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Captain Duarte Rato finally comes down off Ascension Island

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A white marlin to round off an incredible experience...

Captain Duarte Rato finally comes down off Ascension Island Captain Duarte Rato finally comes down off Ascension Island and delivers the goods once more. You can read all about his epic sojourn across the Atlantic Ocean, to the tiny island of Ascension, in the middle of nowhere – by following the links below. Ascension Island … Read more

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Bazaruto Marlin

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  Bazaruto Marlin Just to feature once again – the most incredible photography by Captain Duarte Rato, as he chases down billfish through the summer season, off Bazaruto Island. Again, it was another surprisingly consistent season and even in the face of hectic weather most of the time, the tallies of tagged and released marlin … Read more

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Bazaruto in November: Mayhem

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Bazaruto in November: Mayhem The last 4 days fishing we have raised a total of 15 Black Marlin, releasing a total of 6. There is a lot of fish around but bites are a bit lazy so not the best hook-up ratio. However this is incredible fishing by any standards and today we started with … Read more

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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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Bazaruto Blue Marlin in winter – again…

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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

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