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Bahamas spearfishing is among the best anywhere. Before you can get on with turning sea life into seafood, though, it's best to know the rules...

They look like doves to me, silhouetted as they are against the radiant burnt-orange sunset sky.

Thunderball Grotto and Swimming Pigs are nice, but it's really what you won't find in and around Staniel Cay that turns me on.

The four-legged friends that draw most people to Staniel Cay are pink and porky. Fervent dog-lover that I am, though, I'm more interested in this furry girl.

Here, in this 100 square-mile archipelago of 365 islets, rocks, and cays, The Bahamas truly shows off...

Pool? No, this is the Exumas.

Everyone's got their own favorite style of beach. This is ours.

My dreams of returning to the Exumas are fueled by sublime scenes of secluded sandy shores, crystalline seas, sandbars, boating... and this beautiful woman.

The warm, clear, and sinfully cerulean seas that encircle the 365 islands in the Exumas...