fishing in Jamaica

[bunkatabunka]

I'm heading to Jamaica for a few days first week in April. Can anyone recommend a charter down there in the Montego Bay area for a 1 man charter? Maybe a smaller boat to save some money seeing as its just gonna be me. Searched on here and found a thread from a few years ago saying save your money.. is that still true?

[BCinerie]

Probably will not help, I fished there on my first honeymoon lol, been married 3 times. All we caught was a tiny baracuda on 80 size gear. Most got seasaick. The locals
Did not seem to care too much. Unless you get a good contact may be difficult. Good luck , let us know if you get out.

[bulletbob]

I am NOT an expert, and have never been there, but there is a ton of information online about how badly Jamaica has been overfished.. I just read that its one of most severely overfished nations in the entire world.. The island is poor, and the sea is pretty much all a lot of people have as a food source.. i am sure there are some good captains there that can put you on fish, but the island in general is no longer a serious "destination nation" for fishermen, and hasn't been for a long time.. Lots of pollution problems as well for nearshore waters.. bob

[stw]

I may have written in a few years ago my wife and I went on a half day shared charter trolling for 4 hours with nothing to show for it save your money and charter a trip in Florida.

[tombanjo]

Stay in your resort, Jamaica has one of the highest murder rates in the world. Your chances of catching a fish are about the same as being tossed overboard to feed those fish.

[AndyS]

Been married 3 times !!