May 3rd - May 9th 2010 Fishing Report

WHAT GUESTS WERE CATCHING:

BONES: We had to cancel fishing out on the water the first two days of the week due to wind and water conditions. Four restless and “anxious to go fishing” guests and I walked north on the beach and hunted big bonefish. We saw tailing permit! But we also had exciting and challenging bonefishing. One or two 4 – 6 lb bonefish were landed every day from the beach. It became addicting.
PERMIT: Permit tailing on the beach about ¼ mile from the lodge. Saylor gets into position, gets a couple of perfect casts to them, but they did not want his shrimp pattern. Normally, when moving about in schools, they would love a stripped shrimp, but when tailing on the beach, these permit were focused on crabs. Then, the permit swam between his legs – where was the video camera? We saw tailing permit for 3 days on the beach, none landed. From the boat we had 3 permit 15 to 20 lbs landed on crabs with spin.
TARPON: Leland showed up two years ago and landed an 80 lb tarpon on his first cast with Nesto. He came back this week with his buddy Steve – who has never been fly fishing for tarpon. Leland needs to be careful who he invites next time! Steve landed a tarpon two days in a row. Leland had stuff happen, but none landed.
JACKS: : 2 NICE jacks landed this week on fly. 12 – 15 lbs, big fight!
SNOOK: Mr. Snook seen….but not interested

FLIES THAT WORKED

FOR BONES: Christmas Island Specials size 8 and 6, Charlies and Gotchas. Tan, gold, sexy patterns. Sexy patterns are flies that move so great in the water you just have to have it!
FOR TARPON: Black Beauties and Grizzly Bunnies, some chartreuse Toad patterns as well.
FOR PERMIT: Orange and pink Christmas Island Specials size 4 stripped fast. Also some gray crabs, size 4, it is all about the materials.

REPORT SUMMARY:

I returned from Orvis Houston, where I was invited to do a presentation for Orvis Spring Days. It was really a lot of fun to see Chris and Marcos. Story telling and new friends. Thank you. Amazing what a couple of days of retail therapy will do for a gal! Came home to blow out conditions, and guests trying to keep their personality in check. All in all, the week pulled out some magic for our patient anglers. The lagoon showed us some epic days, especially wonderful for my friend Pauly – legendary steelhead guide on the Skeena and Sustut – landed his first bonefish. Looks like we will be seeing more of Pauly here when the chromers aren’t running in BC. Fun stuff.

If you have any questions or would like more information, please email us at fish@ElPescador.com. Happy fishing!