Da Rocha Azul de Rei

Maybe this ones a Bluefin Kingfish? Duarte?

Well, with my Dad and Darrell Hattingh on the boat, when the rod finally went, I said – “Who wants this fish!”.

They both just said – “No you take it”.

So there I was, finally actually fighting a fish myself. Wierd!

And what a fight – these guys pack a punch – even on a couta stick – it took 20 minutes. We could see the fish 30ft down but it wouldn’t budge.

We also got a big bonnie and swam it live until it died – earlier on we saw a marlin with it’s bill out the water acting strange. But no strike.

The water was 22.5 to 22.9 and really dirty – about 20ft vis.

The market was empty, so we actually did quite well…and yes, we will be eating this fish tonight.

A few local spearos also bagged a couple, there were plenty in that shoal!

Stay tuned!

Sean Lange

aka Shonalange

Sean Lange

Anarchist random.

Duarte Rato says:
September 22, 2011 at 5:53 am
Yeah Sean, definitely a bluefin kingfish (caranx melampygus) - strong & beautiful litte buggers. We get them a lot up here at Baz on the shallow reefs, biggest I have caught here was about 12 kg´s. They are so aggressive they take big poppers meant for GT´s, they also love small spoons. They tend to be quiet territorial so we have a 100% release policy on them.
Nice one and good luck for the season...
It´s on fire up here, will send you some pics and reports
Cheers
roosta says:
September 23, 2011 at 5:05 am
nice one Shonalanga- enjoy...
meeg says:
September 30, 2011 at 1:15 pm
Yo mate. Go catch those naughty fishies hiding in the deep blue... Only way to go from here is up! Suerte amigo.