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Now is the time to begin the booking process for Fall/Winter 24/25!
If you want to secure the best dates in prime time for fly fishing, booking in advance is the only way. We consider March through May as the prime months for bonefishing, with December through February good winter fishing, especially for big bones. Those double digit monster bonefish love the cooler water. And if your focus is tarpon along with the bones and the occasional permit, June is a great choice.
Riding Rock Resort and Marina - has one of the best scuba diving programs in the Caribbean. San Salvador is known world wide for the quality and diversity of the diving. With over 50 dive sites to choose from, you can enjoy wall dives, wreck dives, cave dives, night dives and more. Normal daily visibility is in the 100 foot plus range.
Riding Rock also has world-class offshore fishing programs for blue marlin, tuna, wahoo, kingfish, dorado and other species. You need to book your dates as far in advance as possible.
Club Med Columbus Isle - The all-inclusive resort of Columbus Isle is an excellent choice for dive and honeymoon vacations. As one of the top 5 wall diving destinations in the Caribbean, this luxurious hideaway caters to couples. This environmentally-friendly resort also offers a wide range of activities and sports for adults. No matter what your travel expectations are, you'll find the amenities at Columbus Isle to be more refined than most other locations in the Bahamas: premium oceanfront accommodations, oceanfront massage* and treatment* palapas, scuba diving* in one of the best diving spots worldwide, ecosystem discovery with Beautiful Oceans Dive & Snorkel Reef Adventures*, 3 gourmet dining venues, and more. There are also bonefish flats nearby, to the north in Fernandez Bay.
Flats Fishing Patterns: Fishing the southern Bahamas, including San Salvador, is a way to play the odds against the tricky weather patterns, and in the spring, summer and fall the weather is almost always gorgeous. March through July and October through November are prime months, with December through February having a good chance of nice weather. August and September can be great, but these are the prime hurricane season month
Fishing Report - This is the perfect island for DIY bonefishing. Most flats are easily accessible by car or bicycle, though you will have to do some slogging to get to a few of the best flats. But don't worry, there are even more flats with hard sand bottoms and easy access, including the flat just north of Club Med. The best fishing is on the other side of the island, throughout the Pigeon Creek area and on up to Polly Hill. If you can, get access to a kayak or SUP, as that will allow you to cover a lot of water and many flats and shorelines in Pigeon Creek.
#4-6 Gotcha, #4-6 Gotcha Clouser, #6 Kwan's, #6-8 Mantis Shrimp, #4-6 Greg's Flats Fly, #4-6 Pink Bonefish Puffs, and #4 Borski's Bonefish Critters are our favorite patterns.
REEF/OFFSHORE: Good fishing reported out of Riding Rock Marina for tuna and wahoo, with ok fishing for grouper, snapper, barracuda and sharks. Charter boats are available through Riding Rock Marina; half-day or full day.
If you want to secure the best dates in prime time for fly fishing, booking in advance is the only way. We consider March through May as the prime months for bonefishing, with December through February good winter fishing, especially for big bones. Those double digit monster bonefish love the cooler water. And if your focus is tarpon along with the bones and the occasional permit, June is a great choice.
Riding Rock Resort and Marina - has one of the best scuba diving programs in the Caribbean. San Salvador is known world wide for the quality and diversity of the diving. With over 50 dive sites to choose from, you can enjoy wall dives, wreck dives, cave dives, night dives and more. Normal daily visibility is in the 100 foot plus range.
Riding Rock also has world-class offshore fishing programs for blue marlin, tuna, wahoo, kingfish, dorado and other species. You need to book your dates as far in advance as possible.
Club Med Columbus Isle - The all-inclusive resort of Columbus Isle is an excellent choice for dive and honeymoon vacations. As one of the top 5 wall diving destinations in the Caribbean, this luxurious hideaway caters to couples. This environmentally-friendly resort also offers a wide range of activities and sports for adults. No matter what your travel expectations are, you'll find the amenities at Columbus Isle to be more refined than most other locations in the Bahamas: premium oceanfront accommodations, oceanfront massage* and treatment* palapas, scuba diving* in one of the best diving spots worldwide, ecosystem discovery with Beautiful Oceans Dive & Snorkel Reef Adventures*, 3 gourmet dining venues, and more. There are also bonefish flats nearby, to the north in Fernandez Bay.
Flats Fishing Patterns: Fishing the southern Bahamas, including San Salvador, is a way to play the odds against the tricky weather patterns, and in the spring, summer and fall the weather is almost always gorgeous. March through July and October through November are prime months, with December through February having a good chance of nice weather. August and September can be great, but these are the prime hurricane season month
Fishing Report - This is the perfect island for DIY bonefishing. Most flats are easily accessible by car or bicycle, though you will have to do some slogging to get to a few of the best flats. But don't worry, there are even more flats with hard sand bottoms and easy access, including the flat just north of Club Med. The best fishing is on the other side of the island, throughout the Pigeon Creek area and on up to Polly Hill. If you can, get access to a kayak or SUP, as that will allow you to cover a lot of water and many flats and shorelines in Pigeon Creek.
#4-6 Gotcha, #4-6 Gotcha Clouser, #6 Kwan's, #6-8 Mantis Shrimp, #4-6 Greg's Flats Fly, #4-6 Pink Bonefish Puffs, and #4 Borski's Bonefish Critters are our favorite patterns.
REEF/OFFSHORE: Good fishing reported out of Riding Rock Marina for tuna and wahoo, with ok fishing for grouper, snapper, barracuda and sharks. Charter boats are available through Riding Rock Marina; half-day or full day.