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Isla Holbox, Rio Lagartos, Xcalak Fly Fishing for Tarpon, Snook and Permit
Isla Holbox, Quintana Roo State Mexico Fishing
The Gulf Coast of Mexico is a relatively newly-discovered destination offering fast action for "fun" sized tarpon - young fish in the 5 to 40 pound size range. Faro Viejo Lodge, on Isla Holbox, is a great place to stay, with modern resort-quality amenities, a friendly English-capable staff, and GREAT experienced tarpon guides.
Fishing takes place in a series of lagoons fringing Mexico's gulf coast; mangrove-lined saltwater lakes intermittently connected to the ocean ocean, where small tarpon live and grow in relative protection from sharks and other predators. Snook, some bonefish, and other game species also inhabit these protected waters........a perfect grab-bag of inshore saltwater gamefish.
The smaller tarpon are there year-round, and the climate is perfect for a tropical vacation. The island boasts superb white-sand beaches, casual but excellent dining, no cars, and world-renowed populations of tropical birdlife (a major flamingo rookery is here), whale sharks, porpoises, sea rays, turtles, and spectacular botanical diversity. IN other words, if you're on a hunt for a place where you can fish, and your partner can be amused by other pursuits, LOOK NO FARTHER.
Cancun, your air destination, is easy to get to, with competitive flights from virtually everywhere. We'll pick you up at the Cancun airport, and take you to the lodge by van and water taxi. All you have to do then is settle in, soak up the sun, and plan your first day's fishing.
Your guide will pick you up early for breakfast and a tactics talk the next morning.
Rio Lagartos, Yucatan State
Looking for baby tarpon? It's well known that Mexico's Gulf Coast is one of the world's most prolific tarpon nurseries. Campeche, in Campeche State has achieved some renown, and we've been looking at some other locations on the Gulf Coast of Mexico for similar opportunities. We've shared one "secret" spot in the past: Isla Holbox, in the northernmost part of Quintana Roo. Enthusiastic response has followed the last 1 1/2 year of booking there, and we're offering more.
WEST of Isla Holbox, fronting the Gulf in Yucatan State, the huge lagoon area around Rio Lagartos and San Felipe is proving its merits as a baby tarpon/snook destination. Here's another spot on Mexico's Gulf Coast where you'll see thousands of the little guys (5 to 25 pounds) in schools, pods, singles, triples. Fly to Cancun; we'll pick you up at the airport. It's about 2 1/2 hours by our provided ground transportation to the Village of Rio Lagartos, where you'll stay in new, comfy, a/c lodging, dine in splendor on SUPERB local cuisine, and fish in comfort, humor, and SUCCESS with local expert guides.
Since it's part of the National Park system of Mexico, it enjoys strict resource conservation, so the incredible diversity of bird, fish, and other life is protected. I can guarantee that you will never fish in a richer, more diverse ecologic niche. It's a shallow lagoon nearly 40 miles in length, with ABUNDANT mangrove, flats, and freshwater spring habitat tailor-made for sheltering juvenile tarpon, snook, and a bunch of other species. Gamefish abound; they're unsophisticated, and have been entirely unmolested.
Xcalak, Quintana Roo State
Yup, way down at the southernmost tip of Mexico, just a wee bit north of Ambergris Caye Belize, Chetumal Bay basks in the sun. It's home for the tiny fishing village of Xcalak (pronounced "ShhhKaLack"), and likel;y the best bonefishing and permit opportunities Mexico affords. You'll have to drive there, unless you want to charter, but the drive is a pleasure on fine, well-signed roads.
Bonefish are the abundant quarry here, although there are also enough tarpon, snook, and permit to keep you on your toes every moment. Inexplicably, the bonefish in Chetumal Bay are a solid size larger than their cousins in Ascension Bay and Bahia Espiritu Santo to the north. The flats are clean, sandy for the most part, and easy to spot fish on. For all the world these flats look much like typical flats of the Bahamas, and the fish are of a Bahamas-familiar size. Lagoon (brackish lake) fishing is also abundant, and that's where the baby tarpon and snook are found. At Xcalak, the reef line is only a couple of hundred yards offshore, and the bottom fishing and light-offshore fishing is entirely unexplored. Here again, you can fish from sunup to sundown, if you like. The hotel where you stay has kayaks you can use to paddle yourself out to catch snapper, jacks, and reef-resident tarpon, as well as a grab bag of other gamesters.
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