Fishing - Azores/Ascension/Cape Verde - any experience?

[grand cherokee]

I'm thinking of a trip to one or all of the above venues

have you fished any?

interested in both shore/blue water big game

any help much appreciated

[blindswelledrat]

I ended a 10 year hunt for a blue marlin in the Cape Verde islands where I caught 4 in a day up to 600 lbs. the best fishing is from Sao Vicente island which is a mild pain to get to but it is by far the best place I've been for marlin.
There were only about 4 boats at the time but I went with one called happy hooker (captain was berno something) but I think they all caught reasonably consistently.
If you do decide to go, don't be swayed by adverts from other islands as they are nothing like as good for game fish

[grand cherokee]

many thanks for the information

[sparkythecat]

BSR , Is the fishing there consistent all year round, or is there a best time to go?

[Fishtigua]

sparkythecat said:

BSR , Is the fishing there consistent all year round, or is there a best time to go?

Just had a mooch around th CV fishing sites and it seems to say:-


The season usually starts in March and ends around October/November, with some empty periods due to the temperature variations.

[grand cherokee]

sparkythecat said:

BSR , Is the fishing there consistent all year round, or is there a best time to go?

all the islands mentioned have 'seasons' for each species

[grand cherokee]

I had to give up with Ascension because the condition of the 'entry visa' is that you have insurance to cover evacuation from the island in the event of a medical emergency

I have mild haemophilia but recently had the 'nosebleed from hell' inc 3 days in hospital which needed approx £5K of factor to stop the bleed - it was so bad blood was pouring from one eye

insurance is virtually impossible

in fact insurance overall is looking very difficult if outside the 'first world' in my case

I had planned a world tour including Namibia/South Africa/Costa Rica/Panama - seems its not going to be possible

best look at NZ/Aus?

Edited by grand cherokee on Sunday 12th July 13:00

[Fishtigua]

Well, sort of European are the ABC Islands. I used to fish around there for years, even flyfishing for white marlin.

http://www.bonairefishing.com/piscatur/

[grand cherokee]

Fishtigua said:

Well, sort of European are the ABC Islands. I used to fish around there for years, even flyfishing for white marlin.

http://www.bonairefishing.com/piscatur/

thanks for that - much appreciated