Other species worth chasing

Snook can be found year-round in the Yucatan region. They are attracted to flowing water and are often spotted during tidal changes in channels, canals, passes, inlets, and can be found in water as shallow as 6 inches, on deeper grass flats, and along mangrove shorelines. They can be caught on fly, spinning or bait casting.  

The spotted seatrout, also known as speckled trout, is common along in the Yucatan coast particularly in the morning around the freshwater upwellings, and in deep water during the day. That being said, large ones are rare because they are popular eating fish. Typically caught spinning or bait casting.

This fish holds significant social and economic value for the fishing communities of the Yucatán Peninsula and does not attain large sizes anymore. Can be caught spinning in deeper water.  

Permit are not common in the Yucatan gulf coast, however they are present in the warmer month in the Ría in small schools. They are notoriously difficult to catch on the fly and catching them requires patience, persistence, precise casting and presentation, and a bit of luck, making them a most coveted prize.

Bonefish started appearing in San Felipe in the last few years and can be caught on sand patches between the seagrass on the flats. They make an excellent target for fly fishing.  

They are present all year around often in large numbers when they are small, with larger ones in deeper water. They can be taken on fly or by spinning or bait casting. 

As well as tarpon the area is a nursery for barracuda and small ones can be caught with a fast moving fly or spinner and large ones normally by spinning.