South wind blows but marlin still being caught
The wind has changed at last and the south wind, the kusi, has started to blow hard and it looks as if it will stay that way now. This is the signal for the marlin to move on in their annual migration, but this year it has happened very late in the season and it […]
Marlin still running in the Rips
It is late in the season now for billfish but with the wind not yet changing into the south, marlin are still showing for those keen anglers prepared to have a go. Tarka, with skipper Callum Looman took pals Ivor and Barney out on Sunday, tagging two blues and a striped marlin, while on Tuesday, […]
Tamarind tourney celebrates twentieth anniversary
The twentieth anniversary of the annual Mike Dunford Memorial Tournament was fished from the Tamarind on Saturday 19th March, in calm conditions with little wind and a glassy sea, not ideal conditions for fish. Zia Manji took top place with a black marlin tagged from Kipapa and this boat placed first in the professional stream, […]
Wind stays northerly and marlin still being caught.
The wind continues to blow from the north-east, and while there have not been so many trips in the last week, marlin are still around and will probably continue to be caught until the wind changes. Seahorse has had a good week in the Rips, with regular angler Billy Furnish on the rods, tagging seven […]
Marlin run continues for north coast tourneys
The annual ‘Friends of Kenya’ tournament, run from Hemingways Resort at Watamu is a competition with a difference – two days and a night of non-stop fishing – and twenty-three boats entered this marathon to catch a total of fifty billfish. 31 marlin, 14 broadbill swordfish and 5 sailfish was the impressive total with all […]
Marlin score in Watamu tourney
Marlin were the main target in the annual Watamu SFC Tournament, with a tagged and released fish scoring the same as nine sailfish, and calm conditions prevailed as twenty-three boats, including visitors from Tanzania, Mombasa , Diani and Lamu, caught twenty marlin and seventeen sailfish over the two days last weekend. Jasiri, fished by Rudy […]
Marlin stay active in the Rips
The Kilifi Classic tourney was held last weekend and there were plenty of marlin of all three species to be found, despite a change in the weather which has seen the strong winds of recent weeks abate, with gentle breezes and calm seas. Better conditions for the anglers certainly, as it has been rough in […]
Exciting fishing in the Watamu Rips
Thursday a week ago was an epic day as the marlin started feeding with great aggression in the Rips. Clueless reported fifteen strikes in total, including a multiple strike from a large pack of striped marlin, and they ended up with five fish on the lines at once for a while, with a total of […]
Good catches of marlin continue
Mid-February is usually considered the peak fishing period for marlin, and good catches continue with some big blue marlin being reported. The fish are, however, being difficult to hook as they are not attacking the lures aggressively, so the boats are reporting many strikes which do not hook up, but is this not the fun […]
Strong winds and green water upset the fishing
Weather is an unpredictable factor in fishing, and following on the good showing of the marlin at the recent Kilifi tournament the wind started to blow hard, by day and night. This brings cold green water down in the area of the Rips off Watamu and the billfish go off the feed. While marlin catches […]
