Being back here at Belize River Lodge (BRL) is a treat far beyond the fishing. Catching up with old friends like owners Mike and Marguerite and Misha and Dirk has been fun. Yesterday, longtime BRL fishing guide, Pedro Aldana and I reunited after not fishing together in over ten years. I mentioned his health issues … Read more
Ed Truter was once a geologist and has meandered through nearly every inch of Africa. He’s always carried his fly rod along and in turn has become one of the most knowledgeable anglers of the dark continent. He knows his fish species and how to catch them on fly and has been a location scout … Read more
When we got back to Sette Cama Camp last night at 1:15 AM after another outstanding fishing session I made a huge decision – I was taking todays morning session off. I’ve only missed one session of fishing in my life and that was in 2016 right here in Gabon. Unless you can take naps, … Read more
I left home without any specific goals or target fish to catch here at Darien Lodge in Colombia. My main thing was – have a good time with friends and add my 60th something country to my list. That changed last night however when Anthony showed me his picture of the mullet snapper he caught … Read more
Conditions were looking a bit bleak when I filled my Yeti with coffee at 5:15 this morning here at Darien Lodge in Colombia. It was drizzling and looking out to sea was nothing but flickering lightening. Fortunately it eased enough not to lose fishing time and we headed out promptly at 7 AM. … Read more
The food at Darien Lodge here in Colombia is sensational. Today began with a unique and delicious taste of poached eggs in local flavors with fresh fruit. By 7 AM we were headed for the boats. Today Jess jumped over with the Marrese boys and Scott Wessels, the owner of the famous Bears Den in … Read more
We planned an early start for our drive north this morning from Magdalena Bay but unfortunately Sammy caught the crud. Sam and I were kind of expecting it because Grant was hurting when we got here. Hopefully I’m not next. Luckily we only had a couple hours drive to our next location. This was … Read more
The wind cranked all night. I’m sharing a room with Sammy and our hut rattled like we were in a hurricane. But the blow isn’t as terrible as it sounded. Nonetheless, Grant opted out to rest his bad back and get his vehicle ready for our long drive back to Cerrito’s tomorrow. Due to … Read more
I love all fishing but chasing snapper and grouper from the rocks and coral reef with a fly rod is one of my favorites. Yeah, it’s mostly blind fishing, but the explosive takes more than make up for not seeing the fish. And when you hook up, pound for pound both these fish offer one … Read more
No doubt the few days where I’ve landed huge roosters off the beach (biggest in 2016) are my best Baja fishing days. But one of my most memorable was in 2010 when I landed my first barred pargo off the rocks. The pargo, the meanest snapper of the snapper family, pound for pound was one … Read more
A number of years ago Grant Hartman took Sammy and I up the Pacific side of Baja in search of Pacific snook. While the snook weren’t around we found many other fun species to catch including some Pacific cubera snapper (dog) around a rocky point. It was late that day and we only fished for … Read more
There was a lot of rain through the night. And I woke up with a sore bruised left hand from taking the reel handle many times over on that first ginormous tarpon run last night. We sped to the estuary mouth under ominous skies before dawn. We had high expectations but the only fish caught … Read more