Rods and Reels
03-19-2009, 04:20 PM
5th-6th March had Chief Tuazin back in the Guatemala this time with Matthew Jeter both from Houston. After a 12NM run we put out the spread and inside 15min we had a small blue marlin hot on the small Pakula flat line teaser.
Acting on instinct Chief pitched the ballyhoo bait back, he was politely
told to remove it as it was a marlin, not a sail, while the mackerel on the
50lb gear was pitched. All a little late though the marlin crushed the
ballyhoo with a great bite and all was good as we watched him come tight, it
was the perfect size for the 30lb gear at around 150lb’s. We lost use of an
engine while on the fish so it took a little longer to get the release
though Chief did well on the rod and had the fish boatside after around
35mins. After that it was back to the ************************ where the guys transferred to
the Jupiter for the rest of the day. They raised 3 sails in the afternoon
and caught a mahi. The next day on the Jupiter raised 7, and released 3 from
5 bites and boated a couple of mahi mahi.. Mike Jeeter had a great first
time down here in Guatemala plans to get back here soon.
D. Scott Wise and son Harry from New York on an early Spring Break hooked up with Steve ‘Doc’ Sanford from Vermont and Townsend Hilliard from Houston for 3 days of fishing on ALLURE from the 9th through 11th for their first trip to Guatemala. For the first day we looked for blue water and found it about 30NM to the west and gave the guys a great introduction to Guatemala raising sailfish in the spread and 13 releases from 23 bites.
Here today gone tomorrow seems to be the theme for most of the season so far and it was today, we trolled back to where we’d had the best action the day before to find the best bite was 15NM back to the east. 7 releases today
from 15 bites. With marlin on the mind we concentrated our efforts on the
last day on the western edge and bottom of the pocket, it was kind of tough
for the whole fleet today with little action though we did get into a couple
of nice mahi mahi and released 3 from 5 bites on the sails. The guys
finished off their trip in style staying at the El Convento in Antigua for
the last two nights and enjoyed a full day visiting the Azotea Coffee Farm
and a walking tour of the town.
From Alabama we had Dr’s Lee Franklin, Tom Canthon and Chris Duggar along
with Hospital Boss Don Henderson from the 13th through 15th of March. Lee
and Tom are Guatemalan veterans though it was Don and Chris’ first offshore
experience here. Also our first time east in sometime today and we got
called into some action off-shore of where we started late in the morning to
find a reasonable sailfish bite. 15 raised and 8 releases from 11 bites had
the guys back in the swing of things. With the satellite report showing a
nice temperature break way out the west we decided to go that way for day 2.
The reports from most of the fleet indicated a slow bite so we trolled our
way down the west along edge. Early in the day a small marlin in the 150lb
range came into the spread, it refused the pitched mackerel though dropped
back and ate the trolled ballyhoo, we came tight on the fish though
unfortunately pulled the hook. Around lunch time further down the edge we
raised a nice blue in the 300-350lb range on the short teaser. The fish
stayed in the spread for sometime and we got a couple of nice bites on the
mackerel though missed it…….ouch. In extra time at the end of the day the
3rd blue marlin for the day was red hot on the same teaser, a great bite
resulted in a solid hook-up and Don Henderson’s first blue marlin of around
220lb’s put on a great show before getting the release and heading home.
We also released 4 sails from the 5 sails that did bite for the day. The
guys started their last day out with 9 mahi’s to about 12lb’s ensuring fresh
mahi sandwiches for lunch and sashimi at the end of the day. To the east a
bite was found and we ran into it later in the day, plenty of free jumpers
indicated a lot of fish in the area though it was tough getting them into
the spread, a triple from a quad was the highlight of the 7 releases from 10
bite for the day. Great fishing Dr’s!! See you back here next year…….
Settled weather, blue water, it's all looking good out there. The marlin
bite traditionally gets better from late March on and we have some openings
so get in touch to get into it. The bite is picking up, today we went 15
from 25 and there were several blues seen......
You can visit www.rodsandreelssportfishing.com
<http://www.rodsandreelssportfishing.com/> to learn more about fishing in
Guatemala or to make a reservation
Acting on instinct Chief pitched the ballyhoo bait back, he was politely
told to remove it as it was a marlin, not a sail, while the mackerel on the
50lb gear was pitched. All a little late though the marlin crushed the
ballyhoo with a great bite and all was good as we watched him come tight, it
was the perfect size for the 30lb gear at around 150lb’s. We lost use of an
engine while on the fish so it took a little longer to get the release
though Chief did well on the rod and had the fish boatside after around
35mins. After that it was back to the ************************ where the guys transferred to
the Jupiter for the rest of the day. They raised 3 sails in the afternoon
and caught a mahi. The next day on the Jupiter raised 7, and released 3 from
5 bites and boated a couple of mahi mahi.. Mike Jeeter had a great first
time down here in Guatemala plans to get back here soon.
D. Scott Wise and son Harry from New York on an early Spring Break hooked up with Steve ‘Doc’ Sanford from Vermont and Townsend Hilliard from Houston for 3 days of fishing on ALLURE from the 9th through 11th for their first trip to Guatemala. For the first day we looked for blue water and found it about 30NM to the west and gave the guys a great introduction to Guatemala raising sailfish in the spread and 13 releases from 23 bites.
Here today gone tomorrow seems to be the theme for most of the season so far and it was today, we trolled back to where we’d had the best action the day before to find the best bite was 15NM back to the east. 7 releases today
from 15 bites. With marlin on the mind we concentrated our efforts on the
last day on the western edge and bottom of the pocket, it was kind of tough
for the whole fleet today with little action though we did get into a couple
of nice mahi mahi and released 3 from 5 bites on the sails. The guys
finished off their trip in style staying at the El Convento in Antigua for
the last two nights and enjoyed a full day visiting the Azotea Coffee Farm
and a walking tour of the town.
From Alabama we had Dr’s Lee Franklin, Tom Canthon and Chris Duggar along
with Hospital Boss Don Henderson from the 13th through 15th of March. Lee
and Tom are Guatemalan veterans though it was Don and Chris’ first offshore
experience here. Also our first time east in sometime today and we got
called into some action off-shore of where we started late in the morning to
find a reasonable sailfish bite. 15 raised and 8 releases from 11 bites had
the guys back in the swing of things. With the satellite report showing a
nice temperature break way out the west we decided to go that way for day 2.
The reports from most of the fleet indicated a slow bite so we trolled our
way down the west along edge. Early in the day a small marlin in the 150lb
range came into the spread, it refused the pitched mackerel though dropped
back and ate the trolled ballyhoo, we came tight on the fish though
unfortunately pulled the hook. Around lunch time further down the edge we
raised a nice blue in the 300-350lb range on the short teaser. The fish
stayed in the spread for sometime and we got a couple of nice bites on the
mackerel though missed it…….ouch. In extra time at the end of the day the
3rd blue marlin for the day was red hot on the same teaser, a great bite
resulted in a solid hook-up and Don Henderson’s first blue marlin of around
220lb’s put on a great show before getting the release and heading home.
We also released 4 sails from the 5 sails that did bite for the day. The
guys started their last day out with 9 mahi’s to about 12lb’s ensuring fresh
mahi sandwiches for lunch and sashimi at the end of the day. To the east a
bite was found and we ran into it later in the day, plenty of free jumpers
indicated a lot of fish in the area though it was tough getting them into
the spread, a triple from a quad was the highlight of the 7 releases from 10
bite for the day. Great fishing Dr’s!! See you back here next year…….
Settled weather, blue water, it's all looking good out there. The marlin
bite traditionally gets better from late March on and we have some openings
so get in touch to get into it. The bite is picking up, today we went 15
from 25 and there were several blues seen......
You can visit www.rodsandreelssportfishing.com
<http://www.rodsandreelssportfishing.com/> to learn more about fishing in
Guatemala or to make a reservation