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GUATEMALAN BILLFISHING ADVENTURES

Adventure With Purpose.

20 years of GBA in Guatemala. Now, a new chapter in St. Helena.

Two distinct fisheries. Two Decisives. One approach built around preparation, experienced people and making the most of every opportunity on the water.

Guatemala

The Established Experience

The GBA Standard

Prepared Properly

St. Helena

The New Marlin Chapter

THE ESTABLISHED GBA EXPERIENCE

Guatemala

SERIOUS BILLFISHING · PRIVATE HOSPITALITY

Three Days on the Water. The Classic GBA Trip.

Sailfish are the headline, with marlin also part of the fishery. Fish aboard Decisive, stay privately at Billfish Inn, and let GBA coordinate the experience from arrival to the coast.

3 Fishing Days Classic Package

Sailfish + Marlin Pacific Guatemala

GBA Crew Throughout the Season

Explore Guatemala

A NEW CHAPTER BY GBA

St. Helena

MARLIN · SOUTH ATLANTIC · EXPLORATION

Go Further. Stay Longer.

St. Helena is GBA's new marlin-focused chapter. Remote, deliberately limited and exploratory by design, these trips are built around a week or more on the island and the time needed to explore the fishery properly.

1 Week + Longer by Design

Marlin The Focus

Exploratory A New GBA Chapter

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THE GBA STANDARD

Prepared Properly.

Boats, tackle, crew and preparation all matter before the first fish appears. It is the approach that has shaped GBA in Guatemala and now carries forward into St. Helena.

Two destinations. Two Decisives. One standard.

The Fishing

The GBA Difference

Serious Fishing.
Everything Around It Handled.

Guatemalan Billfishing Adventures is more than a boat charter. We bring the fishing, private hospitality and personal coordination together as one complete Guatemala experience.

01

Preparation

The fishing day begins long before the first teaser hits the water. Boat, bait, tackle, crew and guest preferences are prepared before they are needed.

02

Private Experience

Your fishing group, your boat and your private Pacific-coast base. Billfish Inn gives guests the space to fish hard, return, relax and enjoy the evening without chasing logistics.

03

Personal Coordination

From airport arrival through the final fishing day, one GBA team coordinates the moving parts. You concentrate on the experience. We handle the rest.

The GBA Standard

The bite may be unpredictable.
The preparation should not be.

That principle runs through the boat, the crew, the lodging and the way we look after every group.

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THE FISHING

Two Fisheries. Different Game.

Guatemala and St. Helena offer very different billfishing experiences. The destination changes. The preparation does not.

GUATEMALA

Sailfish Lead the Way.

Fast-paced Pacific billfishing built around repeated opportunities, with blue marlin also part of the fishery.

The classic trip: 3 fishing days

ST. HELENA

Marlin Take the Focus.

A remote South Atlantic fishery approached with more time, more exploration and marlin at the centre of the trip.

The format: 1 week or more

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THE PEOPLE OF GBA

The Fishing Brings People Here. The People Bring Them Back.

TWENTY YEARS OF GBA IN GUATEMALA

Returning anglers, familiar crews and personal hosting have shaped GBA for twenty years. The relationships are part of the experience.

Returning Anglers

Crew Continuity

Families & Friends

Personal Hosting

People return to places where they feel known.

THE GBA STANDARD

Experience Stays in the System.

Capt. Brad Philipps is fishing his 25th season in Guatemala. He personally captains selected dates each season, while the GBA crew carries the same approach to preparation, tackle, teaser work and guest experience through the wider program.

Preparation Before the Bite

Technique Repeated Systems

Crew Knowledge Shared

Consistency Across the Program

Two destinations. Two Decisives. One standard.

Capt. Brad Philipps teaching an angler aboard Decisive in Guatemala

PROOF, NOT PROMISES

Built Over Time. Proven on the Water.

A GBA MILESTONE

40,000+

Billfish Released

Twenty years of GBA in Guatemala, thousands of days on the water, returning anglers and a release-first approach that has remained central to the program.

FEATURED IN

Marlin Anglers Journal Sport Fishing

A GLIMPSE OF GBA

On the Water. Beyond the Fishing.

Billfish Inn on Guatemala's Pacific coast

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Billfish Inn

Your Private Base
on the Pacific.

Fish hard during the day. Come back to your own group, your own space and everything already handled.

Billfish Inn gazebo, pool and mangrove setting on Guatemala's Pacific coast

Pacific Coast · Guatemala Private from door to dock.

Private Means Private.

Billfish Inn is the Pacific-coast base for the GBA experience: private accommodation, pool, alfresco living, meals and an easy rhythm around the fishing.

We do not mix unrelated groups into the same lodging experience. The property is arranged around your party, giving everyone the space to relax together before and after each fishing day.

Private Group No Unrelated Parties

Private Rooms Arranged Around Your Group

Pool & Gazebo Space to Reset

Meals Handled No Logistics to Chase

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Dinner and evening hospitality at Billfish Inn

After the Fishing

Good Food. Cold Drinks.
No Logistics to Chase.

After a full day offshore, the evening should be easy. Come back, have a drink, talk through the day, eat well and reset for the morning.

The trip does not have to end at the coast. Continue to Antigua Guatemala ↓

ANTIGUA GUATEMALA

The Fishing Is Only One Chapter.

AFTER THE PACIFIC

A Different Side of Guatemala.

Extend the journey in Antigua — a historic city surrounded by volcanoes, architecture, restaurants and the slower rhythm that comes after several days offshore.

CASA PHILIPPS

Your Private Home in Antigua Guatemala.

Casa Philipps gives your group a private place to stay while exploring Antigua, with breakfast, transfers and local arrangements coordinated around your itinerary.

Private Rooms
Breakfast
Private Guide
Transfers

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