BELIZE FISHING REPORT

JULY 9, 2023 THROUGH JULY 16, 2023

Weather Conditions: A beautiful week of weather was enjoyed by all.

Winds: E/SE 12-18 Mph.

Air Temperature: Hi: mid 80s Low: low 80s.

Sunrise: 5:23 am Sunset: 6:32 pm

Moonphase: Waning Gibbous, New Moon July 17.

WHAT GUESTS WERE CATCHING:

BONEFISH (Macabi): More than 230 Bonefish landed, averaging 2 to 3 lbs, ranging from 3 to 6 lbs.

PERMIT (Palometta): Nine for the week. Nice!

TARPON (Sabalo): 107 Tarpon landed. Whoa!

OTHER SPECIES: Mangrove Snapper, Barracuda, Mutton Snapper, Jack Crevalle, Needle Fish.

GRAND SLAMS: One. Big shoutout to Jim who added another Grand Slam to his El Pescador stats. That makes three. Congratulations!

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:

We had some excellent fishing! Good numbers of Tarpon, some great permit, and even a few snook. The bonefishing was particularly good this week, and we did more wading than usual. We had a great group celebrating a 40th birthday with 20 people. We also had a handful of our regular, super guests around, so it was a good week at the lodge. Jim got his 3rd Grand Slam - he will end up with his own board in the bar at this rate!

Fishing photo of the week:


A nice Belize permit on fly! This was a crucial fish for Mike who ended up completing a grand slam this day.