Deep Sea Fishing

Mauritius is real a deep sea fishing paradise. You may try your luck at the blue marlin, the black marlin, all types of sharks, the yellow fin tuna , the skipjack tuna the sail fish the wahoo, the barracuda etc. The prime time to catch the big size of blue marlin starts from October to April. One of the world's top fishing spots is found off Le Morne. Here the bottom plunges 700m and the currents attract small fish pursued by huge predators. Marlin, sailfish, barracuda, wahoo, tuna and shark are common. As a privileged and compulsory stop over for big migratory fish, Mauritius has become a most valuable destination for big-game fishing.

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Mauritius invites you to join an exciting big fishing experience on board boats designed specially for it. Experienced skipper and crew will take you into the vast open sea to chase the marlin, espandon, tuna and wahoo. You can hire a boat for 6 or 9hours. Mauritius holds several world records in fishing IGFA - a mako shark of 400lbs captures in February 1966 a skipjack tuna of 411/2 lbs. and among the African record GFUA - that of a yellow fin tuna of 212 lbs. A dog tooth tuna of 224 lbs. and wahoo of 125 respectively. Other specimens captured more recently comprise blue marlins of 1430 lbs. and 13355 lbs. respectively.

Deep Sea Fishing at Sportfisher Charters

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