Capt. Ron Hamlin - Guatemala Fishing Report 5/2/08

Starting on April 12th we had Carmen, Doug, Jr. and Doug Anderson from Alabama fishing for two days aboard the Circle Hook, with Capt. Eddie. The Anderson's raised 44 sailfish, had 32 bites and 21 releases plus a they caught a 200 lb. blue marlin on the second day.

On April 16th, Jim Coston came down from Florida with some of his business clients for three days of fishing. One group, fishing aboard the Circle Hook, never believed that it was going to be their best trip ever. Some had fished in Costa Rica before, but never in Guatemala. Our first day we ended up with 42 sailfish raised, 36 bites and caught 30. What a way to get started!!! On the second day we caught 17 out of 23 and raised 32. Day 3 was a bit slow, but we still caught 14 out of 18 and raised 23 and we hooked, but lost, a 300 lb. blue marlin.

On April 19th the Circle Hook fished Rob Wooderson, part of a group of 15 anglers fishing on four boats. What a great trip they had! On the first day, we ended up 40 miles out catching 24 out of 28 sailfish and raising a total of 35. That was a pretty good day, but the second day was even better. Fishing the same area, we caught 35 sailfish out of 42 and raised 46. On the third day we heard from a local boat that some of the fish had moved inshore. Fishing only 10 miles out, we fished there until 1 p.m. and released 8 sailfish out of 12. We raised a 400 lb. blue marlin, but we didn't get a bite out of him. What a great trip they had!!

Meanwhile, the ring leader of this group, Bob Green, from Louisiana, fished aboard the Captain Hook, with Capt. Ron Hamlin. During their 3 days of fishing they racked up 86 bites out of 103 sails raised. The group released a total of 48 sailfish and 3 of those were on the fly. This was a special trip for Bob as he caught his first sailfish on a fly rod, an event that he will cherish for a lifetime.

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Capt. Ron Hamlin / Captain Hook - Iztapa, Guatemala