Author: Axel Barrios

Ber Pieper arrived again to fish with us. He was joined by Nick and Jim Newman. On Knotwork Day 1 they raised 20 sailfish, had 19 bites and released 15. They also raised and released 1 marlin!

Father son team of Gene and Aaron Litvak arrived for 2 days fishing on Aguardiente. They raised 55 sailfish, had 48 bites and released 34. They also raised 1 marlin.

A group of local clients in 1 day fishing raised 28 sailfish, had 23 bites and released 14. They also raised 4 marlin with 1 bite.

The Erichsen group fishing on Maverick for 1 day in the tournament raised 19 sailfish, had 17 bites and released 12.

James Uihlein (Dad), James Uihlein (Son) and James Morrow arrived for 3 days fly fishing on Sirena. They raised 36 sailfish, had 24 bites and released 8 on FLY.

Jamie Cleveland arrived for the 2nd time this year. This time he brought his father and brother, Bud and Scott. Fishing 2 days on Canaso Too they raised 54 sailfish, had 4 bites and released 28. They also caught 1 Striped marlin.

Semir and Adriene Belage arrived for the 2nd time joined by Allen Cheng, Roger Kemp and David Milmine. In 5 days fishing on Gypsy they raised 70 sailfish, had 64 bites and released 54. They also caught 4 Roosterfish, 2 Jacks and 6 Yellowfin tuna.

John Wilson, Frankie Dupre’, David Smith, Chuck Fagan and Grant Smith arrived for 3 days fishing on Sirena. They raised 78 sailfish, had 73 bites and released 48. They also raised 5 marlin, had 3 bites and released 2!

The Barillas group raised 22 sailfish, had 21 bites and released 16 conventional in 1 day on Aguardiente.

David McCracken and Paddy Tomkins arrived for 5 days fishing on Gypsy. They raised 58 sailfish, had 56 bites and released 37 conventional. They raised 19, had 15 bites and released 5 on fly. They raised 10 Marlin, had 9 bites and released 3!

Howard Zodicoff, Joel Landstein and James Goodman arrived for 2 days fishing. On Aguardiente they raised 60 sailfish, had 54 bites and released 33. They also raised 2 marlin and caught a few dorado.

Ozzy Delgado from Guy Harvey Magazine, Capt Scott Walker from the TV Show “Into The Blue,” Jamie Herrmann and Matt McDonald from GoPro, Zuleika Luna, Neal Stark from Coastal Angler and James Bandy from West Marine arrived for 2 days fishing. Fishing on Aguardiente and Gypsy they raised 82 sailfish, had 72 bites and released 48. They had 7 doubles and 2 triples! They also raised 4 marlin, had 2 bites and released 1 Blue. Several dorado were caught and Ozzy was able to release his first sailfish on FLY!

A local group raised 16 sailfish, had 15 bites and released 8 on Sirena in 1 day fishing. They also raised 1 marlin and had 1 bite.

Charlie Eldon and Charles Gabb arrived for 2 days fishing. On Aguardiente they raised 56 sailfish, had 51 bites and released 35. They also raised 1 marlin and had 1 bite.

Joaquin Cuadra, Carlos Quadra, Juan Harmsen and Ramiro Lacayo arrived for 2 days fishing. On Gypsy they raised 55 sailfish, had 50 bites and released 33.

The Santiago Group on Gypsy in 1 day fishing raised 10 sailfish, had 10 bites and released 8. They also raised 3 marlin and had 1 bite.

The Renzo Group on Danmark in 1 day fishing raised 10 sailfish, had 9 bites and released 9 sailfish.

Jim Skiver, Joey Josey, John Rees, Dan Matthews and Mike Ramsey returned for the 2nd time. Fishing on Gypsy in 3 days fishing they raised 32 sailfish, had 25 bites and released 17. They also raised 4 marlin, had 3 bites and released 1 Blue.