Looking for a “Do It Yourself” fishing day in either place.
It doesn’t have to be a secluded beach but I would hope for at least a little casting room and a place for the wife to sit on the beach with a book while I try to catch a fish or three.
I have 9 hours in Belize and Cozumel each to play around with. I could rent a car but I don’t really care to. I’ll be arriving by cruise ship.
Is there anything I’ve described close by in either place??
You’ll need a guide/boat in Belize. If that’s an option, check out Belize River Lodge for a one day trip.
I’ve fished in both locations more than once. Belize has more flats fishing if that is what you are after. However, depending on where your cruise ship lands, it may require additional travel to get to a suitable location for flats fishing. In Coz, the flats fishing isn’t as good as Belize or other locations around Ascension Bay… but still worth a try. A side trip can be easily arranged there. If you are interested in a guide, I can recommend one. Coz also offers deep water fishing.
Even a half-day trip with a guide would probably be 6 hours or so depending on where I’d have to travel. I’m not looking to leave my bride for that long at a time. This is our 35th Anniversary celebration trip.
We have no excursions scheduled for these two places yet. I just thought I could find some accessible water close by for an hour or two.
Perhaps a cab ride to one of the beaches would suffice.
Thanks for your help though.
Belize City is the only place a cruise can port. Sorry but beaches nearby are 'nil. Take a look at belize forums or belize first for some “feel” for the opportunities. Although not fishing, I’d take the water taxi out to Caye Caulker, have a leisurely lunch and a few beers.
Almost forgot. You could take your flyrod along to CC. There are some bonefish near the cut.
Thanks!!! This is kinda what I was looking for.
I was at CC this July and the Cut was really crowded with swimmers. But there are shallows that might have some bonies in them. And there IS a bar just on the shore so…
You want to fish the area to the left(west) of the beer joint at the cut. Most of the swimming activity is directly in front of, and to the east(right). Besides, to fish where folks are swimming you’d have to navigate through a bevy of scantily clad sunmaidens. Also, I have caught bonefish dredging off the east side of the island, right in the middle of the island/“downtown”. If the water’s calm you should be able to wade out quite a ways. Just make sure the boats can see you.
Impossible to flyfish in Cozumel without a boat, the reason is that the lagoon flats are not available by road.
You may tray Xcalac, that is even closer to Belize and I you can do it on your own, actually I just read an article in a maggasine about it, believe its call yucatan on your own.
I have never been there but I can put you in toach with people that have flyfish there. Very lonely place, no like Cozumel, very small hotels.
Pacho.
Belize! :lol: (I don’t know Coz.)
Ambergris and Caye Caulker…I was 2 times there and the fishing is great! You MUST start early and the “do it for yourself” is a good option there…
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A huge thanks to all for the Caye Caulker tip.
We didn’t leave the cruise ship as early as I had hoped so I left the fly rod behind on purpose, so I did not fish. I did however have a great day with my wife shopping the quaint shops and downing a few Belikins at the Lazy Lizard and a couple other bar stops.
Caye Caulker was a welcome and much needed relief from our previous stop in downtown Cozumel. I’m sure there are wonderful places in and around the area but if I never set foot in downtown Cozumel again it will be too soon. I hate being “hawked” to purchase something I don’t even want. After a morning of snorkeling, those shop owners ruined what would/could have been a great day. We ended the day safely tucked away in a corner of the Hard Rock putting away a couple of beers before boarding the ship.
My second time to Grand Cayman was great. We were a little more anxious than perhaps we would have normally been while swimming with the Stingrays. We took this excursion the day after Steve Erwin’s fatal sting. Don’t let this incredibly sad and rare fatal sting deter you from going to Stingray City. What a hoot that was to hold one of these “four to five foot wingspanned” creatures.
All in all a great cruise … thanks again for your tips.
Fl Skibum,
Either place, be sure to practice casting in lot’s of wind. Both places are notorious for the wind, right behind the middle Texas Coast.
Good luck and tight lines, Chris