well, i’m heading down to Cozumel in a few weeks, has anybody been down there this spring/winter, and any recommendations for a fishing trip while down there? and what is my best option, flyfishing? deep sea?
Was down a month ago, no fishing, just diving. Fishing is spotty at best this time of season, another couple weeks it turns on. Good luck.
big g 
i don’t leave till 4/21
Sounds like you’ll be there for prime time then. 
Good luck.
big g
ps, most people say to fish south of the island, maybe 30 miles or so….
I can help a little perch. I fished the north end lagoons with local guide Alex Euan this past February.
I posted this report on another site: The whole purpose of this trip, for me, was to catch a bonefish using a fly rod. One, I’m at an intermediate level (at least I thought I was) when it comes to using a fly rod. Mostly from fishing SE MN streams as a kid for trout and back then I used a 7′ fly rod. I found out quickly that I was a novice with the equipment Alex uses. A 9′ – 8 weight rod, saltwater fly reel, 8# leader with about 40 yards of floating fly line and what seemed like 100 yards of backing. My estimates are probably off, but close enough. After that first hook-set, I can see why he has soo much backing!! The only fish I was able to boat used nearly all of the backing and he peeled it off in less than 10 seconds. Half way into his run I start laughing – Alex starts laughing and I could tell this was going to be a fun day.
It took me about an hour of practice before I nailed that fish, but it was worth the wait. The fish tail in the shallows in groups of three or four and you can see them for 100 yards milling around and then they will move off. When they move is when you have that opportunity to make the cast. I lost count but I probably miscued and missed around two dozen of these pods all because of my lack of concentration. When I did everything right though, which was on three fish, man was that a blast. Like I implied above, they run faster than any fish I have hooked.
Let me explain the whole fishing experience for me, as best as I can:
1. Watching, patience & stealth count for this fish more than any other I have fished.
2. Cast’s have to be accurate and in front of the fish, about 8′. Their eye sight is excellent and you can spook them by placing the fly too close. I did.
3. My side arm (SE MN style) of fly fishing doesn’t work! I was rushing my back & forward cast too much and I didn’t point the rod down on the forward motion which shoots the fly line out through the guides. Finish the cast.
4. Short strips with your rod tip almost touching the water. As Alex put it, 4″ to 5″…strip…strip…strip short pause to let the fly sink and strip again. What this does is make the fly jump and man do those fish respond!
5. When they hit the fly, set that hook! I had two decent fish get off because I didn’t “rear” back and hit them hard.
I heard multiple times from the back of the boat…..ai yai yai Jon
Alex ties his own pattern which looks like a shrimp. Real beauties too! I had a barracuda hit one and it was gone in a second.
He really worked his tail off to put me on fish. He uses a pole to push the boat, man am I glad I have a minnkota!!
I always thought that Bonefishing was the “major leagues” of fly fishing and someday I hope to have a chance to see what i can do. Thanks for posting this, it was very interesting! So how far do you have to cast to reach these fish? Is it all sight fishing?
Thanks
Rootski
Yep Rootski, its all sight fishing and you need to be able to cast at least 40′, which was a real chore for me. I think I hit Alex a couple of times when the wind was blowing. 
It has a tendency of lofting the fly and you loose control of the line and the cast.
I highly recommend a trip to Mexico in the winter for bonefish, if not for the obvious reason, it’s warm!!
now, i’ve never flyfished before, so is this type of trip going to be a waste of money for me? or will i still be able to do it as a rook?
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