I got back Monday from 8 days in Caye Caulker
As some of you fine folks probably remember, my initial plan was to go to Glover’s Atoll. I still haven’t heard back from the owner. I was warned of some pretty sketchy reviews so decided to change plans
My best good friend Hank went on the trip with me. He doesn’t really fish, so I figured Caye Caulker would be a good mix of both fishing and non-fishing entertainment
The first day we got there the island was friggin packed. I didn’t realize Easter was such a big party weekend. Fortunately, the crowds died down after the weekend.
Pretty much the daily plan was going to Hanks hotel room, sitting on the porch, then walking or biking to wherever I wanted to chuck some flies. We went all over the south island, and explored the north a bit.
I picked up a few bonefish here and there off random docks in the first few days. Tarpon were cruising at night but I didn’t get any action on them the first few days
We did take a charter trip to fish the reef and we did pretty well on Porgies, which we grilled up the next 3 nights. Gooooood stuff
I started to get my fly flicking mojo working after a few days. We went up the split on a night when there was an outgoing tide and I did pretty well throwing a crazy Charlie. I hooked 5 jacks and landed 3. I also had 2 tarpon grab the fly in the drop but I wasn’t able to stick any of them. I did probably have several heart attacks though.
The last few days, we found a dock on the north island. $10US for us to hang out there all day! I managed a few bonefish.
Hank was looking around the dock and noticed a lionfish clinging to one of the posts. We snorkeled around beneath the dock and there were a few of them.
So I got all worked up about getting rid of those invasive sumbitches. The next day I rented a speargun and we went back.
I wanted him to make it look like a got them on the fly
Anyway, that’s about it. The trip was fun as hell. The food was great. People were cool
Pro tip: when you get offered drugs, just yell “I’M ALREADY ON MUSHROOMS!!!”. They’ll leave you alone after that.
Okay, bye!
As some of you fine folks probably remember, my initial plan was to go to Glover’s Atoll. I still haven’t heard back from the owner. I was warned of some pretty sketchy reviews so decided to change plans
My best good friend Hank went on the trip with me. He doesn’t really fish, so I figured Caye Caulker would be a good mix of both fishing and non-fishing entertainment
The first day we got there the island was friggin packed. I didn’t realize Easter was such a big party weekend. Fortunately, the crowds died down after the weekend.
Pretty much the daily plan was going to Hanks hotel room, sitting on the porch, then walking or biking to wherever I wanted to chuck some flies. We went all over the south island, and explored the north a bit.
I picked up a few bonefish here and there off random docks in the first few days. Tarpon were cruising at night but I didn’t get any action on them the first few days
We did take a charter trip to fish the reef and we did pretty well on Porgies, which we grilled up the next 3 nights. Gooooood stuff
I started to get my fly flicking mojo working after a few days. We went up the split on a night when there was an outgoing tide and I did pretty well throwing a crazy Charlie. I hooked 5 jacks and landed 3. I also had 2 tarpon grab the fly in the drop but I wasn’t able to stick any of them. I did probably have several heart attacks though.
The last few days, we found a dock on the north island. $10US for us to hang out there all day! I managed a few bonefish.
Hank was looking around the dock and noticed a lionfish clinging to one of the posts. We snorkeled around beneath the dock and there were a few of them.
So I got all worked up about getting rid of those invasive sumbitches. The next day I rented a speargun and we went back.
I wanted him to make it look like a got them on the fly
Anyway, that’s about it. The trip was fun as hell. The food was great. People were cool
Pro tip: when you get offered drugs, just yell “I’M ALREADY ON MUSHROOMS!!!”. They’ll leave you alone after that.
Okay, bye!
