Mozambique Fishing – Great day on Salt Shaker
May is always a great month to fish in Mozambique and this year, despite being breezier than usual for the time of year, it was no exception. If its variety you looking for Mozambique Fishing this time of the year is great for the sheer diversity it offers.
The warm months are well known for its GT fishing and April and May are right up there. The cuta can be wild and so can the wahoo and Sailfish as they begin their winter run in late April. We have our second run of Marlin; be it Blacks or Blues and there is a vast kaleidoscope of other species on offer.
We did it all this month; target Marlin on heavy gear, chase those speedster wahoo and sailfish, we had great cuta fishing days, some good popping and jigging for GT´s and other species and finished the month with a great day aboard Salt Shaker, with Pieter, Christo and Duarte Jnr.
Such a privilege every time I take the little guys fishing!
Here´s the link to a few other Mozambique Fishing reports from April & May ´21!!!
https://fishbazaruto.com/2021/04/27/andys-first-marlin-sailfish-in-a-few-hours/
https://fishbazaruto.com/2021/05/30/bazarutos-second-marlin-run-may-21/
Here´s a couple pics of the day aboard Salt Shaker.
Difficult conditions due to some unseasonably green water pushed in by the northerly and we were unlucky to have missed and lose a lot of fish due to tackle failure (a box of defected treble mustad hooks being the cause)…but really good fun and action all day long as we chased all kinds of game fish on light tackle.
Enjoy!
Proceed to work south with the current to the pinnacles. We started marking some bait on the sounder and some birds started to show and next thing we have a triple hookup.
One fish come undone but Christo was unlucky to have his prize fish turn into a Black-tip shark which we released and Pieter a nice GT which we also released.
While trolling the live jube jube´s Duarte was casting the light spinning stick and small spoon into them and catching a few. Next think he hooked a much bigger fish but it come off.
Next, he hooked up to a even more solid one. It was really impressive for the young boy to bring a really nice YFT right to the boat (says proud Daddy) after about 20 minutes.
He passed me the rod then but I could not pull it up. At a stage we had it almost in gaffing range but it dived down again although we could see color all this time. I was putting maximum drag that I could on that light spinning outfit and little hooks, but eventually it was the #40-pound leader that chaffed and thus…the one that got away!
Duarte was devastated but then looked at me and said – now I know what Ascension feels like!!! (we Fished there a few years ago and caught some back breaking YFT on popper to 110 kg´s and the boy as seen that video over 100 times!)
You can see the link to that Ascension 2015 big tuna on popper movie trip here;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP1wrgCXzq0
Here´s a #350 released aboard The Kraken on the 28th May. The same day the only other boat out there, Big Bob released a #450 and the next day a #300.
Coincidence or not, on the same day but on a different Ocean (Atlantic) Capt. Manuel Viana´s Blue Hunter in Cape Verde caught the first Grander of the year. A 1162 lbs Blue on a pitch bait.
Amazingly a few hours later, on the same day yet a different Ocean (Pacific), the Sundowner caught the year´s 2nd Grander in Kona, Hawaii – a 1028 lbs Blue…
Now into the winter months which should give us some excellent wahoo and Sailfish action…
All the best,
Duarte A. M. Rato
Fishbazaruto.com
Sportfishing Charters @ Vilankulos & Bazaruto Archipelago
MOZAMBIQUE
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