Fishing from Monday 13 to 24 of January with Iain Green, Lucy Linney and Steeve

Monday, 13 Jan 2014

Our 1st day fishing, we headed south and put our monster lures specifically for Marlins as we were in the peak season for these species. We ended finally the day with what we wanted, a Blue Marlin of 350 pounds, caught by both anglers Iain and Steeve.

Tuesday, 14 Jan 2014

Second day fishing, we tried to please Lucy, as she wanted to catch some Tunas. But no tuna L. We ended the day with 4 skipjacks. Biggest was 17.6 pounds.

Friday, 17 Jan 2014

Third day, we have been to the north side of the island, where we caught one wahoo of 21lbs and one bonito mackerel on trolling. We tried also a bit of bottom fishing, where we got a ruby snapper and an emperor red snapper.

Saturday, 18 Jan 2014

Fourth day fishing, blanked day.

Monday, 20 Jan 2014

Fifth day fishing, early morning around 8:30, one blue marlin on line for 45mins on a 80lbs line test, leader in hand, and…. Snapped……… minute of silence…. Couldn’t help it, the bill cut the line.

Estimated weight: 130lbs.

15:00, another blue marlin strike! 45mins fight, leader in hand, seven incredible majestic jumps, rushed everybody onboard, some loud shouts, ripped the gaff out of hands of mate, ripped leader out of hands of captain, finally hooked got out… gone….. estimated weight: 175lbs. Back home empty handed again..

Tuesday, 21 Jan 2014

Sixth day fishing, Four missed bites in the morning, didn’t see what it was, could be marlin or tuna.. On the way back, while bringing back the lines, got a 63lbs wahoo.

Thursday 23 Jan 2014

Seventh day fishing, Been to Northside, near flat island, got Steeve’s wanted fish, a Barracuda of 12.5 lbs.

Friday, 24 Jan

Down to south side again for the big bites, and the big bite came, but finally hooked off after 2mins fight. Back home empty handed.

Final comments:

Outstanding fishing
Brilliant crew
Worth every minute.
From Iain Green, Lucy Linney and Steeve

Nice trip with helpful captain but no fish. Cannot valuate quality of guiding, because i am not experienced in deep see fishing. Other boats catched fish but very little. My opinion: even in indian ocean you need a portion of luck or more time and money to try again

Although we had a tough day on the water with only two fish caught, I would happily go out again with Capt. Ludovic and his crew member Ken. They covered a lot of water and were constantly changing lures in an effort to entice fish. We also tried jigging in certain areas but with little success. But that’s fishing, no guarantees, but still a good day.
What has been extra top class is the service and follow up by fishingbooker.com. great communication and follow up. I will definitely use these guys again!!

We wanted to target smaller game fish , but on arrival only big rod and reels had been set up. Trip was basiclly joining the dots to fad markings hoping to target darado and tuna , to no avail somebody must have been there before us. One smalll tuna yellofin and that was all. Hey , don’t get me wrong anyday fishing is better than anyday not fishing.

We fished with Popeye for a half day of fishing.  The Captain spent too long on fishing in a very windy and rough sea.  He should have changed to trolling in calmer seas.  The boat was OK but the equipment was not good and out of date.  The crew was lazy and did very little.

No fish, no bites, no service.  Not recommended.