1964IceCreamLady Posted July 18, 2018 #1 Share Posted July 18, 2018 I'll post here because although not yet 50, there may be a lot of folks like us? Soon to be empty nesters or parents of active teens who as a family love to fish?? I don't know why there isn't a separate sub-forum for fisherfolk. Cruising is the IDEAL way to explore and fish the world. Because, um, you are always on the water! We had our Alaska trip 80% devoted to fishing and our upcoming Caribbean cruise will again be 80% fishing. It would be nice to have a sub forum for fishing tips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storm1507 Posted July 20, 2018 #2 Share Posted July 20, 2018 I'll post here because although not yet 50, there may be a lot of folks like us? Soon to be empty nesters or parents of active teens who as a family love to fish?? I don't know why there isn't a separate sub-forum for fisherfolk. Cruising is the IDEAL way to explore and fish the world. Because, um, you are always on the water! We had our Alaska trip 80% devoted to fishing and our upcoming Caribbean cruise will again be 80% fishing. It would be nice to have a sub forum for fishing tips. What ports are you fishing in on your upcoming cruise? Any places that you would recommend to give it a try? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1964IceCreamLady Posted July 20, 2018 Author #3 Share Posted July 20, 2018 We are going to Grand Turk, San Juan, St Thomas, and Half Moon Cay. Our plan is to fly fish Grand Turk and Half Moon Cay on our own. Try for bonefish! Deep sea charter in St. Thomas. In PR we are going to explore Old San Juan and enjoy Christmas Eve. I would love anyone's recommendations, tips and tricks for these locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storm1507 Posted July 21, 2018 #4 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Tip...bug spray for Grand Turk. We got off the beaten path a little and it turned into a feeding frenzy. We were the helpless prey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynne2fl Posted February 24, 2019 #5 Share Posted February 24, 2019 On 7/20/2018 at 8:12 AM, storm1507 said: What ports are you fishing in on your upcoming cruise? Any places that you would recommend to give it a try? My husband caught a really nice sailfish in Mexico and is going Halibut fishing this summer in Alaska 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Eglesbrech Posted March 12, 2019 #6 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Hebridean Princess (based in Scotland) is aluxerry line that includes most things, including fishing. Fancy a spot of salmon fishing or sea fishing, look at their cruised. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmerlin14 Posted March 29, 2019 #7 Share Posted March 29, 2019 On 7/18/2018 at 3:05 PM, 1964IceCreamLady said: I'll post here because although not yet 50, there may be a lot of folks like us? Soon to be empty nesters or parents of active teens who as a family love to fish?? I don't know why there isn't a separate sub-forum for fisherfolk. Cruising is the IDEAL way to explore and fish the world. Because, um, you are always on the water! We had our Alaska trip 80% devoted to fishing and our upcoming Caribbean cruise will again be 80% fishing. It would be nice to have a sub forum for fishing tips. Did you go fly fishing in Alaska? If so, which ports were best. I booked him a fishing expedition in Icy Strait, but I've just noticed one in Sitka as well and I was wondering which was better. He fly fishes all the time here and understands that both will be catch and release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1964IceCreamLady Posted March 29, 2019 Author #8 Share Posted March 29, 2019 My dad, husband, and sons took the week before our cruise and fly fished at Royal Wolf Lodge. They went "off shore" in Ketchikan. I'd love to hear about what you decide/how it was! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmerlin14 Posted March 29, 2019 #9 Share Posted March 29, 2019 He's decided to stick with the Icy Straight expedition and I will let you know how it goes. I'm going whale watching while he does it. It's hard because it is the first time in Alaska for our cruise line so there are no reviews of the tours at all and no one to ask who they use as vendors. We booked a non-cruise ship hiking expedition for Ketchikan with Wild Wolf Tours because there are a lot of ships in port and I thought it would be nice to get away from the crowds. I also liked the sound of the tour. The fly fishing shore excursion in Sitka talked about collecting your rod, reel, waders and "bait called flies" which sounded odd to us. He plans to bring his own fishing flies anyway because he ties his own. Sitka sounds like we'd enjoy just wandering around the town by ourselves and I think we are the only ship in port that day. I'll let you know what he thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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