Fishing in Guadeloupe: story of our 2nd day of fishing
You wish discover fishing in Guadeloupe ? We We wanted to share with you our experience during this second day of fishing in the company of fishing guides and friends with whom we discovered the wonders of the island.
For this second day of fishing in Guadeloupe, it will be Vincent's turn to guide us. We also embark with Paul from Mr and Ms Fish. We will have the opportunity to come back to them in a future article.
We start again on the same bases
The weather conditions being favorable and given the strong activity that there was behind the coral reef the 1st day, we decide to return to the drop offs in this area.
Prospecting with a sounder is essential in order to find fish balls suspended in the water layer. Fortunately Vincent sank a few jigs in time because the number of cuts may be very high today.
First, we see activity on the surface. So we catch the rods equipped with surface lures, and after a few shots of poppers, an explosive attack arrives on my lure from a barracuda doped with steroids.
We insist a little but nothing more on the surface…. So we go back to deep fishing to try to lure pelagic fish.
Jigging in Guadeloupe or the art of getting cut
The conditions are ideal enough for jigging: no wind, very little current, sea of oil. Jigs between 80 grams and 130 grams will therefore be perfectly suited.
After multiple cuts and the breakage of a jigging rod while shoeing, Paul still manages to shoe a Thazard with a metal jig of 80 grams.
To deal with the many cuts, we decided to equip ourselves with steel leaders but also to make the assist hooks in steel. But here, the number of keys drops dramatically! We don't touch anything for more than an hour. So we retrace our steps to find out if the steel changes anything in the behavior of the fish.
As soon as the shock leader is put in place, the hits are not long in being felt in the rod. We continue our research and it is my turn to be harnessed by something very big. The fish is overkill! There is nothing you can do to stop it on my 30lbs and the line ends up cutting. Another failure that begins to put pressure on us all ...
Fishing in Guadeloupe: shark hour
However, we do not admit defeat, we notice that the fish that cut us are always well offset in the water layer. Paul lends me his jig fetish. I add an octopus on the single hook to give a gliding side and to target the attack of predators directly on it.
So I decide to use my metal jig on the bottom like a soft lure or an inchiku. The touch is almost instantaneous, a titanic fight ensues, the fish is big and it is particularly fast and powerful because my 10 kilos of brake on my reel RYVL GT10000 Ultra doesn't stop him. It is possible with this reel to go up to 30kg, however I prefer not to take risks and fight this fish within my physical means.
Matthieu, Vincent and Paul observe the fish live on the sounder, but it is not alone and large echoes of the same size as it follow it. We inevitably think of an armada of sharks. It is just before bursting the surface that we see a magnificent silky shark which unhooks just in front of the boat. No need to manipulate it or take risks. The shark begins to swim on the surface to recover from its emotions. We follow it in the thermal in order to observe it well until we see it plunge back into the seabed.
The whole team is very enthusiastic about this fabulous catch. Fishing for sharks with lures is never easy, so it is a great satisfaction for all of us to have touched one during this day of fishing in Guadeloupe.
Back in light jigging for the end of the day
We continue this second day of fishing in a much shallower area between 10 and 30 meters deep in light tackle. The goal for us is to catch new species thanks to castings jigs between 15 and 30 grams.
JABBERS Wanderlust spinning and GOLDENMEAN DEEPCORE 4 strands
We will do a festival of touches. The fish are there and in number. Several varieties of groupers and snappers but also various lizard and trevally fish.
Around us, bonito hunts are breaking out. Vincent, our guide, explains to us that they are very hard to capture because they hunt micro fry.
The problem is not to fish with tiny soft lures but to have a weight heavy enough to cast far enough with a very short hook suitable for micro soft lures. He must also be strong enough to resist their force! Setting up of the special jighead JABBERS: MATCH HEAD! Accompanied by a tiny ZOOM fluke. The skipjack couldn't resist!
The equipment used during this 2nd day of fishing in Guadeloupe
- Rods used in light in the lagoon: JABBERS Wanderlust 5-part spinning, GOLDEN MEAN Deepcore 4 strands.
- Reels used in light in the lagoon: SHIMANO Stella 2500FD, SHIMANO Stella 2500FI.
- Rods used offshore: JABBERS Game Changer 73, JABBERS Game Changer 75.
- Reels used offshore: RYVL 10000 GT ULTRA
- Lures: Jackson Pintail, Keitech Easy Shiner, Blue Blue Sea Ride
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About The Author
Rodmaps
Rodmaps is above all the story of Nicolas and Matthieu, two friends passionate about fishing. Since our childhood, our passion drives us to travel through France and to travel around the world in search of adventure and trophy fish. Through Rodmaps, we want to share our passion for fishing with as many people as possible and make people discover the joys of this sport around us, because yes, fishing is a sport!