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Ultra Light tackle festival on Bazaruto Island

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Ultra Light tackle festival on Bazaruto Island

Ulrich & Frans arrived at the tail end of a really strong low-pressure system and seeing their first day was a blowout to go out for Marlin I suggested we did a half-day of light tackle inshore. The guys took this literally and the next day pitched up on the boat with bass tackleâ€Ĥstupid ultra light gear! We headed off and fishing spoons and drop shoot for a two hour session from the boat got various different species of rockcod, queenfish, garfish, a nice brassy kingfish, two great barracuda and then Frans hooked to the fish of the day on his bass rod which took him more than 30 minutes to land, a respectable size yellowspotted kingfish.

We then headed for another spot and fishing from the beach proceed to finish the day releasing 9 small GT´s which were an absolute blast with the light gear!!!

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The Bishops first taste of Bazaruto magic

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The Bishops first taste of Bazaruto Fresh in from captain Duarte Rato fishing the season off Bazaruto… “We had Mark and his two sons Matt & Tom Bishop on their first ever trip to the Archipelago and in search of their first Black Marlin and very keen to catch a couple of big sharks. Well, … Read more

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Late Sailfish bite into the Marlin Seasonâ€Ĥ

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Late Sailfish bite into the Marlin Seasonâ€Ĥ Although from early September onwards it is all about heavy tackle for Big Marlin there as been an abundance of sailfish and even though we are not targeting them, we have caught at least one for every charter since late September. They are just a great bonus to … Read more

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Bazaruto news: Matt & Nick at it again!

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Bazaruto news: Matt & Nick at it again. We first met Matt & Nick in early July when they come up from Maputo for a couple of fishing days to target sailfish. Seeing the water was green on the inside we decided to head out deep on our second day and they raised a 700 … Read more

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Back to back 900lb ++ pound Black Marlin

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Back to back 900lb ++ pound Black Marlin Fresh news in from Captain Duarte Rato on Bazaruto Island just as the season is getting into full swing… After Louwtjie´s giant Black Marlin estimated at 900 +++ pounds on the 15th October we had two lay days and then started with our good friend Carl Jankowitz … Read more

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