TheSurfSanctuary's GHive Blog

Santana, Nicaragua

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:36:22 +0000

The surf is chest high and lumpy. Check out the Boa our neighbor killed, belt anyone.

julio was out catching all the waves

mario caught a few also

and darwin

Scotty's right

nica catching some sun

this boa was 7 feet long

Santana, Nicaragua

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:31:28 +0000

The surf is chest high and lumpy. Check out the Boa out neighbor killed, belt anyone.

julio was out catching all the waves

mario caught a few also

and darwin

Scotty's right

nica catching some sun

this boa was 7 feet long

Santana, Nicaragua

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:18:03 +0000

The sun is out for the first time in 6 days and the winds are light off shore so I took Nica (my dog) down to the beach so she could get some exercise. The waves are well overhead but closing out a bit and Julio was the only person out.

the marlin lance caught a few weeks ago

julio getting pounded by a big closeout

julio

big set crumbling on the out side

nasty first peaker

julio again

it is Sunday so family day on the beach

look at that right

shitttyyyy asssss

Santana, Nicaragua

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:18:14 +0000

The surf has dropped over night, some weak chest high sets are coming in every once in a while. Looks like the winds and the swell are going to be good this weekend, thank goodness, I have not surfed for more than 3 weeks. See ya

Santana, Nicaragua

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:02:16 +0000

the waves are trying to get better, it is chest high and

weak out there but the winds are back offshore for today.

Santana, Nicaragua

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:34:24 +0000

The surf is running chest high with good form and lots of fun lines coming in.

We just got back from 2nd annual Casa Pellas Torneo de la Amistad in San Juan del sur, we caught a shit load of dolphin and had our very first Marlin on for about 45 seconds. The left rigger broke free from the clip and line was smoking off the reel faster than I have ever seen before, Andrew pulled the reel out of the holder we were looking to see if it was going to jump and it did. The first jump was huge and we realized that it was not a sailfish it was a 250lb+ black MARLIN, we were all yelling and trying to get all the lines in while watching this monster jump three more time. Jimmy from the Va Pué called on the radio saying look explosion behind you not knowing that Andrew already had him hooked, after the forth jump the line went slack and the marlin went back on his way. We were all so happy just to see that huge fish jump so many time, it was crazy, it was amazing. We really did not have a chance to get it to the boat but we were F*@*#ng PUMPED. And, our good friends Lance, Jimmy on the Va Pué just a few hundred yards away from surfari charters had a monster on and they were locked in for a long day of battle that they won and we were there to experience the whole thing with them. For the rest of the story check it out at http://www.surfaricharters.com/surfingnicaragua/entry.php?mid=239

tony took these from our boat

lance battling this monster for 7 1/2 hours

look at tha monster

andrew and i jumped on to help pull this beast aboard

i can say that this was one of the best day of my life

the day after

ya and the surf is good also

Santana, Nicaragua

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:52:18 +0000

The winds are onshore and the rivers are flowing like crazy, it is chest high on the sets with lots of logs in the line up.

I took Richard and Tracey for Jax beach out on an afternoon fishing charter yesterday and Richard landed the 100 lb sailfish on a reel that only had 20 lb test line on it and it only took him 2 hours. Richard was our very first guest here at the surf sanctuary 3 years ago and he was the first to catch a sailfish here at the surf sanctuary, could not have happened to a kinder guy.

While Richard was fighting the sailfish I saw a big Dorado swim along the side of the boat so I flipped out a rigged mullet and he hit it right away, I set the hook and we all watched him jump 7 times right next to the boat and he threw the hook on the last jump. Tracey got it all on video and it is SICK.

Just to let everyone know, I did not intend to kill this fish and I gave to a family that will have food for a week.

richard is working hard and so am i drinking those Tonas

big jump

still fighting and the sun is going down

tracey catching all the action

the pic of the year

after a 2 hour brawl

we won

nice fish richard

me, richard, tracey and the prize

100 lbs

We sent our friend tito to the tuna tower to let us know when the fish was getting close.

it was a good day

Santana, Nicaragua

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:32:08 +0000

The surf is only maybe head high on the sets, but still fun.

check out the sick pics of the gray whale that came through the line up.