Signature Destination
Thanks to the collaboration with the Travel department of the very well known American company The Fly Shop, we are pleased to present this destination in the Bahamas archipelago: the Crooked & Acklins islands Lodge.
The lodge fishes nearly year ’round, with a short closure during late summer. November thru May is typically the best months to book a bonefishing trip, when the weather and water temperatures are most ideal.
Crooked and Acklins Islands lie south of the Tropic of Cancer, with a moderate temperature range throughout the year. Summer daytime highs are in the high eighties, with winter highs in the low eighties. The islands have a tropical climate, with light rain possible year round. Due to their southerly location, Crooked and Acklins record half the annual rainfall that the northern Bahamas receive.
The private beachfront lodge is quiet and small, serving only ten guests at a time. It’s ideally located, close to the flats and fishing grounds allowing you to fish the best areas of Crooked Island and Acklins, all in the same week. The dining room is spacious, overlooking the ocean through large picture windows. The food is varied, highlighting local specialties including conch salad, lobster tail, and fresh grouper. Cold beers are always waiting to welcome thirsty anglers, returning from the flats.
Crooked Island, Acklins Island, and several outer cays surround a perfect shallow water flats complex, home to uncountable Bonefish and a variety of other species. The immense flats system can be waded all day, unlike many destinations that flood the flats on high tide. The average size of the Bonefish here is an honest three to four pounds, with many larger fish on the flats every day. The record Bonefish caught on the island thus far is a seventeen plus pound beast of a fish!
Permit are also present on the flats, along the channels, or following mudding rays, and add a highlight to a week’s fishing. Triggerfish are found tailing on coral flats, and readily eat a shrimp or small crab fly. Barracuda typically wait in ambush positions along the deeper channels that funnel water and food through the flats. Some of them are big, forty pounds and more. A resident population of juvenile Tarpons are available throughout the year, with peak activity during the warmer months. Several species of hard-fighting jacks inhabit the area, including Horse Eye Jacks, Yellow Jacks, Bar Jacks, and Pompano. A trip to the tide channels to fish for Mutton Snapper, Gray Snapper, Yellowtail Snapper as well as Cubera Snapper is an exciting option.
One of the best destinations in the Bahamas for a double digit Bonefish, with an honest ten pound fish a daily possibility. If you have dreamt about hooking and landing a real trophy Bonefish in the double digit class, this is as good a place as there is to make that happen.
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