CURRENT CONDITIONS WEATHER...FISHING
Just got these pictures from Rick Miller and Rob Moffat;
FALL 2007
Hal: My son and I just returned from yet another enjoyable and productive trip to SLK. SLK's Jim Kohl and the lodge staff continue to do it right, and the SLK guides have never failed to put me on tarpon at Barra del Colorado, rain or shine. Enclosed is a photo of my son and his first of five tarpon we jumped the first morning. Please pencil me in for another trip next October. Best Regards, Loren
Hal,
We arrived at the lodge this morning – the plane was excellent! Kat proceeded
to catch her first tarpon – on her first hit and hook up! Photo attached.
John
John with one of his tarpon
Art and Dave with some Huge Tarpon
Hey Jim,
Just a note to tell you we Arthur and I really enjoyed our trip to the SKL.
The hospitality of yourself and staff was outstanding.
Judy's and Larry's Tarpon
Tuna and Wahoo were caught as well
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Fishing report:
January-February 2007;
The Jacobs Group had a bang up time the last week of January fighting over 100 tarpon and landing 13 up to 140 pounds. They caught snook and loved fishing the jungle, see guest comments section.
Lots of tarpon in the river mouth. Seas have been high but when our boats were able to go out most guests hooked up and landed tarpon. Snook fishing during January was tough but Hal managed to get a nice one, picture below, lots of smaller snook, 1-8 pounds were caught with the larger ones enjoyed by all at the lodge.
Hal's snook on left Noel's snook on right
Caught 1 dorado, 1 tuna, 1 wahoo, 1 sail, tarpon plus others this am 3/16/05. So many snook we are no longer taking them in.
March '05
The Spring Snook Run Has Started With a BANG!!
Jan. '05
Good Catch for Joe Carey
The Calba Are Here Good Eating For All!!
The Fall is Here and the Tarpon are all over!!
Hello Hal,
Just writing a quick note and please forward to Ray & Penelope(sorry probably
spelt wrong) and Rafa on my first but not my last trip to the lodge during the
second week of September. The trip was beyond all my expectations!! From the
friendly feeling I received at the airstrip when your not sure what to expect
from the jungle you just flew into, to the hard working kitchen and maid staff
who are so creative and talented who provide prompt and courteous service, to
the guides who are so knowledgeable in handling the boats and most important
finding the tarpon and providing non stop action with a creature that I
have a new found respect for as pound for pound the one of the toughest
species of fish I have ever caught( Rafa, Thank you and yes I was sleeping in
the bow when I missed a few of those fish, Ha Ha). The CD of pictures is fantastic
and tells a story of our trip all on its own. Thank you Dad and Silver
King Lodge for an experience of a lifetime that I will definitely be enjoying
again in the future.
Yours
Truly,
Jeff Fantoli , Coventry, RI, USA
THE SPRING BITE IS ON!!!!
GENE & JESSE COLLEY HOOKED UP BIG TIME. EACH WITH A 140 LB PLUS TARPON. ONE MORNING THE BROTHERS JUMPED 20 FISH LANDING 6 BEFORE 10A.M.
APRIL 9TH: TADASHI'S 140 POUND TARPON, CAUGHT IN THE RIVER!!
THIS IS TIM'S FIRST TARPON BUT HE SAYS IT WON'T BE HIS LAST!
The Swanson's Have Their Hands Full
Staci and Doug Williams with a 29 pound snook
Good Catch; Great Eating!!
March 29th:
Larry & Doug bring them to the boat
MARCH 28th : The seas are flat and the Tarpon are turned on!
Mark Agresti & Scott Willard jumped 27 tarpon and boated 7 today!
February 27th 2004 The end of a great month !!
Bob and John's Fight
Bob and Sid's Catch
Mrs Caldwell's Super Catch!
February 12th 2004
Very Nice Snook Sydney 
February 5th 2004
Hal,
Thanks for assisting me with my missed connection from Atlanta to San Jose. I
hooked up in Miami on American airlines and was only three hours behind my
original flight. So I would like to thank you again for your assistance
with relaying the info. to the guys with ground transportation in Costa Rica.
Please relay my thoughts to Ray at the lodge. My guide Rafa did
an outstanding job in locating and hooking up many large Tarpon. He really
put in a fine effort and was very friendly and knowledgeable about the River
and Ocean fishing. Rafa was one of the best boat handlers I have
ever had the pleasure of fishing with, I have fished with many guides under
many different conditions but Rafa was the BEST guide that I have EVER fished
with. In three days we sighted over thirty large Tarpon, hooked eighteen
and brought eight to the gaff. For a novice Tarpon angler I was
very pleased!! I am hoping to put together another trip to
Silver King next winter with several of my Brother Firefighters from upstate
New York. Thanks again for everything.... Silver King Lodge is definitely
a "Top shelf" fishing adventure and a very comfortable and
friendly place to enjoy some of the best fishing in Central America! Thanks
again. Sincerely, Joel T. Montross
January 2004
FISHING IS RED HOT!!!
SEAS ARE CALM, WEATHER IS GREAT!!
Great Tarpon Catches by John, John and Keith & Andy
Carol's Tarpon
Some Excellent Catches From James, Chris and Rick
Jim's Wahoo and Carol's Trip in the Jungle
October 2003
Don Dietrich and Doug Isaacs
Roy Paine and Charley Paine
Scott Friedman and Seth Young
Tom McWilliams and Will Stephens
CINDY SCORES BIG TIME WITH THIS NICE TRIPLE TAIL ON A FLY ROD.
Big Brother Tray ties Will with this tarpon!
Amazing Will Clark, 10 years old, beat this tarpon!!
THESE ARE FROM THE LAST 5 DAYS
The Above Are Just A Few From Todd, Ron, Lawrence, Bruce and Bryan
The fishing here has gone wild. Yesterday afternoon Kooi and Wright jumped some 20 odd fish each. One boat was playing a triple while the other had a double. The fish are huge. Nothing under 100#. Everyone is excited.
September 2003
Jesse Candelas' Tarpon
Buddy's Snapper (great tasting) Mikes fight and Mr. Kaufman's Tarpon
Mike Edge / John Fietkiewicz jumped 59 tarpon boated 12 not counting numerous other species. The Connors 1 king Mack, 1 horse eye jack, 4 jack crevalle, 1 wahoo 50#s, 2 big eye tune, 1 barracuda, 3 bonito, 10 yellow fin tuna, 50 tarpon jumped 25 boated.
Craig Connors Mike Edge
Gail and George with a super catch
Sail Fish
A note to a friend
Dr Gil Eisman is a long time friend and guest of Silver King Lodge. He has battled a debilitating disease the whole time that he fished at Silver King. Twice a year he came and fought the mighty Silver King and won the battle more times than not. This Spring was his last trip and we want him to know that he will be missed. Gil we want you to win this battle and come back, there is a big one just waiting for you.
Your friends at Silver King
Dr. Gil Eisman Spring '03
April '03
One of Rusty McKay's Tarpon, Tacho gets some help.
Colley and Satterfield have a double header ! Good Job!!!
The Mitchell's Max and Andy had super tarpon fishing
Max Andy
March '03
The Boys From Monterey, Mexico Had a Great Trip. Javier,
Benito, Alex.......
Better Late than Never
Hal /
Ray
Sorry it took so long, but work kind of gets in the way sometimes. Anyway
we would all like to thank you and the staff and the guides for the great time
we had when we came down in February.
Thought you would like a few pictures. Let me know if you have any trouble
getting them from the .zip file. See you next time
Gary
Stuart / Frank / Gary / RC / Joe
March '03
The Norman's and Becvar's are back from fishing last week. Very Nice Catch!!
Tuna All Over
The Doug Schaeffer Group Caught These One Morning
Fishing is still red hot. Max Withrow, Gary Cullip, Randy Wooten, and
John Bishop landed 14 tarpon this morning before 11AM. They lost count
of the ones that got away. Many tuna, and wahoo are still being caught
with a dozen or more sails banging baits but not landed. Mr. Fuller had
enough tarpon and went up the river to relax and fish for smaller fish.
He caught and landed a tarpon in the 120 to 140lb range. He was back at
the lodge by 10AM. enjoying a bloody mary. All for now. Ray
February '03
Scott Greathouse with a 200 pound Tarpon caught on a fly.
Dear Hal/Ray,
Just a quick thank you for helping arrange my trip and ensuring I
accomplished my goal, (catching tarpon). The food, accommodations and the company were great, most importantly the guide Clifford got the job done and provided good company for 3 days. I won't complain about the weather, I am just grateful for my good timing and hope to make a September trip in the near future. I have attached a picture, not the best, I will work on Clifford's photography skills next time. Thanks I enjoyed the trip.Best Regards,
Bob
Nice tarpon Bob
2/14 A Wonderful Valentines Day Present
6 boats jumped over 100 tarpon between 2pm and 5pm. one boat with a
lone angler jumped over 30 fish landing 6. most boats ran out of lures
and were making lures from busted up ones. great day.
Fishing is outstanding. The weather is and has been beautiful. The Janne brothers, from Denmark,
caught a nice sail fish plus many huge jacks and several tarpon. The mote
group have all caught tarpon.. One tarpon was over 140lbs. They are all smiles and planning to come back.. Not being experienced fisherman they have lost many tarpon but had the thrill of jumping lots and lots of tarpon.
From Holland;
Dear
Hal,
First
we want to thank you for our beautiful trip in september this year. We enjoyed
it very much. The flyfishing was realy good. It is a great fishery those yellow
belly tarpons on the flyrod. When I see those pictures and the movie my wife
made I still can not imagine how we boated those giants of tarpons on the flyrod.
My muscles are still hurting when I am thinking of the fight for more than 3
hours from that 150 pounder. I think I was a very lucky guy for hooking 22 of
those giants and boated 13 of them on the flyrod. For me it was my new personal
record on the fly.We also want to thank Clifford for the guiding. He is a realy
good guide. I
hope we will meet again and I hope you enjoy the pictures.
With
friendly regards from Holland,
October 2002
Tons of Tarpon but look at these catches
The British Fishermen held their own with great catches of yellow fin tuna and wahoo;
Ian & Friend Ray & Friend
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Congratulations to Jerry Philbrick on his 60 pound Cubera Snapper and Graham's 70 pound Wahoo!!!
Click pictures to enlarge
September 2002
The fishing has gone wild from the get go. Tarpon like crazy. Everyone is getting 10 to 15 hookups per day. Wahoo, tuna, king mackerel, cubera snapper to 66 lbs. they are everywhere. The weather has been perfect. What a September!!
The fall fishing should be absolutely the best for the rest of 2002.
Giant snook fishing this past spring was like the old days SUPER! SUPER!
Check out these catches of SNOOK
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Super Tarpon Catches from last season
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Calba Fishing was great last year and should still be great this coming November and January.
Ilene and Hal boated over 60 in a few hours and brought back 19 for the table this past November.
Ilene with 2 for the Table
September, October and November were months that will go down as some of the best fishing in the last 20 years.
George and Gail
George Malina and Gail Knight - from Aurora, Illinois
If you hear a reference to "The Kings" of the Silver Kings, they are probably referring to George Malina and Gail Knight. These two fishermen have been fishing tarpon, in the Caribbean basin, for over 30 years. They have fished from Honduras to Rio Parismina. I personally have never met anyone more serious about tarpon fishing than these guys. George isn't satisfied with "over the counter" lures. He hand sands his lures and custom paints, each one. Hand tying fin and feather in intricate patterns that look more like a work of art than fishing lures. but, it's not all in vain. In October of 1998 George and Gail jumped a whopping 84 tarpon, landing 26in just 4 days of fishing. This September, the two, almost beat their own record with 72 jumped and landed 22. They jumped 32 in one day, and landed12. How do they do it ? I don't know! But, a combination of custom rods, top of the line reels, hand made lures and a great attitude certainly contributes to their success. By the way, they are two fine gentlemen, as well. They have been fishing here for over 5 years. Their dedication and accomplishments, in the sport, are worth noting.
Jimmy Connors tripletail
Jimmy Connors, not the
tennis star but definitely the tarpon star, fought his first tarpon and thought
he went to fishing heaven. Jimmy is from Long Island and has spent every
free moment fishing for stripers and blue fish. They are tough fish but
like pan fish next to the tarpon. His trip this October included over 30
Tarpon Landed, at least 4 tripletail dozens of huge jacks and a n assortment of
other species. Not bad for a first timer!!
Big hit at Silver King Lodge - Yvonne the bartender's funky monkey drink.
She won't tell us what she puts in it but it's fabulously refreshing!
New guide at Silver King Lodge, Ramon Cunningham, already becoming one of
the most requested guides. We are proud to have him with us.
The 10 foot crocodile is back and putting on a show for our clients. See her at the front dock, greeting the customers. We are not sure whose mouth
is open wider.
Mid season - we would like to thank all the agents and customers for
choosing Silver King Lodge as one of the most requested tarpon
destinations. Thanks to you, we will be making this another banner year!!
Flyfishing clients bring their own line - I would suggest 550 and 850 grain sinking. the problem that we are encountering is that due to the tarpon break-offs we cannot keep up with enough supply of line at the lodge.
I would recommend them bringing at least 2 lines. One of each would be fine.
Jack O'Neil from Alaska hooked a nice 22 pound snook in the bar mouth.
Brad Tracy, Greg Maura and Don Fowler could not believe their eyes. They had never seen so many schools of tarpon in their lives. The tarpon were jumping, schooling, having a great time. Brad broke one of our ugly stick fly rods on a foul hooked tarpon. It took him over an hour to bring him in despite the break in the rod.
First Cobia caught on the east coast of Costa Rica = Stephen Kryger of Jackson, Missouri caught a 45 pound Cobia on 20 pound test line. His guide Marvin had never seen one before and didn't even know if it would be edible. When he brought it back to the lodge, it was a first site on this coast for all of us.
Max Heatherington missed his chance at a 40 pound snook. Max thought he had a tarpon. Even when the snook jumped out of the water he still thought he had a tarpon on. All the boats around him were yelling at him to take it easy with the big snook, but in all the excitement, he lost his fish. Max is coming back next year to see if he has another chance at the one that got away.
We were happy to see Jay Lloyd come back again, this year. Were even happier to hear that he will be coming back, next year.
Once you catch a tarpon, the feeling is exuberant and infectious, all you want to do is to catch more. These Silver Kings are one of the most beautiful and exciting fish one will ever fish for.
Fantastic, fantastic, fishing!!
Silver King Lodge thanks the Apex group for choosing our lodge as their company's fishing/vacation destination.
The group of 28 fishing at Silver King Lodge during the March 19-21 week. Everyone was hooked up. Double, triple hookups, at the same time not uncommon. Some boats boasted raising 10-15 fish in one day, landing five of them. When they left the fishing did the unpredictable, it got better, no, it got awesome.
The fishing the weather has been beautiful. Balmy, sunny, in the 80's, the perfect Caribbean weather.
From: Chuck Miller <>
To: Silver King Lodge
Subject: Tarpon Fishing
Howdy folks,
Just wanted to tell you again how much fun I had at your Lodge this last
week.
Couldn't believe I was actually cold when I got back home (Portland) and it
was 70 degrees (warm for this part of the country).
Thanks again,
Chuck
(see attachment - it ain't pretty - but I got him in!)
FISHING FANTASTIC
TUNA! TUNA! and MORE TUNA!!!
Ilene and Marvin
Dave
More Tuna from Jim & Bill
Lets not forget THE WAHOO!!
Ed's Wahoo
Something Different a TRIPLE TAIL on a FLY
Kiyotaka's triple tail
Let's not forget the Silver King. The tarpon fishing has been great and should continue to be excellent through June.
Kiyotaka and Mika from Japan, fly fished for the Silver King. The Silver King beat them 7 to 1 with Kiyotaka landing 3 on a fly with one broken rod and Mika landing 1. The tarpon were all in excess of 100 pounds.
Dave Morel from The Salt Water Sportsman Magazine, boated a tarpon estimated to be in excess of 190 pounds in addition to his tuna above.
Congratulations to Ilene for landing 3 tarpon in the 60 to 75 pound range with no help from Marvin, her guide, her 40 pound yellow fin tuna was the largest she ever caught..
Ilene's Tarpon up close and personal
Video's of Ilene's Tarpon (aprox. 3 min. to load)
The afternoons have been unbelievable with multiple hook ups, doubles and triples creating total havoc on the boats. Schools of tarpon numbering in the hundreds or more, turning on all at the same time is something to experience.
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