thinhorn_AK
"DADDY"
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- Jul 2, 2016
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Absolutely, 2 years ago I went to the grand slam lodge in Ascension Bay, they had a thing where if you booked 2 people together it was +2500.00/person for everything, airport pickup in Cancun, water taxi to the lodge, nice rooms, all food, drinks and 4 fishing days. I didn't realize at the time how good of a deal that was. With my credit card miles my flight to Cancun was free. Now that trip is like 7100.00/person. I don't mind spending some money to hunt and fish but I don't live in a tax bracket where 7k for a few days of fishing is something that I can do without significant planning and saving....and even then, I don't think I'd pay that to fish ascension bay even though its awesome.
For the last few years, I've found that its much cheaper to just find a local guide and make my own accommodations rather than booking those lodges, it is very nice to know you'll be picked up at the airport and that you can just travel light and kick back but the days of doing that for cheap down in Mexico and Belize are pretty much over. Belize is just crawling with fishing guides and most are pretty good, heck, the fishing is so good there that even a bad guide is likely to get you on fish. my friend booked a guy right out of Cancun last summer, some random dude who he met at a dock. They ended up just slamming tarpon all damn day, He landed like 6 tarpon and hooked several, they had a great time and he paid just a few hundred bucks, he said it was easily the best value he's ever had on a hunting/fishing trip.
