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Fishing in Belize

Fishing in Belize

Suggested Fishing Gear and Technique on an IE trip


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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.