Barraterre Bonefish Lodge offers its guests Unlimited Fishing. More accurately stated this is “unlimited guided fishing”, not just the ability to go out wading on your own. You can literally fish as many hours as you’d like with a professional guide. The fishing begins at whatever time youd like to start, and finishes whatever time youd like to finish during daylight hours.
Barraterre Bonefish Lodge offers its guests Unlimited Fishing”. More accurately stated this is “unlimited guided fishing”, not just the ability to go out wading on your own. You can literally fish as many hours as you’d like with a professional guide. The fishing begins at whatever time youd like to start, and finishes whatever time youd like to finish during daylight hours.
Barraterre Bonefish Lodge will plan your meals around your fishing schedule. The only requirement is that you clear your fishing schedule with the lodge manager the day before.
Flats fishing at Barraterre is a mere 10 to 30 minutes away from the lodge, on board one of our new 16custom built skiffs powered by 40 HP Nissan engines, we cut short transit times and increase your time on the water. All skiffs have nice size casting platforms and excellent rod storage. Guides pole from a platform in order to spot tailing fish.
The 25 square mile fishing area of Barraterre Bonefish Lodge consists of approximately 80% wading on hard bottom flats, mangrove and creek areas with names such as Glass Cay, Square Rock Cay, Black Cay and Pudding Point. You can expect to see bonefish in the 3 to 4 lb range with several chances to cast to the 6 and 7 pound fish. Permit, Tarpon, Jacks, Muttons and a variety of other species are also waiting for you at Barraterre.
Boat fishing for permit is in an area just northwest of Barraterre. The Brigantine Cays offer the challenge of hooking up with good sized permit If you dare! Perhaps a chance at a Grand Slam! (Catching a permit, tarpon and bonefish in one day).
Barraterre has excellent wading flats and the majority of the fishing is done on foot. There are also numerous protected mangrove flats where poling the skiff is preferred by the guides. Tarpon are sometimes seen cruising across the deeper flats and theyre big. Huge barracudas haunt these flats and seem to have no other purpose in life but to attack your fly.
Another exciting feature of Barraterre Bonefish Lodge is fly fishing from the skiff for 100 lb plus spinner sharks. These predators are very aggressive on the fly and make for a great alternative.
The experienced guide staff of Ceaphas Maycock, Phillip Maycock and Dave Thomas will put you on fish and are eager to assist you. Your guide will wash your tackle in fresh water at the end of each fishing day, store them safely overnight anddeliver them to the boat the next morning.
Suggested Fly-fishing tackle:Fly rods in the 7 to 9 weight class, from 9′ to 10′ in length, will cover most fishing situations. Reels should have a smooth drag system as well as a capacity for at least 150 yards of backing plus the fly line. Floating fly lines with a 9′ tapered leader and 8 or 10-pound tippets are suggested. On very calm days, or whenstalking larger singles, it might be necessary to use longer leaders.
Suggested Spin-fishing tackle:Spinning rods should be 6½ to 7 feet in length, and of medium action. Reels designed with a smooth drag system should be capable of handling no less than 150 yards of 8 to 10 pound test mono. Although most 1/5 oz. lures, like the #200 millies jig work well, it’s a good idea to have an assortment of jigs in brown, white and pink.
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