Abaco Lodge is the only fly-fishing operation with direct access to the legendary Marls, a 450-kilometre expanse of prime Bonefish habitat stretching along the west side of Abaco. These shallow flats, rarely deeper than knee height, are regarded as one of the most productive Bonefishing grounds in the Bahamas, holding vast schools and consistent opportunities for quality fish.
Most days are spent fishing from skiffs, gliding silently across hard-bottomed flats, with the chance to wade when tides and conditions align. Schools of Bonefish tail in the shallows, averaging 2–4lb, with larger fish in the 5–8lb class landed regularly. For anglers chasing variety, the system also holds Permit, Tarpon, Barracuda, Snook and Snapper, with genuine chances at a Grand Slam. The lodge’s experienced Bahamian guides know the tides and water intimately, maximising your time on the flats and tailoring each day to your ambitions.
After long days on the water, return to Abaco Lodge where ocean views, air-conditioned rooms and a swimming pool provide comfort in a relaxed island setting. A fully equipped fly shop and tying table keep you prepared, while non-anglers can enjoy nature walks, birding, or simply the serenity of the coastline. Dining is a highlight, with fresh seafood and Bahamian specialities paired with cold beers, cocktails and wines, all served in a convivial atmosphere.
Abaco Lodge combines one of the Bahamas’ most prolific Bonefishing destinations with refined comfort and attentive service, making it a world-class holiday for travelling anglers.
The season runs from October to July.
Season: October to July
Peak: January to July
Weight: 1lb to 10lb
Average Weight: 5lb
Season: October to July
Peak: January to July
Weight: 1lb to 30lb
Average Weight: 7lb
Season: October to July
Peak: January to July
Weight: 5lb to 50lb
Average Weight: 15lb
Depart Any international airport - Arrive Nassau
Depart Any international airport - Arrive Nassau
Depart: TBA
Arrive: Lynden Pindling International Airport
General Note
General Note
Please note: Depending on your chosen international airport, an overnight flight and/or hotel stay may be required, which may affect your departure and return dates. Your itinerary will be finalised once travel arrangements are confirmed.
Independent flight/travel arrangements can be accommodated, though our flight-inclusive packages are recommended to ensure seamless integration into your holiday plans.
Depart Nassau - Arrive Marsh Harbour
Depart Nassau - Arrive Marsh Harbour
Depart: Lynden Pindling International Airport
Arrive: Leonard M Thompson International Airport
Transfer from Marsh Harbour Airport to Abaco Lodge
Transfer from Marsh Harbour Airport to Abaco Lodge
Once you’ve landed at the airport and collected your bags, you’ll be met by our host and driver for the short transfer north to the lodge, a journey of approximately 10 minutes. On arrival, the lodge staff will welcome you and show you to your room, leaving the rest of the evening free to relax and prepare for your week of fishing.
Abaco Lodge
Overnight Accommodation
Abaco Lodge in a Single Room on a Full board basis
Fishing
Fishing
During your first two fishing days and throughout your fishing week, after breakfast, you will leave the dock at 8.00am for a full day of flats fishing.
The fishing at Abaco Lodge is some of the best found in the Bahamas, and the vast area known as the Marls is one of the best Bonefish fishing areas in the world.
Each day, your guide will craft a plan based on the tide, weather, and conditions, tailoring the fishing to suit your preferences, whether you prefer boat fishing or wading.
Abaco Lodge
Overnight Accommodation
Abaco Lodge in a Single Room on a Full board basis
Fishing
Fishing
On your last two fishing days and on each day of your holiday, you will travel to fish fishing grounds on one of the lodges’ Maverick skiffs, widely recognised as the ultimate flats boats, allowing access to the shallowest flats safely and in maximum comfort.
Abaco’s Marl region offers an almost infinite amount of skinny water, the type of habitat foraging flats fish love. From its central location, it’s possible to fish the Marls from as far south as Cross Harbour to its northern extremities off the west side of Treasure Cay, with a run of anywhere between five and forty-five minutes.
Note: All fishing is based on two anglers per guide.
Abaco Lodge
Overnight Accommodation
Abaco Lodge in a Single Room on a Full board basis
Transfer from Abaco Lodge to Marsh Harbour Airport
Transfer from Abaco Lodge to Marsh Harbour Airport
After lunch, at the pre-arranged time, you will be transferred back to the airport to begin your return journey home.
Depart Marsh Harbour - Arrive Nassau
Depart Marsh Harbour - Arrive Nassau
Depart: Leonard M Thompson International Airport
Arrive: Lynden Pindling International Airport
Transfer from Nassau Airport to your overnight hotel
Transfer from Nassau Airport to your overnight hotel
Once you’ve landed in Nassau and collected your bags, you’ll need to take a taxi (not included) to your overnight hotel. The rest of the day is yours to relax and enjoy the stunning surroundings of this beautiful destination.
Nassau Standard Hotel
Overnight Accommodation
Nassau Standard Hotel in a Single Room on a Bed & Breakfast basis
Transfer from your overnight hotel to Nassau Airport
Transfer from your overnight hotel to Nassau Airport
Depending on your flight time, you will need to arrange a taxi (not included) to transfer you back to the airport for your return flight home.
Depart Nassau - Arrive Any international airport
Depart Nassau - Arrive Any international airport
Depart: Lynden Pindling International Airport
Arrive: TBA
General Note
General Note
Please note: Depending on your chosen international airport, an overnight flight and/or hotel stay may be required, which may affect your departure and return dates. Your itinerary will be finalised once travel arrangements are confirmed.
Independent flight/travel arrangements can be accommodated, though our flight-inclusive packages are recommended to ensure seamless integration into your holiday plans.
Prices are shown per person and are based on single rooms and two anglers per guide unless stated otherwise. All prices are accurate at the time of publication but may vary slightly depending on factors such as travel dates, booking time, airline pricing, or fuel surcharges set by the operators.
Flights are always priced at the most competitive rates available at the time of enquiry to ensure you receive the best possible value when booking.
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| Travel Available Between These Dates | Days | Price | Availability | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/06/2026 | 30/06/2026 | 7 | £8,240 | Enquire |
| 01/10/2026 | 31/10/2026 | 7 | £7,898 | Enquire |
| 01/11/2026 | 30/11/2026 | 7 | £7,872 | Enquire |
| 01/12/2026 | 31/12/2026 | 7 | £8,047 | Enquire |
| 01/01/2027 | 31/01/2027 | 7 | £8,657 | Enquire |
| 01/02/2027 | 28/02/2027 | 7 | £8,764 | Enquire |
| 01/03/2027 | 31/03/2027 | 7 | £8,870 | Enquire |
| 01/04/2027 | 30/04/2027 | 7 | £8,764 | Enquire |
| 01/05/2027 | 31/05/2027 | 7 | £8,657 | Enquire |
| 01/06/2027 | 30/06/2027 | 7 | £8,551 | Enquire |
| 01/10/2027 | 31/10/2027 | 7 | £8,141 | Enquire |
| 01/11/2027 | 30/11/2027 | 7 | £8,114 | Enquire |
| 01/12/2027 | 31/12/2027 | 7 | £8,290 | Enquire |
| 01/01/2028 | 31/01/2028 | 7 | £8,983 | Enquire |
| 01/02/2028 | 29/02/2028 | 7 | £9,089 | Enquire |
| 01/03/2028 | 31/03/2028 | 7 | £9,196 | Enquire |
| 01/04/2028 | 30/04/2028 | 7 | £9,089 | Enquire |
| 01/05/2028 | 31/05/2028 | 7 | £8,983 | Enquire |
| 01/06/2028 | 30/06/2028 | 7 | £8,877 | Enquire |
| 01/10/2028 | 31/10/2028 | 7 | £8,446 | Enquire |
| 01/11/2028 | 30/11/2028 | 7 | £8,419 | Enquire |
| 01/12/2028 | 31/12/2028 | 7 | £8,595 | Enquire |
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"Abaco Lodge:
Has an excellent staff!
Management lady Janine was phantastic with her hospitality!
Food, drinks and the rest is of high level quality.
Guides and boats are fine and well organized.
Fishing for bones is difficult (3 fish per day - without barbes!).
Some tarpons, few baracudas.
Wind can be bad luck.
Important hint:
Abaco Lodge should offer a break to visit the complete island!
We hade six days of fishing - but all at once.
Better would be a break inbetween to visit the beautiful island.
"
"Had a great time chasing the Bones, the guides are amazing at spotting these fish, sometimes they had to be under my feet for me to see them."
"A long way to travel but thats the beauty of the fishing."
"The experience was more like staying at a friend’s house who just happens to have a professional staff at your service.
My 12 year old son says it was the best holiday ever !
We loved it and will recommend it to our friends and family.
We probably won’t be able to return next year but we will return for sure in the not to distant future.
Thanks for everything"
"Everything we expected and more.
Fishing was great and the guides were very helpful – finding fish and positioning the boat for the best possible cast.
Accommodations were very comfortable and the staff were professional and polite.
The food was fantastic and imaginative.
We will definitely be back in the spring for a longer trip and hopefully bring another couple with us."
"Amenities and hospitality was top notch.
Guides are very well versed in their craft and knowledgeable about all things related to the island and surrounding area.
In total a wonderful holiday."
"The experience left us wanting nothing while not being over the top, we are not the Ritz and Four Seasons types and Abaco Lodge was a comfortable, luxurious experience with great food and gret people while never making us feel uncomfortable or guilty of opulence. simple yet elegant we love it."
The newly built lodge at Abaco is bright and charming and welcomes guests with spectacular waterfront views. It consists of 7 double rooms, all featuring air conditioning and a private bathroom. Wireless Internet will keep you connected back home, and phone service is available, with excellent cell coverage throughout the island.
There is a small pool outside the lodges, the perfect place to sit and enjoy a cold beer and a fire pit where you can meet under the setting sun and exchange the day’s fishing stories.
The food and drink on offer at Abaco is a magical encounter between the treasures of the sea, history, culture and people. The lodge prides itself on serving the finest cuisine, specialising in fresh fish, Conch and Lobster.
Each day begins with a full breakfast featuring a variety of cereals, fresh fruits and eggs, bacon, sausages, and grits. Each day the chef will also make an array of baked bread and pastries, and the coffee gets created from freshly ground beans.
A daily lunch menu card allows you to choose the next day’s lunch and the contents of the boat coolers. After you return from fishing, you will find cold beers, spirits, a blender for cocktails, and stacks of soft drinks. A wide range of local spirits is also available free of charge.
Delicious appetisers get served before dinner on the veranda, and you’ll have the chance to sample local specialities such as cracked Conch, Grouper fingers, and Conch salad. The culinary emphasis is on mixing local dishes with light, fresh recipes such as Snapper with mango salsa and some barbecued fish. Desserts will vary from chocolate decadence to key lime parfaits.
House wines such as Malbec from Argentina, Chilean Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon get served with dinner. Still, if you have a preferred brand, the lodge can ensure they have some for you on arrival. Otherwise, you can bring your own bottle.
When you book, please mention any requirements or food allergies you might have so that we can inform the chef at the lodge. Salads get offered in the coolers for lunches for those on low-carbohydrate diets. There is also a good supply of drinking water on offer from their reverse osmosis system. You will also find water in your bedroom and your boat, and you can drink tap water.
The Bahamas is a tropical island located around 280 kilometres off the coast of Florida, and it’s home to numerous well-known fly fishing lodges, including the popular Abaco Lodge. This famous saltwater fly fishing destination is situated in the Abacos, an area which cups the eastern edge of Grand Bahama Island at the northernmost tip of the archipelago. It’s the only Bonefishing resort in the area, known as the Marls, and is one of the top-rated fishing locations in the entire region.
The lodge has an incredible, quite moving story. Back in 2019, it was entirely decimated by hurricane Dorian, a catastrophic Category 5 Atlantic hurricane, the most intense tropical cyclone on record to strike the Bahamas. Everything got destroyed, not just the buildings but the flats, fish and fishing. Everything needed time to heal, but the Covid Pandemic hit, and the rebuild got delayed and delayed again. Still, those involved kept the faith, and finally, after three long years, the construction was finished, the paint was dry, and the new and improved resort could open again.
The incredible comeback story of this famous, exciting flats fishery is one we’re happy to share, and we look forward to supporting and sending travelling rods to this fantastic resort once again. So, if you love saltwater flats fishing and want to experience some of the best Bonefish fishing on the planet, then Abaco Lodge will tick all the right boxes.
The Bahamas has been a popular destination for travelling saltwater fly-fishing anglers for decades; its tropical climate, fun-loving people, and laid-back pace, combined with its spectacular fishing, attract rods from around the globe. Essentially a sprawling island archipelago consisting of hundreds of islands and cays spread over 280,000+ square kilometres of ocean space, it offers anglers a wealth of opportunities for all flats species, including Bonefish, Tarpon and Permit.
The northern end of the chain starts about 75 miles offshore of West Palm Beach, Florida, with Grand Bahama Island. Great Abaco Island lies just to the northeast. And below Abaco, past the bustling resorts of Nassau, and reaching as far south as the Turks and Caicos and Cuba, lies a string of less-populated ‘outer islands,’ including Andros, Eleuthera, Cat, Long Island, Crooked, Acklins, and Mayaguana.
Abaco Lodge, nestled on the island’s west side, allows anglers to wet a line in the famous Marls fishery and is the only fly fishing operation to do so. A vast region of water with a 450 square kilometre footprint, peppered with unpopulated pine forest islands, mangrove cays, and a blooming Bonefish population, this pristine wilderness preserve is considered by many to be one of the most exciting flats fisheries in the Caribbean.
Abaco Lodge’s Marl region offers an almost infinite amount of skinny water, the type of habitat foraging flats fish love. From its central location, it’s possible to fish the Marls from as far south as Cross Harbour to its northern extremities off the west side of Treasure Cay, with a run of anywhere between five and forty-five minutes. While a twenty-minute run west also puts you within striking distance of Marl’s ocean-side edge.
Throughout this fishery, the Bonefish reign supreme and are the prime draw for visiting anglers. Thanks to the ideal mix of sheltered habitats and abundant food sources, the populations of these ‘Grey Ghosts’ has bloomed. They average between 2lb to 4lb, but larger fish in the 5lb to 8lb class get landed weekly; although harder to catch, they can be found in good numbers and provide a true challenge.
Permit and juvenile Tarpon are also prevalent throughout, and shots for these fish can be frequent, so much so that anglers should get tackled up for targeting both species. Barracuda, Jack Crevalle, plus various shark species, also call the Marls home and complete the species list.
In addition to beautiful flats, Abaco has an incredible blue-water fishery for Marlin, Sailfish, Dorado, Wahoo, and Tuna, depending on the season. Arrangments can be made for this, but you need to book early and be prepared to pay an additional charge for this style of fishing.
When fishing the Marls at Abaco, each day begins with the guides and management deciding what areas to fish, based on the weather conditions, tides and seasonal activity. The lodge will work with you to tailor your day accordingly if you have any particular preference, such as wading versus boat fishing.
The guides are some of the most knowledgeable in the Bahamas; they know the Marls and the ocean intimately and possess an uncanny ability to find fish. They know every inch of the fishing grounds, from the blue holes that attract the juvenile Tarpon to the productive flats and cays. The fishing is done across the entire area, from the ocean-side inlets, mangrove cays, and stadium-size flats, with cruising and tailing bones in numbers unlike anywhere else in the Bahamas.
Typical Fishing Day:
6:30 am Coffee ready at the buffet table
7:00 am Breakfast
8:00 am Depart dock
4:00 pm Return to the lodge
4:00 pm Onwards cocktail hour
5:30 pm Appetizers
6:30 pm Dinner
All the fishing gets done from the lodge’s meticulously maintained Maverick flats skiffs, widely recognized as the ultimate flats boats. They’re beautiful, quiet, comfortable and fast, allowing access to the shallowest flats safely and with maximum comfort. Each features padded seats, backrests, line mats and lean bars on the bow. They also come equipped with first-aid kits and an emergency satellite.
To learn more about saltwater fly fishing in the Bahamas at Abaco Lodge, visit our YouTube channel.
Abaco Lodge:
Has an excellent staff!
Management lady Janine was phantastic with her hospitality!
Food, drinks and the rest is of high level quality.
Guides and boats are fine and well organized.
Fishing for bones is difficult (3 fish per day - without barbes!).
Some tarpons, few baracudas.
Wind can be bad luck.
Important hint:
Abaco Lodge should offer a break to visit the complete island!
We hade six days of fishing - but all at once.
Better would be a break inbetween to visit the beautiful island.
Had a great time chasing the Bones, the guides are amazing at spotting these fish, sometimes they had to be under my feet for me to see them.
Trevor, ha ha yes they can be very hard to spot at times, but glad you managed to bag a few. Regards Mathew
A long way to travel but thats the beauty of the fishing.
Yes you are correct its a long way to travel, however the travel is quite straight forward and as you have clearly stated well worth the effort. Look forward in assisting you with all your future travels Regards Phil
The experience was more like staying at a friend’s house who just happens to have a professional staff at your service.
My 12 year old son says it was the best holiday ever !
We loved it and will recommend it to our friends and family.
We probably won’t be able to return next year but we will return for sure in the not to distant future.
Thanks for everything
Bruce, all the staff said it was a pleasure having both you and your son.
Everything we expected and more.
Fishing was great and the guides were very helpful – finding fish and positioning the boat for the best possible cast.
Accommodations were very comfortable and the staff were professional and polite.
The food was fantastic and imaginative.
We will definitely be back in the spring for a longer trip and hopefully bring another couple with us.
Thank you for the review and kind words, we will all look forward in you returning soon.
Amenities and hospitality was top notch.
Guides are very well versed in their craft and knowledgeable about all things related to the island and surrounding area.
In total a wonderful holiday.
Matt, we agree such a wonderful destination to make such a wonderful holiday, see you again soon.
The experience left us wanting nothing while not being over the top, we are not the Ritz and Four Seasons types and Abaco Lodge was a comfortable, luxurious experience with great food and gret people while never making us feel uncomfortable or guilty of opulence. simple yet elegant we love it.
Such a nice review and comments.
Thank you for taking the time to complete a customers feedback, very much appreciated.
Cheers Paul
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