BELIZE FISHING REPORT

Weeks of Jan. 1st - Jan. 7th, 2018

Weather Conditions: Mostly sunny with some wind and rain.

Winds: North, Northeast winds 5-15 mph.

Air Temperature: Highs in the Low 80's, Lows in the low 70's some high 60's

Water Temperature: Temp: 81 F. degrees.

Sunrise: 6:24am am Sunset: 5:32 pm

Moonphase: Third quarter (Jan.8th).

WHAT GUESTS WERE CATCHING:

BONEFISH (Macabi): Aaron Adams joined us for a few days to do some Bonefish tagging with Addiel Perez. The findings will help encourage Coastal Zone Management to add more protection to some additional spaces where the Bonefish are spawning. All of our in-house anglers enjoyed the week of Bonefishing and the education they received talking to Aaron about the fishery. Check out our website for the "Best Practices for Catch and Release Fishing" then come and join us for some fishing fun.

PERMIT (Palometta): This was the week for the female anglers to shine and shine they did, with most of the permit being landed by the girls. Mikinzie and Meris are top rods in their families this week, and Ernie and Gary also landed permit. The permit fishing has been tough this week because of the colder temps we have been experiencing as the cold air pushed south. No snow though!

TARPON (Sabalo): The tarpon have also been elusive this week, but once again our female anglers got it done. Anne, jumped and got one to the leader and landed a nice tarpon and Olivia jumped three. John and Noah also had fun landing their tarpon as well. As we get closer to the end of winter and the west winds subside the tarpon will move and become more active on the flats. It is a good thing that our"winter" only lasts a few weeks and doesn't come all at once. One week on, one week off. We are looking forward to next week!

OTHER SPECIES: Mayan Cichlid, nurse shark, Queen Trigger, barracuda, snapper, and palometa.

GRAND SLAM: No Slams this week.

FLIES THAT WORKED

FOR BONEFISH - Christmas Island Specials in orange, pearl and pink sizes 6 & 8.

FOR PERMIT - Grand Slam Crab, Squimp in size 6&8, Mantis shrimp and Peterson's shrimp in size 6&8.

FOR TARPON - Olive, white, red and black, all black and black and purple toads and bunnies continue to work well.

This Week's Summary:

Great visit with Aaron Adams, Director of Science and Conservation for the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust. With the continued research Addiel Perez, his colleague, h the spawning sites have been located and will now start the process of further protection in those areas. Addiel has tagged over eight thousand bonefish and has a 7% recapture rate which is providing us with the data we will need while seeking space protection.

Fish On!
Ken [email protected].