#1740539 - 04/18/1811:21 AM
GREAT GUATEMALA FISHING.
earl bird
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Registered: 01/25/06
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Loc: Terryville
My son Steven(from California) and I were in Guatemala from April 10-April 16. After doing some research, we decided to fish with "Big Buoy Fishing" located in San Jose, Guatemala. We stayed at Eric Goetz's 9 bedroom, 11 bath villa. Eric was a most gracious host, and his desire to please his guests was quite obvious. His chef(Michy) and housekeeper(Aleida) followed in Eric's footsteps in cleaning our rooms and keeping us well fed. We started each day with a full breakfast. Once on the boat(from 7:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.) we had a mid morning snack (usually fresh fruit),followed by lunch(freshly caught Mahi-Mahi(Dorado),hamburgers, salads, tuna sushi, etc.), and then an afternoon snack. Once returning to the villa after a full day of fishing, we were treated with appetizers(Mahi-Mahi, taco salad, cerviche, or chicken wings) followed, after some cocktails, by dinner. We enjoyed steak, shrimp, Mahi-Mahi, smoked pork roast, etc. for this meal. Every meal was delicious and plentiful. This was an all inclusive package which included pickup from and return to the airport, daily transportation to and from the marina(5 minutes away), meals, liquid refreshments(24 hour open bar), daily laundry service, and four days of fishing, as well as cleaning and freezing of any fish that you may want to bring home. We fished for the four days out of Marina Pez Vela. This evidently is the only marina on Guatemala's Pacific coast. The boat was the Sur Reel, which is one of three 31 foot Bertrams owned by Eric. Three days we fished with Captain Kennedy, and one day with Captain Sammy. Our two mates, Locho and Marvin, were the hardest working mates that we have ever seen.
Our four day total was:
Sailfish - 44 released
Mahi-Mahi - 45
Tuna - 2
Averaging 11 Sails and 11 Mahis(up to 60 lbs.) per day made this an action packed fishing adventure.
Fishing: the art of casting, trolling, jigging, or spinning while freezing, sweating, swatting, or swearing. Henry Beard and Roy McKie
Scout1
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Registered: 05/21/07
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Loc: Rowayton
My in-laws retired to Antugua guatemala. We did a day trip to the same marina. We had a "horrible day" in which each of my 4 kids, my father and law and i all reeled in a sail. ( great day in my book) oddly enough we couldn't catch a dorado to save our life.
#1740578 - 04/18/1804:03 PM
Re: Fishing in Guatemala.
[Re: Scout1]
earl bird
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Loc: Terryville
Originally Posted By: Scout1
My in-laws retired to Antugua guatemala. We did a day trip to the same marina. We had a "horrible day" in which each of my 4 kids, my father and law and i all reeled in a sail. ( great day in my book) oddly enough we couldn't catch a dorado to save our life.
We actually went through Antigua. An interesting town.
Fishing: the art of casting, trolling, jigging, or spinning while freezing, sweating, swatting, or swearing. Henry Beard and Roy McKie
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