Full Episode of Buccaneers and Bones

Deep Water Cay has posted an entire episode of Buccaneers and Bones.

A Couple of Videos from Aaron Adams

On any given day, only 10% of the water may hold bonefish. The more successful anglers know how to eliminate the other 90% and put themselves in the right place at the right time. This first instructional video for bonefish anglers highlights what to look for when wading mangrove flats.

Fishing for tarpon at dawn can be a sensational experience. On the best mornings, the water is absolutely calm, not the faintest ripple. As darkness slowly softens into pre-dawn, the mangrove shoreline is suggested by the soft edges between the paling sky and darkly ranging trees, the silence is broken by the sound of a tarpon rolling. Sound is different when not accompanied by sight - more distinct, but no sense of distance, vague sense of direction. Slow light warms the water to gold tainted orange. And the tarpon awaken. And the day begins. This is where we join a recent dawn patrol.

Raw cuts of underwater tarpon and bonefish

Epic

Andy Danylchuk and Colleagues Discover Previously Unknown Bonefish Spawning Location

Though bonefish are one of the most sought-after tropical sport fish in the world, drawing thousands of anglers to Caribbean waters every season, until recently the only information scientists had about their spawning habits were anecdotes and fish tales.

Now, University of Massachusetts Amherst researcher Andy Danylchuk and colleagues from several other institutions know far more about bonefish spawning habits after using ultrasonic transmitters to tag and track bonefish movements off Eleuthera in the Bahamas. Their results appear in an early online issue of the journal Marine Biology.

LINK (Via: U Mass)

Our Amazing Planet calls it a bonefish sex party.

Fibfest Bragging Rights Portrait

What's up with the hemos?

Savlen has just finished up Rathbun's Bragging Rights portrait from Fibfest.

The closeup is sweet.

FWC enhances bonefish management

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved rules that will  allow only catch-and-release fishing for bonefish.

LINK (Sport Fishing)