Placencia Belize Nov 2012
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Four of us returned Saturday from Placencia, Belize after 11 days of fishing. This is our story and we are sticking to it. Anglers were Phil, Mack, Mike, and Vernon. As in the past, we fished with Bruce Leslie and Benji Eiley and we stayed with George and Lisa Westby at the Westwind Hotel on the beach in Placencia.
While we had a great time, fishing was difficult due to the weather. North winds up to 25 mph most days and lots of it. Also plenty of rain at times. We really only had 1 and a half “perfect” days. We did not even fish one day due to wind and torrential rain.
There is bait everywhere by the billions (as opposed to last year when there was none) and the tarpon, bones, and others predators are around in great numbers. Much of the bait had not moved into the lagoons or protected areas around the cayes but rather was along the flats around the cayes in 6-12 feet of water. Much of the tarpon fishing was sight fishing around the bait to cruising fish along the edge of flats and that makes it incredibly exciting and not easy to hook up. These tarpon were incredibly fresh and if you got the fly in front of a fish they ate but many times they would follow all the way into the boat and you would have to strip onto the leader. With not much line out, and watching the fish eat it is easy to pull the fly out of the fishes mouth (can you say TROUT STRIKE) or they would swipe at the fly and miss. Also, since there were so many jacks, mackeral, and snappers in with the bait and tarpon, many, many times these little suckers would dart in front of a tarpon and inhale the fly. One time I cast right at the edge of a big bust, the bait cleared and 15 fish were following the fly. You guessed it, a little snapper got there first.
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