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Tuna predominate as sailfish stay shy
For the week ending Thursday 21st October: Tuna predominate as sailfish stay shy. The weather has remained good this last week, although the breezes have strengthened on some days leading to choppy seas in the afternoons, often good for tuna fishing but less so for sailfish. At Malindi, where the Herbie Paul International Festival will […]
Sailfish and bigger yellowfin around
Week ending Thurs 14th – A definite change in the weather in the Malindi/Watamu area, with calmer days and warmer breezes making for ideal fishing weather, has improved prospects for anglers, and indeed, not before time as the strong winds have persisted much longer than normal while the rain seems to have dried up with […]
Bigger yellowfin tuna start to show
We are now into October, the traditional month for the bigger tuna to arrive, and the good news is that these bigger fish are now being seen in Malindi and Watamu waters. But seeing is not the same as catching! Big tuna are notoriously difficult to catch, often moving very fast and with fantastic eyesight […]
Strong winds keep the fish down
More boats have been going out this week, but with strong winds making for rough seas many do short days, mornings only, which keeps the score down, particularly for marlin which tend to come up better in the afternoon. Only two marlin were caught last week, Ol Jogi tagging a black estimated at 120kgs caught […]
Fishing business very quiet
September continues to be a very quiet month in the fishing business, with fewer trips than I remember for very many years, but this is good news for the fish and on those days when a boat gets amongst them there have been good catches. Adrian Paul got away from his desk and took Snark […]
Wahoo and tuna make for varied catches
Sailfish and a few black marlin are still to be found, but the boats are having more varied catches with plenty of wahoo as well as yellowfin tuna, kingfish and giant trevally to keep the anglers busy. At this time of year, many of the anglers are tourists, often their first try at game fishing, […]