billfish in Belize

[stuart_mcclelland]

I am looking for information on sailfish, white and blue marlin fishing in belize to coinside with a flats fishing trip. Any information on charters, seasons, locations and quality of fishing would be great

[marlinhunter]

You're joking right? Maybe one or two sails are caught yearly there. It's a pipe dream of a few owners who want to take you on a boat ride. Do you realize how far out Blackbird Caye is from the closest flats? Then another twenty miles past that to get into any deep water. Fuel is $7/gal. If the charter is less than $500/day, you're not going too far.

[bill]

It is obvious that marlinhunter has not spent much time in the blue water off of belize. First of all, once you get to blackbird, it is a very short distnce to deep blue water. There are certainly better areas to fish for marlin in the Caribbean, however while fishing on a pivate boat out of Belize, I have been a part of catching 20 - 25 blue marlin, a few whites, 1 stipe, but no sails. There are very few charter operations in the area, but your best bet is San Pedro.

[Dave_Gahn]

There are none,sorry bud. good bone fishing by placencia. south end of country

[gowest]

Bill - you gotta lay off smoking da rope mon. The only people that gets bills in Belize is da longliners.

[madman]

Bill- You caught a Striped Marlin in the Atlantic? Wowser - only thought they were found in the Pacific!

[marlinhunter]

20 billfish? Yeah right only commercial longliners do. I saw one the other day from our rover. He hung around for about three hours waiting for us to leave the atoll we were surveying.