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Back from Belize. #12121824 03/03/17 03:10 PM
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Just got back yesterday, and all I can say is, Belize is awesome. We did one day with the guide and the rest of the week I went DIY. I caught every fish I wanted besides a permit. Day one I managed to hook the first bonefish I casted at in a big tailing school. We spent the next few hours doing nothing but spooking them off, it was so glass calm that they would take off before the line even hit the water.



The next fish I landed was about a 3 1/2' barracuda. A local guy was standing by the water and pointed him out to us when we walked by. Somehow, with a lot of luck, I managed to get him to eat a small bonefish fly and to not bite through my 12lb tippet. I don't think I've ever had a fish take off that fast in my life, he was about 100 yards into my backing in about 3 seconds. Definitely a highlight of the trip.



By the end of day one I had landed 3 of the 4 fish I really wanted to catch. Bonefish, barracuda and tarpon. We found tons of small tarpon in the lagoons, and by small I mean really small, like 12-15" long.



The rest of the week I caught a ton of bonefish, and one massive jack on my 7wt. The final day between two of us we caught 13 bonefish, one double up, and I ended the trip with my biggest bonefish of the trip. When you read that Belize has nothing but small bones, it's a lie. We caught some really nice fish. Most of them were well over 20".









Belize was amazing and I'll definitley be making this a yearly trip

Re: Back from Belize. [Re: Erichugh22] #12121937 03/03/17 04:01 PM
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Awesome. Great pics.

I'm planning a trip there for next year; do you mind sharing where you went/which guide you used? Also, good to hear that the DIY works, I've kind of read the opposite other places.

Re: Back from Belize. [Re: Erichugh22] #12121958 03/03/17 04:11 PM
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We stayed in San Pedro on ambergris caye. I would book with go fish Belize, we had a great time. Request David, he was an awesome guide and you can tell he loves what he does.

Re: Back from Belize. [Re: Erichugh22] #12122012 03/03/17 04:39 PM
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Stellar pictures! Very, very cool.

Re: Back from Belize. [Re: Erichugh22] #12122947 03/04/17 02:43 AM
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coolphotos and an AWESOME post. Thanks for sharing. cheers


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Re: Back from Belize. [Re: Erichugh22] #12123853 03/04/17 09:25 PM
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Nice post. Glad you got on some fish. We would use a metal leader for Barracuda in Cuba. Alot of fun to catch and quick as you mentioned.

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Re: Back from Belize. [Re: Erichugh22] #12123990 03/04/17 10:54 PM
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Great fish man!


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Re: Back from Belize. [Re: Erichugh22] #12124303 03/05/17 01:44 AM
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thumb Thanks for sharing your awesome trip!

Re: Back from Belize. [Re: Erichugh22] #12125140 03/05/17 07:02 PM
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Good story, great pictures . You said you didn't catch a Permit but isn't that you holding a big Permit above ?


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Re: Back from Belize. [Re: Erichugh22] #12126515 03/06/17 03:26 PM
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Thanks everyone, and the fish in that picture is just a big jack, I wish it was a permit

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Originally Posted By: Erichugh22
Thanks everyone, and the fish in that picture is just a big jack, I wish it was a permit


Oh ok , I have a hard time learning the difference between a Permit and Jack . Only have seen them on fishing shows from Florida . Main one I like is The SeaHunter .


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Re: Back from Belize. [Re: Erichugh22] #12128010 03/07/17 02:31 AM
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Were Belikens consumed?

Re: Back from Belize. [Re: Erichugh22] #12158614 03/26/17 06:41 PM
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Awesome trip of a life time great looking bones and the baby tarpon would of iced the cake for me nice jack and cuda also rockon


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Re: Back from Belize. [Re: Erichugh22] #12158680 03/26/17 07:51 PM
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I bet that Jack was a handful.

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