Just got back from my honeymoon.
Stayed at Belle Mare beach.
Amazing place and great fishing.
Caught 2 small barracuda, or tazar as the locals call em, from the beach on an abu toby in the day, and at dusk and into the night i used a big floating rapala and caught two big trevally, or cerrangue as they call them. Were as long as my arm and fight like nothing ive caught before.
The locals all tell you to use bread or squid, but stick with lures for the big stuff.
I was lucky to be there on the full moon when all the fish come really close inshore as night draws in. you can see all the small fish jumping for there lives as the preds come hunting.
In the day you need to fish on the incoming tide or at high tide.
During full moon tide was irrelevant. The fishing was mental, although i only got the odd half hr seshion in due to the fact i was on my honeymoon!
I was fishing in the lagoon (The island is mostly surrounded by a coral reef c. 100m-800m offshore. Outside it is the big game and sharks, inside is small fish, coral type species and smaller preds.
Also fish over the sand patches rather than over coral for trevally and cudas.
Lure wise silvery rapalas worked best.
You can see them in the day but really hard to catch the trevally once people start wading and swimming, even though they dont swim off they stop feeding.
Not sure how to post pics. Do have some of the trevally.
Great place youll love it. Good luck with the wedding.
