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Santana Nicaragua

Mon Jun 29, 2009 at 09:05PM

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Time:	07:00 PM	Cond:	Clean	Epic!
Surf:	2-3ft+	Crowd:	5-10 surfers
Wind:	ENE 7 mph	Tides:

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We did it! El Cazador placed in our first team tournament. Thanks for all of your support! We took 3rd place out of 42 boats with 3 sailfish. We kicked butt in 1st place the first day with two sails and reeled in the 3rd sailfish in the afternoon of the last day. Second place caught their 3rd sailfish just 45 minutes before ours, so they placed ahead of us. First place went to the amazing Rum Runner. Intimidated by our little panga, they went out deeper and tagged 6 sails the second day to beat us all. The little panga team from Astillero, inlcuding El Cazador, Va Pue & Marlindo, released 7 sailfish all together to show those big boats how we roll under pressure! We all threw back a ton of Dorado, but couldn't beat the winning bull at 46.5 lbs. Check out those photos and the winning wahoo as well. The weather was perfect and we had a blast at the evening festivties. Thanks to Lance, an editor & photographer from Marlin Magazine hung out with us for the trip, so keep an eye out for Nicaragua in the next issue. Thanks to all of you for sharing the stoke with us! See attached photos on our home page and video coming soon. Oh yeah, and we missed some pretty good waves while we were gone gettin' it done! (scroll down for more tournament photos)

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Santana Nicaragua

Mon Jun 29, 2009 at 08:48PM

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Beth with the winning Dorado.

Dave and Lisa. Worked his butt off!!!!!

Flor de Cana gals.

Winners tent.

Kelly Wayne Dave Tony

Rum Runner team.

Wayne and Kelly waiting for the trophy.

Wayne Tony Kelly waiting for prize...

San Juan bay.

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Santana Nicaragua

Mon Jun 29, 2009 at 04:13PM

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Time:	07:00 PM	Cond:	Clean	Epic!
Surf:	2-3ft+	Crowd:	5-10 surfers
Wind:	ENE 7 mph	Tides:

...more tournament photos ...

Tony trying to keep out of sun.

Dave, Wayne & Tony with first sailfish of tournament.

2 little red pangas coming to pick us up first morning.

Wayne, Tony and Rigger Captain's meeting.

Sunset in Bay first day.

Lane chattin' it up with Captain of Rum Runner.

First night dinner at awesome new hotel in San Juan.

Lisa and Kel at Captain's dinner.

Salud to first sailfish: Tony, Wayne, Dave, Kelly

Rigger with his big bull.

Kelly's sailfish took almost all the line out, but she did it....

Winning wahoooooooooo

Dave and Tony with one of the maaaaany little dorado

Bay of tournament in San Juan

Winning Rum Runner boat

Last night dinner at Pelican Eyes ... all the little panga members and friends were celebrating!

We did it!

Va Pue and Marlindo following us in on winning day.

Team El Cazador on winner's stage.

Grilled sailfish on the menu that night...

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Santana Nicaragua

Sat Jun 27, 2009 at 12:28AM

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Time:	07:00 PM	Cond:	Clean	Epic!
Surf:	2-3ft+	Crowd:	5-10 surfers
Wind:	ENE 7 mph	Tides:

Epic report today, because El Cazador is first in the fishing tournament in San Juan Del Sur. Action packed early morning with a ton of small dorado, but caught, tagged and released two big sailfish to place us ahead of all the other big boats. I am scared to download video or photos off the camera until after we check them into the tournament tonight, so stand by for update and video after the final day tomorrow, Saturday. Wish us luck! ....Kel

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Santana Nicaragua

Tue Jun 16, 2009 at 10:29PM

Tags: The, surf, sanctuary, nicaragua, sailfish, report

Time:	07:00 PM	Cond:	Clean	Fun
Surf:	2-3ft+	Crowd:	5-10 surfers
Wind:	ENE 7 mph	Tides:

!!!Another sailfish .... First on the El Cazador!!! The winds were onshore yesterday afternoon so I took Mike and John for a little afternoon fishing. It started out pretty slow, catching a few doodoos and then a nice-sized sailfish came into the spread, trailling the long line. After 3 whacks at it, I dropped the drag to free spool and he finally inhaled it. After a few secs, I pressed the drag to the button and with 3 turns of the crank the hook was set ... the fight was on. Mike had the sailfish, a 100-lber, boat-side in about 30 min with a little coaching from me and some good driving from Kelly. We revived it in about 30 minutes and cracked a fresh cold beer as it swam away into the sunset. This is what dreams are made of... Mike caught his first fish ever, a 10 lb dorado, the day before with Tony. Props to Mike and Los Cazadores at The Surf Sanctuary. Ready to rock it at the tournament in San Juan Del Sur the 25th and 26th!

Oh yeah ... and the waves are chest to head-high today. See ya. Wayne

new toy

kelly taking a nap before the action

mike strapped in and ready for action

still working

finally boat-side

good job mike, the first on the El Cazador

trying to revive it

kelly helping release it

toasts to Mike and his first sailfish ... Wayne, our first mate, Roberto & Mike

ice cold Tona, good stuff

good sunset to close a good day of surfing in the morning and catching fish in the afternoon

working the fish for the release

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Santana Nicaragua

Mon Jun 15, 2009 at 03:35PM

Tags: The, surf, sanctuary, nicaragua, report

Time:	07:00 PM	Cond:	Clean	Fun
Surf:	2-3ft+	Crowd:	5-10 surfers
Wind:	ENE 7 mph	Tides:

the waves are fun today, it is head high on the sets and a little phattt with the high tide. looks like the winds are going to be onshore agian this afternoon.

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Santana Nicaragua

Mon Jun 08, 2009 at 08:58PM

Tags: The, surf, sanctuary, nicaragua, report

Time:	05:00 PM	Cond:	Clean	Fun
Surf:	2-3ft+	Crowd:	1-5 surfers
Wind:	ENE 7 mph	Tides:

this week had Haywood back st the-surf-sanc and he brought his friend Durk, Walker and Walkers daughter, English ,yes that is right her name is English. we surfed a ton and caught lots of dorados and drank lots of tonas. the last day of there trip was monday so we did a 11 hour boat day that included surfing, lunch at a nice restaurant in gigante and lots of fishing. fishing was a little slow so Haywood and Walter schooled me on some Wrightsville Beach, NC hilllbilllllly fishing skills that helped put some fish in the box for dinner, good job boys.

see ya next year..

tony brought me lots new tackle back from the states to help us kick ass in the upcoming tourny in SJDS. anyone coming to nicaragua in the next few weeks from the jacksonville fl area that can bring me the rest of my tackle, there is a free boat trip in the deal