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Travel Tips: Where to Go for Your First Flats-Fishing Trip

August 20, 2018

A Grand Bahama Island bonefish.

My younger brother recently asked me where he should go for his first flats-fishing trip. He’s a longtime trout, bass, and striper fisherman, but he’s never tried the tropics. As far as I’m . . .

Photos and Story: Working Hard for My First Bonefish

August 13, 2018

Written by: Jay Sjoholm, Red Clay Soul

The author’s first bonefish, caught without a guide (other than his wife), was cause for celebration.
Photos courtesy Jay Sjoholm

A few weeks ago, my wife and I took a trip down to our favorite place on earth–Harbour Island in the Bahamas. It’s a very special place to us: we got married there in 2014 and return each. . . .

Photos: Bahamas Bonefish Recapture

May 30, 2018

Written by: Nick Roberts, Bonefish & Tarpon Trust

Perk Perkins prepares to release a tagged bonefish, after the data from the tag was retrieved.
Photo by Justin Lewis

Orvis CEO Perk Perkins caught and released bonefish BAP3435 while fishing last week with Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Bahamas Initiative Manager Justin Lewis. This fish was tagged on . . .

Photos and Story: Getting Schooled on Grand Bahama

May 18, 2018

Written by: Drew Ross, Looknfishy

The bonefish were skittish and tough to fool, but the effort was worth it.
Photo by Chuck Levi, Jr.

Sight fishing bonefish from a kayak is something I’ve wanted to do for a few years. In April, some buddies called and invited me on a kayak fishing trip to The Bahamas. I was super excited but knew . . .

Trout Bum of the Week XLVI: Jennifer Cornell

April 26, 2018

Reel Women’s Jennifer Cornell shows off a gorgeous Patagonia brown trout.
Photos courtesy Jennifer Cornell

Jennifer Cornell is a co-owner of Reel Women Fly Fishing Adventures, a guiding operation run by women anglers. (Her partner is Lori-Ann Murphy.) From June through October, Jennifer. . .

Photos: Business-Trip Bones in The Bahamas

March 20, 2018

Written by: Dan Davala, Orvis Travel

Conditions on South Andros look pretty perfect for Dan’s pre-conference check-in.
Photos courtesy Dan Davala

I had to be in Nassau, The Bahamas, for a conference today, so I flew in a few days early to swing by a couple of our Orvis Endorsed Lodges on South Andros Island. I managed a nice DIY . . .

Story: Here Lie the Bones. . .of South Andros

December 19, 2017

My first trip to The Bahamas introduced me to “real” sight-fishing for bonefish on the flats/
All photos by Sandy Hays

“Shark.” Pointing absentmindedly to our right, Norman said the word in the same bored tone that one normally hears from airline pilots and classical-music deejays. But I was eleven . . .

Video: Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, Then and Now

December 14, 2017

Tailing bonefish in slick water at dawn – it doesn’t get any better than this.
Photo by Adams

As I crept along a mangrove-fringed shoreline in shin-deep water, I could barely make out the tips of a bonefish tail and dorsal fin in the pre-dawn light. The fish slowly searched the shallows for . . .

Podcast: Fly-Fishing the Bahamas, with Chris Dombrowski

April 24, 2017

Fly-fishing guide, writer, and poet, Chris Dombrowski.
Photo via Facebook

This week, I interview Chris Dombrowski, author, poet, and fishing guide. Chris’s book Body of Water is one of my favorite fly-fishing books–even though it is more about people than . . .

Photo of the Day: ‘Cuda Season in The Bahamas

January 03, 2017

Written by: Greg Vincent, H2O Bonefishing

Greg Vincent shows off a fine Bahamas ‘cuda, evidence that the fisheries are back to normal.
Photo courtesy Greg Vincent

When Hurricane Matthew tore through The Bahamas back in early October, many anglers feared the worst. But according to Greg Vincent, of H2O Bonefishing on Grand Bahama Island, “We . . .