Pesca Maya is open all year round. Peak season goes from March to June, more and more anglers are taking advantage of our medium and low season discounts (10-20%). See rates for more info. Following is a description of the seasons. You choose what’s your best time:

Fall: More groups are coming during October and November to enjoy beautiful sunny days, with nice breeze but low winds. Lot’s of local bonefish, permit and some baby tarpon, plus bigger migrant tarpon whose arrives in June and departure in December. Last year Bob Bates broke our bonefish record landing 62 bonefish in one boat, one day. Also Doug Schlink made 2 Grand Slams back to back in October. When weather is good this is a perfect time to fish but rain might appear for one hour or two and disappear, or stay for 2-3 days. It’s also Hurricanes season. In such event, if we have to evacuate, or close to repair the damage we will reschedule your trip. We offer 10% discount during this season.

It amazes me how many people get on a boat with a guide, who they might be fishing with for a week, without any formal introduction. Take the initiative and get to know your guide. Establish a repour. Remember his name. Let them know what you want to fish for, how you want to fish, your abilities and fishing experience as well as what really trips your trigger when it comes to fishing. Let the guide check your equipment, knots, leaders, tippet material, flies, rod and reel, etc. Don't be shy. Before you even leave the dock, go through the following exercise with your guide.

1.) Get on the casting platform, with rod in hand and review the basic "clock." 12 O'clock being the bow of the boat 6 O'clock being the stern, 9 O'clock is directly to port, while 3 O'clock is directly to starboard. It's imperative that you both have this straight. More than likely, your guide will call out fish in the following manner, "Tarpon at three o'clock, 60 feet, moving right to left."

2.) Still on the casting platform, strip out some Fly line and throw a short cast as the guide watches. Next, throw a medium cast. Lastly, throw a long cast. The guide now knows your casting abilities.

3.) If you have a problem seeing fish, let the guide know before you start fishing. Anything that you can relay to your guide concerning your abilities, your wants and needs, your dislikes and so on will make his job much easier and your fishing day more enjoyable.

4.) If your guide spots a fish and you do not see it, DO NOT cast until you see that fish. Point your rod out in front of you as if a pointer on a chalk board and have your guide direct your rod to where he sees the fish. Your guide might say, "3 o-clock , more right, keep going, keep going STOP!" this is where you should concentrate your vision and again DO NOT cast until you see the fish.

5.) Follow your guides instructions. Guys, I have found that the ladies, when learning how to Fly cast or fish, are the quickest learners... Why? Because they listen to the guide. LISTEN... If he says strip, STRIP!, stop, STOP!, set the hook SET IT! You'll see that by listening to your guide your success rate will increase substantially

Make sure that you and your guide are talking the same language. That is, you may be thinking feet and yards and he may be thinking meters. One meter (39.37 inches) is very close to one yard.

Boats.- Our boats are local made, fiber glass “pangas”, with a Yamaha 40 HP outboard motor. Boats are well suited for fly-fishing, With a spacious and clean platform. comfortable to cross Ascension Bay, even in the tough days and with only 6 inches in the water we can get into any flat. They do such a good job that we have even export 4 of them to the United States.

For fly fishing we recommend to bring, at least, 3 rods: a seven for bonefish, and two 10's one to be ready for permit and one for tarpon. It's always good to have an extra seven just in case. At the Lodge we have rods & reels for rent at US$25.00 per day.

Flies.- You will see a complete flies list, we also have flies at the Lodge and a fly ting table, where you can share your secrets with your friends and also buy flies from Brian (your host). If you are going to buy select some blind charlies, get all colors available and ask for new designs. It's always good to present new stuff to those big and old bonefish. About permits the world is steel looking for the killer and effective fli. Of course bring crabs, light and heavy, shrimps, and sometimes the bonefish flies do the work.