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Need some guidance for a good friend of mine - She is taking her parents to Aruba this November and would like to book a charter for her father and her - He is not a real experienced fisherman, but always wanted to go "Deep Sea fishing" - I have surfed the net for a a few and found some promising (they look promising on the site) but word of mouth always brings better results - Can anyone recommend some good Boats/Captains -
There is a charter boat docked by the Marriott that usually catches fish at least that is what I have seen when walking the beach. I fished off a charter several years ago by the seaport and nothing to speak of. Be careful alot of the charters are trolling boatrides not fish rides. I will try to get you the name of the boat by the marriott.
I have been fishing in Aruba for the past 7 years and always go with Teaser Charters. They have 2 36' bertrams that are in great shape. You can look them up at www.teasercharters.com They get $275 for a half day fishing and its all done trolling. They start 10 minutes from the dock. Depending on weather they fish either the South side or North side. Warning it is very rough most of the times. Seas average 4-6 feet and most days bigger. I have caught anything from Bonito, Wahoo, Mahi, Blue Marlin, Sailfish, black and yellowfin tuna depending on the time of year. if you go with then tell Milton and Kenny Brandon from NY says hello.
Our fishing club of over 3000 members (RISAA) in Rhode Island share our fishing experiences via an e-mail service.
Below is a recent e-mail from one of our members who recently took a trip to Aruba.
Hope it of some help to you.
I myself took a charter in Aruba but it was a long boat ride on a nice day and sooooo long ago even if I had some juicy info for you my memory loss would win over.
South side of the Island is the calmer side with the north side being pretty wild 99% of the time.......be prepared.
Here is the mail from one of our members and hoppe the info is of some help.......
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"Well, back to reality after 12 days in Aruba. I did do a little fishing there and figured I would pass it on to the group. Fished last Friday the 19th with Capt Gregory on his 31 foot Lucky Star. Boat was nice and clean and tackle consisted of Penn 3/0 and 4/0 internationals, which none of the other charters had, they were all using older senators . From our hotel the weather looked good not to much wind and fair seas. We left the dock at 6am and heading to some lumps on the north side of the Island. Boy did the seas change, we went from flat seas to 4-8 footers very fast. This did not go over to well with the wives but they hung in there. We picked up a few fish on the troll ( that's all we did) around the north tip in 160 - 370 feet of water. I boated the first fish, a plump 15 pound blackfin tuna on a 3/0 with 20 pound test , very fun. Everyone then got there shot at some Skipjacks ( Bonita down there) in the 10-12 pound class. Seas were building and building as we headed out around the tip , I would say they were solid 12 footers with some 14 foot waves thrown in for good measure. After my second Bonita, it was Lori's turn, as she boated a 20 pound barracuda in those nasty seas. Good job by the wife if I do say so myself, but that was it for her. The big sea's really got to her as soon as she lost sight of land. One more Bonita was caught, then I was up again on the 3/0 outfit which turned out to be a 35 pound Yellowfin I thought this fish was bigger than it was after at least a 20 minute fight in those rough seas. 2 more Bonita and that was it, we called it a trip at 10:45 and took the hour or so ride back to the Dock, we did pick up 3 more Bonita on the way in. I am sure we would have caught more but it was just too rough out there to fish anymore. If it was just me I would have stayed out there.
Anyway the Lucky Star ( docked in Seaport Marina) is a good boat and I recommend it to anyone that is heading to Aruba and wants to fish. But heed my warnings those seas were fishing in were average, maybe a little below what they are use too. after doing some snorkeling I would have chose to wreck and reef fish instead of going deep sea. On one wreck, I was face to face with 20 pound blackfin tunan feedin on small bait fish, pretty interesting site. These fish were in 60 feet of water and I think would have been a blast to catch on jigs. Also witnessed some barracuda and tons of skipjacks along with groupers and snappers and plenty of other exotics.
I did have few shots at some fish from the shore. I had what appeared to be barracuda smack my Yo Zuri Mag Popper around but never get hook. It was very strange as this happen about 6 times the fish would hit the plug dead in the center and miss both hooks, I don't know how this happened but it did over and over again , very frustrating. I did have a few more run offs on ava 17s but got broke off . That's it for the fishing report. Below is some info On where I stayed
We stayed at the Divi Divi resort, All I can say is that it was excellent Great food , good drinks ( a little on the weak side), and one of the best beaches on the island. Service was great, everything was clean. I highly recommend staying here. Seemed to be a few thousand $$ cheaper than the high rise and our room was less than 100 feet away from the beach. If anyone has any other questions about Aruba please email me directly."
Anthony
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i fished on kenny's toy a few years ago and had a great trip. unfortunately we lost a white and a blue marlin that day, but caught some wahoo, and the water was alive. i would recomend them.
there is a party boat that bottom fishes in the town. i think across from the petite cafe(ask around). The deep sea boat go on the other side of island and its real rough w/trade winds. ten plus footers when i was there. i opted not to go
Probably too late for feedback for this November. I've gone out the past two years on the DOROTHY as well. Roberto is the captain. He has International 30's, 50's and 80's. He will go to the North side if you want to, but it is VERY ROUGH. We prefered to fish the leeward side (still reasonbly rough). Two years ago, we caught several Mahi-Mahi's (the biggest being a 40 pounder) and a few Wahoos. Last year was mostly Blackfin Tuna and a couple of barracuda's.
Here's his info:
"Dorothy"
Capt. Roberto Tromp
Length: 34 ft.
Tel (297) 582-3375 / (297) 593-4030 / (297) 582-4400
Full day: US $520 Included: soda and food
Half day: US $240 Included: soda
Aruba Fishing 
