Casa Vieja - March report

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From Capt. Erik Lorentzen - emailed results from weekend's fishing:

07 March (notes kinda slow):

Release – Capt. Niko went 8 for 11
Intensity 2 for 2 and a blue around 300.
Rum Line 2 for 4
Canaso 3 for 5
Twenty 1 for 2

08 March (picking up):

Canaso 9-10-13, 2 marlins raised 1 bite
Intensity 9-13-15
Release 5-7-10 and release 1 blue around 200
Twenty went 10-10-10

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10 March:

"Release" 16-21-23 and 1 blue up.

"Rum Line" released 11 and raised 19. Capt. Chris had Tony Ludovico on the boat filming.

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11 March:


"Release"- 1 for 3 raised 5

"Buddy Boy" - 4 for 8 raised 9 and release a blue around 250

"Intensity" - 9 raised and released 3 with Tony Ludovico filming

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12 March:

"Release" 21-11-7

"Rum Line" 23-20-14 - with Drs. White & Thweatt. Capt. Chris live baited with bonitos for Marlin until noon and raised those fish in his last 2.5 hours. Its gonna break loose, expect a good one tomorrow and the days to come!

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13 March:
“Rum Line” 15-10-8 with Drs. White & Thweatt
“Finest Kind” 10-2-2 with Tony Ludovico

14 March:
Fishing is still spotty, but we’re making the best of it.
“Afinity” 10-5-2. Raised a blue about 400, great bite on the fly, but threw da hook mon!
“Cañaso” 13-10-6
“Intensity” 8-5-1 on the fly with Kirk Weisman
“Rum Line” 21-17-13 with Drs. White & Thweatt
“Twenty” 9-7-5

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16 March:

Intensity with Capt. Mike
25-13-6 on the fly

Finest kind with Capt. Eril
27-23-13 on dead baits

Rum Line with Capt. Chris
15-12-6 and 1 Blue around 200#s

Twenty with Capt. Jason
25-20-13 on bait

Cañaso with Capt. Chico
26-21-14 on bait

17 March:

Finest Kind with Capt. Erik
10-5-3

Rum Line with Capt. Chris
15-14-9

Intensity with Capt. Mike
34-13-10 on the fly

Release with Capt. Nico
1-1-1 on sails and 1-1-1 on blues

Cañaso with Capt. Chico
26-21-9

Twenty with Capt. Jason
31-27-7

18 March:

Afinity with Capt. Juanga
11-5-1

Finest Kind with Capt. Erik
25-19-10; Raised 2 blues yesterday, 1 swam under the fly but didn't bite

Rum Line with Capt. Chris
15-14-11

Intensity with Capt. Mike
15-13-8

Cañaso with Capt. Chico
14-11-9

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20 March:

Cañaso 13-11-8, 1 blue up around 350

Finest Kind 6-6-5 with Don Schifferdecker party

Intensity 10-2-1 on the fly

Rum line 18-4-1, raise 2 blues, 2 bites, released 1 about 400#

Twenty 9-7-6

Afinity. 16-12-8, 2 blues , 2 bites, 0 releases, both fish well into the 400s.



21 March:

Cañaso 10-5-4

Intensity 15-7-3

Finest Kind 17-14-12, raised a black - no bite, with Don Schifferdecker party

Rum Line 12-6-4, 1-1-0 on blues

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22 March:

Rum Line 26-6-1 on the fly

Intensity 20-6-4 on the fly

A-fin-ity 21-17-11, and 1-1-0 on blues

Now that we've passed the Spring Solstice, the chances of cold fronts decreases substanially. Fishing should start picking up again.

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23 March:

Intensity 29-21-10 and a juvenile blue on the 20# standup about 125#

First day of fishing for the Jake Jordan fly school was only fair. But this is where you learn how to do it, so numbers don't mean much.

Finest Kind 17-5-0 on the fly

Rum Line 27-10-7 on the fly

We are still seeing advertisements for Capt. Hamlin on another website, that has nothing to do with him. Capt. Hamlin works ONLY for Casa Vieja Lodge. Do not be mislead!

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Filling in the blanks for the reports received from Capt. Lorentzen:


March 7-9. Mr Jim Stob, David Smith, Randi Liswer and Joe Penar fishing aboard the "Release" with Capt Niko Melendrez. The group raised 47 sails, had 40 bites and released 26 sails. The group also released a nice Blue marlin.

March 10-12. We find Michael Bohlson, Kurt Bohlson, and Seam Darbyshire. Aboard the" Release" the guys raised 50 sails, had 35 bites on the Fly, and Released 24 sails on the fly. Congradulations - not bad - three days on the fly.

March 14-17. I had the pleasure of fishing with long time client and friend, Mr. Nat Harris. We are fishing aboard the "Afinity" a 37ft Billy Knowles Express. Nat was able to release a number of sails on the fly but the highlight of the trip was a bite from an estimated 400 pound Blue Marlin that ate the fly in spectacular fashion. We ended up jumping the fish off, but received an incredible visual display for the little time we had the fished hooked. Defintely the stuff you come to see and experience.

3-14 through 3-17 finds Kirk and Kara Weisman fishing the fly aboard the Intensity with captain Mike Sheeder. The group raised 85 sails, had 36 bites on the fly, and released 17 on the long wand.

March 15-17 Aboard the Cañaso Finds Al Cullere, Dennis Longstreet, and Bob Jones fishing with the Alverenga Brothers. The group raised 64, had 52 bites, and released 29 sails.

March 15-17. We have the Longstreet group aboard the "Twenty" with Captain Jason Brice. The group raised 61 sails, had 49 Bites and released 24 sails on their 3 day trip.

3-18/20 Aboard the Intensity . The group raised 64 sails, had 47 bites, and released 25 sails on the fly. The group also raised 3 blues, had 2 bites, and unfortunately did not release one.

March 18-19 finds Doug Walters, Joseph W. Allbritton, Joe M. Rabello, and Bill Pino, from Stuart, Florida, fishing aboard the Cañaso with Capt. Chico Alverenga. The group raised 36 sails, had 29 bites, and released 15 on 20# standup.

March 19-23 Anthony Michael from Little Rock, Arkansas, Lee Sprinkle, from San Diego, California. Fishing aboard the Rum Line with Capt. Chris Sheeder. Fishing the fly - raised 84 had 30 bites and released 16. Anthony also got to release a blue marlin around 400# on 50 # stand up.

Paco Suarez and his wife Maria Suarez from Puerto Rico, Maria came along to learn how to hook her own fish. Chris says on day one she started, by day two she had it and never looked back. They fished conventional and raised 53 had 45 bites and released 26 sails. Paco also released one blue on stand up around 200#s.

March 20-21 we have the Serodino group aboard the "Twenty" the raised 20 fish, had 16 bites, and released 14 fish.

March 21-23. I had the pleasure return clients who I had not seen since my days on the "Intensity" back in 2002. Dr. Robert Harlin, his" three" sons, Robert Jr, Daniel Harlin, and Capt. Ken Carter. The guys raised 43 sails in there 3 days, had 33 bites and Released 21 sails. We also raised 3 blues had 3 bites and unfortunately did not catch one.