It is interesting to see the boats come in when they have been chasing sailfish in the waters off Malindi – one or two boats arrive with red flags all down the outrigger, and even with both outriggers laden with flags, and others come home with only one or two flags. Yet all these boats […]

  Here’s a little tit bit to whet your appetite for the up coming Kenya Marlin Championship to be held over the weekend of 2nd and 3rd March 2013.  Organised by Watamu Sea Fishing Club this is an open event for the Kenya coast. The roll over from last year is 256,000/- (yes you’ve read that right – TWO HUNDRED […]

The 48th Delamere Trophy tournament was fished out from Kilifi last weekend, and eleven boats set out for this prestigious competition, sponsored by Snoo Colvile. The first day, Saturday was very rough and windy in the Rips and fish were hard to find, but the next day saw more settled weather and the crew on […]

The waters directly off Malindi saw a sailfish bonanza last week, with boats catching up to fourteen in a day – fishing more characteristic of late November and early December which is normally the peak time  but which was quiet this season. A group from the UK was fishing on Neptune and caught six sail […]

The waters directly off Malindi saw a sailfish bonanza last week, with boats catching up to fourteen in a day – fishing more characteristic of late November and early December which is normally the peak time  but which was quiet this season. A group from the UK was fishing on Neptune and caught six sail […]

The weather continues much the same as last week, with the north wind blowing firmly in the afternoons, and the billfish continue to appear though some days are better than others, and while some boats have an excellent day others struggle and sometimes return empty! Most of the Malindi boats have moved their moorings to […]

The wind seems to have finally settled into the north-east, blowing strongly some nights, and the mornings are overcast with the sun coming out later in the day, while the fishing in the Rips is reverting to the normal pattern for this time in the season with billfish around, though more sail than marlin. Last […]

With the wind swinging back to south a few days before the Watamu SFC Christmas tournament billfish were hard to find, and the splendid entry of 28 boats and 120 anglers worked hard to record a total catch of two marlin and 26 sailfish tagged and released, as well as tuna, wahoo, dorado and many […]

Just as the wind seemed to have settled. it suddenly calmed down and for a few days including Christmas and Boxing Days it was blowing from the south again, which I cannot recall happening before – probably global warming at work!! But the first day, Tuesday, it did not seem to affect the fish and […]