February Trip
Mid Feb & my two daughters joined us from the UK to take Bluesky down to Pilar; a friend, Tony Norman, who runs a Bertram out of La Gomera in the Canary Islands joined us as well. We stopped off at Leyte for the night & the carried on to Surigao to pick up more gas, ice, etc before heading to Siargao; other than some bad fuel & several stops to clear the Racors it was a pleasant run. We stayed at Bong’s place in Pilar & ate at Jun’s which is a great combo. Fishing was disappointing, boating the Barracuda & losing the several Dorado, one at the gaff! A couple of Dogtooth strikes didn’t produce either.
January trip
We flew down in early January for another looksee & a couple of days fishing. Stephen Lanigan O’Keeffe had a nice Sailfish, approx 60lbs, & Jeff had an 8kg Yellowfin; the Sail was the first of the year. The rest of us caught some Barracuda, a couple of Dogtooth, a small Mackerel & a Dorado.We fished on Junior’s & Glen’s boats which are great value for a days fishing.
Recent Catches
This will be our spot for reporting from time to time on the noteworthy ones we and our guests landed – and the ones we should have landed but didn’t. Let’s be honest; sometimes the ones that get away are the ones that give us the most fun and bang for our buck. It’s just unfortunate that nobody has yet invented a camera that will take pictures of fish we didn’t catch. But who knows; in this wonderful digital age maybe Steve Jobs is working on it. If you get word of the iCam being in the works, lets us know.