Author Topic: Reel Magic Charters Action and Updates! (Read 110624 times)

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #80 on:** April 01, 2014, 06:41:24 PM »

Its my opinion that they hang around into June/July but the weather is a big problem and nobody targets them then. Theres no charter work then so Im back home too. Think this is the best time (April to July ) for a grander but the same above weather is a problem.

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #81 on:** April 10, 2014, 08:33:59 AM »

Quick trip to R Bay on Sunday and rush to get boat done for Tuesday. Big westerly over the weekend was not good for the water.

My fears of the aftermath of the big south wester were well founded with the water being off colour even at 27 degrees. Tuesday delivered absolutely zero! Wednesday saw the water pushing in nicely but only in the shallows at this stage and slight drop in temp over the 200m line. caught some small tuna and Kawa's on small high before heading out for marlin. Landed a nice dorado on the 500 before going tight on a nice blue around 400lb that ran hard without jumping, then appeared right next to the boat as the line parted - not how it should go! No idea what happened here but in all likelihood it picked up its own line and disaster happened. I guess thats part of the game but not cool especially on the anglers birthday! Rest of day was uneventful.
Sorry Jan - next time!
Back home now and on to Gabon next week. Hopefully some good reports!

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #82 on:** April 14, 2014, 02:20:07 PM »

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.Trophee Time!!!! Posted this on my website 2 weeks ago with the pic of the 800lb fish we got in April 2 years ago - little bird whispered in my ear that a fish of 420kg was landed in R Bay today and one of 192 kg yesterday - GAME ON! Need to get back up there after Gabon!Nows the time fro a fish of a lifetime!!

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #83 on:** April 23, 2014, 06:30:50 PM »

RMC short trip to Gabon to share some knowledge and returned with 3 Sails and 3 blues.0-2,1-1,1-2, 1-1 on sails and 3-3 on blues. Monday 21/04/2014 we had 4 bills(1 sail + 3 blues)- good day.2 sails for Vanessa2 Blues for VanessA1 Sail for Eddie Orton1 Blue for Eddie Orton

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #84 on:** June 30, 2014, 10:44:45 AM »

Amazing reports of good Blues off Gabon at the moment with 3-3 on Akanda on Fri and another 3-7 on another boat on Saturday. Cant wait to get there next week and see how good the action is for myself. Will be fishing Akanda again with Olivier and hopefully beat the 4 in a day we did in early season in March. Its full season there now and it should be cracking!!

REEFMAN · « **Reply #85 on:** June 30, 2014, 10:46:17 AM »

Aren't you going to miss surfing Trevor??

tkei · « **Reply #86 on:** June 30, 2014, 11:09:52 AM »

Reefs,
The rush from the sound of a blue marlin stripping a tiagra 80 beats the rush of being in a barrel no end. I am sure he will get over it.

REEFMAN · « **Reply #87 on:** June 30, 2014, 11:41:35 AM »

TKei, I hear you. It's just that he's been doing so much Gym and surfing that I thought maybe he'd given up fishing!

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #88 on:** June 30, 2014, 12:08:08 PM »

Fit for all adrenaline sports - variety is the spice of life!!

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #89 on:** July 22, 2014, 11:14:26 AM »

Quick trip to Gabon was great fun and although the fish did not come on as I had hoped we released 2 blues on the first day, had a quiet day the second and dropped and landed one on the third. 3-4 in 3 days would be great going in anyones books but I had definitely hoped for more after our trip in March.
Olivier has one of the best maintained rigs(Akanda - 43 ft Jannice)) I have ever fished on and it was an absolute pleasure fishing on her.
Theres talk of me returning to defend the title we won last November so maybe we will be back before the years up!
Will be going head to head with Olivier after teaching him all I can about thermocline etc - should be fun.
Some pics of the trip below

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #90 on:** July 22, 2014, 11:17:08 AM »

Thermocline in Gabon - with tuna in the upper column - All skippers should know how to read this but very few do!

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #91 on:** September 29, 2014, 10:37:00 AM »

Sjou long lay off on reports - much surfing and gym work in between so fired up for the new season to kick off. Be back up in Gabon end next month for the Billfish Roundup off Libreville with my mate John Henrick. An all SA team on the deck of Agombinero this year and hopefully another top result. Hope the Ebola stays up north, thats one critter we definitely dont want to catch - hear its a difficult release!
Hopefully dodge that and then on to R bay for the summer which is looking up with a few marlin knocks reported and a stripey on the weekend.
Almost time.....

Seventenths · « **Reply #92 on:** September 29, 2014, 01:17:00 PM »

Eish!!! cant wait for your reports!!! wishing you plenty of

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #93 on:** September 29, 2014, 02:24:52 PM »

Quote from: Seventenths on September 29, 2014, 01:17:00 PM

Eish!!! cant wait for your reports!!! wishing you plenty of

Thx 7/10ths super amped!

deepblu · « **Reply #94 on:** September 29, 2014, 04:44:23 PM »

Good to hear from you Trevor good luck keep us posted

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #95 on:** October 09, 2014, 05:56:06 PM »

Great to see some early action off Richards Bay in between the poor weather experienced up there lately. First marlin have been released so things will only improve from now on with the warm water pushing down the coast. Will only be available in Richards Bay from mid November due to the Gabon trip coming up! Other good news is the return of the Billfish Classic to be hosted from the Richards Bay Ski Boat club from 25-28 FEB 2015. Will be available for charters for the comp again and looking forward to giving the fleet a run for their money again.

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #96 on:** November 09, 2014, 07:15:00 PM »

Had an awesome trip even though the fishing was not what it normally is in Gabon, but thats fishing. Been some heavy rain up there for this time of the year and the water in the estuaries is very brown.
Our first day was a cracker in the first two hours when we caught and released a sail and two blues in rapid time. We later dropped another blue that took 400m off the short left before coming off.
Day two saw us catching some yellowfin early and suffering a casualty on the boat when trying to pull a yellowfin on board in a hurry to get it away from the sharks. Eddie tore his cruciate ligaments in his left knee and was in severe pain. We fished on a while raising two blues that did not stick before calling it a day to get some attention to the knee.
Day one of the comp saw Eddie limping around the boat and unable to do much. Didnt matter as the water had gone green and the fishing was very slow. We raised 2 sails that didnt hook up and that was it apart from some tuna. Second comp day was pretty much the same and without any Ballyhoo for the sails we dropped another on a lure and landed 5 yellowfin in the 30 kg range. There were only 3 blues released and some sails so the results were pretty poor and a result of the green water.
[/size]Did a last trip to the Callou on Tuesday to find the blue water had moved back in. Unfortunately our poor run of luck on hookups continued as we raised 2 blues that did not stick. The blues were very small and feeding very shy on the shotgun. They behaved more like stripes and sails not committing fully. Landed a sail for the day and a few tuna. Think the season is late over there and that things will only improve.Was great to catch my first tarpon on the second day we were at the lodge preparing for the offshore fishing and I will be back for a big momma when its full season (April-May)
A big thanks to all involved in the tournament and for arranging our trip. A real treat to visit the good people of Gabon and we have been treated royally once again. Big thanks to Abbad, the two Olivier's and the staff at La Baie des Tortouse for a your special hospitality and a great time. Big plans for a dual attack at next years 2 tournaments on the new 44 ft boat scheduled for Feb. Will come with better prep and good bait for the sails and hope the fish turn it on!

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #97 on:** November 09, 2014, 07:17:14 PM »

and some more pics!

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #98 on:** November 11, 2014, 11:13:25 AM »

That time again and packing for R Bay - hopefully the big blow coming this weekend will be the last heavy one for the year ...maybe. Anyway looking forward to the local season and taking a few big girls for a walk. Some reasonable fish have come out up north at Sodwana but no real fireworks yet. Blues and stripes plus a good few sails around. Water is reported as pretty green still, so hoping the North Easts will settle in and bring us the purple stuff soon. The moment it does Im sure its going to be game on. Start fishing next weekend so hoping it all comes together by then. Tight lines all the billfishers out there and heres to a cracker season!

Reel Magic Charters · « **Reply #99 on:** November 14, 2014, 05:35:04 PM »

Word on the water is that the average size of the blues are running over 200kg! Sounds like our season 2 years ago - can't wait to get out there! Should be great fun fishing for these girls with my charters. Will also be fishing on light tackle looking for some more SA records with Dale Leenstra this season. Set 6 new records last year lets see if we can better that number this year !!