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The deep blue and crystal
clear shallows found in the BVI offer some of the best fishing in
the Caribbean. Sport fishers can reel in a trophy sized Blue
Marlin, Yellow and Black Fin Tuna, Wahoo, and Dolphin. Light
tackle, inshore fishing can be very active also, hooking onto
Dolphin, Barracuda, Kingfish, and Wahoo, and that’s what you'll
yell when you hook into one of these hard fighting fish caught on
light tackle.
The BVI is home to the famous North Drop above Tortola, which
claims the highest number of Blue Marlin strikes per day of
anywhere in the World. And then there’s the schools of Wahoo,
Dolphin Fish, Tuna, Sailfish, White Marlin and Kingfish that
hungrily feed around the Islands.
There
is excellent bonefishing in the BVI particularly on Anegada. Other
BVI locations are not as vast as Anegada’s miles of reef. There is
a small but accessible spot west of the Beef Island bridge
While
sailing, you can drag a line to catch surface feeding fish such as
Spanish mackerel, kingfish (also called king mackerel) or tuna.
Barracuda may be poisonous and should always be returned.
At anchor, or from the shore, drop in a line for yellowtail
snapper or triggerfish along with kingfish. These fish are
commonly caught by local fishermen using fishing traps. Get advice
on distinguishing the yellowtail snapper from grunts, which they
resemble. There are three types of triggerfish: the black one is
poisonous, the dark one is used commercially and the yellow one is
the rare and exotic queen triggerfish which should be released.
While quite distinct to knowledgeable eyes, the triggerfish has a
lot of“cousins” from filefish, trunkfish, boxfish – all with odd
shapes and some very poisonous.
We
caution people against eating most species of fish.
There is a toxin, which can cause ‘fish poisoning’ if
ingested. The name is
ciguatera. Information
is available at www.cigua.com. In general, to be safe, catch-and-release is advised, although
tuna, mahi-mahi, kingfish and Wahoo can be considered safe to eat.
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