I love Cat Island in the Bahamas. It’s quiet, has beautiful beaches, the people are really friendly and there are enough places to walk and wade to have a memorable fishing trip. If your non-fishing spouse is happy to lay on white crystal sand on a classically beautiful beach and read a book or snorkel, Cat Island may be the place for you. I would be remiss if I didn’t also mention a couple of great places to stay run by the nicest owners you will find. Halvorson House on the north end of the island and Island Hoppinn located on picturesque Fernandez Bay. It was my good fortune to meet and fish with Lane Luck and his wife Jo-Ann last year on North Caicos. They have just returned from Cat Island and thought the subscribers to DIY Bonefishing might enjoy an update. Below is the Guest Blog written by Lane. “Thought you might like to share this experience with the rest of your followers….. My wife and I spent a number of weeks fishing Cat Island, Bahamas and found the fishing to be pretty spectacular, once you know where to fish. There are a number of great creek systems that are easily wadable with firm footing (for those of you who hate slopping around in 4-10 inches of mud give or take half a foot and possibly your wading boot). We fished a number of days and only on one occasion was I looking at another fisherman other than my wife, who I might add, is not a man so therefore fisher person may be more appropriate. Having access to kayaks only enhanced our ability to get deep into the creeks where not to many people go, so fish-on was quite the common expression deep in Bennets Creek. We have fished many Bahamian islands and we have our favourites….Cat Island has just made that list. With the use of Rod’s book and a little local knowledge Cat was a successful DIY destination. As mentioned earlier my wife and I have been travelling the Bahamas extensively over the years and have had the pleasure of meeting and fishing with Rod on North Caicos island in 2012. He really knows his stuff and is quite the intrepid fisherman. So when you read of a location in his book know this that he has been to that exact location, covered the flat in its entirety and in all likelihood caught more than a few fish at all of these locales. The book is a great resource.If you already have one and have used it in the Bahamas you already know what I’m talking about. If you haven’t bought it……what are you waiting for. So in future, if you are content with only your company and the people you are there with keep Cat Island on your radar for great fishing. Bone fishing that is………….fish-on.”
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