GUATEMALA WEEKLY FISHING REPORT PACIFIC COAST SPORT-FISHING REPORT
Week ending May 6th 2008
This Guatemala fishing report is for the week ending May 6th 2008 and is prepared by The Great Marlin Fishing Company operating out of the new Pez Vela Marina .
Sailfish and a good Blue Marlin bite !
We highlighted in last weeks report the strong Blue Marlin
bite that we have had for the last several weeks in the rich
blue water of the Pacific Coast of Guatemala.
Two groups in particular had an extremely memorable experience;
John Bottone fishing in saltwater for the first time successfully
released his first saltwater fish and billfish (a good Sail of about
100lbs !) on his inaugural day – but on his second day hooked into
a monster Blue Marlin ! Fishing with him was Steve Robinson, an
experienced (ex) charter captain from the Florida Keys – he recounts
the battle here.
Fishing at the same time on board the Reel Diver was the
Styles party – with another member Bryn Jones also attempting
to release his first billfish. The first day was slow, with only 3
Sailfish releases – but things heated up dramatically from then on !
After crossing the barrier of his first release, quickly followed by
a half dozen more, Bryn was first to the 50lb outfit as the a decent
sized Blue Marlin appeared in the spread. Johnny the mate on
the Reel Diver in a flash heaved the rigged Dorado belly into
the teaser stream perfectly to the side and slightly behind the fish –
and the Blue inhaled it without hesitation. The fight lasted a
relatively short, but memorable, 15 minutes – and Bryn successfully
released his first ever Blue Marlin as well……see the picture right…
he looks like a Happy Camper !
The next two groups fishing with us – the Mueller and Kano
parties saw consistent Sailfish action on both conventional
and fly – raising 15-20 Sailfish per day and having very good
hookup rates as the fish were extremely aggressive.
The blue water was swirling around a lot – ranging from a
relatively close in 25 miles to as far as 50 miles from the dock –
But we were able to find good action every day. The season is
still strongly underway !!
The boats are ready, the crews are primed – come down and enjoy
the rest of the season fishing with The Great Marlinfishing Company
We are already booking strongy for some of the popular dates next
year, so don’t wait, give us a call at 1-877-763-0851 or send us an email (below)
to check on dates – we would look forward to welcoming you to
some of the finest fishing anywhere.
Our Favorite Fishing Quote for the week :
"Some go to church and think about fishing, others
go fishing and think about God"
~ Tony Blake
Les, Carlos, Kevin and Jim
The GreatMarlinfishing Company
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Steve Robinson 900lb Blue Marlin!!
Once offshore and the spread running at trolling speed we hooked up with two sailfish, double header to start not even a 20 minute wait. After landing both fish and photographing, we commenced again.
15 minutes later we hooked up again, the captain saw the Marlin take the starboard outrigger bait. No time for a pitch bait on heavier tackle.
The hook up was a very large Pacific Blue Marlin. The boat was the Tranquility. (31 ft Bertram).
We estimated it to be between 300 – 500 lbs initially, that is until we got it leadered for the first time. I know enough Spanish to understand “ocho ciento cincuenta”!! Which is what the captain yelled. I have seen many fish in the 300 lbs class growing up in the Keys and this fish was… well far larger not only in length but the width was unbelievable. It was a quite a few feet longer on both sides than the width of the stern. John (the angler) said it scared him when he first saw it.
The tackle was a TLD 25 Shimano reel spooled with 20 lbs test, 80 lbs leader. It hit a rigged naked ballyhoo and not the mackerel pitch bait!
The angler was John Bottone from New Jersey, first time saltwater fishing. I talked him through the entire battle, pouring more water on the reel than John. The reel was always in motion.
The fight took more than 4.5 hours. Touched the leader 3 times but could not get the fish under control. On the last touch the 1st mate triple wrapped the leader and tried to horse it in causing the leader to brake, sounded like a 22 gun going off…
We have some video and two very poor pictures, one of the fish about 12 ft down and one on the surface.
We are trying to edit the video so we can get some still shots. We have it jumping twice on video. The size of the splash area was unbelievable.
Not a rumor….
Found out that you cannot bring any billfish to the dock, even if an IGFA world record……which at the worst would have been 800lbs Marlin on 20 lbs.
Lifetime memories.
“Its all about the experience”….. what a tag line you got!
Steve
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