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Saturday 17 March 2018

Aruba fishing report for March

By Joris Zantvoort The weather has been and some impressive Wa-
ORANJESTAD - The head- mostly sunny, with pleas- hoo.
line news this month for ant temperatures around If you set out of Oranjestad,
fishing in Aruba are Wa- 80°F (27°C). Some days you can winch up Mahi,
hoo, which are making a are cloudy with a chance Barracuda, Tuna, and Wa-
lot of noise around the is- of light rain, which is likely hoo. The crew of Toons Joy
land. March is a pretty busy to be the case later in the Sportfishing NV reported
season for local charters as month, but that won’t stop good fishing opportunities
scores of local anglers get the fish nor the fishermen. around the south of the
out to get the fish. But there If you’re here for the first island. They have mostly
are also plenty of first time time, don’t be surprised been trolling and following
fishers flying in from around by windy conditions which the fish.
the globe. can sometimes make fish- Again, the weather dic-
ing a hit-and-miss. tates where the fish are,
Besides voracious Wahoo, But even despite the tricky so you will need to put in
anglers have been catch- weather conditions, the fish some effort to land your
ing Kingfish (King Macker- are definitely here and are prey. On a productive day,
el), Mahi Mahi, Barracuda, making an appearance fishermen are getting big
Tuna, and Bonitos. Tuna no abandon. Captain Ro- from time to time. His nu- around the island. Out of Wahoo and Mahi within 40
fishing is really productive berto Tromp of Dorothy merous repeat customers Noord, anglers are com- minutes from the dock, with
right now and these brutes Fishing Charters says that come back to test their skills ing back to the docks with a constant bite throughout
are crashing the bait with you can also catch Billfish against the local fish. a good number of Bonito the day.q