Zapata, Cuba

Type

Motherships

Fishing Style

Skiff

Season

September through mid July

Rate

$$$

Zapata, Cuba
Zapata, Cuba
Zapata, Cuba
Zapata, Cuba
Zapata, Cuba
Zapata, Cuba
Zapata, Cuba
Zapata, Cuba
Zapata, Cuba

Zapata, Cuba

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Just 9,300 people live in the 4,322-sq-km Ciénaga de Zapata, the most sparsely populated area in Cuba. The area’s wealth lies in its vast forests and everglades that cover 1,670 sq km, and more than 165 migratory and autochthonous species, like the Cuban crocodile. In 2000, UNESCO - the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, declared Zapata Peninsula a biosphere reserve. All the water surrounding this National Park area will be in your backyard the entire week you are aboard the Georgiana fishing. The preserve is one of the best bird-watching locales in the world shared with the Cuban Crocodile, 900 species of sundry plants and creepy reptiles.

Location

Species at Zapata, Cuba

Bonefish
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Permit
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Tarpon
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Snook
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Jack Crevalle
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Red Snapper
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Barracuda
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Zapata, Cuba

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Following breakfast is around 7:00 a.m., anglers leave the mothership (Georgiana) in their skiffs before 8:00 am. Anglers return to the Georgiana for lunch and a relaxation. You may opt to take lunch with you and remain on the flats to fish the entire day. Lunch aboard the Georgiana is fresh, simple, with fruit and juice always available. Meals include chicken and pork, and of course a variety of freshly caught seafood to your taste.

The San Lazaro flats are very large, and extend inland over miles of shallow water until reaching the mangrove border of the Cienaga Swamp. In these shallow waters anglers will fish out of single skiffs in search for Bonefish and Permit. In deeper water anglers double up and seek out tarpon and other species. During the week, anglers will fish 4 days from single skiffs, and two days in a double. San Lazaro flats have been divided into 10 separate fishing zones and guides are careful to rotate through each to avoid heavy pressure in just a few spots.

While the 100 foot Georgiana is typically assigned to these waters other yachts in the fleet may be used. We have included a brief descriptions of the fleet below in case the Georgiana is assigned elsewhere during the time you plan to fish Cuba. Each of the vessels are superb and offer the same class of hospitality.

The Georgiana has 6 cabins with well appointed bathrooms and showers. The Georgiana is anchored in the deeper water adjoining the western edge of the San Lazaro Flats. Anglers will fish different zones each day always hunting a variety of trophy fish species.

Skiffs

We use Dolphin Super skiffs at all our Avalon flats fishing destinations. The last one acquired was a new Dolphin 16 foot Super Skiff Pro. The original Dolphin Super Skiff has been a favorite of Florida bonefish guides for thirty years! It was the first skiff designed specifically for poling shallow flats that also had the ability to handle long runs in open bays through heavy chop and still provide a smooth ride for the guide and clients. The hull is designed with enough deep V to slice through the waves, turn and handle beautifully yet with a draft of only 8 inches, it’s a skiff the guides can pole on the shallowest bonefish flats.

Dolphin’s Super Skiff has been the choice of the finest lodges in the Caribbean for many years and has earned its reputation as the safest, quietest, stealthiest, best handling flats skiff made.

Constructed from a very light fiberglass mold, these skiffs are ideal for the miles and miles of shallow water flats that anglers will find here. Drawing less than 6 inches of water, the skiffs are powered by very reliable 40 HP Yamaha engines.

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