March is month for big fish
Sports anglers usually target particular species, then go after the biggest they can find, often on lighter tackle when they are looking to catch records. The most prestigious prize is a billfish, and of these the rarest is the broadbill swordfish. Broadbill are usually fished for at night, as they are deep dwellers during the […]
Two tournaments at Watamu find the marlin
The Watamu Fly540 Festival was fished last weekend, and despite the fishing being slow five teams found marlin the first day. Instedda, with Imran, Moosa and Ali al Harazi had a striped marlin and a sail, plus some small fish putting them ahead of Kipapa and Snark who shared second, both with a marlin and a […]
Simba scoops Kilifi Classic for the second year
The team on Simba, Paul Worthington, Mtawali Zia and skipper Mark Allen, who won this event last year, were leading the field after the first day in the Weetabix sponsored Kilifi Classic, fished over two days last weekend at Kilifi. They had two striped marlin tagged, caught by Mtawali Zia and Paul Worthington, and were […]
Captain Andy’s – Distributor for Raymarine
Captain Andy’s was recently appointed a distributor for Raymarine. Raymarine are well known internationally for their excellent range of marine electronics. Steve Rodwell & Nick Michaelides are just back from a technical training course with Raymarine at their Headquarters in Portsmouth, UK. A new stock of marine electronics is due to arrive shortly in our […]
Killer whales enliven the slow fishing
The fishing remains slow, and the story of the week must be the sighting of a pod of five killer whales, or orca, the colourful large member of the dolphin family, by a party of anglers out with skipper Rob Hellier in Unreel. With their high dorsal fins and white patches on belly and round […]
Link to marine forecast!
Captain Andy’s has added a link to Buoyweather to their web site – for the latest marine forecast.
Fishing variable, and the weather, too!
Rain in February is rare at the Coast, but last Wednesday it was overcast all day, and while at Watamu we only measured 4mm, it was much heavier elsewhere. But it was also raining twenty miles out in the Rips, which served to bring the fish up, supporting those skippers who say the fish are […]
Sunseeker comes to Mombasa!
Paul Grange, Captain Andy’s partner in East Africa, arrived from the UK last week with his wife Amanda. Paul and Amanda will be working out of the Mombasa office for the next month or so to continue to promote Sunseeker in Kenya. Paul is meeting with clients and trade contacts and also undertaking further Sunseeker […]
Broadbill swordfish record – caught by day.
It had been a long day. On board the big game boat White Mischief the crew had waited patiently, drifting slowly with the winds and the current forty kilometres offshore, a single rod standing with it’s line vertically down, drifting a bait along the bottom, over 500 metres down in the abyssal depths of the […]
Pioneering Broadbill fishing in Kenya!
Nick Michaelides & Andy Thomas set out from Watamu yesterday, Sunday 6th February, on the boat “White Mischief” for their second attempt at catching a Broadbill during the hours of day light. Inspired by an article they read in an American fishing magazine these chaps spent the day deep dropping in 1700ft of water off […]