BELIZE FISHING REPORT

FEBRUARY 26, 2023 THROUGH MARCH 5, 2023

Weather Conditions: High wind conditions during the early hours and the middle of the day. Sunny to Partly Cloudy, temperatures in the low 80s. Precipitation: light to none.

Winds: E/SE 11-18 Mph. Gusting to 23 Mph.

Air Temperature: Hi to mid-80s to high-70s.

Sunrise: 6:11 am Sunset: 6:00 pm

Moonphase: Waxing Crescent February 27, Full Moon March 7.

WHAT GUESTS WERE CATCHING:

BONEFISH (Macabi): Good numbers of Bonefish (184) landed, averaging 2 to 3 lbs, with several ranging from 3 to 6 lbs.

PERMIT (Palometta): Six this week.

TARPON (Sabalo): Five Tarpon.

OTHER SPECIES: Mangrove Snapper.

FLIES THAT WORKED

FOR BONEFISH - Christmas Island Specials in gold, pearl, root beer and pink sizes 4 & 6.

FOR PERMIT - Mantis shrimp, Rag Head crabs, Bauer crabs and Alflexo crabs in sizes 4 & 6.

FOR TARPON - White Chartreuse Bunnies, Chartreuse and Black-purple toads in sizes 1/0 to 3/0.

Week in Review:

Bouts of high winds gusting above 25 mph had hampered fishing conditions this past week until the weekend when winds returned to normal levels. The sun has been out consistently, though. Permit and Tarpon were challenging to see on the flats despite the sunny weather because the wind created more chop on the water. Fish were relatively grabby when we could get on them, and the weekend was more fun with gentler breezes.