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Antonio Lamarque

Member since June 2014 Le Morne, Mauritius
Background
The Maranatha team is comprised of three local anglers, fluent in both English and French. Skipper Antonio Lamarque and his two crew members, France Labonne and Luciano Lamarque, are passionate anglers, highly professional and with an intimate deep sea fishing knowledge acquired over the years. It’s always a pleasure for them to help visiting anglers discover the charms of traditional big game fishing, as it is practiced in Mauritius.

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Le Morne, Mauritius
Background
The Maranatha team is comprised of three local anglers, fluent in both English and French. Skipper Antonio Lamarque and his two crew members, France Labonne and Luciano Lamarque, are passionate anglers, highly professional and with an intimate deep sea fishing knowledge acquired over the years. It’s always a pleasure for them to help visiting anglers discover the charms of traditional big game fishing, as it is practiced in Mauritius.
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Caught 2 dorado at the end of the day
Caught 2 dorado at the end of the day
Jan 20, 2020 Le Morne
We started at 7a.m. the fishing was a bit slow for us. No bonito at the surface during the whole morning. But we saw 2 to 3 boat hooking Marlins not far from us. We were waiting for our turn but nothing. So we decided to go to the south. We encountered big schools of yellow fin tuna but no bit. We finally had a strike on the long corner line and the the elastic broke on the long rigger. It was two nice dorado that we caught after a nice action. We were back in the lagoon at 5p.m
175 pounds bullshark and 4 bonito
175 pounds bullshark and 4 bonito
Jan 15, 2020 Le Morne
We went out for a half day trip. After some minutes out we heard on the vhf radio that bonito were bitting. So we headed to this location. We hooked few bonito and lost some. We then choose 2 of them to use as live bait. After setting the big lines for marlin and shark, one of the lines went down ...the 2nd one went down too. We manage to hook the fish. We hooked one and on the second line the line which fix the bonito to the hook was cut. We fight for about 30 mins and the bull shark was at the back. After catching it we came back at 10a.m with a shark and 4 bonito
5 skipjack and a nice wahoo
5 skipjack and a nice wahoo
Jan 8, 2020 Le Morne
We went out at 7a.m for a full day trip. The sea was calm and flat like oil with some debris at the surface due to the heavy rain we had the days before. No sign of birds at all. After few hours we saw a first school of skipjack near a FAD and were lucky to hook 2 skipjacks that we took some minutes to take out as they were good fighters. The school then dived. We continued trolling and found another school hooked few skipjacks lost some and caught 3 more. On the way back we caught an 18 pounds wahoo and were back in the lagoon of Le Morne with 5 skipjack and a wahoo
Hammerhead shark
Hammerhead shark
Jan 5, 2020 Le Morne
We went out for a half day fishing. On special demand of the customer we started at 6a.m instead of 7. After few minutes out we caught 2 mackerel bonito. We went some distance more and caught some blue bonito. We immediately prepared them for live bait. As we put the first bonito and fixed the line we had a strike. We gave the fish the time to swallow the bait and then hooked it. After 1 and a half hour of fight the shark was behind the boat. It died during the fight. We then went for 2 more bonito and use them as live bait. No big fish came . We were back at 11 with a 275 pounds hammerhead and 6 bonito
Hook 4 blue marlin and caught 2
Hook 4 blue marlin and caught 2
Dec 26, 2019 Le Morne
Went out a 7a.m for a full day plus fishing trip. After an hour out we had a strike on the Central rigger. After some fight the blue marlin was onboard. We set the lines again and continued the fishing. Few minutes before noon a 400 pounds marlin jumped on the long corner lure took some line out then the hook went off. Some minutes after the 80pounds reel started singing again a blue Marlin was on. We saw another one playing with the teasers. We bring a lure closer and took out the teaser. a second marlin was on. We started fighting the one closer to the boat and put in inside after 20 mins. The one of the 80pounds line had taken nearly 800 meters of line. After approximately an hour a 450 pounds fish was next to the boat. As we managed to gaff it, the hook came out and the fish went away. We came back at the beach at 3p.m with 2 marlins. 120 pounds and 150 pounds.
Caught 3 Dorado and 2 bonito
Caught 3 Dorado and 2 bonito
Dec 22, 2019 Le Morne
Went out for a half day fishing trip. The weather was a bit cloudy and windy. Few minutes out we hook 2 young makerel bonito. After we went in deeper waters and went through a school of dorado. Had a double strike . we caught both after some minutes of fight. We then continued trolling and saw a blue marlin playing with the teaser. It then went on the lures shifting form one to another but did not bite. The customer decided to extend the trip by an hour. We then caught one more dorado and were back at 1p.m with 3 dorado , 18 pounds, 20 pounds and 28 pounds and 2 mackerel.

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Full day trip and an amazing day !

VERIFIED   10 Hour Trip on December 26, 2019
A fantastic day fishing! At the very start of our day we were very fortunate to see a beautiful sperm whale swimming next to...
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VERIFIED   6 Hour Trip on February 19, 2020
Had 2 trips on 16th and 19th Of Feb. Great Father and Son team Very knowledgeable, take time to explain what they...
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Port Louis, Port Louis District
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VERIFIED   10 Hour Trip on January 7, 2018
Рыбачили в очень не простых условиях при сильном ветре и большой волне....
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VERIFIED   4 Hour Trip (PM) on August 22, 2019
Despite the lack of fish we were very well looked after by the team on board by Antonio and Luciano. I was impressed at how...
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VERIFIED   5 Hour Trip (AM) on December 3, 2019
It was excelent lecture of fishing with Captain Antonio and with his son Luciano. They were very helpfull and patient to give...
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