Captain
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 son 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.

Hey, I'm Captain Antonio Lamarque

Le Morne, Mauritius
Background
The Maranatha team is comprised of three local anglers, fluent in both English and French. Skipper Antonio Lamarque and his son 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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Maranatha Sport Fishing

Excellent
4.8 / 5
(116 reviews)
Le Morne
 Last booking: 1 day ago
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Great half day on the Maranatha
Great half day on the Maranatha
May 22, 2025 Le Morne
We started at 7a.m. few minutes after we were outside the lagoon trolling with artificial lures we spotted a big school of fish. We started catching skipjacks one after the other. Later on we moved to another fishing ground to catch other species. After an hour we were fighting 3 splendid doradoes that we hooked one after the other. We were back at noon with 7 skipjacks and 3 beautiful doradoes 20 to 24 pounds each.
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Big skipjacks are around
Big skipjacks are around
May 15, 2025 Le Morne
We started at 7a.m. The weather was a bit windy. We decided to go directly to a FAD where we caught some mahimahi 2 days before but no fishes on that spot. We moved to deeper waters where we spotted a big flock of birds. It was a school of skipjacks. We went few times in the school hooking 3 to 4 big skipjacks at the same time. Later on we also caught smaller size skipjacks that we used as live bait. No success with live bait. We continued with artificial lures. We were back with 7 skipjacks of 28..30 pounds and 6 of 7 to 12 pounds.
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Back with some doradoes and small macker
Back with some doradoes and small macker
May 13, 2025 Le Morne
Not long after putting the lines out we headed to a FAD where we started catching some fishes. There were some boats already in the area. We caught about 6 doradoes and 2 tunny. We lost a sailfish and came back at noon with some nice fishes for dinner
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Great catch on the Maranatha
Great catch on the Maranatha
Jan 31, 2025 Le Morne
We were out for a full day fishing trip. Knowing that marlins are bitting far out during these last days we headed to deep waters. We went though some schools of tuna and saw schools of bonitoes on the way but no bite. At about 2hrs from shore we saw big schools of skipjacks. We hooked 4 and caught two of them. Not long after a marlin came at the back chasing the lures. The fish was on. We had a nice fight and caught a marlin. We set the lure back. Not long after a bite on the long corner ..then nothing. The fish came again on the long rigger...bang the elastic attaching the line to the Outrigger broke... we could hear the reel singing and could see a splendid blue marlin dancing on it's tail at the back. We started the fight. We managed to catch the fish and were back in the lagoon with some good fish to end this month.
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Ending the week with a massive Blue Marl
Ending the week with a massive Blue Marl
Jan 17, 2025 Le Morne
We started the week with 2 marlins o 2 consecutive days. Then 3 days of silence.. no fish at all. Today we decided to go far in the south. To the Flinders bank at about 12 nautical miles from the coast. After we went in a school of fish we had a strike on the long rigger line...then the fish hit the short rigger line twice but the hook did not get that marlin. We then continued our way and hook a 30 pounds wahoo on the shot gun lure. We caught it after a good fight. We put the lure back and few seconds later again same lure... It was a wahoo. We saw some ropes floating at the surface. We put a rappala at the back and caught another wahoo. We then continued our way south west....and about 20 mins later bang ...big strike on the short corner line. In a fraction of seconds about 500 meters of line was out... Other lines were reel quickly in and the rod transferred to the fighting chair. The fight last for an hour. We tried to put the fish in the boat but was too heavy. We put it on the side and continued fishing on the way back to the lagoon.
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A blue marlin and a wahoo
A blue marlin and a wahoo
Jan 13, 2025 Le Morne
Out for a 5hrs morning trip. We hearded straight to the deep waters. Just an hour after leaving the lagoon bang...first strike on the shot gun lure....it was a wahoo. We embarked the fish and continued our way...not even 2 minutes later a marlin was at the back playing with the lure. We managed to hook the fish and it was on. The fish really jumped a lot. The marlin was caught after a good fight.
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Rating summary
Excellent
4.8 / 5
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Boat
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.7 / 5
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Appropriate for children
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Satisfied with the boat
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Peter C.
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Highlight of 2 week holiday

VERIFIED   8 Hour Trip on November 26, 2023
Myself and my dad spent an amazing 8 hours out at sea with this fantastic team and top of the range boat. We saw many...
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Christopher V. G.
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Fishing trip in March

VERIFIED   5 Hour Trip (AM) on March 17, 2023
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Jake L.
Lusaka, Zambia
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Half Day With Captain Antonio on Maranatha

VERIFIED   5 Hour Trip (AM) on May 24, 2023
Fantastic trip!  After a slow start we got into the fish around some floating debris, getting plenty on the boat.  There...
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Dennis B.
Grand Baie, Mauritius
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Best trip on our Mauritius vacation!

VERIFIED   6 Hour Trip on September 28, 2022
It was amazing! We really enjoyed the trip with Antonio and his son Luciano. They both are such great persons with a lot experience...
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Lars B.
Nuremberg, Germany
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Full Day Trolling

VERIFIED   10 Hour Trip on January 31, 2023
We went fishing for 10 hours in February 2023. The crew was very friendly and explained everything. After catching some bonitos,...
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