written and photographed by Mary L. Peachin
Jul 2002, Vol. 6 No. 9
Discovering a Caribbean Island destination that offers superb scuba diving plus game fishing is not easy as one might think. The two sports don’t always blend, and are not always available at the same resort. Many an angler has surrendered a hooked fish to the hungry jaws of a shark. After that bloody experience, the fisher can’t imagine descending into the ocean depths. Meanwhile, divers tend to feel that anglers are “meat hunters” not realizing that the majority of them release caught fish unharmed. The outcome of my web surfing found a destination offering both; plus it didn’t require crossing multiple time zones or the crossing the international dateline. To fill days with both diving and fishing I headed to the Southern Cross Club on Little Cayman Island, the smallest of the Caymans.