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Captain
Severo, fishing captain extraordinaire from San Pedro, Ambergris
Caye, Belize, has guided fishing-show greats like Jimmy Houston
of TNN. Severo can guide anyone who has never held a fishing rod
in their hand to a mess of yellow tails, trigger fish, and barracuda.
He can also take you bone fishing in the sandy-flats off Palmero
Point on the windward side.
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To
connect with Severo, just ask for him at your hotel on Ambergris
Caye or at one of the numerous tour outfitters in San Pedro. Or,
wander off the 'beaten path' in San Pedro village to Back Street
and ask around until you find his home, right there on the edge
of the island, facing the mainland.
With
numerous fishing rods to choose from, Severo and I set out one
afternoon to try our luck off the coast of Ambergris Caye. At
the beginning I only caught a few 'yellow tail' because I was
too slow with the rod, Severo gave me some tips and suddenly
the fish were biting quicker than I could have imagined. I actually
could not get the fish off the hooks quick enough...trigger
fish and a small barracuda until Severo advised jokingly: "Let's
leave some for tomorrow. If you catch them all today, I won't
have a job tomorrow". Anyhow, as the sun set over Ambergris
Caye, I was still frying up yellow tail and trigger fish.
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