Author Topic: Reel Magic Charters Action and Updates! (Read 110598 times)

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #60 on:** January 05, 2014, 07:14:28 AM »

Missing a nice day on the ocean today but when you fall asleep twice while standing in the tower i think its time for a rest. Day nighter coming up so the sleep is welcome. Its been a great run the last two weeks with the fish popping up in different locations every day and coming on for just an hour or so. If you were not in the right area you missed out. Strange season. Water temp jumped two degrees yesterday from 26 - 28 degrees C so we will have to see how these fish react in the next week or so.
Doing a trip overnight to the Vidal canyon to try for a broadbill, hope we get some action, its been a long time coming so lets hope it happens. Haven't fished there so the trip up should be interesting.

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #61 on:** January 05, 2014, 08:20:52 PM »

Phew Dale came home with some horror story about being cleaned up on 20lb by a 250kg Blue - nice to see the guys see the funny side. Hes busy spooling up for another go tomorrow. Big fish fought for 5 hrs today so it looks like the fat blues have arrived. Will be out the next three days and a night - gonna be dog tired at the end but chomping to get out again! Stand by!!

skip · « **Reply #62 on:** January 06, 2014, 09:36:05 AM »

Thanks again for the great 2 days on the ocean Trevor. First Marlin for me and I look forward to many more.

Guys, if you are looking for a charter I would highly recommend Trevor! The level of professionalism is second to none and the quality of gear superb.

Trevor, I am busy editing that footage I took with the gopro, will post it here as soon as I'm ready. The underwater stuff came out really well!

Nic.

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #63 on:** January 07, 2014, 10:12:38 PM »

Thx Nick was a pleasure to fish with all of you and congrats again on your marly!
Look forward to another day on the ocean with your clan!

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Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #64 on:** January 07, 2014, 10:30:04 PM »

Ok only lasted two days and a night which wasn"t as peachy as forecast but turned out better by daytime. Dropped a stripe and a nice blue on the straight line to Vidal Canyon against a ripping current. Was forced to run the last bit to make it before dark but struck out on the BB's but went 4-4 on the hammers. Released a nice 400lb blue at 7am today and swore blue murder at another 3 stripes that did the jump off trick again today. Think the long liners have finished our BB fishing for good!
Luckily our marlin are still around but not sure for how much longer! Be out again tomorrow. Tight lines!

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #65 on:** January 09, 2014, 07:08:29 AM »

Rest day at last and not a moment to soon, body tortured and mind in limp mode. Yesterday the current was the strongest I have ever experienced up here and was the slowest day of the season with only a sail for the fleet. The SE wind may be the Cape doctor but up here its the poison breeze and with the low from the cyclone east of us and green water from the counter current inshore, the big girls just switched off. Hope the guys have a better day today because its a peach.

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #66 on:** January 15, 2014, 03:26:26 PM »

Well like I said the fish are still out there. Pushed out through the rain on the small boat (Baluga) around 7am and found a nasty 4m swell and choppy heavy sea over the 100m. We were looking for a black record on 50lb and managed a good small yellowfin bait early.
Haven't felt well the past few days but feeling seasick was a first for me. Lucky it all passed as did the black that smashed the bait and must have been pricked by the hook when swallowing,hence throwing the bait immediately. Hook pulled after taking 100m of line. Wasn't the worst moment of the day as we got run off by a rather large blue shortly after on 50lb - too much loop and heavy sea leading to another bout of lost fish sickness!. Been doing this long enough but still cant stomach losing a good one!
To cap it off we had another knock down a half hour later - not a good day but sure proof the girls are out there!

deepblu · « **Reply #67 on:** January 15, 2014, 08:35:03 PM »

Another s@@# day in the office. But still some letter fish shot for the up date

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #68 on:** January 29, 2014, 08:06:46 AM »

Well its official, the real "Reel Magic" and the original lodge are again available to my clients and fishing crew with boats that would like stay and to spend time fishing out of Richards Bay. I will be meeting with the new owner next week to get things finalized.
I will also be offering my services to visiting fisherman to guide and tutor on their boats so that they can learn the area and get their equipment sorted so that they too can have greater success in their efforts to catch some fat ladies.
We will have a mooring available on the water and all the advice you will ever need and great accommodation to go with it -what more do you need!

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #69 on:** February 08, 2014, 07:51:56 PM »

Yes please, first day back on my old sweetheart and business as usual: 1-1 on a 350lb blue and she's as sweet as ever - fits like a glove - "REEL MAGIC"! - yeah baby!

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #70 on:** February 09, 2014, 09:22:51 PM »

So good being back on Reel Magic again and even with super warm water and action being slow, we managed to release another 350lb blue today and dropped a very nice fish in the 550lb range that threw the hooks after a good run. Business as usual on my favourite boat and the Durbs boys Nic and JJ have had 4 days with me this season and released four fish - stripe, black and two blues - thats why I recon we have one of the best fisheries in the world.

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #71 on:** February 10, 2014, 08:06:48 AM »

Will be in Richards Bay for another week or two and as I am not allowed to fish the SADSAA Billfish comp, anyone wanting a trip with me to learn about the area and pick my brain should contact me asap. Will be going to Angola for two weeks to fish a marlin comp and then on to Gabon to show some guys the ropes up there.

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #72 on:** February 14, 2014, 10:14:19 PM »

Another magic day on the ocean but on Rampage with good friend Deon and my mate Russ.[/size]First blue of 450lb for Russ and dropped another good fish.Check the pics of Russ sweating it and then struggling to hold onto to his **** ha ha (happy Valentines)Many thanks D![/color]

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #73 on:** February 15, 2014, 08:59:20 PM »

Another TT special day today running just my favourites and releasing another blue for my mate Deon. Flat seas and good vibes 1-1 and smiling!

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #74 on:** February 19, 2014, 06:24:32 PM »

Back home in the EC for a few days before going down to Struisbaai to sample the billfish there for the first time. Hope the girls down there are as willing and active as they have been in R Bay. Nice weather please!

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #75 on:** February 21, 2014, 07:13:43 AM »

Update on the stats this season and hoping to add more in the next few weeks at Struis and in Angola

SUMMARY STATS

# Blue marlin: 27
# Black marlin: 8
# Striped marlin: 8
# Sailfish: 11
# Shortbill spearfish: 1
# Broadbill: 0

TOTAL: 55

Release rate: 92.7 % (51/55)Top boats: Total (Blue marlin/Black marlin/Striped marlin/Sailfish/Shortbill spearfish/Broadbill):

Reel Magic Charters 30 (17/5/5/2/1/0)
Backline 09 (6/0/2/1/0/0)
Cyclone 04 (1/1/0/2/0/0)
Liberty 03 (2/1/0/0/0/0)
Jam Packed II 02 (0/1/0/1/0/0)
ShagnRelease 01 (0/0/0/1/0/0)
Genesis 01 (0/0/1/0/0/0)
Helium 01 (0/0/0/1/0/0)
AFEICA 01 (0/0/0/1/0/0)
WARBird 01 (0/0/0/1/0/0)
Kataza 01 (1/0/0/0/0/0)
Fourplay 01 (0/0/0/1/0/0)[size=78%] [/size]

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #76 on:** March 19, 2014, 07:46:37 AM »

Great to be back on line after an awesome trip to Lobito Angola and fishing for the Kwanza Lodge Team.
There were over 514 sails released in 4 days of competition by 51 boats and makes this the best destinations for sails in Africa! I have not got stills of all our releases as it was necessary to have full video coverage of all releases for the comp. Have posted what I have on stills. Basically the stats for our stay was 33 releases from 5-12 March and noted as follows

12 Trevor Hansen
10 Carlos Moran
9 John henrick
2 Rico Sakko

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #77 on:** March 23, 2014, 10:41:43 AM »

So the big Yellowfin are starting to come out in the R Bay area and that means the big Blues are gonna be there too.
Nows the time for those big trophees!!!

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Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #78 on:** April 01, 2014, 10:18:14 AM »

Will be back in R Bay for a short stint next week before heading off to Gabon. Some big S-West forecast for the rest of the week hope it doesn't mess the water too much. Time for a fat one in the bay again and maybe a nice Yellow to ride!
ps no joke!

Shaun17 · « **Reply #79 on:** April 01, 2014, 06:30:26 PM »

Quote from: Reel Magic Charters on March 23, 2014, 10:41:43 AM

So the big Yellowfin are starting to come out in the R Bay area and that means the big Blues are gonna be there too.
Nows the time for those big trophees!!!

How long do the big YFT generally hang around for? Back in SA in May and wouldn't mind making a trip up north...