GREAT START ON NEW ALLURE

Nico Dorion, Thane Stenner, Alston Gardner, Yusef Zohnny and Allen Wiekenkamp.

Sept 22nd we fished with our friend Nico Dorion from Guatemala City who is a regular with us, and his international crew of the above. Alston Gardner from North Carolina and Allen Wiekenkamp from Canada have both been down before though it was a first for Thane Stenner and Yusef Zohnny both from Canada as well.
Despite the new ALLURE being here since late July this was our first fishing day on her here in Guatemala. The guys were impressed with the open, comfortable lay-out, though better then all of that she fished well and we had a great day out there. With reports of green water to the west we went about 32NM to the east and got into a couple of sailfish bites early on and raised a blue marlin that didn't stick around too long. From there on we had fairly steady sailfish action as well as this double header for Nico and Alston...

This was followed shortly after with Yusef hooking into his first ever blue marlin, the fish came in hot on the short teaser and switched to the pitched mackerel with an aggressive bite right at the transom. A tough feisty fish pushing 200lb it gave him a real work out on the 50lb stand-up gear though he did a great job on the rod getting it boat side for the release.

A double header of mahi's right on lunch hour made for some great fish taco's and soon after Nico got locked into a nice blue of about 300lb's, another very aggressive teaser fish made for an exciting bite and it seemed well hooked, the fish jumped several times and we got near the release when the hook pulled about 10min into the fight. Disappointing. With a few more sailfish releases we were winding down our day when another blue tore into the spread crashing the 2 short teasers. It then moved to the long teaser and came in fast, this was the hottest fish of the day and the crew did a great job clearing the teasers getting the pitch bait back in time and what a spectacular bite.....Allen was up next and into this fish, his first blue marlin, another tough one staying down and dirty for the majority of the fight he did well.

A solid 250lb blue for Allen topped off a great day on the water, and what a first day out for the new ALLURE. 4 blue marlin raised, releasing 2 from 3 bites, 14 sailfish up in the spread with 9 releases from 12 bites and a couple of mahi's. We had a good time with Nico and crew and hope to see you guys back down here soon.
The boat is sweet, definitely THE boat to fish on down here in Guatemala. Get in touch now, the fishing is good and I think it is going to get better. We have availability in October, November and December with some very good deals.

COUNTING DOWN......

                         Blue marlin for ALLURE on the trip down to GUATEMALA

IT's the time of year for maintenance and that's what we have been doing, right now ALLURE II is out of the water getting a bottom job, new non-skid on the decks and we are replacing the eisenglass curtains up on the bridge. On the new ALLURE we are getting the tackle tuned up and rigging all the terminal gear to be ready for the new season about to start. Both boats are the best in their class here in Guatemala with the best equipment and experienced crews.
Down at the OASIS Lodge there has also been plenty of activity and regulars will note several improvements. Basically we will be ready to go for mid-October, the boats and lodge will all be in perfect condition. We have the same staff at the lodge with Nick our manager returning along with Karina and Carlos. Carlos our very popular chef has completed 2 INTECAP chef courses here over the summer. This culminated in he and his team finishing 2nd overall in the National Final at the "Feria Gastronomica" at Tikal Futura in Guatemala City featuring top national and international chef's in the judging panel!! He has also been working at one of the top restaurants here in Antigua over the last few months so he is looking forward to running the kitchen back at SAILFISH OASIS, so are we!

To the fishing. The summer months have once again produced good numbers of sailfish, dorado and blue marlin and things tend to pick up in November and December. These over the past 10 years that I have been here have generally been CONSISTENTLY some of the best months to target those big sailfish bites and of course we see our fair share of blue marlin with yellowfin tuna and dorado mixing it up. It really is a great time of year and the weather then is hard to beat also....and right now we are offering a 15% discount on advertised rates for these months, November and December. Take advantage of this deal and we'll ensure the best time possible here in Guatemala.
Also, take advantage of our REFERRAL DEAL**. Refer us to your fishing friends and we will give you a 20% discount on our listed website rates for your next trip!! Get in contact with us for details and get into some of the best fishing on the planet.

Also, a reminder that the Presidential Challenge, Central America series finishes here in November 22,23 and 24. ALLURE is available to fish this tournament.

Contact: liz@sailfishoasissportfishing.com

Refer us to your fishing friends and we will give you a 20% discount on our listed website rates for your next trip**

** Applicable upon payment for charter from referred group.
Not applicable with other discounts.