Deep Sea Fishing
December 19th 2008 01:53
As expatriates on an island, several of us have developed a sense of adventure and are prepared to try any activity that the island has to offer. Although, I must confess that amongst us you will not find that many of us trying out turtle stew or having an iguana sit on our shoulders, but deep sea fishing – well we just had to give it a go. So the usual suspects were rounded up on a Saturday morning and the 8 of us headed off to Safe Haven where we were to board our chartered deep sea fishing boat. You can charter a boat for fishing purposes in Grand Cayman for about US$600 for a total of 4 to 6 hours on the water. You will need to bring your own drinks and eats though, but some charters have all inclusive rates.
Cayman Islands are well-known for excellent deep sea fishing, reef fishing and drift fishing, no surprise there given the location of the Islands in the Caribbean seas. Each charter has a captain and at least one crew member to guide you through the intricacies of deep sea fishing and they set up the fishing equipment for you. All you have to do is to wait for the Wahoo, Mahi-Mahis or Tuna to bite and then with the help of the crew, try to reel it in. To tell the honest truth, most of the time you and your friends will simply be enjoying good conversation, drinks and food in the middle of the ocean unless of course you take your fishing seriously.
On that particular Saturday we spent about 4 hours on the water going to god knows where, no that knowing where we were going really mattered and after 2 hours we had a bite. One of the guys managed to reel it in, with the help of Andy (a crew member) but after that we caught nothing else – zero, nada ! The Wahoo that we caught was not really that big either, but as the crew will tell you, it was just a bad day and it happens sometimes (I wouldn’t know as I am hardly an avid follower of this sport. Nonetheless, we all really had a good time and our crew was very entertaining with their “tall” fishing stories. The trip left me wondering whether I would do it again, after all we had paid $600 to catch one fish. My mates and I decided that we would definitely give it another go sometime in the near future.
Cayman Islands are well-known for excellent deep sea fishing, reef fishing and drift fishing, no surprise there given the location of the Islands in the Caribbean seas. Each charter has a captain and at least one crew member to guide you through the intricacies of deep sea fishing and they set up the fishing equipment for you. All you have to do is to wait for the Wahoo, Mahi-Mahis or Tuna to bite and then with the help of the crew, try to reel it in. To tell the honest truth, most of the time you and your friends will simply be enjoying good conversation, drinks and food in the middle of the ocean unless of course you take your fishing seriously.
On that particular Saturday we spent about 4 hours on the water going to god knows where, no that knowing where we were going really mattered and after 2 hours we had a bite. One of the guys managed to reel it in, with the help of Andy (a crew member) but after that we caught nothing else – zero, nada ! The Wahoo that we caught was not really that big either, but as the crew will tell you, it was just a bad day and it happens sometimes (I wouldn’t know as I am hardly an avid follower of this sport. Nonetheless, we all really had a good time and our crew was very entertaining with their “tall” fishing stories. The trip left me wondering whether I would do it again, after all we had paid $600 to catch one fish. My mates and I decided that we would definitely give it another go sometime in the near future.
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