Ascension Bay part 1

Me and my fishing buddy final got down to Ascension Bay for our first flats trip. We fished with casa viejo chac.

Day one we chased bonefish and caught a couple in this size range pretty fun on 7wts
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Day two we headed to mangroves for baby tarpon. Was super fun technical casting to very shallow water I had numerous shots hooked two but lost both. My fishing buddy did better he landed two. 789FF4A4-CB06-4B69-BCA2-0460F0C10615.jpegDay three we went ocean side and had lots of shots on permit and tarpon. Buddy got his first permit and got a tarpon right to the boat but when guide tried to grab it for hero shot it pop off we counted as landed and hope we could find him a bonefish for the grand slam but didn’t happen had the bone on the line but he lost it. C8DE3388-7BC6-469A-BAC2-9351C377781C.jpeg1AF884C2-E871-4132-9135-AA59CEF2E1ED.jpeg I was able to hook another tarpon but broke me off. 9D37C996-A722-4AF5-97D8-9B6A792B43C0.jpeg Got another shot and was finally able to land my first tarpon.E0E8EC80-E372-4444-BF7F-65EFA2F2C0AE.jpeg Up till this point we had the lodge to ourselves and on a pretty big high from landing our first flats fish. What we didn’t know was the lodge would be filled when we got back from fishing.
 

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