Thanks to Jay Tinsky for putting together a nice Guest Blog about his recent trip to Abaco. Like most of the people who DIY he hired a local guide for a couple of days and fished on his own the rest of the time. Really a great way to get to know an area. Jay fished an area north of Treasure Cay on Abaco. Thanks Jay. “I headed out early one morning to a spot Rod had shown me on the map. It was a tongue of a shallow flat on a bay. I chose that spot due to the wind direction and upcoming tide. The little road I found was used as a small dump area as I found out a lot of these roads are on the island. I parked, but I could see it would be a slog to get down to the water off a little rise. I went down there and hacked my way to the mangrove area which was much better sledding. In my paranoia I left a few pieces of plastic to in the mangroves bushes to find my way back. The flat was beautiful, shallow and fairly easy to wade however I was there way too early for the sun to show me the fish so I hoped for some tailing fish. I saw a small shark working and was happy to see him since the water was fairly cold for bones at that time of the am.. After a time I did see some nice tails approaching but they turned and started back towards the mouth of the bay. I pursued them as best as I could with my clumsy gait, careful not to spook them but I had an eery feeling they sensed my presence as they continued to work away from me at a slow pace. Eventually I caught up and threw a lightly weighted gotcha at the group of fish and was rewarded by a take and long run, the fish ran all over that little bay much to my chagrin. Sadly I did not see another fish and decide to head to the ocean flat for a look… The ocean side water was much warmer and I saw a larger shark and ray swim by, hmmm, I saw a mud and a turquoise bone stuck his head out. My cast landed short and I lost sight of the fish, however on the slow retrieve I was amazed to see the fish at my rod tip following the fly before he spooked. I sent a hail mary cast in the direction he swam off to and bang! he took the fly, a miracle I thought at the time… After the landing and photo he swam off an embarrassed but happy camper. Continuing down the beach as the tide was quickly going out and I saw at least 20 green missiles heading my way. I launched a cast 5 feet in front of the first fish and he nailed the fly before it had a chance to sink, it was awesome but he spooked the school running all over the place. Great morning, thanks Rod!” There are some nice areas to fish on Abaco north of Treasure Cay, a little bush whacking is required at times, but what the heck that is DIY fishing.
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