Cebu Sport Fishing - Rob’s Blogs

Well gang, guess what!? Fishing season is in full swing now.

Check out some of the fish we caught during our Mactan charters a few weeks back.

Paul with a nice sized barracuda while trolling a Rapala Another nice catch in Mactan!

Another nice catch in Mactan!

Bottom fishing in Mactan kicks butt!!!

The next monthly Club Fishing Trip will be Sunday, March 28th, 2010.

Cebu Sport Fishing will be joining this Club Outing now that I’m back from India. I’ll be trying some of my new jigging lures and will be try a new FAD (Fish Attractant Device) in hopes to lure some large predator fish in.

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The fishing trip this past Sunday for the Sport Fishing Club of Cebu was a blast!
We caught more than 25 fish, the rest we threw back for being too small. The fish averaged in weight from a few hundred grams up to 2-kilos.

There were a total of 16-guests consisting of Club Members, locals and expats. So the boat was to full capactiy. We’re expecting almost double the number of people for the next club fishing trip so please visit TCE Tackles in Mandaue to secure your seat! The next Club Fishing trip will be Sunday, February 21st, 2010.

Check out the pictures on our gallery by going here: http://picasaweb.google.com.ph/CebuSportFishing/SportFishingClubOfCebuMonthlyFishingTrip

Some samples from our gallery…

A few of the Club Members fishing

Cebu Sport Fishing's - Jane Masqueda

Michelle wth her catch. Double Strike!

What a great new year! We had a little rain on the eve of New Years but nothing much that would dampen the holiday spirit. What’s even more exciting is that we’re at the Apex of the slow season and the 2010 fishing season is upon us! Wahooooo!!!

We’ve got some small charters booked for the last half of the month and  don’t forget that we are one of the HOST’s for the upcoming Fishing Trip for the local club (The Sport Fishing Club of Cebu).

We’re also expecting a little visit from a couple friends from UK that own resorts here in the Philippines. What does this mean? Cebu Sport Fishing will be expanding its charter services to more areas! At least we hope to do so by June. So expect to see us offering charters in Dumaguette, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, Subic Bay, Sta. Ana Cagayan, Laiya Batangas and Leyte…just to name a few!

In addition, you will see more Family Oriented charters for our partner’s resort in Daanbantayan and Oslob. We hope you get to Cebu soon and have some fun with us!

Having fun at the pool

Some recent guests to Virgin Beach Resort

Michelle and I drove down to Moalboal this past weekend. We were invited to hang out with the gang  at the Roxy Dance Hall for a Christmas party. We didn’t get to make the 2-hour drive from Cebu City to Moalboal till late but was able to make it there around 10PM.

We had fun, the food was great, the people were amusing. The bartender there must not be familiar with many of the cocktails and drinks because when I ordered a “screwdriver” I had to tell them the ingredients. (Vodka and Orange Juice). The drink that was served was not a typically screwdriver. For some reason she confused it for an Orange Shake and mixed it with Vodka…I guess I’ll call it the ‘Moal Boal Shaker’ from now on.

Afterwards, we drove the hour over to Oslob so I could visit some guests we had at the Fishing Lodge there. The weather was rough, strong winds blowing from the South South East causing some pretty choppy waters.  That combined with the current made it difficult for trolling. They tried some deep bottom fishing at the artificial reefs (300+ meters) but the current was so strong it was even able to cause the 1-kilo sinkers to drift far from the boat, good thing they were using their big 11/0 sized electric reels. One of the guests said they noticed a big tuna in the water off the side of the boat…just too bad none were biting.

Even though the guests struck out this trip, they were still happy since Esta’s did a great job at hosting their stay and kept them (and me) filled with all the fantastic food. As I’ve always said…I mainly go to Oslob to eat, second to fish. So we took them back to Cebu City for a short Day Tour and stopped at a few of the places for souvenir’s and trinkets to take back home with them. Before heading to the airport they stopped in for a relaxing “Filipino Style” massage and are planning to come back so they can hit Siargao during bill-fish season early 2010.

One other thing to mention is that we were finally able to get a second boat for out charters! So now, Cebu Sport Fishing will now be able to have over-lapping fishing charters in Oslob. This new craft we have is also a diving boat, it’s large enough for 7-divers (7-fishermen w/ gear) and has a diesel motor capable of getting us to places like Siquior, Dumaguete and even Bohol for diving and fishing!

Diving in Oslob can be cool!

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We’ve got some exciting news! The Sport Fishing Club of Cebu, along with TCE Tackles and Cebu Sport Fishing will be hosting a MONTHLY fishing excursion.

Yes, you heard that right, the last Sunday of every month there will be a group fishing outing to help promote the sport of fishing in Cebu.

Here are the details:

SPONSORED BY: The Sport Fishing Club of Cebu
Hosted By: The Sport Fishing Club of Cebu, TCE Tackles and Cebu Sport Fishing

WHEN: Every LAST Sunday of every month. Starting January 2010.
Location: Mactan, Cebu and various other locations
We will visit different areas every month.
Type: Bottom Fishing & Jigging (No trolling)
Price: P910.00 per person w/ one free raffle ticket per person
Capacity: Minimum 10/persons - Maximum 15/persons

Club members and an experienced Fishing Guide will be accompanying all trips. The price includes bait and transportation (pickup point being TCE Tackles) plus one ticket to the monthly raffle (to be awareded after each trip). This will be a full day fishing excursion and everyone is invited to come along!

Everyone will be required to bring their own food/drinks and fishing gear.

In order to secure your seat on the boat, we recommend secure your seat a few weeks in advance by visiting TCE Tackle Shop as they are sure to fill up quick. Should the maximum capacity of 15-people be reached we would place anyone else interested in joining on a waiting list (just in case someone backs out).

As previously mentioned, this will be a regularily scheduled fishing trip for ANYONE to participate on the LAST SUNDAY of EVERY MONTH. In addition, TCE Tackles will be donating a Rod & Reel set valued at approximately P1,000 .00 every outing! Cool.

Hope to see you soon. This is a great fishing trip for beginners!

Multiple charters on the same weekend are becoming more frequent. This is good business but it’s terrible to have to delay a guests trip because we don’t have enough gear for all the charters we’re booking on the same days.

Tomman

We at Cebu Sport Fishing understand that your vacation in the Philippines may not be as long as you want it, as such your window of opportunity to do some fishing is very tight. Now that I’m back in Cebu, I was finally able to purchase the much needed fishing equipment we needed for our charters. A BIG THANK YOU goes out to the guys at TCE Tackles, Mandaue City, Cebu Philippines for hooking us up with some fantastic new gear!

We purchased 14 new rods & reels for our guests to use on our charters. These are available for rental and, as usual, are offered free for use on all our fishing charters amounting to P12,000 or more. We’ve added bottom fishing rods & reels, jigging setups and the much needed trolling sets. This new gear purchase will compliment the existing 20 units we currently have on stock.

Don’t forget all our charters include FREE dead & live bait. Charters amounting over P12,000 will have FREE use of rental equipment including that of terminal tackle, lures and even a big cooler to store your catch!

Well, I’m back in the Philippines. Man oh man did I miss Cebu. I missed the people, I missed the warm weather and I missed the lower cost of living but most of all I missed fishing.

Are these in Oslob?

Before returning to the Philippines I had to make a short stop into Thailand. I wanted to get a little fishing in but things didn’t pan out due to work.  Anyways, I’m planning on heading down to Oslob this coming weekend to see if me and Monet can land any of the SailFish he’s been seeing on almost a daily basis. Plus I want to try to fight some of the infamous Giant Squid they have at the aritifical reefs.

Afterwards, I’ll be flying up with Rainer from TCE Tackles and Shibutani to do some fishing with Cholo in Subic Bay. Cholo keeps telling us how prime their fishing grounds are up there, we’re about to find out if this is true.

Cebu Sport Fishing will help sponsor the Pacquiao vs. Cotto Live Telecast fight being broadcast live via satellite feed at Baseline Convention Center, Cebu City, Philippines this coming November 15,2009.

The event will start at 8AM Sunday morning and will have tickets available on the day of the event. A few of our very own Barracuda Girls will be manning the ticket counter. The fights will be broadcast live on a super sized projection screen with High-Fidelty sound and will have a superb buffet available for all the guests!

This function is being promoted by the Rotary Club Cebu Uptown and proceeds will be used to help finance medical missions and ways the organization can help the challenged and impoverished in the Philippines. So please take part of this function and donate money and enjoy a great fight and food! Or, come to just meet some of our Barracuda Girls!