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I'm overseas and haven't posted in awhile but it looks like its been a good summer on the bay!
I've been traveling all over Africa for work since March and decided to make Zanzibar my base. I've been busy but I've gotten out fishing a handful of times. Thought you guys might like to see what this place is all about. Sportfishing here is still relatively new (except for trolling which we refuse to do) so I found a handful of diehards to go out with and we are all slowly learning the area. The learning curve for this island is damn near vertical. It is surrounded by a barrier reef that is dry on low-tide. Getting past it in a kayak is doable but can be treacherous on windy days. Some days if the tied is right we can walk out two hours before low-tide and fish until two hours after high tide. If we wait any longer we'd have to swim the two miles back to shore. The drop off on the other side is 60m (180ft). It makes for an interesting dynamic as its possible to probably catch a tuna with your feet planted on the reef. So far we have been bitten off A LOT and we have lost many more fish than we have caught. We have seen kingfish in the surf here and GT's are prevalent. These pictures are a snippet of the stuff we've been doing. I'll gather more pictures of other species if anyone is interested.
Watch out for the sea urchin minefield!
Reef at low tide
I've been traveling all over Africa for work since March and decided to make Zanzibar my base. I've been busy but I've gotten out fishing a handful of times. Thought you guys might like to see what this place is all about. Sportfishing here is still relatively new (except for trolling which we refuse to do) so I found a handful of diehards to go out with and we are all slowly learning the area. The learning curve for this island is damn near vertical. It is surrounded by a barrier reef that is dry on low-tide. Getting past it in a kayak is doable but can be treacherous on windy days. Some days if the tied is right we can walk out two hours before low-tide and fish until two hours after high tide. If we wait any longer we'd have to swim the two miles back to shore. The drop off on the other side is 60m (180ft). It makes for an interesting dynamic as its possible to probably catch a tuna with your feet planted on the reef. So far we have been bitten off A LOT and we have lost many more fish than we have caught. We have seen kingfish in the surf here and GT's are prevalent. These pictures are a snippet of the stuff we've been doing. I'll gather more pictures of other species if anyone is interested.
Watch out for the sea urchin minefield!
Reef at low tide
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