BELIZE FISHING REPORT
JANUARY 12, 2020 THROUGH JANUARY 19, 2020
Weather Conditions:
Partly cloudy days with a few isolated showers and thunderstorms. Initially, an Easterly wind at 20-25 Knots subsiding to 10 knots on Sunday.
Winds:
Easterly at 18-25 knots every day.
Air Temperature:
High and low in the mid 80's. Partly sunny, from 10 am.
Sunrise: 5:45 am Sunset: 5:55 pm
Moonphase:
Waning Full moon to last quarter.
WHAT GUESTS WERE CATCHING:
BONEFISH (Macabi):
Different sized fish from small ( 1 lb ) to average 3-5 Lbs)
PERMIT (Palometta):
A total of 5 Permit were caught from 10 Lbs to 30 Lbs
TARPON (Sabalo):
Two juvenile fish were taken ranging between 10 and 20 Lbs.
OTHER SPECIES:
Snook, a few Jacks, and Barracuda. Plus different species of Snapper in large numbers were taken.
GRAND SLAM:
No Grand Slams were recorded this week.
FLIES THAT WORKED
FOR BONEFISH -
Christmas Island Specials in orange, and pink sizes 4 to 8 and silly legs.
FOR PERMIT -
Hermi crabs of various styles and Peterson shrimp.
FOR TARPON -
White toads and a few smaller EP-type baitfish patterns for tarpon and snook on bait.
This Week's Summary:
Last week, El Pescador hosted two large "family and friends" groups. Our big group was a wonderful family of 18 from Wisconsin ( Great Green Bay Fans !) In this party, Luke took an excellent 30 Lb Permit! In our "Boston" group, Chris & Tyler took good Permit and Bonefish, respectively.
Fishing photo of the week:
Luke with a very nice Permit