Pop goes the Tuna: Ascension Island Popper Madness
A peek into the amazing life of Captain Duarte Rato as he and his guests torture the yellowfin tuna right off Ascension Island. As you can see clearly in the video, this action is really shallow – you can see the bottom right where the poppers are being hammered to pieces by the nonstop yellowfin.
Captain Duarte Rato can be found all over the globe – wherever the BIG fish are, depending on the seasons. He can be contacted via his website http://fishbazaruto.com, where you can also check out the FishBazaruto playlist – featuring a selection of video starring Duarte or his mates.
Captain Duarte Rato of FishBazaruto.com fame has been shooting magnificent shots of fighting gamefish and seascapes for decades now, in and around the Bazaruto Archipelago, and has created a new downloads page – fishbazaruto.com free downloads, for the readers of thesardine.co.za to enjoy.
Duarte has been resampling his .RAW footage into useable chunks, and features these photographs extensively on fishbazaruto.com. In bite size, these images are easily used as as desktops (or static screensavers), on mobiles, desktops, laptops…etc.
Follow the following link to fishbazaruto.com’s new downloads link, with instructions:
Captain Duarte Rato finally comes down off Ascension Island
Captain Duarte Rato finally comes down off Ascension Island and delivers the goods once more.
You can read all about his epic sojourn across the Atlantic Ocean, to the tiny island of Ascension, in the middle of nowhere – by following the links below.
Ascension Island – Part 1– where our Captain makes his way to the Ascension Island. The following excerpt gives you an idea of what to expect…
“Situated at 7´56 S and 14´22 W and a startling 1 600 km from Africa and 2 250 km from South America, Ascension Island is literally in the middle of nowhere and getting to it is an adventure in itself. The only way is via Brize Norton RAF base, where two weekly military flights serve Ascension & the Falklands. Lucky for us about 10 to 15 civilians are allowed per flight and after a swift flight from Johannesburg to Heathrow, a very pleasant day spent in Oxford, we finally boarded the 9 hour Ascension bound flight on the evening of the 13th July.”
Ascension Island YFT come in many large sizes!
Ascension Island – Part 2 – in this chapter we see that our Captain Duarte Rato can practise what he has been preaching…
“For my part I was grunting, swearing, cursing, groaning and eventually squeaking! My word, this was not for sissy´s, what did I get myself into! I think all the initial adrenalin rush, making my way to the transom (I had been throwing on the bow), trying to get into a confortable position and coming to grips with it made those first 15 minutes real hell. But, eventually I settled and seriously focused on the job at hand. We set up the Black Magic and I started feeling relaxed and at ease, just maybe I could actually pull this off – and I do not think it humanly possible to do it without the help of a harness – at least I know I DO NOT want to try it!”
Captain Duarte Rato and his monster Ascension Island Yellowfin Tuna
Ascension Island – Part 3 – In this final chapter, our Captain declares his full time love for Ascension Island…
“But again we had a great time & vibe in the water and also out of it – great braii´s Ascension Island style, a few good drinks at the Saint´s and any other drinking hole we could find at the rock and generally just (as David would put it) terrorizing the Ascension nights! We made a great team and spent parts of the day already planning next year´s and 2017 trip´s – the boys should be back at Bazaruto to fish with me, we might make it to Cuba on David´s Viking ´Tucker´s Tale, later in the year they might join me in the GRB and there´s already plans for a return trip to CV in 2017!”
And a white marlin to round off an incredible fishing experience…
For more information on Captain Duarte Rato and his antics across the globe in search of huge mama black and blue marlin, and whatever else comes into his path on the way – head on over to http://fishbazaruto.com and read all about it!
Captain Duarte Rato tracked down fishing in the Ascension Islands
Well we found out what Captain Duarte Rato has been up to, and have photographic proof!
Captain Duarte Rato has been tracked down fishing in the Ascension Islands. His yellowfin pictured here went 110kg’s and was caught on a surface popper?!
Yep, these guys have been nailing yellowfin over 200 pounds on surface poppers?! In fact, as was reported by Duarte, an angler from Germany, fishing off the side, got himself a 230lb yellowfin tuna?! Off the side?!
This is merely a sneak preview of what’s to come as we ready ourselves, here in the studio, for the senseless onslaught and adrenalin overload that comes with processing Duarte’s reports.
For another sneaky peek into Duarte’s , we are all geared up for Livestream from the boat, to thesardine.co.za website. Imagine watching Duarte’s antics live! No more imagining, it’s coming to a screen near you!
