Angola is different!!

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fedu

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By the way I've referenced the bicuda for the second time.

I call bicudas (that is how they are called in Azores) to what I think are Sphyraena viridensis (it could also be Sphyraena sphyraena they appear together) the spanish call them "barracuda amarilla" yellow barracuda, most are around 40cm in lenght but they can go up 128 cm.

The Sphyraena sphyraena can be a bit bigger usually around 50cm and can go up to 170cm.

They travel in schools when you have found one on the same spot you may catch many.

Smaller relatives of our usual Angolan resident guinean barracuda.
 
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Pargo Man

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they were indeed travelling in a school. In one place we caught 4 with ten minutes.

Fernando, the depth at Rose Beach still concerns me.

Albert and I have used the "Kawama" in places where we know the depth e.g. Tres Marias = 11ft. In such place "Kawama"s gage indicates 5 ft. My reading of this "phaenomenon" is, that the real depth there is in the first case 11ft under the keel and in second case... still 11 ft under Kawamas keel.

Sound pulses from the sonar travel through water, reflect from the ground and after a calculated period of time are received atop again... and a depth can be read. That depth essentially is the depth from the transceiver to the bottom. Kawama has a yacht style through hull transceiver in the lowest point of the boat, but the yacht style echograph deducts from the reading a 2,5m draft (of an imaginary keel boat). Safety first... but does'nt have much to do with the real water depth or the actual draft of the boat (which is 75cm to the props).

Another reading e.g. in the box at NAUTICO she indicates 1,5m under keel... which cannot be the true reading anywhere since the water column at her berth is about 3,5 to 4m.

Talking about surfing: In yesterdays swell the wave starts to "run aground" in about 4m and builds up to break over the 2,5m (at low tide) rocks.

I never took the Kawama near the steep wave face, so, I recon we were in about 7m of water and still had the depth alarm go off whenever the sounder read 5m under her imaginary keel...

Cut a long story short: We were safe at all times, but could'nt half get near the precious Cubera.

 
 

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fedu

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Well the best boat for there is Marco 17ft little Trophy, you can really put it on top of the spots, the problem is the trip takes hours and the coming back in the afternoon fully loaded with fish is I would say a bit dangerous....
 
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Pargo Man

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Fernando, boating agreed and 2nd best boat is "Djamila2"... but never alone on a single engine... who's coming along?
 

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fedu

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fedu wrote:
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I call bicudas (that is how they are called in Azores) to what I think are Sphyraena viridensis (it could also be Sphyraena sphyraena they appear together) the spanish call them "barracuda amarilla" yellow barracuda, most are around 40cm in lenght but they can go up 128 cm.

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Smaller relatives of our usual Angolan resident guinean barracuda.
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Sorry my mistake those are:

Bicuda - Sphyraena guachancho
They can grow up to 1 meter and 5Kg.
 
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ignatius

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Two big cob in one week-end, on the same forum.
Well done Jan, respect to guys who travel those distances to do what they love.
 
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