Guatemala
Casa Vieja Lodge - May report:
May 5th & 6th Finds Matt Eastman, Rich Christianson, Mike Butler and special guest Mike, the designated angler of ESPN2’s “Who Wants to Go Fishing”. The group raised 15 sails in 2 days of fishing having 14 bites and 6 releases they also got on a school of spinner dolphins and released endless amounts of Yelowfin tuna. “We had tons of sailfish and then got into a fantastic tuna bite. We'd love to come back, not just for the fishing but because the people with the lodge where just so on top of things.” Right now Casa Vieja Lodge is scheduled to be episode 11 (final episode) and airs on Sunday, June 15th at 7:30am EST ESPN 2 and re-airing on Sunday, June 22 at the same time and place
May 13th to 16th Finds Larry Dahlburg who in his 4 days of fishing for his “Hunt for Big Fish” on the Versus network, raised 91 sailfish, had 53 bites and 32 releases. He used everything from fly tackle to freshwater bass gear, a truly great angler. Endless amounts of Dorado aboard the Release.
May 5th & 13th 5/17-5/18 Finds Marian “Miss Finesse” Pennachio, Mike “Can’t get a Break” Pennachio & Red(wood) Butler aboard the Release fishing for 2 days. The group raised 18 sails, had 9 bites on the fly. Marian released 1 for 1 on fly and Red released 2 sails on spin tackle.
May 14th to 16th Finds the Intensity with Captain Mike Sheeder Raising 37 sails, 27 bites and 12 releases. As of this writing, Captain Mike finds himself back in Hawaii for the summer where he runs the famous glass bottom boat tour on the Big Island. If you’re on the island be sure to check out the King Kamehameha Lounge where Captain Mike has been known to Karaoke to his favorite Don Ho songs!
May 16th to 18th Finds Thomas Ong, Chris Crites and James Carnahan aboard the Finest Kind with Captain Chris Sheeder. Capt Chris reports: “the boys had a great time but would rather not talk about their numbers.” Well Chris that will just have to be your little secret! Mr. Ong did give us this testimonial: "Chris is the best damn Captain I've ever fished with and the mates were awsome!"
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