Greetings from Shimoni,

Another fishing season has passed by and as we reflect we cannot help but be reminded by how unpredictable fish are. And a good thing too, in my opinion for if we knew what to expect it wouldn’t be nearly so much fun. It’s a shame that the big yellowfin tuna migration yet again failed to appear in 2009 but the sailfishing in December was outstanding, and the marlin fishing in January-February was pretty good too. In fact any season where a skipper breaches the 50 marlin mark has to be a good season. Despite a period in February where it appeared that the NE-monsoon would end prematurely the marlin fishing season actually continued well in to March. The sad part is that the number of days spent out on the water was well down on previous years perhaps a direct consequence of the global recession. (more…)

Greetings,

Although I send out news updates during the season I thought it might be fun to put together a review of the whole season. We are now getting the boats ready for the new season servicing engines, repainting, servicing tackle and rectifying any problems that might have occurred during the season. I am happy to report that Kamara II engine troubles of 2008 were not repeated and hopefully now that we know what caused the problems we can prevent any reoccurrence. Although the problems resulted from a manufacturing defect Caterpillar has refused to accept any responsibility. I have since heard of at least five other boats powered by the same CAT model that experienced the same problems in some cases with terminal consequences. (more…)

The 2004/05 season was another very successful season for Kamara II who continues to lead the way on marlin catches. Kamara II has been #1 for 3 consecutive seasons with Simon and his crew 5 consecutive seasons having been top with Kamara before the new boat’s arrival. (more…)

Traditionally there has been no fishing from April to about the middle of July, boats are laid up and skippers and crew go on their annual leave. It is also the time of the year when the major maintenance work is carried out, engines overhauled and boats repainted. But, the reason for not fishing has very little to do with actual availability of game fish. (more…)