Neal Salsbery and Mike Guarino are enjoying some late season bill fish action on the Monkey Business.  They’ve actually mixed it up a little on this trip and bottomed fish as well.  So far so good as they have put plenty of meat on the table and then some.  In addition to the 4 sails they released yesterday one of the nine large Mia Mia caught was sacrificed to a 500Lb plus Blue Marlin. In return they where rewarded with the release of a smaller Black Marlin.  The Monkey Business has had a good run this season and seems to have found a groove in attracting Marlin. There is still time so come join us for some late season action.

Neal and Mike continue to enjoy the late season bill fish action as the Monkey Business and Marcial are on a roll. Today the crew of 4 raised 5 Marlin and 4 sails.  When all was said and done they had released two of each and put more meat on the table.  Captain Elswick won’t say what he’s done to the MB while Marcial is bragging about his modified Squidnation squid daisy chain with a horse ballyhoo chaser.  Whatever it is it is working.  The fleet is scratching there heads.

Captain Herb Gordon host of “The Weekend Fisherman” along with Don Stanley and John Brown had an exciting weekend at BuenaVistaSportfishing Lodge.  While the overall fishing has slowed down a bit Captain Gordon with video camera in hand, took the wheel of the Monkey Business on Sunday.  After a fairly long ride Herb found a school of cooperative sails.  While the count was low the crew’s percentage for the day was high.  They released 6 of 7 sails. One very large bull dolphin (45lbs) was put in the boat.  On Monday Marcial took the wheel while Herb manned the camera.  Not long after putting the spread out they had a Blue Marlin crash the baits and inspect the teasers.  Two hours later they released an estimated 500lb Marlin.  Everyone on board was excited and wet when all was said and done. Herb says he now has the makings of a great show on bill fishing in Guatemala and Buenavistasportfishing.com lodge. Stay tuned!  Bill Pino and his crew are up next!  

Alan Wright continues to decrease his cost per fish seen by increasing the number of fish raised and caught.  While we had to go almost 47 miles out the trips are fast and fuel efficient on the Monkey Business.  On Alan’s 4th day with Marcial they pulled off a large Blue Marlin first thing in the morning. Trolling further west they found the sails.  In a flurry of single angler action they raised 26 fish had 20 bites and released 12 . Alan’s hands where full has he had at least 4 doubles to deal with. Nice problem. 



Come join us fort he late season action.  There is still time to take advantage of at least a 10% discount off our posted rates.  Email mike@buenavistasportfishing.com

Alan Wright of Albuquerque New Mexico has come down to Buena Vista for 5 days of pure fishing.  So far he has not been disappointed. The blue water has shifted off shore so much so that we must hit the throttle on the Monkey Business.  This makes the 40 mile run in just over an hour.  Nice option with a small boat. Alan has teased up over 75 fish in 3 days and release 19. The fishing remains good and we have space. Give us a call or drop an email.

John and Claudia Weitinger along with there good friend Bill Cleverdon, all from Houston, Texas have fished with Marcial on the Monkey Business for the last 2 days.  Until now none of them had ever hooked, caught and released there own sail fish.  That has now changed as they have raised over 45 fish and released 24 in two days of fishing.  It’s a welcomed change compared to the long boat rides out into the Gulf of Mexico. The third day of fishing produced table fare of snapper and grouper. A good time was had by all.

This day can best be described as indescribable.



Today is Dave Messick's 38th Birthday and at 7:00am this morning I was awaken by the booming sounds of m80's blowing up all over the property. 1000's of firecrackers and the booming thunder small dynamite sticks. I didn't know weather to grab my camera or call the American Embassy and request a helicopter pick up. But in the Guatemalan tradition they were all celebrating Dave's birthday. Music blaring different Spanish versions of Happy B-Day. Dave and Svetelana were left speechless by the hospitality of Jody and Susie Elswick and the entire staff who all showed up by the tiki bar to have cake for breakfast. It is tradition for the b-day boy to take a bite right from the cake. Well that just got Dave's face smashed in the cake. Then all the girls from the lodge grabbed Dave and threw him in the pool.



After all settled down we prepared for a 10:00am departure to the fishing grounds. today we had Jody and Susie, Dave and Svetlana, Me and Capt Marciel. we pulled back the sticks at 30 miles and right away had a sail come up on the right long. We got the release and then proceeded to go 7 for 10 on sails and missed a blue. After 3 hours of catching we picked them up to head in. At the 15 mile mark we were treated by a show of thousands of spinner dolphin skyrocketing all over the place. back at the dock by 5:30 and the entire lodge is now decorated in balloons and a piñata' is hanging in the yard for tonight’s festivities.



Pics to follow but suffice it to say this is life -Guatemalan style



Bill Pino

The number of billfish is slowly returning to normal Guatemalan standards as well as the variety of species.  The Hooked On OC TV crew has seen some great action as the waters have turned gin clear and the blue and black marlin have shown up mixed in the sails. Over the past three days the production crew and Captain Jody Elswick (turned underwater videographer) has compiled great footage which will be posted on the web within the next few weeks.  Stay tuned and tune in for some red hot action.