Boca Paila - Fishing

A Frontiers exclusive, Boca Paila continues to be one of the best fisheries in the Caribbean with an average of forty grand slams each season (bonefish, permit and tarpon in one day) and over a dozen super grand slams (grand slam plus snook). Bonefish averaging 2-3 pounds are the most abundant game fish, but this part of the Yucatan may have the most reliable permit fishery in all of the Atlantic. Some fishermen come to the lodge to fish for permit (8-20 pounds) to the exclusion of all else. Juvenile tarpon in the 5-15 pound range are available year-round, and larger migratory tarpon in the 40-60 pound class are frequently seen in the summer and fall. Owing to the constant flow of fresh water into the lagoon that attracts the tarpon, snook are plentiful as well. The often overlooked "incidental" species of barracuda, jack crevalle, and snapper lurk in the background.

The Boca Paila guides have the longest average guide tenure (18 years) of any lodge in the flats fishing world. They are uniformly capable, and most are patient and can be excellent teachers. As the majority of the lagoon's flats are too soft to allow wading, the preferred method of accessing the flats is via a 16-ft Dolphin flats skiff poled by your guide.