Setting:
The Que Vela, Captain Tom's 34-foot super-panga; 40 miles off the Pacific coast of Guatemala
Cast of Characters:
- Captain Tom, Panamax Sailfishing (@panamaxsailfish)
- Jon, iFished.com (@iFished)
- Salty, SoCal Salty (@socalsalty)
- Fish Allen, expat living in Guatemala (@No_Twitter)
- Victor, non-English-speaking deckhand (@No_Twitter_2)
- Me (@mattrevors)
- Pacific sailfish (@Istiophorus platypterus)
You're either bouncing with anticipation (or sick and tired of waiting) to check out what the fishing for sailfish was like, so here's the first day...plus a little treat at the end.
Enjoy.
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| Sunrise at Marina Pez Vela |
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| Marina Pez Vela in Sailfish HQ in Guatemala |
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| Captain Tom about to board the Que Vela! |
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| Jon, with Captain Tom at the helm |
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| Jon takes the helm for a bit |
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| Dolphins! |
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| My first sailfish, on conventional tackle |
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| What kind of pompous fool tries to catch a jumping sailfish on Instagram? Me, that's who... |
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| No shots on the fly gear on day one, but at least it looked awesome... |
First day's results:
One sailfish each for Jon, Salty, Fish Allen (biggest of the day) and myself, all on conventional gear. Zero shots for me on the fly rod.
I had the first of the day, and therefore the first in Captain Tom's new boat, which was kinda cool!
Oh yeah...the treat at the end....
Here's a vid of Salty hooking (& landing) his first sailfish. Yours truly was holding the Go-Pro...with a lot of coaching from Salty!
There's some awesome footage in there (not really as a result of me...I just held the camera & hoped for the best).
Enjoy!
4 comments:
Love, LOVE the flyrod + popper shot! Stealing it as I'm typing.
Thanks for sharing,
E.
Glad you're digging the posts!
If you haven't noticed already, I shot the entire trip on Instagram on my iPod Touch.
I have an SD card from Jon with a bunch of stills that I've yet to sort through, once I do, I'll put in some sort of slideshow or something
I dunno bout fishing, but definitely want a GoPro. Damn.
Fishing looks like a blast. And I definitely want a GoPro now....damn.
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