Venezuela

[Rich]

I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on charter boats for Venezuela? And which month would you go March, June, July, August. I am looking for good all around billfishing.

[George]

If I wanted Blue Marlin, I'd be there right now thru May. White Marlin from August thru November. Sailfish anytime.

[Rick_Alvarez]

Right now is the best time for blues in Venezuela and on through the end of May. There will also be some sails and a white here and there. In addition, there can be some yellowfin 150lbs + action. I was there all of last week and the yellowfins were concentrating at about 27 miles offshore in huge schools ... we caught 8 in the 200 lbs class. For more information contact FishQuest Sportfishing adventures at 1888 891 3474

[Rick_Alvarez]

Rich,
Forgot to mention, since you want good all-around billfish action, the second half of August and early September in Venezuela are great for grand slam fishing. That's when you find all species at the same time including white, blue, sails, swordfish and maybe even a spearfish. It is the only place where a single angler has caught all 5 species in one day of fishing!!!
Hope this helps you in making your decision. If you need further info email me or call the toll free number I listed in my previous posting.
Best of luck,
Rick

[Nick_Fuegi]

Hi George. Here are links to a couple of other great threads about Venezuela you might want to read if you haven’t already seen them.
The first has a list of all known online Venezuelan billfish operations.
The others are general discussion and recent experiences of Venezuelan billfishing. Lots of useful info – especially between the lines. ;)
Links to follow:

http://www.marlinmag.com/forum.jsp?ID=558167

http://www.marlinmag.com/forum.jsp?ID=556164

http://www.marlinmag.com/forum.jsp?ID=557658

Hope they help.

Regards,

Nick

[Don_Leneski]

Hello:
I am looking for one or two team mates to participate with me in the upcoming Venezuelan International Super Slam Tournament Sep 27th thru Oct 2nd in La Guaira. I have a charter boat already booked with excellent crew.
Please write me if interested.
Thanks,
Don

[George]

Thanks for the links Nick. I already use the services of South Fishing in Miami. They have consisently provided our group with the best boats each and every year since 1990.

[Nick_Fuegi]

There are now links to accommodation here too:

http://www.marlinmag.com/forum.jsp?ID=558167

Nick