Casa Vieja - March report

[Marlinhunter2]

From Capt. Erik Lorentzen - emailed results from weekend's fishing:

07 March (notes kinda slow):

Release – Capt. Niko went 8 for 11
Intensity 2 for 2 and a blue around 300.
Rum Line 2 for 4
Canaso 3 for 5
Twenty 1 for 2

08 March (picking up):

Canaso 9-10-13, 2 marlins raised 1 bite
Intensity 9-13-15
Release 5-7-10 and release 1 blue around 200
Twenty went 10-10-10

[Marlinhunter2]

10 March:

"Release" 16-21-23 and 1 blue up.

"Rum Line" released 11 and raised 19. Capt. Chris had Tony Ludovico on the boat filming.

[Marlinhunter2]

11 March:


"Release"- 1 for 3 raised 5

"Buddy Boy" - 4 for 8 raised 9 and release a blue around 250

"Intensity" - 9 raised and released 3 with Tony Ludovico filming

[Marlinhunter2]

12 March:

"Release" 21-11-7

"Rum Line" 23-20-14 Capt. Chris live baited with bonitos for Marlin until noon without much success. He raised 23 sails in the last 2.5 hours. Its gonna break loose, expect a good one tomorrow and the days to come!

[Marlinhunter2]

13 March:
“Rum Line” 15-10-8 with Drs. White & Thweatt
“Finest Kind” 10-2-2 with Tony Ludovico

14 March:
Fishing is still spotty, but we’re making the best of it.
“Afinity” 10-5-2. Raised a blue about 400, great bite on the fly, but threw da hook mon!
“Cañaso” 13-10-6
“Intensity” 8-5-1 on the fly with Kirk Weisman
“Rum Line” 21-17-13 with Drs. White & Thweatt
“Twenty” 9-7-5

[Marlinhunter2]

Got two new pics for you to gaze at, compliments of Tony Ludovico who stayed and fished with us at Casa Vieja Lodge last week. http://tluvimages.com/

[Agitated88]

Wow...amazing pictures!!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

[Marlinhunter2]

16 March:

Intensity with Capt. Mike
25-13-6 on the fly

Finest kind with Capt. Erik
27-23-13 on dead baits

Rum Line with Capt. Chris
15-12-6 and 1 Blue around 200#s

Twenty with Capt. Jason
25-20-13 on bait

Cañaso with Capt. Chico
26-21-14 on bait

17 March:

Finest Kind with Capt. Erik
10-5-3

Rum Line with Capt. Chris
15-14-9

Intensity with Capt. Mike
34-13-10 on the fly

Release with Capt. Nico
1-1-1 on sails and 1-1-1 on blues

Cañaso with Capt. Chico
26-21-9

Twenty with Capt. Jason
31-27-7

18 March:

Afinity with Capt. Juanga
11-5-1

Finest Kind with Capt. Erik
25-19-10; Raised 2 blues yesterday, 1 swam under the fly but didn't bite

Rum Line with Capt. Chris
15-14-11

Intensity with Capt. Mike
15-13-8

Cañaso with Capt. Chico
14-11-9

South Fishing now exclusively represents Casa Vieja Lodge.

[Marlinhunter2]

20 March:

Cañaso 13-11-8, 1 blue up around 350

Finest Kind 6-6-5 with Don Schifferdecker party

Intensity 10-2-1 on the fly

Rum line 18-4-1, raise 2 blues, 2 bites, released 1 about 400#

Twenty 9-7-6

Afinity. 16-12-8, 2 blues , 2 bites, 0 releases, both fish well into the 400s.

21 March:

Cañaso 10-5-4

Intensity 15-7-3

Finest Kind 17-14-12, raised a black - no bite, with Don Schifferdecker party

Rum Line 12-6-4, 1-1-0 on blues

[Marlinhunter2]

22 March:

Rum Line 26-6-1 on the fly

Intensity 20-6-4 on the fly

A-fin-ity 21-17-11, and 1-1-0 on blues

Now that we've passed the Spring Solstice, the chances of cold fronts decreases substanially. Fishing should start picking up again.