Pittstown Point
Landrail Point
French Wells Channel
Spring Point
Chester’s
Bonefish the flats of the Bight of Acklins
Dive the wall off Crooked Island’s north coast
Explore the Bird Rock Lighthouse ruins on Long Cay
Snorkel Turtle Sound’s mangrove-lined channels
Visit the Marine Farm plantation and fort ruins
Landrail Point
Pittstown Point
Spring Point
Colonel Hill
Pompey Bay
May through July offers the most settled weather before hurricane season builds through the autumn months. Because both islands sit well south and see relatively little cloud cover, conditions on the flats stay calm and clear for much of the year, making the fishing season considerably longer here than on more northern Bahamian islands. Light winds in spring and early summer generally give the best visibility for sight-fishing the shallow flats of the Bight of Acklins.
Colonel Hill Airport on Crooked Island and Spring Point Airport on Acklins both receive scheduled flights from Nassau a few times a week, along with a smaller airstrip at Pittstown Point on Crooked Island’s northern tip. Because service is limited compared with the more visited Bahamian islands, most charter guests instead join their yacht already cruising the southern Out Islands rather than flying in directly.
Pittstown Point, on Crooked Island’s northern tip, offers a sheltered spot near the old airstrip and a handful of amenities. Landrail Point provides straightforward access to the settlement and its harbour. On Acklins, Spring Point and Chester’s both give guests a base near shore-based bonefishing guides, while French Wells Channel, where the mangrove-lined Turtle Sound meets the sea, rewards a quieter, more sheltered stop away from the open Bight.
Two to three nights suit most itineraries, enough time for a day of bonefishing on the flats, a dive along Crooked Island’s reef wall and a visit to the Marine Farm plantation ruins or Bird Rock Lighthouse on nearby Long Cay. Given how remote and undeveloped both islands are, most guests treat them as a deliberate detour within a longer southern Bahamas itinerary rather than a quick stop, pairing them naturally with Mayaguana or Inagua further south.
Yes. The handful of guides working from small lodges on Acklins and Crooked Island, such as those based near Chester’s and Spring Point, book up well ahead of the main spring and early summer season, particularly for full-day trips onto the Bight’s more remote flats. Guests without a booked guide can still fish independently by dinghy in less technical water closer to shore, but a local guide dramatically improves the odds on such a vast, largely unmarked lagoon.
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