Hot and calm and the fish sluggish too
Ever since the very heavy rain last week the weather has been very hot and calm, the sea often like a mirror and with what little breeze there has been coming from different directions. Very bad conditions for fishing and for billfish in particular. This has been noticeable in Malindi waters, where the sailfish have […]
Heavy rain brings out big sharks
The team of scientists from the London Zoological Society have had a busy week out from Watamu in their quest to tag tiger sharks with satellite tags. Fishing with skipper Pete Darnborough on Alleycat, they started with a tiger estimated at 320kgs, which was duly released with the tag safely in place. They then caught […]
Sailfish running off Malindi.
Fishing seems quiet along most of the coast, but the sail are beginning to build up off Malindi, and when the winds veer into the north as is due later this month or early December, then we can expect good action on these traditional grounds. Early in the week, Neptune had a busy day raising […]
Eye Go Fishing, 2014!
This year’s Eye Go Fishing Competition was held this past weekend and was, once again, a huge success. The event is run to raise funds for the Kwale District Eye Centre who work tirelessly caring for, repairing and restoring the eyesight of thousands of Kenyans across the country. This year’s competition was very well supported, […]
Sailfish bite starts off Malindi
Calm weather continues at the coast, with some early morning showers and gentle breezes, although these are still more from the south than the east, and there is little sign of the switch to the north wind, the kaskazi, yet. With the arrival of sailfish off Malindi boats are concentrating in this area, alternating some […]
Monster trevally claims world record.
Visiting angler Manfred Schmitt from Germany, fishing on Tarka with skipper Callum Looman out from Watamu, boated a monster giant trevally, locally called karambesi, which weighed in at 71kgs and is being claimed as a world record on 24kg line. The previous record, caught three years ago in Tanzania, was 56.6kgs so this indicates what […]
Billfish activity improving in northern waters.
Good weather continues at the coast, with some rain showers but the winds are gentle and seas remain calm. While it was slow on the fishing scene early in the week, recent days have shown improvement and some black marlin have been caught with others lost around the Watamu Banks, and the odd sailfish also […]
Weather great but fishing slow
The good weather has continued, with gentle breezes, calm seas and sunny skies, but fishing trips have been few and fish hard to find, excepting perhaps on the North Kenya Banks. Around the Watamu Banks, boats have continued to raise small black marlin and there are some big wahoo and the odd yellowfin tuna to […]
Good catch of tuna seals victory in Malindi tourney
Fish were hard to find at the Malindi International Fishing Tournament in the waters around Malindi, but on the first day Clueless, fished by P. Dawson, A and D Ogden and Jamie Walsh ran out to the North Kenya Banks where they found big schools of yellowfin tuna, and ended the day with twenty five […]
