Author Topic: Blue Water Charters - Fishing Reports from Fat Girl and Nawty Girl (Read 111069 times)

Capt. Hook · « **Reply #200 on:** June 23, 2019, 06:13:56 PM »

Good fishing today
Offshore Fishing Report – 23 June 2019
We had an upcountry couple with us on a short charter today, conditions were really nice with a moderate SW wind and seas were nice and flat. The water has got cold now and sits under 20 deg.C and we had a relatively strong reverse current which made bottom fishing a little difficult. On the way out we hook up into a nice Bonnie and shortly after we hooked up and Albatross, once we sorted him out and got him back flying we stopped and did bottoms. I have to say that the squawk of the Albatross sort of sound like the ratchet of a Tyrnos 30. Bottom fishing was really good even in the stronger current and we got some really nice Slinger, Englishman and Copper Bream, every drop was a good fish. We took a troll back along an inshore route and had a double up with 2 big Bonnies which gave a good account for themselves.

www.bluewatercharters.co.za

Capt. Hook · « **Reply #201 on:** June 26, 2019, 06:55:08 PM »

Fathers and Sons Fishing.
Offshore Fishing Report – 25 June 2019
We had 2 families on the boat for a short morning charter. Water is very cold and under 20deg.C and we had a screaming reverse current. The cold water is a good sign for those awaiting the arrival of the sardines as usually when it drops under 20deg.C it means they are on their way.
We struggled to get our baits down in the screaming current and we only got one drop on the mark and had to continuously reposition after every drop to stay on point. We managed to get about 20 nice bottom fish that we could keep including a few Slinger but mostly Soldiers were feeding, we got a few nice sized ones and many undersize fish which we put back and to make sure they survived we brought them up slowly so they would go back down and not float. We also managed 1 Bonnie on the troll. A frustrating day indeed, especially after so many great trips in the past 6 weeks.
Fishing trips for Fathers and Sons are great for bonding and connecting.

www.bluewatercharters.co.za

Capt. Hook · « **Reply #202 on:** July 02, 2019, 07:16:02 PM »

Family Fishing Trip.
Offshore Fishing Report – 30 June 2019
We had 3 families on Fat Girl for a short morning charter. Conditions were stunning with light winds, flat seas and a slow current. No Bonnies or Tuna around yet, guess they are hanging around the sardines at the moment. Bottom fishing was great with a lot of fish caught by some very enthusiastic young men. A wide variety of species too, Slinger, Soldiers, Englishmen, Bronze Bream, Stumpy, Black Tail, Sea Barbel and even some Mackerel. We also got a large Toby that puffed up the size of a soccer ball and a very large Lion Fish which was an extremely interesting catch. Loads of fun with fathers and sons having a blast. The sons definitely out fished the dads on this trip.

www.bluewatercharters.co.za

Capt. Hook · « **Reply #203 on:** August 07, 2019, 09:30:18 AM »

A Good King Fish.
Offshore Fishing Report – 6 August 2019
Winter Fishing has been carrying on and we have done a fair amount of kiddies trips too. Over the weekend I saw the first Yellow Billed Kite and so we are expecting the Tuna to appear soon and before long we will be back into Game Fish season. Water was very cold averaging at 19.3 deg.C and we had some good catches of Bonito and Sarda Sarda, bottom fishing was tough with a very strong S-N current. This was a trip to remember as about 2 hours into our trip we hooked up into a very nice size King Fish on tight tackle which gave a TLD 15 a good run for its money and the line a really good stretch. This is not a fish we often catch here and so a really memorable catch.

www.bluewatercharters.co.za

Bwana · « **Reply #204 on:** August 07, 2019, 11:03:34 AM »

Congrats that is a good size blacktip, did you get it on a lure? If so which colour / type? I have caught a few at Aliwal on Rapala X Raps.

Capt. Hook · « **Reply #205 on:** August 07, 2019, 11:08:57 AM »

Quote from: Bwana on August 07, 2019, 11:03:34 AM

Congrats that is a good size blacktip, did you get it on a lure? If so which colour / type? I have caught a few at Aliwal on Rapala X Raps.

Took a snoek trace with a white squid

Bwana · « **Reply #206 on:** August 07, 2019, 11:39:45 AM »

Lovely, would have been a good rev on that light gear

Capt. Hook · « **Reply #207 on:** October 02, 2019, 02:23:39 PM »

A Very Good Tuna off Durban for Fat Girl.
Offshore Fishing Report – 1 October 2019
Officially the start of Game Fishing Season and off we went with a strong SW wind and a screaming S-N current with water still cold averaging 20.5 deg.C. Within the 1st 30 minutes we had 3 reels screaming with some very large Bonnies and we landed 2 of them, a few more Bonnies after that and before we could blink we were out deep off Salt Rock with that strong current and made the turn to head back, on the way back we found some smaller Yellowfin Tuna and then for the grand finale we landed a stunning 30Kg Yellowfin Tuna which gave a good account for itself.

www.bluewatercharters.co.za

Capt. Hook · « **Reply #208 on:** October 03, 2019, 08:55:50 AM »

A Sailfish to commence the Season.
Offshore Fishing Report – 2 October 2019
The 2nd day into the Game Fishing season and we were still buzzing from the big Tuna the day before and things were quiet, we had picked up some Shad on the bullets (Yes out of season and they were put back) and also a few smaller Bonnies. There was a light rain and inshore was quiet so I sped up and headed out deeper, it was a short morning trip so time was against us. Once deep I tapped the throttles back a little and started working some previously productive areas and BANG the port corner went and I thought it was a small Striped Marlin as it took off, 30 minutes later we had a good sized Sailfish at the boat which we released and then made our way back into port. A really good start to the season and I hope it is a sign of good things to come. I have been expecting the Dorado to show up anytime along with some Black Marlin.

www.bluewatercharters.co.za

dugong · « **Reply #209 on:** October 07, 2019, 08:24:15 AM »

Well done:rck"

Capt. Hook · « **Reply #210 on:** October 16, 2019, 04:48:25 PM »

Dorado Account Opened.
Offshore Fishing Report – 16 October 2019
Better late than never, we finally opened our Dorado (Mahi) account for the season today, water is still cold and under 20deg.C. We had some Bonnie action on our way out and then we had 2 missed strikes, 1 on a Rapala and another on a Bullet and then finally we had a small female Dorado stick to the hook, I can see they not hitting hard as yet and the strikes are soft and gentle, but they are around and I will have a taste of some Dorado for dinner tonight, it’s been a while.

www.bluewatercharters.co.za

Umpa Lumpa · « **Reply #211 on:** October 17, 2019, 02:15:30 PM »

Lekker Mike, what depth were you pulling?

Capt. Hook · « **Reply #212 on:** October 17, 2019, 02:59:22 PM »

Quote from: Umpa Lumpa on October 17, 2019, 02:15:30 PM

Lekker Mike, what depth were you pulling?

400m

Capt. Hook · « **Reply #213 on:** November 25, 2019, 08:08:31 AM »

Dorado Season in full swing.
Offshore Fishing Report – 23 November 2019
We had a short morning charter on Saturday, we launched at 05h00 and found warn water in pleasant conditions, as soon as we crossed the colour line we had our first Dorado (Mahi) on board and this was before 06h00. The Dorado were very hungry and active, when hooked up they gave us acrobatic aerial displays with some of them jumping off the hook in the process, some were smashing at our lures but missing completely increasing the excitement, we even had a triple hook up. This all made for a very entertaining morning with loads of action and fun.

www.bluewatercharters.co.za

Capt. Hook · « **Reply #214 on:** January 28, 2020, 09:46:19 AM »

It's been a while since I posted here, I was not able to upload pics and then crazy season started and no time to mess around. Will see if I can try upload pics now

Capt. Hook · « **Reply #215 on:** January 28, 2020, 09:47:14 AM »

Dorado, Wahoo, Tuna and tough weather
Offshore Fishing Report – Late January 2020
Since we got our Marlin the last 2 weeks of fishing has been very difficult and we have been busy with a lot of trips on all boats, water temperatures went almost up to 30 deg.C and I have never see water this warm straight out the harbour, in the harbour exceeded 32 deg.C. Strong NE winds and SW busters made for some rough seas on occasion and many days had both, one morning we were about to launch at 04h30 when a 38knot SW wind came through and we finally only launched at 11h00. After all the warm water things cooled down to big varieties of water temps from 22deg.C right up to 27deg.C in close proximity sadly the water has gone green, I hope this last SW has cleared this up. So with calms seas on occasion or during the day and some rocking and rolling, rain and many other challenges with guests from Czech Republic, Australia, UK, USA, Germany and good old SA we managed to get some fish but not as many as we wanted. Wahoo have now made their appearance, Dorado are still a regular catch and they are getting bigger now, we chuck the small ones back so they can grow, Tuna have been scarce but the ones we do get are quality sizes, Bonito have been few and far between and we have seen Marlin jumping and had them in the spread but no strikes, Dolphins have been regular visitors out in the deep. We saw something really incredible that I have never witnessed off Durban on our way back in a strong west from far North, we came across a shoal of over 200 GT’s from 30-50Kg, they were not scared of the boat but no matter what we offered them they would not bite, observing their behaviour it looked like they were spawning. We had some kiddies trips in the harbour and the fish were biting in the warm water so actually much easier than fishing offshore. With Marlin and Wahoo around I think we will see some nice catches coming up in the next 3 months.

www.bluewatercharters.co.za

Capt. Hook · « **Reply #216 on:** January 28, 2020, 09:48:02 AM »

Capt. Hook · « **Reply #217 on:** January 28, 2020, 09:49:01 AM »

Capt. Hook · « **Reply #218 on:** January 28, 2020, 10:11:58 AM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osTrP9184og

REEFMAN · « **Reply #219 on:** January 28, 2020, 02:35:26 PM »

Some nice fish there Mike!Fabulous Wahoo in the first pic! Awesome catch.