FISHING REPORT

Week of: July 3rd - July 9th 2011.

Weather Conditions: This week was partly cloudy to cloudy all week, scattered thunderstorms with 1 day of heavy squalls.

Winds: 10-12 mph predominantly out of the East

Air Temperature: Mid 80's highs, 70 as the low

Water Temperature: Low -mid 80's. There were some very high tides this week.

Moonphase: The week ended with the quarter moon.

WHAT GUESTS WERE CATCHING:

BONEFISH: Keith caught some big bones right off the beach in front of the lodge using some of his hand tied flies. Brian swears he hooked "Charlie" the resident 7 pounder (but there was none else present to corroborate this!). Christine and her son Matthew enjoyed their first ever flats trip, Matthew had been practicing on their lawn for weeks and it showed with 23 bonefish on his first day in the salt. Mike saw endless bones and then turned towards permit� His wife Barb didn't think it was so hard and easily landed many bonefish on the 2 days she went out.

PERMIT: Lots of permit were spotted, Mike had a big permit eat, hooked him up but got cut off shortly into the fight. With that permit embedded in his brain he devoted his last day to conquer the beast to no avail. He has vowed to return. No permit were landed this week.

TARPON: Anne (honeymooning with husband Brian) was spooled by a 130 pound tarpon so quickly that guide Cesar and husband Brian couldn't get lines and anchors out of the water fast enough to chase it down. They figure it went from 30 feet beside the boat to 350 yards out in less then 30 seconds with several jumps in between. (Apparently Anne remained calm while the two guys were screaming like babies). Meredith landed a beautiful tarpon while fishing with guide Tomas while practicing for the Tres Pescados tournament at the end of the month.. Larry jumped 6 tarpon in a day but they all managed to get off. Not to be out done young Evan (guided by Gilberto) landed a 100 pound poon that took the boat into the mangroves twice and somehow they freed the line both times - an epic 2 hour battle ended with the tarpon landed beside the boat. He out fished, his Dad, Mom, and 2 brothers - Way to go Evan!

SNOOK: Snook were not targeted or seen.

OTHER: Barracuda, snapper, pompanos & jacks were landed.

FLIES THAT WORKED

FOR BONES - Gotchas, crazy charlies (tan), spawning shrimp.

FOR TARPON - Black Death (tarpon bunny style) size 2/0, purple demon, chartreuse toad.

FOR PERMIT - Spawning Shrimp, Turneffe crab.

This Week's Summary:
With an average of only 4 boats out on the water each day the numbers were good. Weather was below average with clouds being more of the enemy than the wind.

Ed - [email protected]

Fishing photo of the week:

El Pescador guest Frank exhibiting great "catch and release" technique with his Permit.