All blog posts tagged with skipjack tuna
Summer fishing on the Margarita Segundo
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 so…
Trolling for Albacore
Even though winter has not been very good overal for big game fishing, this week we've began to see some signs that indicate that things could change soon. Plenty of dolphin, pilot whales, lots of sardine and bird activity have been very encouraging, and even though we've only been out twice on the
December fishing in Lanzarote
Just like we've been doing these last few weeks, we've been alternating our fishing trips between our two boats, the Margarita and the Katfish. We finished november in the Margarita with one of the most popular catches of the month, a wahoo. This time it was a twenty kilo piece caught by a russian a…
Great Bottom Fishing and even better Trolling
This last week, fishing in Lanzarote has improved quite a lot. Not so much on the Margarita, as we tried a couple of days to go out searching for marlin with no luck; but definitelly on the Katfish where both bottom fishing and coastal trolling have been very entertaining.
Wednesday, for instance, w…
It's Oh So Quiet (No more wahoo)
Wahoo season seems to have taken a break. Fishing it's not what it used to be two weeks ago, and last week was quite poor on the Katfish, with plenty of atlantic bonito and skipjack tuna, but nothing bigger than that.
Nevertheless, yesterday we had a pretty good fight with a forty kilo manta ray (th…
Shark Season
Last week on the Margarita Segundo was quite good for shark fishing, waters are warm after being heated all summer long, so there are plenty of sharks about. Our first day out was tuesday, and after three hours of trolling we had only caught a small dolphinfish. However, we spotted a shark fin, so w…
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