martes, 14 de diciembre de 2010

Ascension Island Dec. 2010

The last 2 weeks the boys on Harmattan are seeing and catching some Blue Marlin up to 700 lb. They raised a few bigger ones , one was estimated at over 1200 lb!


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miércoles, 24 de noviembre de 2010

Cape Verde 15 November

Marlin fishing is pretty slow right now. There are Tuna around on San Antao but no boats are fishing.
Doña Pi did some jigging during their last trip on Sao Vicente and San Antao. They caught several nice Amberjacks up to 40 kg and plenty of smaller fish,too.

Ascension Island Nov. 2010

The Harmattan crew is still fishing another 3 weeks searching for a real big Blue. So far the biggest they have seen was 900 lb. There are not many Blues around but they know that on acension any day the fish of your lifetime can show up. There are also big yellowfin around and quiet often they get the 200+ tuna on livebaits.


martes, 31 de agosto de 2010

Cape Verde 01 Sptember

Only few boats have been fishing in august. There were not big numbers of Blues but the average size was really good with several fish over 600 been hooked and caught. Weather was perfect as usual during this time.
Smoker did some jigging for a few days with good result, plenty of fish and 3 really big amberjacks have been lost.

Canary Islands 31 August

After a pretty slow season the last week showed great fishing on Gran Canaria. During the Pasito Blanco tournament 31 Blues have been caught, all released but one fish weighed of 930 lb. Several fish of 700 plus have been released. 6 days ago one boat weighed in a 950 lb Blue and today onother boat released one which they called 1000 +.
Hope the fishing stays like this a bit longer.

domingo, 1 de agosto de 2010

Cape Verde 01 August

After a 10 days break Smoker is out again. Michael from Austria caught his first Blue Marlin a 600 pounder on his first day! We fished in the north, weather is fine and conditions are looking good.

miércoles, 21 de julio de 2010

cape Verde 19 July

The last 2 days the fishing was not to hot. We fished San Antao, the whole chanel , the bank of San Pedro and the deep water in the south of San Vicente.
We only got 2 bites, one of the fish was a 500 pounder, Heinz had him on for 20 minutes and saw some great jumps close to the boat before pulling the hook.
We have again a few days off before fishing again beginning of august.

jueves, 15 de julio de 2010

Cape Verde 16 July

Heinz, Sven and Fin from Germany are fishing with us at the. SAn Nicolau had some great fishing last week, with one boat hooked 31 Blues in 3 days so we decided to go to this island on tuesday morning right  one hour after the guys have arrived.
On the way 17 year old Fin got his first Marlin , a 450 pounder.
The next day we trolled the south bank of San Nicolau but the fish were gone...no boat got a fish there. We tried the Razo Bank but again nothing.
Today we started early and pulle the hook on a Blue right in the morning.We passed the bankds again but no sign of life, so we went back to San Vicente. Arriving to the north in the late afternoon Sven caught also his first Blue of 450 lb !
Doña Pi fished the south today and pulled the hook on one. Yesterday they went to San Antao and got a 750 lb Blue.

jueves, 8 de julio de 2010

Cape Verde 06 July

Cape Verde won the Marlin World Cup on the 4th of July!! Happy Hooker did it catching a 1097 lb Blue Marlin!

We have a few days off and start again for a week of fishing on the 13th.

domingo, 4 de julio de 2010

Cape Verde 04 July

We just have finished our week with Steve , Sherry and Mike from Idaho US. The first day we never saw a fish, the water was freen in Sao Vicente, so we decided to go to San Nicolau.
In 3 and a half day of fishing we raised 18 Blue Marlin , got 13 bites and caught 6 Blues.
Sherry caught her first Blue on her 57th birthday and also Steve and Mike were catching their first blues ever.
Today we went back and when we arrived to the south of Mindelo we went 1 for 2.
Everybody was very happy with the trip and Steve and Mike really want to come back here.

Cape Verde 28 June

The last 2 days we raised a 550 on the teaser but never switched to the bait. We pulled the hooks on
another 2 Blues and Charly still caught his first Cape verde Blue.

viernes, 25 de junio de 2010

Cape Verde 26 June

We have been fishing for 3 days now with Matthias, Charly and Alexis.
Day one we fished in the south and all 4 boats fishing never saw a fish.
Day 2 we went to San Antao for some jigging .
Day 3 we went back to the north as the boats saw some fish the day before. We went 1 for 4 and Matthias got his first Blue Marlin ever of 500 lb.

Cape Verde 22 June

The last 2 days we went 1 for 2 with our guys from Alaska. Jim also got his first Marlin on 50 lb stand up.
Now we have 1 day off before going fishing again.

domingo, 20 de junio de 2010

Cape Verde 20 June

After a few days on the dock we are out again with Dave, Bill and Jim from Alaska. Fishing was not to good for the other boats the last days , so we went to Sao Antao yesterday. We had 2 Blue Marlin bites but pulled the hook on both of them. Today we went back to fish the south of Sao Vicente and went 1 for 2.
Bill caught his first Blue Marlin!

lunes, 14 de junio de 2010

Cape Verde 14 June

After a few days  off we are fishing again.
Yesterday we went 1 for 2 and had 2 more bites on the teaser which never switched to the bait. One of the fish we had up was a 700 lb
Today we pulled the hook on 3 Blues, 2 on lures and finally also one on the pitch bait.
The fish are not biting good, all boats have bad hook up ratio at the moment.

miércoles, 9 de junio de 2010

Cape Verde 09 June

Yesterday our guys wanted to go jigging so we went to Sao Antao. We caught a few small fish and the biggest Amberjack was 70 lb.
Today we went back to the  north and ended up 0 for 3 on Blue Marlin.
Still fish around and hopefully we are more lucky tomorrow.

martes, 8 de junio de 2010

Cape Verde 06 June

Today we only fished half a day 4 hours. We went to the north and Oleg caught a Blue right away on a pitch bait on 50 lb . Later we still had 2 awesome teaser bites but both time the Marlin did not switch to the bait. Another boat weight in a 800 lb Blue Marlin .
Tomorrow we have one day off and then we go for 2 days to San Antao .

sábado, 5 de junio de 2010

Cape Verde 05 June

We went for 2 days to San Nicolau as the week before there was good fishing. Nothing time , the same to another boat which joined us on the trip.After we fished with Morten 3 days in the north and went 1 for 4.
Pretty slow for Cape Verde .

Today we had Oleg and Victor from Russia on board and Victor caught his first Blue Marlin ever. He did very good and we released a 600 pounder after awesome bites on the teaser.

lunes, 31 de mayo de 2010

Cape Verde 30 May

The last 4 days Smoker and Doña Pi went to San Antao due to strong winds on Sao Vicente.We fished with nice guys from Norway Christian, Guttorm, Oddvar and Thor. Especially San Antao with staying in the remote village of Tarafal was a great experience for them.
Smoker went 2 for 6 on the trip
Doña Pi was 5 for 7.
Smoker will go to San Nicolau today for a few days as there were some promising reports from this island.






sábado, 22 de mayo de 2010

Cape Verde 22 May

Today it was the third and last day for our friends from the Canaries. We went to San Antao again and first Juan Jose caught a 600 lb . Later in the day we had a nice bite on the teaser and Ariel caught a 300 pounder on the pitch bait on 50 lb.
2 boats went to the north and also saw good fishing. We are 3 days off now and start on the 26th again .

viernes, 21 de mayo de 2010

Cape Verde 21 May

After 2 days on land we fish again with Tito, Juan Jose, Luis and Ariel from Las Palmas, Gran Canaria.
Day 1 we went to the deep water as there is no bait and fish on the shallow of San Pedro, we fianlly went 1 for 1.
Today we tried San Antao and were lucky, final result was 2 for 5. One really nice bite on the teaser and we hooked him perfectly on the pitch bait.

lunes, 17 de mayo de 2010

Cape Verde 17 May

Franz, Bastian, Stefan and Werner from Germany had real bad luck with their week . On of their days had to be cancelled due to bad weather and also the remaining days was facing strong winds and few fish.
In four days we only caught 1 Blue ( Werners first Blue ever), lost another 2 and raised one more. For the whole fleet the fishing was really slow with only few Blues caught. I feel sorry for the guys as they could not see the Marlin bite CV usually provides.
The weather will improve by thursday.

jueves, 13 de mayo de 2010

Cape Verde 11 May

Today it was The last day for our friends from Spain. They caught 10 Blue Marlin in 6 days out of 24 that we raised.
The last 2 days were to windy to fish. We wait up to tomorrow and will go to San Antao to the lee side to fish in flat calm waters.

sábado, 8 de mayo de 2010

Cape Verde 08 May

Yesterday it was slow, we were 0 for 1. Today SMOKER first checked out the north but after 2 hours we decided to go back to the south and arrived at mid day at San Pedro. We still went 4 for 7.
One boat which fished the whole day the south went 8 for 13.
Doña Pi fished the 3 days before and went 3 for 6.

jueves, 6 de mayo de 2010

Cape Verde 06 May

Yesterday we saw nothing at all. Today it went much better for SMOKER catching 3 for 6 and raising another one.It was the first day for our friends from the Canaries and they had great fun .
One boat reported a 900 pounder and another one raised a real big one .... over 1000 lb ....probably.


martes, 4 de mayo de 2010

Cape Verde 04 May

The last 4 days Smoker fished the south of Mindelo and we caught 9 Blue Marlin. Bjoern and Peter had their last day and they caught 16 out of 29 bites.
Weather is great and the boats see some fish every day now.
We have fished for one month now and caught 39 Blues so far.


viernes, 30 de abril de 2010

Cape Verde 30 April

The last 2 days were pretty good fishing in san Pedro. We caught 4 for 7 ! All boats had action.
Peter caught his first Blue Marlin and Bjoern did a great job with stand up tackle and pitchbaiting the Blues.

jueves, 29 de abril de 2010

Cape Verde 29 April

The last 2 days all the boats were fishing in the south of Mindelo.
Yesterday we went 1 for 3 and today 2 for 3. All boats have been seeing Marlin, so I am sure that the fishing continues to be good.
We have Bjoern and Tim Choate as anglers.

martes, 27 de abril de 2010

Cape Verde 27 April

The last few days the fleet was fishing in different places. There was no spot where it was going off, but we still saw like an average of 2 Blue Marlin a day. On our best day in San Antao we went 3 for 3 and raised 2 more in flat calm water. Bjoern was doing a good job so far catching most of his fish on 50 lb stand up , using pitch bait.
2 days ago one boat had a 4 Blues on on the same time and caught 2 of them , one was a 750 lb.
The Smoker team has caught 25 Blues in 23 days of fishing so far.

jueves, 22 de abril de 2010

Cape Verde 22 April

Yesterday we went 1 for 1 in the south, Helmut caught the fish half an hour before we stopped fishing.
Today Bjoern arrived after a long trip via Lisbon. He will fish the next 14 days. We had a late start but still caught 2 Blue Marlin on stand up tackle.

martes, 20 de abril de 2010

Cape Verde 20 April

Today we fished in the south again. Perfect weather and we tried the deep water of the San Pedro Bank.We pulled the hook on one Blue Marlin and 15 minutes later Peter caught a 300 pounder. Later in the day we went back to the drop off and raised another Blue of 300 lb. Helmut caught the fish on 50 lb stand up tackle after a good fight with nice jumps close to the boat.
Yesterday we went to the north but never saw a fish.

lunes, 19 de abril de 2010

Cape Verde 18 April

Weather is still perfect ! Today we had a one bite and only saw a big splash.The fish fought deep and finally pulled the hook close to the leader ....might have been a big tuna the fight he fought.Later we raised a 400 lb Blue on the teaser but missed him with the pitch bait.
Yesterday we fished the bank of San Pedro in the south of Mindelo and went 1 for 3. Peter caught his Blue Stand up and later we pulled the hook on another Blue just 1 meter before the leader. That day 3 nice fish of over 600 lb were caught of the rest of the fleet.
On the 16th of april we tried the north, we were on our own , conditions were looking good with nice water and some bait but no fish.
On the 15th we were fishing the deep water of the south, fishing was slow for everyone but we still caught 1 Blue Marlin.

miércoles, 14 de abril de 2010

Cape Verde 14 April

The last 2 days we were fishing in the south of Sao Vicente in the deep water.The weather is perfect, no wind. Yesterday we went 0 for 2 , today we were 1 for 2 and raised another one.

lunes, 12 de abril de 2010

Cape Verde 12 April

Today we had Albi and Freddy the first day on Smoker. We fished in the south of Mindelo in the deep water and went 1 for 2. Donna Pi also was out and went 1 for 1.

domingo, 11 de abril de 2010

Cape Verde 10 April

The last 3 days we were fishing with Kaj, Mika, Seppo and Tom from Finnland. We decided to do a trip to
the neighbor island of San Nicolau.
Day 1 we raised one Blue on our trip to San Vicente. We arrived at 1500 fished for anothe 2 hours and went 2 for 4 and raised 2 more
Day 2 we went 5 for 11 and raised 3 more
Day 3 we raised 2 in the morning and pulled the hook on one later on our way back to Mindelo.
The guys are very happy with their 7 Blues caught on Stand up. For Seppo and Kaj it was their first Blue Marlin ever.


miércoles, 7 de abril de 2010

Cape Verde 07 April

A good day for SMOKER . We went 3 for 4 on Blue Marlin and raised 2 more on the teaser which never bit the pitch bait.
One boat had a 750 lb Blue, the weather is beautiful so we are looking forward to get out tomorrow.

lunes, 5 de abril de 2010

Cape Verde 05 April

Today we went to the north, water is looking great but there is not much bait. We still went 1 for 3 and raised another Blue on the Teaser which did not take the pitch bait. In between 6 boats 12 Blues have been seen.

domingo, 4 de abril de 2010

Cape Verde 04. April

Today was SMOKERs first day . We are fishing with Jens and Karl from Germany and released one Blue Marlin. There is not much bait around and the fishing was very slow for the whole fleet the last 3 days , but I am sure it will change soon and we will see a good Blue Marlin bite soon.

jueves, 25 de marzo de 2010

ASC 22 March

The first half of the season has finished now. Harmattans crew and anglers had good fishing during the last 2 month. The average size of the Blue Marlin was  over 500 lb!! They caught 2 fish of over 900 lb and hooked a few more in that size range.
Apart from the Blues the bycatch was as usual, Tuna, Dorados, Wahoo and Jacks.
End of october to mid of december HARMATTAN is in action again.
Thanks again to all our anglers !!

TL
Matthias Henningsen

domingo, 21 de marzo de 2010

Cape Verde 19 March

The season has started very early . One boat has fished 10 days and has caught 17 Blues so far!
Cant wait to start fishing the 3d of april.

ASC 18 March

The last 3 days we caught a 650 lb Blue and lost 3 more , all nice fish. Like usual we got Dorados and had bites of a few Sailfish.

sábado, 13 de marzo de 2010

Cape Verde13 March

Cape Verde has a real early season start. Just one boat is fishing but they have great Blue Marlin fishing. In the last 3 days they caught 5 Blue Marlin up to 600 lb.
We are starting beginning of april!
More coming soon.

viernes, 12 de marzo de 2010

ASC 11 March

Morten, Kjetil and the norwegian group had their last 2 days for this year. They pulled the hooks on another 2 nice Blues and also missed a few sails. They caught Dorados, tuna, Wahoo and some Six gill and Galapagos Sharks again ! They were all very happy during their stay and join again next year!

martes, 9 de marzo de 2010

ASC 09 march

The last days we were a bit unlucky pulling the hooks on 2 Blue Marlin and a few Sailfish. At least the guys caught a few Dorados and some Six Gills at night. Hopefully the fish stick on the hooks the next days.

domingo, 7 de marzo de 2010

ASC 06 March

The last 2 days we caught Dorados, Tuna, Sailfish and a 400 lb Blue Marlin.


viernes, 5 de marzo de 2010

Cape Verde March 02

One boat did a try and fished for 1 1/2 days. They hooked 6 Blue Marlin!! Incredible fishing for what is called the OFF Season!
We start the 3d of april, still one week available On Smoker in July and 1 week in June on Doña Pi.

ASC 04 March

The last 4 days our norwegian anglers were catching Dorados, Jacks, Wahoo and tuna. They also got 2 Blue Marlin of 400 and 350 lb. Also a few Sailfish were hooked.During one night fishing session on the mooring, they got Wahoo, Dorado and 2 Sig Gill Sharks of around 1000 lb.

domingo, 28 de febrero de 2010

ASC 28 Feb

Yesterday we only caught Dorados and Amberjacks. 
Today we started at 1PM and pulle the hook on a 700 lb just 50 m from the boat. A bit later Bjoern caught a 350 lb Blue. We also raised a few Sails and got a bite from a White Marlin. At the mooring at  night we released a 300 lb Tresher Shark.

sábado, 27 de febrero de 2010

ASC 26 Feb.

The last days we fished with Mortens group from Norway. The guys got 2 blue Marlin and a few Sailfish. Apart from that they caught plenty of dorado and had some good night fishing with a few Sixgill sharks up to 1100 lb.

lunes, 22 de febrero de 2010

ASC 22. Feb

Yesterday Harmattan caught a 400 lb Blue and a Sail. We had a few more bites from Sails and Dorados.
Today we raised a 800 lb Blue but we never got a bite out of her. Later in the day we had a even bigger Blue around 850 to 900 lb on but unfortunately she pulled the hook.
This was Andys and Shauns last day for this year. they had a great time catching 10 Blues. Average size from all the Blues caught and lost was around 650 lb!!!


domingo, 21 de febrero de 2010

ASC 20th Feb.

Still excellent fishing for Andy and Shaun. The last 2 days they caught 4 blue Marlin, the biggest was called 950 lb!!


sábado, 20 de febrero de 2010

ASC 19 FEB

The last 2 days Andy and Shaun caught 2 Blue Marlin, a 200 lb and a 550 lb. We pulled the hook on another one. They also got a few Sailfish, Dorados and Wahoo.

miércoles, 17 de febrero de 2010

ASC 17.Feb

Yesterday we missed 2 real nice Blues and raised another monster. At least the Marlin are around.

Today we caught 3 for 4! A 250lb / 400 lb / 900lb+.....it was Andys biggest Blue Marlin so far.



lunes, 15 de febrero de 2010

ASC 15. FEB

Today it was Andy Little and Shauns first day in Ascension. They had a great start catching dorados, Amberjacks and a 600 Lb Blue Marlin.


sábado, 13 de febrero de 2010

ASC 11.Feb

The last 2 days Andy caught a Blue Marlin, we lost another one and raised a few more. We also has several bites from Sailfish. There are still quiet a lot of Dorados around and we got a few for dinner.


lunes, 8 de febrero de 2010

ASC 08 Feb.

The last 5 days the Marlin were pretty rare, one fish was lost after a short run and 2 nice Blues were raised but never got a bite out of them. We caught a big Blueshark on a livebait, some Sails, Dorados, Amberjacks and Tuna.

martes, 2 de febrero de 2010

Cape Verde Feb. 01

First news from Cape Verde. 2 boats were having a try to see what is going on and they found warm water with a lot of bait in the north of Sao vicente. They finally caught 4 Blue Marlin out of 9 bites!! Not bad for the off season.
We still have one free week in June and one in July on Smoker.
Ask for available dates for Doña Pi.

TL
Matthias Henningsen

domingo, 31 de enero de 2010

ASC 31 Jan.

The last 3 days the guys did some mixed fishing, catching Dorados, Wahoo, Jacks and Tuna. During the time of trolling we lost a 400 lb Blue jsut after the bite and caught a nice Mako Shark on the Ascension Pro Jet.



jueves, 28 de enero de 2010

ASC 28Jan.

Today it was the first day for Kent and Henrik from Sweden. In the morning they caught some jacks and Dorados and in the afternoon they got a 350 lb Blue Marlin.

Asc 26Jan.

The last 2 days we caught some Dorados and Wahoos, we also raised 3 Sails and real nice Blue Marlin who just had a look at the lures and went away.Thank you Stefano, Alvise and Massimo for joining us again on Ascension!

domingo, 24 de enero de 2010

ASC 24.Jan


Yesterday the boys were catching Wahoo, Dorados and Jacks to bend the rods. Today they raised a Blue Marlin around 400 lb but never got a bite out of him. Conditions are looking good with plenty of Dorados and Bonitos around. More coming soon.

viernes, 22 de enero de 2010

ASC 22.Jan


Yesterday the guys caught a few Dorados and lost a Blue Marlin after a few minutes. Today they first caught some dorados and jacks and later in the day Massimo caught a nice one of 700 lb ...happy faces on Harmattan!!

miércoles, 20 de enero de 2010

ASC 20 Jan.



Yesterday Harmattan had a bite of a Blue but pulled him off. Today Alvise caught another Blue Marlin stand up and had a few bites of Dorados. The sea is nice and plenty of Dorados around and also school size yellowfin.

lunes, 18 de enero de 2010

Ascension Island 2010 / 18th jan

Harmattan was out for the first day 2010! Stefano, Jacopo and Massimo from Italy are with us again. Stefano got a 250 lb Blue Marlin. Sea is looking good with plenty of Mahi Mahi and Wahoo around.
More coming soon.