Casa Vieja Lodge | Guatemalan Sportfishing Resort

Guatemala Sport Fishing

Guatemala is the Billfishing Capital of the World – If calm waters and multiple shots at marlin and sailfish every day excite you, then the Pacific coast of Guatemala is your paradise. Guatemala is known for being a hot spot for large Pacific sailfish with the top boats averaging 15 to 20 bites a day. Marlin in the 300 to 700 pound class have always been regularly caught in the area. Now Guatemala is no longer known for just being the world's best place to sailfish, because the marlin bite in Guatemala has been second to none.

 

Sailfish are abundant year round. Since 1994, the fleet has averaged raising more than 20 billfish per day per boat – YEAR ROUND! The rainy season of mid-July through September coincide with the slower travel period of the typical client, with October through June being prime booking months. The larger sailfish up to 150 pounds are usually taken during the Fall, but for pure volume of 80 – 100 pound fish, December through June tends to be the rule. During this time you’ll be tantalized with 20 – 40 bites per day and, on some of those exceptional days, more than 100!

 

Sailfish, Marlin, Dorado (Dolphin), and Yellow Fin Tuna are the most common species in the area. But make no mistake about it, this is the best sailfishing spot in the world. On average, you can experience 15 to 20 bites a day and during the peak season of November through May, 40 or more bites is not uncommon. The top boats release over 2,000 sailfish a year. These Pacific Sailfish average 80 to 90 pounds, but fish over 100 pounds are common.

 

At Casa Vieja Lodge, they take exceptional pride in assuring you world class vessels, run by highly respected sport fishing captains with day end returns to the highest quality accommodations imaginable. In 2006 Casa Vieja Lodge was opened. The new facility is located less than a mile from the entrance of Marina Pez Vela. After a day on the water you can be back in the Casa Vieja’s pool in 5 minutes. Gone are the days of running the not-so-popular "la cala de la muerte" - the inlet of death, traveling through a dangerous inlet will never again be a concern for our clients. While a trip to the paradise of Casa Vieja Lodge is every bit of a 4-star luxury, the cost per release still cannot be beaten – anywhere!

 

The Pacific Ocean off the coast of Iztapa, Guatemala provides unparalleled fishing opportunities. Statistics show 40 plus sailfish release days have been experienced in every month of the year. Fly fisherman take note: feather tossing anglers aboard the RELEASE let go 57 sailfish in one day in 2006 and they did it while conforming to all IGFA rules and regulations. Days with finicky or non-aggressive feeders are few and far between! Marlin add to the excitement and they generally show up in concentrations for a week or more several times a year. At any time, a run to the far offshore drop can normally put you on Yellowfin tuna as well as the average 400 pound blue marlin. As an average, while targeting sailfish every Casa Vieja boat will encounter a marlin every third day during the year. This number can be seriously upped by requesting a strictly marlin venture!

 

For more than a decade, billfish conservation has been central to our fleet’s philosophy. With total release as its commanding theme, their captains added the exclusive use of circle hooks with bait and billfish to their operating procedures long before it was popular. As innovators in this style of fishing they have upped the hook-up ratios while insuring a far healthier condition of released fish.