Mid February is regarded as the peak of the marlin season, and while there have been some good patches, on the whole it has been a below average season for marlin and sailfish. Much of this has been due to the weather, with storms in the southern Indian Ocean around Mauritius and Madagascar bringing strong […]

It has been a good week for fishing, with marlin being caught all along the coast,  better weather and calmer seas. North of Mombasa in the Rips, the fish have been mainly blue marlin, while south around Shimoni striped marlin have been the predominant catch, with sailfish being caught close in off Diani. Fishing from […]

With the strong winds abating, the seas have been less rough although boats are still finding the marlin areas choppy. But the fishing has improved in most parts and both up north, in the Rips off Watamu, and south, in the Pemba Channel there have been some good days. At Shimoni, Broadbill has had four […]

Eighteen boats started the first day of the Delamere Trophy, fished by the Mnarani Fishing Club from the Kilifi Boatyard last weekend, and expectations were high as the sea had calmed down and better blue water had appeared offshore. Most of the big boats headed out to the Rips, twenty miles or more out, to […]

The strange overcast weather continues, with strong winds for several days, followed by calmer periods during which the fishing begins to improve, until the wind gets up again blowing all night to once more make fishing difficult. At the beginning of the week it was very rough and not many billfish were seen in the […]

Fishing continues to be affected by the weather, with cyclones down south around Mauritius and Madagascar causing strong winds and overcast skies, while cold green water is pushing south causing a paucity of both sail and marlin in northern waters around Malindi and Watamu. Shuwari, fishing at Diani, took Flemming and Gitte Anderson from Denmark […]

While strong northerly winds and rough seas have upset the fishing on the north coast, marlin fishing at Diani and Shimoni has flourished in the past week, and that would seem to be the area for billfish anglers at the moment On Tuesday Broadbill at Shimoni took out Julio Garrudo-Mirapeix and his sixteen year old […]

Conditions seemed good for fishing last weekend for the Watamu SFC Xmas tournament, sponsored by Capt Andy’s and hosted by Ocean Sports, with the north wind blowing well after the early morning calm. Twenty-one boats with seventy-nine anglers  took off at dawn, heading mainly for the Rips, twenty miles offshore, in search of the elusive […]