Blue Water Charters - Fat Girl Fishing Reports

Offshore Fishing Report Durban 02-09-2017 At long last we got some warmer waters with the temperature gauge showing at 23 deg.C out on the 200m. After a short light rain we were treated to a stunning rainbow over the… Read Full Report →

Offshore Fishing Report – Durban – 4 June 2017 Stunning weather this morning before the South Westerly came through. Fat Girl was out deep on a short 5hr trip early this morning. Water is still over 23deg.C, I was… Read Full Report →

Offshore Fishing Report – Durban – 27 May 2017 Saturday was cool weather and started out as a really stunning day and was stunning for most of the day with only a stiff wind that picked up later in… Read Full Report →

Offshore Fishing Report – Durban – 19/20 May 2017 Offshore waters are still nice and warm at 23.8deg.C and the weather has been superb, we had some short morning charters on both days and after some early Tuna and… Read Full Report →

Offshore Fishing Report – Durban – 17 May 2017 After all these heavy rains it was great to have sunshine again, we were expecting the water to be filthy but deeper out it was clean and the temperature was… Read Full Report →

Stunning conditions, but the water was green and water temps averaging 23.6deg.C, before heading out to the deep there was a stop for live bait and then these were deployed inshore and some nice Couta (King Mackerel) were landed.… Read Full Report →

A busy long weekend and lots of trips. We had great weather on most days. On average the water temps were around 23.6deg.C, green inshore but nice and blue out in the deep. A fair amount of Yellowfin Tuna… Read Full Report →

We had guests from the UK and were really blessed with some stunning weather. We started out at 06h00 in the morning and were greeted by a large group of hippos on the water about 100m after we launched.… Read Full Report →

The guys from Nissan in PMB booked an afternoon backline trip with us on Saturday, along with Mackerel and Shad some nice bottoms were also caught along with a nice Rockod. The water was warm and over 24deg.C and… Read Full Report →

Easter weekend brought us a cold front and some strong SW winds and so we were only able to do one of our trips. Inshore waters are now at 22 deg.C and deeper out just over 23 deg.C so… Read Full Report →

We had some guests from Sweden today, sea conditions were great, water reasonably clear but the temperature is slowly dropping with today at 23.3deg.C. The wind has turned again and coming from the SW but it was a very… Read Full Report →

With it being school holidays we have had many children along on our charters and today was no exception. I always love the pure joy that oozes out of them when they catch a fish, it’s contagious and one… Read Full Report →

With our deckhand getting robbed on his way to work this morning we left later than planned, shame poor guy had his whole week’s wages stolen, very sad. So departing at 06h30 we decided to give our customers an… Read Full Report →

A short trip inshore for some young boys proved to be great fun on light spinning tackle and a great day out, sea conditions were Ok but the current was screaming and sinkers ice cold at the end of… Read Full Report →

We arrived at Pongola Game Reserve on the afternoon of 30th March booked in at Nkwazi Lodge. The plan was to target Tiger Fish spinning with artificial lures. The water levels are still low, but better than my previous… Read Full Report →

Saturday was overcast and raining and we had 4 guests from up country as this trip was part of a bachelors party weekend, they were happy to go fishing in the rain when we gave them an option to… Read Full Report →

Another Game fish Grand Slam on Fat Girl to the delight our mix of guests from Belgium, France and Holland. With an early launch for a 5hr charter and were able to get some good fishing in before the… Read Full Report →

It was a stunning weather today with nice calm seas, we took a father and son along with some of his buddies out for a birthday treat with a 5hr inshore/mini deep sea charter. Water was clear and 25… Read Full Report →

Game Fish Grand Slam and our first Billfish for 2017 We had a 6hr trip for today and decided to do it in the afternoon as the wind was blowing strong in the morning and so the boat launched… Read Full Report →

We got going just after 06h00, itbwas overcast and a moderate SW wind was blowing, the sea was better than I expected and water temps averaged 21.7deg.C, we decided to stay shallow and head up the coast. Just a… Read Full Report →

After several months of bad health and then an accident busting up my leg and hand I fInally got out on the water again after almost 4 months. It was great to get my veins filled with Saltwater, even… Read Full Report →

Offshore Fishing Report This winter has been very cold, I dont remember going out dressed with so many layers for so many trips. Or maybe I am just getting older and can't take the cold like I used to.… Read Full Report →

We launched into lovely conditions, but the water was green and colder than it has been for a while, we trolled some Rapala's for about 22km heading North and only found good clean water after 70m in front of… Read Full Report →

What a hectic day, we launched at 06h00 for an 8hr Game Fishing Charter and the conditions were great, water clean and warm but cooler than it was on my last 2 trips. I started out using 50lb tackle… Read Full Report →

After some quiet fishing the past week the last 2 days was a remarkable difference with loads of Wahoo Action, On Friday I went out with my Family and my Mrs got her first Wahoo and her second and… Read Full Report →

The last week saw us out 4 times, its been extremely frustrating as the fishing has been difficult. I can't blame it on the conditions as the conditions awesome, water has been warm and crystal clear, full of bait… Read Full Report →

We went 1-1 with a Blue Marlin and 0-1 with a Black Marlin. Frans and Coby from Namibia joined me along with 2 of their friends for 5 days of fishing for Frans to catch the Marlin that he… Read Full Report →

We had a short charter this morning for a few hours, sea conditions were great with flat seas, the water was cold and sitting just above and below 23deg.C. We trolled for about 2.5hrs and had 4 good hook… Read Full Report →

Wow its already March, this year is flying. Went out fishing with my family today for a few hours with a late launch. Conditions were gorgeous with flat seas, clear warm blue water. Am proud of my boy Jesse… Read Full Report →

OFFSHORE FISHING REPORT - Durban - 13th February 2015 With a stiff NE wind and a strong N-S current making for choppy seas we made our way out of port just as the sun was popping it's head over… Read Full Report →

When I went to bed last night I was thinking that fishing today would be similar to yesterday, and then late last night we had a hectic storm with very heavy rain, the thunder was so hard the windows… Read Full Report →

What a fantastic day today, water inshore was crystal clear, just under 24deg.C, bait fish were everywhere and going wild. We launched at 05h00 and were back at 10h00. We could do nothing wrong today, the Yellowfin Tuna were… Read Full Report →

We launched at 05h00 today to look for a Marlin, within a few miles we hit some heavy rain and decided to push through and after a getting soaked we got to the other side of the weather with… Read Full Report →

We launched at 04h00 on Saturday and started making our way out deep looking for warm clean water as closer in it was not nice, at about 450m depth I decided to change tactics and direction as the further… Read Full Report →

We launched at 06h00 into a stunning sea with flat calm overcast conditions, a light SE wind and warm clear water with lots of life. By 07h15 we already had 2 Dorado on board and our day ended with… Read Full Report →

A good day Dorado Hunting. 3 Bulls and 3 Queens. Read Full Report →

South Africa and All Africa - All Tackle Record (Unofficial) I was very hesitant to make this post with all the "critics" out there with big mouths and nasty words, but have decided to go ahead with this post… Read Full Report →