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.
2 comments:
Great Pic of Hill Dishman swimming with the sails. Did not know he could hold his breath that long!
yea, it is amazing what adrenaline will do and staring down the barrel of a camera lens!
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