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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.

Other options

You can check out the many other options we have going (seasonal), by using the Trips and Travel menu above. Right now it’s the blue marlin of Inhaca waters, off Maputo. Captain Duarte Rato is making the most of it returning a 5-3-2 for marlin on his first day out. More about Duarte and his marlin taming antics can be found right here – http://fishbazaruto.com.

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Fish-eye view – the MYDO Luck Shot dropshot rig

Protea Reef Tuna are suckers for the MYDO Luck Shot Mini

Fish eye view – the MYDO Luck Shot dropshot rig

Dropshot fishing with a MYDO Luck Shot is so entertaining!

And it’s not all about luck!

This is how much technology a fish has to deal with, when faced with a MYDO Luck Shot dropshot head. The hydrodynamic design features an articulated join that allows for complete freedom of movement for whichever plastic bait you choose to use.

The results are unpredictable side to side and up and down swerves that mimic the plight and flight of an injured, fleeing baitfish. Predator fish are excitable at the sight of anything out of the ordinary, movement – and colour. Use the colour Luck Shot that suits the water and light conditions.

And change your retrieve for completely different results.

  • Crank it up hard onto the surface and it comes up blasting like a plug, and when it goes back underwater, it drags a beautiful and shiny bubble down with it, that becomes a smoke trail of air and chaos as it dissipates. Repeat.
  • Troll or wind evenly and it swims life-like and calm, like an unwary baitfish.
  • Do the twitch and variate for violent swerves and panicky actions
  • Drag on the bottom and excavate clouds of sand – just what the kob are keen on…

To get in on the MYDO action, click on over to https://thesardine.co.za/mydo/ and check for a tackle store near you. We are in 90 shops so far! If there isn’t one (unfortunately there are many tackle stores who refuse to stock our South African home grown and hand made lures for whatever reason), then just order online, and we will deliver to you sharply.

Click here for the shop and more MYDO information.

Many thanks

Sean

+27 79 3269671

umzimkulu@gmail.com

JP's Dorado on Mydo Luck Shot Mini #2 dropshot fishing
JP Bartholomew’s Dorado on Mydo Luck Shot Mini #2
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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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Weskus Amis by Khimal Omardien

Weskus Amis by Khimal Omardien

Well we all missed it again, all that is, but for Khimal and Alaska – who have been enjoying prime time Elands Bay this week without any crowds at all! Khimal was nice enough to put together this after-the-fact video of how much fun that place can be.

Just watch out for the snakes and boogers!

This is sterling Elands…for all the years that I have surfed there, I never once saw it this mechanically perfect. Khimal was frothing and all he could find for a crowd was a booger and a few surfers. Nice clip man!

Punk!

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