BAZARUTO MARLIN SEASON OPENS WITH A BANG!!! Bazaruto has come alive nice and early, and Captain Duarte Rato is right on the scene again… “BAZARUTO MARLIN SEASON OPENS WITH A BANG!!! We caught some GT´s on plug and some game fish but Carl Jankowitz´s trip was about Marlin fishing and what a first charter it … Read more
Bazaruto Blue Marlin in winter – again… Hi Sean, Seems incredible but every time we been going deep off Bazaruto, we getting into some Blue Marlin…and this is the peak of winter!!! Went out on Friday night to fish for broadbill swordfish and we found very interesting structure dropping from 300 to 500 meters in … Read more
Bazaruto marlin biting: Captain Duarte Rato checking in… It’s always an absolute delight to open my inbox and see something, anything from Captain Duarte Rato. Duarte has developed a bad reputation among the marlin of our waters, between Bazaruto, Inhaca, Vamizi, Madeira, Cape Verde – he has been sticking tags into big shiny shoulders for … Read more
FIRST MARLIN FOR ANDREW WHITEHEAD Dave MacLean has fished with us for years and on his last trip in early October 2011 he had a brilliant trip, including fighting a fish well over a 1000 pounds into the drak for nearly 5 hours that unfortunetly chafed through the 650 lbs leader. He missed last year … Read more
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
