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bermuda report
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went down for a long weekend and was able to sneak in some fishing. tried to book a charter for bonefish but jump dem bones was all booked up. ended up finding a shore guide who does hand line fishing and it sounded interesting so I spent the morning with him and got to see how the locals do it. after a night of drinking most of the rum on the island we met up at his honey hole at a gentlemanly 8 am. we walked and crawled through some mangroves for a few minutes and arrived at a tiny harbor loaded with bait. one throw of a castnet and we were loaded up with chum and bait for the day. small silversides and peanut bunker sized pilchards.
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next we crawled out of the mangroves and headed over some old lava fields to a spot where l there was a 15' deep channel running through the lava rock to a bigger lagoon. we started chumming and working our way up the food chain. we got some bream(sp), a lot like a scup, and he rigged it up with a couple of hooks and tossed it out as far as he could in hopes for a "rockfish" aka grouper. I started working the channel and got a 3' moray eel, some ballyhoo, pinfish and a small rockfish. then the albies showed up and started crashing the slick. You think albies are frustrating with a fishing rod then you should try a hand line - so no love from them. then there were some bigger shadows that showed up deep and I instantly hooked up on a decent "gray dog" - mutton snapper. put up a pretty good fight and made my day.
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pretty cool little island and i'm sure we'll be going back sometime
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Very cool report! I like the local knowledge, good stuff
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Awesome, thanks for the report...
Luv that place , been several times when we were young enough to enjoy it ... Six pack beat us up and the hotel cooked the catch... |
Thanks. Looks like a lot of fun!
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Sweet! Looks like a worthy quick getaway !
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Nice stuff Paul
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Great stuff Paul. Looks like a blast!
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Nice! Heading there on Monday for a week long golf tournament. Might find time to fish too!!
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