Report Categories: ESB Lodge

Fishing Report #1 January 26 – February 02, 2025 We are off on running with the 2025 ESB Opener. Thank you for all your continued support over the years, you are all awesome! we have been hard at work making some significant improvements to the lodge. The lodge now runs 100% on solar powered electricity (more…)

Fishing Report #2 February 02 – 09, 2025 Dear Friends, This week, the second of the 2025 season, we were honored to welcome back our dear friends from Michigan—our longtime guests, with the exception of Mike, who was visiting for the first time. Though new to our waters, he is an experienced saltwater angler. Having (more…)

Fishing Report #38 November 10 – 17, 2024 We wrapped up another great week here in the Jungle. Joining us for our final week was the usual closing crew of guests. It seems like an annual closing tradition with this gang. A nice sprinkling of Chicago, New Hampshire, Alaska, and Colorado all made their way (more…)

Fishing Report #37 November 03 – 10, 2024 We’ve wrapped up another great week here at ESB. A welcome change in weather, some friendly returning guests, good food, and fun by all was the recipe for the last 6 days. We enjoyed three generations from the Herzog clan and welcomed back our annual crew coming (more…)

Fishing Report #36 October 27 – November 03, 2024 ESB Lodge wrapped up another wonderful week here in the jungle. It was great to see returning guests for our 36th week of the season. I had a lot of fun catching up with friends who look forward to their annual fall trip. Names like Morgan, (more…)

Fishing Report #35 October 20 – 27, 2024 We’ve enjoyed another wonderful week here at ESB. Familiar faces, returning guests were welcomed back into the familiar fold that so many of our guests have grown to love and anticipate. Great food, wonderful conversations all accented with a perfect dosage of fresh margs. Chiara and I (more…)

Fishing Report #34 October 13 – 20, 2024 Welcome to the Caribbean This will be a unique weekly report, as it’s my last one for my season at ESB. In a few days, I will return to my Patagonian lands, utterly devoid of Caribbean palms and golden sands, yet possessing their own distinct charm. I’ll (more…)

Fishing Report #33 October 06 – 13, 2024 Welcome to the Caribbean Throughout their extensive history, the Maya have reflected their knowledge and experience in tales, stories and legends. Over the centuries, this knowledge has been adapted to modern times, and the stories or legends have evolved to better express the concepts they represented. Today, (more…)

Fishing Report #32 September 29 – October 06, 2024 Welcome to the Caribbean The Mayans, in their almost infinite wisdom, created legends and stories for just about everything, but I have not been able to find one that refers specifically to each type of fish. So I let my imagination run wild and got to (more…)

Fishing Report #31 September 22 – 29, 2024 Welcome to the Caribbean On the vast shores of the peninsula, where the sky seems endless and the wind carries the voices of the ancestors, the Maya told a story about the weather, its vagaries and the art of adaptation. Chac, the rain god, was known for (more…)