Please note: Fish on gauntry are either Tanzanian Records, All Africa Records, World Records or part of a competition catch.
Our Captain, Jason Alexiou is an excellent fisherman which has transformed his passion into his living, working for several charter operations along the coast since the age of 16.
About us
His involvement does not stop into the charter business, but he is also the IGFA Representative for Tanzania and he has been several times the Fishing Secretary for the Dar es Salaam Yacht Club, (Rear Commodore Power standing position).
During his fishing experiences, he has fished extensively, all along the Tanzanian coast, getting to know all the best fishing areas, from North to South, from the Pemba Channel down through to Kilwa, where he went and did a survey to see if the area was suitable for charter fishing and later, for a "fishability study" for the owner of the future Kilwa Ruins Lodge.
Apart from his general fishing skills, Jason has proven to be good at locating large Dogtooth Tuna, finding out during the course of his experiences several spots which have provided the best and the largest Dogtooth Tuna in Tanzania, with several 100 kg plus Dogtooth Tuna being caught on his boats.
The largest Dogtooth Tuna caught on our boats (and the largest ever caught in Tanzania) was a 103 kg one and was caught in 2003, the largest Dogtooth Tuna caught on our boats in 2007 and the largest of the year was a 100.5 kg one.
Thanks to his skills and the profuse knowledge of the area, he made achieve 4 Dogtooth Tuna World Records to the boats he was fishing from (2 of them are held by himself) plus 1 All tackle World Record Giant Grouper (179.5 kg caught by Nelson Shayne) and 1 Giant Trevally Line Class Lady World Record, (without counting the All Africa Records and the Tanzanian Records).
Mady, is the skipper of the boat and she loves fishing as well whenever she has the occasion to leave the steering.
(2 Line Class Dogtooth World Record Lady - 1 Line Class Giant Trevally World Record Lady)
Although Jason found these Dogtooth areas more than 15 years ago, being well aware of the vulnerability of these critters and of the large commercial interest they create, he limited himself to fish for Dogtooth Tuna only a few months a year and he showed these areas (which up to date were still unknown to mosts) only to a few close friends, managing this way to preserve these areas from being overfished.
Thanks to Jason and Mady extraordinary catches and Dogtooth Tuna records, the area of Latham, otherwise unknown to most, has become very demanded and reknown as being one of the best destination in the World for big GT and Dogtooth and lets hope that the large demand their successes have generated will not push other charter operators to overfish the area, ruining all the sacrifices made by Jason and Mady up to date to try to preserves these beautiful critters. latham fishing, latham, deep sea, big game, sportfishing, fishing, tanzania, zanzibar, pemba, latham island, fish, jigging, marlin, sailfish, yellowfin, tuna, broadbill, world record, record, IGFA, giant grouper, giant trevally, bigeye, trevally, dogtooth, jason alexiou, maddalena martinengo, nelson shayne, kilwa,
Fishing Ground
We are usually based in Dar es Salaam, from where we fish the surrounding waters which include the South Zanzibar Channel and Latham Island.
We have also been fishing several times along the coast, from south to north and we are quite familiar with Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Latham Island, Mafia Island, Kilwa, Kenya. latham fishing, latham, deep sea, big game, sportfishing, fishing, tanzania, zanzibar, pemba, latham island, fish, jigging, marlin, sailfish, yellowfin, tuna, broadbill, world record, record, IGFA, giant grouper, giant trevally, bigeye, trevally, dogtooth, jason alexiou, maddalena martinengo, nelson shayne, kilwa,Our Fishing Methods
Our main method of fishing are based on:
Trolling using a combination of lures and natural dead baits (ballyhoo or strip baits) or we live bait, according to the type of fish we want to raise.
Broadbilling on overnight trips.
Jigging (we hold two World Record Dogtooth Tuna on 30 lbs)
Popping. Several 40 plus kg Giant Trevallies were caught on our boats while popping
Bottom fishing
Day trips, overnight trips or long range trips
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Conservation
We fish in accordance with the International Game Fish Association Rules
We tag and release billfish and for the last two years we also started releasing Giant Trevallies, Dogtooth Tuna and most species.
Releasing Giant Trevallies - It is several years that we are comparing measurements of Giant Trevallies, with their weight in order to find out a formula which could give the most realistic weight of the fish, just by measuring its fork length and girth, allowing us to release the fish and knowing the closest weight of the fish, if not the exact one.
We have found that the following formulas are the most accurate giving a mistake of +/-1.5 kg:
GT up to 30 kg and over: (girth x girth x fork length x 2.74) /100000
GT up to 40 kg and over: (girth x girth x fork length x 2.70) / 100000
GT up to 50 kg and over: (girth x girth x fork length x 2.60) / 100000
All the scales used for this purpose have been yearly certified by the Tanzanian Bureau of Standard. deep sea, latham, big game, jigging, sportfishing, fishing, tanzania, zanzibar, pemba, latham island, fish, jigging, marlin, sailfish, yellowfin, tuna, broadbill, world record, record, IGFA, giant grouper, giant trevally, bigeye, trevally, dogtooth, jason alexiou, martinengo, nelson shayne, kilwa,latham fishing, latham, deep sea, big game, sportfishing, fishing, tanzania, zanzibar, pemba, latham island, fish, jigging, marlin, sailfish, yellowfin, tuna, broadbill, world record, record, IGFA, giant grouper, giant trevally, bigeye, trevally, dogtooth, jason alexiou, maddalena martinengo, nelson shayne, kilwa,
Tackle
We usually fish 16 through to 80 lbs tackle (Shimano and Penn).
We advise you to bring your own jigging and popping tackle.
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Please note that we are not a travel agency; we don`t make any bookings of hotels, flights, etc., but if you are planning a fishing trip in Tanzania and you need any help or suggestions, we will be pleased to assist you if possible. Following is a list of our recommendations which come from our experience and point of views in this country, but, we might be saying something which is incorrect or which it has changed from the moment we have prepared this web site, therefore we don`t want to be considered viable for any consequences if you decide to follow our suggestions by the letter. deep sea, latham, latham fishing, big game, sportfishing, fishing, tanzania, zanzibar, pemba, latham island, fish, jigging, marlin, sailfish, yellowfin, tuna, broadbill, world record, record, IGFA, giant grouper, giant trevally, bigeye, trevally, dogtooth, jason alexiou, maddalena martinengo, nelson shayne, kilwa,
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