Los Roques Venezuela
by Richard French, 13 March 2010

Just got home from a superb week of fishing Los Roques Venezuela with Alex d Elena at Pez Raton Lodge. Our group of 8 consisted largely of long time friends who I have fished and travelled with to many of the most remote fishing destinations on the planet. It was truly a wonderful week!  We had a little bit of sketchy weather with some strong winds towards the end of the week and had to contend with an unusual 2 day rip tide that comes about once every 2 years or so. It certainly did not take away from the fishing though! There were numerous 4-5 pound bonefish fish caught each day along with the largest bonefish of the week (7.5 pounds) which was landed by Connecticut resident Carole Reichhelm, on the her last day. Carole also managed to land the top daily total of 27 bones landed and released. Randal Glaholt from Calgary lost a 30 pound permit on his first morning and landed a 25 pound jack on day 3. He focused as much as possible on permit during the week which was easy to do given how many big permit were cruising the north east part of the archipelago. Cathy Helms landed a large barracuda of about 25 pounds while her husband Zack outdid her two days later with his own 35 pounder.

There were plenty of tarpon around during the week both holding tight to the mangroves as well as larger fish harassing the many bait balls found along the shore as well as those out in deeper water. For those interested in a highly diverse fishery with a wide variety of species and fishing opportunities, it would be tough to beat Los Roques.  Slipstream Angling Adventures has 2 weeks booked out in late February and early March of 2011 so please let me know if you have any interest in joining one of our groups heading down to Los Roques next year. 

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