Bonefish Facts:

Bahamas Bonefishing can be enjoyed year-around. While certain weather and seasonal changes may influence the outcome of any fishing day (wind, tides, water temperatures etc.) so do skill levels - and those of patience! - of the fishing visitors. Professional fishing-travel organizers seem to prefer to send bonefishing clients to our Islands over the so-called Winter months, when in fact daily variations of wind and water conditions render just about a n y day a good bonefishing day, as long as the individual weather is 'OK'. Average number of bonefish schools sighted per day: Fifteen to thirty; average numbers of 'bones' per school: Forty to four hundred. Average fish caught per day: Three to forty five, their individual weights typically ranging from two to thirteen pounds.

General Weather Conditions:

Most travelers not bound by their children's vacation schedule wish to get away from their dreary winter working days during January and February, when weather conditions are beautiful and easy to take here: Clear, crisp and sunny days, mildly warm, evenings further cooling off pleasantly. These lower temperatures keep bigger 'bones' closer to shore, in shallower depths …providing optimum spotting/catching potential! There is little rain, and for the most time mosquitoes are dormant.

In March, April and May we have our best-liked "Bahamian Spring" weather, when everything is "just perfect" …the ocean's waters feeling like champagne, the air caressing you into wishing to stay forever. Now, lots of fish share the flats …big Bones joining schools of smaller ones. This is peak bonefishing time. But equally enjoyable on land, at our beaches, at our snorkeling and SCUBA reefs!

Then come June, July and August … when we experience our summer days. Actually, they are rarely scorching hot …many days just ending up in the high eighties. But nineties can be experienced, of course, usually made pleasant by the ever-present windward breezes coming in from the nearby Atlantic. Colors out at the flats are stunning! Fishing is easy with generally no real winds to speak of …numbers of fish and schools being so ample! And then there are the Permit, never to forget!

Nowadays, typically we are closed down in September, the Resorts working over their facilities …and TV programs touting hurricane potentials. So - we are all back in a cooling-down October to start the fishing season again. And as the water and the air drops in temperatures towards and especially in November, the bigger fish start coming back onto the flats again. Of course, this time of the year is also great for getting in a break, for adults and for the children and teens, before the Christmas and New Year Holidays set in.

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The Number 1 Place In The BAHAMAS For Bonefishing