Originally built in the 1960s, Belize River Lodge is a well-established and world-renowned fishing lodge, offering accommodation for up to 16 people in beautiful surroundings, as well as the option to try out a live-aboard fishing cruise. A great option for the dedicated fisherman, its proximity to the international airport making it a convenient option.
Local guide Elvin (or “Primo” as he is locally known) runs this independent guiding service based in Tortuguero on the Caribbean Coast. A highly-respected local guide, Primo has been fishing these waters for 20 years – few people are better equipped to put you on the fish here.
If fly-fishing for tarpon up to 200lbs while staying in a rustic beachfront jungle setting is your bag, then Tarponville is your kind of place. Situated close to the border with Panama, Tarponville’s location away from many of the other Costa Rican tarpon lodges in the north gives it access to near virginal fishing grounds.
Located on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica at the mouth of the famous Rio Colorado is the Silver King Lodge. As you’ve probably guessed, this place is all about tarpon fishing. Sure there are other species like snook and jacks, but the silver king rules here.
Based in Cahuita, a small town popular with tourists on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast, Roberto’s Tours offers guided fishing along with snorkelling and hiking in the Cahuita National Park.
On the banks of the Rio Colorado, right at its confluence with the Caribbean, is this well-established and well-appointed lodge. As with most fishing lodges in this part of Costa Rica, the focus is very much on tarpon, with the added attraction of top-notch snook fishing thrown in.
Sitting just at the edge of the Tortuguero National Park on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast is this intimate jungle fishing lodge. Blessed with surroundings of incredible beauty and with excellent tarpon fishing on its doorstep, this is a perfect destination for groups of two to 14 anglers.
Anyone planning a fishing vacation in Xcalak has to give Costa De Cocos some serious consideration – occupying a unique geographical position in the south of the Yucatan Peninsula, this Xcalak fishing lodge proudly boasts being “the only full-service fishing and diving resort in town”.
An intimate fishing lodge located in Punta Allen, specializing in fly-fishing on the flats of Ascension Bay. It’s managed by Dick and Kaye Cameron (former operations managers and hosts of Ascension Bay Bonefish Club). Permit are the No1 target, but bonefish tarpon and more abound here.
Established in 1996, Pesca Maya fishing lodge is located 90 miles south of Cancun in the Sian Ka’an Biosphere. The lodge offers a mixture of fly and light-tackle saltwater fishing for all flats species.
