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► View Fishing Clip Small Tuna & Barracuda Caribbean Sea - 27 miles west of Dominica WMV - 5min:10sec  /  9mb

► View Marlin Clip Appox 220Lbs *See Note Following Caribbean Sea - 27 miles west of Dominica WMV - 1min:16sec  /  7mb

*Though we used rod and reel to catch many fish, few local fishermen rely upon such methods and then only a rare few.  This clip shows the basic, very effective use of a large float attached to a "whole lot" very heavy line and a single hook baited with a small tuna (between 1/2 to 3 pounds.)  The line is then set adrift, along with two to four others, and carefully watched for a strike.  When a fish takes the bait, most often a yellow-fin tuna or marlin, the process of carefully pulling the catch in, hand-over-hand, begins.  This generally does not happen quickly... a process which can be very dangerous as all of the line is pulled into the boat at the fisherman's feet. The line is never wrapped around hands, only tightly grabbed as the pulling process unfolds.  An incredibly strong and fast fish, when the marlin makes a run in its struggle to escape, hundreds of feet of line can be zipped back out into the sea in an incredible instant.
 

Of all the fish caught on Dominica, from the very small to the very large,  100% of any catch is used for food, some given away to friends & neighbors, the rest sold locally to villagers, restaurants, stores and markets.  Essentially there is no waste, as Dominican's are experts at preparing meals of fish that are incredibly tasty and served at practically every meal.

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