Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Day ten – the early angler catches the strangest fish
Franz couldn’t sleep last night and was rewarded with two very nice fish from the pier.
After loosing a very nice Tarpon he landed an African Pompano and a huge Horse-eye Jack.
Harald caught his first Barracuda and Wolfgang a stinky Ladyfish.
Again I could not profit from the many shots I already had on Permits, but at least I got two very nice Bones, the second one wading on the #6 weight rod.
Monday, April 7th, 2008
Day nine – Most different fish ever
Today was full of surprises and a great diversitiy of the fish landed.
Harald caught his first ever Permit.
Alex landed his second Permit.
Stefan had a very nice Jack.
But the catch of the day goes to Wolfgang with a nice Tarpon and a huge Barracuda!
Besides that, Stefan’s and Alex’s room was visited by an eight-legd intruder. ;-)
And the cat there on the picture is a two-time hurricane veteran!!!
[Gallery not found]Sunday, April 6th, 2008
Day eight – First day for our new arrivals
Today fishing was kind of poor due to the strong wind coming from the south east. At least Wolfgang, Stefan and Harald caught their first Ascension Bay Bonefish!
A few Permit were spotted and I caught a nice Barracuda.
Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Day seven – Goodbye and Welcome
Peter hat to return home this morning, and in exchange Wolfgang, Stefan, Harald, Franz and Manfred arrived, to spend our second week at Casa Blanca with us.
The wind is still strong and became even stronger over the day.
And now here the huge picture upload I promised the last few days! :)))
Casa Blanca – Catch of the day
[Gallery not found]Casa Blanca Lodge
[Gallery not found]Fishing Casa Blanca – Acsension Bay
[Gallery not found]Ascension Bay Impressions
[Gallery not found]Animals of the Ascension Bay
[Gallery not found]Friday, April 4th, 2008
Day six – Day of the rough sea
Today we woke up with a strong breeze coming from the south east and the sea was therefore very rough.
The guides had a hard time spotting the fish, so fishing was realy poor, but at least Peter and I cought two nice Bones each.
Most of the others caught absolutly zero.
Alex had “the perfect shot” on a nice Permit but screw it.
Gerhard had another broken hook and lost once again a huge Barracuda. Maybe he should buy his stuff from a different tackle dealer next time. ;-)
It is the last evening for most anglers today, as it is for Peter.
We were served the snack and drinks at the peer, and the guides had a little casting competition.
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Day five – The Empire strikes back!
Today was the day of the little Austrian delegation at Casa Blanca Lodge!
Alex and Stefan finally got their first Permit and Gerhard caught his first Permit ever, which makes it three in a day!
Peter caught half a dozen Bones and brought home a very nice Barracuda he cought on his very own Trout-Popper © ( patent pending ).
I had my fist nil-day, but who cares, there was enough to celebrate! :)
Take a look at this sweety!!!
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Day four – day of the wasted opportunities
Today we all saw more fish than in the past days in total. Only problem…we didn’t catch any.
Ok, a few Bones where landed, but that is not we are talking about.
I had several shots on Tarpons and Permits, but managed to screw up all those chances…grrrrrrrrl
We had a Shimano reel wrecked by a Barracuda – no wonder as I would call that a Trout reel. ;-)
Peter landed his second Blue Runner, a real monster! :)
Alex and Stefan are still wating for their first Permit, but at least they where lucky again to see some of the great animals inhabiting the Ascension Bay.
I know there’s somebody back home that would have loved to be there! ;-)
( Eine viertel Stunde waren sie da und sind ums Boot geschwommen!!! Hab also noch mehr Fotos für dich. )
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Day three – Our first Permit encounter
Fishing was very poor today for everybody. Just Alex managed to catch two tarpons.
Peter and I had our first shots on Permit, but as all the others experienced, the fish would not feed.
Monday, March 31st, 2008
Day two & the evening of surprise
This morning we went for Bonefish again, but caught just one fish each.
Stefan and Alex had a few shots on Permit, a realy surprising encounter with a couple of Manatees ( Seekühe ) and that was it.
BUT….then there came the evening…
After dinner we went to the pier to check if there where an fish and met one of the US-Guys trying to catch a Tarpon to complete his “Grand-Slam” – Permit, Tarpon and Bonefish caught in day.
Stefan desided to give the US-Boys a casting lesson and here is the result….
Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Final leg…
It took us more than 24 hours, including two delayed flights to finally fall in our beds at the Hotel Rey Caribe in Cacun.
Looks like 2-star flophouse from the outside but once you step in you’ll find a tropical garden and are instantly upgraded to a 2.5 star hotel. ;-)
After 5 hours of sleep we are heading south to Ascencion Bay with our huge private airplane.
It’s about 40 minutes flight to Casa Blanca Lodge on the edge of the Sian Kaan natural biosphere…
From the airstrip it’s only a three minutes boat ride to the Casa Blanca pier, where will be received by thed staff with a cool and fruity cocktail.
