North wind blows to boost the billfish
With the north wind, the kaskazi, blowing well for the past few days, catches of billfish have improved, with striped marlin being raised in the Rips off Watamu, as well as further south in the Pemba Channel. They are not always easy to catch, however, as there are far more reports of strikes missed than […]
Wind still variable but gamefish plentiful
The wind is still variable, and conditions calm on the ocean, but boats are catching good hauls of smaller gamefish, particularly wahoo, with some huge fish coming in. Sailfish are around but not many being caught, while marlin are hard to find – this should change when the north wind starts to blow harder any […]
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Wind variable and fishing quiet
There have not been a lot of trips this week, during which the wind has been very gentle and varying in direction – making conditions in which the fish often go deep as the surface temperatures rise. At Diana, however, Shuwari has been very successful with two consecutive days finding a black marlin, releasing a […]
Wind back to northerly, sailfish around.
After two weeks blowing from the south, the wind changed back to the north again, but such swings can be expected at this time when the monsoon changeover occurs. Sailfish are being seen and raised but are proving difficult to hook, and although some marlin have been raised, none were reported caught this week, but […]
Wind reverts south but fish still biting
Although the north wind blew hard for a few days ten days ago, it seems to have been a flash in the pan, as it turned south east again and has remained that way, but fish have continued to bite and sailfish have appeared at Malindi, but not yet in the numbers that we might […]
North wind blows to stir up fishing
The north wind, the kaskazi, started to blow hard last Saturday and although it changed back to south-east a few days later, the fishing improved in the Watamu/Malindi area, where good catches of kingfish, wahoo and tuna were made by the boats in the Boiling Pot area, with some black marlin and sailfish also being […]
A quiet week for fishing, but marlin still around.
It has been a quiet week for fishing, but there are still some black marlin around, while yellowfin and wahoo continue to be caught around the Banks area. The wind has been variable, switching back south for a couple of days, then veering east again, a situation which unsettles fish and we look forward to […]
Seas calmer as wind trends east.
There has been a change in the weather, with the wind in the east and warmer, while the seas have been much calmer. As we are into November now, we can look forward to the kaskazi, the north wind that blows through till March, and brings the main billfish season, particularly the blue and the […]
Difficult fishing at Malindi Festival
Conditions were difficult at the Malindi Festival, with fish hard to find, but the first day on Saturday saw the team on Unreel in good form. Anglers Russ Brumby, Richie Moller and skipper Rob Hellier ended the day with a striped marlin and a sailfish tagged and released, giving them a good lead to win […]
