Fishing has really been consistent the last several weeks. The trade winds are now blowing from the east and the weather has been really nice. After a few crazy months of El Nino rain showers, it is a nice change to see the sun everyday like we come to expect here in Belize. All winter long there have been huge schools of Bonefish, Permit and Tarpon in all size classes. The giant schools of Permit, we are famous for, seem to have grown in size if you can believe it! What a rush seeing the flat boil because a school of hundreds of Permit are on the feed. Most of the Permit have been caught using standard bonefish patterns and crabs. Good flies are the Merkin Crab, Crazy Charlies in pink and white, Feather Crabs and Moe heads. The favorite Tarpon flies recently have been Cockroach Styles in Orange, White/Red, Black/Red and Natural.P>

Good Job George! George Killat came down from Ice-Cold, Michigan for his first Saltwater fishing experience, and like an old pro he managed to land a 150 pound tarpon. George was casting a borrowed 10 weight Tarpon Rod from our good buddy Bruce Richards at Scientific Anglers. The rod showed up in Belize a 4 piece, and left as a customized 6 piece, after a 3 hour fight with the giant Megalops, the rod just couldn’t handle anymore and exploded. There were a few frantic moments following the loud SNAP, as Nesto jumped in the water and wrestled the fish by the mouth to finally bring it in the boat. That fish was the largest landed Tarpon in the month of February 2003 at El Pescador Resorts. Hopefully we can get a copy of the letter George is going to write St. Croix explaining how the rod was broken. It is sure to be better than the typical “ umm I stuck it in the ceiling fan” letter that is all to common.

Larry Boyd showed up in mid February with the pictures of his HUGE Tarpon he landed last year when he was here. The IGFA Chart shows the fish being 194 pounds according to the girth and length measurements taken right before the release. That is the potential WORLD RECORD fish for 16 lb. tippet class…………….released. The beautiful framed, matted and enlarged photo makes a great addition to the new Anglers bar.

‘Sir’ Peter Leo from Great Brittan has the best story of all, or should I say 2? I’ll let you decide which version to believe…. Story 1. Peter is on the deck of Mario’s boat, they see a school of tarpon, Peter makes a beautiful 80 foot cast, he hooks and lands a 50 ponder and the rest is history…………Story 2. Peter is in the chair of Mario’s boat enjoying lunch and re-hydrating after a big night of Billiards and Sambuca. Mario is sitting in the bow of the boat relaxing, watching the boys eat their sandwiches, when he sees a tarpon cruising under the boat. He grabs the rod that is leaned up against the gunnel and gives a little flip towards the fish. Whammo! The Tarpon eats the fly and is off to the races. Peter stands up and is given the rod just seconds later……………..the focus shifted from food to fight very quickly. 40 minutes later a Tarpon is in the boat getting its picture taken. When you ask Mario what really happened he just gives a big grin. We may never know for sure, but Peter definitely got his Tarpon pin.

As always dont hesitate to email or call Robert at our Ambergris Caye Resort to talk about fishing robert@elpescador.com or 011-501-226-2975. He is always availible to answer any questions you might have.