GREAT FISHING THROUGH DEC 20th

The great fishing has continued here in Guatemala with everyone coming to fish with us here on ALLURE and ADIOS enjoying great sailfish action, plenty of dorado/mahi-mahi to keep the grill busy and a few marlin in the mix as well.....
Dec 12th Hill Dishman came down a day earlier than the rest of his group for a day on the fly, we got into the sails early though for the most part the sails were very difficult to tease in to the back of the boat, we raised 23 and managed to release 3 for the day. We managed 6 good bites on the fly and put a bait out later in the day which got a couple of bites.

Dec 13th and the rest of the crew came to join Hill for the next 3 days on the water. Celebrating successful finals from Alabama University were Brett Dishman, Doug Centeno, Matthew Ballard, Jeff Bissell, Chas Duvell, Ben Cravens, Allen King and Claiborne Morris Jnr along with his dad Claiborne Morris Snr. The group had a LARGE time down here at the SAILFISH OASIS LODGE and great action over the 3 days of fishing as well with 105 sails released!! As well as good billfish action the boats also got into some good sized mahi's including this beauty for Claiborne Morris....

There were a couple of marlin raised over the 3 days with the group and one missed on the first morning out on Circle Hook. This crew knew how to party both on the boat and back at the lodge with the bar at SAILFISH OASIS getting its first real workout for the season, they all had a great time and were looked after 1st class by manager Nick Poole back at the lodge....

Dec 17th Chris Bean and work mate Frank Oberle came down to celebrate a successful business year with a one day charter on ALLURE and 2 nights at SAILFISH OASIS. From Beaumont, Texas it's an easy jump down to Guatemala and Chris Bean brings the luck with him. He came last year for a one day trip having a great day with 22 releases and this year topped even that. We put lines out at 25NM SW from the marina and had great action from the outset, Frank released his first ever billfish just 4mins after putting lines in the water and action went on from there, great fishing in perfect conditions on the water the guys released 26 sails from 38 bites with a total of 49 sails raised for the day.....By early afternoon the guys decided to hit the poolside bar back at the lodge and we were back at the dock by 3.30.....incredible fishing which also included a nice sized mahi for fresh fillets for dinner.

Frank and Chris on the ride home.
Dec 19th and 20th from Houston, Texas we welcomed for their first trip down to Guatemala Denman Heard and his sons 16yr old Moody, fishing fanatic 14yr old Preston and Moody's good mate Cole Miller. The great bite a couple of days earlier had dropped off for the boats fishing the previous day so we rolled the dice to check out the eastern edge of the pocket. The decision proved to be a good one and we had some great action in the morning with several double headers as well as a sail/mahi double for Cole and Preston with Preston working hard on a tough bull mahi with excellent results....

At the end of the day we had a marlin come up on the bridge teaser slowly that got hot as we teased it in and resulted in a great bite on the pitched mackerel. Moody got himself strapped in the stand-up gear and released a nice blue in the 250lb range


Moody with about to release his first blue marlin.
A great introduction to Guatemala for the guys with 23 sailfish raised for the day and 11 releases from 16 bites throw in a few big mahi's and a blue marlin and to top it off.
The next day out there the water temperature dropped and so did the fishing, we worked the inside of the pocket today where the SST's were a little warmer and had good action releasing 8 sails from 12 bites and some big mahi's. A couple of big fish today with Cole Miller getting this nice one on board for a group shot of the boys.

Good fishing and good times in Guatemala. We have a few days in for Christmas before being back out there on the 27th. Dates are starting to fill up so secure your spot before it's too late...
We hope everyone out there has a great and safe Christmas, from the crew on ALLURE, Chris, Julio and Alex.

NOVEMBER 29th through DECEMBER 2nd

The good fishing has continued here in Guatemala this past week with good numbers of sails in the spread, as well as blue marlin and mahi's. On Monday 29th we welcomed back fishing with us on the fly Carl Lehner, this year he came with his daughter Jessica for 3 days on the long wand.
29th proved a little slow in the morning as we scouted out to the west on the flats looking for the fish, we did find a huge log loaded with bait and mahi mahi so had some fun catching enough for lunch and dinner, with all the bait on the log we tried a little live baiting for about 20mins with little luck. Pushing further off shore we got into some sail action in the afternoon, we raised 11 for the day teasing in 4 to the back of the boat and released 2 from 3 good bites late in the day. At least we knew where to start the next day......

Carl with his first of the trip
30th, with the current pushing east and offshore we ran about 8NM to the east of where we finished off, pushing off-shore we found a nice honey hole that gave us steady action through the day. As with the day before the fish were a little tough to tease all the way in, though the ones that did came in like freight trains and produced great bites on the fly. Jessica got in on the action today after a short lesson by Carl, she did well releasing 2 from 2 bites, the last fish of the day a nice one of around 100lbs+. All in all we raised 23 sails and released 3 from 6 good bites, there were a couple of bill swipes/poor bites as well. Mid afternoon we raised a nice blue of more than 400lbs, the fish teased all the way to the back of the boat and Carl cast the fly, a big fish to attempt on the fly though with fly fishing especially, it's all about the bite.....unfortunately we didn't get the bite on the fly though it did inhale the pitched mackerel. Soon after we raised another blue that came up on the long teaser though did not tease in. All in all a great day.
Dec 1st we stopped on a wad of birds working bonitos, just off the bait we raised a nice blue that pushed up on the long teaser though did not stick around. Trolling off-shore we soon raised another blue on the short bridge teaser, the fish stayed deep though and with Carl ready with the marlin fly we tried to tease it up, no luck, it stayed deep all lighten up, tail and pecks a neon blue, we pitched the mackerel and got a good bite, Carl got strapped into the stand-up gear and released the blue of around 250lbs.

A little slower on the sails today, though we did get some incredible fly and teaser bites from some super aggressive sails, we had a couple of shots at double headers and Jessica again fished well just missing one fish all day, Carl was 100%, from 10 sails raised we released 4 from 5 bites, Jessica again got into another great fish, this one even bigger than the previous day of around 120lbs.

Jessica's big fish takes to the air...

And after a tough scrap we got the big sail in for a photo before releasing it. Nice job Jessica, a helluva fish on the fly!!
At the end of the day we raised a hot 200lb blue marlin, the fish teased in well and Carl cast the marlin fly, the fish stayed under the fly circling it, though not committing and we could not get the bite despite our efforts, after long seconds we decided to pitch the mackerel bait and as soon as the mackerel hit the water we got an aggressive bite just feet off the transom, what a sight. A great way to finish off the trip for Carl and Jessica and we look forward to fishing them again in the near future!
Dec 2nd we hosted a wedding party from Canada and the US down from Antigua for the day. Chris Warus the groom had 5 of his buddies along, Tim Frederides, Howard Heppleman, Mike Conrad, David April and Andrew Kipfer for a morning of fishing before having to be back in Antigua for the wedding rehearsal in the afternoon. We had a great time, albeit short, the guys all got into fish releasing a handful of sails and boating a couple of nice mahi's

The team.
We also raised a blue marlin today, another fat one that swiped its bill at the bait though didn't eat.....
We got Chris back to Antigua in time for his rehearsal and met with them all after Chris and Terry's big day on the 3rd. Antigua did not fail to impress and they all raved about their off-shore experience as well...Guatemala is a great destination without a doubt.
Previous to this we had Chief and Johnny Tauzin and Jay Survant, Jay got some great images on his new camera including this beauty, a big mahi bull, lighten up in full flight...


Jay Survant with the results.....

The fishing is great out there with plenty of sails and a good mix of blues as well, the season is shaping up to be a cracker and we want to make the most of it....you should to. Get in touch with us to secure some dates and be there with us to experience billfishing at its best.