Received the following report from Vince Tobia of Cattaraugus Creek Outfitters just back from his recent trip to Great Inagua. For those of you who do not know Vince, he has been designing and leading DIY style trips to the tropics for many years. If you are looking to join a group to fish a proven location with an experienced professional, Vince is the guy to call. Here is what Vince had to say: Just got back from a 3 1/2 day reconnaissance mission on Great Inagua. I was joined by Don Barnes, owner of Regal Vise, and Jim Dowd, old school kayaking legend. Man I love this place. I love the remoteness of it. I love the variety of the fishery. I love all of the bird life that’s found there. I love that we have a chance to see wild ass there too!! Stayed at Inagua Outback Lodge, The lodge is coming along nicely. The newly completed dining room is going to be a sweet place to hang out for dinner. And the gazebo, which sits about 15 feet from the water’s edge, is a great place to chill with some cocktails. It’s all wired for sound so you can crank tunes while you relax. Or just listen to the waves lap along the beach. Henry Hugh, owner of the lodge, just purchased a powerful diesel generator which acts as backup power and also will run the AC if needed. This thing is powerful enough to run several 3000 square-foot homes. We told Henry prior to arriving that all we wanted from him was some dinner at night. Let me tell you he is one hell of a cook! We ate delicious cracked conch, conch salad, grouper and lobster. Man we ate like kings, everything washed down with some ice-cold Kaliks. We found some new spots to fish very close to the lodge. We also got into some nice 30-40 pound tarpon a five-minute walk from the lodge. We fished a few of our favorite flats and got into some tailing bones, landing fish up to 7 pounds. We went fishing in the lake one day with the warden of the Inagua National Park, Henry Nixon. We all landed Tarpon, and jumped and lost several more each. Chartreuse toads seemed to work the best. On our last day, Henry Hugh took us way back into the creek near the lodge in his boat. Talk about some stupid bonefish. These fish would literally swim within 15 feet of us and eat our fly. And it really didn’t matter what kind of fly either These fish are just plain aggressive and really are not pressured at all. We also got into a school of good-sized horse-eye jacks in the creek-channel. So much more of this place I want to explore, I can’t wait to go back. Maybe next time we’ll catch a glimpse of those wild jackasses! Note From Rod; Thanks Vince, we all get the picture, fishing paradise. Great Inagua is one of my favorite places and I can certainly endorse Vince’s view.
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