Top Three Bonefishing Spots
Bonefishing is a very popular sport and bonefish are available in many places, ranging from the Seychelles to Florida to Central America to the Pacific.
Trying to choose the top three spots is bound to be contentious, but I have fished all three spots I'm mentioning below more than once as well as many others, and although I haven't fished everywhere, I have friends that have.
In picking these top 3 spots, I looked at numbers of fish available and size of fish.
For example, lots of bonefish are in TheYucatan, but they're not that big on average, so The Yucatan is not in the list.
My top three are: 1) The Bahamas, specifically Andros Island Andros Island has lots of bones, and they're big.
Five pounders are common and 20 fish days are not uncommon.
Although Andros Island isn't much of a tourist designation, there is an established bonefishing structure for visiting fisherman.
2) Christmas Island It's in the middle of nowhere, it's tough to get to, but there are lots of bones and I've had 40+ fish days there and so have many others.
Although the fish do not average as large as at Andros Island, there are some BIG bonefish there.
Veterans may argue whether the fishing is a good as it once was, but it is very very good! 3) The Florida Keys This is the graduate school of bonefishing.
The fish are big, they are spooky, and you won't see that many.
They understand fishing and fisherman - hey, most of them may have already been caught once or twice before.
Do not start in The Keys - get some experience first! I prefer the lower keys, and despite "common knowledge" that bonefishing is best around Islamorada and once you get to Key West and beyond there aren't many bonefish if any at all, I've caught plenty of bonefish all the way down to The Marquesas.
You might argue about my list.
Perhaps I should have listed Los Roques, Venezuela or maybe there aren't enough fish in The Florida Keys for your tastes, but if you've bonefished these locations you'll agree - they're at the top of heap of bonefishing locations worldwide.
Trying to choose the top three spots is bound to be contentious, but I have fished all three spots I'm mentioning below more than once as well as many others, and although I haven't fished everywhere, I have friends that have.
In picking these top 3 spots, I looked at numbers of fish available and size of fish.
For example, lots of bonefish are in TheYucatan, but they're not that big on average, so The Yucatan is not in the list.
My top three are: 1) The Bahamas, specifically Andros Island Andros Island has lots of bones, and they're big.
Five pounders are common and 20 fish days are not uncommon.
Although Andros Island isn't much of a tourist designation, there is an established bonefishing structure for visiting fisherman.
2) Christmas Island It's in the middle of nowhere, it's tough to get to, but there are lots of bones and I've had 40+ fish days there and so have many others.
Although the fish do not average as large as at Andros Island, there are some BIG bonefish there.
Veterans may argue whether the fishing is a good as it once was, but it is very very good! 3) The Florida Keys This is the graduate school of bonefishing.
The fish are big, they are spooky, and you won't see that many.
They understand fishing and fisherman - hey, most of them may have already been caught once or twice before.
Do not start in The Keys - get some experience first! I prefer the lower keys, and despite "common knowledge" that bonefishing is best around Islamorada and once you get to Key West and beyond there aren't many bonefish if any at all, I've caught plenty of bonefish all the way down to The Marquesas.
You might argue about my list.
Perhaps I should have listed Los Roques, Venezuela or maybe there aren't enough fish in The Florida Keys for your tastes, but if you've bonefished these locations you'll agree - they're at the top of heap of bonefishing locations worldwide.
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