25°44′N 79°17′W · North & South Bimini, Bahamas

Fifty miles out.
A mile deep.

Bimini is the closest Bahamian island to the United States — and the furthest thing from the mainland you can reach in two hours. Gin-clear flats on one side. The Gulf Stream falling away into cobalt a mile off the other.

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East · the bank10.0 milesWest · the Gulf Stream

The sectionTen species, drawn in the depth zone each is fished in. The shelf edge is 1.1 miles off the west beach.

Seabed: GMRT bathymetry, west–east section at 25.7365°N. Shelf edge 46 ft, 1.1 mi off the beach; frame floor 2,232 ft, and the grid keeps falling to 2,640 ft further west. Shoreline: OpenStreetMap. Depth axis compressed (power 0.35); the marks show real depths. Island height and fish are not to scale — fish sit in their zone, not at a measured depth.

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Fishing capital of the world

The fishing calendar

Bonefish flats one side, Gulf Stream billfish the other — see what's biting month by month, then check the full fishing guide.

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What's biting, month by month
Species
The flats0–3 ft · gin-clear over white sand
BonefishPeakPeakPeakPeakPeakPeakPeakPeakPeakPeakPeakPeak
PermitGoodGoodPeakPeakPeakPeakPeakPeakGoodGoodGoodGood
TarponOff seasonOff seasonOff seasonOff seasonGoodPeakPeakPeakGoodOff seasonOff seasonOff season
The reef10–60 ft · patch coral and hard bottom
GrouperOff seasonOff seasonOff seasonOff seasonOff seasonPeakPeakPeakOff seasonOff seasonOff seasonOff season
Yellowtail SnapperGoodGoodGoodGoodGoodPeakPeakPeakGoodGoodGoodGood
Bluewater2,000 ft + · the Gulf Stream edge, a mile off the beach
Blue MarlinOff seasonOff seasonGoodPeakPeakPeakPeakOff seasonOff seasonOff seasonOff seasonOff season
Bluefin TunaOff seasonOff seasonOff seasonOff seasonPeakGoodOff seasonOff seasonOff seasonOff seasonOff seasonOff season
Mahi (Dolphin)Off seasonOff seasonGoodPeakPeakPeakGoodOff seasonOff seasonOff seasonOff seasonOff season
SailfishOff seasonOff seasonGoodPeakPeakGoodOff seasonOff seasonOff seasonOff seasonOff seasonOff season
WahooPeakPeakGoodOff seasonOff seasonOff seasonOff seasonOff seasonOff seasonOff seasonPeakPeak

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