spearfishing trip to Angola

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Spyker Kruger

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Guys

Allthough I dont do the pearfishing sport myself , I have taken 2 groups to spearfish the  Angolan waters, with great succes and good fish has been shot ! ,the time is Nov the visibility  is awsome and the water Temp is great, I managed to organise a good deal with the guys there so if there is any one intrested please PM me.

SPYKER:fswim
 
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Lelik

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Yes Spyker,

Kan jy dalk n voorlopige program met koste breakdown doen, sodat mens bietjie n idee van kostes kan kry?

Dankie,
 
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aquadementia

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species there to shoot include - kob, garrick, shad, pink cracker, baardman, cuttlefish, yellowtail, dentex and chances at many more..
 
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jensent

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Hi Guys,

I have done two trips to Southern Angola, and shot some really nice fish.  Being desert, it is best not to shoot too much as there is not much to do with the fish, but just enjoy the sights.

I have sat on the bottom watching 10-20 kilo kob swim around me, not pulling the trigger as we already had more than enough for dinner (photo below). I will sit a polygraph on this if you don't believe me :)

There are big crays, big leerie, yellowbellies over 20 kilos, and many tropical species as well, such as Cubera snapper and Kingfish, depending on time of year and how far north you go.  And the biggest oysters you will ever see!  On both trips, two years apart, we saw wildeperd I would rate closer to 4 kilos than anything else, and you leave them alone as there is better stuff there.

I have never seen anything like the fish life I saw there - it is generally barren, but when the limestone cracks open up, it is absolutely phenomenal.

Best advice would be to plan it as a fishing and diving holiday as you can "miss" the conditions for diving - plenty fun to be had on the line.

And Spyker, if you get trips from this you owe me commission :)

Cheers,

Tony
 

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jensent

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The Oysters - we managed to fit 11 in my dive bag and no more - and two of us had to carry the bag in the soft sand
 

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jensent

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I got out of the water after a mid morning dive when the rest of the guys stayed onshore, spinning.  I was greeted with cold beer and my choice of smoked or braaied fresh shad from that morning. With a smoker flown up from Cape Town!

Where can you find buddies like these?
 

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jensent

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Whatever else it is, a trip to southern Angola is a huge adventure.  Our guide remembered us from the previous trip and (proably due to aforesaid buddies drinking with him through the night) took us into areas he does not normally take clients, and showed us this.

Life is tough in the desert.

If you can, best as both a fisherman and a spearo, Angola is a trip of a lifetime, wilder and a bigger adventure than a Mozambique trip.
 

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Bushbuck

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jensent wrote:
Whatever else it is, a trip to southern Angola is a huge adventure.  Our guide remembered us from the previous trip and (proably due to aforesaid buddies drinking with him through the night) took us into areas he does not normally take clients, and showed us this.

Life is tough in the desert.

If you can, best as both a fisherman and a spearo, Angola is a trip of a lifetime, wilder and a bigger adventure than a Mozambique trip.
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Thats wild. Any details on what this was about?
 
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jensent

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There are a couple of really hardy fishermen that live on the coast out there (we saw 2 in about 40kms of coastline).  This was most likely one of those guys.
 
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aquadementia

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check what was shot in Angola today!! 26kg tail on a shore dive by Bernard Swart
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