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.