What percentage of charter trips can one expect to see blue marlin or black marlin?
Blue marlin will be the most captured marlin year around. Black marlin will be accidental catches. What’s the preferred method for most charters—live bait, trolling lures, fishing Fish Aggregate Devices (FADs)? Nearly all the charters troll lures. We We also have many FADs to fish around. Departure time and return? Fishing departure time is around 7:30 a.m. Half-days end at noon. Full days end at 4 p.m. What are the average sea conditions? Most of the time it’s moderate to choppy. Sometimes it gets very rough, especially in our winter season (June and July) with a strong wind from east-southeast. How do charter captains feel about tagging and releasing? Most of the charter boats do not tag and release the fish unless the client requests it. They keep the fish for eating or selling. Island life is really sustained by the sea. Most of the time the client gives the catch to the captain. Do any captains practice light tackle? For offshore fishing there’s really no light tackle. Everything
