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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.