April 2013
April 15 - 21
Greg and Linda Maxon arrived for 4 days of fishing on Maverick. They raised 96 sailfish, had 82 bites and released 57.
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March 2013
March 12 - 31
Rusty Goff, Billy Goff, and Peter Collins returned for the 2nd time. Fishing on Maverick for 3 days they raised 38 sailfish,...
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February 2013
Feb 18 - 27
Roland MacKenzie and Jim Forsythe returned for the 2nd year in a row. Also, joining them were Steve Weaver and Robert Tollefson....
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January 2013
Jan 22 - 31
Murat Iyriboz arrived from Turkey for the 2nd straight year. Joining Murat was Gokhan Carmikli, Bora Tekin, Elvio Penetti, Deniz...
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December 2012
Dec 27 - 30
Fishing has been INSANE the last several days. John Temple and his son John Henry returned for their 2nd trip in the last 6...
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November 2012
Nov 24 - 26
Luis Cayo returned for his 2nd trip with us. Joining him were Ralph Judd, Mike Martin, and Judd Carlson. In 3 days fishing they...
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April 2012
April 23 - 28
We fished in the Local Tournament on Fortuna and Maverick. On April 27, 11 boats released 70 sailfish and 1 marlin. On April...
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March 2012
March 30 - 31
We welcomed well-regarded Outdoor Writer Gary Kramer and Kan Mayer to Guatemala. Fishing on Gypsy they raised 10 sailfish, had...
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February 2012
Feb 27 - 29
Ned Arthur, Dennis Hopkins, Robert Cody, and Christopher Pipps arrived for 3 days fishing. On Gypsy they raised 94 sailfish, had...
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April 2011
April 3 - The Julius Nagy group arrived for the 6th time to Sailfish Bay. Julius Nagy, Kenneth Cordes, Ivan Hansen, Daniel Welch, Kent Rhude,...
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March 2011
March 3 - The Rhodes group invaded Sailfish Bay for the 5th year in a row. They always have a big old time at the Lodge. The group included...
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February 2011
Feb 3 - Hank McLarty, Tony Turner, and John Taylor arrived at Sailfish Bay. Fishing on Maverick they raised and released 1 sailfish and 3...
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January 2011
NOTE: Keep in mind the difference between fly fishing and conventional when reviewing the fishing reports. A couple of clients called in to...
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December 2010
Dec 1 - Mike Fitgerald, Joe Codd and Brian Grossenbacher arrived at SBL. Fishing on Gypsy they raised 6 sailfish and released 3 on fly. They...
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November 2010
Nov 8 - Matteo DeFalco, Sergio Ciarrocca, Alessandro Bianco, and Gianni Lubian joined us from Italy. They planned to fish and do a story for...
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April/May 2010
April 1 - The Braddock group raised 25 sailfish on Sirena and released 19 conventional.
The Braddock group raised 24 sailfish on Maverick...
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March 2010
March 1 - The Barker Smith group raised 9 sails on Gypsy and released 2 on fly. Also, they caught a 200+ Blue marlin on fly. That is...
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February 2010
Feb 1 - The Page group raised 32 sailfish on Gypsy and released 22 conventional.
Joe & Christie Kern made their second visit to SBL....
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January 2010
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Jan 1 - Maki raised 17 sailfish on Maverick with 4 strikes and releasing 1 on fly.
Bill, Andrea, and Alice...
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December 2009
Dec 2 - Fritz Kieckhefer and Chris Bosworth arrived at Sailfish Bay. They raised 24 sailfish on Gypsy and released 10 conventional and 2 on...
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November 2009
Nov 1 - The McGrath group raised 28 sailfish and released 19 conventional on Gypsy. They also caught 2 dorado.
Nov 2 - The McGrath...
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October 2009
Oct 10 - Bill Wydra Sr., Bill Wydra Jr., Blair Soars, Clair Hain, Roger Stonhecker, Robert Decusky, Timothy Wertman, and James Burke arrived...
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April/May 2009
April 1 - The Roth group raised 48 sailfish on Sirena and released 12 on fly and 2 conventional!!
Bill Gibbs, Otto & Mary Sorensen...
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March 2009
March 1 - The Woods group raised 21 sailfish on Gypsy and released 11 conventional.
Mike Rosenberg, Tim DosSantos, Bob Venora, John...
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February 2009
Feb 1 - Donny & Nick McClure returned for their second trip to Sailfish Bay. Joining them this year were Judd McClure, Jonathan and Bruce...
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January 2009
Jan 1 - Larry, Jacque, and Nicole Knupp arrived at Sailfish Bay. Fishing on Maverick they raised 22 sailfish and released 9 conventional. They...
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December 2008
Dec 1 - The Janke group raised 17 sailfish on Sirena and released 6 conventional. They also caught 2 dorado.
The Janke group raised 8...
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November 2008
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...
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October 2008
We kicked-off the season with a bang at Sailfish Bay.
Oct 10 - Donnie Arpin returned to Sailfish Bay for his 2nd trip. Also joining...
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June 2008
June fishing has been excellent at Sailfish Bay. Our "off-season" is better then many other destinations prime time. Scroll through the report and...
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May 2008
May 4 - Ken Rivadeneira arrived at Sailfish Bay to do a story for Taca Airlines In-Flight Magazine. Ken raised 40 sailfish on Gypsy and...
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April 2008
April 1 - The Stringfellow group raised 7 sailfish on Ballena and released 4 conventional.
The Triesch group raised 14 sailfish on...
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March 2008
March 1 - Marc raised 23 sailfish on Che Cito and released 4 on fly.
The Sory group raised 10 sailfish and released 3 on fly.
The...
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February 2008
Feb 1 - The Courson group raised 15 sailfish and released 9 conventional aboard Macara.
The Poole group raised 4 sailfish and released 3...
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January 2008
Jan 2 - Mike Morris & Andy Laursen arrived at Sailfish Bay and their target - sailfish on fly rods. Fishing on Sirena they raised 11 sailfish...
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December 2007
Dec 1 - Randy Raisins raised 12 sailfish and released 5 conventional on Sirena.
The Jim Sheffield Group returned for their second trip to...
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November 2007
Nov 1 - Jim and Loren Forshaw arrived at Sailfish Bay. Fishing aboard Mariner they raised 2 sailfish, had 0 releases, but released 3 dorado. ...
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October 2007
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...
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May 2007
May 1 - The Kreider group released 6 sailfish and raised another Blue marlin.
May 4 - David & Joette Wielicki and Del & Barbara...
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April 2007
April 1 - The Skiver group released 10 sailfish conventional on Ballena with 15 raises.
The Ritz party released 1 sailfish conventional...
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March 2007
March 1 - Don & Jim released 2 sailfish on fly aboard Maverick.
The Tom Shields group arrived at Sailfish Bay and also included Ron...
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February 2007
Feb 1 - Ed & Janet Bucknell relesed 15 sailfish on Maverick.
The Courtney group released 21 sailfish on Allure and had a quadruple...
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January 2007
Jan 3,4,5,6,7
John and Milana Domas arrived at Sailfish Bay to begin their New Year. Fishing aboard Maverick on Jan 3 the first...
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December 2006
Nov 28,29 and Dec 1,2
International Light Tackle Association, the oldest and most prestigious tournament, visited Guatemala with 90...
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November 2006
Nov 3,4
Jordan Cooper & Leif Swenson arrived at Sailfish Bay for 2 days of fishing. On Nov 3 they released 11 sailfish conventional. On Nov...
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October 2006
After our yearly September shut down, we are back at it! Here is the latest from the fertile waters of Sailfish Bay.
Oct 6,7,8
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Summer 2006
June 3 - 5
Francis Wimbish, Trenton Kelly, Jason Gilliam and Andy Townent fished aboard Gypsy and released 9 sailfish.
June 13 -...
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May 2006
April 28 - May 3
Nancy Wickes and Ollie Fields fished aboard Gypsy and released 25 sailfish on fly and a 250 lb blue marlin in 6 days...
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April 2006
April 1 & 2
Hailing from Texas, Jimmie Ellison, Mike Foster, Jimmy Pierce and Roger Little joined us at SBL. Rookies to both Guatemala and...
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March 2006
Please check out the "Sailfish Bay Headlines" on our homepage for reports every few days on the fishing action. The fishing reports on this page...
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February 2006
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...
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January 2006
We were happy to welcome The Southern Sailfish Association to Sailfish Bay for their yearly tournament. This report comes to you from clients Jeff...
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December 2005
Dave Tinker & Steve Kehoe joined us in Guatemala for their first visit to Sailfish Bay. Their trip turned out to be a very productive one.
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November 2005
Sailfishing has been outstanding the past 10 days reminding us that Guatemala truly is the “Sailfish Capital of the World”.
Sailfish Bay Lodge...
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October 2005
Blue Marlin and Dorado are hot! Sailfish are spotty.
Water conditions are improving after Hurricane Stan brought tremendous rain, clouding the...
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Summer 2005
June 5 - 7
Steve Hovde and his son joined us for 3 days and their first visit to Sailfish Bay.
June 5 Maverick released 5 sailfish for...
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May 1 - 31, 2005
May 1
Sunderland group continued....
May 1
Gypsy released 3 sailfish on fly.
Maverick released 3 sailfish on fly.
Stragos...
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April 1 - 30, 2005
April 1 & 2
The John Ellis party of 15 joined us again this year at Sailfish Bay.
April 1
Gypsy released 3 sailfish on fly.
Stragos...
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March 1 - March 31, 2005
Feb 28 - March 2
Leisure Time Travel continued..... Fishing aboard Maverick and Gypsy:
March 1 - Maverick released 2 sailfish on fly...
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February 16 - May 16, 2004
Here is the report for the last few months. Sorry for the delay. We've been busy catching sails! Please let us know if you can get away this summer...
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January 2 - February 14, 2004
Since our last report the fishing has been wonderful in Guatemala. Before I get into the report we have a few prime dates left for anyone wishing to...
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September 19, 2003
Excellent Fishing!!! Lots of Marlin!!!
Cool blue water has moved in and has brought sailfish and loads of marlin. One local boat owner has caught 2...
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September 9, 2003
Sept 9
We took our boat "Maverick" out for three hours to check water conditions and try some fly fishing for sails. Sailfish Bay Lodge...
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August 1 - August 4, 2003
Aug 1
We welcomed the Seller's family from Florida for their first visit to Guatemala. Fishing at 18 miles, Corey Sellers started off the...
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July 20 - July 30, 2003
July 20
We welcomed Jim Scott and family to Sailfish Bay Lodge. Jim is manager of El Pescador Fishing Lodge in nearby Belize and was anxious...
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June 11 - June 14, 2003
June 11
We welcomed first timers Adam Schramm and Jeff Shearan to our Lodge. Visiting from Virgina, they both were excited to catch sailfish...
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May 28 - June 1, 2003
Because we run a smaller, personal and intimate operation (4 - 12 anglers), I suggest you begin to look at your dates very, very soon. The month of...
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May 5 - May 11, 2003
May 5 - 8: Club Nautico Fishing Tournament
The local Guatemalan boat club (Club Nautico) held it´s annual spring tournament featuring...
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May 1 - May 3, 2003
May 1
We welcomed Scott Ruprecht, co-owner of Sailfish Guatemala, Peacock Bass expert Larry Larsen, and client H. Whitney Bailey to...
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March 28 - April 18, 2003
Mar 28
We welcomed returning clients Martin Harrison and Bill Smith from Texas to Casa Del Mar for their second visit with us. Action was...
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March 12 - March 22, 2003
Mar 12
We welcomed our returning client Ed Opler from Jackson Hole Wyoming and this year he brought legendary fly fishing casting champion...
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