Hallo Dwergie
welcome to the forum.
Cape Vidal can be a lucky packet at times.
will you guys be camping at Vidal?
if so, this is good news.
April time is not the best, it is season changing which complicates the fishing.
i see you will be there after the new moon spring tide leading up to neap tide.
this does not leave you with many spots to fish, due to rocky areas.
the bay can be fished early morning, late afternoon and at night.
so that is a plus point if you guys are camping. so i will focus more on these areas.
with the st lucia mouth being open, you could expect to have dirty water present at cape vidal if a big cold front came past during the time.
the water will still be fishable, so it will not be mud as such.
normally just left of the bay, a hole is present, i would concentrate to fish this area more during the day.
you could try fishing north of the bay around the 4km mark.
just note that a ledge does run parallel to the beech and landing a bigger fish over the ledge will mostly end up in a cut off.
the same is true fishing south to the light house.
rocky areas with another parallel reef.
the neap tide will prevent you from getting onto the edge to assist in landing fish.
my bait of choice would be squid, mullet, shad, these are all natural occurring bait there.
new marine protected areas:
please do take note of the new marine protected areas.
certain areas one can only fish on catch and release, some areas are take zones but also only certain species.
species:
wow, too many to mention.
if you can put in long shots, then you could end up getting cuda from shore but this is not common.
kingfish patrol the reefs and ledges.
this includes, giant king fish, black tip/ yellow tail kingfish, blue fin, green spot and other king fish species.
rock cods are also common as well as cave bass speckled snappers, potato bass "protected specie" other bass species as well as green job fish etc.
sharks are also common.
so good luck in the trip, i hope you get stretched and that the fishing will be great.
please do post feedback here. with pictures.
