Gamefisher 2, Costa Rica Fishing Reports Archive

Gamefisher 2 Costa Rica Fishing Reports Archive:

May 24, 2010: John Reid Golding from Vicksburg, Mississippi and his friends Chris Harris, Marshall Willis & Mike Stanley had an awesome days fishing. They released 5 Pacific sailfish out of 7 sailfish bites and 8 raised to the boat. The team also released two blue marlin, Chris Harris' approximately 150 lbs and John Reid's blue estimated to be 400 lbs.

May 22, 2010: Mariano Guardia from San Jose and guests from Argentina had 10 bites for 11 sailfish raised to the boat. They caught and released 7 Pacific sailfish. Bellisimo!!!

May 19, 2010: Ivo Mitev visiting from the township Yellowknife in the Northern Territory of Canada had a personal goal to catch a marlin with his fly rod this year. He succeeded on two consecutive days! This day he caught his second marlin on the fly - a nice 200 lb blue! This day the Gamefisher II raised 6 marlin and got 3 bites on the fly.

May 18, 2010: Ivo Mitev caught his first marlin on the fly rod - a 250 lb blue marlin, which he fought for 2 1/2 hours and successfully released back to the sea. Bravo!!!

May 14, 2010: Greg Wagner, fishing guide out of Rockport Texas, his wife and friends enjoyed a half day of inshore fishing with good action. They caught 10 bonitas, 2 snapper, 1 Cubera Snapper about 35 lbs, 1 Urel at 20 lbs. Their big score for the day was a Pacific sailfish caught just a half mile offshore!

May 13, 2010: Jeffrey Tucker from Atlanta, Georgia had one sailfish bite and released it. He also caught 2 nice yellow fin tuna.

May 12, 2010: Jeffrey Tucker from Atlanta and friends Charlie and Glen had 4 sailfish raised to the boat, got 3 bites, releasing 2 sails. They also had two marlin bites, one blue and one striped. The blue marlin got away with half the bait. The striped marlin was caught and released. This day they also caught two yellow fin tuna.

May 10, 2010: Guest's from "The Beach House" in Flamingo fished a half day. They caught a snapper for the table and some other smaller species.

May 9, 2010: James Cambridge, from Austin, Texas took his niece Melissa out for a half day of inshore fishing. They caught a snapper and few other small species.

May 1, 2010: Scott Isacksen coordinated a company fishing tournament for his pharmaceutical firm and was himself aboard the Gamefisher II. The group took five boats out of Tamarindo for their own private fishing derby. The Gamefisher II, with Capt. Junior Bustos at the helm, finished as high boat raising 10 sailfish, getting 9 bites with 8 Pacific sailfish released on that day.

April 6, 2010: Allen Herline, wife Carol, son Luke and two daughters Hope and Anna Claire from Nashville, Tennessee enjoyed beautiful weather and calm seas. The fishing was slow. They raised one sailfish and gracias a Dios they caught him! They had a dorado on but lost him and caught five small tuna and two skip jacks.

April 5, 2010: Rusty Jones and family raised four sailfish, had two bites and successfully released two sails. They raised five blue marlin, had four bites and released one on 80 lb tackle estimated to be 400 lbs. They also caught a 40 + pound dorado for the table.

April 3, 2010: Rusty Jones, wife Kim and three kids Corey, Conner and Colton from Suwannee, Georgia enjoyed a beautiful day on the water out of Carrillo Bay. Early in the day they had 2 blue marlin raised but did not get the bites. They had a giant bull dorado on that jumped all over the ocean before pulling the hooks. The sailfish action was red hot this day! Out of seventeen sails raised they got sixteen bites and released twelve. Pretty work by this Georgian family!

April 1, 2010: Nehl and son Taylor Horton from Chicago, Illinois, had a beautiful day on the water with eight sailfish raised they had seven bites, releasing three sails. They also had two blue marlin raised, got one bite and successfully released a blue marlin approximately 225 lbs. on 30# tackle. They also caught a 25 lb dorado for dinner.

March 31, 2010: Nehl and Taylor Horton on slick calm seas had seven sailfish raised, got five bites, releasing three sails. They also released a blue marlin, approximately 150 lbs on 25# tackle.

March 26, 2010: Kevin Neill came from San Diego to fish the day before his wedding with friends Andy, Tim and Tom. They had great sailfish action, raising twelve, they had ten bites and released seven.

March 21, 2010: John & Kelly Habig from Portsmouth, New Hampshire fished a full day raising thirteen sailfish, had ten bites, releasing three sails. The sailfish were finicky eaters this day. They also had two striped marlin bites, successfully releasing one striped marlin approximately 125 lbs. And caught one 35 lb. dorado for the dinner table.

March 17, 2010: Don Flynn, wife Beth and son Trevor from Homer, Alaska had eight sailfish raised, with five bites, releasing four.

March 16, 2010: Butch and Louise Bullock from Atlanta, Georgia raised two sailfish, had one bite released it. They also caught a 30 lb yellow-fin tuna amongst the spinner dolphin.

March 15, 2010: Butch Bullock and Randy Hewatt from Atlanta, Georgia raised three sailfish, had two bites and released both of them. They also caught a handful of black skip jack tuna.

March 14, 2010: Randy Hewatt and Butch Bullock fishing the first day of a three day tournament hosted by Resurgens, in which all proceeds go toward prosthetics for children in need. They raised twelve sailfish, had twelve bites, successfully releasing four.

March 12, 2010: Dick Vance, wife Cindy, daughter Callie and son Dave were two for three on the sailfish, THREE FOR THREE on the blue marlin! The blue marlin estimated to weigh in at 125, 150 & 175 lbs. They also caught two yellow fin tuna this day.

March 11, 2010: Dick Vance & Family from Charleston, S.C. raised two sailfish had two bites with no release. A challenging day for the fishing but the Vance family reported a nice day on the water just the same.

March 10, 2010: Day number three for Phil Johnson, Steve and Alister from Connecticut. Hooked and fought a blue marlin estimated to be 500 lbs. that somehow was tail wrapped during the fight and hauled in dead. Nothing goes to waste, the entire Carrillo area enjoyed marlin steaks for dinner.

March 9, 2010: Phil Johnson, Alister and Steve had beautiful weather and calm seas. They had shots at two sailfish and a few wahoo but no hook ups. It was a day for the yellow-fin, they ended up with four nice tuna for the table.

March 8, 2010: Phil, Alister and Steve had one sailfish raised and successfully released, had a blue marlin hooked with a 5 minute fight until the fish spit the hook. They caught five nice yellow fin tuna found with a group of tuxedo dolphins.

March 7, 2010: Final day of the Presidential Challenge of Costa Rica, 20 lb. light tackle tournament. Fishing with Jimmy Taylor, John Price and Diego Lopez, one sailfish was raised without the bite. Very challenging days fishing, the Gamefisher II placed 4th over all out of 13 boats entered.

March 6, 2010: Second day of the Presidential Challenge of Costa Rica tournament with Jimmy Taylor, John Price and Diego Lopez. Guest observer aboard was George Crawford from Aiken S.C. One sailfish was released for five bites. Diego released a 200 lb. blue marlin.

March 5, 2010: Day number one of the Presidential Challenge of Costa Rica tournament. On board were anglers John Price and Jimmy Taylor both from the state of Texas and Diego Lopez from Carrillo, Costa Rica. Observer aboard: Kevin Mauch. The anglers caught one dorado, two sailfish for four raised and a blue marlin estimated to be 175 lbs.

March 4, 2010: Practice day before the Tournament, anglers Jimmy Taylor and John Price released one Pacific sailfish for two raised and a nice striped marlin around 150 lbs.

March 2, 2010: Keith Campbell, Mike Newburn and Dave Limbert from Houston, Texas, raised 3 Pacific Sailfish had 3 bites and released two. They missed a dorado and had a blue marlin up with no bite.

March 1, 2010: Keith, Mike and Dave had one Pacific Sailfish raised with no hook up. They did succeed in releasing a nice 175 lb. blue marlin.

February 28, 2010: Jim Summers from Summer’s Winery, St. Helena, California, his chief wine maker Ignacio Rodriguez, uncle Ramon Rodriguez and their chief wine expert Roy Chellemi enjoyed a beautiful day on the water. They had four sailfish up, three bites and successfully released one.

February 27, 2010: Dr. Rhett Spencer from Florence, South Carolina, had one sailfish raised and he caught it. He also released a nice blue marlin around 250 lbs this day.

February 26, 2010: Dr. Rhett Spencer had one sailfish raised, one bite but no release. He caught for nice yellow fin tuna around the spinner dolphins, the largest of which was about 75 lbs.

February 25, 2010: Dr. Rhett Spencer had two sailfish up, two bites, successfully releasing one Pacific sail. One this day he caught five yellow fin tuna, the biggest around 80 lbs. He also caught a 40 lb wahoo with a monofilament leader on a circle hook with a swimming ballyhoo. That was a strike of luck.

February 24, 2010: Randy Dale, Paul Powes and Bob West from Michigan had four sailfish up, four bites and caught three. They also hooked up a blue marlin but lost it when the lines got crossed up. They did however catch another blue marlin around 220 lbs.

February 22, 2010: Jim Ciesliga, Randy Dale and Paul Powes from St. Clare, Michigan, had four sailfish raised, three bites and one successful release. They also had a shot at a blue marlin, caught one dorado and three yellow fin tuna.

February 21, 2010: Jim Ciesliga, Randy and Paul had six sailfish raised, six bites and released two. The caught a 30 lb wahoo and a 25 lb dorado.

February 20, 2010: Jim Miller and 14 year old son Trevor had 6 sailfish raised, 6 bites, successfully releasing two Pacific sailfish. They also caught a dorado about 20 lbs.

February 19, 2010: Jim and Trevor raised two sailfish, had two bites and released them both. Nice work!

February 18, 2010: Jim and Trevor had five sailfish up, three bites, and one release. Rough, windy day on the water, they also managed to catch three dorado, the biggest around 45 lbs.

February 17, 2010: Jim and Trevor had fourteen sailfish up, thirteen bites, releasing eight. Great day!

February 16, 2010: Alex Davis and friend Chi Chi from Pensacola, Florida had eleven sailfish up, got seven bites, successfully releasing five Pacific Sailfish. They also caught four nice dorado.

February 15, 2010: Alex and Chi Chi raised 20 sailfish, got 20 bites and released seven sailfish.

February 14, 2010: Alex, Chi Chi and Dan raised nine sailfish, had seven bites and released three sails. They caught a 30 lb dorado for the table.

February 13, 2010: Alex, Chi Chi and Dan raised fourteen sailfish, had eleven bites and released five Pacific Sailfish. They also caught two dorado.

February 12, 2010: Jim Sarubbi, Thor, Charlie and Kenny from New York City had six sailfish up, five bites and released three.

February 11, 2010: Walter Moss and friend Duane had eleven sailfish up on a windy, rough day, got ten bites and released five Pacific sailfish. They also caught seven yellow fin tuna and one dorado. A great day!

February 10, 2010: Walter Moss and friend Vinnie Greaves, the Georgia Bulldog, and new owner/operator of El Sueno Tropical Hotel in Carrillo, Costa Rica. Three sailfish were raised with three bites and two releases.

February 9, 2010: Pete Bretsch, John Mezzanotti, Pat Flack and Charlie Carlson from Pompano Beach, Florida, were aboard. They had six sailfish raised, four bites and released all four. Great percentage!

February 8, 2010: Pete, John, Pat and Charlie had fourteen sailfish up, got eleven bites and released seven. They also brought home a dorado for dinner.

February 7, 2010: Pete, John, Pat and Charlie had eleven sailfish raised, got ten bites and released all ten. Again, you gotta respect those percentages!

February 6, 2010: Part of the La Grange, Georgia group, Sonny, Steve and Charlie had thirteen sailfish up, nine bites and released five.

February 5, 2010: La Grange, Georgia group Charles, Scott and Tom had fourteen sailfish up, got 12 bites and successfully released seven.

February 4, 2010: La Grange, Georgia group leader Sandy Winslow, Ken Boatwright and Dick Barks had twenty one sailfish up, fifteen bites and released nine. Great day on the water boys!

February 3, 2010: Walter Moss had four sailfish up, four bites, releasing all four. He also caught two dorado, five yellow fin tuna, sizes between 50 and 85 lbs.

February 2, 2010: Walter Moss, out on a gorgeous day, had three sailfish up, three bites but no successful releases. He did catch three dorado and four tuna.

January 31, 2010: Walter Moss of Roanoke, Virginia, fishing the day after the full moon, had one sailfish give a mealy-mouth bite, saw a nice blue marlin slam dunk the teaser but never saw him again (dog-gone it!) He had a 40 plus lb dorado jump off the hook and another dorado bit without the hook up. The highlight of the day was the fried chicken and jalapeno bean dip!

January 30, 2010: Full moon day. Roger Danner of Nashville, Tennessee and his fishing partner Allen Lopez from Brasilito, Costa Rica, raised 9 sailfish, had 8 bites, releasing 4 sailfish. They had a shot at a striped marlin but got a whole bait back after the bite. There was also a nice dorado caught for the table.

January 29, 2010: Travel day – The Crew brings the boat back to Carrillo from the GIFT Tournament in Quepos, Costa Rica. It was a 5 hour run with calm seas.

January 28, 2010: Day #4 of the GIFT Fly Tournament in Quepos. 13 sailfish were raised with 8 bites. Jeff McFadden and Jim Gallagher each released 2 sailfish for a total of 4 releases on the fly for the day. Jim also caught a 35 lb dorado on fly tackle. They took 3rd place, over all, at the conclusion of the GIFT Fly Tournament for 2009.

January 27, 2010: Day #3 of the GIFT Fly Tournament in Quepos. 9 sailfish were raised with 4 bites. Jeff McFadden and Jim Gallagher each released 1 sailfish for a total of 2 releases on the Gamefisher II for the day.

January 26, 2010: Day #2 of the GIFT Fly Tournament in Quepos. 5 sailfish were raised for 4 bites. Jeff McFadden and Jim Gallagher each released 1 sailfish for a total of 2 releases on the Gamefisher II for this day.

January 25, 2010: Day #1 of the Gray International Fly Tournament (GIFT) in Quepos. Fishing with Jeff McFadden and Jim Gallagher, 7 sailfish were raised with 4 bites. No releases for this day.

January 24, 2010: Jeff McFadden and Jim Gallagher on 2nd practice day had 1 bite for 1 raised and no release.

January 23, 2010: Jeff McFadden and Jim Gallagher aboard for 1st practice day for the Gray International Fly Tournament (GIFT). 5 sailfish were raised with 3 bites. Jeff released two sailfish.

January 22, 2010: Travel day – The Crew relocate the Gamefisher II from Carrillo to Quepos. The weather was nice. The run took 4 hrs and 45 minutes.

January 21, 2010: Fishing with Joan Vernon, we raised 2 sailfish, had 2 bites, releasing 1 sailfish. Joan also caught a nice 32 lb wahoo this day. She had several other Wahoo get away biting through the monofilament leader.

January 20, 2010: Derek Springler and friends Jonathan, Chris and Dan from Maine had an action packed day aboard the Gamefisher II. They raised 10 sailfish, had 8 bites, successfully releasing 4 sailfish. They also released a 150 striped marlin and a 300 lb, plus blue marlin on 30 lb stand-up tackle, giving them 3 different species of billfish released in a day – otherwise known as a GRAND SLAM! In addition they caught 2 dorado and 2 yellow-fin tuna.

January 19, 2010: Joe Dove fished inshore along the beaches and reefs, catching 7 Bonita, 1 mackerel and 1 dorado. He also raised 2 sailfish and had 1 bite but no release.

January 18, 2010: Joe Dove had 3 sailfish raised, with 2 bites and 2 sailfish releases.

January 17, 2010: Joe Dove had 1 blue marlin bite and caught 3 dorado.

January 16, 2010: Joe Dove had 3 sailfish raised with 3 bites. He released 1 sailfish on this day. He also caught 3 skip jack tuna and 4 dorado.

January 15, 2010: Joe Dove from Lake Placid, Florida, had 3 sailfish raised, 3 bites, releasing 2 sailfish. He also caught 5 dorado.

January 14, 2010: Roger Danner of Nashville, Tennessee and friend Allen Lopez of Costa Rica had 1 sailfish raised, 1 bite but no release. They also had several bites from one striped marlin but no hook up. They did catch 4 dorado and lost one Wahoo who bit through the leader in the fight.

January 11, 2010: Derek Springler and friends fishing ½ day inshore caught 6 skip jack and a handful of mackerel.

January 10, 2010: Bobby Mendez, Jeff McClure and Carl Anderson from Greensboro, North Carolina fished a ½ day inshore, catching 3 mackerel, 1 needle fish, 1 jack, 3 blue runners, 1 trigger fish and 1 dorado.

January 9, 2010: Ashley Heaton and friends Chase, Jim and Perry from Aiken, South Carolina, had 4 sailfish raised, 2 bites and 2 sailfish released. They also released 4 striped marlin, one pair as a double-header.

Jan. 8 – Ashley Heaton and friends Chase, Jim and Perry, had 7 sailfish raised, 6 bites and released 3 sails. They also caught 6 dorado.

January 7, 2010: Ashley Heaton, his father Kent and friends Chase, Jim and Perry from Aiken, South Carolina, raised 12 sailfish, had 9 bites, releasing 6 sailfish. They hooked up a nice striped marlin but pulled the hook during the fight. They also caught 3 dorado for the table.

January 3, 2010: Joan Vernon, James Cambridge & friends had 5 sailfish raised, 5 bites with 3 releases. They also pulled the hook on a nice blue marlin and caught 5 dorado. The ocean was alive this day. The group saw sea turtles, spinner dolphin, spotted dolphin, pilot whales and minke whales.

January 2, 2010: Joan Vernon had 4 sailfish raised, 3 bites, releasing 1 sailfish. She also had two blue marlin up getting a bite out of one, approximately 140 lbs, successfully releasing it on 20 lb tackle. She also caught 2 dorado.

December 30, 2009: Joan Vernon, Founder of the Presidential Challenge of Central America light tackle fishing tournament series, started out on the first day of 2009 with a GRAND SLAM aboard the Gamefisher II. She fished with us on our last fishing day of the year and was just one sailfish from closing out the year with another GRAN SLAM. She released an estimated 225 lb blue marlin on 20 lb tackle, a striped marlin in the neighborhood of 200 lbs, also on 20 lb tackle, and had another blue marlin spit the hook after an array of beautiful jumps. She had two sailfish bites but did not manage to stick them.

December 29, 2009: Peter Regan fished with his wife Sey and his niece Zavi. They released 1 sailfish for 2 bites, raising 3 and released a striped marlin approximately 180lbs. They also caught 4 Dorado, had some grilled at the Colibri Restaurant and raved about how good it was.

December 28, 2009: First day of fishing out of the Playa Carillo harbor and also my birthday! We fished with Peter Regan from New York state raising 5 sailfish, had 4 bites releasing 3 sailfish. Peter also released a blue marlin about 200lbs. and a stripe marlin about 175lbs. both on 30# tackle giving him 3 different species of billfish in the same day. A.K.A. GRAND SLAM. He caught 2 Dorado for dinner as well!

The afternoon of the 27th we ran the Gamefisher II down to Playa Carillo where we will fish for the next four months with hopes of a super sailfish bite and a magnificent marlin bite.

December 27, 2009: Kurt, Bob, Robert, Charles, Ryan and Ryan, staying at Marks beach house, fished for a ½ Day inshore catching 3 mackerels, 1 blue runner, 1 skip jack, 3 ladyfish, a 35lb. horse eyed jack and a 37lb pacific dog toothed snapper.

December 23, 2009: Roger Danner, Allen Lopez, Clayton Greenwood and his wife Jamie and their son Erro went offshore releasing one sailfish for 2 bites, pulled the hook on a stripe marlin (rats!) and caught 4 nice Dorado.

December 22, 2009: Bill, Hunter, Summer and Joe fished a ½ Day inshore. They had good action catching 2 mackerels, 3 jacks, 2 skip jacks, 2 ladyfish, 1 roosterfish approximately 35lbs., 2 barracudas and a 30lb. dorado.

December 21, 2009: John Holt and his son Ben , from Atlanta fished a ½ Day inshore catching the following variety of species;3 mackerels, 6 barracudas, 1 jack, 4 ladyfish, 7 blue runners, 1 roosterfish about 40lbs. and 1 roosterfish about 15lbs,1 goatfish, 2 bonefish, 2 skip jacks, 1 look down, 1 snapper, and last but not least 1 stingray.

December 19, 2009: Roger Danner , Allen Lopez and Clayton Greenwood fished offshore releasing 3 sailfish, a stripe marlin (approximately 150lbs.) . They also caught a nice dorado for dinner.

December 8, 2009: David, Glenda and Drury Ghegan from Atlanta fished a ½ Day at the Catalina Islands catching a 25lb. dorado and a hand full of skip jacks.

December 7, 2009: One of our neighbors, Dennis, had his family out for a ½ Day catching 5 Dorado and 2 skip jacks.

December 2, 2009: Mark Tupper’s crew from L.A. went bottom fishing for a ½ Day catching 1 snapper, 10 grouper and a pacific striped bonita.

December 1, 2009: Some friends of Mark Tupper, Ron, Del, Andres and Tex from Los Angeles, Cal. Fished offshore . They raised 4 sailfish, had 3 bites releasing 2 sailfish. They also caught 8 nice Dorado.

November 27, 2009: Roger Danner from Nashville, Tenn. and Allen Lopez from Brazilito, Costa Rica fished a full Day. The Pappagallos were a blowing so the boys ran south to get out of the winds and fished out front of Nosara catching 3 Dorado.

November 26, 2009: Tom , Margaret, and their sons Tom and Garret from Georgia, fishing a ½ Day, released 3 sailfish for 4 bites, a 30lb. dorado and a skip jack .

November 17, 2009: Mark Allison and his buddies Ted, Joe & Patrick fished a ½ Day inshore looking for something to grill. The Pappagallo winds were blowing but we still managed to poke offshore enough to catch 2 skip jacks and 3 nice Dorado.

November 14, 2009: Bob and Ruth Pelosi of Stuart, Florida and Albert and Nora Craddock from Costa Rica went 3 for 4 on the sailfish, caught 9 dorado and released a 275 lb blue marlin on 30# test.

November 12, 2009: Ricardo Seevers of Costa Rica and fellow coffee growers of Costa Rica Paco, Marvin and Aris caught 1 sailfish for 3 bites, raised a double header blue marlin, releasing one at 250 lbs. They also caught 4 dorado and 4 tuna.

November 9, 2009: Rex Elliot and Company, Greg and Laura caught 5 dorado

November 6, 2009: On a half day inshore fishing Bart, Mark, Macky and Steve caught 2 dorado.

November 5, 2009: Chris Broadhurst of Carbondale, Colorado and Company released one sailfish.

November 4, 2009: Steve, Dave, Nick and Gene of Potrero, Costa Rica caught 1 sailfish and were 1 for 2 on the blue marlin (about 300 lbs). They also caught 10 dorado.

October 27, 2009: Nate, Calvin, Ben and Jim from New Mexico caught 4 dorado, 3 bonita and 1 needlefish.

October 24, 2009: Ivo Mitev and friends Dan and Tony came for sailfish on the fly rod. 5 sails were raised, 3 released for 4 bites. Nice work!

October 10, 2009: Roger Danner from Nashville, Tennessee and Allen Lopez of Costa Rica caught 1 dorado and 1 wahoo.

October 7, 2009: Roger Williams & Company caught 1 for 3 on the sailfish, 3 dorado and 1 needlefish.

October 2, 2009: Rigo of Potero, Costa Ria & Company caught 1 sailfish, 1 dorado, 10 Pacific striped bonita and 7 skip jack tuna.

October 1, 2009: On a half day of fun fishing, Dennis Garrett & Melissa Chellemi caught 1 sailfish, 9 dorado and 9 striped bonita.

September 25, 2009: Ivo Mitev and friend Dan from Canada came for roosterfish on the fly rod. They released 2 on the fly rod for 10 roosterfish raised. As a bonus they caught 4 nice dorado, releasing 2, a jack cravel and 3 needlefish.

September 21, 2009: On a half day inshore Ron Hornsby and family caught 2 jacks, 10 bonita, 1 49 lb dogtooth snapper and 1 needlefish.

September 20, 2009: Joe Wells and friend Mike caught 1 dorado, 5 bonita and a 60 lb roosterfish.

September 19, 2009: Ron Hornsby and family raised 1 sailfish, no release. They caught 4 nice dorado and pulled the hook on a blue marlin.

September 18, 2009: Ron Hornsby released 1 sailfish for 2 bites and caught 12 grouper and 1 striped bonita.

September 19, 2009: Captains Log - We added six new action packed videos to the Video Gallery today. (Videos number 6 through 11)

September 2, 2009: Some sailfish moved inshore for a few days, inside of 300 feet . Katie, Sarah, and Whitney took advantage of this during a half day of fishing raising 8 sailfish, 7 bites releasing 5 sailfish.

August 23, 2009: Lex Taulare, Adam and friends went offshore raising 9 sailfish, had 7 bites releasing 2 sailfish. They raised a marlin but no bite and caught 3 dorados for the table.

August 22, 2009: Steve and Steve’s last day had light Pappagallo winds. They raised 9 sailfish, 8 bites releasing 4 sailfish. Raised a small blue marlin that window shopped for a while and swam off. No bite.

August 21, 2009: Steve and Steve from L.A. on their second of three days fishing raised 2 sailfish but no bites. They also raised 3 blue marlins, had 2 bites releasing one about 350 lbs. on 30# tackle!

August 20, 2009: Steve Schwimmer and Steve Leff from Las Angeles, Ca. dodged rain showers most of the day Raising 7 sailfish, 6 bites releasing 2 sailfish. They raised a marlin that did not bite and jumped off a dorado.(rats)

August 19, 2009: Mort Staubmueller and co. tried their luck offshore again raising another finicky blue marlin that just would not bite. They also raised 9 sailfish, had 8 bites with 4 releases and a 25lb dorado for dinner.

August 18, 2009: Kevin Clarke and friends from Florida released one sailfish and a pacific striped bonita in the morning and went to bottom fishing in the afternoon catching 16 groupers(the biggest weighing 15lbs), 4-snappers and 4-margaritas (another species of bottom fish).

August 17, 2009: Mort and Doug Straubmueller and their friend David from Texas went offshore and raised a big blue marlin that would not Bite. They released one sailfish for two bites and also caught 3-bonitas.

August 16, 2009: ½ Day of inshore fishing in the morning around the Islands with Jack and Donna Osbourne, their daughter Morgan and friends Logan and Diana. Fishing inshore has been a little slow. They caught 2-bonitas, 2-dorados for dinner and one hound fish about five feet long. ½ Day of inshore fishing in the afternoon with Pastor Brett Clifford, his wife Joanne, friends “Croot Dawg, Budda, and Brad. They had a little more variety catching 3-bonitas, 1-rainbow runner, 1-snapper and a 35lb roosterfish! Pulled the hook on another roosterfish.

August 15, 2009: Captain Junior and First Mate Diego had a great day fishing with Don Coffey and his wife from Tennessee catching two Blue Marlin, 300lbs. and 250 lbs. respectively (both on 30# test line). They only had one sailfish bite and were successful with releasing her. As if that wasn’t enough they went on to catch 4- yellowfin tuna(20 to 30 lb range), 7 Wahoo and a 30lb Dorado. Nice Job!!

August 15, 2009: Captains Log - Junior is the Captain today. He called to tell me that they just released a Blue Marlin about 300lbs and that they are fighting a Wahoo at the moment.

August 14, 2009: Scott and Cindy raised 4 sailfish, had 3 bites releasing all three. They fought a small Blue Marlin that threw the hook while jumping toward the boat, finishing the day with 9 Wahoo while fishing near a derelict cargo net.

August 12, 2009: Half Day of inshore fishing with Perry Kocher and his family. The action was a little slow catching 2-needlefish, 5-bonitas and a Wahoo. Something big ate a live bait on the bottom and pulled hard for awhile but came off.

August 11, 2009: Artie Shimek and his family went offshore raising 10 sailfish, had 7 bites releasing 4 sailfish.

August 6, 2009: Mark Tupper and his family raised 9 sailfish, had 7 bites releasing 5 sailfish. They also caught 4 yellowfin tuna for dinner and 2 bonitos.

August 5, 2009: Mark Tupper and his family stayed inshore catching 20-snapper and 10- skip jacks.

July 31, 2009: Steve Golding's crew from Vicksburg Mississippi, raised 3 sailfish, had 3 bites releasing 1 sailfish. They also raised 3 Blue Marlin, had 2 bites releasing 1 Blue Marlin estimated at 375lbs. They topped that off with 4 yellowfin tuna for Sashimi and cold beer on the way home.

July 30, 2009: John Bayne and co. did some bottom fishing catching 2 nice grouper (28lbs &32lbs), 15- smaller grouper, 3 pacific striped bonitos and 2-snappers.

July 29, 2009: Was a beautiful coastal cruise, picking up Steve Golding and his crew at Playas del Coco and touring the whole of Culebra Bay and the coast line back to Flamingo.

July 28, 2009: Half Day of inshore fishing with John Bayne and co. They caught a mixed bag of fish. 2-pacific striped bonita, 6-black skip jacks, 3-snapper, releasing 1-roosterfish estimated at 40lbs and an amberjack that weighting in at 65lbs.

July 27, 2009: John Bayne and co. had a very windy morning . They raised 5 sails, had 4 bites but weren’t able to bring any to the boat. They did manage to catch 3-dorados for their dinner before pulling the plug at noon time and heading on home.

July 27, 2009: Captains Log - It has been a little bit breezy lately but plenty fishable. With a little hard work and perseverance the Gamefisher II has been keeping the folks happy.

July 25, 2009: The Lewis’ raised 11 sailfish, had 8 bites releasing 6 sailfish. They also caught 2-bonitas, 1-dorado, 1-snapper and 8-grouper

July 24, 2009: Fuzzy Davis and family from Hilton Head, South Carolina raised 10 sailfish, had 6 bites releasing 2 sailfish on conventional tackle and 1 sailfish on the fly rod!

July 23, 2009: Harry, Jay and Gene Ronsman , while fly fishing for sailfish , raised 13, had 7 bites releasing 3 sailfish.

July 22, 2009: Fuzzy Davis and Family raised 6 sailfish, had 4 bites releasing 3. They also caught 2 dorado for dinner.

July 21, 2009: Roger Danner from Tenn. and Alan and Ricardo Lopez from Brazilito, Costa Rica raised 3 sailfish, had 2 bites releasing both of them. They also caught 2-bonitas, 2-amberjacks and 6 big dorado.

July 20, 2009: Bill Hicks and Family from Houston, Texas raised 6 sailfish, had 4 bites releasing 3 sailfish and 2-dorados for dinner

July 19, 2009: Harley Coone and Co. from Austin Texas enjoyed a ½ day of inshore fishing at the Catalina Islands catching 12- black skip jacks, 1-dorado, 1-pacific striped Bonita, 1-mackeral, 1-needlefish and last but not least, 1- sailfish

July 18, 2009: Dr. Scott Wenk and Co. raised 6 sailfish, had 4 bites releasing 2 sailfish.

July 17, 2009: Lisa Turner and Family raised 6 sailfish, had 4 bites releasing all 4 sailfish.

July 16, 2009: Dr. Robert Mcshane and Family raised 12 sailfish, had 12 bites releasing 6 sailfish.

July 15, 2009: 1/2 day of inshore fishing with Bill Murphy and his son Mark from Annapolis, Md. They caught a nice species list of the followings; 1-barracuda , 1-lookdown, 1-mackeral, 8-skip jacks, 1-snapper, 1-grouper, 1- jack cravell, 1-yellowfin tuna and last but not least a 40 +lb. roosterfish.

July 14, 2009: Mike, Will, Logan and Cory from Texas raised 12 sailfish, had 10 bites and released 6 of them.

July 12, 2009: Dustin, Thomas, Rafael and Sean from New York raised 8 sailfish, had 8 bites, releasing 4. They also caught 1-rainbow runner, 15 skip jacks and a Wahoo for dinner.

July 11, 2009: Bill Heathcott and family from Austin Texas raised 12 sailfish, had 10 bites, releasing 5. They also caught 2 rainbow runners and 3 Dorado for dinner.

July 10, 2009: Steve, Mike and Dennis, guests of Steve Golding from Vicksburg Mississippi, raised 10 sailfish, had 10 bites, releasing 8 of them. They also caught 2-wahoo and 1-dorado for their fish fry. By the way, they brought their own grits.

July 9, 2009: Steve Valerias and his two buddies Frank and Mike raised 9 sailfish, had 9 bites, and released 3. For the table they caught 4-dorados and 2-wahoos.

July 8, 2009: ½ of in shore fishing at the Catalina Islands with Garry, Tom and Linda Candis. They caught 1-dorado, 1 big jack cravell, and a roosterfish estimated at about 50 lbs.

July 7, 2009: Bill Heahtcott’s family from Austin Texas had a banner day raising 8 sailfish, 8 bites, releasing 4 sailfish. Bill’s 15 year old daughter, Hope, released a 500 + lb Black Marlin. Atta girl Hope!! In the dinner department they boated 2-wahoo, 3-dorados, and 1- yellowfin tuna.

July 4, 2009: Alan Johnson and his family fish a ½ day around the Catalina Islands catching 1-wahoo, 1-dorado and a roosterfish pushing 40 lbs.

July 2, 2009: Captains Log - Here is what’s been happening lately with the fishing. Out front you can fish all day and see 25 to 30 free jumping sails and sailfish finning on the surface. Very few are coming in the baits for the bite but they are there. Maybe they are breading and when they get done with that they will be extra hungry. We are going further north and raising 15 to 20 sails a day with an occasional marlin bite. A few Wahoo and tuna are showing up as well.

July 1, 2009: Peter Hughes and David Daniels from England fished all day raising 14 sails with 11 bites, catching and releasing 7. They also caught 4 dorado, releasing one and keeping three for dinner.

June 24, 2009: Mark and Brooks Bailey and their friends from Saint Augustine, Florida surfed in the morning and fished long enough to catch a 40lb Wahoo, a 35lb tuna and they had 3 chances at sailfish but couldn’t hang on to them.

June 23, 2009: Sally Dare and her crew fished a Half day at the Catalina Islands catching a 30lb rooster fish along with a mixed bag of bonitos, jacks, needle fish and mackerel.

June 21, 2009: Frank Delatore and his friend Patty from Ft. Meyers, Fl. raised 4 sailfish, releasing 2 of them. They also caught a 50 plus lbs Dorado.

June 18, 2009: Luther Penny and his friends Darrel, Allen and Beth from North Carolina went fly fishing for sailfish. They raised 10 sails, had 4 bites, releasing 2 of them.

July 17, 2009: Lisa Turner and Family raised 6 sailfish, had 4 bites releasing all 4 sailfish.

July 16, 2009: Dr. Robert Mcshane and Family raised 12 sailfish, had 12 bites releasing 6 sailfish.