Abaco Lodge: Seasons

Abaco Lodge has scheduled its season according to best fishing; mid-October through June.

This calendar avoids the summer doldrums that can sometimes affect the flats with water that warms up too much during the late morning and afternoon and pushes the bonefish into deeper (cooler water). It also avoids the height of the hurricane season (July through September).

October through the mid-winter months lures the big ocean bones out of the deeper water to the now-cooler flats and is a time to expect the biggest bones of the season.

Mid winter through early Spring is a great time to “get out of Dodge” and get a break from the winter deep-freeze. Weather plays an important part of any saltwater flyfishing trip and this time of year is no exception. With half-way decent to good weather the fishing will be outstanding on the flats. The occasional cold front will blow through, but they rarely last very long and the flats will warm back up as fast as they cooled off. Fish returning back to the flats after a cold front are ravenous and present very exciting fishing.

Spring through June is probably the “safest” time to fish the flats of the Bahamas. This time frame is beyond most, if not all, of the cold fronts that will affect the flats fishing and is before the heat of summer and possible threat of hurricanes. Best of all, the fish are happy and feeding regularly.