My very first bonefish - what a thrill! I caught several more on the trip, up to 7-8 pounds. I also lost a few and scared many more away with bad casts.
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As many fishermen have discovered, there is something very appealing and almost hypnotic about moving slowly over the flats looking for fish. |
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The catch of the week - our one snook. Maxine coaxed it out from under a mangrove to take the fly then had a hell of a fight to keep it from disappearing back into the roots. |
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My very first bonefish - what a thrill! I caught several more on the trip, up to 7-8 pounds. I also lost a few and scared many more away with bad casts. |
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One of Maxine's several bones. |
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One afternoon we went out to the reef and trolled for barracuda. This is one of the smaller ones we brought in. They are great fighters and some of them jump 6-8 feet out of the water. Because there is no problem with ciguatoxin in Belize the 'cuda are perfectly safe to eat - and delicious! |
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Here's one of my 'cudas. |
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One day we went up the Belize river and fished for snook and
tarpon. It was a very different experience from fishing on the flats, with
overhanging trees containing curious howler monkeys looking down at you. The
tarpon upriver are not huge but they still fight and jump as only a tarpon
can.
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