LAS SALINAS – ZAPATA NATIONAL PARK

For the 2013 season Solid Adventures in co-operation with Casa Batida and Planet Flyfishing are very proud to present a brand new and unique program in Las Salinas, the western area of the pristine Zapata National park on the south side of Cubas Coast line!

The east section of the park (east of the red lines on the map) has only been open for flyfishing since 2004 but until today no motorboats have been allowed, strongly limiting the possibilities to explore these vast areas. However, since the number of bonefish has been so great, known and acknowledged as one of the absolute the Permits, Tarpons, Jacks, Snooks and many others to feast on.

Seriously, look at the map and just imagine what this really means! This area is simply a salt water angler and explorer’s dreams come true! A chance to say you were one of the first sportfisherman ever to fish these areas! One can only imagine what the tides from the 700 meter deep ”horse shoe” channels will bring to the table for our dear friends best in the world in terms of numbers, there has been no real need to explore any other areas…….until now! A salt water angler and explorer’s dreams come true!

Since 2013, for the first time ever, Solid Adventures in co-operation with Casa Batida and Planet Flyfishing will now be able to take anglers right into the heart of this area, utilizing a newly built channel directly from the new marina. With the help of our brand new motorboats, 4 single skiffs to explore the shallow areas and two double skiffs to explore the deeper areas we can now fish waters never fished before!

This season in Las Salinas will be extremely interesting and one of the more memorable experiences for any fisherman ever wanting to explore something new, something that hasn’t been fished by hundreds, thousands, or even more before you got your chance! This will be our most interesting program this year and we will keep our website updated with pictures and video through- out the season. We strongly recommend to make sure you are in one of those pictures or videos! That will be a memory lasting forever and a chance to say you were one of the first sportfisherman ever to fish these areas!

 FACTS

With the new channel in place we have a short 20 minute cruise through the mangroves before we arrive right in the middle of the new unexplored west side areas of Zapata National Park and will start our fishing!

Fishing: Fishing will be done both from the boats and by wading. Most of the flats are very shallow with hard clear bottoms allowing for very easy wading on solid grounds for sight fishing, mainly for Bonefish and Permit but also with the odd chance for Tarpon and other species! When fisihng the deeper unexplored areas we can’t say what species you will be casting on but we suggest you come prepared!

TACKLE RECOMMENDATIONS

  • Bonefish rod of your choice (line weight 6-8, with a floating line).
  • Permit rod of your choice (line weight 10 with floating line). These rods can also be used for baby tarpons and mid size tarpons (up to 120 lbs), snook and popperfishing for jacks.

FOUR NEW SINGLE SKIFF BOATS

Boats: To get access to the new areas of Las Salinas and Zapata National Park there are a total of six skiffs (flat boats) available for our guests. 4 brand new single skiffs taking one angler and one guide per boat, and 2 double skiffs taking 2 anglers and one guide per boat.

Flats fishing: Most of the flats are very shallow with hard and clear bottom. This means most fishing will be done wading on the flats. 4 boats/ 4 anglers.

River tarpon fishing: Fishing Rio Hatiguanico will be done from boat. This river is a real treasure chest holding all kind of fish – Baby Tarpon, Tarpon, Snook, Snapper, Jack and more! 1 boat/ 2 anglers.

TACKLE TO BORROW

Each flats boat will be equipped with:

  • 1 Loop Cross S1 rod #8 / Loop reel / floatline
  • 1 Loop Cross S1 rod #10 / Loop reel / floatline

River boat will be equipped with:

  • 1 Loop Cross S1 rod #8 / Loop reel / floatline
  • 1 Loop Cross S1 rod #10 / Loop reel / floatline

BOOKING AND INFORMATION 

For more information and booking requests please contact us on: info@solidadventures.com.