Light Tackle Fishing

The worldwide known beach resort of Cancún is a great setting for the warm weather traveler. Not so well known are the wonderfull and unexplored flats fishing grounds north of Cancún where the solitude, the great bay, the vast expanse of flats, hidden lagoons rimmed with mangroves... An endless, isolated world of turquoise shallows, it seems never to end.

This area is quite pristine and is home to many different species of birds, including rarely seen ibis, spoon bills, jabirus, flamingoes, white pelicans, and frigates hovering above the small islands catching the rising currents of air; herons and ibis wade and hunt the margins. Rays and lobster track the bottom. Barracuda hang motionless and then are gone.

In this area, anglers have a very good chance of getting a super grand slam (tarpon, snoock, bonefish and permit) in a few days of fishing.

Our main targeted species are tarpon ( 10-100 lbs ), snook ( 5-25 lbs ), bonefish ( 1-5 lbs ), permit ( 3-20 lbs ), snapper ( 1-10 lbs ), barracuda ( 1-15 lbs ), sea trout ( 1-4 lbs ), among many other fish like cobia, baby sharks, african pampano, grouper, yellow tail snapper, etc.

The area produces fish all year around, except during bad weather when the flats cannot be worked leaving bonefish and permit out of our range.

Peak months for all species are march through december.

The area that we fish is only 30-45 minutes drive north of Cancún, our guide will pick you up and drop you off at your hotel every day, with only a few days of fishing anglers will experience fishing in shallow sandy flats, lagoons, chanels, holes in the flats, grassy flats, mangrove flats and open ocean. Most all of the fishing is done from the boat, although there are a few flats that can be waded.

Our guides have been fishing the lagoons for the past fourteen years, knowing all of the hidden places from this vast area.

All of the fishing can be done with light fly fishing tackle, we recomend anglers to bring their own gear. Fly fishermen need to have at least one 8 weight rod. Reels should be high quality and saltwater proof. Floating jigs are the most practical. Use of sinking line is not necessary as the waters are shallow. If you do not have the equipment we can suply it to you.

Popular fly patterns for snook, tarpon, barracuda, snapper and sea trout include, deceivers in various colors, coack roach, tarpon glo, and poppers (sizes 2/0-4 for all patterns). Bone fish and permit fly selections should include crazy charlies (rootbeer, pink, gold, pear) sizes 2/8 crab patterns (mottled brown and green) sizes 4-6.

Light tackle is best for this area. Light spinning rods 7´ with matching reel loaded with 8-10 lb test (200 yds), work best for bonefish and permit. Live crabs and small jigs with saltwater hooks work best for tarpon, snook and barracuda. Recommended lures are mirro lures, devil horse, floating rapalas 3-5 in. In lenght and tube jigs.

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