Casa Vieja Lodge - April reports

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Fishing report from Capt. Erik Lorentzen at Casa Vieja Lodge, Guatemala

01 April:

“Cañaso” w/Capt. Chico 49-37-28
“Finest Kind” w/Capt. Ron 65-61-44
“Release” w/Capt. Nico 51-48-21 with Al's group from Latvia
“Rum Line” w/Capt. Chris 49-5-2 on the fly

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02 April:

Cañaso with Capt Chico 33-26-17 with 1 blue about 250# released
Intensity with Capt. Mike, 52-41-28
Release with Capt. Nico and Al's Lativan group 56-38-10
Rum Line with Capt. Chris 44-8-3, 1 blue raised

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03 April:

Cañaso 15-5-1 on the fly and 5 on bait
Finest kind 14-7-2 on the fly and 2 blue marlin bites on the fly
Intensity 13-3-2 on the fly, 2-2-0 on blues
Release 21-16-1 on the fly with AL’s Latvian group
Rum Line 34-13-4 on the fly
Afinity 34-30-21 on bait


04 April:

Cañaso 37-27-17 on bait
Finest Kind 21-8-1 on fly
Intensity 26-10-3 on fly
Rum Line 26-11-6 on the fly

For my Janis Legzdins group from Latvia, aboard the "Release" with Capt. Nico the figures for their first three days are: 128-102-32. Not bad for a group of trout fishermen - doing their own hooking first time on circle hooks! They are going to Tikal for a couple of days, then back fishing on the "Release" for three more days. So, I will have another report for this group later this week.

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05 April:
Cañaso 22-19-12,
Finest Kind 25-9-4 Fly, 4-2 on sails conv.
Intensity 31-8-4 fly
Release 25-11-2 on bait.


06 April:
Cañaso 15-13-4
Rum Line 21-9-4 fly

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07 April:

Cañaso came in early caught two dolphinfish
Intensity 29-25-15
Release 40-30-5, 1-4 on the fly – Al’s Latvian group on their 2nd trip
Rum line 26-11-5 on the fly

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A list of characters, so I don't have to repeat everytime:

Cañaso - 37 Daytona with Capt. Chico Alvarenga
Finest Kind - 40 Whiticar with Capt. Ron Hamlin
Intensity - 37 Gamefisherman with Capt. Mike Sheeder
Release - 37 Merritt with Capt. Nico Melendrez
Rum Line - 40 Gamefisherman with Capt. Chris Sheeder
Spindrift - 38 Stolper with Capt. Nicho Alvarenga
Twenty - 40 Rybovich with Capt. Jason Brice
Pelagian - 37 Rybovich with Capt. Erik Lorentzen

The numbers and what they mean: first is number of fish raised, the middle is number of fish bites, and lastly the number of fish released.

We use dead large medium ballyhoos on circle hooks and Cam Sigler fly poppers.

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08 April:

Release 33-28-16 with Al’s Latvian group
Rum Line 26-12-5 on the fly

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09 April:
Finest kind 16-2-2 on the fly Release 35-30-19 –Latvia group (6th day)
For the 2nd leg of the Legzdins trip, the figures were 108-88-40 + 1 on fly
For their 6 day total …. 236-190-72 + 2 on fly

Congratulations go out to Capt. Nico Melendrez on the Release, his mates for a job well done and to the anglers: Janis Legzdins, Kaspars Roznieks, Gatis Klimass & Oskars Berzins

Most of the fly anglers are first timers, so they don't get the numbers like the conventional bait guys do. I have a more experienced group in there right now - Chip Rizzotto from Montana, Mark Cichon from Pennsylvania and seven from Canada.

10 April:

Cañaso 11-10-7 bait, raised three blues, no bites
Finest Kind 15-2-0 on fly
Afinity 19-18-15 Bait
Release 13-7-2 on fly
Intensity 15-6-2 fly, 1-1-1 blue on bait 200#
Rum Line 12-3-1 on fly
This is day one for the Rizzotto group with many first-time sailfishers, but with more experience in skinny waters.


11 April:

Cañaso 22-19-13, 1-1-0 marlin, bait
Finest Kind 2-3-10 fly, 2-1-0 on blues 50#

Release 11-3-2 on fly
Intensity 21-6-4 on fly
Rum Line 12-2-0 fly
Day two for the Rizzotto group

12 April:
Cañaso 12-11-3 on bait

Release 17-8-3 on fly
Intensity 17-5-4 on fly
Rum line 12-3-1 on fly
Day 3 for Rizzotto group

13 April:
Release 20-7-5 on fly
Intensity 19-5-3 on fly
Rum line 37-28-17 on fly
Day 4 for Rizzotto group

Four day total:

Release 61-25-12
Intensity 90-22-13
Rum Line 73-36-18
Total = 224-83-43

16 April:
Cañaso 29-20-14,


17 April:
Cañaso 32-27-8
Finest Kind 11-10-2, 1 blue 300#
Release 50-45-29


18 April:
Cañaso 18-16-9
Finest Kind 4-4-2
Intensity 13-12-7
Release 14-10-2


19 April:
Cañaso 10-7-5
Intensity 19-12-7
Release 9-7-2
Rum Line- Fly, 1-1-0

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Capt. Erik continues - "Fishing is slowing down and the conventional anglers are doing much better. Fly fishing down here is a learning experience, so numbers don’t mean much".

20 April:
Cañaso, 10-7-2
Release, 20-17-8 conventional
Intensity, 17-15-6

21 April:
Release, 6-5-0 fly
Intensity, 1-1-0 fly, release Black 500#
Rum Line, 21st-22nd all-nighter, 12-8-4 on sails 8lb, 5 tunas to 70lbs with Tred Barta

22 April:
Release, 6-3-0
Finest Kind, 6-1-1 fly, 1-0-0 blue
Intensity, 1-1-0