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EPIC MARLIN trip for Ulrich & Frans

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(c) Duarte Rato. Addressing Ocean Acidity

EPIC MARLIN trip for Ulrich & Frans

Captain Duarte Rato reporting in from Bazaruto Island in Southern Mozambique…

Ulrich and Frans then fished three days of excellent flat calm weather and Bazaruto´s Marlin fishing at it´s best. The first day we raised five Marlin on the lures, had four strikes and hooked three fish. Unfortunately we pulled one about 400 close to the boat but released two. The second day we raised one on the lure but did not get a bite out of it but then tagged and released two Blacks on live bait. The last day was slower and we raised 3 Blacks, had two bites but could not hook any of the fish….but I saw no one complaining and the guys left with a smile and a promise to be back next year!

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EPIC MARLIN trip for Ulrich & Frans – and more incredible photography by Captain Duarte Rato

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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 tackle…stupid 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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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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900lb ++ Black marlin released at Bazaruto

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900lb ++ Black marlin released at Bazaruto Incredibly big fish being encountered at Bazaruto this year…reported in from Captain Duarte Rato on location… Louwtjie and 5 of his mates come up for 3 days of fishing in mid October. Although they mostly wanted to do some plugging, fly-fishing, spinning and light tackle game fishing they … Read more

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