We're here right now. We're staying in Jamaica, and there's no construction near us, it all on he other side of the resort. The dining tent is more like a dining temporary building. Buffets for breakfasts, lunch and dinner and a made to order food truck outside of it. The pool bar is closed...
Yeah, they want a barrier between you and the water. It's not ideal, but it works. There's quite a few spots where the fence is right on the waters edge.
When we were there in February, I asked the bike Barn CM where we could fish. She said at the dock across from the bike barn, and anywhere there was a fence between you and the water. The only place with a fence was next to the dog park. We pulled a few fish from there, but saw a gator there...