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Aug 10
Skinny Water Culture — Chase Hancock “Bonefish Ghost” Shirt
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Aug 10
Dear Andrew Zimmerman
Bizarre Foods Guy,
You are not Hawaiian. If you were Hawaiian I would have had way less of a problem with you macking on some bonefish. However, you aren’t. Around the world bonefish are worth far, far more alive than dead. Bonefish are a source of income to a small fleet of boats and small numbers of fly fishing guides but the money spent by anglers who travel the world in search of bonefish is substantial. Other folks have figured this out and bonefish are now illegal to kill in places like the Bahamas and Belize. Sure, there are people around the world with a cultural heritage of eating bonefish, but, dude, that isn’t your heritage. Don’t eat bonefish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RotV-ANvz54&hl=en_US&fs=1
Seriously? Don’t eat bonefish.
31
Jul 10
Lots and lots of bonefish
Now, that’s just a mess of bonefish… chillax’n… which is odd given the proximity of the shark that swims by. This is in Exuma.
30
Jul 10
Chalk Sound National Park
Our pools are just one kid peeing in the pool or a dirty diaper away from a verdant bloom. Chalk Sound’s fate rests precariously on the functionality of the human septic systems that now line its shores.
via Chalk Sound National Park: Beauty and ecology.
A pretty looking spot in T&C that is facing some challenges. Thar be bonefish there as well.
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Jul 10
The Flats Doctor Dishes
Aaron Adams is as knowledgeable as anyone out there when it comes to fishing the flats. He recently put some goodness out on his website including a good primer for those of use newer to the art of fishing the skinny water.
What is it like to spot fish on the flats? Dr. Adams sets you straight on exactly what it’s like, where the challenges are and where the magazines might mislead a bit.
21
Jul 10
Bonefish Pictures in Magazines
If you want that bonefish you just caught to survive, it is a really good idea to leave the fish in the water. There is ample evidence to support that. If you’ve sniffed around at the fringes of catch and release for bonefish the studies and best practices are pretty easy to find.
Many anglers were first exposed to bonefish, permit or tarpon in fly fishing magazines. I know I was personally inspired to find my first bonefish by an article I read and the pictures I saw. Inspiration is good.
The Bonefish & Tarpon Trust is hoping the inspiration can be done with the fish in the water. Basically, they are hoping that magazines will start showing fish in the water to help anglers model this good behavior.
Here’s the full text of their letter to the fishing media asking them to use photos that support the best practices in catch and release fishing for bonefish, tarpon and permit.
Sounds good.
Support BTT
21
Jul 10
Bibbling Bonefish
Twelve o’clock,” exclaimed Andy, our Bahamian guide. “A hundred feet—school of bibblers.”
I had no idea what a bibbler was, but I could see a school of small bonefish swimming around with their heads just breaking the water, like maybe they were eating something on the surface that I couldn’t see.
If you missed Joe Gonzalez’s interview (yesterday), he mentioned bibbling bonefish. This was a word I had never heard of and I wanted to find a supporting reference and find I did. The above story comes from Florida Sportsman and was written by Harlan Franklin.
I haven’t been on too many trips, but I think I even saw fish behaving this way while fishing with guide Bernard Bevans out of McLeans Town on Grand Bahama. I’m not sure, but I think my dad actually caught one of those fish.
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Jul 10
Awesome Job Landing a Bonefish
Well… maybe “awesome” in a sort of ironic sense… still, looked fun (or funny).
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Jul 10
Joe Gonzalez and Salty Shores
This is just a teaser for my interview with Biscayne Bay guide Joe Gonzalez which will be up on Tuesday. This pic is courtesy of Sam Root at Salty Shores.
Nice
