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Casting in the Flats

Feb 21 2008

Back to: The Bonefish Collectors

Madriski Beach, Los Roques
Palofitos
Bonefishing
Bonefishing in Gran Roque
Exotic Bonefishing
Bonefishing Flies
Exotic Bonefishing
Freshly Caught Bonefish
Bonefishing
Madriski Beach
Gran Roque
Gran Roque
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Relaxing on the beach at Madriski, a small island in Los Roques, located 90 miles off the coast of Venezuela.
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Palofitos is the Venezuelan term for these homes, built on stilts in the middle of the sea.
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Bob Shaw [left], a real estate investor from Santa Cruz, California, and Steve Woodsum, founder of Summit Partners, head out to fish. Each paid $600 per day for the all-inclusive expedition.
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A view of Gran Roque, the largest island in Los Roques. The group of islands is one of the premier bonefishing destinations in the world for the quantity, quality, and relative lack of timidity of the fish.
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Oswald Valerio [center, gesturing] points out a bonefish to Steve Woodsum. “The sport itself requires a lot of concentration,” Woodsum says. “You’re forced to focus on fishing eight hours a day, and you don’t have time to think about work.”
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A variety of flies that can be used for bonefishing. Bonefish usually congregate on flats that are two to four feet deep, where they feed on small minnows and crustaceans.
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Steve Woodsum unhooks a bonefish. He went on to catch well over 30 fish that day. For their size, bonefish are considered among the fastest swimmers in the sea.
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A freshly caught bonefish. Due to the abundance of bones branching through their reflective flesh, they are nearly inedible.
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Steve Woodsum receives instructions from his fishing guide, Oswald Valerio, in the flats.
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Vera Alimanova [left] and Charles Bunker lounge on the beach in Madriski.
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Gran Roque’s little inns and restaurants at dusk.
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Sunset on Gran Roque.

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