The bonefishing is exceptional with opportunities to cast at larger schools of bones with an average size of 4 to 6 pounds. Smaller groups of cruising bonefish can give an angler shots at trophy sized bones. Our club record bonefish on fly tipped the scales at 14 1/2 pounds! The island flats also hold a seasonal population of Permit and Tarpon. These fish arrive in the spring and stay on the flats until the fall. The clubs record for permit on the fly is 38- pounds. Our largest tarpon to date was estimated at 130- pounds.

Pelican Bay Bonefish Club’s fly fishing guides work hard to find fish. We offer bonefishing on the pristine Bahama flats or venture offshore for some yellow fin tuna, wahoo or mahi-mahi action. Either way we know you will enjoy your stay with us at Pelican Bay. Luxury accommodations at the Pelican Bay Resort are included in our bonefishing packages. Choose to fish just a few days or a week. If you plan to bring along a non-fishing companion, don’t worry, there is plenty of shopping, a beautiful white sand beach, or three pools on the premisis.

We wanted to let you know how delightful our stay was when we visited Pelican Bay. We loved the intimacy of the hotel and its proximity to the beach and golf courses. We were pleased with the attention to details in our beautifully-appointed suite. Your staff was friendly and I had no concerns whatsoever. We had a wonderful meal at the Ferry House on Sunday night and the food and restaurant staff were superb. See you next year.”
— Paul and Amri Joyner

“This was a wonderful experience – I will repeat this visit. I would recommend The Pelican Bay Suites to friends, family and associates. My mission is to promote Pelican Bay.”
— Edwin Ali, Miramar, Florida

“The only thing to say is excellent.”
— Diane Walsl, Blaine Wa.

“Wonderful, creative rooms!
— Laura Myers

Guests are provided a beautiful waterfront room with their Bonefishing package. Two separate packages are available to include either a one bedroom suite or deluxe room. Each room can be furnished with a choice of 2 beds for sharing fishing partners or a very spacious King option for couples or single anglers. Cot beds are also available for families as well as pull out sofa bed options for the suites. Satellite TV, direct dial phone, refrigerator and in-room coffee maker. Also available is a business center and wireless internet access for all our guests.

The new one-bedroom suites offer an upscale rooming option with lush tropical gardens and varying color-scheme. Mahogany wood and beautifully appointed custom decor highlight each of the spacious one bedroom suites.

* All rooms are 640 square feet with Italian-tiled floors, shower and tub and private balconies.
* Rooms are equipped with two double beds or one king sized bed.
* All rooms are fully air conditioned.
* Tour desk on site to accommodate guest requests.
* Use of Lucaya beach, or Ritz beach which may be reached via a short ferry boat ride.
* Each Pelican Bay room is equipped with a coffee maker. Prepackaged coffee is provided each day in both regular and decaffeinated varieties.
* Each room has a hair dryer, ironing board with iron, and in-room safe.
* In-room baby sitting can be arranged through the front desk. A minimum of 24 hours notice is required.
* Complimentary al fresco continental breakfast is served daily from 7:00 am until 10:30 am.
* Business Services – We offer complimentary 24-hour wireless internet access, a printer and copier in our business office. High speed wireless internet access is offered resort wide; a fee applies.

Located within steps of our resort is the Lucayan Marketplace, where you will find over 30 restaurants, bars, shops, and nightly live entertainment to suit all styles and tastes, ranging from fresh island fare to Italian, Chinese and even an Irish Pub! Whatever your palate or your budget, you have multiple convenient choices to select from when you stay with us.The new Sabor Restaurant and Bar at Pelican Bay offers water front dining in a relaxed outdoor setting overlooking Bell Channel Bay and Port Lucaya Marina. The restaurant is open for drinks each day from 10:00 a.m. till midnight. Lunch is served daily from 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and dinner from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Sabor’s new menu feature a wide range of options, including favorites such as burgers and chicken wraps, complemented by a wok bar, and a new Sunday brunch menu offering a variety of eggs benedict items and traditional Bahamian boiled fish.

Bones Bar

Welcome to our clubhouse and bar ‘ Bones ‘. This is located on the property within a few yards of all our guest rooms and is open daily. Bones will be our meeting place for all our guests for orientation on arrival with all H2O Bonefishing clients receiving reserved seating. It will serve daily as an ‘ Apres Fish ‘ clubhouse for all our anglers to relax, swap stories and the usual shenanigans. Please note that Bones provides all our anglers bringing their no angling wives a quality place to enjoy a few sundowner cocktails overlooking the bay.  Also for Kids to enjoy the pool while parents can ‘ supervise ‘ from the bar. A swim up bar is also part of the clubhouse.

Also available is an already expanding  retail area selling a selection of fly rods, reels, fly lines, flies, leader, tippet, sun protection items ie Buffs, lip balm and sunscreen and of course clothing, mostly Shirts and hats.

The Mangroves

The vast northern shore of Grand Bahama is completely encompassed with mangrove shoreline. Over 100 miles East to West as the crow flies. With the countless twists and turns on the mainland itself and including the many small keys it creates literally hundreds of miles of fishable shoreline and flats.

The Flats

On the edges of the mangrove shoreline lie the inner flats. Always covered in water from a few inches to 3 feet these inner flats can make for spectacular fishing.

The bottom structure varies from soft sand and grass flats to harder sand and marl flats which are ideal for those anglers wanting to wade.

The Many Keys

A short ride to the many outer keys rovides access to a different fishing environment. Bonefish are found in good numbers but due to their location adjacent to deeper water anglers may find Permit and Tarpon (in season) and barracuda. There are also packs of marauding horse eye jacks that average 10- to 15- pounds.

Grand Bahamas Beaches & Reefs

When northerly winds become brisk the southern lee side of the island becomes a great option for bonefishing. A short ride by boat opens up miles of white sand flats and reef fringe flats accessed by boat and more almost all wade friendly as the shore becomes glass clam and crystal clear. During the spring and summer permit also move onto these flats.

The Guides & Boats

Pelican Bay’s team of professional fly fishing guides have a combined experience of over 50 years on the flats of Grand Bahama. They are year round true professionals who are on the water every month of the year.

Instruction on the water during a days guiding as well as organized pre-trip evening fly fishing instruction is made available to any of our anglers wanting to get the most from their time spent here at Pelican Bay. Also available for groups is a professionally organized and executed ‘Saltwater Fly Fishing School’ for beginners or those anglers looking for a more advanced level of instruction. Each guide fishes from a well maintained 17- foot Maverick flats skiff outfitted with a 85 HP Yamaha outboard. The boats also have VHF radios, cell phone, trim tabs, poling platform and leaning post.

Offshore program

A unique new fishing program here at Pelican Bay is our deep sea fly fishing excursions for yellowfin tuna, skip jack tuna, blackfin tuna and dorado (mahi-mahi). Schools of yellowfin tuna move into local waters in April and can be found offshore from Grand Bahama until September. Yellowfin tuna average 15- to 25- pounds and have been landed up to 60- pounds. Most of our offshore fishing is done with floating fly lines.

An appealing part of the fishing offshore is the the bite. It turns on early morning, late afternoon and early evening. This allows our anglers to fish a full day on the flats and also have the option to experience the action offshore.

Alternatively this type of trip is a great option for arrival and departure days.

All fly fishing equipment is included in our offshore program. This means we provide all the specialty fly rods, reels, leaders and flies for these trips included in this package.

Here is a list of the basics you will need for your trip.  Many of our destinations are pretty remote with no chance to buy things on site.

Caribbean Gear List

Species	Rods	Reels	Line	Leaders
Bonefish	9 foot 8 or 9 wt. (maybe a 10 wt. on a windy day)	Large Arbor Disc drag reel with 200 yards of 20 lb. backing.	Floating tropical line	9 ft-12 ft leaders with 10-12 lb. tippet.
Permit	9 foot 9 or 10 wt.	Large Arbor Disc drag reel with 200 yards of 25 lb. backing.	Floating tropical line	9-14 ft leaders with 12-15 lb. tippet.
JuvenileTarpon	9 foot 10 wt.	Large Arbor Disc drag reel with 300 yards of 30-40 pound backing.	#1 Floating tropical line #2 Floating with clear sink tip	9-12 ft leaders with 25-30 lb. class tippet and 60 lb shock tippet.
Large Tarpon	9 foot 12 wt.	Large Arbor Disc drag reel with 300 yards of 40-50 pound backing.	#1 Floating tropical line #2 Floating with clear sink tip #3 Full intermediate sink line	9-12 ft leaders with 25-30 lb. class tippet and 80 lb shock tippet.
Barracudas, Sharks	9 foot 9-12 wt.	Large Arbor Disc drag reel with 300 yards of 40-50 pound backing.	#1 Floating tropical line #2 Floating with clear sink tip	6-9 ft leaders with 20-30 lb. steel bite tippets.

Tie a few patterns with just the weight of the eyes as a variable 1 with lead eyes, 1 with chain, 1 with small chain, and 1 with no weight or mono eyes just to make sure you have flies for very skinny water all the way to waist deep water. Presentation seems to be much more important than fly selection. Weed guards will be a plus on the grass flats.

Bahamas Fly List

Fly Name	Colors	Sizes	Qty for a 1 Week Trip
Toad Fly	chatreuse, olive, tan, purple/black	1, 1/0	4
Cockroach	standard	1/0, 2/0	2
Black Death	white, tan	1/0, 2/0	2
Layup tarpon fly	brown, chatreuse ,yellow	1, 1/0	6
Enrico's Tarpon Streamer	Purple & Black	2/0	4
Turneffe Crab	Cream, olive	2, 4, 6	4
Del's Merkin	tan/brown	1/0, 2, 4	6
Bonefish sliders	standard tan	2, 4, 6	4
Bonefish Bitters	amber, olive	6, 8	6
Bonefish Clouser	assorted	4-6	12
Crazy Charlie bead eye	pink,white,tan,brw	4, 6, 8	12
Moe bonefish	amber, pink	4	6
Christmas Island Specials	pink, orange	6, 8	18
Gotcha	standard	4, 6, 8	12

Tropical Packing List

√	Packing Item	√	Packing Item
√	Passport	√	Camera & media
√	Photocopy of Passport (packed separately)	√	Computer
√	Airline tickets	√	Cell Phone
√	Itinerary with contact numbers	√	Reading & writing materials
√	Emergency Medical insurance docs ( if purchased)	√	Rod repair (tip top and glue)
√	Major credit card	√	Sun gloves
√	Cash for tips (there are a couple ATMs in San Pedro but they may not be working))	√	Face Sun protection (buff)
√	2 Hats with brim and neck guard (or sun hat for non anglers)	√	Sunburn relief spray
√	2-4 long sleeve shirts for fishing (SPF fabric)	√	Sunscreens SPF 30 or above
√	2 quick dry pant for fishing (SPF fabric)	√	Sun block for lips and nose
√	2 quick dry shorts for fishing (SPF fabric)	√	Toiletries
√	White socks (tops of feet get burned in the boats or wear under wading shoes)	√	Prescription meds
√	Underwear	√	Non-prescription Meds
√	Casual pants or shorts	√	Eyeglasses (and spare)
√	Casual shirts, short sleeve	√	Fly Rods
√	Sandals	√	Reels
√	Belt	√	Fanny or other small fishing pack
√	Light sweater or fleece	√	Water bottle ( Holster optional)
√	Socks	√	Waterproof boat bag
√	Wading shoes	√	Lines
√	Bathing suits,	√	Leaders
√	T- Shirts	√	Tippet
√	Sandals or walking shoes ( Barefoot is good)	√	Flies
√	Rain jacket (an occasional cold squall will roll though or the boat spray may chill you to the bone!)	√	Nippers
√	Bug repellent (for dead clam days or evenings)	√	Pliers/forceps
√	Sunglasses (polarized with lanyard)

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The Resort at Pelican Bay

 

Tropical Packing List

√	Packing Item	√	Packing Item
√	Passport	√	Camera & media
√	Photocopy of Passport (packed separately)	√	Computer
√	Airline tickets	√	Cell Phone
√	Itinerary with contact numbers	√	Reading & writing materials
√	Emergency Medical insurance docs ( if purchased)	√	Rod repair (tip top and glue)
√	Major credit card	√	Sun gloves
√	Cash for tips (there are a couple ATMs in San Pedro but they may not be working))	√	Face Sun protection (buff)
√	2 Hats with brim and neck guard (or sun hat for non anglers)	√	Sunburn relief spray
√	2-4 long sleeve shirts for fishing (SPF fabric)	√	Sunscreens SPF 30 or above
√	2 quick dry pant for fishing (SPF fabric)	√	Sun block for lips and nose
√	2 quick dry shorts for fishing (SPF fabric)	√	Toiletries
√	White socks (tops of feet get burned in the boats or wear under wading shoes)	√	Prescription meds
√	Underwear	√	Non-prescription Meds
√	Casual pants or shorts	√	Eyeglasses (and spare)
√	Casual shirts, short sleeve	√	Fly Rods
√	Sandals	√	Reels
√	Belt	√	Fanny or other small fishing pack
√	Light sweater or fleece	√	Water bottle ( Holster optional)
√	Socks	√	Waterproof boat bag
√	Wading shoes	√	Lines
√	Bathing suits,	√	Leaders
√	T- Shirts	√	Tippet
√	Sandals or walking shoes ( Barefoot is good)	√	Flies
√	Rain jacket (an occasional cold squall will roll though or the boat spray may chill you to the bone!)	√	Nippers
√	Bug repellent (for dead clam days or evenings)	√	Pliers/forceps
√	Sunglasses (polarized with lanyard)