Myth Bonefish feed at night on a full moon, so fishing is poor during the day when the moon is full. Truth There are many variables in bonefishing much more important than the phase of the moon – weather being the biggest. We think planning your bonefishing trip to avoid a full moon is a…
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Bonefish
Bonefish.
Warm water. Happy angler. Andros South. More Bonefish from South Andros Learn a Lot from One Picture Cool Weather Bonefish Bruce Chard Caught One
Reading Mangrove Flats
If you’ve spent much time around our web site, you’ve probably seen Aaron Adams’ work before. Aaron is the Director of Operations for Bonefish and Tarpon Trust, and one of the world’s leading biologists when it comes to – guess what – bonefish, tarpon and other critters that swim around on the flats. He also…
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Big Flies and Rubber Legs
Just a friendly reminder that big, light flies with rubber legs (OK, Sili Legs in this case) work really well for the un-pressured bonefish of South Andros Island. More on South Andros Life on the Flats Background on the Island Moon Walk
Nice Fish, Jim.
Jim Reinertsen has been chasing bonefish on South Andros Island for years. He’s learned some tricks of the trade during that time, including this little secret: more big fish get caught during the winter. Jim brought his daughter Emily to Andros South this past November for her first bonefishing trip. They each encountered some very…
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Dining Room at Andros South
This is our dining room at Andros South. It’s really clean and very comfortable, we think. Fishing pictures hang on the walls, and there are bonefish on our curtains and our table cloth – we really like fishing, after all. We serve a lot of great food here – fresh crawfish, beef ribs, mahi mahi,…
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Casting on the Flats – Top 3 Tips
We’ve given an awful lot of different casting advice to our guests at Andros South over the years. We could write a book! That being said, there are some issues that we see over and over, and some advice that we give over and over. If we had to pick our top 3 casting tips…
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I Had a Crazy Dream…
I had this crazy dream, man! It was snowing at my house, but there I was, standing on the bow of a flats skiff. A bead of sweat dripped off my nose. The guide turned the skiff, and bam! There were bonefish everywhere, and big ones too. More on Dreams from South Andros Just Before…
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Top Bonefishing Posts of 2010
Last week we rounded up for you the 10 posts about trout on our blog that were most popular in 2010. Today, same story, only we’re talking about bonefish. Top 10 Bonefishing Posts in 2010 Bonefish Flies – 5 Favorites for South Andros – Don’t bring your little Belize and Christmas Island flies, OK? Casting…
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End of the Day
It’s kind of a ho-hum picture of the end of a fishing day at Andros South – certainly not worthy of ‘cover-shot’ status – but it actually says a lot. One boat pulls in right after the other has arrived…things seem to happen on time. A father and his son enjoy a beer on the…
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