Near the full moons of April to June, the spawning activities
of cubera snapper and other fish attract whale sharks to Glovers Reef and to the section of the southern barrier reef known as Gladden Spit.
Spend a day on a ponga, a motorized open - bow fishing boat in search of mahi - mahi (dorado), pugnacious pargo (
big cubera snapper), Pacific sailfish, fighting roosterfish, yellowfin tuna and bonita.
Although some reef fish species reproduce in pairs or in small groups, dog and
cubera snappers aggregate in the hundreds or even thousands to reproduce, known as spawning aggregations.
They gather to feed on the lunar spawning of
the cubera snapper.
Joining these plankton feeders are Nassau groupers, black groupers, Atlantic spadefish,
cubera snappers and a huge congregation of schoolmasters.
Joining these plankton feeders are Nassau groupers, black groupers, Atlantic spade fish,
cubera snappers and a huge congregation of schoolmasters.
Species like yellowtail snapper, mutton snapper,
cubera snapper, grouper, barracuda, sharks, kingfish and more, can be caught in this region.
Schools of grunts, sailor's choice, dog snapper and
cubera snapper, black groupers and large concentrations of schoolmasters aggregate along the channel walls.
For instance, groupers, snappers, amber jacks, barracudas, mobula rays, morays, puffers, moorish idol,
cubera snappers, bull sharks and many white tip sharks are observed.
Hovering between 50 and 80 feet (15 - 24 m) are shoals of horse - eye jack, crevalle jack, black snapper,
cubera snapper, mutton snapper and permit.