Fishing in Puerto Rico
14 species across 13 spots
Puerto Rico offers fishing across 13 spots with 14 species in marine, freshwater, marine, brackish waters. Suitable for beginner to expert anglers.
Top Spots
Urban estuary where the pupfish persists in mangrove channels; requires local guide and careful gear to avoid bycatch.
The Puerto Rico Trench is a deep-sea fishing haven, famous for large game fish, including Acanthocybium proosti, making it a bucket-list destination for serious anglers.
Secluded reefs off Culebra are a hotspot for lantern bass, especially near the coral walls of Playa Tamarindo.
14
Species
13
Spots
Species
14
Lantern bass
Serranus baldwini
marine
Royal gramma
Gramma loreto
marine
Yaguajal limia
Limia yaguajali
freshwater
Rock sea bass
Centropristis philadelphica
marine
Blackspot porgy
Archosargus pourtalesii
marine
Malacoctenus erdmani
Malacoctenus erdmani
marine
Cyprinodon higuey
Cyprinodon higuey
freshwater
Acanthocybium proosti
Acanthocybium proosti
Kryptolebias caudomarginatus
Kryptolebias caudomarginatus
freshwater
Spottedfin sole
Trinectes fonsecensis
marine, brackish
Scrawled cowfish
Acanthostracion quadricornis
marine
Bank sea bass
Centropristis ocyurus
marine
Atlantic white marlin
Kajikia albida
marine
Pseudoliparis belyaevi
Pseudoliparis belyaevi
marine