Description

The easternmost islands in the Bahamas chain lie directly in the path of a main migratory route for Atlantic blue marlin as well as white marlin. Traveling to and from their summer grounds off the U.S. mid-Atlantic and Northeast coasts from their winter grounds in the Caribbean, a great many of them pass by the remote Bahamian islands of Crooked Island, Samana Cay, Rum Cay, San Salvador and Cat Island.

Some of these fish eventually reach the better-known Abaco Islands, a major population center for the island nation. Fishing there can be awesome as well, but there’s something about the sparsely populated islands of the southern Bahamas that fascinates many serious marlin fishermen. These islands are completely different than the more tourist-oriented destinations in everything from geology to the social makeup of the natives who live there. Oh, and by the way, the fishing is better, too.