EL PESCADOR - AMBERGRIS
SEASON
Species/Month |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Bonefish | E | E | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | E | B | B |
| Permit | B | B | W | W | W | E | E | E | E | B | B | B |
| Tarpon | G | G | B | B | E | E | W | W | W | B | G | G |
| Snook | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | E | W |
| Barracuda | W | W | W | B | B | B | B | B | W | W | W | W |
| Poor | P |
| Good | G |
| Better | B |
| Excellent | E |
| Wow | W |
January: On calm days you should see as many as 50-75 tarpon, 20-90 pound range. Generally bone and tarpon fishing are good; reef fishing good to excellent.
February: Fish are plentiful on the flats if the wind isn't too strong. Tarpon in the 20-90 pound range. Bone and tarpon fishing are good but weather dependent. Reef fishing is excellent.
March: Plenty of 20-90 pound tarpon on the calmer days. Plenty of bonefish. Tarpon in lagoons. Reef fishing good to excellent.
April: Lots of tarpon, 40-100 pounds, and they are more aggressive. Migrating tarpon start coming onto the reef. Its a good month for permit too. Usually large schools of small permit and plenty of bones. Reef fishing excellent
May: Generally our hottest month, with calm to light breezes. Its not uncommon to see huge schools of 200-300 bones. Tarpon on both flats and the reef. Reef fishing is good to excellent.
June: Bone fishing is excellent as it always is from April through October. Tarpon on both the flats and reef. Reef fishing good to excellent.
July, August and September: Usually calm and warm. Great fishing. Reef fishing good. Lots of bones, lots of tarpon well over 100 pounds. We consider this the best tarpon season of the year. The most and the largest tarpon have been caught in August and September. The lodge record of the most tarpon landed in a single day was had in August by Tony Cuomo with 7 tarpon landed and another 5 jumped. The largest Tarpon on fly, 165 lbs, was landed in September.
October: Lots of tarpon, large and aggressive. Bones are larger and more aggressive too. Big schools of jack crevelle are also on the flats now and it is a good month for the larger permit. Reef fishing fair to good.
November: There are plenty of 60-100 pound tarpon on the flats. Jack crevelle and bone fishing are also good. Reef fishing good to excellent.
December: If the sun stays out there are plenty of barracuda, bones, and tarpon (40-80 pounds), on the flats. Jacks and ladyfish too. Full moon brings grouper and snappers to the reef to spawn. Reef fishing good to excellent.
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