Catch Magazine Issue 8

If you didn’t get your fill from This Is Fly today, maybe the latest issue of Catch Magazine will do the trick!

Chasing Barracuda – Anegada, BVI

Since the first time I saw a barracuda I have spent hours chasing them. I have caught several small barracuda, but despite great efforts I have been unable to catch one that exceeds five feet in length. Big barracuda are few and far between on the island of Tortola, but in Anegada, located north east of Tortola, large cudas can often be seen while taking long walks on the beach. My girlfriend Gillian and I decided to spent four days in Anegada of Christmas this year in hopes of catching some barracuda.

Big Game Fishing at Kenya’s Hemingways Resort

Luxist, the blog about things I’ll never be able to afford, recently posted about big game fishing at Kenya’s Hemingways resort. Now I know Clive and I both have our eyes set on eventually going to Kenya, for fishing and other reasons. But, I doubt we will be staying at the Hemingways given that rooms range from $100 to $1,500 a night. However we can still dream of landing massive Barracuda all day and then retiring to our executive suites with a bottle of Cristal.

via Luxist and Gadling

Urban Fishing BVI

It had been well over a month since I the opportunity to do some fishing here in the British Virgin Islands. I spent the last three days covering a variety of spots looking for barracuda and found many other fish while doing so. In my first official fishing report from Tortola I experienced more excitement then I had expected fishing from shore. Expect plenty more reports now that I have a few fishing spots where I know I can find big fish.

Clive Vs. the Barracuda!

“I climbed onto the bridge again to watch bait fish and take some photographs. Every couple of minutes large waves of bait fish would leap in the air while needle fish, small barracuda and yellowtail feasted upon them. I watched in awe at the melee below for about thirty minutes then headed back down to make some casts. I put the Suick back on and on the first cast the ominous figure appeared once again. This time moving much faster, I reeled faster and then it hammered the bait about fifteen feet from shore… “