Fishing The Bahamas
The Bahamas is home to the greatest fishing in the world.
Fishermen are an obsessive lot, willing to travel the world in search of the ultimate angling experiences. The blue marlin, the magnificent monster of the deep, is waiting in The Bahamas, along with a veritable who’s who of other prized game fish such as tuna, wahoo, kingfish, mahi-mahi, permit and tarpon. To a fisherman, the sizzle of a fish burning line off a reel is the most exciting sound in the world and that is what you can expect when fishing The Bahamas. Monstrous blue marlin slashing at a ballyhoo trolled over the deep blue are there to offer year-round deep sea fishing thrills.
Dozens of record-breaking fish have been caught in The Bahamas and they’ve been fished by some of most famous anglers of all time, including Ernest Hemingway and Michael Lerner, who started the International Game Fish Association – keeper of all fishing’s world records. Many of the most enthralling fishing scenes in Hemingway’s Old Man and the Sea and Islands in the Stream were directly taken from his experiences off Bimini.
U.S. Anglers enjoy Bahamas fishing in their own boats, crossing from Florida, or fly over and enjoy the services of fishing guides and deep sea fishing charter boats. That is the service provided by One Call Charter.
In deeper water over the reefs and drop offs available in all of The Bahamas Near and Out Islands, One Call Charters will put you right on top of the best spots and offer a great day of Bahamas fishing fun for the whole family. Further out, in the indigo blue of the Gulf Stream off Bimini, in the mile-deep Tongue of the Ocean alongside Andros, and off the Atlantic sides of the Abacos, Acklins, Exumas, Eleuthera, Cat and Long Island, lie the sleek strong pelagic fish. Fishing out here is big game trolling, when your senses are set to a hair trigger: eyes peeled for the electrifying sight of a marlin’s bill or tuna’s head crashing into the baits, ears tuned to the snap of an outrigger and zzzzzz of the line peeling off as the fish bites and runs. Hook up with a big blue marlin or tuna, or get a wahoo, kingfish or bull dolphin on light tackle, and you’ll have your own Hemingway story to tell when you get home.
Whether you fly fish, spin cast or prefer to troll big game gear – or want to do all three – The Bahamas has a selection of reefs and deep sea fishing drop offs with hungry fish waiting.
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