Bonefishing on Bonaire
We have arrived on Bonaire and it is a really interesting island. Known as a divers and wind surfers paradise, it is a beautiful coral island, surrounded by a reef. Bonaire was part of the Netherlands...
View ArticleDIY Bonefishing On Eleuthera
Barry Morse from the U.K. was kind enough to do a report on his trip to Eleuthera, which follows below. For all the “press” Eleuthera gets on DIY style trips I find it to be one of the more difficult...
View ArticleBonefishing and life
I’m a very fortunate guy and I know it. I try not to take it for granted, but sometimes one day on the flat leads to another and you forget the blessings that have been given. Traveling the world,...
View ArticleSpotting Bonefish
It all started years ago when I was asked the simple question “How do you spot bonefish?” Simple enough question, but a really complicated answer. Particularly when you fish the way I do (wading) and...
View ArticleBonaire Bonefishing Update
We have been on Bonaire for two weeks and beginning to get a feel for the place. The good news is there are a lot of bonefish here. Far more than I imagined or ever read about and there are no...
View ArticleOn The Fly Magazine
If you haven’t seen it yet, there is a great new on-line magazine called On The Fly where Jim Gebhart combines his two outdoor passions of fly fishing and bird hunting. The Winter Issue begins with an...
View ArticleThe Personal Bonefish Spotting Zone
I developed the concept of the Personal Bonefish Spotting Zone in the hopes of making it simpler to explain to “newbies” how to see bonefish. Everyone has a Personal Bonefish Spotting Zone, defined as...
View ArticleToughest Places To Bonefish
Question: What do Lac Bay, Bonaire, Cherokee Sound, Abaco, The Town Flats of Green Turtle Cay and Savanah Sound, Eleuthera have in common? Answer: The toughest places I have fished for bonefish....
View ArticleClear Bonefishing Lines
Tony was gracious enough to comment on my recent Blog asking about clear floating lines for bonefish when casting to “highly educated” fish. My answer is just a little long to be a comment reply, so...
View ArticleHow Many Bonefish? Bonaire Update
Ever had one of those days when you caught all the bonefish you want in a day? How many bonefish is enough? Saturday was one of those days. It was a beautiful bonefishing day. Brilliant sunshine and...
View ArticleBonaire – A Cautionary Tale
Had one of the best days of my life bonefishing yesterday on Bonaire. Fish were everywhere and landed a number in the five-pound plus range (along with pics because my friends won’t believe me)....
View ArticleBonefishing Report From Acklins
Here is a nice report sent in from a group sent to Ivel’s Bed & Breakfast on Acklins by Vince Tobia of Cattaraugus Creek Outfitters. The report was written by Glen Colton from Fort Collins,...
View ArticleBonaire Bonefishing – The Last Cast
Sitting here overlooking Airport Flats in Exuma I knew I should crank out a last report on the overall experience in Bonaire. I just find it difficult to decide between writing and fishing....
View ArticleThe Perfect Morning
I’m Canadian and live in British Columbia. Hockey is not a sport for us. Soccer is a sport, baseball and basketball are sports. Hockey……is well………..hockey. Yesterday I woke up to a magnificent...
View ArticleEleuthera Bonefishing – Guest Blog
Here is a nice Guest Blog on Eleuthera written by subscriber, George Brayfield. Sounds like he had a great trip that fulfilled what he was looking for in the way of a vacation. It is not often easy...
View ArticleAbaco Bonefishing – Guest Blog
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...
View ArticleBonefish Retrieve – Drop, Dip and Strip
It’s been a fabulous month on Exuma and the fishing has been outstanding. Many days we have seen thousands of fish at a time and our shoulders ache at the end of the tide from casting. While fishing...
View ArticleClues There Are Bonefish
I suppose it had to happen. After two months of magnificent weather, yesterday we finally had a day that was cloudy, a little showery with a stiff breeze. Those kind of conditions make spotting fish...
View ArticleGreat Harbour Cay – Bonefishing
Here is a nice guest blog from Jonathon Frommer from San Francisco on his fishing trip to Great Harbour Cay in the Berry Islands, Bahamas. Jonathon is an experienced fisherman and by the sounds of it...
View ArticleBonefishing Abaco – Guest Blog
What a great Guest Blog from Ben de Vilmorin from France. Certainly expresses the ups and downs of fishing a new location on your own, but in the end he got on to it. Ben stayed at Casuaurina Point...
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