Report: Las Salinas, Cuba

Las Salinas is a shallow flats fishery situated on the Zapata National Park on Cuba's south Coast. Las Salinas is a fly only fishery and is limited to 6 anglers per week helping to ensure the quality of the fishery into the future. The nearby Rio Hatiguanico provides fishing for Tarpon, snook and snapper. Have just received an email from clients Simon and Richard from the UK and it sounds like they had a fantastic time...

Hi Mat

The trip went really well. The organisation was flawless – apart from the return Virgin flight running two hours late.

The hotel is a bit basic – but there is food and beer (and some wine, but we drank them out of the red). The food is simple. The alcohol is cheap - $1.25 a can, $6 for a bottle of wine. The Salinas flats have a lot of good sized bones. Best day was 13 fish, but had perfect conditions. A better angler would have had 18! We averaged about 7 per day each – was windy and a bit cloudy a couple of days. Average fish size was high – many over 4lbs and up to 8+. But Salinas is bones only. Saw 1 permit.

The river is different. You need a sink tip (I had a 300grain rio which was perfect). Lots of small tarpon at this time of year (easy to hook up 20 in a day) plus snook and snapper. Also some larger fish (saw 80lb + roll).

Regards
Simon

For more information of Las Salinas and prices for this affordable Cuban destination please email me.