Fishing in Aruba?

[Supafly]

How is the fishing in Aruba? Any charter reccomendations? My Cousin is going on his honeymoon and I want him to avoid going on a "Boat ride".

[twodogs]

That's the one I took with my wife when we were down there before we got married. There is a pretty good wahoo bite off the island, and that's what we got into. Only landed two fish, but the second was 45-50 pound class. Other than cappy keeping us in a freakin beam sea all morning, it was worth it for a half day charter. They leave out of one of the marinas downtown.

Hope that helps, I'll try to scare of some pics of the fish.

[Supafly]

Thanks. What time of year were you there? Do they have any kind of Marlin fishery?

[carom]

yes, they should have good marlin and billfish ingeneral fishing....season should be the same as Puerto Rico....may-sept or oct.....july and august getting the hottest bites

[snowranger]

I fished on a little boat called Melina (29 Criscraft t/d). $300 for a half day and we were never more than 10 miles from the beach. The captain was a good guy and we caught a couple wahoo, a king and a small yft. Times were flexible and the boat is on the beach in front of the hotels (Playa Linda I think). This guys sells his fish to keep the price down but he gave us one of the wahoo (I gave him a nive tip in return). We fished the lee side of the island so the boat was fine. If you venture to the other side, I think you would want a bigger boat (tradewinds)! Don't know about the billfish bite, I just wanted to get some pullage on our trip. Tell your cousin to rent a Jeep (wrangler) and explore the island for a day. There are some great things to see off the beaten path...

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