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Bonafide Bonefishing, operated by top guide Docky Smith, is our choice as the best guide to fish with on Long Island. Please visit Docky's web site, which is a wealth of information on fishing in Long Island. Here you can book Docky directly, learn more about his operation and experience, see his tackle recommendations, and look at some great photos. Check out the permit shots. Wow.

NEW....Great Value and DIY Option on Andros -- Frankie Neymour, Charlie's brother, has opened a small guest house on Cargill Creek....this is an ideal spot and a great price for anglers who want to fish with a top guide and/or DIY....excellent wade fishing options in the area. You can just book a room with cooking facilities, or you can have meals included....same for guides fishing.......fish with Frankie or other top guides, or do it yourself. Email Kim for the details.

Bimini Bay Resort - In 2006, the landscape and atmosphere of North Bimini changed considerably with the opening of the Bimini Bay Resort. The remarkably efficient design and lay-out of this tropical-hued luxury resort complex includes a 136 slip marina, oceanfront homesites, marina condominiums, private island homesites, and restaurants, with more to come---namely, a Robert Trent Jones Jr. golf course and country club, a mega-yacht marina with a luxury spa and high-end boutique shops, the casino, and a Conrad Hotel. These larger projects are slated for completion in 2008 and 2009. So far the developers have worked well with the Bahamian government to preserve the environment and natural appeal of the island, and they have engaged the community in educational projects, and in a “paint the town” campaign. This successful campaign involved over seventy structures, homes and commercial buildings, along the King’s Highway. The lively paint matches the resort’s pastel pink, blue, yellow, and green motif.
The luxury resort, now open includes radiant condominiums with island art, hardwood and rattan furnishings, and topped off with ultra-modern kitchens. There are also amply-sized single family beach homes with dazzling ocean views. The pastel painted wooden structures, landscaping, fountains, and road systems blend with the natural terrain of beaches, palms, and the bayside marina to wow visitors. The Casa Lyon restaurant, best on the island, serves island delights like coconut cracked conch, chicken satay, and a stir fry infusion of seafood and fresh veggies for dinner. You can enjoy lunch at the grill by the infinity pool.

George Town, Great Exuma - We have received excellent reports about service and accommodations at Coral Gardens Bed & Breakfast. Owners Betty and Peter Oxley provide a homey stay with fine hospitality and a value price. A good base for DIY anglers.

Colin Cartwright has a relatively new bonefishing operation under way....The Triple Seas Bonefish Lodge is located on the waterfront near the Deadman's Cay Sound, Long Island. The lodge can accommodate four anglers, and is just minutes away by boat from the inland flats. All rooms have a/c and private baths. The Hot Spot restaurant and bar is a short walk away. Anglers fly into Deadman's Cay Airport. Colin is also available as an independent guide if you are staying somewhere else. For more information contact Colin Cartwright at 242-357-1067 (cell), or 242-337-0443 (home). Email: Colin Cartwright.

CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: The venerable Walker's Cay Hotel and Marina is closed due to hurricane damage, and as of now has no plans to reopen. Nettie's Different of Abaco at Casaurina Point, Abaco is closed due to hurricane damage.

Chub Cay Club and Marina -- The new marina and swimming pool are now open, and the rest of the mega resort is under construction. The clubhouse, restaurant and pool are scheduled to open in the fall of 2007, so any time now.

Flamingo Cay, Wide Open, Andros's 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.

Charlie Bethel is a wonderful host, and along with his friend, Cindy, they make you feel at home, and they create an overall relaxed atmosphere by taking no more than six guests at a time. The club sits on a remote creek on Andros's uninhabited West Side, in a sprawling bay known as Wide Open. Large schools of bonefish roam the white sand flats from Pretty Creek to Williams island, though you don't have to go far to catch fish. We've had days of 40 plus bones just fishing the shoreline right outside the home creek. And if you're looking for big bones, those double digit monsters roam the outer sand bank not more than fifteen minutes from the lodge. Tarpon fishing is also excellent, and its not uncommon to get shots at permit. For wing-shooters, the dove and duck hunting is fabulous. Fishing season in October 1 to June 31, and shooting season is October 15 to March 31. E-mail Kim for more details and booking information.

GREAT INAGUA FLATS FISHING – Matthew Town. Imagine a distant island with only one guide, surrounded by wadable flats stretching out from rugged deserted shorelines, flats with bonefish and schools of permit, and then, a large inland lake with rolling tarpon. In the southern Bahamas , sixty miles northeast of Cuba , Great Inagua is this island. The one guide is Ezzard Cartwright. Ezzard greets anglers at the Matthew Town airport and puts them up in a comfortable two bedroom apartment across from his house. The air-conditioned apartment has a full kitchen and satellite TV. Meals are served at the house, or anglers can eat in town. Each day Ezzard drives his anglers to the flats for a full day of fishing. Some flats can be accessed directly from shore, while other are reached in Ezzard’s skiff. Deeper flats, including most of the permit areas, are fished from a poled skiff. The drive to Lake Windsor for tarpon fishing takes about an hour over rough roads. Most tarpon are twenty- to sixty-pounds, though there are larger fish. It’s not uncommon to catch several bones in a day over eight pounds, and there are shots at double digit trophies. Anglers can book a package with Ezzard, combine fishing with Ezzard with fishing on their own, or experienced anglers can go it alone and book their own accommodations at various guesthouses.
Contact: Reservations and information, 800 211-8530; Internet: www.anglingdestinations.com You can also contact Ezzard directly at 242 339-1362.

Charlie Neymour and Nottages Cottages - One of our favorite guides--Charlie makes every day on the water fun. Nottages Cottages is at the end of the road at Behring Point, about a five minute drive past Tranquility Hill. Charlie and his friend, Fatiha have remodeled Nottages motel-style rooms, put in new floors and furniture and spruced up the bar and dining room. Charlie is also planning to launch a wild boar and wing-shooting program this fall, and also has plans to build new deluxe cottages on the water front to go with a blue water fishing operation. You can book Charlie and several of the other best independent guides on Andros by emailing Kim.

Beyond the Blue Bonefish Charters, South Caicos - Also known as East Harbour , and The Big South, South Caicos is an eight square mile island of coral rock that has seen it all, from being the hideout for infamous pirates, to being part of the thriving turn-of-century salt business, to now being a bustling community of about twelve hundred people who make their living mostly from harvesting conch and lobster. Visitors will find a charming colonial style settlement with historic buildings still in use, plus some of the best scuba diving, blue water fishing, and bonefishing in the TCI’s. The white sand flats that sprawl from Long Cay up to East Caicos hold high numbers of bonefish, and the nearby deep water drop-offs into Columbus Passage means lots of big bones too. All-inclusive bonefishing packages are available with Beyond the Blue Bonefish Charters. Access to the island is via boat, or various puddle-jumpers from Provo. Contact : Reservations and information, 649 231-1703 or 321 795-3136; Internet: www.beyondtheblue.com; Email: bonefishbtb@aol.com

Pittstown Point Landing, Crooked Island -- Carter Andrews (the long-time fishing director at Pittstown, and the man responsible for creating one of the best flats and offshore fishing combinations in the Bahamas) and his partners, have purchased the Pittstown Point Landing Resort. Carter, and his wife, Heidi, are personally operating the resort and the fishing program. They have a number of renovations and upgrades planned for this ssummer, and the coming seasons, including an expanded on-site runway, and a new fully-protected marina. In the meantime, we highly recommend this fishing program right now......now is the time to make your bookings to get in on this pportunity....because we are sure that this will become one of the most popular programs in flats and bluewater fishing.....anywhere! Excellent fishing for bonefish on the flats, plus some permit and tarpon. World-class reef fishing for amberjack, mutton snapper, yellowtail, sierra mackerel, barracuda, sharks and more, plus unparalleled offshore fishing for wahoo, dorado, tuna, and giant blue marlin.....in season. Email Kim for more details and pricing.

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