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Turneffe Atoll - June 22nd, 2008
supplied by: Turneffe Flats RECORDED:87 °FISHING: Great As a matter of policy to ensure privacy, Turneffe Flats does not use last names of guests in our fishing reports.
Week of May June 15-21
Weather Conditions: Mostly clear skies with some high, hazy clouds in the beginning of the week; occasional spotty clouds around the end of the week, but no rain on the island. Winds: 3-5 mph on Sun-Tue, 10-15mph Wed.-Sun. Air Temp.: High 80s most of the week. Water Temp.: In the 80s and good visibility all week. Tides: Low mid-day pushing later every day throughout the week. Moon Phase: The full moon brought in an abundance of life to the atoll (tarpon included)
As Turneffe Turned. Our four anglers were comprised of two father-son combinations that ended up targeting two different species. Returning guests Andrew and Gram fished with Capt all week and primarily targeted tarpon on the fly. On the first day, Andrew and Gram tried the flats for bonefish, but the tides where not ideal for wading so they hit up the inner lagoon and searched for permit. With no signs of the permit (yet) they both decided that tarpon fishing was what they would do for the rest of the week.
On Monday, Capt guided them to a spot where they saw a school rolling and working a string of islands on the southern portion of the atoll. “Drew” (the father) hooked and landed a 140-plus pound tarpon. His son Chris hooked another tarpon on Monday, but did not land it. “They were rolling all around us, and swimming under the boat” Gram told us. It was not until Thursday that, after many hook-ups and un-hook-ups, Gram landed his tarpon, about a 100-pounder.
The other father-son combo, Chris and Richard from the UK, focused mainly on landing their first permit on the fly. Being that they had never even previously seen a permit, and as Dickens would have written, neither had any great expectations, which probably helped them in the heat of the moment. They both caught some bonefish on Sunday but saw no signs of permit. On Monday, they found a school tailing on the inner lagoon and Richard (the father) landed his first, about 100 yards off the mangroves. It was estimated to weigh 15 pounds. It was not until the last day (right before a small change in weather) that the permit started to bite again and Richard caught another permit and his son Chris (who in his spare time manages a fishing website: http://www.completefisher.com/) landed two smaller ones of about 10 pounds.
All-in-all, it was a week of great weather, good times, good-to-very-good fishing and a hat full of memories to last a lifetime.
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Belize - February 9th, 2008
supplied by: Belize Flats Fishing Expeditions RECORDED:84 °FISHING: Great
just returned from a trip to southern belize, with 6 clients for 4 days of permit fishing and we had a new moon tide that kept the full amount of water off the flats , but still had 10 to 15 legitimate shots at permit each day. With the low water it kept them from doing their Belizean tail show compared to normal but still got lots of great shots and the final score was 7 hooked 3 landed with 2 being hooked,but lost, in th 20 lbs plus catagory, all in all everyone was very happy!!! Ambergris Caye continues to fish well with the usual hungry packs of bones that are not being molested yet. The permit fishing has been strong with 5 landed in the last two weeks. The tarpon are still spotty but the guides report seeing lots of bait which means it is just a matter of time before we start seeing lots of the silver sides!!
Ambergris Caye - May 3rd, 2007
supplied by: Belize Flats Fishing Expeditions RECORDED:88 °FISHING: Great
Tarpon are being found consistently now. we have had clients hooking tarpon daily,the landing of some of these monster is the hard part though.
permit on the flats have been user friendly, two hooked last week and a couple broken off!!!
bonefish are spooky becuase of the upcoming full moon.but still can be fun and challenging, especially if you run further than all the usual spots.
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