HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

We fished both boats this last weekend with ALLURE I having a last minute booking with team Casa Vieja Lodge in the PCCA fished Friday through Sunday. Team CVL consisting of David Salazar, Jim Turner and Albert Castro enjoyed some good fishing with Capt Julio Morales on ALLURE I. At the end of day 2 they were well on-line for a shot at the title in 3rd spot overall with 32 releases. Day 3 proved to be one of those days out there where some of the boats had the hum, and others didn't. Top boat Intensity had a 12 fish lead going into the last day though couldn't get it going and missed out by one fish to travelling boat Tranquilo, Intensity came in 2nd with Capt Hook 3rd, all one fish apart closely followed by Team CVL and ALLURE I. Though they missed out the guys in Team CVL had a blast out there and were raving about the boat, Capt and crew.

On ALLURE II we welcomed back good friends and regulars down here to Guatemala Capt Mick Childs from Hawaii and (Jimmy) James Cambridge residing in Flamingo, Costa Rica. With other commitments they chose not to fish the PCCA this time around concentrating on 'fun' fishing instead....and fun they had. Friends from way back, they had a great time on the water and back at the lodge keeping Nick on his toes and busy behind the bar....
To the fishing, first day out, Thursday 21st we worked our way out to the middle of the pocket about 25NM out finding nice water and at about mid-morning a big pod of spinner dolphin with birds and tunas busting. A request for sashimi resulted in 11 tunas boated, enough for the bin so we moved on looking for the bills after having a blast catching those...

                                   Jimmy and Mick with lunch and dinner.
Looking to the east and off-shore proved fruitless so we ran back to the west to the middle of the pocket and found some sails biting there. The guys got into their grove early on and missed few fish, most of the action coming in the last 2 hours of the day they released 11 from 17 bites and missed a 200lb blue that came in hot. Nice day out there!

                                James Cambridge with a beauty before release.
Friday the guys headed to Guatemala City and Antigua for a break and some business. Back out on the water the following day, Saturday proved a bit of an ask after a big night down at the Lodge with manager Nick.....A few too many tequilas and rums meant a late start for the guys though we made it out to the fleet by about 10.00am and were into the fish soon after. The action stayed steady out there, a few more sancocho's today, though, not all of them attributed to Nick, just some plane bad luck as well. 14 sails from 23 bites and 5 yellowfin tunas, not bad at all seeing we pulled up lines and came in early as well...

                                   Capt Mick and mate, Enio.
As always with Mick and James we had a full on good time with them enjoying the last day of their stay in Antigua.

Happy Thanksgiving to all out there from the team at the Lodge and the crews on the boats. We are fishing Thursday through Saturday, looking forward to some more great fishing off-shore. More reports to come. November has been an awesome month here so far and things are shaping up for the season ahead. We still have a couple of prime dates available in January and February, they'll get snapped up soon so get in touch with:
liz@sailfishoasissportfishing.com
before they go....

FISHING NOV 11th and16th-17th

 

 

KANGIESER GROUP 16th-17th NOVEMBER

 

                                                                          

   Back row: Brad Kangieser, John and John JR D'Angelo, Hunter Lane and Meredith Hoffman
   Front row: David Hoffman, Morgan Kangieser and  Kaitlin Porter.....MIA Michael Lane.

We hosted this father and daughter/son group for a couple of great days here in Guatemala on ALLURE and ALLURE II. Brad and Michael have been down before and introduced our fishery to their sons and daughters as well as Brad's niece Kaitlin. The group had a blast here catching sailfish and mahi mahi, including a couple of triple headers and one quintuplet hook up on the last day. One of the fish 'chewed' through the leader though we landed the other 4 sails. As well as this on ALLURE they had 2 blue marlin bites with a bit of bad luck, one getting bill wrapped and the other pulling the hook. Still an awesome trip for the group form Houston releasing 41 sails form 52 bites and boating several nice mahi's.

                                           Great boat-side shot
The crew had a blast down at the lodge with Nick and the staff and we had some wonderful comments:
Absolutely amazing trip! The food was incredible, drinks were amazing and the fishing even better!!
John D'Angelo

                                       First day double header....

I just wanted to send a quick note to thank you all for the past weekend.  Everyone in the group had a great time and told me that it was well above any of their expectations.  The staff at the lodge were terrific as usual and really helped us out at the pizza party for the local school. Thanks again for a great time. Cheers and tight lines!
Brad Kangieser

                     Father and daughter David and Meredith Hoffman.

                                                         MONDAY 11th NOVEMBER
ALLURE II took out close friends Stephanie Choate and Lizzie ............ for a one day pre-tourney fish. The bite was still on at around the 40NM mark and girls fished well, mixing it up between the fly and conventional they released 18 on the baits and a couple on the fly. Both experienced fishos it was their first time on the fly and they both got into em, releasing one each. Congrats and nice going!!
The fishing remained very good during the week for the Guatemalan International Tournament with over 900 billfish releases over 4 days through Saturday for the 15 boats participating. November proving once again to be a great month here in Guatemala.

We are out again tomorrow, more reports to come. Still openings available in December and even a few prime dates in January and February....

HOT FISHING NOVEMBER 8th-9th

The bite is on here in Guatemala!! Friday the 8th and Saturday the 9th we fished Larry Fagg and Wayne Beason for their second trip down to the OASIS, this time bringing good friend James Bilberry all from Beaumont, Texas to fish on ALLURE II. The guys timed their trip to perfection. On our first day out we started to the west of straight out and had a slowish start though after meandering further to the east in the middle of the pocket about 41-42NM out we had a red hot afternoon. Double headers and triples had the guys releasing 20 in the late afternoon session bring their total for the day to 30 releases for the day as well as a nice mahi mahi for Larry.

                       James, Wayne and Larry after an epic 2 days of billfishing...
We ran to where the previous days action ended and got into some bites straight away. There is a lot of fish out there over a large area, moving constantly trying to find the hot spot we had steady action right through the day. Nothing hot and heavy until the last hour when we had 5 on at once (3 fell off ) a triple and a couple of double headers had us heading back to the dock with 39 releases from 49 bites. Awesome fishing guys, 69 sailfish released from 84 bites in 2 days is a great achievement and all just a couple of hours flight from home!!
Nothing but high praise for the new boat, the great food, staff and lodgings down at SAILFISH OASIS had the guys promising that this will be an annual pilgrimage. Good stuff, we look forward to fishing with you next year!

                                   Larry Fagg with one of many......
Still some availabilities though dates are filling fast, especially from January through May. If you have the opportunity to get down here in November or December do it, these are traditionally good months and we can put a trip together for you at a great price. Contact: liz@sailfishoasissportfishing.com

FISHING ON THE UP......

November 1st through the 3rd ALLURE co-owner Hill Dishman was down with Randy Spencer, Claude Seago, Andre Feucht and Chief Tauzin. Fishing had been slow with an offshore current to the east so we started out on the eastern side of the pocket about 26NM. From all the heavy rain the previous weeks lots of trash lines out there so we concentrated our efforts around these. Covering alot of ground we released 4 from 5 sailfish bites and boated 5 big mahi mahi.
With that strong current pushing off we ran out to the west the following day, off the edge we found more of the same, some good current lines holding though a switch in the current with it pushing inshore. Kind of a slow start with just 1 release from 2 bites in the morning session. Midday we worked a big area holding logs and trash and spent a couple of hours catching nice sized mahi's to about 30lb, they were thick out there...

Great sport and good eating, they were crashing the teasers and baits with aggression, the bait was loaded under a big 'grass' mat and every pass they'd come flying into the spread....

After catching enough for the bin we trolled further off the edge, down to the west and in the last hour and half of the day we had 8 sailfish bites finishing the day with 6 releases from 10 bites and good idea of where to concentrate our efforts the next day.
Hill Dishman took the helm the next day out and found the fish back out over the edge in the deep water. The guys had a great day out there with 27 sails in the spread, releasing 16 from 25 bites. Awesome day!! The in-coming current is a good sign and they are starting to bite. A weekend total of 26 releases from 40 bites and plenty of mahi fillets for the cooler bag to take home.

Fishing most weekends from here on in to Christmas and then we are looking at most days from there on in. We still have openings so get in touch to secure the dates available. The new boat, ALLURE II is an awesome platform to fish from and ALLURE is as good as it ever was. Both boats the best in their class here in Guatemala.