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This Acklin Island Bonefish Trip Is Dirt Cheap
Article Date: July 2006
Remember our two-part report in the April issue about Cattaraugus Creek Outfitters, a company in upstate New York that helps anglers enjoy dirt-cheap, self-outfitted fishing trips in The Bahamas? Our introductory report was followed by a generally positive first-person report on a self-outfitted trip to Acklins Island filed by German subscriber Fritz Grasberger. He paid only $1,200 per person for a week of unguided fishing, and that included all meals, lodging and the use of a canoe and kayak. Here at The Angling Report, we were so intrigued by this trip option we decided to give it a second look. To that end, President/Publisher Don Causey flew out to Eleuthra last month, another island where Cattaraugus Creek offers self-outfitted trips, armed only with the map and instructions provided him by Cattaraugus Creek Outfitters. Here is his assessment of the trip.
There is a certain rhythm one gets into when all he does is fish with guides. A passivity sets in. A sense of entitlement. "I'm here, fellows. Show me the fish. Tell me what to do." What also sets in, I just learned on the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas, is an inflated sense of one's ability as an angler.
If you have already guessed that my recent on-your-own fishing trip to the Bahamas was a humbling experience, you're right. I fished two full days and part of a third and caught one small bonefish. Yes, small.
Just don't take that game tally and assume I didn't enjoy the experience, because I did. And I also have an excuse lined up - namely, a cold front that unleashed ferocious winds and sent wave after wave of clouds scudding by. The cold front also made the bonefish I was able to see and cast to very skittish. I'll have more to say on that in a moment.
First, though, a few words about the overall experience of fishing on your own in the Bahamas, armed with nothing more than the packet of information I received from Cattaraugus........(continued)
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| Vince Tobia, Cattaraugus Creek Outfitters. 266 Troy Del Way. Tel. 716-479-2327. E-mail: vtobia@aol.com, Web: www.ccoflyfishing.com |
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