There is a reason when you see pictures of fish in tropical locations the fisherman is holding the tail of the fish with his hat between his hand and the fish. Lots of those reef and shore fish can tear up a bare hand. A friend of mine did well on shore dropoffs with a small white buzz bomb--- don't think you'll find those on the island though.
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