Over the Easter holidays good catches of smaller fish have continued, with wahoo, yellowfin tuna and dorado the main catches, and some lucky boats have run into the odd sailfish, so with mainly families on holiday trying their luck they have had good fun. Earlier, the Penn Challenge tournament had a very successful four days […]

The wind seems firmly set blowing from the south-east now, and this has changed the pattern of the fishing with the billfish having moved away from the Rips, far out, on their annual migration, presumably to their spawning grounds as they do not seem to breed in our waters. At Malindi, the boats are still […]

When the wind swung into the south-east, it was the signal for the billfish to move on from the far out areas like the Rips, but that does not mean that there are not still fish around. But the boats are now concentrating on areas like the Banks off Watamu and Mambrui at Malindi, and […]

We have had a great response to our request for prizes for the KASA raffle on 6th April: KASA Raffle 2013 Prize list  2 nights for 2 at the Driftwood Club: Malindi Driftwood Club 1 days fishing: Kingfisher Fishing Ltd 2 vouchers for 1 night for 2 at Turtle Bay:  Turtle Bay Beach Club Artist’s […]

The annual ‘Friends of Kenya’ is an innovative competition sponsored by Hemingways Resort and Aggreko,helped by various overseas and local anglers, and usually is fished over two days and a night. For security reasons, the night fishing was suspended this year, but the organisers are confident that all will be well for next year, and […]

The WSFC March Tournament was sponsored by the Club in partnership with Medina Palms, Peter Hoffman & friends of WSFC. All the top five boats in the Watamu SFC March tournament caught marlin with the winning team on Black Widow, Jim and Jill Robertson, Adam Lenga and skipper Adam Ogden catching a blue and a […]

The Kilifi Classic Tournament was fished last weekend for a total of seven marlin and five sailfish, with the big boats predominating on the podium, while rough seas made fishing difficult for smaller boats. The team on Seahorse, Gina Faber, Rene Faber and Malise Graham came in overall winners, with two striped marlin, a sailfish […]

Eight marlin and seven sailfish was the score on the first day of the Malindi International Billfish tournament, from the twelve boats which turned out for this event, with the team on Clueless tagging a blue and a black marlin and a sailfish to come in ahead of the Simba team who shared the same […]

This weekend sees the Malindi International Billfish tournament over two days, preceded by the Morson Cup, a light line formula competition, followed next weekend by the Kilifi International Classic, another two-day competition. The following weekend , 2nd and 3rd March is the Watamu SFC Fishing Festival with the added incentive of the Marlin Jackpot, which […]

The Watamu Sea Fishing Club is hosting it’s annual International Tournament on the 2nd & 3rd of March out of Ocean Sports. This year, in addition to the the friends of WSFC who are donating various prizes, the club has a new partner on board – Medina Palms. There are prizes for the top 3 […]