At Anglers Inn, we will gladly provide high-quality St. Croix rods free of charge for the duration of your stay, but we require that you bring your own reels spooled with fresh line – braid, monofilament or fluorocarbon, nothing less than 15 pound test. While we have a Pro Shop with a limited amount of tackle for purchase. We recommend that you bring your own lures or terminal tackle. Call ahead to find out what the fish are biting, as this varies season by season, but you can start off with the following.

Soft Plastics

·      Senkos – watermelon, green pumpkin, black/blue

·      Lizards 8” – watermelon, green pumpkin

·      Ribbontail worms – Berkley Powerworms 10” – black/blue, plum, watermelon

·      Super Flukes and Mag Super Flukes – white, watermelon

·      Soft Swimbaits (unrigged) – 3.8”-6.8” – shad colors

·      Craws and/or Jig Trailers – watermelon, black/blue 

·      Soft swimbaits rigged – 4-6” – pearl, white/chartreuse (for example, Storm Wildeye Shad) 

Hard Baits

·      Topwater Poppers -- baitfish colors

·      Topwater Walking Baits -- baitfish colors

·      Berkley Choppo -- white or bone

·      Lipless Crankbaits – ½ ounce

·      Squarebills – 1.5 and 2.5 sizes – shad or chartreuse patterns 

·      Mid-Range Crankbaits – 6-12’ 

·      Deep Crankbaits – 10-17’ foot divers 

·      Ultra-Deep Crankbaits

·      Suspending Jerkbaits – translucent colors

Miscellaneous Lures

·      Spinnerbaits – ½ ounce to 1 ounce – shad or white/chartreuse

·      Chatterbaits – ½ ounce

·      Buzzbait – ½ ounce

·      Flipping Jigs – 3/8 to 1 ounce – watermelon, brown, black/blue

·      Football Jigs – ¾ to 1 ounce – watermelon, brown, black/blue

·      Swim Jigs – ¼ to ½ ounce – white/chartreuse, black/blue  

Terminal Tackle 

·      Tungsten worm weights – 1/8 to 1 ounce

·      Carolina Rigging components – including ¾ and 1 ounce weights

·      Bobber Stoppers

·      Wacky Rig Hooks 

·      EWG Worm Hooks (5/0)

·      Straight Shank Flipping Hooks (4/0-5/0)

·      Screw-In Weighted Swimbait Hooks

Extras

·      Chartreuse Dipping Dye/Pens 

·      Super Glue 

·      Extra Line

·      Line Cutters or Clippers

We strongly encourage you to try lures and terminal tackle from Berkley. We find that they make many of the best products for bass fishing in Mexico – or anywhere, for that matter.