Izzy Goes Fishing

Izzy, our playful and goofy potcake decided he was in the mood for a little fishing the other morning. He jumped right into the tidal pool and spent his morning looking for the perfect catch. His fishing skills need a little work but he sure is a joy to watch!

Check out the video as Izzy tries his best to catch a fish!

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A Small Hope Reunion

Together Again!

A Small Hope reunion was held this summer on the shores of Lake Superior in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

      John Rice and Kay Baldwin have been coming to Small Hope Bay Lodge for many years now. John an avid bonefisherman and Kay a serious diver found themselves quite at home here on the bay. Over the years they have introduced us to many others; fishermen, divers, enthusiastic relaxers and the group has grown to the size it is now. This year everyone met in Michigan for a little reunion before they meet up again at Small Hope Bay for the holidays.

    Small Hope Bay Lodge is home away from home for this ever growing group and everyone has a fantastic time when they’re on the bay. Whether they are goofing off underwater, casting a fly out on the flats, enjoying an afternoon nap in the hammock on the dock or just chatting over conch fritters it is always great fun!

    And speaking of fun…everyone at Small Hope is very excited for the return of Margarita John and his famous Margarita Parties!  Better be sure to get your order in fast before they are all gone. Christmas and New Years are sure to be a blast with this group making yet another return visit.

 

Looking forward to December.....

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Easter at Small Hope Bay Lodge!

We celebrated another great Easter weekend here at Small Hope. There was a full house with friends and families of all ages. The kids played on the beach, made sand castles and of course - hunted for Easter eggs. The grown-ups went diving, fishing or just relaxed on the beach or in a hammock. And, like all holidays at Small Hope Bay Lodge, we celebrated with a HUGE feast. Renauldo outdid himself yet again with a spread of roast turkey, ham, tempura lobster, shrimp and more. After dinner guests had their choice of 26 desserts! It was a great day and we look forward to many more to come . . . 

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Bonefishing time on Andros Island

This week at Small Hope beside enjoying some great diving, we have had some fisherman in as well!

Here is a few words from two fisherman that were visiting Garry and Phil.........

Bonefishing North Andros

Guide

Benry Smith

Locations

Fresh Creek and Mastic Point

Conditions:

Water- Gin clear

Wind-Day one 15-18 Kn

-Day two 25Kn

Fishing

Fresh Creek-many opportunities (shots)

- very scenic reef

Mastic Point -very large bay/flat with many areas to fish

based on wind and tides

Guide

Excellent!!!

-very knowledgeable with fishing

-eco guiding

-technique

-history

-conditions/where to fish

Small Hope Bay 

-Great

-food excellent

-room excellent quaint and comfortable

-outstanding people, ALL helpful!!

So if you are interest in bonefishing this coming season contact us shbinfo@smallhope.com or see our website for more details www.smallhope.com

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Whats been happening lately????

 Matt and Kristen, had a wonderful wedding with family and friends!

 Watch their wedding video

May 24th welcomed the arrival of dive master Dennis son Xavier!!! Congratulations!

 

One proud dad!

Vincent, Jane & Paul had a great week fishing all over Andros. They traveled to the West Side, Conch Sound, Fresh Creek and South....A good week was had by all!

Don't forget Small Hope is an Orvis Certified Fishing Lodge!!

 

 

We have had a visit from old friends Gar, Tracey and Morgan from Virginia. This was their 5th visit!!!

Morgan, Mollie and Sadie new friends

Certificate Time

We have been doing some great diving. We were at Goat Cay Wall the other day and spotted a turtle, what  great sight and a pleasure for all divers to see! Check out the video 

Dive intern Kate is nearly their with her rescue training!! Keep up the good work Kate!!

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Summer interns have started to arrive, welcome back Petter and Simen, time for some fun and hard work!!

 On Monday June 6 Derek and Katie got married!!

 

See some of the lovely pictures from Katie and Derek's wedding here 

 

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Hi from Jim and Liz....................

We both had a great time at Small Hope Bay Lodge! 

Jim Dive master Dennis and Liz

The place itself is amazing but what adds even more is THE STAFF!!! 

I can’t begin to say enough about them. They are all so friendly and multi-talented, extremely nice young people to help you enjoy your stay at Small Hope.

We mostly snorkeled, relaxed, ate very well, went to Captain Bills Blue Hole and played cribbage!! 

Did a lot of hammocking as well!

Fantastic reefs, with great visibility, teeming with fish of all colors. From the divers we talked to they all said the dives were fantastic! You must do the Shark Emporium Dive or snorkel as I did a memorable experience to be sure!

Kudos to Jeff for offering the opportunity to enjoy Small Hope Bay Lodge, for being such a friendly, gracious host!!

Thanks to all Jeff, Nicky, Mel, Loren, Aidan, Leyna, Antonio, Joe, Bhurna, Austin, Abba, Dennis And thanks to Renaundo and ALL of his kitchen staff for the great meals!

I know I’ve left some out by mistake but you get the idea!

Come to Small Hope Bay Lodge you will LOVE IT!!!

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Eric and Myriam from France

Renctley we were luckly enough to have a visit from Eric and Myriam from France. Here are a few words they had to say about there stay here at Small Hope Bay Lodge in English and French............

Eric et myriqm


Nous avons trouve un petit coin de paradis ici au SMALL HOPE BAY LODGE
Nous avons trouve le personel d’ici vraiment adorable et tres prevoyant
On se sent vraiment comme a la maison autour d’une grande famille.
Nous avons passe deux semaines ici et les mots manquent pour decrire cet endroit, la tranquilite de la bay le fait de ne penser plus a rien et d’etre coupe du monde. C’est un endroit qui ne ressemble pas du tout a ces usines d’hotels sur Nassau.

J’ai (Myriam) plonge ici j’ai decouvert le “Blue Hole” qui reste ma plongee preferee ici car unique au monde je pense et j’ai aussi adore le plongee “ SHARK DIVE” qui consiste a regarder en tant que spectateur comment les requins dans leur milieu naturel attaquent une boule congele de poissons.
Eric est un pecheur et a adore peche le Bone fish a travers la mangrove le long de la plage.Mais conseil d’Eric si vous voulez attrape du poisson prenez un guide (demandez a Jeff le proprietaire du lieu ou Giles un habitue des lieux) Eric a pris tout de meme une dizaine de Bonefish.

We have found a little piece of paradise here at Small Hope Bay Lodge.
We have found all the staff very gracious and helpful. It felt like one big family.
Small Hope Bay Lodge feels like a home away from home. We have spent two weeks here and words can not fully describe the feeling of Small Hope, from the peacefulness of the bay, to the relaxing and in formalness of the whole place. Small Hope is very different to big resorts in Nassau in a good way.

I (Myriam) really enjoyed the diving especially the Blue Hole dive and the Shark Emporium dive, as it was a lovely display of seeing these magical creatures in there natural enviromnet and the gracefulness of watching them feed.

Eric  is a keen fisherman, and enjoyed bone fishing in the mangroves, along the beach , and with one of Small Hopes fishing guides. Eric also met Giles a return guess and they many hours talking fishing and fishing. Giles was kind enough to give Eric some pointers on bone fishing.

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Father and son Bonefishing

Paul and Jackson were visiting recently for a family holiday, Jackson a fishing enthusiast and dad went out with fishing guide Jeff.C for a day of guidance and learning the fly fishing technique, they caught their first bone fish along with many other fish. 

Paul and Jackson were also lucky enough to met another fishing enthusiast staying with us and they all ventured off to the mangroves for an afternoon of fishing.   

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Bonefishing, Diving and Fun at Small Hope Bay Lodge

Ryan and Angela Dunne, along with their friend Christian, joined us here at Small Hope Bay Lodge for a week of bonefishing, bonding and a whole lot of fun. Ryan, Angela and Chris were here for the New Year's Eve festivities and they made friends with people from all over the world!

Ryan swears that this was just supposed to be a relaxing vacation but he, the avid fisherman, just "happened" to schedule his vacation at one of the best places in the world to bonefish and Ryan and Chris made sure to book a guide and head out to the flats in search of the gray ghost. They returned with happy fly rods, having landed a few fish each.

Ryan and Angela took advantage of our beginning diving course, the Discover Scuba Diving resort course. They both went out to the open water under the supervision of instructors and got to experience the Andros Barrier Reef from 40 ft. At Brad's Mountain, both of them had close encounters with our resident reef sharks.

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