I'm going to St. Maarten in about a week and am packing my new Salt Striker travel rod. I've done some research and it appears there are some good opportunities to catch tarpon in the salt lagoons and I have all the gear I need for that but I would also like to try to catch some fish from shore that we can eat. I understand rocky areas and bridges/piers are good places to do that but this is new territory for me and I would appreciate any advice. I'm not going to do the deep sea thing because I've done it before and it costs a bunch down there. Hopefully, I'll be able to post some photos when I get back. Thanks.
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I was there in December. Took my travel surf rod, I stayed on the French side. The fishing over there was poor where I was. So I commuted every morning to the Salt Ponds. It was awesome. They are full of tarpon mostly 5-10 lbs. but I hooked up with the occasional hog too. Throw single hook lures either swim baits or Johnson spoons.
I have heard you can do well in Simpson, but that was a further drive I didn't feel like doing when I had all those tarpon calling my name.
The Salt Ponds are adjacent too the dump and are full of garbage. If you have had a garbage bag blow out of your truck on a gusty day and wondered where it went. It landed in the salt ponds. They are full of them. Good Luck.
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Thanks for your help FNA - I sent you a private message. I will try to get my wife out of bed to take some photos. I hear those things fight like freight trains. The guy at Cabelas fished there before and insisted I get 80lb braided line and 60lb fluorescent leader - he said I would regret anything lighter. I struggle using a tippet larger than 4x.
Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore.
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