Your Personal Catch & Release Record
In southern Angola, where the desert meets the sea, is a small, rustic lodge, which caters for the adventurous fisherman. Perched on the edge of the Namib desert and looking out over the Atlantic ocean, Flamingo lodge is isolated and remote, the perfect base to mount a mission to target kob, garrick and large shad along desolate stretches of beach. We just got back from a trip to Flamingo, where I got to spend five […]
When we planned our recent trip to Flamingo Lodge in Southern Angola, I was hoping for reasonably flat seas. This would make it possible to do the 250 km drive south along the beach to the Cunene River mouth. I had attempted to do the journey with some friends back in 2004, but had been forced to turn back about 50km short of our destination due to big waves, which were threatening to swamp our […]
Inside Angling was invited by Rico Sakko to fish in Morocco for white marlin in August 2017. Rico is an old friend who we have fished with in Angola many times, he had fished Morocco last year for white marlin and had an amazing experience. This year he was bringing his son, Vincent, who is 12 years old, and hoping to break the junior world record for white marlin. He also invited Henry Gradwell, an […]
With all the traveling we get to do in the course of filming the Inside Angling TV series, we visit a lot of lodges, hotels and resorts around Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. Every now and then we come across a rare little gem, a place that is different and has something special going for it. Recently, we enjoyed a direct flight from Johannesburg to Pemba on Airlink and visited Situ Island in the […]
When conditions present a challenge, then sometimes we have to adjust our focus and our techniques, in order to make the most of our trip. This happened to us recently on a fishing trip to the lower Zambezi, where we had been invited to fish with a new operation called; Zambezi River God Adventures, a live aboard operation, which covers almost the entire lower Zambezi.I was very excited about this trip. The timing was ideal, […]