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Fishing in Belize

Fishing in Belize

Suggested Fishing Gear and Technique on an IE trip

Suggested Fishing Gear and Technique on an IE trip

No previous experience is needed to catch fish on your Island Expeditions trip

Hand-Line Fishing "Fish like a Local"

  • While on your Island Expedition's trip you may get the opportunity to try hand-line fishing. No fancy rod's and reels
  • Throw your line over the boat, wait for it to hit the bottom, feel the nibbles, set the hook. Its as simple as that
  • Some of the species we keep while hand-line fishing include many different species of snapper, jack, grouper, and grunt
  • We also troll for bigger fish on the hand-line and often bring Barracuda back for dinner

 

Spear-Fishing

  • There's nothing quite like the experience of hunting for fish underwater! A real way of life in Belize!
  • Accompany your guides as they free dive for Lion-fish, Lobster, Conchs, and a variety of tasty reef fish
  • We use pole spears and "hook-stick" while on these exhilarating hunts and we love it when our guests join in

 

Fly-Fishing the "BIG-THREE"

Note1: Bonefish, Tarpon, and Permit are all protected species. Catch and release only

Note2: We don't supply Fly-fishing rods at our basecamps

Bonefish

  • Glover's Reef is like Bonefish heaven. Schools of resident Bonefish swim back and forth directly off the shore of our island
  • The Bonefish diet consists of small shrimps, crabs, and other crustaceans

For a list of the best Bonefish flies you can visit this Website

For more information on how to fly for Bonefish, watch this video

Tarpon

  • Glover's Reef has a sheltered mangrove area between our's and our neighbours island. A school of resident Tarpon feed here in the evening
  • The Tarpon diet changes depending their stage of life cycle; however, typically they feed on small fish and larger crustaceans and bigger insects

For a list of the best Tarpon flies you can visit this website 

For more information on how to fly for Tarpon, watch this video

Permit

  • The Permit of Glover's Reef tend to swim up and down the fore-reef or "rubble zone" in waist deep water
  • The Permit diet consists of crabs, shrimp and smaller fish

For a list of the best Permit flies you can visit this website 

For more information on how to fly for Permit, watch this video

There is no fishing allowed within a mile of shore at our Lighthouse Reef Basecamp 

 

 Call 1-800-667-1630 or email info@islandexpeditions.com to discover more about the many fishing opportunities that await in Belize.