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Captain Duarte Rato and the Great Barrier Reef

Captain Duarte Rato and friends Fishing The Great Barrier Reef with Team Tradition Charters

Captain Duarte Rato and the Great Barrier Reef

Dreams are free, so they say. And for some they sure come true!

Our own Captain Duarte Rato of FishBazaruto.com fame had the opportunity to make a big tick off his bucket list, as he joined Tradition Charters, fishing the Great Barrier Reef, off Australia.

This well put together video encapsulates the vibe and the excitement of fishing exotic locations, with Duarte.

Duarte is available for charter in different locations in different times of the year. Bazaruto, Ascension Island, Madeira, Cape Verde – his non stop tour across the globe chasing and taming huge black and blue marlin.

To get in touch with Duarte, click on over to his website at http://fishbazaruto.com, where you will also find a comprehensive collection of Captain’s Logs from every trip Duarte has done since 2011. And that is a lot of trips!

Duarte is an accomplished photographer and his jumping mad billfish photographs are crazy mad, AND, they never stop coming!

Duarte is currently on Bazaruto Island – where he spends every marlin season, this time of year. They are getting some great fish now and you can expect more entertaining and inspirational reports from http://fishbazaruto.com

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The Great Barrier Reef by Captain Duarte Rato

Captain Duarte Rato and friends Fishing The Great Barrier Reef with Team Tradition Charters

The Great Barrier Reef by Captain Duarte Rato

It’s a dream for many of us to visit The Great Barrier Reef and chase the legendary huge marlin the place is famous for. Well, Captain Duarte Rato was over in Oz lately and managed some amazing figures for fish.

Enjoy the gallery and the good read – by Duarte on location near Cooktown.

IGFA RulesCaptain Duarte Rato and friends Fishing The Great Barrier Reef with Team Tradition Charters

Duarte travels the oceans with his lucky clients, to all the marlin corners of the globe. Including but not limited to The Azores, Madeira, The Ascension Islands…and now The Great Barrier Reef.

In this two part series, Duarte relates in detail, each days fishing. The tactics and techniques, the encounters, the tackle – and the areas they fished in.

Part 1 is here…

And part two below…enjoy!

From BAZARUTO to the GBR / Nov 2016 – Part II

Based in Vilanculos, the closest town to the fabled island of Bazaruto, Duarte has been taking charters for decades. He grew up in these waters and knows the Bazaruto Archipelago backwards.

Duarte focuses on grander marlin, but along the way many fish are caught and most released. Check out his website on http://fishbazaruto.com to get in touch.

The website is also features The Captain’s Blog – a full record of every trip Duarte has been on, with incredible photos to compliment the entertaining fishing reports.

Going back years it becomes clear why Duarte delivers such good results.