DOUBLE HEADER MARLIN FOR CHRISSIE & JOHN JACKSON

DOUBLE HEADER MARLIN FOR CHRISSIE & JOHN JACKSON by Captain Duarte Rato on Bazaruto Island Over the last 6 days we had Chrissie and John Jackson from the States and despite a slow Marlin bite we had great fun and some good fishing. The first day four days were great fun and we raised a … Read more

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Light tackle fishing Bazaruto

Light tackle fishing Bazaruto: news in from Captain Duarte Rato

After more than 2 weeks of calm weather it had to go sterile and pea soup water moved into the grounds really bad and the water line was out between 140 and 300 meters for a few days. We still had a few Blacks on the inside and went out wide and had a number of Blues but it was slow and consequently we fished light tackle plugging and spinning on the reefs. For that period, down south the big eyes and green spot GT´s were feeding on top every afternoon, fasting on tiny spraties. It was hard to get them to bite but we always released a few and there was some small GT´s mixed in the mayhem. Up north, we got reefed by a couple of big GT´s but mostly it was the small kingies that kept us really busy.

We don’t do it that often but light tackle fishing is absolutely awesome  @ Baz…

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Kids with guns

By Captain Duarte Rato on Bazaruto Island 21.11.13 We just had a 3 very cool days fishing with Tim Bacon, Ross Johonson and their kids. We mixed up a tad between Marlin fishing and some game fishing and ultra light spinning for the boys. On their second trip here the guys from Cape Town fish … Read more

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First marlin for Marcus Zerger! by Duarte Rato

First marlin for Marcus Zerger. By Duarte Rato on on Bazaruto, Mozambique Father & son, Otto & Marcus Zerger from Germany joined us for 5 half days and we caught a few wahoo, Yellowfin and pulled hooks on a Marlin on the first morning, the 5th of November. The next day we started fishing for … Read more

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First Marlin for Andrew & Brenda Marchussen by Captain Duarte Rato

First Marlin for Andrew & Brenda Marchussen by Captain Duarte Rato on Bazaruto in Mozambique   A few months ago Brenda contacted me that she wanted to book a trip to bazaruto for 3 days of Marlin fishing, a birthday present for her Husband Andrew who had never caught a marlin. Our first day was … Read more

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