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07
Dec 09

Cozumel Bonefishing – Oregon perspective

The Caddis Fly Shop in Eugene, Oregon… sounds like a nice,wet, cool place to be from. Turns out November is a slow month at the shop and it also turns out that the owner headed to Playa Del Carmen for a family trip. From there, a ferry ride to Cozumel and, to his surprise, some good fishing.

Now, this is one of those things that folks with families should keep in mind… you very well may find yourself in Cancun or Playa Del Carmen on some family vacation. You may, in the midst of packing for this family vacation wonder “should I bring my rod along?”

“Yes” is the answer. This also turns out to be the answer if you are headed to Hawaii (minus Maui), Vallarta (although not for bones) or many, many other places. Bring the rod. Bring the rod. Say it with me, “Bring the rod.”

Here’s why…

A Caddis Fly Shop Cozumel Bonefish, with permission from The Caddis Fly Shop

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29
Nov 09

Cajun Fly Fisherman Discovers Bonefish

A nice little story originally from The Courier in 2003.

A good read.

Turks and Caicos Bonefish Heaven

A great story from the Island life blog MyTurksAndCaicosBlog.com featuring some great fishing and nice pics.

One of the bones caught and released that day.

The MyTurksAndCaicosBlog.com has some good stories on it… little bits of the island lifestyle. It’s on my RSS feed for that bit of the tropical.

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24
Nov 09

Chico Dishes on Tippet

Oh Midcurrent, you give and give and give. The lastest tid-bit I found on the Midcurrent.com site was Chico Fernandez dishing out advice on tippets for Saltwater. Nice.

Wisdom. Check it out.

Thanks Midcurrent and Chico.

Thanks Chico!

Gear — 2 Comments
23
Nov 09

Bonefish Fly Lines

Deneki had some thoughts about Rio fly lines. It’s worth a read.

Rio Bonefish Line

Others have been asking questions about what line is best as well. Here’s a conversation from the Dan Blanton Board.

This Reel-Time.com forum member was a fan of the Rio line as well.

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19
Nov 09

Drew Rush Goes Camping

I loved this story when I first read it… thought it needed to be brought back. This particular story appeared in This is Fly (a fly fishing e-zine which, as it happens, is pretty damn fly) and was experienced and written by Drew Rush.

Drew is a Jackson, WY kind of guy… devastating with a camera and pretty frigging deadly with a fly rod, it appears. He’s written several pieces for This is Fly and his work is popping up in all sorts of places. This particular account is from a trip to Acklins with his girlfriend and some camping gear.

Here’s the story. Enjoy. (That link no longer appears to take you to the original story. Trying to see if that story exists anywhere else)

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18
Nov 09

Islamorada Bonefish Vid

Ah… fish porn… I love fish porn.

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17
Nov 09

Deneki Down South (Andros, that is)

There are probably a lot of folks that are not really ready for Twitter. Hell, I may even be one of them. Twitter does have its uses, however. I can follow the daily lives of some of America’s young soccer talent as they ply their trades overseas and I can follow Andrew Bennett, owner of Deneki Outdoors, as he travels down to his Andros South lodge.

Twitpic Bonefish from Deneki... sweet tweet!

You too can follow Deneki Outdoors on Twitter @deneki.

In light of the recent post about catch and release mortality, I’m digging this bonefish picture big time. Well done!

Locations — 1 Comment
16
Nov 09

Price Check, Bonefish, Isle 4

Now, I’m going cheap for my Jan. trip, but I got to wondering what the price comparison runs for catching a bonefish. For the purpose of comparison I’m looking at 7 nights, 6 fishing day packages.

Mars Bay – South Andros – Double, $4,500 – Single, $3,600
Big Charlie’s Lodge – Andros – Double, $3,600 – Single, $5,625
Peace & Plenty – Exuma – Double, $2,058 – Single, $2,952
Pelican Bay – Grand Bahama – Double, $3,250 – Single, $5,695
Bair’s Lodge – Andros – Double, $4,550 – Single, $7,280
Mangrove Cay – Andros – Double, $4,400 – Single, $5,400
North Point Riding Club – Grand Bahama – Double, $4,900 – Single, $7,200
Turneffe Flats Lodge – Belize – Double, $4,115 – Single, $5,626
Blue Horizon – Belize – Double, $2,350 – Single, $4,030
Christmas Island Outfitter – Christmas Island – Double, $2,220 – Single, $2,570
Los Roques, Los Roques – Double, $3,755 – Single, $4,420
Casa Blanca/Playa Blanca – Mexico, $4,365 – Single, $5,990

Hmmm… the price of a bonefish seems to vary dramatically and it sucks if you are a guy going fishing by yourself. That’s what my take away is.

Conservation — 1 Comment
15
Nov 09

Don’t Boga that Bone, Please

Every once in a while you’ll see a picture of a bonefish held up for the camera by a boga grip. This would seem like a good idea. It sure must be an easy way to grip the fish and control the shaky wildness that is a bonefish. It will let you get a weight on the fish pretty easily too.

There’s a downside, however… and a pretty big one. Bonefish may have hard crushers to munch on the crabs and shrimp and worms that they catch, but they also have pretty soft mouths and a boga grip + that shaky bonefish = some significant injuries to the bonefish.

One of my favorite fishing blogs, The Trout Underground, covered the issue some time back.

The Bad Idea Jeans Boga

Bad Idea Jeans.

Bonefish on the Brain Bonefish and all that relates (maybe a bit about tarpon too).

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