H2O Bonefishing is the same lodge as Pelican Bay but they are just rebranding themselves. Ok fishing fans. There will not be any superfluous embellishment or useless rhetoric for this new lodge's description. Here are the facts. This extraordinary Bonefish Club centers around Port Lucaya in Freeport, Grand Bahama Island. Danish developer Erik Christiansen has designed the accommodations with an old world European colonial style and Caribbean charm, which gives Freeport a fresh architectural and distinctive look not often found in the Caribbean. This new full service resort features tropically decorated rooms. Each air-conditioned room has a spacious private balcony which overlooks the pool and the marina at Port Lucaya. You will be within easy walking distance to the Port Lucaya Marketplace, Lucayan Beach, and the Lucayan Beach Casino. The Port Lucaya Marketplace offers upscale shopping in duty free shops, dining at many fine restaurants and bars, and entertainment. This six-acre waterfront entertainment complex centers around the bandstand at Count Basie Square. If you want to get in on the gambling action, the Lucayan Beach Casino will give you plenty of excitement and action. The soft sandy Lucayan Beach is the place for the folks who want to take a swim or walk. For the golfers, this is virtually the Scotland of the Caribbean, there are four manicured golf courses, and they are all within a ten minute drive. There is also tennis, scuba diving and reef exploring, ocean kayaking, horseback riding, and eco-tour adventures, where you can walk through and explore the wilderness. H2O Bonefishing has a slightly different meal plan than most lodges. You will start your day with a full service complimentary hot or cold breakfast, for lunch you will be provided with a box lunch for your day of fishing and for dinner you are on your own. There are over 20 restaurants from pizza to gourmet located within a two minute walk from the hotel. Ok, enough of the nonessential stuff, lets get on with the fishing. The question you must have by now is with all this building and infrastructure could there possibly be any good bonefishing? The answer is yes with a capital "Y." The northern side of Grand Bahama Island is virtually uninhabited, and this is where you will be fishing. Grand Bahama Island is 96 miles long and 17 miles at the widest point. If you have fished the upper Bahamas before, this area is reminiscent of the middle bights of Andros, the east end of Grand Bahama Island, and the marls of Great Abaco Island. If you are new to this sport, this is where you will find some of the best bonefishing left on the planet. Each fishing day you will be met by your guide directly in front of the hotel lobby and driven to the Northern side of the island. The best spot will be chosen depending upon the weather. There are large canals on each side of Freeport which will allow you to take a boat across the island. However, by driving a short 20 minutes, you save a lot of time. The really great part is H2O purchased 16-foot Maverick Mirage flat skiffs with 90 H.P. engines. You can cover a lot of territory fast and in comfort. With these new boats you can easily fish the entire northern side of the island. The most wonderful part of this whole operation is that you don't have to look very hard to find fish. And big fish? "Lord have children," you will be in double digit fish heaven! Click here for rates. It does not take long for your senses to adjust to the solitude and the vast open spaces of the Bahamas. The sky so blue and ever clear, layers of clouds moving different speeds, and the crystalline waters carve a backdrop unlike any you have seen. If you have been there then you know already, if you haven't been, then go now! Just remember, Capt. Edward Johnston told you.......... Leisure Time Travel - Your best and most knowledgeable choice for fishing the Caribbean About Us | Travel | Home | Contact Leisure Time Travel Inc. 531 N. Citrus Ave. Crystal River, Florida 34428 352-795-FISH (3474) 1-800-771-2202 E-Mail: Pelican Bay Bonefishing © 1996-2010 Leisure Time Travel, Inc. - Photo's Edward Russell Johnston Revised November 16, 2009 - html by Edward Russell Johnston