Marlin at Rangiroa

by: Kopp
By Kai Jendrusch „Polynesia“. The name alone promises paradise. The French painter Paul Gauguin who was tired of civilisation found his happiness on Tahiti, I found mine 350km north-east of Tahiti on the Rangiroa atoll! The way to my happiness...

Maldives – fishing in paradise

by: Kopp
By Christian Going to the Maldives in November: Rolf, who has been fishing there for years was sure that it would be a good time to go as well. The excitement for us newbies, Sven and me, was on its...

Namibian Files – Skeleton coast Surfcasting on coppershark

by: Kopp
Every year I go to the Skeleton coast to catch coppersharks from the beach with Henry. (It’s a must I can’t help it.) Up to now I was able to catch 62 copper sharks and one sandtiger shark. The best...

Tuna mania on top water off Slovenia

by: Kopp
Mentioning the words tuna mania and popping normally stirs up images from Pedasi (tuna) coast in Panama or Cape Cod of the eastern seabord of the US. I don’t think anybody would ever associate Slovenia with tuna and popping! Slovenia...

Dossier: Azores

by: Jürgen Oeder
The Azores island of Faial is located in the west of the archipelago and is considered one of the best fishing areas for large blue marlin in the Atlantic Ocean. A number of world records have been set off the...

Dossier: Ascension Island

by: Kopp
Ascension Island: A desert island with an abundance of fish that the pioneers of big game fishing have experienced at best. The island south of the Equator on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge has been a military base for the British since...

PANAMA 2012: RETURN TO PARADISE

by: Kopp
Already in February I had this strange feeling. I was nervous in may tackle-shop in Ljubljana (Slowenia), rigging big poppers with strong treble hooks, putting new braid on my jigging and popping reels, and outside was minus 10 degrees, and...

Winterfishing off Jezera/Croatia

by: Jürgen Oeder
The contrast could not be any bigger: Anyone who knows the little harbor town of Jezera on the Croatian Kornati Island Murter from sport fishing of tuna in summer, has a busy picture in his head: Lots of boats with...

Ascension Island: 1320 Lbs Blue Marlin – Bericht von Olaf

by: Fabian Fahr
We had a pretty slow season until now when it comes to marlinfishing but it seems to be true that when you have a long hard time you are saving up for something special. Well we had our special day...

Atlantic water condition bluefin tuna spawning in the Mediterranean

by: Kopp
Spanish scientists discovered that there is a clear relationship between the spawning areas of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean Sea and the location of the fronts separating waters of recent Atlantic origin (which go into the Strait of Gibraltar and...