Heading to Fuerteventura for a week in March with family in tow so fishing time will be strictly controlled!
I am told that you can catch sierra i.e. bonito (skipjack tuna, a 10 lb mackerel), bluefish (a truly awesome reputation), leerfish (jaysus!), European barracuda (early winter is the season for them) and a host of others on Lanzarote, Graciosa and Fuerteventura only. I have less corroborated / quality reports of dorado (dolphinfish) off the shore and ina few months the Africa barracuda will show up there - but these will be juvenile fish... only 25-40 lbs! 
Some holidays hints there for everyone here...
Looking for information anyone has on Ranger lures from the USA, used for striped bass (the Fermoyle variety
) and bluefish there but well used on the continent in search of other species including our own bass. The "pencils" as I understand it are needlefish lures, a bit like small gars so I am bringing some German sprats with me to try, but I am looking for anyone with additional information.... they use coloured surgical tubing slipped onto trace wire with a few trebles to make these in the USA...
I may look at bait fishing but I don't fancy handling big stingrays, morays, or scorpionfish, never mind in darkness, and in any case its only a travel rod so I'm not keen to test it against a 80 lb butterfly ray!
Do people think that a new forum "holiday snappers"
might prove useful as a resource for everyone planning a holiday? btw, the harris angling site has a half decent forum, http://www.caranx.net is excellent if you can speak Spanish... I've made contact with a moderator who lives
on the island (Abe) and he's promised to give me a hand... Big thanks in advance for any help, advice or information...
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