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HOLIDAY PHOTOS & DIARY
ELEUTHERA, BAHAMAS, SPRING 2005
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BfG & Anne (BoneFriday) were accompanied by Chris & Lee
(BoneBoy & BoneGirl) for the first week...
Saturday:
Sunday:
Monday:
They investigated several local flats, BoneBoy caught 3 medium size bones and BfG one.
Tuesday:
Spring tides brought a big school of fish onto a nearby sandy flat where they caught 15 bones to 3lb in the morning, plus another 2 from the harbour on the ebb tide in the afternoon. A 17-fish day!
Wednesday:
Thursday:
BfG & BoneBoy took
their ladies out for the day but forgot to leave their rods behind! The strong
wind had
suddenly veered 180° to the NW making the fish scarce on the flats.
BfG saw a few big bones but caught none. BoneBoy
& BoneGirl went North and
found a few more bones, catching a nice one of 3½lb (skillful joint effort!)
from a sheltered bay.
Friday:
BfG & BoneBoy did quite a lot of "research & development" during that first week but still managed to catch 50 bonefish, 58 when you include their friend Bob's catch on Friday.
On Saturday they were joined by virgin fly-fisher Ian "BoneAlone" Rouault together with old friends Barry Abbott & Barry Read (aka BoneIdle & BoneLately). Here are a few memories of that remarkable week...
Saturday:
Sunday:
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
They split into 3 teams... BfG (chaperoned by BoneFriday) went South with BoneGirl, BoneIdle & BoneAlone went further South and caught 4 bones each, and BoneLately fished up North in
difficult conditions with Bone-Boy who caught 2 nice bones.
Friday:
The girls chilled out while all the boys went North. and caught a total of 32 bones to 3½lb.
Saturday:
A few hour to kill before the flight to Nassau so BoneBoy goes snorkelling in front off the Inn...
For those who are interested in statistics:
1st week: BoneBoy caught 26, 2
more than BfG, and the girls didn't fish. Bonefish Bob fished with them for one day and caught 8, twice his previous best! A total of 58 fish in the first 7 days including 10 of 3lb or over.
2nd week: Novice flyfisher BoneAlone caught an impressive 15 bones to 6lb, BoneBoy caught 27 to 6½lb, BoneGirl: 4 (only fished 3 days), BoneIdle: 23, BoneLately 21 to 5lb (his personal best) and BfG 33 to 5¾lb - a total of 123 bones in 7 days - a Bonefish Adventure all-time best week!
Grand total for the 2 weeks: 181 bonefish, including 26 of 3lb or over, all caught on fly.
BoneBoy caught the biggest
bone (6½lb) and the smallest (undisclosed size!)
BfG caught the most in one day (18), and the most overall (57), closely followed by BoneBoy (with 14 in one day and 53 overall).
BoneGirl was the lady with the most bones (4) and lost the most $$$$ at cards (undisclosed sum).
BoneIdle hooked (and lost) the most tarpon (1), broke the most rods (undisclosed number) and gave the most bad advice at cards.
BfG won the most $$$$ at cards (don't ask)!
Editor's note:
All the above statistics are true - only some of the names and locations have been changed to protect the innocent (and the bonefish!)
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this page updated 22nd August 2005
