Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute (Sports Fishing Program Unit)
Fees on the agency page
Sport fishing in Belize needs the CZMAI licence; bonefish, permit and tarpon are catch-and-release.
Licence page
Belize flats: Ambergris Caye, Turneffe & Placencia
San Pedro on Ambergris Caye, Caye Caulker and Belize City face the barrier reef and Turneffe Atoll in Belize District.
- Belize · Belize
- 5 waters
- 11 guides & lodges nearby
- 3 shops nearby
Photo credit
The lighthouse on Turneffe Atoll, Belize. Photo: Serge Melki from Indianapolis, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
More about Belize flats: Ambergris Caye, Turneffe & Placencia
San Pedro on Ambergris Caye, Caye Caulker and Belize City face the barrier reef and Turneffe Atoll in Belize District; Placencia and Hopkins in Stann Creek lie down the coast toward Glover's Reef and the Belize River runs inland from Belize City.
Meet local guides and lodges
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11 guides and lodges within 110 miles (6 fly-focused, 3 lodges). Unclaimed listings, built from each business's own website: confirm licensing, rates and dates directly.
Tres Pescados Fly Shop
San Pedro, Belize · 1 mi
Saltwater & ocean charters · Lodge packages · Ambergris Caye & Hopkins
- Unclaimed
Blue Bonefish Lodge
San Pedro Town, Belize · 3 mi
Saltwater & ocean charters · Lodge packages · Ambergris Caye & Belize Barrier Reef
- Unclaimed
JR Sport Fishing
Belize City, Belize · 32 mi
Saltwater & ocean charters · Beginners & lessons
- Unclaimed
Whipray Caye Lodge
Placencia, Stann Creek · 100 mi
Saltwater & ocean charters · Multi-day trips · Placencia
- Unclaimed
Belize River Lodge
Belize District, Belize · 34 mi
Saltwater & ocean charters · Beginners & lessons · Belize River
- Unclaimed
Nauti By Nature Fishing Charters
Placentia Village, Stann Creek · 100 mi
Saltwater & ocean charters · Beginners & lessons · Ambergris Caye & Turneffe
- Unclaimed
Freedom Tours Fishing Unlimited-Day Boat Tours . wattsapp app 501-6323163
San Pedro, Belize · 1 mi
Map listing: trips not confirmed
- Unclaimed
Permit to Play
Seine Bight, Stann Creek · 96 mi
Saltwater & ocean charters · Overnight camp trips · Placencia
- Unclaimed
Belize Candace Fish & Reef Tour
San Pedro, Belize · 1 mi
Saltwater & ocean charters · Beginners & lessons · Ambergris Caye & Caye Caulker
- Unclaimed
Under Da Sea Adventures
San Pedro, Belize · 1 mi
Saltwater & ocean charters · Ambergris Caye & Caye Caulker
- Unclaimed
The Belize flats: Ambergris Caye, Turneffe & Placencia area
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The circle is the 110-mile area this page covers, around San Pedro. Tap a water for its page. Shops and guides appear where they publish a street address on their own website; all of them are listed below.
Map of the Belize flats: Ambergris Caye, Turneffe & Placencia area: its waters, shops and guides
Map of Belize flats: Ambergris Caye, Turneffe & Placencia: the 110-mile area this page covers, its waters, and shops and guides with an exact address.
Waters around San Pedro
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The rivers, lakes or flats this hub is organised around. Where a nearby guide or lodge names a water on its own website, we say how many do. Seasons, closures and permits differ by water: check the agency pages under licence and rules.
No agency in Belize publishes an open real-time river or tide feed we could verify, so no readings are shown for these waters.
- Ambergris CayeNamed by 5 guides nearby
- Turneffe Atoll
- Placencia Lagoon
- Glover's Reef
- Belize RiverNamed by 2 guides nearby
Species the official pages name
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From the fishery's or agency's own page (linked under sources). 8 guide and lodge websites nearby name species of their own; counted below. This is what they advertise, not a promise of what you will catch.
- BonefishCoastal Zone Management Authority and Institute
- PermitCoastal Zone Management Authority and Institute
- TarponCoastal Zone Management Authority and Institute
- Permit7
- Tarpon7
- Bonefish5
- Snook4
- Barracuda3
- Jack crevalle3
- Grouper2
- Tuna2
Licence, regulations and access
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Buy the permit from the agency or rights-holder and read its current rules before you go. These are the authoritative pages; nothing on this page grants or implies access to any water, and no fee is shown because none was read from an agency page with a date.
Nothing here grants or implies access to any water.
11 guide and lodge listings
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Within 110 miles. Fly-focused operators first, then the best-documented listings. Distances are straight-line from the town centre. Every listing is unclaimed and built from the business's own website and an open map record; confirm licensing, rates and dates directly. Lodges and motherships are labelled as such.
3 shop listings nearby
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Fly shops first. A distance is shown when the shop's own website gives its location; otherwise the shop is included because it is in one of the towns around San Pedro. Confirm hours with the shop before you go.
Rates pages (4)
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4 nearby operators publish a rates page. We never copy rates or estimate a budget for this hub; these links open each operator's own rates page.
Parks and visitor offices
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For the non-fishing days, or the people travelling with you. Official sources only; what to do there is for their pages to say. We do not list or price lodging or flights for this hub.
Gear checklist
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A saltwater flats fly-fishing checklist: a 9 ft 8 weight rod, sealed-drag reel, tropical line, fluorocarbon leaders and shrimp/crab flies, plus sun protection and flats booties, with estimated prices and where to buy.
Saltwater flats
9′ rod, 8 weight, sealed-drag reel, tropical floating line · Bonefish, redfish, permit and other flats species
Open checklistWatch: flats fishing basics
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Sight casting, the strip set and sun on the water.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
FLY FISHING FOR REDFISH BASICS 101 INTRODUCTION FOR BEGINNERSEmbedded from YouTube · Huge Fly Fisherman · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube How To Set Up For A Bonefish TripEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
Not sponsored All videos on saltwater flats
Stories from Belize
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Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly, tagged with a water in Belize, Belize.
No Belize stories yet.
Sources for this page
All 5 sources
Guide, lodge and shop listings come from the Legendary directories (open map records checked against each business's own website). Everything else links to the publisher below; this page copies none of their text. A destination hub organises discovery; it does not assert public access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions, and it estimates no price.
- Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute (Sports Fishing Program Unit): fishing licences and rulesCoastal Zone Management Authority and Institute (Sports Fishing Program Unit)
- Belize Tourism BoardBelize Tourism Board
- Travel Belize (official tourism site)Belize Tourism Board · not verified by us (the site blocks automated checks): check the agency’s site
- Belize Audubon Society (protected areas)Belize Audubon Society
- Overture Maps places (guide, lodge and shop map records)Overture Maps Foundation, CDLA-Permissive 2.0
Links checked 20 Oct 2026. Not a claim of access or conditions.