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Fishing report from capt. Shawn - lonehunter - 01-09-2010
Hello friends and fisherman
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It has been a while since I had a chance to send you all a report
from the Royal Charlotte Bank. I have arrived back in Canavieiras with
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, a 39.5 ft Cabras Mars, and we are set up for fishing with a new
operation called Majestic Marlin Brasil. This is a family business
that will provide you with organized and private fishing trips,
weather you are chasing the large majestic blue marlin or a day light
tackle and jigging.
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Lea and myself know what fisherman want and have provided you with a
larger more comfortable boat that will make fishing here a memorable
experience, accompanied with Casa La Ma
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, our private accommodation, this will make it an unforgettable trip.
We had the Annual Marlin Fishing Tournament on the 19th and 20th of
November, with 9 boats participating. Fishing aboard the Camargue was
Catarina Zanaga, husband Eduardo Costa and son Tiago. We had great
fishing but no luck catching.
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The first day we raised 5 blues had 3 bites but jumped them all off,
two where in the 500 and 650 lb range; we also saw a large blue marlin
tailing down sea, the fish was around the 1000 lb mark, we got the
baits to her but she would not bite after 5 mins of baiting her. Most
of the boats raised 3 or 4 marlin and Roberto Costa & friends fishing
on his boat Dodo IV were in the lead with one blue released and one
weighing 453 lb or 206 kg.
The second day out Camargue raised 8 blues around 300 to 400 lb, we
got bites from 3 and Eduardo released 1 around 300 lb. Most boats
raised 2 or 3 marlin the second day, Rafaela caught one that weighed
498 lb or 226 kg and Dodo IV released two more blues to win the
tournament. Pitleo came second and Rafaela third place.
Mauricio Pettoruto from Switzerland was here to try marlin fishing
for the first time, we raised 3 blues, caught and released all 3; the
largest was around 450 lb the other 2 were around 300 lb.
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Dr Sergio Cordoni and friends from Foz do Iguacu where here to try
marlin fishing for the first time. The first day out was slow for most
of the day, at 3.30 a large marlin came up on the short lure and
turned and attacked the other short lure, it massive head and
shoulders came out of the water, this was a marlin around 1000 lb; it
went down and turned north and stayed down after 1 ½ hours, we had
the double out of the water, the fish was 40 ft away and there was a
lot of colour under the boat, but this was as close as she was coming.
We fought her for another hour and then she made a run deep and died
in 600 m of water, the southerly current pushed us back on the edge
and cut the line on the bank. The next 2 days the weather was a little
rough and the boys opted to take it easy and not fish.
Rogerio Andrade and family where here to try their luck marlin
fishing, with 3 days fishing we only raised 4 marlin, had one bite and
no luck catching it. They caught some Dorado and Wahoo.
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Charles and Bev Holloway were here to fish on their new boat, fishing
a couple of days Charles and Bev raised a few marlin and released one
around 300 lb; Bev was kept busy catching Dorado and Wahoo for dinner
and tuna for sashimi.
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Bruno Vincintin was back in Canavieiras and the first day we went to
the drill platform and had good fishing. Bruno got a bite early and we
had a very acrobatic marlin on, unfortunately the fish got the leader
around its tail, dove deep, the fish was now being pulled backwards
which drowned the marlin; it weighed 375 lbs.
We raised another marlin soon after around 500 lb but no bite. We did
some jigging close to the platform and caught lots of big eye tuna
around 15 lbs. Later in the afternoon we raised a fish around 800 lb
but once again no bite.
The second day the current slowed, the water temperature went up and
the fishing slowed at the platform so we went jigging on the edge;
caught Dorado, Wahoo and Amberjack. The last day we fished the
Charlotte Bank, the current had stopped so this was not good for
marlin, we did not raise a marlin but Bruno caught a bunch of Wahoo
and Dorado.
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Tim Thomasson was back to fish the Royal Charlotte Bank over the new
year; the first day out he released 2 blues one around 400 lb and the
other 300 lb, we had another bite from a fish around 500 lb but no
luck staying hooked. The next day we fished the bank, raised 2 marlin
and 2 sailfish but they were just slapping at the baits, not hungry.
The 3rd day we fished the platform again and raised 2 blues, one
around 500 lb attacked the short lure but didn`t stay hooked. The last
day was on the bank again and the first day of the New Year. We raised
3 blues and a sailfish, Tim released 2 blues, one with no Bill, around
120 lb and another around 250 lb; Tim got another bite from a fish
around 500 lb but did not stay on. We raised a sailfish as well that
day.
As you can see I started the season late this year and have not seen
a run of marlin that we are use too, they might have come through in
October but no one was marlin fishing here. I believe we will have
good fishing over the next 3 months, raising up to 3 or 4 marlin a day
and most of the fish are over 500 lb at this time off year.
The weather has been good most of the time here with calm to moderate
seas. The bottom fishing and jigging has been good on the bank as well
for those of you that like to jigg.
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and give Lea or myself a call to put a package together for you to
come and enjoy our great fishing on a comfortable boat, the Camargue.
Relax for a while in tranquil Canavieiras
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and let that stress just disappear.
Lea and I hope that everyone will have a prosperous new year.
Tight lines to all.Capt Shawn Wallace.
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