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From here on in we fished a log that was loaded with bait and the guys had a blast catching plenty of slammer mahi's. They boated 6 between 25lb-40lb and several in the 15-20lb bracket, they also released 6 from 8 bites on the sailfish. Along with the tuna and marlin a great day with plenty of meat to take home! The boats to the west of us had great sailfish action releasing up to 20 sails...ADIOS fished today also with Nicholas Dorian, Jean Louie Trombetta and Greg Baldwin of 3 Amigos fame from the Atlantic side and their South African guests, they also had a great day releasing plenty of sailfish and boating a couple of nice mahi.
Feb 6th and 7th. ALLURE co-owner Craig Johnson came down for a couple of days fishing with son Nicholas and good friend Steve Goodchild from Houston, Texas. The crew were keen for more of the same of the previous day so we went to the east once again despite the good sailfish bite for the fleet. We did get into some sail action early on and the guys were fishing pretty well not missing a beat, further to the east we did find alot of bird and bait activity and got into some mahi's to 15lb, we also raised a small blue though then things slowed down. The radio chatter was going off with the sailfish bite just 9NM away, it got to us (me) in the end and we ran a few miles before trolling into the area. A couple of double headers out of multiple raises made it worth the while and we ran back in to watch the Super Bowl with 14 sailfish releases from 16 bites (19 raised) and a few mahi's....
Feb 7th we were out on ADIOS, Craig's 38ft Jupiter and today we were determined to check out the east for marlin/mahi action and not let the radio influence our decision no matter how good the sailfish bite. It paid off as a call from Jason on Makaira in the afternoon had us on a small log loaded with bonito, mahi and the odd billfish on the inside eastern edge of the pocket in the deep water. We got into a couple of bonito in the 3-4lb range and put them out as livies and it wasn't long before Nick got into a nice blue of a solid 300lb, his first marlin release...
He did a great job on the rod and the fish put on a show for the video though I missed the best shots with my camera....After the release we were back in the hunt for bonito and back to slow trolling the birds/bait and it didn't take long before another great marlin bite though this time the hook didn't stick. From here on in we live baited the small bullet bonito boating 6 big mahi's to 35lbs+, add 5 sailfish from 7 bites from the morning session and it was another great day in Guatemala. Back to the west the sails were still snapping for the fleet with boats raising up to 31 sails, good fishing for everyone!
Craig, Nick and Steve enjoying cocktails at the end of a successful day in Guate.
Jan 28th-29th we fished Steve Lipari, Ron Gann, Brian Chaka, Joe Sgujlia, Alan Adami and Chif Tauzin aboard ALLURE. The sailfish bite was just a few of miles off the breakwall and pretty damn good! We put lines out at just 2.5NM out and had steady action with a pretty good afternoon bite. With a few novice blue water anglers on board they were keen to learn and were thrown in the deep end..... It's a bit of a technique and very different from inshore fishing which Steve, Brian, Joe and Ron were used to, getting aggressive bites just feet from the transom can be exciting stuff though it can sometimes be difficult to control the spool while dropping back.... backlashes and/or burnt thumbs/fingers, 'setting' the hook, can all result in missed shots. Either way this is the best place to learn with all the bites and opportunities you can get despite having 6 anglers on board!! A great day was had by the crew and they did learn a bunch, from the 38 sailfish raised we got 36 bites and released 17, not the best averages though it was a learning experience that showed through the next day...
One that didn't get away....Don Gann got it right on this one and plenty more.
29th the bite slowed somewhat for everyone out there, it was still all 3-4NM from the breakwall and today the guys took the lessons they'd learned from the previous day and fished really well, from 22 sails raised we got 12 releases from 19 bites. Good stuff, nice going and we hope to see you back here fishing like pros soon...
Host's Alan Adami and Chief Tauzin with Ron Gann, Steve Lipari, Joe Segujlia and Brian Chaka.
Jan 25th and 26th it was good to see another couples trip down here to Guatemala with Ali and Jay Survant, Erin and Corey Survant and Neely and Curt Besetny. After spending a great couple of nights in the Spanish Colonial city of Antigua just an hour from the coast the crew got in for 3 nights at SAILFISH OASIS and a couple of days fishing aboard ALLURE. It was a little slow with patchy water out wide and the sails scattered though we had the good time crew on board and that's what we all had.....
Neely with a nice mahi....
Erin with a BIG sail before release...
The good time crew with the last sail if the trip, L-R:Jay and Ali Survant, Neely and Curt Besetny, Erin and Corey Survant.....
.....and a sight for sore eyes on the ride home.....
2011 is shaping up to be a great year, plenty of slammer mahi's in the mix and the blues are hot on their tail, throw in great sailfish bites and this is the place to come. We have had and have coming a few big groups and the SAILFISH OASIS has had nothing but high praises from all, great food and great accommodations in a beautiful setting, what more could you want after a big day on the water....
