North of Sao Vicente this morning, the first marlin he jumps he jumps in the direction of the boat, off hook, immediately a second marlin at the edge of the boat takes on a lure and it is also lost.

" Pierre, Maxime, Pascal and I, at the airport of mindelo for a new adventure. Mathieu is not present this time.

Didier introduces us to the team that will take care of us for 6 days on his boat, the DIMEU. The techniques used will be, 2 large lures with skirt unarmed in teaser, 2 lures with skirt armed far enough behind the boat and 3 canes equipped for the Pitch (dead fish armed with a circle hook), 1 big and 2 small + 1 Big green and black squid dredge just behind the boat, all perfectly orchestrated by a great team Ryan Williamson (Lure Pulsator), Matthew Milne and Ja.

Day 1 - san Pedro 0- 2 1 little marlin goes from one lure to another, we throw a kite to the pitch but will not give anything and 1 spearfish will hit the bottom lure but no more

Day 2 -san Pedro 1-1 colored water "greenny blue", Ryan explains that the water is not blue enough and says "no Marlin, nothing nothing ..." when the right Penn starts to sing, the marlin is stung, about 200 lbs, pascal maneuver, fish released quickly.

Day 3 - 0-1 direction Nicaulo sao, jig session to catch bait for the pitch, done in 15 min, then windy crossing with wind for 7 hours, arrived in Sao Nicolau, the water is blue and 1 Marlin is seen behind the teasers, it is pitched but it falls off the shoe.

A huge Marlin is spotted on the sounder but will not rise, too bad

Day 4 - sao nicaulo 3-5. 1 Marlin hit the Lure, 500 lbs in 45 min, Max in action does the job perfectly for his first fish ... exhausted. Shortly after a Marlin sticks behind the teasers, it's a big, Ja launches the big bonito and the marlin is pitched, the shoeing is assured to the power of the boat, engine at bottom and it is stung, 3 min plus later Matthew catches the leader and takes the hook, 600 lbs in 3 min a record ... I stay on my end and Pierre offers me to take the next.

1 hour later 2 big Marlins appear behind the teasers, only 1 will be stung on the lure and 30 min later, I bring the Marlin to the boat and it will be estimated at 700 lbs, at the time of release a local fisherman's boat approach and when the marlin leaves again Cape Verdien jumps into the water with a spear to harpoon the tired fish .... Of the madness ..... worthy of a film ... luckily he misses it and the fish goes back to the depths.

Two other Marlins seen late afternoon but not stung. It was an amazing day with big fish

Day 5 - 1-3 A big Marlin of 900lbs appears in the morning, goes from one lure to another, we pitch a pitch but the fish does not want and disappears ... what incredible pictures ... A new fish a a little smaller shows up behind the decoys but disappears immediately. We change sector and we go to the bench and a fish of 180 lbs will be stung and brought back quickly by Pierre, he will take the next touch.

Day 6 - 2-2. Going back to Sao Vicente We go back to exactly the same place as the day before at the same time with the same lure and the big Marlin shows himself again but this time he is stung and Pierre is in command, the fish is brought to the boat, Ja catch the leader and catch the fish ......... the hooks are fully open, the fish is validated and it is estimated at 900 lbs.

Crossing the last channel between the islands, 1 Marlin takes the right lure and dark to double the boat, Pascal does the job perfectly despite the sustained wind and the boat heckled, the fish is brought to the boat and off the hook, estimate 600 lbs

Very positive assessment of the stay 7 fish came out for 14 contacts, we all made beautiful fish.

The green cape remains an incredible destination for the fishing of the big blue Marlins of the Atlantic.

A big thank you to Didier Jeanne for the organization of the stay as well as Ryan, Matthew and Ja for the unforgettable pictures engraved forever in our memories.

Christophe Zannol

Pieter Nel aboard Nha Cretcheu with Ryan Williamson, Sammy and Ja

At the northwest bank, 2 caught marlins (700lbs and 200lbs)

TEAM CLEAVER aboard the Cretcheu with Stuart Simpson and Ryan Williamson

1st day: 17/07, direction Santo Antão, 1 marlin fished (600 lbs)

2nd day: Monte Trigo, 1 marlin caught (750lbs), then around noon 1 huge 971lbs marlin deposited ashore (2 hours and a half fighting, the fisherman is 17 years old!).

3rd day: 4 contacts, 3 marlins caught (250lbs / 450lbs / 600lbs)

4th day: 2 contacts, no fished

5th day: on the return of Santo Antão, 1 marlin caught (400lbs) at North of São Vicente

The guests are delighted, they have booked 10 days of fishing for 2018.

Bruno Plainfossé on the Pace 40' with Steve Webb as skipper, Sammy Yongo and Ja are the sailors

1st day, July 1st, in São Pedro, 5 contacts, 1 marlin caught in the pitch and 1 in the lure

2nd day: nothing

3rd day: 2 contacts, 1 marlin caught

4th day: 2 contacts including 1 of 600 pounds not hung, 1 small marlin caught

On 4 days, 4 marlins caught, but not the bigger for the World Marlin Cup, it's sad...

We welcome the Van Niekerk team on the 33' Bertram with Stuart Simpson as skipper and Ryan Williamson as liner.

1st day, June 19: direction São Nicolau, no contact

2nd day: Banc São Nicolau, 2 contacts, no caught

3rd day: 1 contact

4th day: 2 strikes, 2 fished

5th day: 5 contacts, 1 caught in São Pedro (500 lbs)

6th day: still in São Pedro, a blue marlin caught (800 lbs)

The team Scheufele (TO Ralf Andree) aboard the Pace 40ft with Steeve Webb as skipper.

1st day: 8th of June in Sao Pedro, 3 marlins, no caught

2nd day: 1 marlin caught, it weighed 953 lbs and this has been the very first time for Felix, the 15-year-old son, after a 45-minute fight! Congratulations!

3rd day: 1 double marlins, 250 lbs and 350 lbs

4th day: nothing

5th day: 1 seen, no caught.

Aboard the Dimeu, with customer Burn Schilling and his 2 friends

1st day: 29/05 North of São Vicente, 3 marlins seen, 1 caught

2nd day:  3 marlins seen, 2 marlins caught

3rd day: 2 marlin seen, nothing

4th day: 3 marlins seen, 2 marlins caught

5th day: 3 marlins seen, 1 caught

6th day: no contact, no caught

Kevin & Robin with Stuart Simpson on Nha Cretcheu

Day 1: May 14, direction São Nicolau, nothing

2nd day: Bench of Tarrafal, 4 marlins seen , 3 marlins caught

3rd day: 3 contacts, 1 marlin caught

4th day: 3 marlins seen, 1 marlin caught

5th day: 2 marlins seen, 2 marlins caught, return to São Vicente

Stuart Simpson with Nha Cretcheu and Mr Taylor + his son

1st day: 07/05/2017, direction San Pedro, 1 contact, 1 marlin caught

2nd day: direction Santo Antão, 3 contacts, no marlin caught

3rd day: Montrigo, 2 contact, no marlin

4th day: Montrigo, 2 contacts, 2 marlins caught

5th day: Santo Antão, 1 contact, 1 marlin caught

6th day: Santo Antão and Channel, 3 contacts, 1 marlin caught.

Kobie Delport Team (South African) with Dimeu

1st day: direction São Nicolau, nothing

Day 2: on the bench of Tarrafal, 1 marlin seen, 1 marlin caught

3rd day: 5 marlins seen, 2 caught

4th day: 2 marlins seen, 2 marlins caught with Pelagic Pulsator Lures and Bonzai Lures

Team Theo Daly with Nha Cretcheu, Stuart Simpson was the skipper, Ryan Williamson was the liner and Fabio was the sailor.

1st day April 23 São Pedro, nothing

2nd day: direction São Nicolau, 3 marlins seen, 2 caught

3rd day: bench of Tarrafal São Nicolau, seen 3 marlins, 2 caught

4th day: 8 contacts, 3 marlins caught

5th day: 1 marlin caught

6th day: 1 marlin caught near the Raso island + 1 amberjack (25 kgs) in São Pedro and back to São Vicente

1 marlin of 812 lbs caught in São Nicolau

With a total of 10 marlins, the customers are very happy

Yvan Plontueux and his son left Mindelo with the Dimeu and Steve Webb (skipper), Sammir Yongo (liner) and Ja (sailor):

1st day, 10/04: North of São Vicente, in the direction of São Nicolau, 1 contact, a spearfish caught

2nd day: at the bench of São Nicolau, 2 contacts, 2 marlin caught (1 500lbs)

3rd day São Nicolau, 2 contacts, 1 marlin caught (750lbs)

4th day return São Vicente, 3 contacts, 1 caught at the lighthouse of Baril west of Tarrafal and another at the islet of Raso (first fish and first marlin caught by the son)

Customers feel happy!

On board of the Nha Cretcheu with Stuart Simpson in charge, Ryan Williamson as Liner and Fabio as sailor, Jean Francois Brisson is with us for 5 days of fishing:

1st day (April 3rd): direction São Nicolau, nothing

2nd day: 6 contacts, including one 500 lbs (not taken) / 2 marlins caught 250lbs and 300lbs

3rd day: 4 contacts, 1 marlin caught and tagged 250 lbs

4th day: 3 contacts, 2 marlins caught and tagged 200lbs and 600lbs

5th day: 1 marlin caught and tagged in São Nicolau 200lbs + 1 contact. Then in north of São Vicente, 1 contact 400lbs, twice at the Teaser.

Customer content

The Chenu brothers, Guillaume and Benoit aboard Pacemaker, with Jackson Safari as skipper from 9 to 12 June

June 9: Sao Pedro, 3 contacts, 2 wahoo caught

June 10: north of Sao Vicente, 3 views, 2 marlins caught

June 11: north of Sao Vicente, 1 marlin caught, too much wind, back to Sao Pedro, 1 marlin caught

June 12: 1 contact, a big fish, gone after two minutes

Fishing was OK, the customers are happy, they caught their first marlins

The Roger Sutherland's team on "Nha Cretcheu" with Stuart Simpson as skipper from May 29 to June 3

May 29: we go straight to São Nicolau, 2 marlins seen, 2 caught

May 30: 5 fish seen, 4 marlins caught 

May 31: 1 marlin caught

June 1: 4 marlins seen, 2 caught

June 2: 3 seen, 2 caught

June 3: Back to São Vicente, 1 contact in Santa Luzia

Total: with 11 marlins caught and a good action, the customers are delighted

Adam Webb on Bertram with Stuart Simpson as skipper, Steve Jackson and Safari Web as liner, from May 23 to 27

First day: The boat goes to Sao Nicolau, 4 fishes seen, 0 caught

Second day: 6 fishes seen, 4 marlin caught 

Third day: 3 fishes seen, 5 marlins caught 

Fourth day: 7 fishes seen, 10 marlin caught 

Fifth day: 3 seen, 3 marlins caught

Total: 17 blue marlin caught for 27 followed, the customer was satisfied.

The couple Leparq, two nice customers, on the Pacemaker 40 with Tara Thompson as skipper.

The first day in Sao Pedro, 3 marlins caught

The second day, two marlins caught

On the third day, nothing, no contact

On the fourth day, in the Santo Antao area, 2 marlins caught

On the fifth day, Santo Antao again, we caught 2 marlins.

With so many fishes, the Leparq leave Cape Verde happy, they will come back next year.

Dimeu back in after a 3 day charter with some fantastic gentlemen from Sweden.

Unfortunately our first day had a fair bit of swell so we fished in shore finding at the end of the day 2 blues off of the airport. Both fished came to the teasers but the first around 200lb wouldn't switch, we did a few passes trying to raise her again and came across another around 350 lb that faded off our teasers and PILLED on our center rigger; unfortunately it spit the hooks.

Our second day had bigger swell and big winds so fishing was very slow for us. But we made up for it on our last day with flat calm seas and hardly any winds. We decided to head east thru shallow water where we caught a wahoo followed shortly by seeing a blue marlin on the surface smashing a flying fish. We took a few turns around and this aggressive little marlin around 200 lb came flying into our spread smashing our teasers. We pitched a bait to him but he was only interested in using his hooter and not into eating, we headed east again with the advantage of amazing weather and worked the edge of the drop off on the east side. We raised two marlin: the largest around 500lbs that again came in on the teaser, we pitched a bait and she destroyed it at the same time the smaller blue around 300 came in and took our long rigger. Another amazing time with our clients on Dimeu!

5 days of fishing with Jean François Brisson.

Day 1: São Nicolau, no fish

Day 2: we leave São Nicolau, the water is green, but very quiet, we catch one marlin on the eastern side of Sao Vicente in pitch (250 lbs).

Day 3: São Pedro, we take 2 marlins (550 lbs and 260 lbs) for 4 contacts and 2 seen. At the same time we pitch a marlin and the longest cane hangs another marlin, what to do? The reel is emptied very quickly on the cane, we take the decision to abandon the pitch, and we catch a 500 lbs after a very good fight.

4th day of fishing in São Pedro Bank, we catch marlins 2 for 4 seen, the two caught by pitch (350 lbs and 300 lbs), we see wild birds and the water is blue and calm sea.

Day 5: 1 Marlin (400 lbs) caught the pitch on 3 seen in São Pedro, beautiful sea time.

In the end, beautiful weather and lots of fish, the customer is happy. Pulsator Lures.

Aboard the Nha Cretcheu (Bertram) with Stuart Simpson, three marlins caught (670 lbs / 500 lbs / 250 lbs), all taken with PULSATOR lures.

Our french client went back to Normandy very happy.

Capt. Ronnie Fields, Gray Ingram, Kyle Francis & Nick Bovelland and the rest of Team Big Oh weighed a 1,254 lbs. Blue Marlin. The fish was caught on a pitch bait on an 80w with 100 lbs line. Meanwhile The Mistic Blue and Samir Rahal have caught a 900 lbs marlin. This will not break the current World Record of 1,190 lbs from the Azores on 80w, but it will go down as the 9th Largest Blue Marlin weighed in the Atlantic.

Unfortunately today 4 July and while there were a dozen boats participating in the World Cup, including our Pacemaker (with Guy Bouffard as customer) and our Bertram (with Jim Robertson as customer), no big marlin (minimum 500 lbs) has been fished.

Guy Bouffard is a regular customer, this year he came especially for the World Cup on 4 July.

The 30-06: departure for a test in Sao Nicolau, one tuna caught on the road near Raso islet.

The 01-07: a small test near São Nicolau, nothing.

The 02-07: we go back to São Vicente, one 250lbs marlin caught in the east of São Pedro, in stand-up on a 50lbs rod & line.

The 04-07: at São Pedro in the morning and then in Santo Antao channel, no contact, nothing.

The client is a little disappointed, that's normal.

We welcome the Doctor Louw and two friends aboard Bertram with Stuart Simpson as skipper, Callum Scott and Djo.

June 21: we're moving to São Nicolau, and near Santa Luzia island we lose a big marlin after 30 minutes of good fighting, then in São Nicolau, 5 marlins seen and 3 caught (250 to 450 lbs).

June 22: 7 seen, one marlin caught (400 lbs).

June 23: 2 seen, and two marlins fished (300 and 450 lbs).

June 24: nothing.

June 25: return to São Vicente, at east of Sao Pedro one caught marlin (650 lbs).

Happy customers, 7 marlins fished.

A German customer came to celebrate his 60th birthday on our Pacemaker

17-06: 3 contacts, one marlin caught (350 lbs)

19-06: 1 contact, 2 wahoos fished.

Aboard the Bertram with Stuart Simpson as skipper Callum Scott as liner and Djo as a sailor, here are two English brothers.

The 05-06: In São Pedro, 2 contacts, one marlin on the Pitch.

The 06-06: Direction São Nicolau, nothing, no fish seen.

The 07-06: In São Nicolau, 5 fish seen, 4 fished on the pitch including one of 650 lbs.

The 08-06 2 contacts, 1 fish on the pitch + 1 mako shark.

The 09-06: Back to São Vicente, two fishes in the Santa Luzia channel, then two fish caught in the east of São Vicente, 7 fish seen, 1 large marlin broke on the line of the rod (50 lbs ) for the pitch.

9 marlins in 4 days, customers are delighted.

Jean Francois Brisson on the Bertram 33 with Stuart Simpson as skipper.

25-05: in São Pedro, 4 fish seen, 3 caught, 2 on the pitch (stand-up) and 1 with Pulsator Lure

26-05: 3 fish seen, 1 fished on the pitch.

27-05: 7 fish seen, 3 caught on the pitch (1 of 450 lbs)

28-05: 3 fish seen and 3 caught, 2 on the pitch and one on seat with a Pulsator lure (amazing: lure swallowed by the marlin without bait, first time for Stuart !!!)

29-05: 3 fish seen, no contact.

Total for 5 days: 11 caught marlin, 2 caught on the seat and 9 caught stand-up (a first for Jean Francois, welcome to the club!)

Albert and Jean-Claude, two connoisseurs of fishing.

The 19-05: in São Pedro, 2 contacts of marlin

The 20-05: 2 contacts of marlin

The 21-05: 1 contact of marlin

The 22-05: 1 contact, 1 marlin fished (300 lbs)

The 23-05: 2 contacts, 1 marlin fished (240 lbs)

Small disappointment for the customers, with few fishes: curiously this year in may we have the same temperatures as we had in March, I think that it is the explanation.

The Olivier's team with Sylvie, Patrick and Cyril: only nice team-members with Lionel Duffy as skipper on the Pacemaker'40!

13-05: With Sao Pedro, 3 contacts, 1 marlin caught and released

14-05: In NW bank, departure at 5 o'clock in the morning, 3 contacts for 3 marlins fished + 2 wahoo + 1 tuna + 1 sériole in Jig. Rest in the evening in Monte Trigo authentic guesthouse.

15-05: At Monte Trigo bank, 2 contacts. In the channel between Santo Antao and São Vicente: 1 contact. At São Pedro, 2 contacts and 1 marlin fished. Return to Mindelo.

16-05: At São Pedro, 5 contacts, 2 marlins fished

17-05: At São Pedro, 4 contacts, 3 marlins fished + 1 wahoo

18-05: At São Pedro, no contact.

All marlins have been caught with PULSATOR and G-FORCE lures.

Stay finished for Olivier and his team, I think that he is satisfied and ready to come back.

Over the past two weeks we have continued to have some good fishing. Since my last report we had Dominique and Michel fishing with us from France. On the first day we went 1-4, fishing in the North. One of the fish was a really nice one, which ate several times. Unfortunately did not mange to hook it well enough, however gave us a good show. However over the following days, they managed to get double headers on two consecutive days. Both times the first fish ate a long and the second fish followed a teaser, then pilling on a pitch. The weather was calm and Dominique managed to catch his first blue marlin on stand up. Doing a great job and hopefully continues to catch many more on stand up. Michel also managed to catch a real nice fish of 550lb, well done to him too. Had a great 6 days fishing with them, with lots of nice marlin.

Over the last week we had good friends Stuart, Gina, Dale and Johnny fishing with us all the way from Kenya. The trip started a bit slow, however things heated on the second day, where we raised 8 marlin and got bites out of 5, and ended up catching 2. That's fishing I guess. One of the two was a really nice fish caught by Johnny, we called it 550lb but could have easily been bigger. Johnny being a very experienced angler did a great job. Gina was ready all week to pitch her 30-50lb outfit, unfortunately marlin were not liking her bait. Stuart and Dale both also caught nice marlin. Was a great fun week and the weather was amazing with blue skies and calm seas most days. Thanks to all of them for their support.

Anyway I will keep you posted over the next week, weather looks to be good, so fingers crossed we get some good fishing. Tight lines to you all.

Over past 10 days we have continued to have some good fishing. To start we had a group of friends from South Africa: Rudy, Cor, Johnny and Santi - a great group. We fished in the calm water of Santo Antão.. The trip started slow, but we came back strong. Overall we caught 7 marlin over the four days. With some decent size fish, two around the 400lb mark and one of 550lb. Well done to Santi for catching her first marlin. The others, all experienced anglers, did an awesome job too.

For the last five days we have been part of the Penn Challenge with Dutch friends. 13 boats took part, with good numbers of marlins being caught each day. We had one noticeable fish caught by Peter, a big 750lb that ate the long rigger. The fish put up a great fight and Peter did a great job on the rod. Some of the anglers also opted to pitch themselves on numerous other fish, which was a lot of fun. 

That's it for now, will keep you updated.

Over the past week with have had some good fishing. Numbers have not been very high, however the average size of fish has been very impressive. With the average size of fish coming in at 500/600lb. This has been the case of the entire fleet here in mindelo.

However on the 4th April we had an impressive catch with our clients David and Amigo from Czech Republic, weighing a 906pounder. Unfortunately the fish died during the fight. The fish stayed on the top to start, doing some great long runs, then sounded deep and unfortunately died down there. Shame the fish died, but nevertheless a great catch.

Fishing with clients from France, Sebastien and Bernard, we had a great start catching a 650lb on stand up tackle. The fish came to the teasers and eventually ate the bait. The fight took 2hours, it was a great fish on light tackle. Unfortunately we then headed to Sao Nicolau to find some calmer water, however we had less luck there. We are now back in Mindelo.

We have also caught some other small fish during the weeks. Hopefully this coming week will bring some more good action.

Today March 20th, our first day of fishing season for Nha Cretcheu with Stuart Simpson as skipper and Lionel Duffy as Liner (Pacemaker 40's skipper), Ja & Djo as sailors.

With our Customers Mr. Dore and Mr. Jugan, we go to São Nicolau. The first contact was in São Pedro (he ran away) and then on the road of São Nicolau we had 3 contacts, with the catch of a marlin of 100 kgs and another of 200 kgs. The customers are satisfied.