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Kenya hosts the ATA 30th Jubilee International
Congress, Nairobi, May, 2005.
Africa
Travel Association's Prestige Magazine to publish a
"GRAND TOUR "OF KENYA" edition for the Jubilee
Congress, with long-term worldwide distribution as
a follow-up! Kenya,
Top Game Fishing Destination ! May,
June and early July are the off-season months in
East Africa for the big-game fishing industry,
which makes an early start around mid July,
although seas can be rough at this time. For
the best action this early, the Watamu Banks is the
prime area, and can be accessed from Malindi, and
one or two boats which run from Watamu. By August,
most of the boats start to operate, and catches of
small black marlin, sailfish, sharks, as well as
tuna, wahoo. giant trevally and kingfish, make a
typical day. Around
mid August, the seas start to moderate, and the
size of the marlin increase, and in September more
tuna and wahoo begin to show. Big
tuna, over 20 kg are found in the Rips off Watamu,
and on the North Kenya Banks, out from Malindi.
This latter venue is a forty-mile run and is
usually combined with an overnight trip, fishing
for broadbill swordfish, and incredible catches are
often made. `
September-October is the time when big tuna run in
the Pemba Channel, though the run has been poor for
the past couple of seasons, and black marlin and
sailfish move into the southern areas, Kilifi,
Mtwapa, Mombasa and Shimoni.
The
legendary sailfish run at Malindi shifts to a
higher gear in November, peaking mid December and
continuing into January and February, and these
waters are easily accessed from Watamu. The latter
area will produce striped marlin in the Rips at
this time, and often black marlin on the Banks,
where live bait finds the big fish in December
through March. December
can be a peak month for striped marlin in the Pemba
Channel, where the marlin season runs on through
January to early March, and big blacks and blues
are also found. Two to three day trips are made
from Shimoni over to Pemba Island, where fantastic
catches can be made in these little fished
areas. Mtwapa
and Mombasa target all the marlin, and sailfish
also, in December through March, and Kilifi boats
generally fish the Rips at this time, mingling with
the boats from Watamu and Malindi twenty miles
offshore, where sailfish join the marlin from
January to Mid- March. Broadbill
swordfish, which are targeted by trolling lures at
night, are caught mainly around the North Kenya
Bank and outside the Rips off Watamu, and marlin
and sailfish are caught in these areas morning and
evening en route on these overnight trips.
Broadbill on fly is the latest, state-of-the-art,
objective, Kenya being the first, and still the
only, area in the world where such catches have
been achieved. And
in all areas, for most of the season, one can catch
small tuna species, Wahoo, kingfish, Dorado
(dolphin-fish), giant trevally and
sharks. Tag
and release is now the norm for billfish, and
indeed for sharks and trevally as well, and tag
returns from the Seychelles, Mauritius and close to
Australia show the extent of the pelagic migration,
and indicate how important it is to manage
conservation on an ocean-wide basis. A
longer season, top quality boats, skippers and
crews, great hotels and the best marine and
wildlife parks in the world, make East Africa a top
destination for all fishermen, tyro and pundit
alike! |
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Kenya
Advance Edition (above) for ATA 30th Jubilee
Celebrations