Some days it's just like that, you know you want to go out fishing but you have a clue what to do.
Buoyweather says "don't fish" small craft advisory and water temp sucks, but I phone my friend Julio Tremosso (fellow sealiner) telling him, don't know what but I'm going are you available?
Saturday morning I ask for my boat to be placed in the water at the boat club, but don't know what I'm going to do Sunday.
Go to the club to check if everything is ok with my boat
Noticed some other boats already on the water.
Phone Rafael Araujo the owner of a beautiful 2oceans magnum 25 and asked him, what are you going to do? Do you know something I don't?
He says have heard the Giant African Threadfin have appeared at the Kwanza.
Ok, Now I have a plan, don't know if it's going to work but at least I know what tackle to prepare.
I thought I could put in practice all the threadfin advices I had told bux (sorry Bux not yet)
The trip it's a bit long, almost 130 miles round trip but what the heck.
Rafael partner hadn't arrived, I went with Tre ahead and we would meet up further along the way, that allowed me to stop in some coral areas an try some winter jigging.
First place two drifts two drops, Tre had some squid jigs he got from Bennie Jordan and I told him used them I've got a good feeling about them and bottom species.
Here he is on his first drop with a pinkish squid jig (sorry Bennie our favorite color around here is pink not Durban golden
)
Small Corvina (Tre first ever)
I looked at the Fish Finder and told him, there are some Amberjack above the spot try it if you don't get hit on the bottom.
Small Amberjack
Finally Rafael came by and we went on to Kwanza river our initial plan, here is his beautiful 2oceans magnum 25ft, in my opinion the best 25ft boat in Angola nowadays, he bought it pre-owned, restored it, new wiring and electronics, installed two Zukes 200Hp on that boat, and it now runs at 44 Knots
Look at how this cat runs!!!
We arrived at the Kwanza crossed the waves break and trolled around for Giant African Threadfin or Cubera Snapper, I managed to take some pictures of the place
Not a single bite, I saw some fisherman near shore and asked them how fishing was going, they told me "small, small fish".
Some days are like that, things don't go according to plan, after a couple hours trolling around I told Rafael let's leave either the tide is not the proper one or the Threadfin haven't arrived yet in numbers.
On the way out we saw the "famous" Angolan Dawn boat (Also without any fish strike whatsoever )
We came back home Rafael went trolling for Cubera Snapper middle of the way and I told Tre we should explore jigging a couple of my bottom fishing points to try save the day I was in no mood of getting back to the club after all those miles and with only two smaller fish.
On one of the points I told Tre I was sure the Fish Finder was telling me there was fish there.
My line got stuck in the bottom but Tre got something at 110 meter depth.
After What seemed like an eternity, and me yelling at Tre don't allow him to breath, pressure him, we finally saw what was on the end of the line.
Tre was tired but he still managed to take a "proper" picture with the Biggest Wreckfish I've seen in Luanda on the last couple of years.
Our fishing day "honor" was saved!!! Tre had done it, a 20Kg Wreckfish on one of Bennies squid jigs and on top of that his first Wreckfish ever!!!!
We could now go back to the club not afraid of any kind of comparison with the other guys
Buoyweather says "don't fish" small craft advisory and water temp sucks, but I phone my friend Julio Tremosso (fellow sealiner) telling him, don't know what but I'm going are you available?
Saturday morning I ask for my boat to be placed in the water at the boat club, but don't know what I'm going to do Sunday.
Go to the club to check if everything is ok with my boat
Noticed some other boats already on the water.
Phone Rafael Araujo the owner of a beautiful 2oceans magnum 25 and asked him, what are you going to do? Do you know something I don't?
He says have heard the Giant African Threadfin have appeared at the Kwanza.
Ok, Now I have a plan, don't know if it's going to work but at least I know what tackle to prepare.
I thought I could put in practice all the threadfin advices I had told bux (sorry Bux not yet)
The trip it's a bit long, almost 130 miles round trip but what the heck.
Rafael partner hadn't arrived, I went with Tre ahead and we would meet up further along the way, that allowed me to stop in some coral areas an try some winter jigging.
First place two drifts two drops, Tre had some squid jigs he got from Bennie Jordan and I told him used them I've got a good feeling about them and bottom species.
Here he is on his first drop with a pinkish squid jig (sorry Bennie our favorite color around here is pink not Durban golden
)Small Corvina (Tre first ever)
I looked at the Fish Finder and told him, there are some Amberjack above the spot try it if you don't get hit on the bottom.
Small Amberjack
Finally Rafael came by and we went on to Kwanza river our initial plan, here is his beautiful 2oceans magnum 25ft, in my opinion the best 25ft boat in Angola nowadays, he bought it pre-owned, restored it, new wiring and electronics, installed two Zukes 200Hp on that boat, and it now runs at 44 Knots
Look at how this cat runs!!!
We arrived at the Kwanza crossed the waves break and trolled around for Giant African Threadfin or Cubera Snapper, I managed to take some pictures of the place
Not a single bite, I saw some fisherman near shore and asked them how fishing was going, they told me "small, small fish".
Some days are like that, things don't go according to plan, after a couple hours trolling around I told Rafael let's leave either the tide is not the proper one or the Threadfin haven't arrived yet in numbers.
On the way out we saw the "famous" Angolan Dawn boat (Also without any fish strike whatsoever
)
We came back home Rafael went trolling for Cubera Snapper middle of the way and I told Tre we should explore jigging a couple of my bottom fishing points to try save the day I was in no mood of getting back to the club after all those miles and with only two smaller fish.
On one of the points I told Tre I was sure the Fish Finder was telling me there was fish there.
My line got stuck in the bottom but Tre got something at 110 meter depth.
After What seemed like an eternity, and me yelling at Tre don't allow him to breath, pressure him, we finally saw what was on the end of the line.
Tre was tired but he still managed to take a "proper" picture with the Biggest Wreckfish I've seen in Luanda on the last couple of years.
Our fishing day "honor" was saved!!! Tre had done it, a 20Kg Wreckfish on one of Bennies squid jigs and on top of that his first Wreckfish ever!!!!
We could now go back to the club not afraid of any kind of comparison with the other guys
