FISHING REPORT

Sept 28th - Oct 4th, 2014

Weather Conditions: Mostly sunny.

Winds: Calm - 15 mph winds out of East most days were around 10 mph

Air Temperature: Mid 80's to High 80s for the High. High 70's, for the lows.

Water Temperature: Temps 81-83 degrees

Moonphase: First Quarter October 1st

WHAT GUESTS WERE CATCHING:

BONEFISH (Macabi): Ron and Ellen joined us for their first saltwater fishing trip. Ellen was the cheerleader and chief photographer while Ron did the fishing. There was lots of bonefish to the boat for Ron with Capt. Cinoeh at the helm. Cesar led Jim to his first bonefish, while Jim's sweetheart Jennifer went diving almost every day. Perry and Claudia visited us from Texas and landed some bonefish with their guide Cinoeh. Father and son, Dean and Dave were a delight and had some great success with bonefish both guided an unguided during their stay. Scott and Monette got some great bonefishing in during their 2 days of fishing here at El Pescador. John, Rob, Ed and Ron came together to enjoy all species of fish here in Belize. Bonefish were fooled every day.

PERMIT (Palometta): ); Dave and his father Dean saw several large schools of permit their first day out. When I say large, the guide estimated it at 500 fish easily as it covered a 30-40 yard circle. Lots of permit cast to with just a couple brief hookups. John landed his first permit of his career with Captain Emir while Captain Kechu managed to guide Ed to his first permit of his career. Congratulations to both of them.

TARPON (Sabalo): Mike from the UK jumped and then landed one. Dave and Dean stuck one in a tight little mangrove opening, with Dave putting the fly tight into the hole, 2 strips and game on! He was successful in getting the tarpon out of the main area on mangroves but the fish swam underneath 2 arched mangrove roots and then headed directly under the boat. There was a valiant effort to pass the rod through the roots, which actually happened! The middle rod section separated, Dean ( Dad) was hand lining while they rejoined the rod, and after all that they as soon as they put some good pressure on the fish, the fly popped loose! Elizabeth (the tarpon queen) jumped another one on their last day and her husband Tom was able to land a nice one with Captain Luis calling the shots for them. Since there flight did not leave until almost 4 pm they were able to get some great fishing in on their departure day. Jim got a nice tarpon while out with Captain Cesar. Rob's group did well with tarpon with Ron and John with a couple of nice ones. Perry was tarpon king of the week with 3 landed and a few more jumped with his guide, Captain Cinoeh.

Grand Slam: Both Jon and Ed jumped tarpon the same day they landed their permit but it just wasn't meant to be as the hook just popped out as it so often does with the acrobatic tarpon.

OTHER SPECIES: Jacks, Cudas, triggerfish, snappers

FLIES THAT WORKED

FOR BONEFISH - Gotchas, Christmas Island Specials, micro crabs, ( many others)

FOR PERMIT - Large Christmas Island special, Avalon

FOR TARPON - Cockroach, tan Toad, Green and white Deceiver

Guide of the week: Captain Cinoeh for his multiple tarpon with Perry and Claudia.

This Week's Summary:

A great week even though it was lightly attended with just 3-4 boats going out daily, weather was great, permit, tarpon and bonefish were available each and every day.

Cast to your dreams!
Ed Blank [email protected].