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Bonefishing in Ascension Bay and Bocapaila, Yucatan, Mexico. With out any doubt, the great bonefishing pleasure is to spot the fish, cast, strip, see the fish following, fill the bite, set the hook and listen your reel scream while bonefish pulls your line, stronger, pound per pound, than most fish. It sounds simple but it takes angler best skills to catch bonefish. Your eyes have to learn to read the water, flashes, waves, moog, birds, manta ray, sharks and many other signs. Your cast will make your fly go for 30 feet and land nice and smooth at the right place, the proper stripping and sensitivity to fill the fish and set the hook with your hand, not lifting the rod. It takes a good guide to help you in each step. The way to work the flat with the wind on your back, directions to spot the fish and strip. These details will make the difference when chasing bonefish. At Pesca Maya we are very much aware of it and for that reason we have two guides per boat. A head guide and an apprehender will be very helpful. For beginners works very well when casting from the boat, the guide will be behind you, pointing and helping with the line, solving knots and keeping the line off your feet. For expert fisherman will be very helpful specially when wading, each angler will have aid to spot the fish and to tell you where the soft soil is, so you don’t Barrie your self in the moog, when catching the fish you will appreciate very much to have help to take the hook out of the fish mouth and you wont have to walk all the way back to the boat, he will bring it to you. |
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When is the best time for bonefishing in Ascension Bay and Bocapaila?
In Ascension Bay and Bocapaila any time is good! Because bonefish are resident year round, the difference comes with the weather. But again any month you can get a perfect bonefishing day. However better times comes with warmer weather. Bonefish will reduce their feeding during cold water periods, they will also go for deeper and warmer waters. Rain is a factor that will difficult spot the fish and will get the water milky and wind will make hard to cast. So what is the perfect time?, you might ask, well there is no simple answer. You can have perfect days and catch fish year round and you can have bad days year round, however we will analyze each time of the year:
In the Caribbean we have basically 2 season: wet and dry season. Wet season goes from the end of Jun to the end of December and dry season goes from early January through Jun. The heaviest showers are usually in September, October and sometimes November and December get some. Most of the time at the Caribbean you can get a heavy rain and be sunny 30 minutes later, however some times it can be 3 days cloudy and fishing gets harder, but you still see the fish tailing and nervous water.
So any time you have the chance it’s a good time to go bonefishing. The pick season is February through May, Jun and July are good and August is very good, It might be the best time to catch a Grand Slam.
Bonefish size in Ascension Bay and Bocapaila.