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Originally Posted by rexhamer
This is not a striper question, but I know many people on this forum have wet a line in faraway places. I am going to Mexico for a week at the end of this month, and have scheduled a flats fishing trip to Cozumel. We will be targeting bonefish, permit, barracuda, and maybe baby tarpon as per the guide's web page. This will be spinning, not fly fishing.
The guide will obviously provide all the necessary gear, but I thought I would take along a few artificials to try if things were slow. Does anyone have any specific recommendations? Should I presume that anything imitating shrimp and small crabs would be a good bet? Should I try a Hab's needlefish???
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Where are you staying in Cozumel? I stayed at Playa Del Mar next to the Golf Course and had a great time! Because you are fishing the exotic tropical waters, the water is gin clear and don’t get caught without the fluorocarbon leader!
I had some exceptional shore results with small jigs (rubber shads, grubs and bucktails). If you’re seeking those toothy critters like the long nose needlefish or barracudas, you need an assortment of tins like the kastmasters and crocodile (blue/silver). There are also tarpon and snook during the late hours at night (just look for lighted docks and piers ;-) … use small swimmers like the rapalas , sluggos or rubber shads.
In the event you are going to take a charter – Take your light tackle equipment (7' / 15 lbs. braid with fluro. leaders) Ask to fish the back coves where you will be able to connect to permits, bones, snook and tarpon all along the mangroves.
As for the offshore, we had some decent fish (small tunnies and the elusive billfish) …but that’s the usual hum-dum-no-thrill- throwing routine. If that’s your game, bring your own zucchini zonkers, green machines or cedars. Also, be on the look out for schools of mahi-mahi or little tunas (surface action).... simply have a spinning outfit ready with a popper, small diamond jig, bucktail or small rubber shads.
Hope this helps.
Tight Lines,
“Crazy” Alberto
NonStopFisher@Optonline.net