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We have been for forced to cancel our Punta Cana trip because of engine failure.  We will be replacing our Port engine and overhauling our Starboard engine in preparation for the White Marlin season in Venezuela.

            

 

NEWS AND FISHING REPORTS:

May 7-8, 2004
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Another great fishing weekend amongst friends!  This weekend Brad, Justus and I (Chris) got to enjoy a pretty good bite in Venezuela, before returning home in time for Mother's Day.  On Friday we raised 4 blue marlin and 4 sailfish, and hooked 3 blue marlin and 2 sailfish, and ended up releasing 2 blue marlin and 2 sailfish.  On Saturday the weather got a bit sloppy, and the fishing was a bit slower.  We raised 3 blue marlin and 3 sailfish, hooked 2 blue marlin and ended up releasing a small 40lbs peanut blue marlin.  It was great to see that the aggression that blue marlin displays has nothing to do with their size!  This peanut ate the largest ballyhoo in the spread, and gave us a great show right next to the boat.  Luis will be fishing a couple more days this week before he gets ready for his journey to Punta Cana. 


May 2, 2004
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Today was one of those special Venezuela days.  The Just Us captained by Luis Suarez raised 11 blue marlin hooked 5 and released 3.  At one point they had 5 blues in the spread and hooked 4 and managed to release 2 of the 4 fish hooked.  Luis will be out there again tomorrow, and they are going to experiment with some light tackle action, 16 and 20 pound line class...should be fun.


May 1, 2004
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The blue marlin bite continues to be great!  Today Luis and the crew of the Just Us went 2-5 on the blue marlin.  They also caught some nice Dorado's for dinner.  They will be back out there again tomorrow, so make sure you check in.


April 21-25, 2004
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Hooking the fish proved to be more difficult then expected for the for the anglers fishing on the Just Us.  In the three days of the Billfish Shootout Tournament, Captain Luis Suarez managed to raise 14 blue, 5 sailfish, and 1 white marlin for his anglers, but they managed to hook and release just 1 blue marlin and 1 sailfish.  I guess that is why they call it fishing and not catching, otherwise anyone could go out there and load the outriggers with release flags.


April 17&18, 2004
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Kees and the boys headed back to Venezuela this past weekend and got a day and a half of fishing in.  They raised a total of 4 blue marlin and 7 sailfish.  They ended up releasing 2 blue marlin and 1 sailfish.  We have a great moon coming up this week, and it will be interesting to see if the 256 blue marlin releases in 3 days will be broken this yea at the Venezuela Billfish Shootout this coming week.


February 16 &17, 2004
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Great two days of fishing for the Harris party!  In all they released 4 blue marlin, and caught 6 Yellowfin tuna all 200Lbs+.  After catching 5  Yellowfins on 50 and 80 pound test, Mason wanted to try his luck using 30 pound test.  After loosing the 1st one, he managed to land a 245lbs yellowfin using 30 lbs test.  Great job Mas! 


January 17 & 18, 2004
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Happy new year to all!  Captain Luis and his crew is getting ready for the 2004 season, and we expect it will be even better than last year.  Since the beginning of the year Luis and Argenis have been getting the boat ready for the 2004 season.  The big project for this off season was replacing the two sliding salon doors with two hinged doors.  However, Luis and Argenis managed to take William and several of his buddies that flew into Venezuela this past weekend.  In two days of fishing they raised a total of 18 white marlin, 2 sailfish. They ended up releasing 5 white marlin 1 Sailfish, and filling the box with 12 small yellow fin tunas. Even thought the waters are still a bit green, the marlin fishing has been surprisingly good, with plenty of bait in the water.  We anticipate the day the water clears...because as soon as it does the fishing is going to explode, and you can expect double digit releases. Hope to see you this season !!


November 6 & 7, 2003
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The last two fishing days for the Marcel party ended up being very productive.  They raised double digit number of billfish, and ended up releasing 4 sailfish, and catching 2 Yellowfin tuna of 50 pound each, and lost another one that was estimated at 250 pounds.


November 4, 2003
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A nice variety of fish behind the Just Us today. Captain Luis Suarez and his Crew raised  6 sailfish, 3 white marlin 1 blue marlin, and a nice 30 lbs Wahoo today. They ended up releasing 3 sailfish and 1 white marlin and caught a nice 30lbs Wahoo for dinner.  Luis said that the bank if loaded with Wahoo.  The Wahoo's are lucky that I am not in Venezuela these days, because I love to fish for Wahoo.  There's just nothing better than a Wahoo's initial strike on 20 lbs test.  Before you can even get to your rod, the fish has already ripped out 300 yards of line.  If that does not get you pumped, you need to find another sport!.


November 4, 2003
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Today the anglers were perfect!  Today Captain Luis Suarez had 3 biters and they caught them all, they released 2 white marlin and 1 blue marlin. 


October 28, 2003
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Captain Luis Suarez managed to raise a good number of billfish today, in all they had 7 biters, 2 blue marlin, 4 white marlin and 1 sailfish.  They managed to release 1 blue marlin, and caught some nice dolphins and Wahoo's.  I hope things go better in the hooking department tomorrow.


October 28, 2003
Captain Luis Suarez and mate Argenis "El Loco" Santana will be doing some general maintenance these next few days, and getting ready for a long run of charters coming up in November.  November is my favorite time of year to fish, because more blues show up and your chances for a grand slam are very good.  Last year Justus and I had a run of 4 straight fishing days with a grand slam.  One of those trips Justus caught himself a personal grand slam. 


October 26, 2003
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Today the Wallace crew raised 4 white marlin and 3 sailfish. They has 5 biters, and released 2 white marlin.  It was great to see them again, and Captain Luis and his crew showed them a good time as usual.  They can't wait for July next year, to get some shots at the big blue marlins in the Dominican Republic. 


October 26, 2003
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The 1st day of fishing for the Wallace was slow, they managed to raise 2 white marlin, releasing 1 white marlin.  Tomorrow morning we are planning to be leave the docks extra early since we have to be back at the marina by 4pm so that they can catch their flight back home.  I am sure Captain Luis will do his magic, and make their last day in Venezuela special.


October 25, 2003
Not only does Venezuela have great fishing, but the night life is not bad either.  The Jansen party proved it this morning by mustering up just enough energy to walk to the docks just before noon, to cancel today's fishing trip.  On Sunday the Wallace party that fished with us in Punta Cana will try their luck in Venezuela.  In 3 days fishing in Punta Cana back in June, they released 14 white marlin.   Lets hope they have the same type of numbers here in Venezuela.


October 24, 2003
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Eric and his large group for from Curacao did pretty good on their 1st day out.  They managed to release 2 white marlin and 1 blue marlin, and missed a couple of other fish, and had a few lookers. They will be out there again tomorrow, and lets hope they hook the sail tomorrow to complete the grand slam.   


October 22, 2003
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The Remmer party did something special today, they released a Spearfish on fly today.  The spearfish was part of a double header, and they managed to hook one of them.  Later in the day they also released a sailfish on conventional tackle.  For the second time in two weeks, we have had a Shimano reel fail on us.  Today we lost a 200lbs tuna when the Shimano reel broke, I have come to the conclusion that you just can't use these reels if you plan to fish in a harness, because they just can't take the stress.  In all we raised 6 white marlin 3 sailfish, and 2 blue marlin today.  The Remmer party will fish one more day before Eric Jansen and his pals from Curacao go to Venezuela for two days of fishing and fun.  


October 21, 2003
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A little better luck today hooking the fish today for the Remmer party.  They managed to release 2 white marlin and 1 sailfish, and their hook-up ratio should even get better tomorrow, and with some luck, they will get their 1st grand slam.


October 20, 2003
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Today we raised 10 white marlin 2 sailfish and 2 blue marlin, but only managed to hook 1 sailfish and 1 white marlin.  This was the 1st time fishing for marlin for the Remmer party, so lets chalk this one up as a practice day, and hope that they learned from their mistakes today.


October 19, 2003
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Today we raised 6 white marlin and 1 blue marlin releasing 1 white marlin and 1 blue marlin.  We did not see the sailfish in order to complete the grand slam.  The fishing has been slow for Venezuelan standards, this past week we have been raising an average of 6 billfish a day, and releasing an average of 2 billfish a day.  As we all know this would be great numbers for anywhere else in the world.

October 18, 2003
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The day started of great, by 11 am we had released a 1 white marlin and 1 blue marlin.  So we had the rest of the day to finish up the grand slam, and we got 3 chances at the sailfish, and sacochoed all 3 of them.  That just shows you that sometimes the fish gods to not want to co-operate and give you a helping hand, but it also means that the fish gods owe us one.

October 17, 2003
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Fishing was bit sow in Venezuela today, but but we expect it to pick up again soon.  Today we raised 2 sailfish and 2 blue marlin, and managed to release 1 sailfish.  We also had 3 giant yellowfin tuna crash the baits, but did not get a hook ups.  The arrival of the yellowfins is good news since that indicates that there is lots of bait in the water. 

October 15, 2003
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Found some blue water close to shore, and tons of billfish including 2 blue marlin, and a giant Yellowfin Tuna.  They managed to release just 1 sailfish, and the tuna spit the hook after a 2 hour fight on 30 pound tackle.  Luis and Arginis have no charter on Thursday, but will be out there this weekend.

October 13 &14, 2003
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Since Saturday green water has settled in and the fishing has been a bit slow.  The past two days Luis and his crew raised 12 white marlin and 4 sailfish, releasing 3 white marlin and 2 sailfish.  Today they ran 35 miles out to get out of the green water, but the fish ended up being closer to shore, there were some boats reporting a good number of blue and white marlin bites. They will be out there again tomorrow, and hope to run into them. 


October 10 &11, 2003
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Boat owner Justus van der Lubbe and his son Jens (Billfish Foundation's 2002  junior angler of the year) flew  to La Guaira this past Friday and Saturday, and had a great time fishing with Luis and Argenis.  Jens, insisted on hooking the fish himself and released a total of 6 whites and 3 sails. Friday they raised 6 whites, 5 sails and one blue, releasing 3 whites, 3 sails and 1 blue marlin, to complete the Grand Slam.  Jens even lost a fourth sail when the line just snapped flipping him backwards (the video is going to be send to Funniest Home Videos). That same day Justus lost a 200lbs Yellowfin Tuna when his 30 pound Shimano reel broke while strapped in the harness.  About 45 minutes into the fight Justus heard a light crackling sound followed by a loud crack, when the reel housing broke away from the rod.  While attempting tie the line to a new reel, the fish got some slack in line and spit the hook.  This is the third time that a Shimano reel has broken in this manner (see story Shimano vs Blue Marlin), and something Shimano needs to address ASAP.
Saturday, they raised 10 whites and 1 sail, releasing 6 whites and catching 2 nice Dorados. They also got to witness whale on a feeding frenzy right next to the boat which was a spectacular sight.   Father Justus and his son Jens had two double headers together and with the boating skills of Capt. Luis Suares and the help of mate Argenis  "El Loco" Santana things could not go wrong.  Its was great to see that Jens has refined his drop back skills, and consistently hooked the finicky Venezuelan white marlin.  I think that next year Jens and his dad should fish the shootout together since they showed that they make a great team. 



October 8, 2003
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The fishing was a bit slow today, but we still managed to release 3 white marlin out of 6 biters.  On Friday we have the honor of fishing with last years Billfish Foundation's junior angler of the year Jens.  He came back to Venezuela to fish with captain Luis Suarez to make sure he defends his title.     


October 5&7, 2003
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There has been no wind leaving the seas flat calm and the days hot and almost unbearable.  Even with dead calm conditions, Captain Luis Suarez managed to raise 12 white marlin, and released 4.  They will be fishing tomorrow again, and we hope they have better luck hooking them.       


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