I visited as a solo fisherman sussing out what North Andros has to offer. If you want to experience a Bahamian island as the locals do, essentially untouched by the loud, flashy tourism of Nassau then get to North Andros island and stay at Love at First Sight (LAFS). There is much to experience: mysterious blue holes rumored to be inhabited by monstrous octopus like creatures; vast forests and culturally significant places like Red Bays and the artist community there; great fishing both fly and spin fishing on flats and reefs and blue water and the amazing snorkeling and potential spear fishing. LAFS is at a secluded location beautifully positioned at the mouth of Stafford Creek where there is no hustle and bustle of tourism. It is geographically in a great location to explore the island (but you must hire a car to get around). The quiet at LAFS at night with a massively starry sky and rising moon with just the sound of the tide moving in or out of the creek and quite frequent loud boofs of surface feeding jacks and tarpon, was just plain good for the soul. There are no night clubs, tourist shops, traffic or real danger of theft or worse (as there is in Nassau) and it felt like if I had visited 20+ years ago, it would have looked much the same - which is a plus! Sheila is owner and chef and is an awesomely nice and genuine person. Other staff included the excellent Authlin (sorry if I spelt your name wrong mate!) who is also a professional spear, cray and conch fisherman, which was excellent as I got to eat fresh crayfish and conch often during my stay. He is renowned on the island for his ability to catch alot of crayfish from secret reefs and he would come back daily with big bags of crayfish tails and big fish he had speared like hogfish and other snappers. He was very busy catching lots of crayfish for big orders as the crayfish season was closing, but I could possible envision him being able to take people to reefs for snorkeling, and even spear fishing potentially (sorry if I've put you on the spot, Authlin!). The snorkeling here rivalled the best snorkeling I have experienced in terms of visibility and unspoilt coral, including comparing it to the world class snorkeling off Cay Ambergris in Belize - just without the 20 other snorkeling boats on the same reef. The rooms at LAFS are clean with AC and positioned around a pool with an amazing wood sculpture of a mermaid. Rooms 1 to 4 have views of the creek. Getting back after a long day fishing in the sun, then rinsing off in the pool with a Kalik (local beer) is nice to say the least. Some of the rooms have a TV/DVD and Sheila has actually got an incredible choice of dvds including some very recent movie releases. Definitely the best motel/hotel/resort collection I've ever seen. There is also a house that can be rented as well. A very well known New York fishing guide Captain Barry Kanavy and his wife were staying there for an extended stay and apart from their excellent company they gave me some invaluable tips about how to fish the creek! They've been coming and staying at LAFS for years. It definitely says something that this is a place where well known professional fishing guides come to stay. Sheila's restaurant is well known across the island and the food is literally made to order and delicious - you request what you want and she cooks it at the time you request. Incredible conch salad, cracked conch, cray fish tails with butter sauce, baked snapper fillets with an asian sauce (the cubera snapper I caught from the creek), getting hungry just thinking about it. At the time of my visit, an eggs, bacon, fruit, toast, coffee breakfast was US$12, packed lunch (2 sandwiches, water, drink) US$14 and dinners ~US$20+. She also does packed lunches for when you do go out exploring and have guided fishing days as I did. You can drink the tap water but Sheila provides gallon bottles of water for drinking at no cost. Alot of the locals choose not to drink the tap water and drink only bottled water. Wifi is reliable but available around the restaurant area only at the time of my visit. Kayaks are available for hire from Forfar research base across the creek - a 5-10 minute walk. At the time I was there it was US$25 for the first 2 hours then US$10 for every hour after this. I got one of my biggest barracuda dragging a green Umpqua needlefish fly on a spin rod behind the kayak. It was awesome. Sheila is in the process of renovating a stand alone huge self contained studio, separate from the main building area with amazing views over Stafford creek and the flats beyond, where you could conceivably fish off the balcony into the creek - definitely worth asking about it's availability when you plan to go. Regarding the Fishing. There are lots of flats (see DIYbonefishing website with google maps for detailed information) within 15-45 minute walking distance from the hotel if you want to try for bonefish but alas, whilst I was there, they did not want to play, none were seen by me but that certainly does not mean they weren't there! The weather had not been great and the tides did not have alot of variation (I was told it is better on bigger tides that occur around the new moon or full moon) which I think played a big role. Luckily I had hired Bonefish Bradley for 3 of the days I was in Andros and he put me onto bones up to 8 pounds (at Red Bays) and one day reef fishing and a brief offshore stint where I caught striped tuna. Along the edge of the reef we caught barracudas and a large grouper trolling. He is in the process of trying to get his 10m offshore boat fixed to offer proper off shore blue water sessions. During my time there I heard of sailfish hooked, marlin seen, dolphin fish up to 80lb caught. Bradley works hard to put you onto fish and I highly recommend his services. He is also good company too. He picks you up and drops you back after the day's fishing. Fishing from the hotel itself into the creek was quite excellent though, and persistence was usually rewarded. This fishing was usually done at night with lures including surface lures. I caught cubera snapper to 5kg (not a common capture here) amongst other snappers, and horse eye jacks up to 60cm long. Some of the surface boofs from feeding fish at night were simply ferocious. There were also tarpon 2-3 feet long sitting under the balcony light of the hotel, head and tail rising like trout for shrimp. Incredible! Yes, one of them was even caught during my stay but not by me. Notes on visiting North Andros Island. It is a very large island and there is essentially no public transport (beyond one worker's bus that leaves early in the morning from North Andros to take workers to Fresh Creek. It then goes back up north between 1500-1600. I am not sure if they allow tourists to use the bus as I never used it. If you want the freedom to explore you must hire a car for about US$80-90/day. It is essential if you want to explore the island and make the most of your time there. There are no shops that I came across in easy walking distance of LAFS. Ask if the car hire company has insurance as some of the roads are awful with massive potholes and unfinished sections but whilst I was there many road works were occurring. A taxi from Fresh Creek airport to LAFS was US$50 one way (about a 30mile distance).…