Excellent offer from September 10th - October 31st in double basis to fish permit, baby tarpon, snook, and bonefish. 4 -night accommodation in LA AMADA LUXURY RESORT (5*) w/american breakfast and taxes, 3 full fishing days with boat and guide, daily tranfer hotel/marina/hotel,
Evenings are free to enjoy nice restaurants in Cancun,
Rate per angler U$S 969.-
» General Information:
Located just a 20-minute drive from Cancún, Isla Blanca has access by the sea to a rich fishing area of over 60 square miles. Vast flats, beautiful beaches and paradise islands are home to permit, tarpon, snook and bonefish.
This is a quiet area, without any fishing pressure and virgin natural surroundings. Anglers have an excellent chance of getting a super grand slam (Permit, Bonefish and Tarpon or Snook) in a single day or in a few days of fishing. The fishing area covers the south from the flats of Chacmuchuc lagoon reaching the north up to Cayo Ratón, Punta Iglesias and Cabo Catoche (Holbox Island). To the east, up to Contoy Island.
Isla Blanca has proved to be the perfect destination for those who want to spend a day or two of fishing while they are on a family vacation in Cancun or for those wishing to fish an easy-to-reach destination with very good fishing and reasonable prices.
There are lots of islands, flats, mangrove channels and creeks that hold the most targeted species of the Caribbean all year round.
» Package:
We are offering different fishing programmes.
We can arrange a day trip beginning early in the morning (at dawn). Our head fishing guide will pick you up at the hotel where you are staying in Cancun to drive you to the marina and keep you fishing for 8 hours. A lunch box (sandwiches, fruits and refreshments) and the transfer back to the hotel are included.
Another programme includes accommodation in the Intercontinental Presidente Cancun located 30-minute drive from the marina in front of the sea, with a/c and swimming pool. Breakfast are included, or in the exclusive 5 (*) Hotel LA AMADA in Playa Mujeres located 10-minute drive from the marina, with 3 swiming pools, golf court, 2 restaurants, and in front of the sea.
We can also offer a more economical alternative with accommodation in "El Rey del Caribe" Hotel and Spa in Cancun, including breakfast. Located a 20-minute drive from the marina, this hotel offers comfortable air-conditioned rooms with ceiling fans, well-equipped kitchen, swimming-pool, Jacuzzi and a lovely tropical garden.
These last two fishing programmes include transfer hotel/marina/hotel and lunch box.
» Tackle and Equipment:
We suggest bringing one # 8 Wt rod for bonefish and one # 9 Wt or # 10 Wt for permit, baby tarpon and snook. High-performance reels with a good brake system are required, capable of holding 200 - 250 yards of backing. Weight forward floating fly lines; an Intermediate line is recommended for baby tarpon.
For bonefish and permit, use 9 or 10-foot knotless leaders, 10 to 12-pound test.
Bonefish fly selection should include Crazy Charlie, Gotcha or any shrimp-like pattern on hooks 8 or 6 in tan, pink and white with flashabou. For permit: Brown Special, Fuzzy Crab, Rag Head Crab, Mc Crab on hooks sizes 6 or 4, in tan with white legs, brown and sand. Both for bones and permit the flies shouldn´t be too weighted.
For baby tarpon and snook we recommend 16 pound test bimini twist leaders and 60 pound hard shock tippet. Flies should be tied on hooks sizes 1/0 and 3/0, streamers, gummy minnows, deceivers or seaducers in brown and orange, brown and yellow, orange and yellow, black with red, black with purple.
» Additional Information:
The fishing area produces fish all year round but peak months are March through September. Fishing starts very early in the morning. We suggest bringing neoprene boots to wade the flats, lightweight clothes, a wide-brimmed hat to be protected from the sun, polarized sunglasses, a lightweight rain jacket, sunblock SPF 40 or higher and a good fly selection. Anyway, our guides can provide you with fly tied by themselves, which have proved to be very effective in the area. They cost from U$S 2.50 to U$S 3.- each. If you can´t bring your own gear, we will provide it for an additional charge of U$S 20.- per day.
» Rates / 2010
U$S 1,150.-
Per person double basis. 3 fishing days and 4 night accommodation.
Rates include:
4-night accommodation at the INTERCONTINENTAL PRESIDENTE CANCUN, 3 fishing days with boat/guide and lunch box with sandwiches and beverages: Breakfast and taxes at the hotel; transportation to and from the hotel to the marina.
Rates do not include:
Fishing equipment; dinner and alcoholic drinks; personal insurance; other personal expenses and gratuities.
Notes:
The Hotel rate is subject to change depending on the month ! Ask for special rates and/or more days accommodation.
» Rates / 2010
U$S 1,240.-
Per person double basis. 4-night accommodation and 3 fishing days.
Rates include:
Transfer hotel/marina/hotel. 4-night accommodation in a Junior Suite at the new and exclusive Hotel LA AMADA (5*) in Playa Mujeres. 3-fishing days with guide, boat and lunch box with sandwiches, beverages and fresh fruits.
Rates do not include:
Transfer airport/hotel/airport, breakfast, dinner and other extras at the Hotel. Personal health insurance; fishing equipment and flies. Gratuities.
Notes:
The hotel rate is subject to change !!!! Ask for special rates and/or more days accommodation
» Rates / 2010
U$S 400.- / U$S 375.-
Fishing only. Boat and guide per day (up to 2 anglers).
Rates include:
Transportation to and from your hotel to the marina, boat with fishing guide and lunch box with sandwiches and refreshments
Rates do not include:
Personal insurance, fishing licensefishing equipment and flies and gratuities.
Notes:
From April to September it is possible to fish "giant tarpon" with an extra cost of U$S 50.- per day.
» Rates / 2010
U$S 890.--
Per angler sharing boat and room. 4 night accommodation and 3 fishing days.
Rates include:
3 fishing days with boat, guide and lunch box with sandwiches and beverages; 4 nights accommodation at the HOTEL EL REY DEL CARIBE including brekfast and taxes; transportation to and from the hotel to the marina.
Rates do not include:
Fishing equipment and flies; personal insurance; gratuities; fishing license; dinner or drinks and other personal expenses.
Notes:
Ask for weekly packages. Hotel rates are subjet to change.
» Fishing
Report
September 2010
The fishing had given very good results with baby trapon up to 25 lbs., snook and few bonefish and permit.
» Fishing Testimonials
» I want to tell you that we appreciate a lot our fishing trip in Cancun. by: Denis Lord - May 11th, 2010
Dear Daniel,
I want to tell you that we (me and my two sons) appreciate a lot our fishing trip in Cancun. Humberto was a very very good guide. Tell him thank you again and thank you Daniel for everything. I hope it was not too difficult to Humberto to guide my kids. I'll call you again next year if I have the money to come back.
Thank you again
Denis Lord
» Daniel, the fishing in Isla Blanca was really very, very good. by: Esteban Ranieri - September 15th - 2009
Daniel, the fishing in Isla Blanca was really very good.
Humberto and I were looking for permit all day long and, without any doubt, we would surely find them in Isla Blanca. There is plenty of permit there, and they are big. Humberto is an excellent guide and a great guy; he knows the area perfectly well, so he knows exactly when and how to find fish.
Needless to say, the service was outstanding, both Humberto's and yours. You helped me organize this last-minute trip, everything was well coordinated and you were always attentive and concerned about all the details.
As usual, it's been a real pleasure to travel with Fly Fishing Caribe.
Kind regards,
Esteban
raineri@lqqd.com.uy
» Isla Blanca. We enjoyed a wonderful week of fishing. by: Richard Holwinski - August 24th, 2009
Thanks for setting us up on such short notice. We enjoyed a wonderful week of fishing in Isla Blanca.
The tarpon fishing was excellent; sixteen fish, weighing from 10-20 pounds. My wife caught one on her first cast of the trip. Tough bonefishing; two fish, not a lot of chances. Permit: lots of chances, without success. (Though I had two fish flatten the hook.) We also caught several barracuda and snapper.
One morning we devoted to snook. We caught nine snook between 25-29 inches in the first two hours of fishing. Thirteen snook total for the week. Had I known the snook fishing was that good, we might have spent more time on it earlier in the week. All the fish caught for the week except for four snook were caught on flies.
The El Rey del Caribe hotel was very nice, as were all the staff. Lots of good restaurants, and everything we needed close at hand.
About Humberto. He could not have been more accommodating, nor worked harder to put us on fish. Despite temperatures in the 90's, he poled us 4-5 miles a day. One day, he got out and pushed the boat more than 100 meters in thigh-deep mud to get us to good fishing.
Humberto gave us long hours on the water each day. He was very good at spotting fish and putting us in position to cast. It was windy all week and some of the runs were quite long, but his boating skills kept us comfortable and dry.
We highly recommend him. Thanks again, Daniel.
All the best,
Richard & Catherine Holewinski
» Isla Blanca. We had a really good day today ! by: Chuck Sacks - March 11th, 2009
Daniel,
We had a really good day today. Everything seemed fine with payment and tip. The other guide was not Eve. His name is Dino.
Thank you for all the help. You have been one of the most thorough people I have ever used to book my fishing trips.
I will report that in Angling Report a very well read newsletter about fishing trips and reviews.
Thank you
Chuck
» Isla Blanca, sea fishing has surpassed everyone's expectations by: Esteban Psenda - December 2008
Daniel,
The truth is that sea fishing has surpassed everyone's expectations. We did very well with the Barracuda and Snook. We couldn't find tarpon, but it doesn't matter. It is the best excuse to come back.
Humberto is an exceptional person and an excellent guide. I haven't got any other words to thank him for his guidance and company.
Daniel, thanks for everything. I'm sending some photos.
Kind regards,
Esteban Psenda
» Isla Blanca: Our trip to Mexico went really well !!!!!!!! by: Gary Edmonds - June 17th, 2008
Our trip to Mexico went really well, although the weather made the fishing a bit demanding most days due to strong winds, cloud cover and some big tropical storms which we had to sit out tucked under mangrove trees for an hour or so most days, but it all added to the adventure. Their first tropical storm of the season, 'Arthur' was the culprit.
The main reason for us choosing that destination was for me to have the chance of catching my first permit on the fly, which I'm pleased to say I succeeded in doing on our last two days fishing. I managed to achieve it on our penultimate fishing trip just after a big storm - a beautiful fish around 9 or 10lbs. On the last day everything seemed to come together and I managed to catch 4 permit on the fly. Sam (13 years old) had 2 permit on jigs tipped with half a crab on the same day - catching 2 on the 1 crab! Not only that, as he was playing his 2nd permit I spotted another cruising by and we had a double hook up which we have pictures of. When I've sorted them I'll send you a few.
Fishing in the mangroves we also jumped 15 tarpon and got 6 into the boat. Only small ones but great fun on a mixture of fly fishing and jig fishing. We also had a few nice snook, especially Sam, which he caught on jigs and plugs. It was a little windy for him most days to fish on the fly.
Sam caught lots of small barracuda and we had a few other small species such as catfish and snapper - oh, and I forgot to mention, I had a nice bonefish. Over our few days fishing I had a super slam on the fly and Sam had a grand slam.
It worked out that catching that permit on the fly it was my 100th species of fish I've caught on the fly - so it's a fish I shalll never forget.
Humberto is a great guide and his knowledge of the area was outstanding although at times we both found it hard to understand each other, but a very nice person and very helpful.
We were all very pleased with the hotel you chose for us too, thank you.
By the way, if you ever go there again yourself, don't get too close to the lion enclosure at the launch site of the boat. I was chatting to Humberto after the days fishing about 1.5 yards away from the enclosure, the lion was at the other end of the cage when it seemed to come from nowhere, reached out through the bars and took a swipe at me. It was so close that it tore the arm of my Columbia shirt! but luckily enough didn't scratch me - it had been watching me for a few days and I had commented on it - it definitely had eyes for me! That's a story to tell !!
» Isla Blanca. I saw more Permit in one day with Humberto than ....... by: Andy Madoff - March 23rd, 2008
Daniel, the fishing was incredible, I saw more Permit in one day with Humberto than in all my previous trips combined. Due to a defective leader (mine, not his) I broke off 3 fish and landed only one. I also had 4 fish eat the fly and I couldn't set the hook, which I guess counts for something.
Humberto did a great job, I couldn't have been happier and would love to come back and fish Isla Blanca again.........
Thanks,
Andy Madoff
» Isla Blanca. I had a couple of excellent but different days. by: Brendan McAndrew - October 29/2007
Daniel
I was just about to send you a message! I had a couple of excellent but different days. First day was bright and windy and we had 6 permit hooked and 4 landed best about 6lb and 3 snook best about 5lb and a Jack all on crab flies. Second day quite cloudy and heavy rain in pm so we went out ambushing snook had 5 best about 8lb on cockroaches and seducers, 1 permit although covering many others could not get them to take in deeper water! We also had some nice snapper and missed a few tarpon! So excellent sport and learned a lot from Humberto - a great guide! Not sure when I will get out to Mexico again but cannot wait!
So Daniel thanks again for organising.
Brendan
b.j.mcandrew@stir.ac.uk
» The trip to Cancun-Isla Blanca turned out perfect !!!!!!!! by: Roberto Gentili - July 02, 2007
Daniel,
The trip to Cancun-Isla Blanca turned out perfect. It has proved to be an ideal destination for a trip with the family.
The 3 fishing days were very good. I landed several permits and some tarpons, even though I could have got more if I had more experience in hooking them.
The guide Humberto was very kind and attentive, always ready to satisfy his client´s needs. He tried very hard to help me achieve my first Grand Slam. Unfortunately, I couldn´t get it but it was strictly my fault.
I hope I can repeat this trip in the near future.
Thank you very much for your participation in the arrangements of this trip.
Best wishes,
Roberto Gentili
» Isla Blanca. The fishing was GREAT! by: Colleen Anne Clair - May 31st, 2007
Daniel:
The fishing was GREAT! I just put together an album to mail to 'Beto. We ended up fishing the father/son team the whole time. First day, the bossman got a double slam fishing with Humberto. He says "I like Mexico"...we'll be back for certain. I got a big slob Permit myself (my FIRST)...I got three that day, the boat got seven, with shots at five more. I got kicked off the next day (Girls Rule). Beto can pole faster than a speeding permit. He is fun- has a good sense of humor and really cares. He's a good coach.
Colleen Anne Clair
USA
» Isla Blanca. He put me on tons of permit and tarpon !!!!!!!! by: Jerry Rios - May 16th 2007
Daniel,
Just finished the day trip with Humberto in Cancun/Isla Blanca.
He put me on tons of permit and tarpon and a few skittish bonefish!
I caught 3 permit and landed one, caught two tarpon and landed one.
Humberto was great and I will definitely request him as my guide next time I am in Cancun.
Thanks for everything.
Best regards,
Jerry Rios
» Isla Blanca. Thank you for arranging a wonderful outing !!! by: Suzanne O´Brien - November 8th, 2006
Daniel:
Thank you for arranging a wonderful outing with Humberto in Isla Blanca - Cancun, Ed and I both had a great time!
Thanks much!
Suzanne M. O'Brien
» Isla Blanca by: Eric and Stephannie Mannino - July 20th/2005
We had a wonderful time and Humberto was fantastic! Very knowledgable and funny. We got great pictures and we will definitely be back.
