Black, Blue & Striped Marlin at Bazaruto

Black, Blue and Striped Marlin by FIshBazaruto Mozambique 2026 fishing season

Black, Blue & Striped Marlin at Bazaruto

Post author:Shonalanga
Post published: November 13, 2026
Post category:2026 / Bazaruto

Black, Blue & Striped Marlin at Bazaruto

Black, Blue & Striped Marlin at Bazaruto are being caught on a daily basis, we cannot stress enough how weird this season has been!

Unlike anything we have seen in 26 years of fishing the Archipelago, we have caught way more Blues than Blacks and going into mid-November, we still regularly fish out wide as there have been a few nice Blacks on the edge, but not with the consistency we are used to.

After the SE blow there was a real good day where Brian Rhodes on his 4^th visit to the Bazaruto Archipelago all the way from New Zealand fishing aboard Vamizi with @christiaankruger for the next 16 days and started the first day with a nice Black north of #600.

Brian with 600 pound Black Marlin

@bruce_cook_fishing_charters went 1 from 2 on Blues out wide

But the boat of the day was Veleiro with @morgan.okennedy from @bigbluevilankulo going 3 from 3 on a #800, a #700 and a #200.

Big Black Marlin!

The next day was much slower for the few boats Marlin fishing, Vamizi lost a Blue, @ryanwilliamsonmarlincharters on Reel Screamer got a Striped and @graemeforrer released a #500 Black

Dawie with a nice dorado

The next couple days we had MW, FX and Tucker and as always it was a blast to see and have some great time in and out the water with them!

We got a Black and a Striped….

See you boys in Cape Verde next year for the @bluemarlinworldcup.

Stunning colurs on thie striped marlin by FishBazaruto

Stunning colors on this striped!

When we fished with the @badcompanyfishingadventures on their visit to the Bazaruto Archipelago two years ago @stevelassley gave me this custom made Diamondback Elkins Popsicle which has been a bomb this season!

Yesterday we went 2 from 2 today and a couple knock down’s… a nice Striped and a #500 Blue aboard Linene

Went out with the crew early morning, had a knockdown on the long left Xpress by @ilandluressa and 20 mins later hooked up on the same lure & released one of the biggest Striped Marlin we have caught here for Charlie.

Striped Marlin on the wire!

Then just before the turn of the tide south of the canyon hooked up on a nice one on the Elkins Popsicle which went absolutely wild after the bite as only Blues do!

Armindo, the waiter / barman at the lodge who was looking a tad green from the rough seas got into the chair to fight his first ever fish. Long story short and a few incidents in between including almost falling in the water straight from the chair, he did do a great job and we released the fish which was north of #500

By now it was pumping real hard and messy out there so we came in shallow and pulled the baits for a couple hours in the afternoon.

Had 2 knockdowns on the swim but no pickup’s, loads of scratches, small Blacks!

Nice Blue Marlin

Charlie and Armindo with happy smiles!

Brian, our client from New Zealand fishing on VAMIZI with @christiaankruger up north went 2 from 3 releasing a small Blue on a lure & a #350 Black on a live bait.

Another Black Marlin for Brian

Late afternoon, @graemeforrer on Grande Azul sneaked past us with a nice live skipjack and half an hour later got bitten and released a #400 – well done bud!

That was about all we heard from today!

Yesterday a few fish were caught, the best was a #600 on a live bait by ‘Tamos Juntos!