is filling up fast.

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Best regards and tight lines,

Jim, Kevin, Carlos and Les

 

Week ending August 20th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 08-20-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala. The fishing grounds for this past week ranged from 30 miles to as far as 40 miles. Seas started out fairly nice ranging between 1 to 3ft at the start of the week. However, on Saturday caused by a storm, seas were as high as 6ft. However, on Sunday clam seas were once again the norm.

This week saw fair results with boats reporting raises in the low single digits,with releases also in the single digits. Once again there were lots of Dorado and yellowfin tuna to be had. On Saturday and Sunday we had the Mark Hill party which released 3 out of 4 sails and on Sunday released 2 sails, boated 6 dorado and after a 1 hour fight released a nice 400 to 450lb. Blue Marlin, nice fishing guys.

We are very happy to announce that we have a new addition to the GreatSailfishing fleet - a widebody 38ft Bertram Convertible sportfisher. She has a 14.5ft beam - so lots of space in a huge cockpit for when the action gets frantic - and a beautiful fully refurbished Release fighting chair.

As soon as you walk on the dock, the boat stands out because of its triple-spreader Lee snr outriggers and the classic Bertam profile. Inside is fully air conditioned for your comfort when underway.......and in case you need it, a little rest and relaxation on the way back to the dock in the evening.

With the arrival of this vessel, The Great Sailfishing Company is now able to offer a complete range of Bertam vessels from 28ft to 38ft to accommodate your party.

Week ending August 6th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 08-06-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala. The fishing grounds for this past week ranged from 35 miles to as far as 50 miles. Seas started out fairly nice ranging between 1 to 3ft at the start of the week. However, by mid-week caused by a storm seas were as high as 6ft. We had a charter on Thursday that had to turn around because of these high seas. By the
weekend clam seas were enjoyed by several parties. This week skies ranged from cloudy at the beginning of the week with overcast/cloudy days by weeks end. Some nights saw downpours. Most days started with light breezes in the mornings which picked up in the afternoons.

This week saw fair results with boats reporting raises in the mid to high teens with releases in the mid to high single digits. Once again there were lots of Dorado and yellowfin tuna to be had. At the start of the week few sportfishing boats ventured out and by mid-week those that tried turned around. This past Saturday our company hosted two charters. Our boat the Joint Venture along with the La Piragua entertained a large group from Banco Industrial. They reported raises in the mid-teens and released 5 sails on the Joint Venture and 8 sails on the La Piragua. Both boats reported boating 10 and 9 dorado respectfully, could have been more but they didn't leave the dock until 9:30A.M.(our boats usually depart between 7:00 to 7:30A.M.).

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Best regards and tight lines,

Jim, Kevin, Carlos and Les

 

Week ending July 30th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 07-30-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala. The fishing grounds for this past week ranged from 35 miles to as far as 50 miles. Seas started out fairly high ranging between 3 to 4ft at the start of the week caused by several storms that hit the coast. However, clam seas were enjoyed by the weekend.This week skies ranged from cloudy/rain at the beginning of the week with overcast/cloudy days at weeks end. Most nights saw heavy downpours. Most days started with light breezes in the mornings which picked up in the afternoons.

This week saw fair results with boats reporting raises in the low to mid teens with releases in the single digits. The good news is that there were lots of Dorado and yellowfin tuna to be had. At the start of the week few sportfishing boats ventured out,with most of the bill-fishing on the weekend. Our boat the Joint Venture hosted a group along with our partners Jim Phillips and Kevin Styles. They reported 14 raises on Sunday which resulted in 2 sails released on the fly and two on conventionial along with 8 yellowfin tuna. Kevin explained that they could have caught a lot more tuna but stopped after 8 in search of the sails. On Saturday the Stragos came upon some floating structures which resulted in boating 75 Dorado.

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Best regards and tight lines,

Jim, Kevin, Carlos and Les

Week ending July 9nd 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 07-09-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala. The fishing grounds for this past week have remained from as close as 16 miles to as far as 35 miles. Seas continue to be mild ranging between 1 to 2ft to moderate at 3ft. This week skies ranged from partly cloudy to overcast/cloudy days, with a few days bringing light to moderate rains during the day and a few nights with heavy downpours.Most days started with light breezes in the mornings and picking up in the afternoons.

This week again saw some good results with boats reporting releases in the mid single digits to low double digits, one sportfishermen reported 12 releases
out of 20 bites. Another had 4 releases on the fly. Once again few sportfishing boats ventured out midweek with most of the bill-fishing on the weekend. Our boat
the Joint Venture had a local charter with the clients wanting to target meat fish. They were rewarded with 12 dorado in the 7 to 12lb. class, 3 Yellow-fin tuna
ranging from 10 to 15lbs. along with releasing 3 sails.

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Best regards and tight lines,

Jim, Kevin, Carlos and Les

Week ending July 2nd 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 07-02-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala. The fishing grounds for this past week have ranged from as close as 16 miles to as far as 35 miles. Seas this week have been mild ranging between 1 to 2ft to moderate at 3ft. This week skies ranged from cloudly to overcast days, with some days bringing light to moderate rains during the day and a few nights with heavy downpours. Most days started with no wind in the mornings and moderate breezes in the afternoons.

This week saw good results with boats reporting releases in the mid single digits to low double digits. However, few sportfishing boats ventured out midweek with most of the billfishing on the weekend. Our boat the Joint Venture released 7 out of 12 sails on Saturday on conventional tackle along with a few dorado before returning early. Those boats that went out for mainly dorado we reporting very good results beginning at the 16 mile mark.

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Week ending June 25th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 06-25-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala. The fishing grounds for this past week have ranged from as close as 15 miles to as far as 40 miles. Seas this week have been mild ranging between 1 to 2ft to moderate at 3ft. This week skies ranged from cloudly to overcast days, with some days bringing light rains; however there as been a few nights with heavy downpours. Most days started with no to light breezes in the mornings and moderate breezes in the afternoons.

This week saw fair results with boats reporting releases in the low to mid single digits. Most boats reported 3 to 7 sailfish releases on conventional tackle. Once again there were Blue Marlin in the spread. On Monday our boat the Joint Venture hooked up a 450lb. class blue but after a short fight the hook came loose from the bill. One other boat this week did manage to release two blues. Those boats that went out for dorado were rewarded with lots of them in the 7 to 15lb. class beginning at the 15 mile mark.

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Week ending June 18th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 06-18-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala. The fishing grounds for this past week have ranged from 20 miles to as far as 40 miles. Seas this week have varied from mild ranging between 1 to 2ft to moderate 2 to 3ft seas. This week skies ranged from sunny to overcast days, with some days bringing light rains; however there as been some nights with light to moderate downpours. Most days started with no to light wind in the mornings to light / moderate winds in the afternoons, same as the past two weeks.

This week saw fair to good results with boats reporting releases in the low single digits to low double digits. This week we were happy to host the Jay Halpenny party from Canada. Their first day (Tuesday) saw only fair results with releasing 3 sails out of 7 bites and 6 Dorado. On Wednesday they had a good days fishing releasing 11 sails out of 20 bites and also boating 20 Dorado. On Thursday they also had another good days fishing with releasing 9 sails out of 14 bites. All on conventional tackle.

On Friday we welcomed the arrival of Sam Swisher and his son out of Boston. Their first day fishing was on Saturday and they had great day releasing 5 sails and TWO Blue Marlin,the first marlin (estimated at 300lbs.) first appeared off of the left teaser. With the marlin rig in hand (Penn International 11 50 wide with 50lb line mated to a tournament graphite rod) the fight was on.Thirty minutes later the fight was over and the mates released the marlin to fight another day. About one hour later another marlin appeared off of the left teaser, estimated at about 200lb. Sam’s son chose light tackle and the fight began, about 1 ½ hours of a great fight the marlin was boat-side and released. Both of the Swishers had big smiles and explained that they were their 1st marlins and on the same day. Today (Sunday) saw another good day with 3 sails being released and another Blue Marlin in the 200lb. Class. That’s right, 3 marlin in two days with another day to go.

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Week ending June 12th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 06-12-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala. The fishing grounds for this past week have ranged from as close as 10 miles to as far as 15+ miles. Seas this week have varied from mild ranging between 2 to 2ft to moderate 2 to 4ft seas. This week skies ranged from sunny to overcast days, with a some days bringing light rains;however there as been some nights with heavy downpours.Most days started with no to light wind in the mornings to light / moderate winds in the afternoons,same as the past week.The week started out with fair results with boats reporting releases in the low to high single digits but this weeks end saw only poor releases in the low single digits on conventional tackle.The silver linings is that most boats going out this week caught 5 to 8 dorado's and some boats also caught a few yellow-tail.To register for our weekly fishing report and other information please click here : http://www.greatsailfishing.com/en/register.html or
act us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com As always our
reports tell it as it is.

Week ending June 4th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 06-04-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala. The fishing grounds for this past week have ranged from as close as 12 miles to as far as 30+ miles. Seas this week have been light ranging between 2 to 4ft. This week skies ranged from sunny to overcast days, with a few bringing light rain.Most days started with no to light wind in the mornings to light / moderate winds in the afternoons.The week started out with fair to good results with boats reporting releases in the high single digits to mid twenties on conventional tackle.Fly fishermen were releasing their sails in the low to mid single digits.Unlike the past week these results maintained themselves thoughout the week.On Friday the La Piragua released 25 sails.There's more good news in that the marlin bite still is active with a couple of releases being reported over the past two weeks. For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for June.

Week ending June 4th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 06-04-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala. The fishing grounds for this past week have ranged from as close as 12 miles to as far as 30+ miles. Seas this week have been light ranging between 2 to 4ft. This week skies ranged from sunny to overcast days, with a few bringing light rain.Most days started with no to light wind in the mornings to light / moderate winds in the afternoons.The week started out with fair to good results with boats reporting releases in the high single digits to mid twenties on conventional tackle. Fly fishermen were releasing their sails in the low to mid single digits.Unlike the past week these results maintained themselves thoughout the week.On Friday the La Piragua released 25 sails.There's more good news in that the marlin bite still is active with a couple of releases being reported over the past two weeks. For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for June.

Week ending May 21st 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 05-21-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala. The fishing grounds for this past week have ranged from as little as 10 miles to as far as 30+ miles. Seas this week have been moderate ranging between 2 to 5ft. with cloudy or rainy days plus light to moderate winds. The week started out with poor to fair results with boats reporting releases in the low to mid single digits. Mid week found results acceptable with boats reporting releases in the 8 to 12 digit range. However, by Friday the fishing had once again really slowed down to the
very low single digits but the marlin bite still is active with the La Sirena releasing a 200lb marlin - On the Fly and the first of the Yellowfin tuna is starting to appear. Today Sunday 05-21-06 the fishing again is picking up,our boat the Joint Venture (35ft.Bertram)released 4 sails,one 400lb.Blue Marlin and a 10 lb. Yellowfin Tuna.For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for May and June

Week ending May 14th 2006

This fishing report is for the past eight days ending 05-14-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for these past days have ranged from as little as 15 miles to as far as 30+ miles. Seas at the beginning of the week have been mild ranging between 1 to 3ft.with sunny days and little wind. However, Saturday night brought in heavy rains with some easterly winds causing some moderate chop. The fishing has been very good to good as Guatemala standards go with those fishing conventional releasing between 10 to 38+ sails per day (the norm was in the low-twenties) with 15 to over 50 raises.On Friday our boat the Joint Venture released 38 sails.In shore fishing has cooled off when compared to the previous week along with the previous weeks Marlin bite. For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for April and May

 

Week ending May 6th 2006
Marlin, Marlin and more Marlin!!!!!

This fishing report is for the week ending 05-06-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this week has ranged from 20 to as far as 30+ miles. Seas have been mild ranging between 1 to 3ft.with sunny days and little wind. The fishing has been fair to good as Guatemala standards go with fly anglers averaging in the low to mid single digits. Those fishing conventional were releasing between 8 to 12 sails per day with 15-20 raises. But the good news is that all of the boats that went out this week have had marlin bites or released one or more Blue Marlins.Our last count totaled 9 marlin releases this week.Today our 35ft.Bertram The Joint Venture released 10 sails,one 225-250lb Blue Marlin and a few dorados. In shore fishing has continued to be good.For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for April and May.

Week ending Apr. 30th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 04-30-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala. The fishing grounds for this week has ranged from 20 to as far as 40+ miles. Seas have ranged between 1 to 3ft. with overcast days and some rain. The fishing has been fair to good as Guatemala standards go with fly anglers averaging in the low to mid single digits. Those fishing conventional were releasing between 10 to 15 per day with 20-30 Sailfish raised per day. In shore fishing has been good.On Wednesday one of our clients was rewarded by catching this years largest
Wahoo that weighed in at 62lbs.Along with the Wahoo John aboard our Joint Venture (35ft.Bertram) caught 6 nice Cero Mackerel and one jack.For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for April and May.

Week ending Apr. 23th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 04-23-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala.The fishing grounds for these past days have ranged from 15 to as far as 40+ miles. Seas have ranged between 1 to 3ft. with overcast days. The fishing was fair as Guatemala standards go with fly anglers averaging in the low to mid single digits. Those fishing conventional were averaging mid single digits to as high as 25 early in the week. In shore fishing has picked up,yesterday (Sunday) one of our boats caught 11 jacks,12 Sierra Mackarel and a nice 35lb Rooster-fish.We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted several professional fly fishing guides who released 4 on the fly Saturday and 2 on Sunday,on both days the Joint Venture raised 20 sails getting 8 bites.For more info. contact us at
greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for April and May.

Week ending Apr. 14th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 04-14-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela arina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week ranged from 15 to as far as 35+ miles. This past week saw Guatemala's average seas which range between 1 to 2ft. The fishing was fair as Guatemala standards go with conventional still in the mid single digits to mid twenties.We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted several groups, one of our groups released 8,11 and 14 sails(Sat,Sunday,Monday)on our 35ft. Bertram the Joint Venture.Hugo Morales went inshore fishing on Wednesday and caught several large jacks,two large Roosterfish and other inshore fish.For more info. e-mail us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at
www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for April and May.

Week ending Apr. 7th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 04-07-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala. The fishing grounds for these past week ranged from 10 to as far as 35+ miles. This past week saw some moderate seas in the 3 to 4ft.class at the first of the week which caused some anglers to return early with the week ending in calm seas. The fishing was slow as Guatemala standards go with conventional still in the low single digits to mid teens.We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted a few several parties day charters with results as discriped above, which was par for most of the fleet.For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for April and May.

Weeks ending Mar. 31th 2006

This fishing report is for two weeks ending 03-31-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela arina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for these past two week ranged from 15 to as far as 45+ miles. This past week saw some rough seas in the 6 to 8ft.class which caused some anglers to return early. The fishing was slow as Guatemala standards go with conventional in the low single digits to mid teens. Those who fished on the fly even saw some days with no releases on few bites.We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted several parties / day charters with results as discriped above.For more
info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for April and May.

Week ending Mar. 18th 2006

This fishing report is for the week ending 03-18-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela arina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week has stayed in the 20 to 35 miles range with calm days and fairly flat seas for the first part of the day and with late afternoon winds causing lite to moderate chop. This week saw most boats releasing sails in the mid twenties into the mid double digits on conventional. Still great fishing by most anyones standards but it did cool down compared to last weeks sizzling results.We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted several parties / day charters including the Dr.Cimino party that released 35 sails on Friday and 33 yesterday(note:they were hooking-up most of their own sails).At the first of the week Sunday March 12th, the McFadden party released 77 on conventional which made their total over two days 136 on conventional and another 6 on the fly.Yesterday one of our day charters released 17 on the fly fishing on the Tranquility and our charter on the Stragos released 41 on conventional,also on Saturday March 18th.For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for April and May.

Week ending Mar. 11th 2006
GUATAMALA RED RED RED HOT - BEST DAY EVER

This fishing report for the week ending 03-11-06 is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala.The fishing grounds for the past week ranged between 18 to
30 miles with calm days and fairly flat seas with late afternoon winds causing some chop. This week saw most boats releasing sails in the mid twenties into the high double digits WITH ONE BOAT REPORTING OVER 100.Today it looks like another world record for most sails on conventional was set.This week saw the
fishing going from hot to todays red hot / sizzling. We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted several parties / day charters including the Harry party that
released 39 sails on Wednesday and 49 on Friday. Today the McFadden party released 59 on conventional and another 6 on the fly.All of our parties enjoy the
comforts of The Joint Venture 35ft.Bertram with hot morning coffee and hot lunches,fresh fruit,snacks and real cold beer.Also the first part of this week saw
Marlins in the spread on three different days with 3 hook-ups releasing one 300lb and one 400lb Blue Marlin great job Mr.Herdon.For more info. contact us at
greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com

Week ending Mar. 4th 2006

This fishing report for two weeks ending 03-04-06 is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela arina,Guatemala.The fishing for the past two weeks ranged between 13 to 25 miles with calm days / flat seas and late afternoon winds causing chop. At the first of the past two weeks fishing was only fair with most boats boating sails in the single digits to low teens on conventional tackle and between 1 to 4 sails on the fly. However, this past week the fishing went from fair to good with most boats in the mid teens to mid-twenties on conventional and low single digits on fly (3 to 7). We at the Great Sailfishing Company hosted several parties / day charters including the LUC VAN GIJSEL,HERDON and STYLES parties on our 35ft Bertram The Joint Venture. The Herdon party averaged 19 sails per day, the Styles party 14 per day on their last 3 days. All three of these parties enjoyed the comforts of The Joint Venture with hot morning coffee and hot lunches, fresh fruit, snacks and real cold beer. Also, this week saw Marlins in the spread on four different days with 3 hook-ups. For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website
at www.greatsailfishing.com

MARLINS HOT FOR GUATEMALA

OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS THE JOINT VENTURE HAS HAD THREE MARLINS IN THE SPREAD AND YESTERDAY BOATED A 300LB BLUE AND TODAY BOATED A 400LB BLUE along with lots of sails and a few dorado.Along with the Joint Venture the Release boated a Blue Marlin yesterday

Week ending Feb. 10th 2006

This fishing report for week ending 02-10-06 is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala.The blue water for this week is still averaging between 12 to as far as 30 miles,with calm days and mild seas at the start of the week which turned to gusty winds with choppy seas Wednesday,Thursday and Friday.This week started out with most boats boating sails on conventional tackle in the high teens to low 30's and fly fisher-persons in the 2 to 8 sails per day range. Thursday and Friday saw a decline due to choppy seas and green water.We at the Great Sailfishing Company
had three parties of fly-fisherman / conventional fishermen.The Cowen pary fishing on our boat the Joint Venture,35ft.Bertram, boated 60 sails over 3 days along with a few nice size dorado.

Week ending Jan. 28th 2006

Prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The blue water for this week has been averaging between 8 to as far as 35 miles with calm days and mild seas but with late afternoon winds. The week begin with only fair results but started heating up on Wednesday with most boats averaging in the low double digits and by Friday 15 to 20 releases on conventional tackel was the norm and don't let me forget about the marlin and dorado bite. There were over 3 nice blue marlin releases and some real nice bull dorado in the 40 to 50lb class. We at the Great Sailfishing Company had a busy week with over 30 charters and thank you all for your support.For more information,please e-mail us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our web-site at http://www.greatsailfish.com

Week ending Jan. 14th 2006

Prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala. The blue water for this week has been averaging between 5 to as far as 25 miles with calm days and mild seas. The local fleet has been reporting only fair to good numbers of 7 to 12 sails releases per day on conventional tackle and between 2 to 8 sails on the fly.Our guests fishing on the Tranquility for 4 days had 6 sails on the fly Monday,7 on the Fly Tuesday,3 on the Fly Wednesday and 7 on the Fly Thursday.The fishing seems to have lightened up on Friday and Saturday with boats reporting releases on conventionial tackle ranging from 2 to 11 releases. For more information,please e-mail us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our web-site at http://www.greatsailfish.com

Week ending Jan. 7th 2006

Prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The blue water for this week has been averaging between 20 to as far as 45 miles with calm days and mild seas until Saturday which had high winds forcing the fleet to return early. The local fleet has been reporting only fair numbers of 6 to 12 sails releases per day on conventional tackle and between 1 to 6 sails on the fly. The boats have also been reporting some good size dorado's caught each day which helped take some of the pain of only fair numbers during the week. Our guests fishing on the Bora-Bora for 3 days and the Stragos for 2 days released a total of 30 sails on the fly,1 rooster-fish and 1 jack on the fly with some dorado on spinning.Our guests on the Tranquility boated 6 sails and 6 dorados on Wednesday,6 sails and 1 dorado on Thursday and ending their 3 days with 9 sails / 1 dorado on Friday.For more information,please e-mail us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our web-site at http://www.greatsailfish.com

Week ending Dec. 31th 2005

Prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The blue water for this week has been averaging between 17 to 30 miles with calm days and mild seas The local fleet has been reporting nice robust numbers of 10 to 28 sail releases per day on conventional tackle and between 6 to 12 sails on the fly. The boats have also been reporting some good size bull dorado's caught each day. Our guests fishing on the Stragos, a 31ft. Bertram, released 6 on the fly on Thursday and 10,on the fly, (using The Great Sailfishing Company supplied gear) yesterday. On the Bora-Bora, a 37ft. Hatteras, both on Tuesday and Wednesday saw 15 sails released on conventional and add another two on the fly to that Wednesday number along with some size bull dorados. One of those 4 bull dorados came close to 50lbs. Today both the Bora-Bora and the Tranquility, a 31ft. Bertram,are out and the conditions look good.For more information,please e-mail us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our web-site at http://www.greatsailfishing.com

Week ending Dec. 24th 2005

Prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The blue water for this week has been averaging between 20 to 35 miles with calm days and mild seas The local fleet has been reporting around 15 sail releases per day on conventional tackle and between 4 to 8 sails on the fly. The boats have also been reporting a few dorado caught each day. Our guests Mr.Wern Blasaditsch and Rodolf Hotter from Germany released 8 sails,on the fly, on their last day before returning to Germany on Monday. They went out on the Tranquility a 31ft. Bertram and both agreed that Guatemala is for real. On Friday 12/23/05 our day charter on the Tranquility released 9 sails on conventionial and 4 30lb. class dorados before returning early.For more information,please e-mail us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our web-site at http://www.greatsailfishing.com

Week ending Dec. 16th 2005

This week we welcomed Mr.Wern Blasaditsch and Rodolf Hotter from Germany. They went out on the Tranquility 31ft. Bertram and on their first day released 8 sails on conventional, 3 on the fly along with a few dorados. On their 2nd day they released 6 on conventional and 8 on the fly, their 3rd. day was solely fly-fishing and they released 10 on the fly on 15 bites. Most of the boats have been traveling between 20 to 40 miles and experiencing mild seas. Our new addition to the fleet is the Joint Venture a 35ft.Bertram she just arrived in Costa Rica and will be here in 3 days. She is roomy with a lot of cockpit space for fly-fishing. For more information please e-mail us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com

Week ending Dec. 10th 2005

For this week ending 12-10-2005 the seas have been calm in the mornings with winds picking up in the afternoons. The bluewater for this week has been found between 35 to 45 miles and the local fleet has been reporting 15 to 26 sails released on conventional tackle and between 4 to 8 sails released per day on the fly. The boats have also been reporting a few dorado caught each day.For more information, please e-mail us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com

Week ending Nov. 25th 2005

prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala. The 2005 Presidential Challenge starting 11-19-05 and ending on the 21st. This years turny saw a lot of action with the two top boats releasing 39 sails and a marlin each,with one hour making the difference between 1st.and 2nd place. The action ranged between 20 to 40 miles with a couple of boats going as far as 50 miles on the last day. We weclomed Alex McCleod out of London,U.K. who joined us for 4 days of fly-fishing. Alex who had been fly-fishing in the past for sails had yet to boat one, Alex read that Guatemala held the worlds record for sailfish both with conventional tackle and on the fly. So after some reseach he booked his first trip to Guatemala.After boating 12 sails in four days with a few that got away Alex said ¨Guatemala is all that I have read about and it sure feels great when those dreams come true¨ Not only was Alex rewarded with 12 sails but several dorado on the fly as well. Alex fished on-board The Stragos 31ft.Bertram and fished between 20 to 25 miles.

Week ending Nov. 18th 2005

As some prepare for the 2005 Presidential Challenge others have gone out to practice or just to enjoy Guatemala sportfishing. For those that did,the fishing grounds this week were only 15 to 17 miles out and for Guatemala standards that is good. They were also rewarded with some great fishing,one boat the Stragos (31ft.Bertram) on 11-17-05 had 45 raises/34 bites/25 sailfish releases/one small marlin release. The Stragos also reported keeping 3 nice size dorado. For the other sportfishing cruisers that went out this week the average was between 18 to 27 releases.We will have the results of this years Presidential Challenge within
the next couple of weeks.

Week ending Nov. 12th 2005

The fishing for Guatemala this week went from fair to hot. The week started with boats reporting from 9 to 15 sails released on conventional tackle and 2 to 3 on the fly. Also,the fishing has moved in from 40 to 50 miles last week to 20 to 25 miles at the start of this week. Today 11-10-05 the fishing turned hot with the Bolita 72ft. reporting 65 sails released on around 100 bites and another smaller craft reporting 34 releases,both of these using conventional gear. On the fly one boat reported releasing 5 sails. All of the boats reported catching several dorado along with the sail releases.The blue water today was between 11 to 15 miles.

Week ending Nov. 5th 2005

We had a group that went out fishing Tuesday,Wednesday and Thursday. The fishing was out between 40 and 50 miles and each day they had between 5 to 7 bites and released between one and two sails. For most boats that went out this week they had between 4 to 8 bites and released between 1 to 5 sails on conventional tackle. Most of the boats that went out this week also reported catching and keeping dorado and a few tuna. The water continues to improve each day from Hurricane Stan. As far as conditions at the Villas del Pacifico Resort and our private houses they are fine,in fact,one would not know there was a flood if not told. In short, conditions at the port have returned to normal.

Week ending Oct. 30th 2005

Fishing is starting to pick-up as the debree from Hurricane Stan settles
down. Our charter boats the Stragos and Tranquility went out three days this week and were releasing two to three sails per day plus a few dorado. On Saturday they did some inshore fishing and were rewarded with lots of jacks and red snapper.It will take a few more days before most of the debree from Stan will be gone. The boats were fishing between 40 and 47 miles for the sails,several other boats reported bites from blue marlin without any hook-ups.For more information e-mail us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our web-site at www.greatsailfishing.com and please remember that the Joint Venture 35ft.Bertram will be available for charters starting in Dec.

Week ending Oct. 21th 2005

There is still a lot of dirt (for week ending 10-21-2005) in the water and it will take a few more days before the fishing returns to normal. One local tour operator had a group that went out on Tuesday and Wednesday with only one sailfish being released on both days with a few dorado and their group canceled their final day which would have been on Thursday. It appears that several tour operators are getting their boats ready for their first incoming groups starting next week.We are all hoping that by then Guatemala's great fishing conditions will have returned to normal. Our company just purchased a 35ft.Bertram out of Florida and she (Joint Venture) will be ready for charter on Dec.6th. 2005 Please check out our complete line of new fly-fishing rigs,we have also added several 8,9 and 10wt. rigs for dorado and inshore game-fish.

Week ending Oct. 8th 2005

To bring everyone up to speed,there has been some very heavy flooding to some parts of Puerto San Jose and Puerto Iztapa. A few of the private houses in the Villas del Pacifico Compound were flooded with two to three feet of water but most are OK. At the resort,a few large trees were fallen and some flooding to the employee quarters and parking lot but the resort is OK and ready for our clients. Currently the roads to both the Villas and Marina Sol are closed but should open soon(they just opened yesterday). There were no boats reported fishing. A little note on the bright side,I was talking to one of our captains and he explained that several of the shrimp farms got flooded releasing tons of shrimp and a lot of the locals got their nets and caught a lot of shrimp. He said his family and friends had a real nice shrimp feed eventhough his house was flooded(a little silver lining).

Week ending Oct.1st. 2005

The weather has been very nice with sunny skies and low to mild winds. For those that ventured out last weekend they released between 1 to 3 sails but had good dorado action averaging around 12 dorado's per boat. The blue water was found between 16 to 20 miles which made for a very nice short ride to the fish.

September 10th

The fishing this week (week ending 09-10) was picking up against the last two weeks. There were no sportfishing boats that ventured out Monday to Thursday; however there was a local tournament on Friday and Saturday. The boats that did venture out in the tournament had to go out between 40 to 50 miles and were rewarded with releasing between 8 to 10 sails on both days. The Friday and Saturday saw sunny days with no wind and calm seas. For more information contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our web-site at www.greatsailfishing.com

August 26th

The fishing this week (week ending 08-26) has been very slow. A couple of boats went out this past weekend and today. The boats that did catch fish had to venture out between 40 to 50 miles. For those that did venture out far they only released sails in the low digits with a few dorados. One boat today also caught two white tuna around 40lbs. each. The days have been sunny with fairly calm seas.

August 19th

This week ending Aug.19th. saw few sportfishing boats venturing out. For those that did releasing sails were in the low digits with some Dorados in the 10 to 25lb.class. The local captains are saying that the water is unseasonably warm which accounts for the low sailfish numbers. The last two days of the week saw strong winds and rough seas with some thunderstorms

August 5th

The week ending Aug.5th. saw sunny days and mild seas. For the sportfishing boats that ventured out this week the fishing was so-so with daily averages of 2 to 6 sails and 4 to 12 dorados. There were no reports of tuna nor marlin.

Week ending July 23th

This week ending 07/23/05 began with rough seas and high winds but by Wednesday everything calmed down. For those few boats that went out on Wednesday and Thursday they were rewarded with releasing 7 to 17 sails and catching lots of dorado and yellow-fin tuna. By Saturday the skies were sunny with light rolling seas. The weekend saw sails in the low digits but lots of yellow-fin tuna,our group on the La Piragua landed around 12 yellow-fin tunas on Saturday. For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our
web-site at http://www.greatsailfishing.com

This last weekend July 15,16 and 17 saw rough seas,strong winds with some rain. On Saturday the high seas caused most sportfishing boats to return by noon,however,most boats reported releasing between 3 to 6 sails at 15 to 18 miles. On Sunday the winds were increasing and the sportfishing fleet remained at dock.