Fishing Season: Year-Around

Belize - BZ

Fishing Outlook & Conditions

Inshore Temp:

82

Offshore Temp:

82

El Pescador's Tip of the Week

Whether heading for El Pescador or any other bonefish/permit/tarpon destination, practice casting for a week or 10 days prior to your trip. Work out any winter-induced kinks and be ready when your guide says, "50-feet mon, 11 o'clock."

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Map of Belize

Tide data

Tidal Conditions

5-Day Outlook as of 5/11/25

generally clear

Techniques & Tips as of 5/11/25

Efficient casting. Everything in the salt happens fast, so it's about being ready! Teamwork with your guide - be sure to clearly communicate expectations.

Current Conditions as of 5/11/25

FISHING REPORT: May 11, 2025 This week brought some windy days alongside beautiful sunshine, which our anglers thoroughly enjoyed on the water. They even achieved one grand slam this week! Our anglers also had great success catching a large number of bonefish, jumping tarpon (and landing some), and landing permits, though a few others unfortunately broke off. Additionally, they caught snook and various other species such as jacks, barracuda, and snapper. Weather: The wind was 10 to 20 kts with sunny days, then the last two days of the week were rainy. Water Temperature: 83.4°F (28.6°C) Moon phase: Full Moon May 12. 2025, Third Quarter, May 20, 2025 Sunrise 5:23 am Sunset: 6:16 pm WHAT GUESTS WERE CATCHING Bonefish (Maccabi) More than 87 bones were landed for the week; most were in the 2-4 pound range. Permit (Palometa):4 Permits were landed. Snook (Robalo): 1 Snook was landed Tarpon (Sabalo): 6 Tarpons were landed. Grand Slam: 1 was landed Other Species: Rounding out the week, anglers landed some Jacks, Snapper, as well as big Barracuda. Flies that worked: Bonefish – Christmas Island Specials in gold, pearl and pink sizes 4 & 6, and Crazy Charlies in pink and orange. Permit –squimp, rag head crabs and Flexo crabs. Tarpon- White toads, chartreuse and black/purple toads and tarpon streamers are the flies of choice.

Local Species Available Year-Around

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    Primary: Permit

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    Tarpon

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    Bonefish; Secondary: Barracuda

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    Jacks

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    Ladyfish

El Pescador's Recommended Fly Patterns

"Must-have" fly fishing patterns in descending order of importance:

Name: Colors: Size(s):
Popper for barracuda chartreuse, green 1 or 1/0
Streamer for barracuda chartreuse, green 1 or 1/0
Deceiver-style for jacks fish imitation 1 or 2
Baitfish imitation for jacks dark green, olive 1 or 2

Popper for barracuda

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El Pescador's Recommended Gear

Description: About Belize

At El Pescador, located on Ambergris Caye, you can achieve the anglers' ultimate dream - a Grand Slam of bonefish, tarpon and permit. Belize's shallow water contains the only classic tarpon flats outside South Florida. Our flats are world renowned for offering the opportunity to site cast to tarpon 12 months a year. You can cast the lagoons for lady fish or snook, go outside the reef into the deep water for tuna and wahoo. Troll the reef for king fish or barracuda. Jig the bottom for snapper and grouper. The choice is yours. Belize Bonefish The bonefish grounds are only minutes from the lodge. Most of the bone fishing is done from the bow of the boat, but there are flats that can be waded as well. The bones run from 2 - 5 lbs and are plentiful. Tarpon in Belize The El Pescador fishery has year round resident tarpon over 100 lbs. The fish are spread out over our 250 square mile fishery. In the late summer (July, August, September), we have the added bonus of a large migratory population, which doubles our tarpon numbers. Moon phases tend to effect tarpon more than other species. The guideline is to fish around the new moon. Remember, this is only a guideline, not a hard and fast rule. We land fish during full moon weeks all the time! Belize Permit Permit are found on the bonefish flats, and on many of the tarpon flats as well. Our permit are found in large schools and range from 4 - 30 lbs, with the majority running about 8 - 10 lbs. Jack crevalle, barracuda, cobia and snook are also found on the flats and in the surrounding mangrove lagoons. Permit, bonefish and tarpon are always released; some snook, snapper, barracuda, & grouper are kept for the table. Approaching four decades of serving avid anglers, El Pescador offers world class diving, snorkeling, majestic Maya ruins, cave tubing, zip lines, and eco-adventures galore. So bring the whole family or group and explore the mystic beauty of the Caribbean and Central America.

Nearest Airport:

Belize City