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This
is the cover of November 2010 issueSalt Water Sportsman Magazine
- featuring Brian Stapleton and a 47lb mahi caught on our boat during
Spice Island Billfish Tournament 2010.
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! Marlin fishing
is our speciality but we are happy to target your favourite species!
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:
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Blue
Marlin - boat record is 543lb
but we have tagged 2 x 600lb+ marlin
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White
Marlin average around 40lb best around 60lb |
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Sailfish
- average around 40lb best around 60lb |
Dorado -
boat record is 47lb (above) |
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Yellowfin
tuna we have the Grenada record at 220lb (above) |
Big Eye
Tuna - rare catch as mostly swim deep. |
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Spearfish
(long billed) rare catch |
Skipjack
tuna boat record 30lb |
Other species encountered include wahoo, blackfin
tunas etc.
2.
REEFS and DROP OFFS

A cracking Wahoo caught 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:
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Wahoo
- boat record is 61lb |
King
Mackerel - boat record is 36lb |
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Afican
Pompano |
Barracuda
- boat record is 30lb |
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Mutton
Snapper boat record 11 lb |
Houndfish
rare catch |
Other species often caught
include Cero mackerel, rainbow runners, horse eye jacks, jack crevalle,
black jacks, 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 |
G |
G |
F |
F |
F |
F |
G |
E |
| W.Marlin |
E |
E |
G |
G |
G |
G |
F |
F |
F |
F |
G |
E |
| Sailfish |
E |
E |
G |
G |
G |
G |
F |
F |
F |
F |
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 |
E |
G |
F |
F |
F |
F |
F |
Key
| E |
Excellent |
| G |
Good |
| F |
Fair |
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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