Fishing Tackle Are Easy To Find On The Web, But Make Sure You Do Some Research.
Posted on October 3, 2009
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One of the most important aspects of fishing is getting the right fishing tackle. If you don’t have this right then everything else will be wrong as well. There are various kinds of tackle available on today’s market but you’ll need to do some research if you want to find the right options for your needs. Just make sure that you take your time and don’t be afraid to ask for advice if you need it.
There are a lot of fishing forums on the web these days and plenty of online communities that discuss everything related to fishing. If you are a beginner or if perhaps you are just looking to join a fishing community then you should consider joining a forum and asking questions and getting advice.
The forums on the web are probably where most of the information you learn will come from so use them wisely. Fishing tackle does come in a range of different sizes, shapes and styles and depending on where you’re fishing you’ll also need to consider what sort of tackle you need.
The products you need will more than likely be available on the web and this means you can save quite a bit of money. Buying online is quite easy these days and you can find a range of brilliant products. You shouldn’t have any problems finding what you need but it may take some time to find what you need at a price you can afford.
Most of the time, fishing items are widely available so finding the right fishing tackle is simple. Once you’ve found the right tackle, you’ll then need to compare a few prices and get yourself a good deal. Remember that you’re doing this for fun and the minute you rush into a purchase, you’re risking that fun by maybe ending up with something you don’t want or need.
You will easily find fishing tackle on today’s market – you just have to know where to look. Have a browse on a few websites and see what you can find. If you perform some searches in Google you’ll more than likely be confronted with several offers and deals that are worthwhile.
And That’s Why I Use A Corky Fat Boy!
Posted on October 1, 2009
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Just for a moment, put yourself in the shoes (OK, OK – fins) of a big speckled trout. You’ve been relaxing in a mud flat in the East Matagorda bay. Finally, what you’ve been waiting for comes to pass; the light starts to peek through winter cloud cover, warming the shallows where you’ve been waiting out the winter.
You move through the waters of the mud flat looking for a familiar landmark; you soon come across that mud patch abutting a shell pad where you’ve spent some good times in your life, eating your fill of big shrimp and finger mullet by the hundreds.
You get into your favorite spot, right where the shell bed meets the mud and wait. Before long, a tempting six inch mullet comes along, oblivious to your presence.
Before the mullet even knows what happened, you’re drifting back to the bottom feasting on your first catch of the season.
Almost as soon as you’ve swallowed the first mullet, you see a slow moving, wobbly mullet a few feet away. Looks wounded, you think as you watch it’s brilliant colors sparkle in the water column as it sinks right towards you.
Like a flash of lightning you’re on the mullet and it’s in your jaws – but this one seems to be stronger than you!
A fierce head shake hurls the previous 6-inch mullet from your jaws; but the invisible, pulling force never ceases. You grow tired and succumb to the grip of a Boga at your lip.
“10 pounds!” is yelled by a man bundled up beneath layers of outerwear.
Two other people come up and look you over approvingly. You think you see the flash of a camera.
Then it’s over as quickly as it began and you’re back in the water, free but utterly exhausted.
While making your way back to the bottom, you can faintly make out someone saying “And that’s why I like Corky Fat Boy lures.” You’re not entirely sure what that means, but you know you’ll think twice before pouncing on a wounded mullet next time.
If this is how a trophy trout really understood us when we talked, they’d know that in being tricked by the lure, they were making an angler’s dream a reality.
Once word of James Wallace’s record breaking speckled trout got out with the fishing reports, fishermen immediately adopted Wallace’s saltwater fishing lures of choice: Corky slow sinking soft baits. With a size roughly that of a topwater and imitating the wobbly motion of a broken-back, a Corky with a slow retrieve in the winter is nearly irresistible to a big speck.
“When James Wallace caught that monster, things really took off for us,” reports Paul Brown, founder of B&L Corky. “People were flooding in and bought us out of every Corky we had in no time flat.” After all this time, this family owned Houston shop still finds Corky saltwater fishing lures one of their biggest sellers.
Port Mansfield fishing guide, Captain Mike McBride definitely knows a thing or two about Corky’s and uses a unique retrieve to fool lower coast specks.
“Corkys are worked differently across the coast, but I try to pop the knot off, when I’m working Corky’s while trying to keep up with the slack.” Contrary to the popular belief of working Corky’s “slower than slow”, McBride works his soft baits aggressively. “The whole attraction of working an original Corky is unpredictable movements with the irresistible pause,” states McBride.
Matagorda trophy trout guide Captain Jesse Arsola tells us that he has a specific technique for working Corkys saltwater fishing lures.
“When trout are aggressive they will nail anything; but when you have to work for them to bite, technique really comes into play.”
“If I use a Corky, I’m usually using a counting system. I keep track of how long it takes the lure to hit bottom, then I vary the amount of time I allow my Corky to sink before I pull out the slack. From there, it’s just a matter of identifying what count you tend to get bites on. This is a really easy way to figure out just where in the water column the trout are feeding.”
Captain John Havens, a tournament angler from Clear Lake, Texas favors chartreuse, white, and gold sided Corky Devil and a rather routine retrieve.
“The most important thing is to keep in contact with your lure so you can feel even the smallest bites,” says Havens. When using Corky Devil saltwater fishing lures, he gives the rod a lift and a quick twitch or two before letting it fall while retrieving.
Shorter Days and Cooling Temperatures Move Flounder
Posted on September 30, 2009
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With the days growing shorter and the mercury gradually dropping, flounder are on the move. With the approach of autumn, southern flounder begin to make their way out of the shallows, with crowds of these fish making their way through every available route to the deeper waters of the gulf. Yes, the flounder spawning season is upon us once again according to the latest fishing reports. Anglers who enjoy fishing for the saddle blanket flounder are already enjoying an action packed Texas fishing season this fall.
A self-described flounder fan, Captain Skip James does a lot of angling on Sabine Lake. He’s been carefully studying the movements of the flounder run for years with telemetry instruments. As James reports, “I follow what the large females are doing, since she’s always followed by a whole group of males waiting for her eggs to drop.”
James, as good a source of flounder fishing reports as any we’ve found tells us that the flounder run is already well underway. “The run starts slow around mid-September and winds down by mid-December, with the peak being late September to late October.” During the migration to the gulf, Texas fishing enthusiasts like James have it easy. “I’ve been using just a 4″ bayside speck grub; that’s it. We’ve been catching flounder as big as 6 lbs – if the run keeps up like it has been, I’ll be more than happy with the fall season.”, reports James.
Phil Ortiz of Galveston tells us that despite the conventional wisdom, you don’t have to wait for the first cold snap to catch plenty of flounder. Ortiz tells us what the better fishing reports have been saying for some time – “Flounder know to migrate because the days grow shorter; it’s not just temperature. Of course, once the first cold snap hits, they’ll really start moving – but I’m catching plenty even now.”
For his angling, Ortiz favors artificial lures, something recommended by some other Texas fishing experts we’ve spoken with. “I got tired of having flounder short strike my lures; that’s why I came up with m own lure, the Flounder Pounder.”
Another Galveston angler, Jeff Boudreaux is one of the rare year round flounder fishermen. In the fall, Boudreaux likes to get in on the excitement of the flounder run, employing the kind of pitching techniques most anglers use for bass in stick beds. As he tells us with a grin, “If it’s good enough for bass, it’s good enough for flounder. Once I feel that first thump, I set the hook as fast as possible.”
Boudreaux also chooses soft plastics for flounder, reporting particularly good results with the Brown’s Corky Devil. This suspended bait helped him land a 7 lb flounder just last week and confirmed this as his lure of choice.
“Those looking to catch flounder during the fall run should look at the Galveston Channel or Sea Wolf Park Flat,” states Boudreaux. “Live baiters do very well using mud minnows and finger mullet on a Carolina rig.”
An angler on the lower coast, Cody Stripling works the grassy structures and deep water-adjacent areas of the Lower Laguna Madre using a trolling motor when in search of flounder.
According to Stripling, flounder fishing is a little slower on the lower coast. “Flounder have been scattered lately but I expect when cooler weather reaches us down here we will see more on the move.”
“During the flounder run, I go for drop offs near deeper waters and grassy points. We’ve got very clear water here along the Lower Laguna Madre, so we can get a good look at those deep water adjacent areas where the flounder tend to hang out. All you need to do is pitch baits along the edge and you’ll be able to land all the flounder you could want,” says Stripling.
“Soft plastics on 1/4 ounce lead heads work great for flounder,” he recalls. “I work them with a bass retrieve by bumping it on the bottom and letting it sit for two or three seconds before jerking it again.
Fly Fishing Instruction ” 3 Reasons Why You Should Book Lessons
Posted on September 29, 2009
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Fly fishing is a relaxing and rewarding hobby. Apart from enjoying the experience of fishing you will usually find yourself surrounded by some of the most stunning scenes the planet has to offer.
Whether you are a beginner, looking for an introduction to the sport or simply hoping to improve on your technique, there are lessons which will help you on your way.
1. A Worthwhile Return On Your Investment – The investment you make on lessons will reap you big rewards. After lessons you will feel more confident, and this confidence will help you be more adventurous, to try different places to fish and to generally better enjoy yourself.
There are different ways to learn fly fishing, the most common being either regular weekly lessons, or a course. Which ever you choose it is advisable to go through a reputable fly fishing school as you want to be sure that you get the best fly fishing instruction possible.
2. Casting ” Experience is essential to good casting, but so too is technique and there is no better way to master the technique than through lessons. Although most fly fishermen will be all too pleased to help and advise a beginner regarding casting technique.
Successful casting is about being relaxed and having a smooth action. Any jerks will ruin your cast. You should be able to master short casts fairly quickly, longer casts will take more practice.
3. Understanding The Equipment ” A lot can be gleaned from books, but there is nothing like personal advice. Finding the most suitable rod for your level of experience and the corresponding line is much easier if there is someone there to guide you through the options.
There is only so much you can learn from the FAQs of a web site – try asking your instructor.
In summary you can learn a lot, which will greatly increase both your success and enjoyment of fly fishing with good fly fishing instruction.
Get That Fishing Edge on the Texas Coast
Posted on September 28, 2009
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Let me begin by first saying that this is not the ONLY way to catch fish, but some tips that have worked for me. Spending time and practicing your skills and observation techniques is very important as well. Getting familiar with your usual fishing grounds so that you will be prepared and know what you are looking for can help no matter what the conditions are.
Grass lines are the first to come to mind. I see many areas on the south shoreline of Baffin Bay, the Meadows and 9 Mile Hole where the grass just runs out or stops growing in very shallow water. Most of these areas transition from dense shoalgrass to white sand bottom. The contrast is very visible especially on clear sunny days.
In addition to the shallow water transition, you can also look for grass lines that coincide with a depth change. When fishing in the Laguna Madre this change in water depth may only be a few inches, not the usual three to four foot channel drops that we often look for in Bass fishing. Even these subtle changes can impact fish behavior. Instead of transitioning from the shoal grass to sand, what we are looking for here is a change from long dense grass to very sparse short grass in shallow water. Redfish are very attracted to these places because of all the baitfish and crabs that hide out in these areas without a lot of cover.
I like to start out with a fast-steady retrieve looking for a reaction strike. If you get fish that follow your lure in but just won’t hit, you may need to vary your retrieve. A very fast retrieve with occasional pauses or a “wave” retrieve which involves a steady rate with raising and lowering of the rod tip can be effective. There is no single right way to work your lure so experiment and vary your retrieve. Just make sure you remember what it was you did that triggered the strike.
In addition to the grass lines, be on the lookout for potholes that range from a few feet to yards across. The edges all around the sides of the potholes are very important as small fish will hang around looking for food here. Larger predator fish are usually nearby. Baffin Bay is home to many of these potholes, especially rocky ones with steep drop offs that plunge down 8-9 feet. I like bring out the old Bass fishing tactics here when working these structures and edges.
When working a slower technique I prefer to throw soft plastic lures like Brown Lures’ Devil Eyes. These saltwater lures work great in short, quick bouncing motions with intermittent pauses, especially when Texas rigged on a quarter ounce sinker weight. This has been one of my staples since I started saltwater fishing. I find that the technique works whether fishing potholes or those rocky edges because of the “fluttering” motion of the lure which draws aggressive strikes from fish. The large eye on the lure also provides a nice target for the fish to lock on to.
With the birds already moving around, and the weather being very cooperative I’m looking forward to a solid winter fishing season. If you are looking for an exciting outdoor adventure give us a call and we’ll hook you up.
Fall Fishing Tips and Techniques For The Texas Coast
Posted on September 26, 2009
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Days of fall approach with the first signs of fading leaves, dying wildflowers, and falling tides. Drift fishing during the season, however, becomes anything but dead. From the upper reaches of the Texas Coast to the shallows of the Lower Laguna Madre, fall reigns as one of the best times to focus fishing efforts to drifting for speckled trout and redfish.
There are different fishing tips which are more applicable to fall fishing conditions. As temperatures cool and tides fall, bait fish leave their summer havens. This fall migration is something to watch for, since you’ll find redfish and speckled trout feeding on these fish in waters which are great for drifting.
Fish attracting structures are the best places to begin drifting for redfish and speckled trout, as Captain Cody Maddox tells us. Maddox tends to do his drifting in the vicinity of the upper West Bay’s shell bottoms with their holes and drops.
“When I say I fish holes within shell, I am drifting a seven-foot area surrounded by a three-foot depth,” states Maddox. “The points of reefs and shell humps are additional fish magnets.”
Maddox favors soft plastics rigged with 1/8 ounce to a ? ounce while drifting in fall. When fishing deep water, he switches to a 3/8 ounce head. “Limetreuse, plum and chartreuse, and morning glory are my go-to’s.”
“As far as fall fishing tips go, I’d suggest working your bait really fast over the bottom and then letting it sit for couple of seconds. If that doesn’t work for you, then try slowing it a little just a bit off of the shell tip; I usually use a weedless hook setup for this. Sometimes the smallest change makes a big difference in your results,” says Maddox.
Captain Randall Groves, a Bastrop fishing guide says that he finds the fall drifting season preferable. “On the upper coast, it’s all about working the water streaks.” “Once the water gets clear and the temperatures drop, I actually do best in the muddy streaks.”
Groves typically focuses drifts over areas rich with deep shell and within deep bayous and creeks where the water is often tea colored. “I typically drift deeper shell in fall; but when the wind starts blowing I seek refuge within nearby bayous and creeks.”
Retrieval is where Groves places most focus. “Some say you have to fish soft plastics slow in winter and it is solely a myth.” Groves asserts he looks more for a “reactionary” bite rather than a “hungry” bite. “Slowing it works too, however, I work them pretty fast in very cold water and draw plenty of strikes.”
“I rig my soft plastics with ? ounce and 3/8 ounce lead heads and use a very whippy rod like the Laguna Texas Wader III to work them through the water column.”
Matagorda Bay guide Captain Dwayne Newburn offers the following fishing tips. “In fall, I use a trolling motor to control my drift When you’re fishing around a group of gulls or other birds, your trolling motor can be a great help.” In fall, you’ll often find groups of gulls working groups of bait fish fleeing up to the surface to escape the redfish and speckled trout feeding below.
Another fan of autumn deep shell angling, Newburn says “I focus on the indentations and dips in shell pads when drifting in the fall.”
“When drifting, I do well with DOA Shrimp and Cajun Thunder Popping Corks. I’m also a fan of Norton Sand Eel Jr. with laguna shrimp and Saltwater Assassins with new penny and native shrimp,” says Newburn, who prefers 1/8 oz jig heads with his soft plastic brown lures in shallow water and ? oz heads in deeper waters.
“I love fishing in fall,” states Lower Laguna Madre guide Captain Danny Neu. “I favor the season especially when targeting big speckled trout.”As fall causes bait fish to flee bay systems, Neu says he must often travel the shoreline for miles before seeing any forms of bait fish. “There is typically less bait in the water in fall. However, whenever I eventually locate clustered bait fish the fish are nearby.”
When out on a day of fall drift fishing, Neu offers the following fishing tips – “I start out in the morning checking deeper waters to see if there are any bait fish around. I’ll move on to shallow waters once it gets closer to noon and they start to warm up.”
When asked which lures he ties on in the brisk temperatures, Neu chooses topwater plugs hands down. “I’ll throw topwaters from the boat all day for trout and redfish in fall; they flat-out work!”
Neu throws smaller plugs like the super spook jr. on the lower coast. “I like to keep one rod rigged with a super spook jr. and the other rigged with a soft plastic.” When throwing soft plastics, red and white Brown Lures is his personal favorite.
Fishing Education – Texas Saltwater Fishing
Posted on September 23, 2009
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Let me begin by first saying that this is not the ONLY way to catch fish, but some tips that have worked for me. Spending time and practicing your skills and observation techniques is very important as well. Getting familiar with your usual fishing grounds so that you will be prepared and know what you are looking for can help no matter what the conditions are.
One of my favorite marks to key on are the grass lines, especially those found in the southern portion of Baffin Bay. What you are looking for here is where the grass goes from being very dense to not growing in very shallow water. The transition is usually quite visible as it becomes a sandy white bottom, something to look for on clear and sunny days.
Another type of grass line that is a little more subtle often occurs on a depth change. As an old Bass fisherman, it took me a while to realize that a depth change in the Laguna Madre was not necessarily a three to four foot drop into a channel. In fact, many of the ones I see that will change fish behavior are as little as two or three inches. The grass line I refer to here is a transition from the longer dense grass to a sparse short grass in the shallower water. This is redfish heaven as it seems to give small crabs and shrimp a false sense of security while leaving them virtually exposed to any predators swimming nearby.
I like to start out with a fast-steady retrieve looking for a reaction strike. If you get fish that follow your lure in but just won’t hit, you may need to vary your retrieve. A very fast retrieve with occasional pauses or a “wave” retrieve which involves a steady rate with raising and lowering of the rod tip can be effective. There is no single right way to work your lure so experiment and vary your retrieve. Just make sure you remember what it was you did that triggered the strike.
Potholes are another one of my favorite grass line features. These are often small, but sometimes can be several feet across, so be looking for both sizes. Smaller baitfish love to hang around the edges where they can keep an eye on the openings, so there is usually a bigger fish somewhere nearby waiting for the surprise attack. Some times these edges are smooth, but often in Baffin Bay they are steep and rocky, with the rocks sometimes reaching out past the surface and then going deeper than you are tall. This is another situation where some old-fashioned Bass fishing tactics can come into play. Key on these areas and work around the edges, but be careful to not lose your lure on the rocks.
When working a slower technique I prefer to throw soft plastic lures like Brown Lures’ Devil Eyes. These saltwater lures work great in short, quick bouncing motions with intermittent pauses, especially when Texas rigged on a quarter ounce sinker weight. This has been one of my staples since I started saltwater fishing. I find that the technique works whether fishing potholes or those rocky edges because of the “fluttering” motion of the lure which draws aggressive strikes from fish. The large eye on the lure also provides a nice target for the fish to lock on to.
Winter fishing is looking promising this year based on how the weather looks so far. The dove and ducks are already moving around down here in South Texas so come on down and we’ll hook up for a great outdoor adventure.
Big Homemade Carp Fishing Bait Money Saving Secrets!
Posted on September 22, 2009
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You pay a fortune on bait hoping to catch lots of big fish and yet the average carp angler is just that – average, because he catches no more fish than the rest. This literally means something he is doing or thinking approach just is not working. Most anglers simply throw money in the bin in bait costs etc because they have missed something so very vital to success!
Most often carp and catfish anglers use boilies, pellets and hemp, maize and sweetcorn and prepared commercial ground baits, as free baits to attract and hold fish in their swim. And these are obviously consistent baits for fish like carp and catfish. But often the hidden (or obvious) problem, is that you end up with many fish gorging upon your free ground baits and not getting hooked at all, or comparatively little, compared to the feeding activity going on in your swim. This happens far more than anyone is really accurately aware of and is a more truly shocking thing when you calculate just how much of your bait is consistently going to waste…
There is no point spending money to feed fish unless perhaps you are a fish farmer! If you keep on doing what is not working most efficiently and expecting different results, this is akin to the common definition of insanity. Carp and catfish are living dynamically reactive creatures and really do remember and associate with dangerous baits, rigs, spots in swims, tackle detected and so on.
This very certainly applies to angler-pressured big catfish too, whose bait preferences can definitely alter in response to angling pressures and to previous captures on a bait. So the big trick is trying to keep ahead of the fish and not wasting your hard-earned money every week on bait that does not convert into fish; to achieve very satisfactory fish captures. For most anglers just going fishing costs money because it is missed money-earning time, and this cost is quite apart from travelling costs, fishing permits, and wasted free bait!
In economically uncertain times, making the most of your money in terms of leveraging your fishing bait costs best, is generally far more important to everyone, (except the more fortunate minority.) This is maybe less of a problem where fishing is very easy and everyone seems to catch no matter what the level of their angling ability, experience or bait quality and so on but this refers to waters where fish react far more cautiously towards to fishing baits, rigs and so on. It seems to me that judging your results success by the average catches on such a water is not accurate at all; after all, how does any individual know what is truly able to be achieved?
It is a very common phenomenon for the more wary fish to simply not feed upon fresh baits introduced by anglers upon first arriving at a fishery at all. This in effect means that the first 3 or more days and nights fishing can be mostly a waste of time. The fish just hang back while the baits become leached of flavours etc, and the fish become more confident on feeding on such baits because they have associated leached bait with safe feeding.
Thinking about the bigger picture on a very pressured water, Mr average angler turns up, baits-up, fishes 48 hours and leaves fishless, and then most usually the next angler turns up in the swim and does the same things: with similar poor average results. This kind of pattern happens all year round on so many carp waters these days. Now and again, the angler who happens to time it lucky catches fish over all the old bait left by other anglers, but is mostly oblivious to this artificially built-up phenomenon. An anglers luck may be as bad as the old gone-off bait that fish have left uneaten; oblivious that the foul bait has killed-of the popular swim!
When your fishing activities become habitual and a kind of automatic process, this often means you have by-passed your thinking processes and are not focussing upon the constantly changing challenges that changing variables and fish behaviours and impacts of other anglers seriously have, and your results will severely reflect this! After all, you might well act differently every day in order to fool predators just to see the next day and carp have this instinct to survive which they use all the time which means what we do or think that worked yesterday is not guaranteed to work today…
As one example, I was very fortunate to catch a very rare white coloured mirror carp (not a koi) of 38 pounds, which had not been caught in over 7 years, from one very heavily-fished UK carp fishery. I obviously did something right on this occasion if you think of the thousands of anglers and hours which did not produce this fish in all this time, and it was a very unusual bait and baiting application method (and frequency) that caught this great fish and others that followed.)
In this case I chose and applied new attractor and feeding trigger substances in bait forms that had not been used or rarely if ever exploited at this water before along with a new baiting approach with an unusual frequency of baiting and these and associated differences have made such a difference to results personally, on a range of waters. All it takes is consideration of the particular ways the fish have become conditioned by the anglers’ baits, methods and thinking that dominates the water historically and each water differs in various key ways in this, that you might well be able to exploit in your own unique ways. You can make a big difference by being different in almost any individual or combination of ways!
If you take the time to analyse the short-term and long-term impacts of what other anglers are doing on your water and link that to the negative (or positive) impacts on fish behaviours over any time period, you may begin to see how to exploit both fish and angler behaviour creatively. This thought is unique to your fishing situation at any point in time so will most likely produced the most accurately tuned possible actions, processes, thoughts and actions to solve the particular fishing challenges present. By analysing your fishing challenges and fishing situation in regards impacts of your fishing (and of other anglers) upon fish really can means you can save a fortune in wasted bait; as what you do use is leveraged with far greater results in catches in relation to money spent on bait achieving these!
It is true that to maximise the power and costs of your baits takes some thought, but a little effort can save you literally a fortune in wasted costs. So next time you arrive at your water and proceed to bait up as usual, you might stop mid-flow and take time to consider the many other solutions that are staring you in the face which you might presently be blind to but for a little extra thought; after all, the solutions that will be thought of in 10 years are available right now! For much more information about making your own baits and improving your readymade baits see my bait secrets ebooks at Baitbigfish right now!
By Tim Richardson.
Visit the Filitheyo Island Resort in the Maldives for the most exciting and relaxing holiday
Posted on September 21, 2009
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The Maldives coral island atolls are located in the tropics, are influenced by monsoons but enjoy a lovely sunny climate and are warm all year round.
The islands of the Maldives host some of the most diverse marine life to be seen on our planet, and it is therefore no wonder that they have become a center of excellence for snorkeling and diving alike.
Resorts such as Bandos and Filitheyo island offer diving for all abilities and snorkeling trips are scheduled on a daily basis from the diving center to the many surrounding reefs.
The beaches on most Maldives islands are some of the most amazing in the world. At the Filitheyo island resort for example, the superb beaches are unbroken on each side of the island offering great walks and views and furthermore these beaches are definately not crowded.
What is amazing about many resorts is that they have been developed with a contemporary style without compromising any of their natural beauty and tranquil charm. You will find that reception areas are generally complete with modern conveniences such as internet hotspots, but the tropical beauty of the islands are unspoilt, with tranquil accommodation and private beach areas shaded by ubiquitous tall palms and other indigenous vegetation.
Of course, many of us visit the Maldives because of the promise of the tranquil accomodation, namely the water villas. In the resorts of Bandos, their are 48 circular-shaped Beach villas, each is two-storey, with an upstairs bedroom complete with sea balcony. These rooms have a very superior feel, with the bathrooms half inside and half outside, complete with thatched jacuzzi, this would make a visit to the Maldives special for anyone.
Many Maldives resorts also cater specially for getting married during your holiday with wedding parties that can be pre-arranged in advance. Bandos island resort pushes the boat out, so to speak, by offering the “Kuda Bandos Sunset Wedding” featuring a traditional island ceremony complete with a private cruise for the newlyweds on a Dhoni (Maldivian boat).
The Best Places In Cuba
Posted on September 19, 2009
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If you are looking for information on where to go and what to do in Cuba this might be a good place to start. This charming Caribbean Island certainly has everything you need for fantastic holidays to Cuba and there are options to please the most discerning traveler.
Cuba, being the largest of the Caribbean Island it is favourite over other Caribbean destinations. The fact is that there is so much to do and see that even 2 week holidays are not enough to get to know the Island.
Lets look at places like Varadero, Jibacoa, Guardalavaca, cayo Coco, Cayo Largo, Cayo Santa Maria and so many other beach destinations with white sandy beaches and turquoise color waters. To chose among all of them could be a difficult task. Some places like Varadero are better in terms of infrastructure and things you can do out side your hotel while the rest are more for the purpose of pure relaxation.
Vinales Valley located in Pinar del Rio province enjoys by far the most astonishing landscapes of Cuba. It is also famous for its tobacco plantations responsible for the best cigars in the World.
Trinidad de Cuba one of the most beautiful cities in Cuba was declared World Heritage Site in 1986 by UNESCO. Today Trinidad still looks the same it was 300 years ago. Trinidad also has the best beaches in the Caribbean side of Cuba so if you want to blend a bit of culture and relaxation then Trinidad is definitely the place to go.
Cienfuegos is known in Cuba as The Pearl of the South it is one of the youngest provinces in terms of development yet it is over 100 years old. It is important to highlight that Cienfuegos has one of the most impressive architecture styles in Cuba.
You can put together as many locations as it make sense depending on your on time and travel distances in between places. Of course the budget is determinant in deciding what to see. Cuba is a large island and sometimes you have to travel 6 hours on the road to go from A to B and that comes at a high price.
Cuba has accumulated in the last 4 centuries a wealth of history and character. Especially in the last 50 years after the triumph of Castro’s revolution in 1959. Some consider it all might change soon so my advice is to start planning your holidays sooner rather than later.
Before booking your holidays to Cuba. Visit www.quest2cuba.co.uk for more information on the best Cuba tours.
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