Yucatan, Mexico: 1,300 Miles Of Tarpon, Permit, Snook & More!

by | Salt Water

Yucatan Adventure Video

I put this short film together for the Drake Magazine’s 5 minutes offly fishing competition. It was chosen as one of the top 10 entries fromaround the nation and walked away with the best humor category. Myapproach to filming, editing and ultimately fly fishing is rather candid andit comes across in this film. I work in the destination fly fishing industry and from time to timeexploratory missions are in order. I am the Yucatan program manager forYellow Dog fly fishing out of Bozeman, MT and it is valuable for me tohave my finger on the pulse of the industry. I needed a buddy and Iasked one of my mates down in Texas who could stretch a line andwouldn’t mind splitting some costs with me. For this trip I fished right in the Cancun area for snook, tarpon andpermit. There is a shark segment with Captain Rodman Hunter. We castseveral times but couldn’t get that bruiser to eat. Then we moved on to IslaHolbox in search of a triple digit tarpon. I only had one day to fishand I really went over for the great food and Italian waitresses. Fromthere we drove 5 hours to Campeche for some really hot baby tarponaction. The city of Campeche was really cool and has a rich history. Thebaby tarpon fishing was non-stop action in several different styles offishing. After a 3 night stay in Campeche We headed across the peninsulaand south to Xcalak to fish the vast expanses of Chetumal Bay whilestaying at Costa de Cocos Lodge. We rounded out our 1300 mile tripvisiting dear friends and fishing the familiar waters of ascension bay.14 nights and 13 days made for some great stories and some amazingfly fishing.

5 Comments

  1. jeremy on November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am

    sweet stuff man … nice work with the camera and the fly rod .. 1300 miles, unfamiliar water and lots of great species … my kind of trip .. those baby tarpon looked like so much fun … especially since they were hammering the gurgler … nice work …. maybe next time the shark will take …. where are you off to next? ….

  2. hedrush999 on November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am

    I bet there are a few guys out there that want your job. Nice work with the camera and the long rod. Sounds like the perfect trip in my opinion, but were you able to get any permit? It looked like there was a quick shot of the back of one, but I couldnt tell if it was a jack.

  3. MarshallD on November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am

    Cool Trip. And pro video. Thanks. The variety of guided experiences all melded with pro editing…hard to see it all in such a short clip. Great music and I liked the credit scrolls.

    Don’t waste this on the Drake, they all suck!

    just kidding…..film on!

  4. AlexisMT555 on November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am

    Great work on editing the video. Nice read.
    Thanks for sharing this piece of fun from somewhere else. Fliesandfins is getting more and more international…coool!!

  5. BobbyCancun on November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am

    Camera was off when the permit showed up! It was my biggest mistake. I could have got some great stuff including me blowing the shots!