A couple years ago I went to Long Island for a hosted trip. It was a good time and has led to friendships I still have. It also did a good job of filling up the memory bank with plenty of bonefishy goodness.
This is, sadly, the best picture I have of that fish.
Long Island got hit pretty hard by the hurricane and is in the process of recovering. The guiding operation I fished with, Bonefish Paradise, run by Dwayne Knowles and his brother, are offering a pretty sweet deal for April and May. This deal, and I haven’t seen anything like it, is $250 a day for a fully guided trip on Long Island. So, you and a buddy could fish for 4 days for $500 each. Really… where else are you going to find something like that? I’d go, were it not for the very real prospect of losing my job and marriage if I tried.
Dwayne, calling out a fish to Jason Bourne (photo from Aaron Vanderwall)
If you need a trip, jump at this. You aren’t likely to find a cheaper trip and you’d get competent guiding in a wonderful place. You’d also be giving some business to some good folks who could use it and would be appreciative.
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That is a heck of a deal!!! Fedel Johnson’s rate is $350/day per boat. I think this is a result of that ill conceived limit on DIY angling regulation. Anglers are down on Acklins too; I leave for Acklins tomorrow. Curtis Fkrming just fished with Fedel and I expect things will pick up from his Fly Rod Chronicles show and legislation is passed that is more angler friendly. Eric
Your photos are to die for. I would give anything for a beer and sandwich and that view that you have. The water is clear as ever, I am beyond envious of you! Thanks for sharing this, I’m seriously looking at my schedule and booking a trip here.