Guatemala GreatSailfishing - and Blue Marlin too !!!!

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This fishing report is for the week ending 06-18-06
and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which
operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala.
The fishing grounds for this past week have ranged
from 20 miles to as far as 40 miles. Seas this week
have varied from mild ranging between 1 to 2ft to
moderate 2 to 3ft seas. This week skies ranged from
sunny to overcast days, with some days bringing light
rains; however there as been some nights with light to
moderate downpours. Most days started with no to light
wind in the mornings to light / moderate winds in the
afternoons, same as the past two weeks.

This week saw fair to good results with boats
reporting releases in the low single digits to low
double digits. This week we were happy to host the Jay
Halpenny party from Canada. Their first day (Tuesday)
saw only fair results with releasing 3 sails out of 7
bites and 6 Dorado. On Wednesday they had a good days
fishing releasing 11 sails out of 20 bites and also
boating 20 Dorado. On Thursday they also had another
good days fishing with releasing 9 sails out of 14
bites. All on conventional tackle.

On Friday we welcomed the arrival of Sam Swisher and
his son out of Boston. Their first day fishing was on
Saturday and they had great day releasing 5 sails and
TWO Blue Marlin,the first marlin (estimated at
300lbs.) first appeared off of the left teaser. With
the marlin rig in hand (Penn International 11 50 wide
with 50lb line mated to a tournament graphite rod) the
fight was on.Thirty minutes later the fight was over
and the mates released the marlin to fight another
day. About one hour later another marlin appeared off
of the left teaser, estimated at about 200lb. Sam’s
son chose light tackle and the fight began, about 1 ½
hours of a great fight the marlin was boat-side and
released. Both of the Swishers had big smiles and
explained that they were their 1st marlins and on the
same day. Today (Sunday) saw another good day with 3
sails being released and another Blue Marlin in the
200lb. Class. That’s right, 3 marlin in two days with
another day to go.

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