Archives: Fishing Reports

Fishing Report #1 January 28 – February 04, 2024 We’ve cracked the lid on another season here at ESB.  Our first week kicked off and we’re underway for another great year here in the Jungle.  The opener is such a big deal for us and expectations laced with anticipation keeps me giddy right up to (more…)

Fishing Report December 30 – January 6, 2024 #1 Although for Tierra del Fuego the fishing season begins in November, a month in which we already receive guests only for La Villa, last week we received the first group for EMB Lodge. This was a closed group made up of family and friends with whom, (more…)

Fishing Report November 12 – 19, 2023 #37 ESB Lodge had a wonderful closing week here in the Jungle.  Sad to say the end has arrived for the 2023 season.  Joining us for the last hurrah was a crew of returning faces that make the yearly effort to squeak out the closer.  It was a (more…)

Fishing Report November 05 – 12, 2023 #36 We’ve had another nice week here at ESB lodge with 7 returning guests.  It was a peaceful November week and we’re staying busy running a normal lodge with slight adjustments catering to our approaching seasonal close.  Hard to imagine the end of the ESB season is only (more…)

Fishing Report October 29 – November 05, 2023 #35 Another week flew by for us on the beach.  Hard to believe we’re in the last couple weeks of the 2023 season.  Hopefully everyone is still enjoying some leftover Halloween candy.  Always buy more than enough (extra) for your visiting trick or treaters.  While we don’t (more…)

Fishing Report October 22 – 29, 2023 #34 Welcome to the Caribbean: Perhaps we have not had our best week, if we only refer to the weather aspect. The Mayan God Hurricane was present in the pacific coasts of Mexico, showing its incredible power under the name of “Otis”, severely punishing the city of Acapulco. (more…)

Fishing Report October 15 – 22, 2023 #33 ESB Lodge enjoyed another great week here in the Jungle.  Reunited with old friends that hail from Houston and Austin, we had a blast catching up, eating great food, and enjoyed cold beer and cocktails.  We’ve been hosting this group since 2018 led by frontman Ralph Smith.  (more…)

Fishing Report October 08 – 15, 2023 #32 ESB Lodge enjoyed another wonderful week here in the southern Riviera.  Graced once again with familiar smiling faces who enjoy their annual trip to the lodge.  It all runs together with the same drumroll of returning guests to the point I confuse myself with the current year.  (more…)

Fishing Report October 01 – 08, 2023 #31 Welcome to the Caribbean, What a great week we have had! The almost non-existent winds were again a prominent actor, but perhaps it was the high temperatures that took the leading role, complicating the days of our guests. So, this week we can hold the Mayan god (more…)

Fishing Report September 24 – October 1, 2023 #30 Welcome to the Caribbean, We have had a good week, with the clouds as clear protagonists and the null winds as secondary protagonists. This morning, as I watched the sun mark the beginning of the day and marveled at the strange and opulent clouds that the (more…)