MERRY CHRISTMAS / HAPPY HOLIDAYS / BEST NEW YEAR

SCHNEIDER GROUP 79 SAILFISH & 1 BLUE MARLIN

L-R: Bo and Kristen Stocks, Lucy Fisher, Eric and Sollie Graham, Ashley Schneider, Busch Thomas, Mitch and Mellissa Dawz

December 11th and 12th the Ashley Schneider organized group of above came in for the weekend, good to see some familiar faces and a few new ones to welcome and show what we have here. They timed their trip well too with some good fishing out wide! Between ALLURE II and INTENSITY they released 79 sailfish from 132 bites and 1 nice blue marlin tagged and released for Kristen Stocks over 2 days of fishing!!! 

 Kristen working hard

And did a great job on the rod to get the tag in....

The girls enjoyed a 'few' campechana's out there and on the ride home.

JOHNSON GROUP 39 SAILFISH, 4 TUNAS

Glen Eckett, Phil Winterton, Craig Johnson and Steve Goodchild

December 14-15th good to see 'El Jefe' Craig Johnson and Steve Goodchild back down here, this time introducing Glen and Phil to this fishery. First day out we split the group with x 2 pilots on ALLURE II and INTENSITY, both boats headed east and between the 2 we released 27 sails out there from 40 bites. also had a nice fat blue marlin on that unfortunately jumped off. To finish off the day we got into some spinner porpoise getting a quadruple hook up of nice tunas on the first pass....

Glen with typical sized tuna

Next day out with just the 4 anglers on Allure II we went out for a half day, this time going west and got into the fish out there as well. 2nd fish for the day in the teasers was a blue marlin that didn't come in all the way. From there on in the sailfish bite was pretty steady and about mid-morning we raised a nice big striped marlin that teased all the way in, we got the bite though the hook didn't find the corner of the jaw and pulled. No marlin luck! We pulled lines in @ 1300 with 12 sailfish released from 21 bites. Great 1/2 day!!

And Phil with a large sailfish

Sñr DISHMAN 49 SAILS & 1 BLUE MARLIN

Dec 18th and 19th el otro 'jefe' Sñr Hill Dishman estaba en Antigua por las ultima semanas en la escuela con su maestra aprendiendo español. Por su ultima fin del semana aquí en guate fuimos a pescar...

And the fishing was good, we went west first morning out where we finished out our last day on the water and the sailfish were snapping. We started the day on a group of spinners and hooked a beauty yellowfin tuna, we were on it for about 20mins and had the big fish with sickles near the gaff when......the hook pulled....arghhh, it was a nice one too. The next fish was a big blue that piled on the teaser, got a mouthful and didn't come back... For the rest of the day the sailfish were biting well and we finished up releasing 36 from 54 bites!

Next day out we couldn't find 'em like the day before though still good fishing with 13 sailfish from 24 bites and the last fish of the day was a hot blue marlin that we got the tag in and released.

So, the good fishing continues!! It has been a great start to the season out there and it looks like it is going to keep on. Right now this is what we have available, in January the 20th and the 21st is open and in February we have a couple of amazing opportunities with Friday the 12th and Saturday the 13th open. Also a couple of weeks back we had a large group postpone their trip of February 19-20-21st (a Friday, Saturday and Sunday!!) to 2017 because of El Niño and other commitments. We have other boats reserved for this group so is a great opportunity to get a group together and get in on these prime dates! A few people were expressing their concerns about El Niño and how it would effect the fishing. Right now the sailfish bite has been very consistent, we have seen more striped marlin than usual, the tunas are averaging 40-50lb instead of the normal footballs we catch (and there are some large specimens out there in the mix as well) and the blue marlin have been in the spread very consistently. Water temperatures are varying between 84' and 85' and the water color/clarity has been excellent. All good in Guate so get in touch with us to get in on this amazing action...

Contact:

liz@sailfishoasissportfishing.com

Cheers, have a great Christmas and an excellent New Year, see you down here for '16!!

FISHING 24th NOVEMBER through DECEMBER 6th

NOV 24th, COOPER FAMILY

Lucas, Julian and Cal Cooper

The Cooper family were in Antigua for the week of Thanksgiving staying at the stunning Casa Chiltotes (www.casachiltotes.com) and dad Cal brought down sons Lucas and Julian for a day of offshore fishing onboard ALLURE II. A beautiful day out there and the fish were biting steady all day. We ventured wide encountering sailfish, spinner dolphin, tunas and blue marlin. On the sails for the day the guys released 20 from 31 bites and boated a couple of tunas to about 40+lb ...

Lucas with a tough tuna on the 30lb test

At the end of the day we hooked a nice blue marlin of about 300lb that put on a spectacular surface show before charging the boat and throwing the hook....

Chris,

We had an absolutely terrific time fishing with you and your crew.  So many

fish, and topping it off with a blue marlin even if it did get away!  Wow.

Family memories for a lifetime.

  Many Thanks.

Cal Cooper

NOV 26th-28th EHRLICH / HADDAD FAMILY

Mark, Devon and Warren.

And down for Thanksgiving weekend were the above crew from Denver, Colorado for 3 days of fishing and 4 nights down at the Lodge. Our first day out we fished the east side of the pocket and released 16 out of 25 bites on the conventional tackle as well as a couple of good sized mahi's for lunch and dinner. We were back at it on the fly for the next 2 days after a huge Thanksgiving dinner with a good crowd at the Oasis.

Mark is a good keen Colorado flyfisherman so we started the next day on the hunt for aggressive teaser fish. They were a little tough to switch off the teasers on to the fly and from the 12 sails raised they did a great job releasing 2 from 4 bites on the fly and 3 from 7 on the baits with a few caught on the spinning tackle.

Mark Haddad watching the reel unload

And with the results...

The next day we were on them a bit better raising 24 sailfish, 2 blue marlin and a striped marlin into the spread. The end result though was a tough time teasing them into the back of the boat. We released 2 from 9 bites on the fly and a couple more on the spinning tackle. The marlin we enticed halfway to close to casting distance in before they peeled off..

Good times with our new Colorado friends and they had a blast with the fly rod.

Warren Ehrlich with his first sail on the fly.

NOV 29th Sñr DISHMAN

Hill with a nice blue of just under 200lb

We were back in the baits the following day with Hill Dishman and trolled down the western edge picking at fish the whole way down. We raised 19 sails releasing 12 from 18 bites and a tough blue that jumped once and then stayed down pulling hard, a stubborn one before getting it boat side, tagged and released.

DEC 4th-6th PYBURN GROUP

Matt Ashabranner, Kevin Kirkland, Keith Turner and Ryan Pyburn.

The above group from Beaumont, Texas fished 3 days mixing it up between ALLURE II and aboard the A-Fin-Ity the last day. The group had good fishing raising 57 sails into the spread and releasing 23 as well as boating some nice tunas, big mahi's and raising a couple of blue marlin getting one to bite though missing it..

Keith and Matt with typical sized tunas

The crew had a great time and got their sancocho count down on their last day out.

DEC 5th-6th, SURVANT / HARRIS GROUP

Erin and Corey Survant with Christina and David Harris.

Also mixing it up between ALLURE II and A-Fin-Ity were the above group from Corpus Christi, Texas. Regulars down to the Oasis for several years now it's alway good to catch up and fish with these guys. Over the 2 days they fished real well with the few shots they had releasing 14 from 18 bites. We also raised a couple of marlin that didn't do much and boated this nice mahi...

Christina and Erin with a beaut mahi to finish the trip.

Hey Kiwi,

Just wanted to say thanks for the great trip! We all had a blast, fishing was good, food was excellent and the company couldn't have been better! We will be back soon. 

The lodge looks great and the staff was friendly as ever. 

 Hope you guys have a great fishing season. 

Talk to you soon,

Corey

DEC 5th-6th ADAM CARLIS GROUP

Sailfish release aboard the Capt Hook.

Also at the lodge for the weekend from Houston, Texas was the Adam Carlis group of 3 anglers. Fishing aboard the Capt Hook for the weekend the guys had a blast releasing 12 sails from 17 bites over the 2 days and raising a couple of blue marlin jumping one off of about 250lb's....Still, plenty of marlin out there, getting them to bite can be a little tough though. Lots of bait about with birds on bonitos out wide and current lines holding logs and trash and more bait.

Lots of blue water and a strong incoming current means things are looking good for the coming weeks...

We're out there from Friday on through to early next week and looking forward to it!