Here are some great new Lodge photos by Walter Hodges of UpStream Magazine. We will be featured in that publication Dec 2010.
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Here is a nice marlin released by Robert Ray in June 2010. Robert and his Dad Terry combined bluewater fishing and surfing.
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Our April video shoot with Castaway Films makes its debut in Catch Magazine, July 2010, Issue #12.
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Here is a video from The Rhodes group. They have fished with us 5 straight years in March. It gives you an idea of how much fun a trip to Sailfish... Read More
Take a look at this video from last May with Jeff Fisher, Head Coach of The NFL's Tennessee Titans filming his son Brandon releasing a 650 lb.... Read More
Ray Barker Smith and Marlene White released a 200+ lb. Blue marlin on fly March 1. That is the 3rd marlin released on fly in the last 3 weeks. Read More
Congratulations to Franco Rossetti and Paolo Pacchiarini from Italy for each releasing a Marlin on Fly! That sure doesn't happen every day.
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Dec 2 - Fritz Kieckhefer and Chris Bosworth arrived at Sailfish Bay. They raised 24 sailfish on Gypsy and released 10 conventional and 2 on... Read More
Oct 10 - Bill Wydra Sr., Bill Wydra Jr., Blair Soars, Clair Hain, Roger Stonhecker, Robert Decusky, Timothy Wertman, and James Burke arrived... Read More
Sailfish Bay is The Feature Story in the Sept 2009 issue of Capt. Bret Gamrot's Onshore Offshore Magazine. Bret visited SBL in March 2009.
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After setting up a few trips last week for clients to combo Guatemala billfish action and Belize flats fishing on the same trip we thought we would... Read More
Just ran across this video on youtube of another boat filming The Lambert Group releasing an est. 500 lb Black Marlin on Feb 14, 2009 aboard... Read More
From CNN:
In a report released Saturday, the group ranks nations using the "Happy Planet Index," which seeks countries with the most content... Read More
We can't wait for the youtube video coming of NFL Coach Jeff Fisher's son Brandon breaking our marlin record down at Sailfish Bay!
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Being HUGE NFL & College Football fans it was great having Jeff Fisher, Head Coach, of The Tennessee Titans down to Sailfish Bay this past week.
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It is no surprise that Saltwater Sportsman in their Traveling Fisherman section rates Guatemala as the 1st choice for Pacific sailfish in the month... Read More
Jan 1 - Larry, Jacque, and Nicole Knupp arrived at Sailfish Bay. Fishing on Maverick they raised 22 sailfish and released 9 conventional. They... Read More
Nov 1 - Joe & Carol Musial were able to sneak in 1 day of fishing after arriving on a cruise ship. Joe was with us back in 2006 and returns... Read More
Two subscribers have checked in recently with reports on trips to Central America. The first is from Ron Hooey who fished in Guatemala with Sailfish... Read More
June fishing has been excellent at Sailfish Bay. Our "off-season" is better then many other destinations prime time. Scroll through the report and... Read More
Jan 2 - Mike Morris & Andy Laursen arrived at Sailfish Bay and their target - sailfish on fly rods. Fishing on Sirena they raised 11 sailfish... Read More
Above is a picture of a client standing in front of our lodge casting to 15 lb jacks on fly from the beach. And he released a few...
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Check out the fishing on Dec 16. Absolutely incredible.
Dec 16 - UNBELIEVABLE! - Dan and Jack raised 99 sailfish on Sirena and released 51... Read More
Experience Guatemala's incredible Big Game fishery and the outstanding flats fishing in Belize on one combo trip. You will be targeting sailfish,... Read More
Nov 1 - Jim and Loren Forshaw arrived at Sailfish Bay. Fishing aboard Mariner they raised 2 sailfish, had 0 releases, but released 3 dorado. ... Read More
Oct 5 - The Roger Green group arrived at Sailfish Bay to kick off the fall season. Roger was joined by father Paul Green, Jason Piper, Wayne... Read More
Spirit Airlines has a non-stop flight to Guatemala City from Ft. Lauderdale and Los Angeles. Spirit has a very young fleet of Airbus airplanes and... Read More
July 3 - Barbara & Warren Hawkins joined us at Sailfish Bay. Fishing aboard Sirena the group released 9 sailfish conventional on 19 raises.
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Last summer we averaged 6 to 8 sailfish releases a day. And many more sails when you pin the trip on the shoulder time (ie. late May, October and beg... Read More
Tropical Sportsman Roundup
By Larry Kinder
Over on the Pacific side, the sailfish bite in Guatemala continues with staggering numbers being... Read More
On April 7 Oliver Rogers (15 years old) claims the unofficial world record for a 135 - 140 lb. sailfish (est by our captain) released on a 12 wt. fly... Read More
Guatemala hosted a World Billfish Series Tournament Event November 9 - 11 and our new boat "Sirena" captured top honors in the best boat category!!... Read More
Nov 3,4,5,6
Jordan Cooper & Leif Swenson arrived at Sailfish Bay for 2 days of fishing. On Nov 3 they released 11 sailfish conventional. On... Read More
Sailfish Bay proudly announces the acquistion of "Sirena", a 35 ft Viking Yacht to its fleet. Sirena has newly installed twin 420 HP Caterpillar... Read More
According to the 2005 Billfish Letter, Guatemala is the world champion when it comes to billfish releases per angler - blowing away top tier... Read More
April 1 & 2
Hailing from Texas, Jimmie Ellison, Mike Foster, Jimmy Pierce and Roger Little joined us at SBL. Rookies to both Guatemala and... Read More
Buck Nichols group released 235 sailfish in 3 days fishing aboard "Maverick" and "Gypsy" March 13,14,15. They also released a 350 lb. Blue marlin on... Read More
We just finished filming The Barry Reynolds Fly Fishing Journal with Barry a few days ago. The show will air the first part of January 2007 on the... Read More
Congratulations to the Buck Nichols group. On March 13 they broke our one day record at Sailfish Bay with 70 sailfish releases aboard Maverick... Read More
Kirk Courson's group released 201 sailfish over the last 5 days fishing aboard "Gypsy". They were pretty exhausted and stopped early the last day.
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Sailfish Bay clients Jay Gilleece, Jimmy Gilleece, Richard Denzler, and Randy Ward
released 220 sailfish over 5 days fishing (Mar 6,7,8,9,10) with... Read More
Fishing turned on as February ended and March began. Large numbers of sailfish have been off the coast of Guatemala for the past several weeks but on... Read More
From Feb 1 - 4 we welcomed The Jordan Pearlman group that also included Donna Pearlman, Don & Peg Barry, and John & Darline Plumley, and The Bob... Read More
Sailfish Bay has grown quickly over the last few years to become one of the best bluewater programs in the world.
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On Jan 16, 2005, anglers Ben Hovey fishing on Gypsy and Bill Rogers aboard Maverick released sailfish over 130 lbs each while using 20 lb tippet. The... Read More
We were happy to welcome The Southern Sailfish Association to Sailfish Bay for their yearly tournament. This report comes to you from clients Jeff... Read More
Larry Ydens reports fishing off Iztapa with Sailfish Bay Lodge, booking agent Sportfishing Worldwide (800-638-7405). He gives the experience an... Read More