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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!

This Angolan Tarpon took many attempts by Marc Lange out on the edge off AngolaThe Tarpon of Angola: Marc Lange at a secret spot nearish to Cabinda, in Angola.The Tarpon of Angola: here Marc sizes up the one he finally caught, after many years of trying. Worth every cast!

It has not been an easy quest, but the following gallery features some of the super fish he has encountered along the long journey, to the Tarpon of Angola.

This Angolan Amberjack fell to a MYDO Luck Shot and skirt.The kob or salmon in ANgola are way prettier with more spots on their upper flanks and long dainty fins?!There are tarpon waters in Angola. Huge fish, 80kg class, frequent the shallows to hunt in this estuary.Craig Holtzkamp with an Angola SalmonAnother Amberjack on the MYDO Luck ShotKingfish crossed pompano? Weird species all over Angola, to target on lures.The Cuberra Snappers in Angola get huge too. The fish on the left, well it's a baby.

There is another story filled with dorado and big eye tuna, right here.

If it’s this kind of fishing and adventure you are into, get in touch with Sean on umzimkulu@gmail.com or WhatsApp +27 79 326 9671. Angola now gives a three week tourist visa, so it’s time to take advantage. Let’s put something together, we have the contacts and the information.

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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 feature. Culminating in young Matt Defillippi’s huge 46kg beast that won him and his brother and Dad the boat.

Further north off Hibberdene, Mike Lang and crew got themselves tackled up with 9000’s and more. And were soon having huge arguments with giant ambo’s over 50kgs!

It was around that time that the angling records peeps gave way to the speculation that Ray Bannister -Jones’ 56kg world record yellowtail, was in fact an Amberjack. Caught off Hibberdene, long ago, I only ever saw black and whites of that fabled fish.

So, to catch them…

Marc Lange, in Angola, has been field testing the Mydo Luck Shot rigged with a plastic bait…the following results are what can be expected.

More Amberjack stories here…

https://thesardine.co.za/2014/02/01/twin-tail/

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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 SS Spoons.

Whilst in Henties and Swakop recently, the kob were going mad – all in the 10 to 12kg size range. Anglers were dotted up and down the gruelling coastline – this is another type of fishing that’s for sure. With the baking desert behind and the ice cold ocean in front, conditions here are harsh – but oh so worth it!

And the kob really dig it here too!

Leons has been servicing the local angler fraternity for an eternity, advice from the crew there is invaluable and contemporay. The fish seem to move up and down the coast in huge shoals so it’s common to see well rigged 4×4 vehicles tearing up and down that famous coastal road all day and night long. So knowing where the fish are and what they are feeding on is vital to the success of your efforts.

Hit Leons and get the inside information!

leons

They are at…

  • 15 Benguela St.
  • Henties Bay

Phone+264 64 500 755

Websitehttp://iway.na/

or in Swakop at…

632 Moses Garoeb
Swakopmund, Namibia
+26464463132(Swk)

Namibia’s restless neighbour to the north – Angola, is another stomping ground of the Leon’s team – their shop walls are adorned with photos of amazing fish – some you will not even guess what are! Advice for trips this far north also emanates from Leon’s, who do trips up to their secret spots in Angola, quite often. With amazing results…

And then in closing, check this out…!

For a taster of the kind of fish you could be tussling with, this fish was taken in 1937 by brothers Frits and Heinrich Cruys, in the Swakopmund lagoon. It weighed 175lbs!!! You can by MYDOs in Swakopmund, at Leons Fishing Tackle.
For a taster of the kind of fish you could be tussling with, this fish was taken in 1937 by brothers Frits and Heinrich Cruys, in the Swakopmund lagoon. It weighed 175lbs!!! You can by MYDOs in Swakopmund, at Leons Tackle Shop.

 

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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.

Angolan Mangrove Jack by Marc Lange

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 renowned for being able to throw even the deepest set hook.

From Marc’s WhatsApp messages…

“Sean yesterday I hooked two , #%&£# man , these things are strong , like trying to reel in a 50L cylinder with the pillar valve just knocked off, the one was a quick 30 sec hook up but the other was on for about 10 minutes and I got him next to the side quick in about 7 minutes or so, then it was as if he didn’t even know he was hooked and screamed off and jumped like crazy and through my 9/0 kendel , Eish man it’s always when they jump and then he throws the hook, I’ve had 4 hook ups now, live mullet the last two , but these are 80kg I’m sure , will try source some circle hooks.”

Eish Marc… Sounds like crazy fun you having there!

And thank you for the photies!

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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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