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Fresh water fishing: Kenya has some amazing inland fishing destinations. From fly fishing for trout in mountain rivers and streams to battling the massive Nile Perch on the Jade Sea or one of the other inland great lakes.
The
Kenyan coastline has been fished by many intrepid big game fishing adventurers
such as Ernest Hemmingway in the past. In the early days Kenya made a
name for being one of the best sailfish destinations in the world, with
on it's day a run of striped marlin that Hemingway himself commented on
being one of the best.
In the last twenty-five years Kenya's sport fishing industry has gone from strength to strength. With the arrival of the new more powerful purpose built sport fishing boats, grounds such as the North Kenya Bank that in the past were only talked about or visited on long well planned expeditions, are now regularly visited on day trips. Fifteen years ago broadbill swordfish were not caught, now a double figure night is not unheard of, with Kenyan skippers at the forefront of a new trolling method.
Kenya's best feature as a big game fishing destination is the
variety of fish available, these include three types of marlin, blue,
black and striped, broadbill swordfish, sailfish and many different
sharks. Whether you are a
hard core marlin fisherman,
a fly or light line fisherman, or maybe someone who prefers to jig deep or drift for
shark, quietly waiting for the ratchet to scream - what ever your
preference we really do have it all.
Kenya is one of the few places in the
big game fishing world where a fantasy slam
(all 5 billfish) is a definite possibility. The
first achieved in March 2005, included 2 black marlin, 1
blue marlin, 1 striped marlin, 5 broadbill and 2 sailfish, all released.
Then again twice in 2009. The second big advantage is the benign weather close to the equator,
making 'blow outs' very
rare.
All the big game fishing boats we recommend are first and fore most seaworthy vessels, with all the safety equipment required by Kenyan
law. We
also require our fishing boats to be on the Kenya Association of Sea Anglers
list of recommended boats (K.A.S.A. the industries official watch dog who's rules are a
little more thorough). All our
skippers support tag & release whole heartedly.
The general rule when chartering big game fishing boats is to
use one local to the area you are fishing, they will know the
fishing area better and have no dead legs or surcharges for
traveling to selected areas. However at a price there are a
handful of skippers that could be sent anywhere and they would
probably dominat
The African Billfish Foundation & KASA
On the left side of this page are some
interesting documents
that I have produced for the Kenya Association of Sea Anglers
(K.A.S.A.) and the African Billfish Foundation
(A.B.F.). Topics range from record sheets and claim forms to numbers of
species caught per annum or the effect the moon or weather
have on the
annual catch of individual species.
It is the
African Billfish Foundation who are responsible for starting and
running the tagging program along the East African coast over the
last 20 years. The A.B.F. in the early nineties managed to get boats
to tag twenty percent of billfish caught, compared to 2006 when over
eighty five percent of billfish were tagged. For more information,
membership details and offers, go to
www.africanbillfish.org
The ABF are running experditions to increase the recovery of
billfish tags and the awareness of billfish conservation
along the East African seaboard.
Migrating with the Billfish expedition: The
Kenya Chapter
• Thanks to the relentless efforts
of the captains, anglers and crews - 2,529 billfish have
been tagged already since the beginning of this 2011/2012
season.
• Billfish tagging in the
Middle East - Thanks to our representatives in Oman and
United Arab Emirates (Luke Chang and Ed Nicholas) – we are
now running a billfish tagging programme in this region. Our
United Arab Emirates counterparts held their first ever
billfish tagging tournament in December. The Fujairah
Billfish Classic had 7 boats and brought together 28
anglers. The anglers in Fujairah are optimistic that there
is a healthy stock of sailfish off the Musandam Peninsula.
• Billfish tagging in the Seychelles – Thanks to Captain Ali
Harazi and Faizal Suleiman for spreading the word in the
Seychelles and deploying our tags.
•
Growing interest for tagging in Tanzania, Mozambique,
Madagascar and South Africa.
• We
need help – With the increased interest and requests from
sportfishing operators from around the Indian Ocean, we need
help with sponsors/donors and manpower on the ground to help
co-ordinate.
About the
Author
My
story starts back in the 70's fishing with my
father and Herbie Paul (mostly hand lines in those days).
Then fishing in the Kenyan open competitions throughout the 80's and
90's before becoming a professional skipper in
1997, until retiring from full time skippering in 2007. For the last
decade I have captained many of the top Kenyan boats, starting with the
Kingfisher fleet on Snow Goose and ending with White Bear from
the Hemingways fleet.
This gives me a unique insight into the Kenyan big
game fishing industry, with the benefit of
being good friends with all the Kenyan skippers after years of healthy
competition. Another
advantage to not being tied to a boat,
harbor or hotel is I can be more objective on the best time and place to
fish.
| The African Billfish Foundation & KASA |
On the left side of this page are some
interesting documents
that I have produced for the Kenya Association of Sea Anglers
(K.A.S.A.) and the African Billfish Foundation
(A.B.F.). Topics range from record sheets and claim forms to numbers of
species caught per annum or the effect the moon or weather
have on the
annual catch of individual species.
It is the African Billfish Foundation who are responsible for starting and running the tagging program along the East African coast over the last 20 years. The A.B.F. in the early nineties managed to get boats to tag twenty percent of billfish caught, compared to 2006 when over eighty five percent of billfish were tagged. For more information, membership details and offers, go to www.africanbillfish.org
The ABF are running experditions to increase the recovery of billfish tags and the awareness of billfish conservation along the East African seaboard.
Migrating with the Billfish expedition: The Kenya Chapter
• Thanks to the relentless efforts of the captains, anglers and crews - 2,529 billfish have been tagged already since the beginning of this 2011/2012 season.
• Billfish tagging in the Middle East - Thanks to our representatives in Oman and United Arab Emirates (Luke Chang and Ed Nicholas) – we are now running a billfish tagging programme in this region. Our United Arab Emirates counterparts held their first ever billfish tagging tournament in December. The Fujairah Billfish Classic had 7 boats and brought together 28 anglers. The anglers in Fujairah are optimistic that there is a healthy stock of sailfish off the Musandam Peninsula.
• Billfish tagging in the Seychelles – Thanks to Captain Ali Harazi and Faizal Suleiman for spreading the word in the Seychelles and deploying our tags.
• Growing interest for tagging in Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar and South Africa.
• We need help – With the increased interest and requests from sportfishing operators from around the Indian Ocean, we need help with sponsors/donors and manpower on the ground to help co-ordinate.
| About the Author |
My
story starts back in the 70's fishing with my
father and Herbie Paul (mostly hand lines in those days).
Then fishing in the Kenyan open competitions throughout the 80's and
90's before becoming a professional skipper in
1997, until retiring from full time skippering in 2007. For the last
decade I have captained many of the top Kenyan boats, starting with the
Kingfisher fleet on Snow Goose and ending with White Bear from
the Hemingways fleet.
This gives me a unique insight into the Kenyan big game fishing industry, with the benefit of being good friends with all the Kenyan skippers after years of healthy competition. Another advantage to not being tied to a boat, harbor or hotel is I can be more objective on the best time and place to fish.
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