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ANDROS ISLAND Island News: BOOK YOUR BAHAMAS TRAVEL DIRECTLY WITH US - BFFG TRAVEL PLANNING AND BOOKING SERVICES -- We use our extensive experience to personalize all trips to your specific needs. You can fish with our favorite guides in our favorite locations. The top guides have been working with us for years, and they give priority to our clients. Kim is a specialist in Bahamas travel and can book your air travel and Nassau hotels as well. Email Kim directly to begin planning your ideal trip. As always our travel bookings services are free. You pay nothing extra, so why not leave it to us to plan and book your trip. We can save you time and money.
Small Hope Bay Lodge - is a good option for fishermen bringing non-fishing companions to Andros. And this isn't a compromise to the anglers. The fishing (especially bonefishing) is excellent in Fresh Creek, and Small Hope guides also take their clients into the Bights. Non-anglers can experience sensational scuba diving and snorkeling, relax on the beach, go sea kayaking, bike, windsurf, or go sailing. The lodge has 20 cottages right on the beach. All-inclusive packages are available, and the include an open bar. Tranquility Hill Fishing Lodge - Located at Behring Point on the North Bight, the lodge offers exceptional hospitality, delicious food, comfortable air-conditioned rooms, and top guides including Dwain Neymour, Raymond Mackey, Ricardo Mackey and other experienced independents. Tranquility is now taking bookings for the 2010 season. You can contact them directly at 242-368-4132, or email Kim to assist with your booking. Flamingo Cay, Wide Open, West Side - Established in the 1920s as a duck hunting club by the Bethel family, the club has been an exclusive hunting and fishing lodge every since for family friends, including British royalty. A couple of years ago, Charles Bethel III decided it was time to open the fun to the public, although the lodge rarely advertises, and most guest make their bookings from word-of-mouth recommendations from previous guests.
Flats Fishing Patterns: Fairly normal winter/spring weather patterns are in effect, with winds prevailing from the northeast. You should always carry a good breathable rain jacket and pants in the boat for possible rain, and use the jacket as a windbreaker on early morning runs. We recommend wearing long pants to guard against "doctor" flies, especially while wading. There is nothing a "doctor" fly likes better than saltwater on bare skin. These flies also like to bite bare feet, so we wear socks and insect repellent in the boat. Patagonia baggie pants and Ex Officio Amphi pants are cool, dry-fast, and don't allow the flies to bite through the material like they can bite through other thinner material. February 8, 2012 Fishing Reports Central Andros/The Bights and West Side - Things are shaping up for a great spring season. Good fishing on the oceanside flats, and in the North and Middle Bights. Tarpon fishing on the West Side needs some warmer weather but that could happen any time. For anglers looking to fish one of the most beautiful areas in the world, the South Bight is a good option also, and easily reached by guides from Charlie Neymour's Logde, Tranquility Hill, Broad Shad Cay Lodge, and Two Boys Inn. NEW OPTION on Mangrove Cay - Swain's Cay Lodge. You can choose from beachfront and oceanview suites or gardenview rooms. You can fish the beachfront on your own, hire an independent guide, go snorkeling, diving, kayaking, or just hang out and catch some rays. A nice option for those who don't want a bonefishing lodge program. New independent guide option on Mangrove Cay: Alvin Greene has years of experience guiding the Middle and South Bights and the West Side. Click here to visist Alvin's web site. UPDATE February 8, 2012 - One of our favorite spots is the shoreline just east of Tiamo Resort. You can wade this shoreline and fish to monster tailing bones on the incoming tide. Tiamo is ab eco-resort in a pristine natural setting; a luxurious 5-star resort for fly fishing and other beachside adventure activities. Snorkeling is available right off the beach, or you can wade toward Driggs Hill on the incoming tide and look for big tails. Email Kim for more details and booking information.
North
Andros - Good fishing along the shorelines around Lowe's Sound and the around the nearby cays. Also a great time to fish the Joulter's before the pressure picks up as the season progresses. A good choice in the
area for serious anglers is Stafford
Creek Lodge. This popular lodge only accommodates 6 anglers at a time
and features comfortable accommodations and good food. You can contact
Prescott Smith at 242-368-6050, or email
him. South Andros - For numbers of fish, this is a top location. This week should be good fishing along the oceanside shorelines south of Mars Bay, and as usual, in the Grassy Cays area at the southern tip of the island. The southern tip of the island is amazing, with lots of fish cruising the seemingly endless flats. Fishing on the white sand bottoms at the southern tip of the island makes spotting bones easy, even on cloudy days, and there are numerous creeks, including Little and Deep Creeks, and Hawksbill Creek where anglers can find protection from the wind, and the wade fishing in these creeks can be excellent. Our favorite flies ere include #4-6 Gotchas, #4-8 Veverka’s Mantis Shrimp, and #6 Tan Yarn Crabs, #4-6 Greg's Flats Fly, #4-6 Spawning Shrimp, #4-6 Hoover's, and #4-6 Beck's Sililegs. For the best success go with longer leaders, 10 feet at least, and use Flourocarbon if you get refusals on other tippet material. Many of these fish are PhDs when it comes to being fooled, so keep that in mind. Bair's
Lodge is the best option for fishing South Andros. This is a deluxe
lodge, with excellent food, and good guides...one of the most comfortable lodges we have ever stayed at. They can take 12 anglers, and they are booked months in advance so you need to make your plans
as far ahead as possible. Lots of fish here if you're into numbers...some big fish too, especially in Deep Creek and Little Creek. Please email Kim directly to facilitate your booking. This is one of our TOP RECOMMENDATIONS in the islands for wade fishing and relaxed luxury. West Side - The water out here is spectacular, and the fishing picking up now. A great time for tarpon fishing through November, then again starting in April, though when the weather cooperates it can be good year round. We love areas like like Little Miller's Creek toward the south, and Wide Open to the north. The resident tarpon are in the 60 to 100 pound class, which is ideal size for a 10-weight fly rod, although we are seeing fish up to 150 pounds at this time of year. The only fly you really need is a Shallow Water Cockroach.
Reef/Offshore: On calm days you can enjoy excellent fishing for dorado and tuna around the naval buoys. The midnight blue water, 6,000 feet deep, is so clear you can see fish fifty feet below the boat. For fly fishing over the reefs we normally use a 10-weight fly rod, but an 11 or 12-weight would not be too much. A saltwater taper with a clear intermediate sink tip is our line of choice. |
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