Catch Reports Cape Verde 2008

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dvdgoli

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Saturday, March 8th 2008, 3:55pm

Hi everybody

I am David from Italy

Thanks for your updated fishng report about Capeverde marlin fishing.

Hard for me the german language but anyway .......... I caught something between the lines all the same.

I am going to fish with Bebiche from the 8 to the 21 of may with an additional week just shooting pictures aboard different charter boats.

Hope I will have the chance to chat with some of you at the club nautico next may sharing beers and fishing stories.

We all hope this season as successfully as the previous one. Every day I remember my 57 marlin in 10 days with a best day 14. Hard to believe . Harder to reply I am afraid.

David

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milchner

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Sunday, March 9th 2008, 7:11pm

Catch Reports Cape Verde 2008

Hi David,

very nice to read something from you here :thumbsup:

No problem, I will translate the actual catch reports for you and the other english-spoken user. Maybe,

Wolfgang can report in english too....!?

A short summary from Wolfgang´s Reports:

12. February 2008: Two Marlin (one with about 250 and one with 600+) lost behind the boat

02. March 2008: 2 Marlin lost on Sao Nicolao by Zak

05. March 2008: First Marlin caught. Sao Nicolao, aprox. 350lb

06. March 2008: Marlin, Sao Pedro, 360lb

Best wishes,
uwe

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wolfman

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Location: Cabo Verde Sao Vicente Mindelo

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Sunday, March 9th 2008, 7:39pm

hi,

its me berno, i have to use wolfgangs PC as mine at home doesn't work since i'm back from hunting.

don't know if somebody allready mentioned that we have two winner captains from cape verde for 2007 TBF trophys;

captain simon did it again, second time within 3 years to win the "CAPTAIN OF THE YEAR 2007 FOR MOST TAGGED & RELEASED ATL BLUE MARLIN"

and congrats to zac as he won the "CAPTAIN OF THE YEAR 2007 FOR MOST RELEASED ATL BLUE MARLIN"

two boats tried fishing the last week and reported several marlin strikes and caught 2 or 3 blues.

tight lines,

berno

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dvdgoli

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Monday, March 10th 2008, 10:32am

Hi Uwe

Thanks for your support.

Your translation work is really very useful for me as I have to keep up to date some friends of mine at the Marlinnut international trip reporter forum.

Hope you don't mind..........

Hi to Wolfgang and Berno as well.........

And congratulation on your new 2007 TBF trophy for your captain Simon.

Berno, is your new captain Bonze already in Mindelo?

You Know The mindelo Channel will be a bit lacking and sad without Berno at the helm this year....

Ciao Ciao

David

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Monday, March 10th 2008, 10:34am

Quoted from "dvdgoli"

Hi Uwe

Thanks for your support.

Your translation work is really very useful for me as I have to keep up to date some friends of mine at the Marlinnut international trip reporter forum.

Hope you don't mind..........

David

Hi David,

no problem. We are a very open forum here and I´m happy that I can support you.

Best wishes,
Uwe

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wolfman

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Monday, March 10th 2008, 4:26pm

hello everybody

today i speak with Zak he tell me that he pulled the hooks on a 250 lbs Marlin later in the afternoon saturday 9th just in front of San Pedro airport.

TL wolfgang

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PanamaJack

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Monday, March 10th 2008, 8:34pm

Cape Verdean Blues

Quoted from "wolfman"

don't know if somebody allready mentioned that we have two winner captains from cape verde for 2007 TBF trophys;

captain simon did it again, second time within 3 years to win the "CAPTAIN OF THE YEAR 2007 FOR MOST TAGGED & RELEASED ATL BLUE MARLIN"

and congrats to zac as he won the "CAPTAIN OF THE YEAR 2007 FOR MOST RELEASED ATL BLUE MARLIN"

berno

And of course Berno Andy Fanter, our Club's (Sportfishing Club of the British Isles) sole American member (from Kansas) was presented with the Foundation's 'Atlantic' trophy - awarded for the most (by one angler) tagged Atlantic Blue Marlin. The bulk of his fish - 51 - were tagged in the Cape Verde Islands, but Andy also recorded fish from Venezuela and La Gomera (Canary Islands).

Best wishes

Dave

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wolfman

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Saturday, March 15th 2008, 3:06pm

catch report

hallo everybody

here are the reports from march 13+14

Zak Conde on Amelia 1 Blue Marlin 1 Wahoo

Makaii the french boat 1 for 3 on Blue Marlin- all fish nice size 450 lbs

tl wolfgang

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wolfman

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Monday, March 17th 2008, 2:08pm

hi david and everybody else,

capt. bonze from new zealand will arrive this week to sao vicente as well as my mechanic friends from germany. the wheather is so calm and nice that if it stays like that for the weekend, we will rather go fishing before we start to maintain the engines !

kiwi marty should be here since yesterday, but i havn't seen him yet, hope to have some beers with him and ingrid later in the club.

so far from here,

tight lines,

berno

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PanamaJack

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Friday, March 21st 2008, 11:14am

Problems with Amelia

Reading posts on another forum - http://www.marlinnut.com/forums/dcboard.…sg_id=4785&page= - it appears that Zak (in Mindelo) has experienced serious problems with Amelia's engines. There's even talk of a requirement to replace rather than repair them, and that this could take six weeks impacting on charters in the remainder of March and all of April.

Um ... certainly some of our Club (Sportfishing Club of the British Isles) members are booked with him in April. So if readers of this post have similarly booked it would well be worth contacting Zak to fully understand the extent of the problem and determine whether there are any continguency plans in place. I assume that individuals will have already booked (and paid for) flights.

So should I hear anything further I'll post again. Alternatively is there anything that David (from Italy) or Berno could add?

Dave

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dvdgoli

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Friday, March 21st 2008, 4:43pm

Hi Dave

I got an email from zac last week .

He is LIsbon at the moment. I think Thomas and Zak will order two new engines and gear boxes through CAT dealer in Portugal and will install them on Amelia as soon as possible.

I am confident all this work could be achieved before mid april.

Bad luck but such a thing that can happen evrybody everytime.

Cross fingers

Maybe Berno or Wolfgang are better up to date.

David

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dvdgoli

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Friday, March 21st 2008, 5:20pm

I got an email from my friend , the US angler Andy Fanter ten minutes ago:

"David,I spoke with Zak on the phone today----they have the parts and a Caterpillar mechanic will begin rebuilding the engines next week. The boat should be operational by early April. That is great news for everyone involved. The work would have started this week but Easter is a major holiday.Andy"

So Guys, take it easy. Zac will be back in a couple of weeks.

I am so happy about that as Zac is really a friend besides a nice captain.

David Viani

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wolfman

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Friday, March 21st 2008, 8:46pm

re

hi everybody

yes it´s right Zak is back from Lisbon . He orderd the spareparts they will be arrived here next week and then they start to rebuild the engine.

Zak hope the work will be done end of next week.

TL wolfgang

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wolfman

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Friday, March 21st 2008, 9:04pm

re

hi everybody

today Ferdi was out fisching with the Bebiche - nada

aber vielleicht geht ja was am Sonntag oder Montag mit Berno wir fahren mal so zum gucken raus mit den Cat -Monteuren die morgen hier einlaufen und die Maschinen auf der HH1 und HH2 ein bischen überholen.

TL wolfgang

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wolfman

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Saturday, March 22nd 2008, 12:32pm

re

hi

the damage on Zak´s boat are not really serious. One broken Pistonring and a damaged turbo charger. The parts are on the way to Sao Vicente

tl wolfgang

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dvdgoli

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Saturday, March 22nd 2008, 2:39pm

Thanks Wolfgang

Please keep us informed about Bebiche daily fishing.

I think it is the only boat trolling at the moment.

Ask Ferdi about water temperature and colour, baitfish and birds presence .....

Gracias

David

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PanamaJack

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Thursday, March 27th 2008, 6:24pm

Just picked up this post on the MarlinNut forum from Thomas, the co-owner of Amelia.

Quoted

News from Zak

I have just spoke to Zak and he tells that Amalie will be up and running next week. He had passed over clients to Ferdi on Bebiche
and they have 2 for 3 yesterday 550lbs and 750lbs and today 1 for 4
250lbs.
Zak will by running Andromeda from friday until Amalie is ready next week, thanks to Dieter for lending us his boat.

To information are we planning buy boat number 2 for next season.

Thomas P

So an excellent start on Bebiche. Big Fish! And interesting news regarding 'boat number two'.

Dave

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dvdgoli

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Thursday, March 27th 2008, 11:16pm

I Spoke to Zezito , one of the mate of bebiche, this evening

Today they scored 3 from 7. He says 'many marlin david, mucho marlin a Taraffal .......'

They are in San Nicolao at the moment

Seems the very same start of last fishing season...............not bad indeed.

David- Italy

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wolfman

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Sunday, March 30th 2008, 4:23pm

Marlin

hi everybody

Capt. Zak Conde on the Andromeda come back yesterday from Sao Nicolao .They scored 5 from 5 Malin in 2 days fishing , he caught 4 Marlin on the lures from Bonze the new Capt. on the Happy Hooker 1 and 1 Marlin on the Andromeda from Legend Lures . Nice fish from 350 to 550 lbs.

TL wolfgang