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El Pescador Fishing Report 30th March 2023
At El Pescador Lodge in Belize, some of the high winds that have been a theme over the past month have returned this week. The fishing has still been good, but open water has been rougher, so we have concentrated our fishing on the back side of the island, which has still seen us produce good numbers of fish, of […]
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El Pescador Fishing Report 15th March 2023
We have been enjoying our normal tradewinds this week, which has shown in excellent fishing due to an influx of sargassum that had a lot of fish working the reef side of the islands. We found fish consistently and generally had fish to work all day out there. They weren’t as consistent about eating, but life can’t be perfect! All […]
El Pescador Fishing Report 9th March 2023
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 […]
El Pescador Fishing Report 28th February 2023
Increasing bouts with high winds gusting above 25 mph have hampered fishing conditions this past week. The sun has been out consistently, though. Permit and Tarpon are challenging to see on the flats despite the sunny weather because the wind creates more chop on the water. Anglers have focused on schools of Bonefish, and small Tarpon and Snook continue to […]
El Pescador Fishing Report 16th February 2023
Winds shift from East to North East as cold fronts move through the local area of Ambergris Caye. Permit and Tarpon are being landed on the northern flats outside Bocolar Chico Park. Small Tarpon and Snook continue be found in and around mangrove growth during cooler temperatures and low tide. WEATHER Low wind conditions during early […]
El Pescador Fishing Report 6th February 2023
Windy weather trends in the past week on Ambergris Caye continued. We have had wind blowing E/NE 15-25 consistently. Permit and Tarpon are being sighted and landed in smaller numbers. Small Tarpon and Snook continue to be found in and around mangrove growth but require technical casting to hook up. WEATHER Moderate to high wind conditions during the middle […]
El Pescador Fishing Report 10th January 2023
The trend over Ambergris Caye has been the Rolling fronts and intermittent rain. Wind conditions are from the E/NE 10-20 consistently. Catch rates continue to remain below average, and low light conditions require guides to resort to catching Bonefish largely through tailing or waking on the flats. Likewise, Permit and Tarpon have been challenging to find, and catch rates remain […]
El Pescador Fishing Report 3rd January 2023
Seasonal fronts have passed, and warmer temperatures and moderate winds have settled in around Ambergris Caye. Wind conditions are from the E/SE 5-15 consistently. Catch rates have remained below average this past week; Bonefish are being caught mainly through blind casting on the flats. Schools of Permit continue to be sighted and hooked but Tarpon are being caught in limited […]
El Pescador Fishing Report 29th December 2022
Seasonal fronts, cooler temperatures and strong winds continue for a second week in and around Ambergris Caye. Water conditions have become cloudy with higher winds making for challenging conditions. Catch rates are below average this past week, Bonefish are being caught largely through blind casting on the flats. Schools of Permit are being sighted and Tarpon have been hooked but […]
