To the 14th...Fish Report

Gerald and Mark Micho, Gary Miserlian and Michael Coe with a nice sail.
The fishing here has continued to be good with an incredible amount of bait over a big area of water. The bait looks like small butterfish and it is being balled up by sails all over the place. The last few days the bonito have arrived and there have been some big 'foamers' where the bonito are pushing the bait to the surface in a feeding frenzy. It wont be long before the marlin show up with all the bonito out there. For now it is bonito and ALOT of sailfish that are feeding on the small baits. With all the bait around it has been hard to pull the sails off the balls though generally the late afternoon bite has been very good.
We just had through the Gary Miserlian group consisting of 4 father and son teams John and David Wojciechowski, Glen and Norman Korpi, Jim and Kent Daehling and Jerry and Mark Micho along with Bob Minster, Bill Whitney and Mike Coe. The group stayed at the brand new Quinta Pez Vela and fished aboard Allure, Intensity and Spindrift from the 12th through to the 14th. They released 36 billfish the first day and a nice 54 inch dorado was boated on Allure for sashimi in the evening. The same again for the group on day 2 releasing 36 sails with Intensity seeing the majority of the action today. On Allure we went out wide and came accross several large foamers, bonitos gorging themselves on the bait. With the bonito holding we live-baited a couple around the outsides and raised a marlin on the long bait that dissapointingly did not eat. Today, the 14th we fished more to the east and there were birds working the baits all over, the action was steady and very good in the afternoon with 52 sails released for the group. A grand total of 124 SAILFISH RELEASES for the group in 3 days of fishing and several slammer dorado as well. Awesome stuff!!

THE INFAMOUS WALKER GROUP

Marshal Reid, Matt Mabry, Chris Walker, Rob Bailey, Tommy Walker, Burke Lane, Frank Marquez, Ray Duerer, Keenon Raynor and Gerald King from Houston.
The guys fished aboard Allure, Intensity and Canaso for a couple of days. The first day out the action was great just 12NM from the Marina Pez Vela. The bite was good right through the day with triples and doubles for all the boats, the group ended with 54 sailfish released. There were also several big dorado boated and plenty of fresh sashimi and fish sandwiches enjoyed.

Ray Duerer took this great shot of a sail charging the boat (and himself)
The action slowed a little the second day out with 23 sails released between the boats, still a great day on the water and 77 releases in 2 days of fishing. These guys know how to have a great time and were great fun to fish with. We're looking forward to seeing them all back next year. Ray also captured this breaching humpback whale on the way back in from fishing. We have been seeing them regularly the last week or so just a few miles off the beach.


With all the bait around out there and the incredible amount of sails we are expecting the bite to continue to be outstanding. The water is a deep blue and with the amount of bonito out there as well the marlin should start to make their presence felt. There is also plenty of big dorado to mix things up, all in all great fishing. We still have some openings through to May and the later in the season traditionally the marlin bite heats up.............
Previous to this we had Jim Williams along with Don Smith and Ron Hauck from NJ. The guys were in for 3 days on the fly. With all the bait around getting them to bite the fly was a little tough, we raised over 140 fish in the 3 days and had multiple shots

To the 6th..Fishing

A quick report.....

The fishing has been outstanding. We have been fishing with Guatemalan regular Jim Williams along with Don Smith and Ron Hauck fishing on the fly. A great bite right at the bottom of the pocket yesterday intensified today, the current is pushing in and there is bait galore. It has bee making it difficult, or challenging, for those of us fishing the fly. First day out all the boats on fly raised over 30 fish releasing up to 8. The boats on bait raised up to 54 and released over 30. Yesterday was red hot from the get go, still hard to get them to tease in aggressively with all the bait around, though they did bite better today. Most boats raised over 50, we had 61 up and teased.......just 26 bites. On the fly boats released up to 14 as the bites were not that great with alot coming un-stuck mid fight. On the baits, (conventional) the guys were crushing them releasing up to 47 and raising up to 80 odd sails. Today it continued, we raised 52 fish that teased in (not counting the fish that came up and faded before 'locking' on to a teaser) and had 19 bites on the fly releasing 8. A bit of bad luck saw several store bought tippets popping at the huffnuggle knot, making it a bit frustrating esp seeing the drag's set at a less then 5lb's at the end of the day and still having problems with them. The mates here tie most of what we use with good results and we'll supply them for free if you are thinking of coming down here for fly fishing.
All in all it has been great fishing, and the body of fish is big with boats spread over several miles of water and all experiencing great action. Lot's of big dorados on the mix also.
A better report to come in the next few days.
We do have a few openings later this month from the 15th on. If you're thinking about it, just do it!!
We also have a new go fast 31 Jupiter fully equipped with experienced Capt and very competitively priced with plenty of openings

ALLURE WINS TOP BOAT IN 'NO SANCOCHO'

Jan 27th-29th, Rods and Reels Sportfishing in conjunction with Casa Vieja hosted the 5th annual 'No Sancocho Sailfish Shootout'. This is a great fun tournament with the emphasis placed on having a good time, catching fish.......and having a good time. 2008 produced a record 8 teams consisting of 4 anglers per team from Texas, Florida and New Jersey vying for daily cash pots and the overall Team Campionship trophies and cash prizes. The points system mixed it up awarding 10 pts per sailfish on 20lb test, 25pts for a sail on the fly, 75 pts for a marlin on 50lb test, 100pts for a marlin on 20lb test and 150 pts for a marlin on fly. With the points system leaning toward marlin and a slower than average sailfish bite it really made for an interesting tournament. Teams drew boats every evening at the Casa Vieja.
On day one the majority of the fleet headed out wide to around 40NM + where a slow though steady bite had Team Reel Nasty fishing aboard Escapade leading the way through the morning.

The infamous and previous 2 time No Sancocho Champions 'Reel Nasty' consisting of from left to right Chris Bean, Brad Klein, Jamie Dishman and Mark Fertitta.

A-Fin-Ity chose to stay in-shore at around 12NM with Los Vaqueros on board and they too had steady action through the day. Team Casa Vieja consisting of owner Jim Turner, Cpt 'Haole' Chris Sheeder and from Fox Sports 'Reel Adventures' Kerri Burrus and Mike Barry fishing aboard Spindrift with Capt Nicho turned the tables early in the afternoon though with Mike releasing an est 150lb blue marlin on the 50lb gear to take the lead. Shortly after Craig Johnson from Team Tenacious aboard Allure got into a nice blue of around 375lb on the 50lb pitch bait to be right there with Casa Vieja. Team Casa Vieja and Spindrift held on to take out the $2000.00 daily with a blue and 6 sails totalling 135pts to edge out Tenacious and Allure who ended with a blue and 3 sails on 105pts to collect the $1200.00 second placed daily. Reel Nasty on Escapade released 8 sails for 80pts and Los Vaqueros aboard A-Fin-ity caught 7 for 70pts.



On day two Capt Tony Haupt's Escapade continued to be the hot boat on the sails with Team Los Vaqueros:

consisting of (left to right) Michael and Burke Lane, (Capt Tony Haupt), and Trey Strake and Dean Lane having the best of the sail action.

Lance Stanfil and Brett Crawford of Team Four Fat Boys
Team Four Fat Boys drew Canaso and Capt Jason Brice made the call in the morning and told angler Mike Fox to pitch the ballyhoo on 20lb gear to a marlin on the bridge teaser. Good work by Capt Jason and Mike saw the release of a very nice fish of around 275lb on the 20lb and an instant 100pts.

The sail action for the fleet was fairly slow though Reel Nasty with Cpt Jaunga on A-Fin-Ity stayed on the leader board with 6 sail releases. Four Fat Boys and Canaso took out the top dailies and 100pts with Los Vaqueros and Escapade taking the second placed money with 7 sail releases and 70pts. On Allure Team Penquino made the most of the little action we saw that day releasing 4 from 6 bites. We changed to the fly later in the day for the bonus points though never raised a fish.

Team Penquino (left to right) Ron Costello, Bob Smith, Jim Turner Sr and Ed van Wootenberg.
The end of day 2 had the team standings very tight with, Casa Vieja:175pts, Los Vaqueros:140pts, Reel Nasty:140pts, Four Fat Boys:140pts and Tenacious on 135pts. In the boat standings it was equally tight, Spindrift:155pts, Escapade:150pts, Allure: 145pts, and Canaso on 140pts.
Going in to the 3rd and final day a marlin release from any of the teams left the tournament wide open. On the dock the daily water ballon fight before the boats left the dock had Jim Franklin go arse over the covering board and head first into the drink attempting to dump a bucket of ice-water......On Allure we fished with Team Circle Hookers who were near the bottom of the Team Standings, so we decided to take a gamble and head way down to the west knowing that if we stayed with the fleet the chances of climbing up the leader board were slim. We found some fish in less than an hour and had fairly steady action through the day raising 19 fish and getting 17 to bite. What can only be called bad luck with 2 breaking off, one chewing through the leader and a couple pulling hooks kept things wide open to the end. Los Vaqueros on Canaso had a good run at the end of the day to really challenge Team Casa Vieja on Intensity. No marlin were caught and Los Vaqueros releasing 6 sails for the day were pipped by 5 points by Casa Vieja. Team Circle Hookers and Allure won the dailies with 8 releases and Los Vaqueros and Canaso won second daily money.

Circle Hookers Brad Kangeiser, Drew Donaldson, Hill Dishman and Ken Delery celebrate winning the daily pot.
The overall No Sancocho title going to Team Casa Vieja with 205 pts, followed closely by Los Vaqueros on 200 pts, Reel Nasty on 180pts and Tenacious on 175 pts. In the boat section Allure took it out with 225 pts with Canaso on 200 and Spindrift on 195 pts.
Casa Vieja also took out the first marlin money and Tenacious took out the dorado section with a 48.5 inch bull.

No Sancocho Champions, Team Casa Vieja's Mike Barry, Kerri Burrus, Jim Turner and Chris Sheeder enjoy the moment.
The tournament was an out and out outstanding success with everyone having a helluva good time enjoying the great hospitality of the staff and facilities at Casa Vieja and the local community.
Despite it being the 'No Sancocho', there were more than few 'sancocho's' with $20 going into a pot for every fish missed there was a couple of thousand dollars raised and donated to a local school. There were also bags and bags of clothes donated to the cause by the guys which was much appreciated by the local community.
We're all looking forward to next year and if you want to be a part of this great event get in touch with us here at Rods and Reels.
To the guys who were involved, don't hesitate ot get in touch with us of you feel the need for some practice for next years event..........
Keep an eye on Fox Sports 'Reel Adventures' who documented the event.

Catch Report Jan 18th-19th

Bill and Kelly Munro brought down friends Butch and Gwen Boyd and Johnny and Rita Ann Smith all from Beaumont, Texas to Guatemala for 2 days of fishing and a full day in the Spanish Colonial city of Antigua for sightseeing, shopping and of course drinking beer.....
To the fishing, we went east stopping a couple of times after going through patches of green then blue water and settled on some nice water about 25NM out, getting into a fish immediately, soon after we raised a big fish, pushing alot of water on the rigger bait. We had the mackerel back there in no time and were turning when the fish came up on the flat line teaser, winding the bait up to the teaser the marlin disappeared again. Circling around one more time the fish came up on the bridge teaser, and teased us before going down and not eating the mackerel. It was a nice one of around 500lb......The rest of the day produced fairly steady action raising 24 sails, getting 21 bites and releasing 12, as well as Kelly catching a nice 20lb dorado that feed everyone for the 2 days on the water. Our second day out we stopped in a little closer at around 17NM and the first fish we had up for the day was blue marlin of around 200lb, it teased well, ate the pitch bait, pulled line, and pulled off. On the sails we raised 18 had 16 bites and released 11 before pulling in lines at 2.30, being back at the dock for 3.30 and transferring them to the Casa Vieja van and to Antigua. Dinner at the spectacular Panza Verde, a walking tour the next day and an afternoon at Casa Santa Domingo watching the Football playoffs capped off a great trip for the Munro group. We're looking forward to seeing you guys n gals back next year.



The Munro Group and crew of Allure

Fish Report 11th-15th Jan '08

11th-13th Saw the return of brothers Mark and Doug Hatter to Guatemala, this time bringing younger brother Steve who flew down from Anchorage, Alsaka. All 3 are self confessed fly fishing junkies so we were hoping to get into some good action for them. The 11th was a little slow all round though in the afternoon we got into a little action finsihing with 8 sails raised, 5 bites on the fly and released 3, Steve was the new-comer to bill-fishing with the fly rod and showed his brothers how it was done getting 2 from the 2 bites. The last fish of the day was a nice bull dorado of near 30lbs that teased in from the long flat very aggressively and engulfed the fly that Doug cast, after a breif hard fight with plenty of jumps for the camera we boated the big fish that ensured a good fresh ceviche for the following day.





A couple of shots of Dougs nice dorado taken on the fly jumping, and the end result.

On the 12th we decided to head out wide to the west seeing the current was pushing on on the edge out there and due to the slow action for the fleet inshore. Things started slowly though as soon as we got near the top of the drop off we got into a bit of action, raising a couple of doubles and singles, while fighting one of the fish we spotted some spinner dolphin acion off-shore of us and ran to it once we had released the sail. There were an incredible amount of birds on the spinners and yellow fin tuna were busting bait in front of them, on our first pass we hooked and landed a triple of nice tunas and on the second boated one from a double before putting the cedar plugs away and trolling teasers around the action hoping to raise a marlin for the fly. We raised a sail that bit and headed back to the edge to the area we had had the earlier action after seeing nothing more a round the spinners. There were fish around and Mark was in the water with his under water photography gear getting some great shots of a sail Doug had boatside.



In the afternoon we trolled teasers up the edge coming accross a log that was loaded with bait and big dorado, Mark, who is a photo-journalist was in the water again getting some great shots that we will be posting on the web-site soon. Thanks for the incredible images...! Doug and Steve got into a couple of nice 30lb+ dorado and we ended the day with 9 bites on the fly from the 14 raises.



Doug and Steve with their big dorado.

On the last day we went to where a reasonable bite had been found to the east, things started well and we were looking at a good day, though the action dried up before noon and we had a very long slow afternoon, not before raising 12 sails that were a little lazy and hard to tease in, though we did get 4 bites and raised a perfectly sized blue for the fly rod of around 150lb that teased all the way to the back of the boat though did not see the fly that was cast to it before swimming away. Very frustrating though raised the pulse levels of all on baord. There were at least a 10 marlin seen around the fleet of 12 boats, though all reported the same with the sailfish bite drying up in the afternoon. Still we had a great time with the Hatter brothers and hope to see them down here again soon.

14th Allure hosted Frank Love and Mike Seers, with the current pushing the blue water inshore to the bottom of the pocket, that's where we started and raised a finiky sail almost immediately. We then raised a nice blue of around 250lbs that teased in aggressively and crushed the bait, we were hooked solid to the fish on the pitched mackeral before it threw the hook in the third jump......bad luck Frank. The rest of the day was slow, mixing it up with the fly, baits and a bit of live-baiting that did not produce a bite. We ended up with only 5 rasied sails getting 2 from 3 on the bait and a couple of dorado to 25lb.

15th had Brad Jenkins and Denis Smith on board and we decided to head out to the west on the flats where we had seen a few jumpers and plenty of bait a couple of days prior. Mike on the Intensity started 6 miles to the west of us and was on them almost immediately. We trolled that way and had good consistent action though out the day, mixing it up on the baits first we released 12 from 18 bites and changed to the fly for the last 45 minutes of the day getting 2 from 3 bites before pulling lines in early at 1.30 so the guys could get back to the dock by 3.15. By all accounts a great day having 24 sails up in the spread.
We have a couple of days in though things are looking good out there with still a few marlin being seen and the sailfish bite picking up. More reports in a couple of days and we'll finish with this image of an incredibly lit up Guatemalan sail taken by Mark Hatter.



If you are reading this on the blog click on the images for a blown up view of these great shots............

Fish Report 6th Jan '08

January 2nd through 6th Stallion Oilfield Services were down with two groups alternating on two boats, Allure and Spindrift while staying at the Casa Vieja Lodge around the corner from Marina Pez Vela. Hill Dishman and Todd Mucha (aka Billy Backlash) came in a day early and fished the 2nd on Allure. A fairly severe cold front came through Central America producing a stiff NE wind and seas a short sharp honest 5-6ft. The fish were out wide as well and in testing conditions the guys did well releasing 13 from 20 bites. We started with the first group consisting of Tom Atkinson, Allen Herbert, Brett Agee and Hill Dishman on Allure and on Spindrift were Shawn Steffen, Mark Milleg, Sam Linden and Billy Backlash (aka Todd Mucha). With conditions predicted to get worse we decided on Rooster fishing in the morning. Spindrift headed back out to the same area we were the day previous and ended with 8 from 16 bites, on Allure we went east and stayed closer in getting a blue up of around 250lb that bit aggresively and went 3 for 6 on the sails and 3 nice dorado to 25lb's. Craig and Brett Johnson joined the crew on Allure the following day and both boats went out wide. Green water had us heading out to the edge where we found alot of bird life and bait and reasonable water and enough activity to keep us there for the day. We ended with 8 from 14 bites and a triple header of nice yellowfin tuna at the end of the day around spinner dolphin, Spindrift went 5 from 6 and 1 tuna.
The second wave came in for the last two days with Robert Polley, Mike Shores, Dan White, Hill Dishman and Craig Johnson on Allure. William Stevenson, Jed Angelle, Craig Haile and Jamie Dishman joined Capt Nicho on Spindrift. Both boats decided on looking for a bite closer than the 43NM we were out at the day before. It was fairly slow though with Spindrift getting 8 from 12 and Allure 7 from 10 and 4 nice dorado to 20+lbs. Offshore and to the west a good bite was found and thats where we ended on the last day. On Allure we had famous underwater photographer Tony Ludovico and the action was great with Tony getting in the water a dozen or more times getting some great shots including this one of Hill Dishman getting up close and personal with a sail, swimming it down prior to release:



It was a great way to finish the trip with 23 sailfish releases from 29 bites, great fishing from new comers Mike and Dan who were baiting their own fish like pros and Dan also caught a nice 41lb bull dorado......great job. Spindrift got into the action as well with 18 from 27 bites including a quad hook-up and release.
The fishing has continued to be good for the days following with the bite moving closer to shore every day and few more marlin showing up as well. More reports to follow.

Fish Report 20th Dec

The marlin bite has slowed down here in Guatemala though the sailfish have SNAPPING with an incredible bite that has just kept on going for the past week or more. Once again proving December to be a great month for big numbers.........
Today the 20th Dec we had on board ALLURE anglers Hill Dishman with his two sons Drake and Brett with their friend Greg Laswell on day one of their two day fishing excursion to Guatemala. It was the Drake, Brett and Gregs first time here and what an introduction to this incredible fishery. We returned to the dock having raised 70 sails, we got 55 of those to bite and released 24. It was very consistent action right through the day with more than a little bad luck affecting the ratio, alot of pulled circle hooks midway through the fight had us wondering what was going on......?? Still an awesome day on the water and with alot of practice under the belt we are looking forward to tomorrow and better results.
Dec 17th-19th we welcomed back to Guatemala for their 3rd year fishing here Marc Felton and his dad Ron with their friend and first timer to sailfishing on the fly Dave McIntyre. Dave had heard the stories and was not dissapointed. It was a little rough on day one with seas of 4-6ft in the morning, it did not dampen the sailfish bite though and Ron and Dave released 2 doubles on the fly. The first was in rough seas and the fish really stretched us with one going up sea and the other down sea, it was testing and took a while though due to good angling we released them both. The second double of the day was later in the afternoon in calmer conditions and the fish sticking together this time. Rons fish was a beauty of around 120lbs....we finished the day raising 28, getting 12 to bite the fly and released 7



Mates Alex and Julio with Ron, Marc and Dave pose with Rons big fish before release, one of a double for Ron and Dave.

On the 18th we stopped in short and found a bite that we suck with through the day, we had some incredible bites though a little bad luck, pulling the hooks on several releasing 6 from 14 bites. We pushed further off-shore on the last day and really got into them, though teasing them in seemed to be no problem, getting them to eat the fly did. We raised 49 fish today, getting 18 bites and 10 releases, a great day of flyfishing. The highlight of the day was having a shot at a triple hook-up though we popped the 20lb tippet on one, Marc and Ron got theirs to stick getting a father and son double on the fly. A great trip and we look forward to seeing them next year.

Dec 14th-16th had Guatemalan veteran Fred Herring Jnr introducing his father Fred Snr and friends Randy Allen and Henry Wuertz joining us for 3 days of conventional fishing. The 14th was practice day with the mates helping and teaching the techniques of 'bait n switch', pitching baits rigged with circle hooks to teased up sails. Plenty of shots and learning today with 54 raises 42 bites and 26 releases. Day 2 and the cockpit was all theirs, it was a slow morning though the afternoon bite got hot with 3 doubles a triple and a quadruple at the end of the day. Great fishing by the guys seeing it was their first time (barring Fred Jnr) hooking all their own fish getting 22 from 41 bites and raising a nice fat blue that did not eat the pitch bait. The last day out Henry really wanted a shot at a blue so we chased schools of bonito that were popping up though not really holding and tried live-baiting for several hours in the morning. There were lots of birds and bait through sticking with them proved difficult. Henry caught a nice yellowfin on a group of spinners and we stuck with live-baiting till 1.30 in the afternoon before running to a bite we had been called into off-shore. It was well worth it, the sails were red-hot and we released 19 in an hour and half with a quad and several other multiple hook-ups. We ended up with 21 from 46 bites for the day raising 52. Another great trip for the guys releasing 69 sails.



Father and son double, Fred Herring Snr and Jnr with a couple of nice Guatemalan sails

MARLIN, MARLIN, MARLIN!!......(AND LOTS OF SAILFISH TOO!!)

We have been stuck at the dock the last few days and feeling ill for it too, for all the action that has been going on out there that we have been missing out on......Monday as reported it went off, though the details have just come through. Nat Harris fishing with Capt Haole on the fly had an unbeleivable day releasing an est 350lb blue, the perfect bite resulted in a solid hook-up and Nat pulled all the right moves, near free-spooling the fly reel on the first run. When the fish calmed down he put the heat on and they had the fish boat-side in 25 min. That's a world record fish on the fly, congratulations to the team, incredible stuff! Jim Turner, owner of the Casa Vieja and fleet heard of the bite and flew down to fish with Capt Mike Sheeder on the Intensity, live-baiting all day they released 3 blues and a black, missing another 2 blues.
Things slowed down on the marlin front on the 11th though the sailfish were snapping with boats releasing up to 35 on the baits. The bite was right at the bottom of the pocket at 8 to 10NM.
Today the 12th Dec in the same area fishing baits boats had up to 40 odd bites and 25 releases, marlin were right there at the bottom of the pocket too with boats getting one a peice, Capt Mike on the Itensity released his first marlin on the fly. Congrats to him and the angler Jake Jordan. Capt Brad Phillips on Decisve had a slow morning in the same area so went off shore to where the fish were a few days previous. Spotting a school bonito they pulled up and started live-baiting, inside 3 hours they released 6 blue marlin from 7 bites!!! Incredible stuff with just a solo angler on board. Congratulations to them all. A helluva marlin bite with lots of sailfish and plenty of doardo.
GUATEMALA IS GOING OFF!! We had a day doing maintenance today and then we are out every day from the 14th till Christmas day. The only opening we have this month is from 30th Dec to 1st of January and then a couple of openings later in January as well. Check out the on-line calendar on the site and get in touch with us to experience fishing at its absolute best.........

Fish Report 10th Dec '07

6th Dec we were joined by Jim Gardner and Broughton Cochran for their first trip to Guatemala. We had a great day on the water raising 33 sails 3 blues releasing 10 from 26 bites on the sails and pulling the hook on the one blue of around 350lbs that did bite. The guys were keen to hook their own fish and chose a difficult day to learn with alot of the fish biting, though not 'eating' well it seemed, making the numbers a little askew..........Still it's all part of the learning curve of the bait and switch using circle hooks. There were plenty of dorado around as well for the next few days.
7th Dec and Jim was our solo angler for the day and very keen to have a go on the fly rod, having never cast a fly before, let alone to a billfish he had a great day. We were away from the fleet for the majority of the day, and showing the extent of fish around still had a great day raising 27 fish getting 10 to bite and releasing 5 on the fly. An awesome day for a first timer. There were a couple of red-hot doubles and one triple that were in the numbers raised where you wish you had another angler to cast another fly in the water. In-shore from us the fleet were on a strong bite with the guys on baits releasing up to 29 and a couple of blue marlin to boot. We never realised how good the bite was and joined the fleet late in the afternoon raising 12 fish quickly and releasing 2 from 4 bites.
8th Dec Roughton was back on board with Frank Norton. It was a different day, raising plenty of fish though having a real tough time teasing them into casting distance. We raised 24 and did have 8 very good bites on the fly, there was abit of bad luck for the first timers on the fly with popped tippets and a broken hook, still we released 2 sails and were unlucky not to get the release on a couple more. The boats on baits released up to 23 and today on the western side where we were there were no marlin seen for the first time in days. The Capt Hook went solo over to the east side of the pocket and caught a blue of the teaser in the morning. Seeing no sailfish though hordes of bonito they tried live-baiting for the last 3 hours of the day released another 3 blues.....A helluva day, nice job Ronnie. We weren't out yesterday (9th) and today though the fleet went east chasing the marlin bite that Ronnie had found and the reports are of a fantastic marlin bite that we wish we were a part of. Yesterday more than 14 marlin were released from the fleet of about 7 boats and the same thing today with the best releasing 3 blues and a black. Nearly all the fish are being caught on live bonito around the large schools in the area. Today it was more of the same with 16 marlin released among the fleet. Incredible fishing, alot of sailfish around the same schools as well. We're looking forward to getting out there in the next couple of days and will have more reports.

Fish Report 4th Dec '07

Since the previous weekend the fishing here has held steady and during the last week went off on Wednesday 28th with boats releasing up to 35 sails on the baits and into double figures on the fly. A-Fin-Ity with owner Davis Clapp last week released 100 sails in 5 days of fishing, alot of those days were late starts and back to the dock early once they'd acheived their goals for the day. Friday 30th saw the best bite at around 12-15NM with boats releasing up to 20 sails on the bait and 7 on the fly with still the odd marlin being seen.
On the weekend the marlin made their presence felt with boats raising up to 5 and a good mix of sails and dorado as well with the average boat releasing a dozen or more sails. Sunday the marlin started to bite with all the boats out there getting in on the action and seeing at least a couple of marlin a piece and all the boats bar a couple came in flying a marlin flag or two. Coupled with a good saifish bite, good fishing all round.
Yesterday the 3rd Dec, the fleet went out wide chasing the marlin bite and were not let down with most boats getting into some blue marlin action though the sailfish bite out there was a little slow. Meanwhile, right here at the bottom of the pocket at just 9-12NM Tom Boyce with solo angler Bruno Gilbert on Que Vela! had some great sailfish action raising around 25 and getting 15 bites on the bait. With well over 40 seen tailing and free jumping the sails are there in numbers though a little lazy with all the bait stacked up inside. They seem to be feeding on minnows and were spitting up wads of bait once hooked. The odd blue is still around inshore as well with Spindrift releasing a blue of around 180lb, this fish was also spitting up plenty of bait. With the amount of fish and bait around it all looks good.
Out wide there are groups of spinners and yellowfin tuna in with them, you can expect some dorado action and by all accounts the marlin bite is as good as it gets. Sailfish inshore with the chance of a shot at a blue means world-class fishing all round.
Check out the calendar link at www.rodsandreelssportfishing.com for availability and experience it first hand.