Fishing through end of February 2011

Mark Langford with mate Marvin, Rihl Buckley and Gary Brooks with one of the sails for the trip.
February 11th and 12th we welcomed back Rihl Buckley, this time down with friends Mark Langford, Gary Brooks, David Gardner, Gill Cheesman and Ben Cravens. The sailfish bite was steady to good for the 2 days releasing 13 sailfish with plenty of big dorado in the mix as well as a 250lb+ blue marlin for Ben Cravens.

Feb 13th-14th the "Host" Chief Tauzin was back down with a super sized party group fishing on Allure and Cirlcle Hook, in 2 days of fishing the team of the leader himself, Chief Tauzin along with Clark Jordan, Brad Sawyer, Andre Fuecth, Brent Kirkham, Ashley Shneider, Elissa Kirkam and Bryson Goeres released 31 sailfish with both boats having blue marlin encounters, though no luck this time. Still a great time as always with again plenty of mahi's in the mix too.
February 19th-20th John Lindley was back in Guatemala this time with his wife Cherie, Tom Preston was also back and also with his wife Leslie, along with new-comers to Guatemala Curtis and Sandy Tegeler. Beautiful conditions first day out, though a long run to the fish of about 40nm to the western edge, worth it though with a good bite to sweat the guys hangover out from them....From the 33 sailfish raised the guys did well releasing 19 from 29 bites....Good effort! The ladies decided to spend the second day back at the lodge enjoying a lazy day around the pool, the guys had more hangovers to deal with after celebrating Curtis' 40th birthday and today a cold front came through making conditions a little tougher with 3-4ft seas.....ouch. The bite slowed some and the fish were far more finiky, coming into the spread though not switching to the baits as well, from the 17 sails raised they got 10 bites and released 4.

Tom amd Leslie Preston, Cherie and John Lindley, Curtis and Sandy Tegeler enjoying a few drinks around the poolside bar at SAILFISH OASIS.
TEAM BRAZIL....

February 23rd through 27th SAILFISH OASIS hosted the 16 strong group from Brazil, consisting of, from Rio de Janeiro father and sons Helio and Mateus Marques, Sandro and Joao Lahman, Ciba and Matheus Assad, Paulo and Guilherme Campos along with Antonio Piasi, Elaton Vasconelos, Renato and Michele Simone and Elias Auasis and from Sao Paulo Berel Zata, Marcelo Guerreiro and Thiago Pessoa. The guys were fishing the 4th Brazilian International Billfish Tournament organized by Henry Riggs Miller with 3 anglers per team fishing on 5 boats over 3 days. Fishing started out slowish on day one with most teams running out wide 40+NM. Team 2 of Paulo and Guilherme Campos and Elias Auasis took out the day with 7 releases. On day 2 we found the fish in close at about 15NM in the middle of the pocket, the bite was far better today with Team 1 of Berel Zata, Marcelo Guerreiro and Thiago Pessoa taking out the day with 15 sailfish released and 1 blue marlin. The last day the sails were thick out there, balling up baits along with the mahis there were also whales feeding on the huge bait balls. The last day out belonged to Sandro and Joao Lahman and Renato Simone releasing 18 sails to take out the tournament with 3800 pts, or 38 sailfish, the top individual honors went to Elton Vasconcelos with 1400pts, 11 sailfish and one blue marlin (300pts). A great tournament all round with a record number of releases since it's inception 3 years ago with 136 sailfish released and 4 blue marlin, throw in plenty of big mahi's to 35lb and it was a great tournament. They are planning 2 groups next year one from Sao Paulo and the originals from Rio to do seperate tournaments. All commented on the beautiful surroundings, nice rooms and great food here at the OASIS.

The fleet leaves out on day 2 of the tourny....
The fishing has continued to be great here in Guatemala, we have one weekend date available April 23rd and 24th with bookings pretty solid through March and April. May still has some weekends available as well, tradtionally a good month for the blues and sailfish so secure some dates before they go.