Trip Reports
Speed Bumps and Black-Tailed Devils by John Retallack
In 2019 and 2020, I booked trips with Fish Tales to Cuba (Zapata Peninsula) and Mexico (Yucatan, Punta Allen) after d...
Part One Trip Report "The X-Flats" - Xcalak, Mexico - May 28-June 4, 2022
On Friday, May 27th five keen anglers started the journey for Fish Tales’ final 2022 spring season flats trip with a ...
Part Two Trip Report "The X-Flats" - Xcalak, Mexico May 28-June 4, 2022
Day 4-6 Holy Crap there are Fish!
As we headed out to calm conditions we were in for a real look at what Xcalak had t...
Tale of a First Permit in Cuba
Long-time Fish Tales customer Anthony Manconi was part of our second week of hosted fishing in March 2022.
“MI CORAZ...
Cuba December 2021 trip report- Instalment One
November 30th Zapata-Day!
Traveling outside of Canada, for the foreseeable future, still requires lots of patience an...
Cuba December 2021 Trip Report - Instalment two
Thursday and Friday Dec 2, 3– Salinas Flats to Ourselves!
We took advantage of arriving a few days early and fished ...
Cuba December 2021 Trip Report - Instalment Three
Sunday – Monday, December 5 & 6
Since Terry and I had fished Salinas already our gear was ready and waiting for u...
Cuba December 2021 Trip Report - Instalment Four
Tuesday Dec 4th River Tarpon Day on the Rio Hatiguanico
On Tuesday, we decided to visit the river in search of tarpon...
Cuba December 2021 Trip Report - Instalment Five
Wednesday, December 8th Paradise Permit
Terry and I were back together on the flats with Felipe for the day. Felipe r...
Cuba December 2021 Trip Report - Instalment Six
Thursday and Friday December 9 &10 The final days of our 2021 flats fishing
We had a first on Thursday morning...
October Steelhead Bummin' by Nick Verlaan
It's been a few years since I last went steelheading in October. We typically reserve our trips for earlier in the fa...
2020 season summary from Terry Johnson
The 2020 season got off to a late start because of Covid and then high water. During the covid lockdown I was able t...