During May 2011 our chief instructor, Simon Hemphill and Phil Gschwend travelled to the UK for further training. The training was carried out by Steve Tyler of Mendez Marine on the River Hamble near Southampton. Phil and Simon successfully completed the Advanced Powerboat course including the commercial endorsement exam before becoming qualified as Advanced Powerboat […]

Please note that our outlet in Kisumu has moved – we are now just across the road: Captain Andy’s Fishsing Supply Ltd, Kisumu Branch Makasembo Road Block 6/31 – Panesar Power System Kisumu Tel 020-2334397 / 0703 499417    

Have you noticed the link to Buoyweather on our web site? This link gives a two-day weather forecast for Mombasa – a useful tool for planning your fishing trips.

There is no actual closing of the fishing season in Kenya in the ocean as such, but as April ends many hotels close for annual renovations, and with summer approaching in the northern hemisphere and the rainy season starting in Kenya (we hope!), not many tourists arrive to those hotels that remain open. So boat […]

April is traditionally the last month of the fishing season at the Coast, and with several days of strong blows from the south-east the monsoon would seem to have finally changed. The beautiful long white beaches become littered with fresh seaweed, with it’s strong clean oceanic smell and it is cooler, but the sea is […]

For many years there have been articles criticising the fact that in Kenya anyone could get a boat, and without any training or experience whatsoever take out tourists and other paying clients on the seas and lakes. This has now changed with the passing of the Maritime Act 2009, and any person driving a boat […]

The Mike Dunford Tournament was held at the Tamarind Mombasa last weekend, and for the eighteen boats that entered from as far north as Watamu and Diani down south it proved great fishing, with a total of  three black and one blue marlin and nine sailfish, and good catches of smaller fish, dorado, wahoo, tuna, […]