Palometa Club, March 20-27 Trip Report

 Our first hosted trip since January, we just finished up a week at The Palometa Club in Ascension Bay.

We had a varied group, with 5 of us from Calgary and area, 6 from Montana, and one from Alaska.

The Northwest portion of the continent was well represented.

Dave I. with a nice fish.

The weather gods treated us as well as I've seen in a long time. We had perfect winds (8-12 knots) all week, with pretty much great light. A little cloud crept into a couple mornings, but only for a few hours and only about 50% of the time.

Chris D. with a piggy of a Permit.

As usual, everything at the lodge was top notch. A couple of switches to the dinner menu turned out to be amazing. Dinner changes are certainly highlighted by Sunday dinner now being pasta, meat balls, sausage, and caramelized carrots to die for, all prepared by our favourite Italian lodge owner, Kaye Cameron. Sunday night was very similar to many Christmas dinners, where everyone retires to a soft place to wait out being incredibly full. 

The crew went and watched the town soccer game on Tuesday night, always a lot of fun. Other than that, most evenings are spent enjoying the sunset, having a few cocktails, and telling stories of the day.

A lot of Permit caught this week. One of the big days saw 8 flags on the pole.

Sammy, who started as a guide 3 years ago and then went back to finish University, is back full time working as a fill-in second guide. We are all glad to have him back, I'm sure he'll be full time next year.
Everybody loves the guy, he's getting very good and he's one of the nicer guides you'll ever meet.

Steve, one of the Montana guys, with a very awesome first Permit.

A good number of Permit were landed this week. OK, actually it was a lodge record 29.

A truly amazing week but even more impressive given that there wasn't a huge number of Permit around. As good as the weather was, at this time of year, there would normally be a lot more Permit around. But this group made good on their chances and caught a bunch of fish.

Alonso and Fili with happy faces. This as the second of four fish in their boat that day.
they were positively giddy.

The weather was so nice that a lot of the guides spent an hour or so on the beach in front of the club, some with their families, having a couple cerveza and enjoying the beautiful evenings.

The biggest day of the week, Wednesday needed up with 10 flags on the pole.
That's right, 10 Permit landed in one day.

Like all good things, the week came to an end with our departure on Friday morning after 6 days fishing. No one seemed to be too happy to leave.

As a final note, a big thumbs up to the guys who got their first ever Permit, 

Andy, Steve, Drew, and Dwizz. 

Great job to the people who make us comfortable and well fed, Fina, Rosie, Maribel, and Gloria. 

There isn't enough to be said for the guides, Charlie, Julio, Gerardo, Aron, Big Julio, Sammy, Koreano, Pedro, Alonso, Fili, Jorge, Jonathan, Carlos, and last, but not the sanest, Heysler.

And of course, Dick and Kaye Cameron, who make it all happen, Thanks!