BELIZE FISHING REPORT

AUGUST 7, 2022 THROUGH AUGUST 14, 2022

Weather Conditions: Partly sunny conditions persist with steady temperatures. Wind conditions from the East have been blowing steady at 5-15 mph and gusting to 20+. slight and moderate choppy seas with inshore waves at 1 to 3 Ft.

Winds: E and NE 5 - 15 mph. Gusting to 20+ Mph.

Air Temperature: Ranging from high 80s in the evening to mid to high 80s during the day in the coastal zone.

Sunrise: 5:35 am Sunset: 6:19 pm

Moonphase: Waning Gibbous moving to 3rd Qtr. Aug 18.

WHAT GUESTS WERE CATCHING:

BONEFISH (Macabi): Good numbers of Bonefish (115) were landed averaging 2/3 lbs larger bones 3/5 lbs in the lagoons.

PERMIT (Palometta): Ten Permit for the week.

TARPON (Sabalo): Eight Tarpon landed.

SNOOK: One.

GRAND SLAMS: Grand Slam by Cole courtesy of Capt Junior on Aug 8.

FLIES THAT WORKED

FOR BONEFISH - Christmas Island Specials in gold, pearl and pink sizes and Crazy Charlies in pink and orange. Sizes 4, 6 & 8.

FOR PERMIT - Mantis shrimp, Casa Blanca Raghead w Yellow Eyes, Bauer, Merkin, Alphlexo and Strong Arm Crabs. Sizes 4 & 6.

FOR TARPON - White Tarpon bunnies, chartreuse and black-purple Tarpon Toads in sizes 2/0 and 3/0.

Week in Review:

Cloudy and partly cloudy conditions with slight seas with waves 3-5 Ft. Winds regularly shift from the East to North East at 5 - 15 mph. Periodic intermittent showers pop up during the day but don't hamper fishing. Bonefish numbers have dropped in the past week to just over 100. Tarpon and Permit numbers have also declined to an average of 10 for the week ending Sunday.

Fishing photo of the week:


An avid tarpon angler, Stephen was pretty happy to land his personal best Belize tarpon when fishing with Capt. Cesar. Big tail on that one!