Silver King Lodge - Fishing

The English-speaking native guides are proficient in spin/plug casting and fly fishing methods. Conventional tackle and equipment is available for guests to use at no additional cost; fly fishermen should bring their own gear. The lodge has a well-stocked tackle shop featuring Accurate and Fin Nor reels, Shakespeare rods, as well as ultra-light spinning tackle for casting to exotic freshwater species. The shop is fully stocked with the most productive lures and flies for the area; a variety of sinking fly lines for tarpon is available in grains from 550 to 750.

There are also tranquil lagoons and major rivers offering light-tackle action for guapote (rainbow bass with savage-looking teeth), machaca (an acrobatic shad-like game fish), and exotically colored mojarra (resembles the sunfish). Occasionally, tarpon and snook are encountered in these same areas as well as upriver. With the tarpon caught in the river, Silver King Lodge has instituted a tagging program that should produce interesting results over the next few years. For the estuary fisherman seeking the smaller varieties, canoes are available so that the backwaters are now completely accessible.

The lodge has new 23-ft V-hull boats that are equipped with twin 150-hp motors and rigged with fish finders, VHF 25-watt radios, downriggers, Penn International reels, and much more. This opens up the opportunity to fish offshore for wahoo, sails, yellowfin tuna, and mahi mahi. Some of the larger catches so far have been wahoos weighing in at 75-85 pounds, dorados at 30-50 pounds, and 150-pound tuna.