Bazaruto Heavy Tackle Season 2022

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Post published:December 12, 2022
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Bazaruto Heavy Tackle Season 2022

And so, another Bazaruto Heavy Tackle Season comes to an end.

Not that there is no big Marlin out there to be caught and the boys will still be chasing them over the next few weeks aboard VAMIZI & IBO with resort guests.

To emphasize how good the fishing can be in December both IBO and the Kraken both just got an 800 Black and a 700 Blue on their last day of the Season a few days ago.

The below just wraps it up for big Marlin in December;

Bazaruto´s December Marlin

Great end to Bazaruto´s Marlin Season

But the peak is gone for the 2022 Bazaruto Heavy Tackle Season, and now it’s down time to spend some time with the family, some chilling and a month holiday down to SA.

A number of Sailfish where caught during bazaruto´s Heavy Tackle Season

Giant Black Marlin during the 2022 Bazaruto Heavy Tackle Season

2022 was definitely a weird year and not only during the Heavy Tackle Season. It’s no secret that seasons are changing everywhere and the predictability of winds, water temperature and thus species is getting more difficult but weather patterns during this last year were not short of bizarre.

Bazaruto offers exquisite background to its amazing heavy tackle fishing

El Nina year?!

27c degree water at the end of April, heavy winds in May when it’s supposedly flat calm, great Blue Marlin fishing in June and then the Heavy Tackle Season…

Big SE Blows bring in the fish…

…we have always said strong constant blows from the SE in August & September make for a good Season.

Well not only did we not have a single blow from the Southeast in the whole of September and October, but the weather was just placid and we found ourselves fishing day after day, in flat calm seas.

Thus, after good conditions and fishing at the beginning to mid-September, for most of the rest of the Heavy Tackle Season we had very average green to horrible brown water.

It was crazy that we were even catching so much fish at times when it was pea soup.

Many Blue Marlin where caught in the shallow Black Marlin grounds during the 2022 Bazaruto Heavy Tackle Season

Shallow water Blues!!!

Another anomaly was the amount of shallow water Blue Marlin we had at a stage – when the water was not even that good.

I mean over 20 years we have probably caught a handful of Blue Marlin in waters less than 180 meters of depth – this season, and for a couple weeks, we were catching them one after another in water as shallow as 60 meters.

We caught some good fish and came across a few real nice ones but overall, the average size was not there and, after last year´s awesome BIG FISH season it just shows you how it can change….and surely next year we will have an awesome one!!!

A wild one takes to the air on the leader aboard VAMIZI

Fingers crossed!

But as always, we had a great time, let go some nice fish and lost a few in the goosebump category, put a satellite tag on the first Bazaruto Black Marlin, had some great GT fishing and some awesome jigging, popping, spinning and light tackle bait sessions.

A BIG THANK YOU;

To our guests – new and regulars – everyone that made it for the 2022 Bazaruto Season aboard VAMIZI, IBO and GAME CHANGER – without you none of it would be possible and we appreciate and thank you for that.

Fishing and sharing this with you guys’ year after year is what it’s all about!

To all our sponsors and supporters especially;

https://pulsatorlures.com/

for the continued support, their bait-catching weapons, teasers and especially their great lures

Black Marlin on the Bonito Smoker by Pulsator Lures

https://www.bobmarlingear.com/

for the apparel and the new #fishbazaruto performance shirt

https://www.bobmarlingear.com/collections/performance-shirts/products/performance-shirt-bazaruto-white

https://web.facebook.com/Sollysanglers @ Fourways crossing – Suli & Omar, thank you for twenty year´s of support and great service.

To everyone at #anantarabazaruto for the effort in hosting and providing our guests with such a unique and memorable experience.

Last but not least, big thanks to the boys, Alex, Alberto, Lourenço, Americo, Fernando and Eddy for your long hours, hard work and enthusiasm.

And to Christiaan who after being away during the Covid years is back at IBO´s helm, doing what he does best…and finishing it off in style with an 800 fish on his last day, the 5th of December.

Roland and his Austrian friends released 5 Marlin during their five day trip aboard IBO in late October 2022

Really looking forward to doing it all again in 2023!!!

We will be fishing out of Vilankulos and Bazaruto for Marlin, sailfish, GT and general game fish between May and August so get in touch if you would like more info or to book a trip with us.

In September we would be going across to the Island for the Heavy Tackle Season and we still have a few open slots.

For more information or bookings contact us at