Darren is an avid fisherman and as part of their trip to Guatemala, I booked a day fishing trip through Buena Vista Sportfishing. Our driver picked us up at 5am sharp for our one hour drive to the coast. On arrival the dawn was just breaking.
The driver asked if we wanted breakfast but the truth was we really were ready to fish. Our boat the Legendary had two crewmen, Omar and Manolo and the captain, Tito. Manolo took our pictures before we headed out.
It was a beautiful morning and the ride out of the canal to the open ocean was amazing. There were a lot of beautiful homes along the way.
It was amazing out in the open ocean with the volcanoes in the background.
We weren’t 10 minutes out before the first sailfish hit. Darren, the expert of the bunch, was up first. He pulled the sailfish in quicker then we expected. Our Captain did an awesome job, maneuvering the boat to aid in reeling in the fish.
We were ecstatic. Adrenaline was pumping and we were all ready and waiting for the next hit. Bruce was up next and his fish was fighting. I was worried more about his shoulder than the fish. But shoulder forgotten he nailed a big one.
In the midst of Bruce’s catching his quarry, another fish was on the hook. Tracy was up and she fought and brought in a dorado. For those who don’t know what that is, it’s called dolphin fish in the Atlantic and Mahi Mahi in Hawaii. It was a keeper.
Next fish was mine. It started out great, I had a sailfish on the hook. But just a few minutes into it, something happened and I had a searing pain go through my head and had a full blown migraine.
The pain was too intense so I turned the rod over to Darren. Then Tracy finished bringing him.
I was down for the count but it was still fun watching the fishing madness on the boat. By 8:30 we had six fish. Two dorado and four sailfish. It was going to be a great day.
Manolo and Omar cut up the fish and made delicious fish sandwiches. We were eating Tracy’s catch. Later he made ceviche.
After lunch the excitement continued. More dorado and more sailfish.
We had moved way above the double digits. None of us had ever been part of such a catch. This was not a relaxing boat ride, catching a few fish. It was hard work and some fatigue was setting in with intermittent adrenaline.
By 4:00 pm we had scored 18 sailfish and 6 dorado. It’s was a very successful day.
Wow what a day!!
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