Guatemala Sports Fishing

Guatemala is recognized all over the world for its high concentration of sailfish and is constantly referred to as the “Sailfish Capital of the World”. We fished with the Allure Fishing Team out of  Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala.   Below the mountain chains that run the length of Guatemala, from Mexico down to El Salvador, the land gently slopes off and flattens out before meeting the Pacific Ocean. This is a hot and steamy agricultural region with large sugar-cane, pineapple, and banana plantations.

 

 

As “Sailfishing Capital of the World”, the Pacific Coast of Guatemala has the highest concentrations of Pacific Sailfish found anywhere on the planet making it a fisherman’s paradise. Blue Marlin, Black Marlin, Mahi Mahi, Sailfish, and Tuna are found in such abundance it’s bound to make your Guatemala fishing adventure off our pacific coast a trip of a lifetime.

Puerto Quetzal is Guatemala's largest Pacific Ocean port.  Were 50 miles South of Guatamala City.   Were between Costa Rica to our South and Alcopulco to the North.  On the Western Coastline facing the Pacific Ocean.    Were about 2000 miles South of Mazatlan Mexico and were about 2000 miles North of Colombia South America.

Selected as one of Men's Journal's "100 Greatest Adventures" in the world, Sailfish Bay is Guatemala Fishing at its finest.  Guatemala's Pacific Coast is Literally Sailfish Heaven!

Anglers Note:

The Pacific coast of Guatemala, has strong west-to-east currents that come down from Mexico and meet with the east-to-west currents from the coast of El Salvador. Together these currents create an enormous, natural occurring eddy rich in bait and pelagic fish making it a perfect place to find sailfish, marlin, dorado and many other species in tremendous numbers.  It was these currents and the team approach of the Allure Team that enabled us to smoke some really hot Sailfish  and Dorado.  

We used teasers to draw up the fish from over 1,500 foot of water.  Then we pulled in the teasers and replaced them with either dead bait or flys on the fly rod.  We used 20 lb line on the conventional reels, light tackle, and we used fly rods to catch these awesome fish.  They went to the air far from the boat after a long run and then preformed aerobatic jumps right by the boat too.  It was smoking hot fishing.

Contact team --- the Allure Fishing Team ------ at 281-795-4114 , -----or visit them at -www.allureguatemala.com-----to put you on some hot rod bending action too.  This show was shot on video and will air on our television show in the future. --- Be on the look out for it.

Thanks for your time today ………………..and ………..I’ll see you on the water.

Dave

Fishing Port Aransas and the Laguna

 On this trip, we fished with Tommy and Chris of “At Home Concepts”.  They provide the Inshore Fishing Team with our electronics support in our show studios and in our personal home entertainment environments.

 

We fished two days and caught Redfish and Trout in the shallow waters of both Port Aransas and the Laguna close to Corpus Christi.

Rich Gidrey was on board one day to help us locate some good fish in the Laguna.

Anglers Notes:

The trick on these two days was to find structure holding fish.  We covered a lot of water to find fish.  The conditions were good, we had moving water and stained water for cover but the fish were not that aggressive.  We found the reds in the flats---- just up on the flats as the tide came back in.

The trick on the Port A trip was to find deeper water close to a flats and find dolphins at work smashing bait on the surface.  We had some birds but they were of the pelican variety, not the seagull variety.   There we smoked over 50 Sand Trout.  They make for some excellent eating.  Just make sure you plan for a big fish fry since they do not freeze that well.

On a final note---Contact Tommy and Chris at 210-XXX-xXXX for all of your audio and visual home entertainment needs.  They provide a top quality offering at the best prices you’ll find anywhere.

Thanks for your time today and I’ll see you on the water.

Arroyo Style

We fished the Arroyo Colorado area with LG Outfitters in late October and smoked the fish on artificial lures with LeeRoy Gonzales.

The conditions were textbook, we had light winds out of the South East and we had moderately stained water.  The baits of choice were top-water and soft plastics.

We drift fished and covered water and really put it on the fish.  LeeRoy and I caught Snook, Jacks, Redfish, Mangrove Snapper and Speckled Trout.

This trip was caught on video camera for television by Alexis.   Her passion for fishing and steady arm produced some great footage for our fishing shows.  Thanks Alexis.

 

Anglers Note:

The trick today was to fish the lures as if a fish was following the bait.  This will keep you on top of your game.  If you envision that every time you cast, you have a fish or two following your bait, you will be more careful to make the best presentation possible.  Don’t  just move the bait back to the boat as you always do.  Give it some finesse.   Make every cast count and fish the Strike Zones, which are the transions between different bottom types.  Work the drop offs, the points, the ledges and grass-lines.  Anticipate the strike and keep your rod tip down so you are ready to set the hook.  These tips will enable you to catch more fish

Thanks for your time today ………….and……… I’ll see you on the water.

Dave

“Nueces Bay – Smoking Hot Again”

We got on the water again with Rich “MO FISH” Gidrey.    Our plans were to fish Nueces Bay, just outside of Corpus Christi Texas. 

Tony D, our main Cameraman was on for the three day shoot with Super Rich and we were ready for some serious Rod Bending Action and that was exactly what we got.

This was a record; we made three fishing shows for television in three days.  Our record prior was two shows in a three day shoot.  The fish gods were on our side. 

We used life Croaker and Piggy’s since we are at the tail end of the season for this type of live bait.  We kept the bait alive on Oxygen and we smoked some really nice fish.  Big Trout and Big redfish along with GaffTop Catfish and Mangrove Snapper………………, they all came out to play.  The big finish on day 3 was a 31 ½ inch Redfish in 1 ½ foot of water.  Reefs were all around and we landed this fish and released him to fight another day.

Tony D, even cooked us up some Redfish on the half-shell, man he can do it all.

Special thanks to Rich Gidrey for putting us on the fish, it was awesome.

Anglers Note:

Nueces Bay is a really treacherous place to run your bay boat since the hundreds of Oyster Reefs are not charted on maps, GPS systems or marked on the water.  As a result, few people will fish Nueces Bay.  The reefs and the muddy substructure have a similar head signature on satellite imaging and therefore they are not charted well.

These reefs hold baitfish and a lot of game fish.   We used 30 lb braided line and a 60 lb shock leader to attempt to catch fish in this challenging structure.  We would feel for the bite, let the fish run a little bit and then put it on them.  We did break off over in our attempt to fight these fish out of their natural cover.  It was a challenge but it was, awesome fun.

Thanks for your time today………………….., and…………… We’ll see you, on the water.

Dave

Alaska Fishing---KING Salmon

Capt. Joe Warchuck of Fat Salmon Charters in Skagway Alaska was the guest of our video shoot this time in July of 2009.

Today we were targeting King Salmon in Alaska, not our usual master plan.  This trip was truly awesome.  We took a cruise ship into the Northwestern Passage and along the way we took an excursion to catch some King Salmon.  Today’s fishing show will air soon on television.  We will talk about the seasons on King Salmon, we were fishing the end of the season, and we will talk about setting up a cruise vacation to enable YOU to fish Alaska on a budget.  You don’t have to be a wealthy angler to fish Alaska.

The most amazing thing about this fishing was the beauty of the environment.  

We were fishing in; believe this on not, 2,500 foot of water.  That’s right, just under a half a mile of water depth.   Clouds were low along the mountains and hump back whales were along the shore.    The brackish water was fed with melting glaciers and salt water.  It was a grey-green and visibility was 1-2 foot.  That meant that we needed sent on our baits and reflector pads for drawing in the hook-ups.

Anglers Note:

We fished with downriggers today to get the hookup.  It was 2.5 knot cursing for the bite.  We used three downriggers and one trolling rodon a diving style spoon with a weight.  Very unusual fishing compared to our shallow water back bay fishing.  We will look forward to airing this show on television for you all to see.  You will be amazed, the trip was rock solid.

Contact Joe Warchuck at- 1-907-209-7335 or by visiting him at Email: fatsalmoncharters@yahoo.com

 Joe can put you on some King Salmon…………………………………, Alaska style.

Thanks for your time today and We’ll see you on the water !!!!

Dave

Laguna – Trout and Reds --Hook-Up

Rich Gidrey and I fished the Laguna area, the Upper-Laguna in August of 2009.

We left Billings Bait stand at 6:15am with Piggie Perch and Croaker in persuit of some big Reds and Trout. 

Our plan was to drift fish the flats and work the potholes and cuts, ledges and barrier Islands to find some great fish.

The winds were variable, sometimes we had no wind and other times it was clocking around.  In any case the MinnKota 24 volt trolling motor system, proved to be invaluable.  Water clarity was mostly clear to slightly stained.  We caught some solid fish right out of the gate and Tony D, our main video cameraman was onboard for the rod bending action.  Soldier Rods were in action and they did not let us down.

Despite the difficult conditions as it pertains to the wind, we made a great fishing show.

Anglers Note:

Today the bite on live bait was very subtle.  You normally, using 30 or 40 lb braided line, would feel a hard thump and then a slow tightening of the line.  Today, it was very soft and in some times, you would think that is was just your bait moving around.  We would have to let the fish run for a few seconds and then set the hook.  We caught Reds, Trout and even Flounder today all on video.  The show will air later this year and it was, all in all, a really great show with over 20 fish caught on camera.  Even when it’s hot, get out there and get he hookup.

Thanks for your time today and We’ll see you on the water !!!!

Dave