Bruce Chard shot line into his backcast, and look how happy it made him. Wherever you’re fishing on the flats, getting your cast out there quickly will greatly improve your chances of hooking that fish. Shooting line not only into your forward cast, but also into your backcast, helps minimize false-casting and enables you to…
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Andros South
Spotting Bonefish
Where are you, Mr. Bonefish? Bonefish are hard to see. Keeping these tips in mind will help. Look For Movement When you first see a bonefish, it’s very unusual that you actually see the clear outline of the fish. Bonefish generally first appear as dark spots, moving slowly and steadily. They’re almost always moving, so…
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Why You Should Be In the Bahamas Right Now
South Andros, January 12th, Forecast: 80 degrees, light breeze What’s the view look like from your house today?
Michael White’s Report from Andros South
Whitey in hot pursuit. Michael White (owner of Blue Ribbon Sales, representing Simms, and other lines in the Rockies) is on site at Andros South this week with Charlie Craven and a great group of guys. Here’s his report from today on the rigors of South Andros in January. “All is well here at Andros South….
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Bahamas Bonefishing
Why do big fish always eat Ramsey’s fly? The world will never know. Photo: rustychinnisimages.com Bonefish live in a lot of places around the world, but anglers who know like to chase them in the Bahamas. Those who have been around the Bahamas tend to wind up on South Andros. Why is that? Lots of…
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Flats Fishing for Barracuda
Many bonefish anglers in the Bahamas think of barracuda as that not-so-desirable species that you sometimes troll for when the weather is bad. At Andros South we disagree. We regularly see barracuda on the flats, and in fact trolling for ‘cudas is very unusual on South Andros. If you’re poling down a flat, have that…
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