Not included: air travel to Cancun baggage overweight charges airport departure tax laundry bills and other items of a personal nature (NOTE: cellular phone service is available at camp for emergency use. Included: round-trip ground & boat transfer from Cancun Airport to Pesca Maya lodging in beach front cabana with private bath and air conditioning three meals a day flats skiff with native guide daily use of lodge’s tackle (offshore trips only) use of lodge’s fly tying facility and materials beverages, table wine, beer, liquor Sian Ka’an entrance fee. The apprentices are adept at basic guide skills including knot tying and spotting fish and can be a tremendous aid to the anglers, especially when wading. Those who excel ultimately are promoted to Guide. Each must participate in the lodge’s “Guide School” (and pass) before spending several years as an apprentice guide. The apprentice’s are part of Pesca Maya’s innovative guide training program. In fact the core of the guide staff have guided for the lodge since it opened in 1996. All of the guides speak English, (some better than others) and have years of experience. Pesca Maya boats carry 2 anglers, one guide and one “apprentice guide”. These pangas are exceptionally seaworthy and feature higher gunnels, which provide added protection from splash on windy days. The boats are equipped poling platforms and casting decks with optional leaning posts, rod holders, comfortable bucket seats for the anglers, radio and safety equipment including life preservers and first aid kits. All 8 boats were completely redone with new gel coat and paint in 2013. Pesca Maya runs a fleet of 23 foot, shallow draft “pangas” powered by 50 – 60 hp 4-stroke Yamaha outboards. Areas like Los Rios (The Rivers) bring fresh water into the bay providing an ideal brackish water environment tarpon favor. While migratory tarpon up to 100 + pounds may be encountered on the flats anytime from April through November, resident juvenile tarpon are found near the back of the bay year round. For flyrodders in quest of landing this most coveted and challenging of species, we know of no other fishery that produces more fly caught permit than Ascension Bay. The average size permit is around 12 – 14 pounds but the Bay has produced monsters topping the 50-pound mark! And for some unknown reason, Ascension Bay permit seem to eat flies better than permit in other areas. Blessed with the protection afforded by the barrier reef, the bay is a unique ecosystem providing literally miles of flats and ideal habitat for bonefish, tarpon, permit and snook. Ascension Bay is widely regarded as one of the world’s finest permit fisheries. From there, running times to some of the most productive areas are: 5 minutes to Maravilla, 25 minutes to Cayo Culebra 40 minutes to Tres Marias 30 minutes to Esperanza or the tip of Vigia Grande. When fishing Ascension Bay, the boats run 10 minutes south to the outlet of the lagoon into the bay.
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