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Carpacio Tuna…!
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Greg and Stacey joined us today as we went in search of sailfish and skipjack tuna. The later with which Sonia at Tofo Tofo in Tofo, makes the most delicious carpacio.
Served cold with rice and salad…
Shonalanga @ May 17, 2012
GT!
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Just in from captain Duarte Rato…
Check this beast of a GT a mate of mine, Morgan, released a couple weeks
ago at Bassas…it went 140 cm
Same time another boat got a Yellowfin tuna of 101 kg…that will break
your back!!!!
Shonalanga @ May 16, 2012
Simon and Sara
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Simon and his girlfriend Sara have had a great trip to Mozambique. He has accounted for no less than 4 Couta! The biggest being 16.2kg caught fishing out of XaiXai…including this one fishing with us…
Shonalanga @ May 14, 2012
James Edwards and crew…
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James first skipjack gave him hell with the daisy chain in it’s side.
We swam it live but after the long fight he was in no condition to attract the sailfish we just seen.
We fortunately got a few more so it’s carpacio and saviche at Tofo Tofo restaurant again…
Shonalanga @ May 14, 2012
Kobus takes the bike!
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Following Natalie of Dino’s successful last minute bid to win the Daihatsu Terios on raffle…Kobus Pieterse was convinced into buying one of the last available tickets for the raffle of the Kawasaki 700 quad bike.
The draw was at Waterworks in Tofo town and was loads of fun…
Kobus actually went home before the draw and woke up to the winning news in his phone inbox!
Maybe Kobus…a regular crew member with us…will now also catch a few fish, on this run of luck!
Shonalanga @ May 12, 2012
Captain in training…
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Ness in training to be Captain Ness…
Shonalanga @ May 11, 2012
A little bit of bottom fishing…
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Well on a slow day drifting across the pinnacles in amongst the local row boat and ski fishermen, a bit of bottoming makes perfect sense.
The Castlemans of Barberton joined Ozzie Mike on this trip off Barra, and we took home enough for all of us to eat fish for dinner.
Birds have been birding like crazy over the last few days, but today we never saw one until after lunch!
The awesome live baits we got from the netters earlier produced some good strikes but broken traces and near misses plagued us. A sailfish greeted us as we got out there with a sideways dash of 100m right across the bow but our livies just couldn’t find him…
Really good conditions lately with blue blue water and minimal wind.
Shonalanga @ May 4, 2012
It sure takes character…
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To beat the seasick blues…
But Belgian Cal braved it out and he and his countryman Johan each got a yellowfin to take home today.
Pieter van Staden of Jhb was with us and also took home a tuna to eat…
We saw couta and Dorado free swimming and for a while the sea was madness. Acres of fish!
Ralph Jones (jnr) down at Legogo also had a great day…I just spoke to him and he had released two sailfish…after wahoo, Dorado and yellowfin accounted for.
Great day out…
Shonalanga @ April 28, 2012
Off to work…
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I am heading for an office and computers for today…Manuel here is also going to work…way out off Barra lighthouse in 20m of crystal clear water.
The market was full of amberjack and kingfish yesterday…all varieties…around the 10kg size.
The sea has gone a bit wintery and massive amounts of baitfish are being worked by birds really shallow out front of the Tofo beaches…
Launching tomorrow…
Shonalanga @ April 27, 2012
The President
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Lobster John was the name the tourists gave him 10 years ago, when I first met Joao in Tofo town. He was hawking a huge Dorado that he had caught on the rowboat that morning.
He was wobbling a bit as his penchant for 2M beer was already reasonably satisfied with the other fish he had sold in the market just before.
He obviously also sold crayfish and anything else he caught ,to the tourists.
Nowadays though, he seldom launches himself, but can be seen daily hauling the crews catches across the sand to the market. This arduous task is performed with stoic pride and does not betray his elevated status within the community here.
He is like the retired admiral around here.
So Joao and I have known each other a long time
But he never ceases to amaze me. This morning on my daily pilgrimage along the long beach between Barra and Tofo, I came across the inimitable Joao, with these two fish. Amazing!
These are two grown up Natal Stumpnose!
But there’s more…check out his hand line!
Anyway a few photos and a check on his impeccably tied and presented bait…and a chat during which Joao proudly claimed his title – The President of the Ocean!
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Shonalanga @ April 23, 2012
