The Sailfish School Fishing Report
December 8, 2005
Greetings from Guatemala:
Today we awoke to another beautiful, war, calm Guatemalan day, and after breakfast, headed to the Serena for day 3 of fishing. Captain Carlos guided Serena out of the marina at 7:00AM and we started fishing at exactly 9:00 Am. After releasing two fish in the first 20 minutes we raised three sailfish into the teasers, with Sharon hooking the first. I cast a fly and hooked the second fish, than Hugh Chatham hooked fish number 3 of the triple.
Hugh landed his fish after 5 minutes, Sharon caught and released her fish after another 7 minutes, than we concentrated on my sailfish which was still jumping 300 yards behind the boat. I landed the third fish of the triple 16 minutes after we hooked the first fish for the first fly caught triple aboard Serena.
By noon we had released 13 sailfish on fly and started thinking about breaking the Serena vessel record of 15 sailfish caught on fly in one day. George Maybe caught #14; Sharon tied the record with #15, than Hugh Chatham set the new record for Serena by catching the 16th sailfish in one day aboard the vessel Serena.
Hugh’s record lasted 15 minutes when Craig Machado hooked, fought, landed, and released the 17th Sailfish of the day setting a new record. What a great day, we caught 17 sailfish on fly, from 25 bites, making the total score for the three days 35 sailfish caught and released on fly, out of 60 bites.
After fishing we cleaned up at the Billfish Inn, said our good by’s to Cindy and her crew and headed to Guatemala City to the Marriot for our last night in Guatemala. We were joined for the trip to Guatemala City by Brad and Kennedy who flew to Costa Rica this morning to pick up Brads new vessel “Decisive” and run it to Guatemala.
I will return to Guatemala for 4 Sailfish Schools in January and look forward to spending more time with Brad, Cindy, and the great crew which they have assembled. I do still have a few spots still available for students who wish to attend The Sailfish School during 2006. I also am looking for several anglers to join me in the Galapagos Islands this year to fish for striped Marlin on fly. More Reports to follow. Regards:
Jake
The Sailfish School Fishing Report
December 7, 2005
Greetings from Guatemala:
Today after a wonderful breakfast was served at “The Billfish Inn” The Sailfish School Students loaded into the SUV and headed to the Serena for day two of great fly fishing for sailfish. Captain Brad was kind enough to allow Captain Carlos a day off, so at 7:00 AM Serena headed out in the clear calm waters of Guatemala.
After catching 6 for 14 bites yesterday George, Sharon, Craig, and Hugh improved their catch ratio and began catching lots of Sailfish. All four anglers caught multiple sailfish on fly with Sharon Maybee winding up as high angler for the day, releasing four fish.
Captain Brad along with mates Carlos and Louis did an excellent job raising more than 30 fish, and producing 21 bites. The Sailfish School students also did well catching and releasing 12 Sails for the day. The final score after 2 days of fishing was 18 Sailfish caught and released from 35 bites, which is better than a 50 percent catch to bite ratio.
Meals, service, and accommodations at the Billfish Inn under the attentive management of Cindy Philipps is awesome! Tomorrow we will fish the last day of the school, more reports to follow, wish you were here.
Regards:
Jake
The Sailfish School Fishing Report
December 6, 2005
Greetings from Guatemala:
This is my first Sailfish School since Fins & Feathers pulled out of Guatemala to concentrate their energy on fishing in The Galapagos Islands. I will write more regarding the Striped Marlin fly fishing in the Galapagos later in future communications.
In Guatemala have forged a new business relationship with my good friends Brad and Cindy Philipps who began their new business venture appropriately named “Guatemalan Billfishing Adventures”, which include lodging at “The Billfish inn”, and fishing aboard Brad’s new 40 foot Gamefisher sport fishing boat “Decisive”. I have been fishing with Captain Brad Philipps and his crew for the last 5 years so I knew that everything would go smooth even though we were the first clients at Brad and Cindy’s new venture.
I was correct, The Lodging was world class, the food was the best that I have ever had in any fishing lodge, and the fishing on our first day was very good. My students for this last Sailfish School of 2005 are Craig Machado and Hugh Chatham, both from northern California, along with George and Sharon Maybee from Denver Colorado. Decisive, Brad’s new vessel had not yet arrived from Costa Rica so we decided to fish aboard the 37 foot Viking sport boat Serena which I have fished aboard several times in the past. Captain Carlos and mates Kennedy and Louise did a great job today, even though the Sailfish were 42 miles offshore the ride was great on the calm Guatemalan area of the Pacific Ocean.
As is customary we rotate anglers (students) every 30 minutes or after each angler hooks and fights a sailfish on fly. This did not take too long as George Maybee hooked, fought, and landed, his first Guatemalan sailfish on fly 24 minutes into the fishing day. Sharon Maybee was next up and she cast the fly too, hooked, fought, and released, the next Sailfish within 15 minutes.
Hugh Chatham missed several bites then it was Craig’s turn and after several missed bites he landed his first sail on fly. Everyone missed a bite or two then Hugh caught a beautiful 80 pound sailfish, which meant that all students had caught a sailfish on fly during the first day of the Sailfish School.
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