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I posted a little earlier in the month (I think Rick ? needed the info.)
I went there on my honeymoon, 10 days, 10/95. I brought only a 5600c baitcaster and a 8 1/2 foot rod. I unfortunately did not bring a fly rod and did little research on fishing. That is another story called Hurricane Marilyn.
I did a lot of exploring with a rental jeep. Definitely bring a fly rod. There is a spot called Rum Point where I photographed schools of small bonefish. I was also saying that there is a restaurant called the "Lighthouse", which is about 10 miles from town. From this point on there are a lot of turn offs that access turtle grass flats that have scattered sand patches. I know there were fish there, but I didn't know to look for them! I did see barracuda and hooked a tarpon (wildest 15 seconds I ever had fishing) while blind casting a white bucktail from a dock. My wife was very tolerant the whole time and we were the only ones in most of these places.
I met another fishermen who was also there on his honeymoon and we hooked up with a young local who took us tarpon fishing in the mosquito control ditches. I t was pretty cool, but my gear was to heavy for most of the 5-10# fish. In a couple of the inlets we saw larger tarpon, but they wouldn't eat what we had. They also feed tarpon fish scraps at "The Wharf" around 9:00 at night. These fish were all in the 60-100# range, so there are large fish there.
I didn't have a lot of time to research and so I was not prepared. I do remember that a lot of the areas off the road looked wadeable and they do hold bonefish. A friend of mine went last year and hired a wading guide. He saw bonefish, but lined them when he had a shot.
Good Luck
Ray G