Sailfish
Bay Fishing Report-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 you will see some excellent
numbers. May - Oct is a wonderful "bend the rod" time
with great sailfishing, plentiful dorado and tuna fishing.
June 6- Larry Carollo, Dale Wilhelm
and Kemp Muhlbauer arrived at Sailfish Bay. They raised 6 sailfish
on Maverick and released 4 conventional. They also caught 1 dorado.
June 7- The Carollo group raised
5 sailfish on Maverick and released 4 conventional.
June 8- Ed and Scott Andress,
a father and son duo arrived at Sailfish Bay. They raised 5 sailfish
on Maverick and released 2 conventional. They also caught 1 dorado
and 1 yellowfin tuna.
June 9- Ed and Scott raised 7
sailfish on Sirena and released 4 conventional. Also catching 1
dorado.
June 10- Ed and Scott raised 11
sailfish on Sirena and released 5 conventional. They also caught
2 yellowfin tuna.
June 12- Sailfish Bay Lodge owner
Scott Ruprecht and Karen Boschert raised 6 sailfish on Gypsy and
released 1 on fly. They also caught 5 dorado and 6 yellowfin tuna
only fishing 1/2 a day!
June 18- Sailfish Bay Lodge owner
Bobby Walker, Rhonda Dixon and Kim Samuel raised 1 sailfish on Gypsy
and released 1 conventional. They also caught 10 dorado - all 25
to 35 lbs!
June 19- Father and son teams
Chris and Andrew Sawch, and Don and Donny O'Brien arrived at Sailfish
Bay. They raised 19 sailfish on Gypsy and released 11 conventional
all in just 3 hours of late afternoon of fishing!!
June 20- The Sawch/O'Brien group
had another great day raising 26 sailfish on Gypsy and released
14 conventional.
June 21- The Sawch/O'Brien group
raised 12 sailfish on Gypsy and released 9 conventional. They also
caught 2 dorado.
June 22- Brad and Megan Humphrey
raised 21 sailfish on Sirena and released 10 conventional. They
also caught 12 dorado!
Sailfish
Bay Fishing Report-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 released 20 conventional. He
also caught 2 dorado.
May 5 - Ken raised 3 sailfish
on Gypsy and released 1 conventional. He also caught another 2 dorado.
May 8 - Brothers John and Bill
Johnston arrived at Sailfish Bay. Fishing on Gypsy they raised 2
sailfish and had 0 releases.
May 9 - John and Bill raised 1
sailfish on Gypsy and released 1 on fly. They also caught 17 dorado.
May 10 - John and Bill raised
6 sailfish and released 0 on Sirena.
May 11 - John and Bill raised
5 sailfish on Gypsy and released 2 on fly.
May 12 - John and Bill raised
9 sailfish on Gypsy and released 2 on fly. They also caught two
dorado - 25 and 35 lbs.
May 15 - David Gregory from Rod
& Gun arrived at Sailfish Bay with buddies Tom Kowalski and
Hank Stringer. Fishing on Gypsy they raised 30 sailfish and released
7 conventional. They also caught one 35 lb dorado at 10 AM that
was later served for lunch.
May 17 - The Gregory Group raised
9 sailfish on Gypsy and released 1 on fly.
Sid & Web Haining arrived at Sailfish Bay.
They raised 17 sailfish on Maverick and released 10 conventional.
They also caught 12 dorado!
May 18 - Sid & Web raised
5 sailfish on Maverick and released 4 conventional.
Mike Robrahn, Stephen Chang, Edward Ruffner, and
Jim Shively arrived for Guatemala sailfishing. They raised 5 sailfish
on Sirena releasing 2 conventional and 1 on fly.
May 19 - Sid & Web raised
7 sailfish on Maverick and released 5 conventional. They also caught
another 8 dorado.
The Robrahn group raised 9 sailfish on Sirena and
released 4 conventional. They also caught 17 dorado on fly rods!
May 20 - The Robrahn group raised
15 sailfish on Sirena and released 4 conventional.
Mike Duda fished one day on Gypsy. He raised 18
saifish and released 6 conventional. Mike also caught 6 dorado.
May 21 - The Robrahn group raised
3 sailfish on Sirena releasing 2 conventional and 1 on fly. They
also caught 7 yellowfin tuna and 8 more dorado.
May 22 - The Robrahn group raised
3 sailfish on Sirena and released 2. They also caught 6 yellowfin
tuna and 15 dorado. Another mixed bag day.
May 23 - The Robrahn group raised
2 sailfish on Sirena and released 1. They also caught 6 dorado
Sailfish
Bay Fishing Report-April 2008
April 1 - The Stringfellow group
raised 7 sailfish on Ballena and released 4 conventional.
The Triesch group raised 14 sailfish on Maverick
and released 5 conventional. They also released one 250 lb blue
marlin.
The Bookout group raised 9 sailfish on Mariner
and released 0 on fly.
The Solomon group raised 18 sailfish on Sirena
and released 1 on fly.
April 2 - 5 - A much needed rest
for our captains and mates. Thankfully, we had off days because
the fishing was not very good.
April 6 - George Haskins from
Orvis returned to Sailfish Bay with his wife Linda. They were also
joined by Bruce Aikens, Scott Adams, David Dumeer, Billy Cohen,
Spencer Bomar, John Bostwick, Chris Peyerk, Joe Ferro, Matt Smith
and Dara Smith, Tom Kemp and Bill Kemp, Angelo Sullo and Bill Mogensen.
Fishing on Sirena they raised 67 sailfish and released
6 on fly.
Fishing on Mariner they raised 89 sailfish and
released 7 on fly.
Fishing on Maverick they raised 68 sailfish and
released 9 on fly!
Fishing on Mad Bavarian they raised 52 sailfish
and released 7 on fly.
Fishing on Cayuco they raised 34 sailfish, releasing
5 on fly and 3 conventional.
April 7 - The Orvis group raised
16 sailfish on Mad Bavarian and released 2 on fly.
Fishing on Sirena they raised 18 sailfish and released
0 on fly.
Fishing on Mariner they raised 22 sailfish and
released 3 on fly.
Fishing on Maverick they raised 18 sailfish and
released 1 on fly.
Fishing on Ballena they raised 22 sailfish and
released 1 on fly.
Fishing on Bora Bora they raised 14 sailfish and
released 3 on fly.
April 8 - The Orvis group raised
20 sailfish on Maverick and released 3 on fly. They also raised
one Blue Marlin.
Fishing on Mad Bavarian they raised 4 sailfish
and released 2 on fly.
Fishing on Mariner they raised 8 sailfish and released
0.
Fishing on Sirena they raised 5 sailfish and released
3. They also raised a Blue Marlin.
Fishing on Bora Bora they raised 1 sailfish and
released 2 dorado.
Fishing on Ballena they raised 12 sailfish and
released 6.
April 9- The Orvis group raised
3 sailfish on Mariner and released 1 on fly.
Fishing on Maverick they raised 15 sailfish, releasing
2 on fly and 1 conventional. They also caught 4 dorado and 3 bonito.
Fishing on Sirena they raised 9 sailfish and released
1 on fly.
Fishing on Mad Bavarian they raised 8 sailfish
and released 1 on fly.
Fishing on Ballena they raised 12 sailfish and
released 4.
April 11 - Manny Varella and Bill
Patrone returned to Sailfish Bay for their second visit. The group
also included Matt Flick, Phil Smith, Rodger, Joe and Bruce Marler,
Mike Johnson, Jon McHenry, Andy Braddy, Luis Gil, Dick Cote, Jeff
Henwood, Carlos Lombana, Buck Fisher, Buz Alexander, Danny Gregory,
and Glen Philips.
They cast to and hooked up all their fish on spinning
gear.
Fishing aboard Maverick they raised 57 sailfish
and released 10.
Fishing aboard Sirena they raised 44 sailfish and
released 15.
Fishing aboard Gypsy (this is NOT a missprint...Gypsy)
they raised 40 sailfish and released 20.
Fishing aboard Mariner they raised 21 sailfish
and released 7.
April 12 - The Varella group raised
48 sailfish on Maverick and released 13. They also caught 6 dorado.
They raised 23 sailfish on Gypsy and released 12.
They raised 36 sailfish on Sirena and released
8.
They raised 31 sailfish on Mariner and released
10.
April 13 - Jimmy Clark, Jack Hare,
Jeff Turner, Matt Wright, Chris Arnold, and Kelley Moore arrived
at Sailfish Bay.
Fishing on Gypsy they raised 28 sailfish and released
14 conventional.
Fishing on Maverick they raised 23 sailfish and
released 14 conventional.
April 14 - The Clark group raised
20 sailfish on Gypsy and released 5 conventional.
The Clark group raised 25 sailfish on Maverick
and released 10 conventional.
The Finnish Invasion arrived at Sailfish Bay. We
happily welcomed Pasi Laine, Juha Niemi, Pekka Sivonen, Jukka Halonen,
and Mika Vainio to Guatemala. The main goal was sailfish on fly
rods as we were shooting TV shows, a DVD series, and doing a few
fishing articles for the Nordic market of Finland, Sweden, and Norway.
Fishing on Sirena they raised 15 sailfish releasing
2 on fly and 3 conventional.
April 15 - The Laine group raised
8 sailfish on Sirena and released 2 on fly rods. They were also
rewarded with a 250 lb Blue marlin conventional!
April 16 - The Laine group raised
24 sailfish on Gypsy and released 3 on fly.
The Laine group raised 12 sailfish on Sirena, releasing
2 on fly and 3 conventional.
Bob & John arrived at Sailfish Bay. Fishing
on Allure they raised 29 sailfish and released 22 conventional.
April 17 - The Laine group raised
33 sailfish on Sirena, releasing 5 on fly and 6 conventional.
The Laine group raised 15 sailfish on Gypsy and
released 1 on fly.
We ended up with remarkable video and incredible
pictures for the Fishing Shows, DVD, and fishing articles. They
did a superb job.
Bob & John raised 32 sailfish on Allure and
released 22 conventional.
April 18 - Bob & John raised
34 sailfish on Allure and released 20 conventional.
April 19 - Bob & John raised
34 sailfish and released 19 conventional. They released 83 sailfish
in 4 days of fishing! Not bad.
April 21 - Max Steiner and Carl
Hood arrived at Sailfish Bay for the 3rd year in a row. Fishing
on Sirena they raised 34 sailfish and released 19 conventional.
They also raised 1 Blue Marlin.
Also, arriving at Sailfish Bay for the 2nd time
were Emery & Shelly Kertesz. Fishing on Gypsy they raised 30
sailfish and released 12 conventional. They also caught 1 Dorado.
April 22 - Max & Carl raised
20 sailfish on Sirena and released 12 conventional.
Emery & Shelly raised 18 sailfish on Gypsy
and released 11 conventional.
April 23 - Max & Carl raised
29 sailfish on Sirena and released 14 conventional.
April 24 - Max & Carl raised
22 sailfish on Sirena and released 10 conventional. They also caught
2 dorado.
April 25 - From Austria, fly fishers
Gunther Aman and Christian Wilhelmstotter arrived at Sailfish Bay.
Fishing on Gypsy they raised 25 sailfish and released 7 on fly!
April 26 - Gunther and Christian
raised 26 sailfish on Gypsy and released 2 on fly.
April 27 - Gunther and Christian
raised 8 sailfish on Gypsy and released 1 fly fishing.
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