Fishing......
The Pemba Channel is the best marlin fishing destination in Kenya. The Pemba Channel Fishing Club has been fishing the channel for 45 years. We hold many All Africa and Kenya Records. The club runs professional boats and our crews are among the best in the world. All inclusive day trips from Diani can easily be arranged. Read our 2007 newsletter. Click here.
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Billfish catches continue as north wind blows The apparent change in the wind of a few weeks back did not materialise and with the north wind blowing hard again, good fishing continued mainly far out in the Rips, with some bigger marlin, both blues and blacks being caught. After the good results in the Watamu and the Friends of Kenya tournaments anglers seemed keen to continue and the boats have been well booked. With days like anglers Gary Thornton and Steve Hair experienced on B's Nest when they tagged a black, a blue and a striped marlin as well as four sailfish for a full super grand slam, and a big yellowfin as well, and Neptune with Rick Le Monnier and Don Rafferty catching first a striped marlin, then a blue of about 160kgs and finally a black marlin estimated at over 200kgs, just missing the super slam when a pair of sailfish both fell off, everyone will continue to go out - one can fish for a lifetime without having such days! A memorable catch in the Friends of Kenya tournament last week was a broadbill on fly tackle, achieved on B's Nest by local angler Ed Ghaui fishing with fly maestro Jeremy Block, who joins a select club of the fewer than ten anglers to have achieved this feat. At Malindi, clubs from Belgium and Holland were fishing the Penn Challenge competition with eleven boats, two anglers to a boat. They had a good start, Snowgoose having a black and a striped marlin and four sail, while Snark had a blue, a stripey and two sail and Eclare two stripeys and five sail. Neptune, not in this competition, released a very nice blue marlin with Andy de Mare fishing, estimated at 240kgs. Amazing fishing, with nearly all the boats out having a marlin as well as sailfish. Mid-March is the time we associate with bigger fish, blue and black marlin in the 200kg range and over, so it is a popular time, but the risk is always that the weather will change and the wind will blow from the south-east - this almost immediately sends the marlin swimming away on their annual migration, although quite where they go to is not certain - generally they make off south then probably out into the middle of the Indian Ocean, presumably to spawn as there is no evidence these fish spawn in Kenyan waters. Watamu boats also have continued to do well, all fishing the same areas around the Rips, and there have been some visiting boats with Kipapa, from Mtwapa, having some good days, scoring a grand slam with a black and a striped marlin and four sail, followed a couple of days later wih six sailfish, while Delta, also up from Mtwapa, found two striped marlin and three sail, with four sail the following day. Sand Dollar is a private boat, a beautiful Cabo 35 Express, and with two blue and a striped marlin and two sail followed two days later with a black marlin and a sail, then a stripey and a sail, she showed she can hold her own with the big professional boats, with owner Chris Venn's son Simon proudly going away with a tag and release catch certificate for all four billfish to show his mates! Jasiri, formerly based in Shimoni, has now moved to Watamu and joined the Allen stable with Simba, and skipper George Allen did well to tag a black marlin and weigh a blue of 119 kgs, while Tega tagged another good black marlin estimated at 120kgs with Neil McGogun on the rod. Mark Laverty and Pete Green on White Bear released a blue and two stripies, Martin Davidson and Caroline had eight sail on Ol Jogi followed two days later by a stripey and four sail and B's Nest tagged two blue marlin with Roy Laverty, so we can look forward to more great days if the wind keeps blowing right! Written by David Slater 23/3/10 |
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