Fishing in the Bahamas
 With approximately 700 islands, the Bahamas have the largest area of bonefish flats in the world. The bonefish has won its reputation based on its finicky eating habits and ability to empty a fly reel with blinding speed. The Bahamas offers unchartered spaces where you will seldom see another angler all day. In addition to bonefish, you will find an assortment of other fish species available including barracuda, sharks, tarpon, permit, grouper and snapper and an assortment of reef species.
We keep looking for good fishing destinations and revisiting the other lodges we represent in the Bahamas. For 2011 we have shortened our list of good quality lodges in order to maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect from Leisure Time Travel. All of the lodges we have listed are in the middle or northern Bahamas which are usually easy to get to. Unless you take a charter flight or have the use of an aircraft, the southern Bahama Islands can be a challenge to get to due to unreliable local air service.
Several of the lodges offer non-fishing activities for you, your spouse, and other non-fishing guest. We will help you compare each lodge to select the one that best meet your goals. And, don't forget to check out our Last Minute Specials.
Captain Edward Johnston, and the seasoned saltwater staff of Leisure Time Travel, have visited the Bahamas several dozen times. There is no substitute for experience!
Abaco Lodge: Located on the Marls side of Great Abaco Island, in the Bahamas. The Abacos are a string of Bahamian islands located approximately 175 miles east of Palm Beach, Florida. The "mainland" is Great Abaco, third largest island in the Bahamas. You will fish the Marls of Abaco� which are a vast expanse of prime, wilderness bonefish habitat, situated along the western shore of Great Abaco Island. Abaco Lodge accommodates a maximum of 8 anglers, each in a single room with private bath.
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Bair's Lodge: Located at Little Creek between Kemps Bay and Mars Bay, on South Andros Island. Andros Island has been the name synonymous with the biggest bonefish, and South Andros has built a reputation over the years as being the location for "Giant" bonefish. Anglers fly into Congo Town in South Andros Island. The transfer from the airport to the lodge takes twenty minutes.
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Mars Bay Bonefish Lodge: A small lodge situated on the southeastern tip of Andros that affords anglers a short and easy skiff ride to pristine flats teeming with unpressured bonefish. The lodge itself is located on a flat large enough for a dozen fishermen. Mars Bay is the end of the road; you can�t drive any further south. That puts you ten miles closer to the best fishing grounds on Andros than the nearest lodge.
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With some of the least fished flats of South Andros and access to the fabled West Side, Bair's Lodge and Mars Bay Bonefish Lodge represent the ultimate for sight fishing for big bonefish.
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Andros Island Bonefish Club: Located at Cargill Creek on Andros Island. There are miles of gorgeous, hard sand wadeable flats less than a mile from the "Tongue of the Ocean". This area is renowned for both the sheer numbers of bonefish-�tousands of dem�- in large schools averaging 3-5 pounds, as well as the potential for trophy-size, double-digit bonefish.
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Grand Bahama Bonefishing: Your guides, the Pinder brothers, have been fishing for two generations, with over 60 years of combined experience. These guides literally grew up in the guiding business at the famed Deep Water Cay Club on the island's East End. Their unsurpassed knowledge and understanding of bonefishing, jovial nature, and excellent communication skills make for a very exciting day on the water for anglers of all casting abilities.
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Pelican Bay Bonefish Club: This extraordinary Bonefish Club is located at Port Lucaya in Freeport, Grand Bahama Island. The northern side of Grand Bahama Island is virtually uninhabited, and this is where you will be fishing. And big fish? "Lord have children", you will be in double digit bonefish heaven!
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Small Hope Bay Lodge: Andros Island, Bahamas, "the bone fishing capital of the world" The lodge has 20 cottages with no phones, no TV and no distractions. Sumptuous island cuisine is provided three times a day. Children are easily accommodated and provided with entertainment and separate evening dining and activities.
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Deep Water Cay: Located in the middle of over 200 square miles of the most fertile bonefish flats imaginable, many of which are ideal for the wading angler. Average bonefish weigh in at 4-6 pounds with many 7-9 pound fish. The lodge record is 13 1/2 pounds! Permit are there as well. Incredible saltwater flats fishing matched with luxurious accommodations and gracious hospitality make Deep Water Cay one of the premier lodges in the Caribbean. Throw in white sand beaches, colorful coral and marine life, and a sunny tropical climate and you have a vacation destination that can't be beat.
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Stella Maris Resort: Located on Long Island in the Southern Out Islands of the Bahamas, described by Christopher Columbus as "the world's most beautiful island". Superb bonefishing and big game fishing. The resort is located in a plantation style hotel with two ocean views on some of the highest elevations in the Bahamas.
Cape Santa Maria Beach Resort: Located on Long Island, this unspoiled jewel in the sun is the Bahama's best kept secret. Flats and deep sea fishing is one of the resort's specialties. Quality equipment, experienced guides and fishing clinics will ensure a memorable vacation from which dreams are made.
Peace & Plenty: Peace & Plenty angling guests experience an upscale fishing program. The Bonefish Lodge, ten miles south of Georgetown, at The Ferry, the cut dividing Great from Little Exuma, is the completely renovated former Blue Hole Restaurant with eight air-conditioned double rooms. Anglers can also stay at Peach and Plenty Beach Inn or the quaint Peace and Plenty Hotel in Georgetown. Ideal for couples.
Netties Heritage Club and Sea Shell Beach Resort: Located on an eight mile stretch of beach at Great Abaco Island, the club features incredible expanses of crystal-clear shallow flats and mangrove marshes which relatively undisturbed, provide the promise to fulfill a bonefisher's fondest dreams. Facilities include full kitchen, lap pool, Jacuzzi, and sun decks. Netties Heritage Club and Sea Shell Beach Resort is a unique resort offering bone fishing and is the best site to explore the legendary Marls of Abaco.
Netties Heritage Club has closed- Your best bet now is Abaco Lodge.
Best Times To Fish: The Bahamian Islands are noted for their exceptional bonefishing and it is a year-round sport. The weather can slow the action down in the winter months, but all you need is a good warm day and the fish are back on the flats.
Last Minute Specials: When the lodges have a week that has not been booked as of a certain date, they will run "special deals" to try and get the particular weeks booked. We research our lodges and post all the current specials on this site! Better act quick before the deals are all gone!
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