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
By Captain Duarte Rato on Bazaruto Island 21.11.13 We just had a 3 very cool days fishing with Tim Bacon, Ross Johonson and their kids. We mixed up a tad between Marlin fishing and some game fishing and ultra light spinning for the boys. On their second trip here the guys from Cape Town fish … Read more
Hey Sean, Another report for the sardine from this morning…this place is just EPIC!! Cheers, Duarte 500 pound Black Marlin for 17-year-old Billy Brake Richard and Billy Brake have been fishing with us every single year since 2001. In that time they have caught numerous Marlin up to 850 pounds. Billy caught his … Read more
The boys were well under gunned for most of the GT´s we encountered. The tackle they brought was way to light to stop those fish from reefing us and all of the really big Giant Kingfish we hooked were just to strong to stop!!! The boys did however release some decent fish up to about … Read more
