The Tarpon of Angola

The Tarpon of Angola: Marc Lange at a secret spot nearish to Cabinda, in Angola.

The Tarpon of Angola The Tarpon of Angola: Sardine Correspondent Marc Lange has been deployed way out on the edge – mainly Angola, for quite a few years now. Working on the rigs gives him time enough off to explore for fish to target, and this is what he found recently, near Cabinda…the Tarpon! It … Read more

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Catching amberjack

Catching Amberjack For many a while down on the KZN southcoast, we never really caught many Amberjack on Protea. We actually never really even knew what they were, often confusing them for tropical yellowtail. But as the anglers all tackled up to bigger rigs, forgoing the 49’s for TLDs, bigger and more ambo’s started to … Read more

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The Mydo in Swakopmund: Leons Tackle Shop

The Mydo in Swakopmund The Mydo in Swakopmund! Catching kob on plastics and spoons in Namibia! The next time you are headed up the West Coast of Africa in search of bending rods and screaming reels, pop into Leons Tackle Shop in Swakopmund, and another in Henties Bay, to stock up on MYDO Luck Shots and … Read more

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After hours: fishing in Angola

After hours: fishing in Angola Tales of tarpon, Kingfish, salmon and more… The following gallery has been submitted my Marc Lange onlocation, fishing in Angola. Marc has also reported some close calls with 80kg class tarpon, at a river mouth nearby! Having one on for 10 minutes is the record so far… these fish are … Read more

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Angola fish stories

Angola fish stories

As this report in from Marc Lange demonstrates, the fishing in Angola is WILD…

“Basically you fish with very thick hand line and for the rainbow runner and rockcod you got to chum when the vessel does crew change with the Billy Pew ( big basket ) or doing back loading which is when they load drill strings and containers onto the vessel.  These fish live around the rig and we see them when doing the work diving.

For the tuna you use jigs, they are big eye and the one diver Shaun Swanevelder got one of about 40kg. We catch so many we hate them after awhile. They not as kiff as the dorado for eating.

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Angola fish stories…Marc Lange hoists a bull of a Dorado.

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