Marlin fishing continues!

Posted July 23, 2010

After wednesday's catch, we were really enthusiastic about going fishing today, especially as we didn't have the chance to go yesterday; and just as we thought, marlin season has began here in Lanzarote, as we've had two strikes today, and we know that other boats also had some.

The first one was soon after we left the harbour. We were less than a mile away when one of the reels began screaming out, and whithin seconds we could see a small blue marlin jumping really close to the boat. Unlike wednesday's marlin, this one did put up an excellent fight, jumping over the water on various occasions, but unfortunatelly its tail got tangled up with the nylon and drowned as it was getting closer to the boat.

The second strike was later in the afternoon, on our way back to the harbour, and funnily on the same rod as the morning's strike. Unfortunately this one didn't take properly and it was gone within seconds. Hopefully we will see each other another day.

Marlin fight  Drowned Marlin

First Blue Marlin of the season!

Posted July 21, 2010

This year took longer than last year, but finally today we caught the 1st blue marlin of the season. It was almost three o'clock and we were approaching the harbour of Puerto del Carmen when all of a sudden one of the 80lb reels began screaming. We soon realised it was a Blue Marlin, not only had we heard on the radio of another boat fighting with one half an hour before, but within seconds we could see the marlin's furiously swimming over and beneath the surface. It must have been almost 800 metres away until we could begin to reel in, taking turns between some of the fishers as it was a very tiring effort, with the fish being so far. After nearly an hour we had it next to the boat, but the marlin was exhausted, and even though we tried to recover it for about 20 minutes, we had no luck and it died. A shame really, as it barely weighted 200 kilos.

Earlier on we had caught a couple of white trevally (one and three kilo), a four kilo barracuda and a beautiful filefish. Not much, but the strong winds we've been having recently are not helping much.

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Bottom fishing in Lanzarote

Posted January 7, 2010

This december has seen the Katfish fishing the biggest amberjack of the last 10 years. An incredible catch of more than 40 kilos! Funnily enough we began the day with another amberjack of 14 kilos, but everyone was amazed at the size of the second one.

In early december we also had a great 30 kilo wahoo while trolling, plus plenty of atlantic bonito and skipjack tuna, with weights of up to ten kilo. Like usual, lots of bream, couch's sea bream, and quite a few manta rays. Here are some pictures taken last month (more in the gallery):

Amazing amberjack Atlantic Bonito

Plenty of bream Great Wahoo

End of the year big game fishing

Posted January 7, 2010

Even though Xmas week wasn't very good, we've been having some really good fishing days this winter on the Margarita. What's more, in 2009 we probably had what must be the latest marlin we've ever caught: the last week of november. A beautiful fish of about 250 kilos which we released after a great fight.

In december there has also been quite a few wahoo's caught, mahi-mahi, atlantic bonito and some albacore. Can't complain, really.

 

Fishing charter in October

Posted November 27, 2009

We have had this blog unattended for the last couple of months, but we hope to catch up and bring you the latest information with our fishing reports from Lanzarote. Here is one written by Dave, a fishing addict that works in the commercial department of our company, about a day's fishing with a party from Surrey that chartered the boat in early October:

Pete and his mates from Surrey chartered the Margaritta on friday 2nd of October  for a days fishing, hoping to catch a big one to remember the experience of big game fishing in Lanzarote .

With fantastic conditions and hardly a breath of wind we decided to spend the morning fishing with live bait and the afternoon trolling for Blue Marlin, when the tide was changing . Not to be disappointed , it wasn’t long before we had hooked our first Barracuda of about 3kgs . We caught another two, and an Atlantic Bonito of 5 kilo; when suddenly, at the back of the boat, we spotted around 6 Wahoo and 5 big Amberjacks, a couple of them at least 40 kgs.
The Atlantic Bonito was a little bit too big to use as bait for the Amberjacks, but we tried nevertheless. Within 10 seconds, one of the biggest jack had taken it and we were hooked up . Unfortunately after one minute the jack spat it out as the sierra was too big.
We caught another barracuda and 4 more bonitos, but no Amberjacks. Typically, just when we needed a nice sierra (atlantic bonito) of around 2kgs for bait we hooked all big ones. Nevermind it was all good fun .

We set off after lunch and a beer, on our hunt for Blue Marlin, trolling offshore at around 600m depth. We had no sign of Marlin, but within one hour we sighted a large shark fin on the surface. Hammerhead.
Our big sierra could now prove useful after all. After quickly retrieving the Marlin rods, we rigged one of the sierra as bait on an 80lb shimano, and trolled slowly looking for our shark.
After 10 patient minutes the fin appeared again; this time 20m behind our bait. Within two seconds the shark had ferociously taken the bait and was off on 200m run with the nylon flying off the reel. The lads were now about to realise that the nylon goes back on a lot slower than it comes off the reel. After a steady fight for 30 minutes and three of the guys strapped in the fighting chair, we managed to bring the fish alongside. Plenty of photos and a Hammerhead of around 120kg released back for another day.
A great days fishing for Pete and his mates and some nice memories to take home.
Hope to see you again some day in Lanzarote.

Summer fishing on the Margarita Segundo

Posted August 11, 2009

The last few weeks on the Margarita Segundo have been really good. On tuesday 28th we caught the third blue marlin of the season, which unfortunatly died after the battle. The marlin, which weighted an excellent 255 kilos, was caught on an 80 lb rod by an english client that came fishing with his son, after 35 minutes of intense fighting.

The week before, had been really good on wahoo; with quite a few catches, and on thursday 30th we had a great time with a big hammerhead shark that managed to escape after a great fisht of 15 minutes.

Exceptionally, and due to demand, on wednesdays we are departing from Marina Rubicón, doing a bit of trolling and some bottom fishing. Last wednesday it went really well: after one hour trolling we spotted some birds and a shoal of skipjack tuna. We sailed past them and got five, had another go and got another three. At midday we droped anchor and did some bottom fishing: we were not as lucky, but still managed to get a couple of atlantic bonitos with live bait.

   

Blue Marlin!!

Posted July 16, 2009

It took some time, but one month later luck was again on our side and we caught our second marlin this season.

We left Puerto del Carmen on the Margarita heading Southeast, and not even half an hour had gone by, when the sonda showed a huge shoal of (probably) mackerel. We hanged around the area for a while, but as nothing was happening, we moved on back to our original route.

The hours passed by without much luck, but when we were heading back to port we decided to try that morning spot once again, as if we knew we would be given one last chance. And so it was, all of a sudden a 80lb reel screams out, it's a marlin of over 200 kilos. It was a very intense 30 minute fight, and even though we were a bit dissapointed not to see it jump even once, when we finally took the hook off and released it, everyone was exultant. Hopefully we won't have to wait as long for the third!

Summer has finally arrived to Lanzarote

Posted July 14, 2009

Fishing in June has been quite better than previous months, with our boat Margarita Segundo catching the very first blue marlin of the season in Lanzarote. There has only been another marlin catch since then, by a private boat last week, but surely marlin catches will be more frequent in July.



In the Katfish, the most exciting catch of the month was the three wahoos we caught on June 19th. We were heading back to Puerto Calero, when four of the reels scream out. We couldn't manage a four out of four, but the three wahoos we did catch gave us some unforgettable 15 minutes of action.

In any case, the fish of the month has to be the white trevally, with catches on the Katfish almost on a daily basis, offering plenty of fun all month long.

Marlin season begins in Lanzarote

Posted June 15, 2009

Finally, we've had a good week's of fishing. Our colleagues at the Katfish have been fishing plenty of white trevally, with weights up to six kilos, and a couple of beautiful 20 kilo wahoos (an another one they lost) on thursday, but the real action has been on the Margarita Segundo as we became the first boat in Lanzarote to catch a marlin in 2009. We knew it wouldn't be long, as we've been having news about marlin catches on the eastern island since a month ago, and now we are fortunate to have the marlin here in the waters of Lanzarote.

Funnily enough, saturday began fishing for wahoo, motivated by the catches earlier in the week; but after a couple of unsuccessful hours, we changed to marlin lures and decided to head south east looking for the big one. Just before 2pm, about 10 miles away offshore, one of the reels screams out from a marlin strike, but unfortunatelly didn't take. Nevertheless, we were quite excited and we sticked around in the hope of getting a second chance. It didn't take long, ten minutes later we were hooked again, a marlin of about 220 kilos that puts up an excellent fight. In about forty minutes the marlin gives up, we put it on the side of the boat, bring it round, take off the hook and release it. Everyone is cheering up full of excitement; with a bit of luck, next week will be just as good.

Ladies also fish!

Posted June 6, 2009

The last two trips on the Katfish have been quite entertaining, but not only for the fish caught, but due to the fact that the best catches on both days where caught by ladies! On wednesday it was a lovely polish(?) girl that caught a beautiful white trevally. Plenty of black sea bream, two more white trevallies, calm sea and plenty of sunshine made it an excellent day.  On friday, the day was even better: another three white trevallies, a barracuda and an atlantic bonito of more than three kilos, plus plenty of black sea bream and comber provided three great hours of fun while anchored in front of Punta Gorda. At the very last minute we also caught a small manta ray that we quicky put back into the sea.

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