Belizean Bonefish: Nervous Water

March 27, 2005 By: Marshall Cutchin

“This fishing is all about the eye and its voracity. A barracuda can unnerve everyone in the vicinity with a sideways glance. Bonefish, in turn, are like antelope, in the sense that they seem to live on the light they move in – the thin, infinitely refracting currents of sunlit surf that pour over the coral flats. Barracuda, bonefish – they see each other without looking.” Verlyn Klinkenborg fishes an atoll off of Belize and enjoys the visual feast we call bonefishing. In The New York Times

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