Casa de Ascension - Punta Allen, Sian Ka'an
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Fly Fishing
Fly fishing trips in Punta Allen, in the world famous Ascension Bay, Sian Ka’an, a place where Permit can grow and there are Bonefish, Tarpon, Barracuda and others. Our professional, highly-skilled, English-speaking fly fishing guides will make your trip extraordinary.
Ascension Bay in the Sian Ka’an Biosphere offers world-class saltwater fly fishing trips. It features kilometers of easy-to-wade flats, most with hard-packed white sand and others covered with turtle grass. Ascension Bay welcomes beginner fishers and seasoned veterans alike.
The quality of the fly fishing trips in Ascension Bay is excellent. Visitors can fish for bonefish, permit, tarpon, jacks, snook, barracuda and other exciting species. Saltwater fly fishing for game fish means catch and release. Capturing bonefish, permit and tarpon all on the same day is considered a “Grand Slam”. A “Super Slam” means hooking bonefish, permit, tarpon and snook all on the same day.
Visitors are also drawn by the isolation of the area as well as its beachcombing opportunities. Ascension Bay has hundreds of kilometers of flats to wade in for fly fishing. Most of the fishing here is wading as some flats are very shallow (just 10 to 15 centimeters deep). Wading while fishing is much more effective than fishing from a boat, as anglers can get much closer to the fish.
The ultimate prize catch for saltwater anglers is permit, a game fish. Permit is to flats anglers what Atlantic salmon is to fresh water angler
Bonefish (locally called “macabi”), which thrives in Ascension Bay, is among the world’s best game fish. It is highly sought after by anglers.
Anglers visiting Ascension Bay prize these large coastal game fish. Tarpon can reach nearly 91 kg in weight and nearly 2.5 meters in length. Tarpon is an elusive fish, residing in tricky-to-access hidden “lakes” in the far reaches of Ascension Bay.
Ascension Bay boasts one of the world’s most diverse varieties of game fish for the light-tackle saltwater angler. Anglers will find that they can catch all kinds of different species on the fly. Jacks, snook, barracuda, shark, needlefish, dorado, triggerfish, and snapper are all waiting for the intrepid angler.
What gear, tackles, flies and rods are needed to do the big catch.