Bonefishing, reef fishing and boat days from Spanish Wells, Harbour Island and Eleuthera.
Captain Shaw Underwood was born on this water. The right boat for the day, with pickup at Spanish Wells, Gene’s Bay or, for reef and boat days, Harbour Island.
Read what guests say about their day on the water, and leave a note of your own after yours.
I grew up on these flats.
I am Shaw Underwood. I was born in Spanish Wells, a fishing settlement on the north end of Eleuthera, and I have been guiding these flats for most of my life. Bonefishing is my end of the business: I am on the platform, and we leave from Spanish Wells or Gene’s Bay. For the reef, offshore and family days there is a 26 foot center console with shade and a cooler full of ice. If you want unpressured bonefish, a reef day that fills the cooler, or a boat day with the kids at the sandbar, this is what we do.
Three ways to spend a day on the water.
Bonefishing and fly fishing
Sight fishing unpressured bonefish on the flats, mangroves and turtle grass. Fly or spin, two anglers, all levels.
Reef and deep sea fishing
Yellowtail, triggerfish, snapper and grouper on the reef minutes from the dock. Mahi and wahoo offshore when it is calm. Great with kids.
Boat excursions
The sandbar swing, stingrays, starfish hunting, the Spanish Wells pigs, snorkeling and beach drops. A private boat built around your group.
Unpressured bonefish, twenty minutes from the dock.
I was born in Spanish Wells and I have been on this water my whole life. The flats around North Eleuthera do not get fished hard. There is no lodge here pushing twenty boats a day across the same bank, so the bonefish are not spooky the way they are in the famous places. They average four to six pounds, and every season we put people on fish over ten.
We fish from a Bossman Tailspotter, a flats boat built for poling shallow water and set up for two anglers. Bonefishing trips leave from Spanish Wells or from Gene’s Bay on North Eleuthera, and most of our runs to the fish are under twenty minutes. From Harbour Island it is fourteen miles around the ocean side and that water is usually rough, so Harbour Island anglers take the water taxi and a short taxi to Gene’s Bay and we start the day fresh on the flats.
Tell us where you are staying. We will tell you where to meet.
Private boat, quoted to your group.
Every trip is priced per boat, not per person, and quoted to your dates, your group and what you want to do. Rods, tackle, ice, water and fish cleaning are included. See trip options and policies →
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Four things people ask before they book
Where do you pick us up?
Bonefishing leaves from the Spanish Wells dock or from Gene’s Bay on North Eleuthera, ten minutes from the airport. Reef, offshore and boat days also pick up on Harbour Island, in Dunmore Town. From Harbour Island, anglers take the water taxi to Three Island Dock and a short taxi to Gene’s Bay; by boat it is fourteen miles on the ocean side and usually rough. From Governor’s Harbour it is a little over an hour’s drive north to Gene’s Bay.
Is the price per person or per boat?
Per boat, not per person. Bonefishing takes two anglers; reef days and excursions take larger groups. Rods, tackle, ice, water and fish cleaning are included. Message us your dates for a quote.
Do I need fishing experience?
No. Most first-timers catch a bonefish on their first day. Shaw teaches you to see the fish and make the cast, and kids and non-fishing partners are welcome on board.
What if the weather is bad?
Shaw calls it the evening before or at the dock. If the wind or weather makes the day unsafe or unfishable, you move to another day or get your deposit back. See the full list of questions.
Let’s get you on the water.
Tell me your dates, who is coming and where you are staying. I will reply within a few hours with a plan and a price.
