#3 Exotic Fishing Off Of The East Coast

Wearing out your shoulder from throwing heavy flies, freezing for hours in sub zero temperatures, and not seeing so much as a fish move.  At times like these when your starting to think seeing a steelhead is about as likely as seeing big foot; it's time to strip off the waders and pull up a pair of shorts.  The Winter and Spring fishing in the Atlantic and Carribbean is a nice relief from the often miserable Winter climate of the Northern West Coast.  On a 51-foot Bertram Sport Fish we traveled from West Palm Beach, Florida  and fished our way down through the Bahamas, to the Turks And Caicos Islands and then all the way back up again.  Although there was always a fly rod rigged and ready to throw, within shouting distance (from 6 wt- 14 wt rods), most of our big game fishing was done trolling with artificial lures, bait or a combination of the two. The fly rods remained our top guns for the bonefish, tarpon and dolphin (mahi mahi)...as well as other fish on the flats, reef fish and some pelagic; but the arsenal of terminal tackle was not to be messed with.  Penn and Shimano reels, some rigged with wire line and hung from the out riggers trolling at a speed of as much as 14 knots.  These were the hot pieces of metal that we used to bring in our Giant Wahoo, Tuna, Marlin, Sailfish, Swordfish, King Mackerel, Sharks and any other Pelagic predator that was in the area.  Most of the fish down there can be taken on the surface, and actually prefer a bait skipped on top of the waves.  This makes for a terrific show that never gets boring, even after the hundredth fish.

It's not quite steelhead fishing a remote river, but it certainly does have it's attractions.  Always fresh yellow fin tuna sashimi for lunch....Count me in.

Alexei is the best lure for bahaman bikini fish.