redwoods camping Marsh Harbour, on Abaco Island, is the third largest city in the islands. This dusty little town is

Marsh Harbour, on Abaco Island, is the third largest city in the islands. This dusty little town is somewhat reminiscent of an American frontier cattle redwoods camping town of the 1880s. In contrast, the neat little painted villages of Hope Town, on Elbow Cay, and New Plymouth,on Green Turtle Cay, might well have been lifted up and flown in straight from New England.



Nothing compares with the feeling you ll get aboard a slowly trolling boat on a calm sea under a hot summer sun, a heavy rod between your knees, and a can of something cold in your hand. And then it happens. There s a jerk on your line; something s taken the bait, and in seconds you re involved in the fight of your life. But wait, the line goes slack, redwoods camping it s gone. No, it s still there, and suddenly the water a hundred yards from the boat explodes and the great fish is in the air. Your first sailfish hurls itself out of the water in a breathtaking arc. The sight leaves you speechless, awed and, for a moment, not knowing what to do next. And then it hits again and the fight is on. Slowly you reel in, the clutch slipping under the strain, three winds on the crank for every inch of line you gain. As suddenly as it began, it s over. Your opponent, exhausted at the side of the boat, is gaffed redwoods camping and hauled aboard. It s more than five feet long and weighs perhaps as much as 90 pounds you won t know until you get it back to the scale on the dock, but it s a good one; you know it is. You go home at day s end satisfied and tired, but still excited, ready to do it all again tomorrow, the next day, next year.