BELIZE FISHING REPORT

JULY 10, 2021 THROUGH JULY 17, 2021

Weather Conditions: Rough winds in the mid 20 mph range early in the week made for a tough few days, but conditions improved later in the week.

Winds: ESE 10-25 Mph.

Air Temperature: Early-mid/high 80s.

Sunrise: 5:27 am Sunset: 6:30 pm

Moonphase: First quarter 45%.

WHAT GUESTS WERE CATCHING:

BONEFISH (Macabi): More than 375 bones were landed for the week, most were in the 2-4 pound range, with a couple of fish around five pounds.

PERMIT (Palometta): Nine Tarpon were landed. Most were juvenile fish under 30 Lbs, but we did have one fish about 40 pounds and one about 70 pounds.

TARPON (Sabalo): Nine Tarpon were landed. Most were juvenile fish under 30 Lbs, but we did have one fish about 40 pounds and one about 70 pounds.

OTHER SPECIES: Rounding out the week anglers landed some Jacks, Snapper, as well as Barracuda.

FLIES THAT WORKED

FOR BONEFISH - Christmas Island Specials in gold, pearl and pink sizes 4 & 6, and Crazy Charlies in pink and orange.

FOR PERMIT - Mantis shrimp, rag head crabs and Flexo crabs.

FOR TARPON - White bunnies, chartreuse and black/purple bunnies are the flies of choice.

Week in Review:

Anglers battled some gusty wind conditions and cloudy skies for several days. By the end of the week skies cleared and winds dropped to around 10 mph.

Fishing photo of the week:


Charlene with one of the Permit she landed with Capt. Kristian.