richyb Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 The wife and I are finally going on our honeymoon after a year and a half. We are going to some resort in holguin cuba. It says that deep sea fishing is included with the package so that perked my intrest a little bit. Has anyone ever fished down there? can I expect to catch anything of any size or will it mostly be pan fish sized fish of different colours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 I'll be watching this post with interest as I had the same question. I'm bringing the family down 3rd week in January. If you're going later in the winter I can give you some first hand info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richyb Posted November 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 I'll be watching this post with interest as I had the same question. I'm bringing the family down 3rd week in January. If you're going later in the winter I can give you some first hand info. We are leaving this saturday dec 3rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backbay Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 I can't speak for Holguin, but a buddy of mine goes to Jardines del Rey after bonefish, permit and tarpon. He loves it, and has traveled quite a bit in pursuit of bonefish. Super laid-back, apparently, and great fishing as well.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 Definitly bring your own gear. Id bring a med set up for catching bait, and a med heavy, to heavy set up for everything else. There is a lot of shore fishing down there, mostly from bridges, but from what I understand there is some new legislation with regards to fishing in the area.....I"m not sure about that. I went out on the hobie cats, paid the guy 10 pesos and we trolled all morning. Mostly cuda's, but some guys get bigger stuff. Big Xraps, Yozuris's and the likes worked for me. Ghost colour was the best for me, but I also got some on clown Xraps. If you can still fish the bridges, get some shrimp from the kitchen to use as bait, and set up a bait rig with slip sinker, and have atter. We hammered the yellow tails, and some other type of snapper when we were there. It was loads of fun. They fight hard for their size. I'd bring a selection of hooks and weights of various sizes, as well as some topwater, and diving plugs. When I went, I brought a few spools of cheap line with me. You know, the canadian tire brand, 300yd spools. I brought 20, 30 and 40lb test. I gave it to the locals, as well as a bunch of cheap hooks and weights, and they hooked me up bigtime with places to fish, and even took me out at night, shorefishing, where they catch tarpon. I never did get one, but guys around me did...some of them were HUGE! I also gave them all the fish I did catch, which they seemed to REALLY appreciate!! Good luck! S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Nelson Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Fished near Cayo Coco a few years back. Went on a cheap charter for an afternoon, and landed a bunch of Barracuda, big red snapper, dorado, and gatefish. Was a blast, and Cuba is an amazing spot to fish, with good numbers and variety. ( if u bring your own gear, prob better off with a heavier setup.... Never know what you hook into there). Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richyb Posted December 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Definitly bring your own gear. Id bring a med set up for catching bait, and a med heavy, to heavy set up for everything else. There is a lot of shore fishing down there, mostly from bridges, but from what I understand there is some new legislation with regards to fishing in the area.....I"m not sure about that. I went out on the hobie cats, paid the guy 10 pesos and we trolled all morning. Mostly cuda's, but some guys get bigger stuff. Big Xraps, Yozuris's and the likes worked for me. Ghost colour was the best for me, but I also got some on clown Xraps. If you can still fish the bridges, get some shrimp from the kitchen to use as bait, and set up a bait rig with slip sinker, and have atter. We hammered the yellow tails, and some other type of snapper when we were there. It was loads of fun. They fight hard for their size. I'd bring a selection of hooks and weights of various sizes, as well as some topwater, and diving plugs. When I went, I brought a few spools of cheap line with me. You know, the canadian tire brand, 300yd spools. I brought 20, 30 and 40lb test. I gave it to the locals, as well as a bunch of cheap hooks and weights, and they hooked me up bigtime with places to fish, and even took me out at night, shorefishing, where they catch tarpon. I never did get one, but guys around me did...some of them were HUGE! I also gave them all the fish I did catch, which they seemed to REALLY appreciate!! Good luck! S. Thanks for the tips. I have never even seen the ocean so the closest ive been to a salt water fish is at the pet store. Even if I can just catch one tiny fish ill be a happy man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motion Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Enjoy your time down there. Just don't be in too much of a hurry. They do everything in "Cuban" time..........its a lot slower. Wonderful people that are always there to help out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 (edited) Definitly bring your own gear. Id bring a med set up for catching bait, and a med heavy, to heavy set up for everything else. There is a lot of shore fishing down there, mostly from bridges, but from what I understand there is some new legislation with regards to fishing in the area.....I"m not sure about that. I went out on the hobie cats, paid the guy 10 pesos and we trolled all morning. Mostly cuda's, but some guys get bigger stuff. Big Xraps, Yozuris's and the likes worked for me. Ghost colour was the best for me, but I also got some on clown Xraps. If you can still fish the bridges, get some shrimp from the kitchen to use as bait, and set up a bait rig with slip sinker, and have atter. We hammered the yellow tails, and some other type of snapper when we were there. It was loads of fun. They fight hard for their size. I'd bring a selection of hooks and weights of various sizes, as well as some topwater, and diving plugs. When I went, I brought a few spools of cheap line with me. You know, the canadian tire brand, 300yd spools. I brought 20, 30 and 40lb test. I gave it to the locals, as well as a bunch of cheap hooks and weights, and they hooked me up bigtime with places to fish, and even took me out at night, shorefishing, where they catch tarpon. I never did get one, but guys around me did...some of them were HUGE! I also gave them all the fish I did catch, which they seemed to REALLY appreciate!! Good luck! S. I,ll stick to NFLD cod jigg,n TY. Have a great trip Richy. Edited December 1, 2011 by Misfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streamerstripper Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Great place and good times there! Was there this past year, did some simple jigging from a pedal boat (just peddled out to where the water went from turquoise to dark blue and dropped a jib) and caught a few small rockfish. Did see a good sized 'cuda crashing a school of baitfish in about 6 inches of water at sunset - very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redpearl99 Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 any updates? im going to holguin in a few weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunkerhunter Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 i am also interested to see how the fishing was, lets see a report! haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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