In-Depth Report of Catches Made at Southern Cross Club, Little Cayman Island

I have been flats fishing since 1962 and have never quite experienced anything like this destination. The diversity and biomass of this fishery is remarkable. There is no commercial fishing of any note any longer. Flats and reefs are rotated on a daily basis for anglers. Here is a list of the fish I caught on the flats and shallows over three days, with the exception of the tuna, which were caught offshore:

16 bonefish to 8 pounds
4 tarpon to 15 pounds
1 permit of 6 pounds
15 blackfin tuna to twelve pounds
9 yellowjacks to ten pounds
14 bar jacks to four pounds
2 barracuda- both over twenty pounds
Large assortment of mutton snapper, queen triggerfish, trunkfish, and flannelmouth grunts.

Jan Maizler
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