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A Sailfish and captor
1.
OFFSHORE
Grenada is blessed with deep water close to shore so run outs are often only
15 minutes! In fact our record is a blue marlin hook up 20 minutes
after leaving the dock! We generally troll skirted ballyhoo and
various sizes of artificial lures when fishing deep water. Normally
we run 5 lines and 2 teasers.
The main
deep water species are:
Blue Marlin
- boat record is 543lb* but we have tagged 2 x 600lb marlin.
White
Marlin and Sailfish - both average around 40lb best around 60lb.
Yellowfin
tuna - we have the Grenada record at 220lb.
Dorado -
boat record is 44lb
Other
species encountered include wahoo, skipjacks, blackfin tunas etc.
* Note we
tag & release all billfish but this fish died during fight.

A Blue Marlin of 543lb
2.
REEF EDGES

A Wahoo
that came from the offshore reef
Grenada
has many inshore (and some offshore) reefs and shoals the edges of
which can provide good fishing with varied species of fish. In some
cases the drop off goes from 80ft to 800 ft very quickly and these
steep drops are normally the best spots for a wahoo or kingfish. We
troll skirted ballyhoo and small artificials on wire leaders when
fishing the reef edges. At least one line will be fished deeper -
either on the downrigger or with trolling leads. Species are:
Barracuda
- boat record is 30lb
King
Mackerel - boat record is 33lb
Wahoo -
boat record is 61lb
Other
species often caught include Cero mackerel, rainbow runners, horse
eye jacks, jack crevalle, black jacks, African pompano etc.
Occasionally
we get surprised when a shark takes a small fish - we landed a 185lb
bull shark in this way..

Bullshark
of 185lb
| FISH |
JAN |
FEB |
MAR |
APR |
MAY |
JUN |
JUL |
AUG |
SEP |
OCT |
NOV |
DEC |
| B. Marlin |
E |
E |
G |
G |
S* |
S* |
S* |
S* |
S* |
G |
E |
E |
| W.Marlin |
G |
G |
G |
G |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
G |
G |
E |
| Sailfish |
E |
E |
G |
G |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
G |
G |
E |
| Yellowfin |
E |
E |
E |
G |
G |
G |
G |
G |
G |
G |
E |
E |
| Wahoo |
G |
G |
G |
G |
G |
G |
G |
G |
G |
G |
G |
G |
| Dorado |
G |
E |
E |
E |
E |
G |
G |
F |
F |
F |
F |
F |
Key
| E |
Excellent |
| G |
Good |
| F |
Fair |
| S |
Scarce |
S*
=Rare but we caught a 543lb Blue Marlin in August 2002
Note the
above guide represents an average year - every year is slightly
different - sometimes the fish run slightly earlier or later than
indicated here.
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