Bonefish Spawning Aggregations - The Video

If you thought the images from a recent research expedition of bonefish spawning aggregations were cool, get a load of the video.

Stay tuned for more epic footage!

Bonefish Spawning Aggregations

Not your everyday baitball.

During a recent Bonefish & Tarpon Trust expedition, Dr. Andy Danylchuk (UMass Amherst), Dr. Aaron Adams (BTT/Florida Institute of Technology), Dr. Jon Shenker (Florida Institute of Technology), and Zack Jud (Florida International University) reconfirmed that bonefish in The Bahamas form massive spawning aggregations at very specific locations during specific lunar days. Using manual tracking and depth sensors, they also documented that bonefish use depths of greater than 160 feet (50 m) when spawning, after which they return quickly to shallow water.  

Stay tuned as this team continues to analyze hours of video footage, still images, and biological data. Collectively, this work will help identify sites throughout The Bahamas and elsewhere in Florida and the Caribbean where bonefish spawn and that need protection from habitat disturbance and overfishing.

All photos courtesy of Dr. Andy Danylchuk.

Bonefish blues

Conservation effort helps keep bonefish bountiful in Bahamas

Not many flats fishing destinations can claim their fisheries are better than 30 years ago, and Deep Water Cay — a small, private island resort just off the east end of Grand Bahama Island — doesn’t brag that way.

But maybe it should.

LINK (via: Miami Herald)

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/10/17/3693669/conservation-effort-helps-keep.html#storylink=cpy

It's Official!

Starting today tarpon and bonefish are strictly catch and release in Florida.

Caribbean Bonefishing

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