FISHING REPORT

November 8th - 16th, 2014

Our 40th Anniversary Celebration!

Weather Conditions: Mostly sunny at the beginning of the week. Then the wind switched and we had a couple flat calm days with clouds, ending with sun and the occasional thunderstorms.

Winds: The wind really moved around. NW, then N for a few days, then went S, landing NNE by the end of the week. Some days 5 - 15. Some days flat calm.

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

Water Temperature: 78 - 82 F.

Moonphase: Last Quarter on the 14th.

WHAT GUESTS WERE CATCHING:

BONEFISH (Macabi): Ralph and Chuck ripped it up with Captain Tomas. They had days where they would break away to chase permit, but they really dedicated their fly fishing trip to bonefish. They were rewarded with casts that landed in front of shimmering tails. They practiced their casts so on the flat calm days the fly landed with a splash. I had the opportunity to fish with Steve from Southern Culture on the Fly. We had a blast checking out the armies of bonefish passing us by as we were hunting for tarpon. Finally Steve says to Captain Jr.," I really, really do like bonefishing�." So off we went and ended the day with doubles. Captain Cinoeh loves it when Hatch reel owners Danny and John show up. Danny was fishing with his wife Carolyn, and John fished with his wife Tawnya. They had some fun technical fly fishing to some big 4 - 5 pound bones that were landed! All the boys from Traveling Adventure's landed bonefish. Jean, Rick, Max, Steve, Jim and Ed - way to go! Grant and Julia were here from St. Pete's Fly Shop - they both landed bones on fly. Maggie and Hunter just got married and had a fun fly fishing for bonefish on their honeymoon. If the fish only knew the love that they stir up! David and Katie, Patrick and Jessica - how wonderful to get to know you. Jessica and Katie showed up for casting practice and landed their first bonefish on fly. And to our apple growers - Nick, Mike, Jeff, Sean, Ryan and Travis, thank you for your enthusiasm for fishing for bonefish. Chris thank you for all the wonderful comments about your El Pescador fishing experience in your newsletter. You and Brad are a ton of fun.

PERMIT (Palometta): Captain Kechu put Grant on a big school of permit. They changed flies and finally one worked! Nice fish Grant. Nick also landed a nice or should we say, "cute," permit on fly with Captain Erlindo. Not a huge fish, but when it comes to permit, it's all great!

TARPON (Sabalo): Captain Kechu wanted the slam for Grant. Grant may not have slammed, but he landed a nice tarpon as well as his permit. (see photos) Steve from Traveling Adventures also landed a nice tarpon with Captian Luis. Way to go! And then our dear friend, Jim Klug, was fishing with Captain Kechu. His 9 wt snapped with the set, and from there�they hand lined the tarpon in for a landed fish!

Grand Slam: This is sooooo exciting! We had TWO SLAMS this week and on the same day, November 15th. Kirk Deeter was out with Captain Alex and they made it happen. It was Captain Alex's first slam in his guiding career, so he is beyond thrilled. You might know Kirk Deeter from Field & Stream or Trout Unlimited. He is a very prolific writer and all around great guy. And then�.our friend Dr. Aaron Adams from Bonefish Tarpon Trust went and landed his slam with Captain Emir and Gordy. Wow. Congratulations!

OTHER SPECIES: Larry and Mike showed up with a tackle shop. They spent their time spin fishing with Captain Hilberto and Captain Raton and we all lost count. I know they landed some huge, like 4 ft long, barracuda. You fed the village. And let's not forget Scott's snook on fly with Captain Jr. Yay!

FLIES THAT WORKED

FOR BONEFISH - Christmas Island specials in orange, pearl and pink - size 8. Gotchas and Crazie Charlies in size 8 with weed guards, small tan crabs in size 8.

FOR PERMIT - Peterson's Spawning Shrimp in size 4, Avalon's size 2, Floating tan crabs size 4, Christmas Island Specials in size 4, Gotcha's in size 4. (We use a lot of shrimp patterns, stripped, for our permit).

FOR TARPON - Chartreuse bunny, Black Death, Tan bunny, White toads. Size 2/0 and 3/0.

Guide of the week: While a lot of spectacular performances were noted this week, we simply must honor Captain Alex for his first grand slam with noted author and fisherman, Kirk Deeter. Way to go. Look for him splashed all over a copy of "Field & Stream," soon! Congratulations Alex from your family at El Pescador.

This Week's Summary:

El Pescador celebrated our 40th Anniversary this week! A great big thank you to all of our guests who helped us to honor this great event. Jim Klug celebrated the release of his book, "Fly Fishing Belize." It's a beautiful book and signed copies are available in our fly shop! Jim Klug is considered family here, so we are thrilled to his book release along with our 40th celebration. To our return guests - you make it all happen. John and Danny from Hatch reels, thank you. All of our demo reels are Hatch and now we will feature their new fly lines as well! Phil Monahan from Orvis and American Angler, Kirk Deeter from Field & Stream, Scott Morrison, and Adam Marton - we look forward to seeing you on your next return. Thank you for all you do for El Pescador. Mike, thank you for bringing Jenny - she is a treasure. And we are so happy you are back to your health and better yet, standing on the bow looking for your beloved tarpon. We are humbled and appreciate all that our guests add to your El Pescador experience. Keep sharing your ideas - we learn from you. Photos from this week will be coming in, and for this, we thank you. Cheers!

Cast to your dreams!
Lori-Ann [email protected].

Fishing photo of the week:


El Pescador guest Grant and his Permit