I brought my wife along for the tour and half day at Deep Water Cay.
Big mistake.
I don’t think I’ll be able to get her to go to another lodge. She loved it there and it wasn’t hard to see why.
First, I have to say, if you haven’t been to DWC in the past few years, you really haven’t been to DWC. Things have changed… a lot. There is so much new and so much that is awesome about what they have done there it is hard to really put it all into words.
Deep Water Cay… awesome.
They have a new “gateway” to the lodge over on the edge of Grand Bahama which is just top shelf. There is boat storage, boat docks and boat launches. A huge step up from what was there the last time I was on GBI in 2010. We met Muff at the entry way and he showed us around the “on land” facilities.
This is the view my wife would like.
Next, we had a short hop over to the actual lodge where we met Bill, the manager, and his wife, Lisa. Bill gave us the lowdown on the improvements which were largely self-evident and impressive. Julie, a decade long employee of DWC led us on a tour of the rooms and facilities.
The rooms… yeah… views to kill for, and I’d consider it. One thing you might not know is that DWC is making a big push to include families. There are kayaks and boats you can play on with the kids and there is snorkeling and diving and blue-water fishing. DWC has moved to include much more than the bonefishing they are so well known for. My wife was enamored with the place, as was I. I have not seen an operation like this before. Everything they do, they do very well. It shows.
Yeah… it’s nice.
Lots and lots to do for the family.
We wrapped up the tour and boarded the Hell’s Bay skiff of our guide for the afternoon, Ted. Ted was a real nice guy who loves his island and knows it very well. It wasn’t long before I had blown my first and second shots, and maybe even a third, before I connected. It was odd, seemed to take me a few flubs to get the jitters out before I started actually getting my casting where I wanted it.
Nice fish.
Managed some nice fish and saw many, many more. Several schools we saw numbered in the hundreds of fish, usually with a shark escort that was making them a bit nervous. We saw cudas and rays and even a dolphin for good measure. It is such a vibrant ecosystem out there and its health is evident on every flat.
Getting the fish on its way.
We even stopped at a cut and threw a spinning rig for some jacks and had a good time.
Deep Water Cay is clearly at the top of their game and one of the top lodges you are going to find anywhere.
Not too shabby… not too shabby at all.
I left wondering what body part I’d need to sell to get back there with my wife and daughter. I am not really using my left leg that much… wonder what it will fetch on the open market. It would be worth it.
(PS – there are permit there… saw about a 20 pounder, maybe bigger… didn’t spook on the cast, but it did on the strip)
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Bjorn, after literally hundreds of days on the flats I still get the jitters on the first few presentations. At this point, I’m not sure that I’m going to get over it!
Bjorn – So glad to read your comments about your trip over to the cay. Seems the team there showed you guys a good time! We are super proud of the “current” Deep Water Cay….it’s come a very long way since the inception in 1958. Please don’t be a stranger. Chris
Chris… very, very impressive operation there. Really. I was wowed.