TARPON SEASON
For the past few years, Tarpon season starts in March for me. Caught more fish in March and April than in May. Caught a few ot the 150 pound class fish that show up in May, but no World Records! Numbers just did not compare to last year. June was also great last season. Weather with wind out of the NW kept the fish out, along with high winds an thunderstormes this June. Went a 100 miles south of Key West this July and had some of the best Tarpon fishing I have wittessen in recent years. Along as a guest of a good friend I stayed aboard his 60 foot sport fishing boat. Using a poling skiff towed behind the sport fisher we were never more than a ten min. run to the fish. Often with Tarpon all around the mothership in the evenings. Lots of tarpon over a 100 pounds. Saw no other boats Tarpon fishing the whole week! Once back in Homosassa I found fishint to have improved. Tarpon finally in places were they shold have been in June. The best part is no one is fishing them! Kim's "Purple Haze" has took the most fish this season by far! Due to th unsattleness of the tarpon at Homosassa, I have been going back an forth to the Fl. Keys. Tarpon in the keys has been good with some excellent permit fishing. I am expecting to see pleanty of tarpon moving north at Homosassa in July, and very few anglers fishing for them!
Other Places To Find Me
www.homosassa-flyfishing.com jpgmag.com/people/earlewaters e-mail- bccinfo@earthlink.net
Black Fly Bonefish Club
Black Fly Bonefish Beach Club Fly Fishing
About the Lodge
Like our lodging for the Bonefish "Beach" Club Discovery Expeditions, The Black Fly Lodge when completed, will break from tradition and have single rooms at no extra charge.
All rooms are located upstairs above the Black Fly Outfitter store. There will be eight single rooms and 2 double rooms all opening out onto the second story wrap around balcony. The expanded front balcony will have an incredible view of the Schooner Bay harbor and the ocean beyond. The shady balcony is sure to be THE gathering spot every afternoon.
Each room will have a name and you will be able to see the rooms online and reserve the one you like at the same time you are making your fishing reservation.
The Black Fly Lodge rooms will be the most comfortable and well thought out room you've ever had in a fishing lodge. Each room will have a tying desk, lots of shelves, pegs, hangers & hooks, WI-FI internet access, no TV, books and a good reading light.
The Black Fly Cafe will provide three meals a day for our fishing guests and service the harbor town of Schooner Bay.
Seafood, that's our specialty! Our menu will be based around what you would expect to eat when you're at a Bahamian fishing lodge....local Bahamian cuisine with the Black Fly touch.
We will have our own boat and crew of local fishermen who will provide the Black Fly Cafe with fresh local snapper, grouper and all of the other seafood delights that are available right at our front door step.
Since we will have many world class sport fishing yachts in the Schooner Bay harbor, we anticipate our menu at the Black Fly Cafe will also include lots of dolphin (mahi-mahi), wahoo and tuna.
Bonefish Beach Club Pricing 2009...per person, single occupancy...2 anglers per boat.
3 nights - 2 days fishing: $1795.00 pp....$2500.00 single angler.
4 nights - 3 days fishing: $2395.00 pp....$3000.00 single angler.
5 nights - 4 days fishing: $2995.00 pp....$3500.00 single angler.
6 nights - 5 days fishing: $3375.00 pp....$4000.00 single angler.
7 nights - 6 days fishing: $3750.00 pp....$4500.00 single angler.
Bonefish "Beach" Club Capacity 2009
The "Beach" Club House will accommodate up to 4 anglers at this time.
Location
Schooner Bay - Abaco, Bahamas
Season
Year - Round
Capacity
The capacity for the lodge when completed will be 10 anglers.
Species
Bonefish, permit, tarpon, mutton snapper, barracudas, jacks, sharks
Length of Stay
The Black Fly Bonefish Beach Club will accept reservations from 2 to 5 days. You may arrive on any day of the week depending on availability. Please call me at 352-302-0359 or e-mail me at bccinfo@earthlink.net
Deposit Information
A 50% deposit (per angler) of the total package cost for each trip is due within 10 days of booking to secure the reservation. Guides and dates cannot be held or reserved without a deposit. BCC reserves the right to charge a handling fee of $100 per person for date changes after the initial reservation has been made. Full payment is due 90 days prior to departure.
How to get there
You may fly directly into Marsh Harbor from your hometown with connections in Ft. Lauderdale, West Palm, Miami or Jacksonville.
Flights from Nassau to Marsh Harbor leave daily at 4PM. Returning flights out of Marsh Harbor back to Nassau leave daily at 8:30AM. (except Sunday's)
Black Fly will provide transportation from Marsh Harbor to the "Beach" Club and return.
Documents Required
As of 2006, all U.S. citizens are required to have a valid passport that does not expire within 6 months of trips dates. Please be sure that your passport has at least two blank, unstamped pages remaining in back, and that it is not torn, delaminated, or damaged in any way.
Non-Angling Activities
Black Fly Bonefish "Beach" Club is a fishing-focused destination and does not offer many non-angling activities other than world class, untouched beach combing, swimming, and relaxing at our Beach House. Our beach is directly in front of the Beach House and stretches for miles in either direction.
BOOK NOW FOR PERMIT (LOWER FL. KEYS) OCTOBER "2012"
October, my favorite time to be in the Florida Keys Permit fishing. And for that guest who would like to score a Grand slam (Tarpon Permit, Bonefish) this is an excellent time! Lodging is provided at The Permit House. A private home nested on the water between Ocean Side and the Backcountry. Evening meals are provided and prepared by our house cook, and fly tier in the outdoor kitchen. Maximum two guests per days booked.
