Yesterday Johnny, Fleming and Kent were very happy because they had a 220 lb Yellowfin Tuna. The fight took 3 hours because we had the tuna on some lighter tackle as we were fishing inshore for Wahoo. We also just had a 3-foot leader so it became quite a challange to land this tuna.
Today we had 5 Sails and raised 10 more.
Tight lines,
Matthias
April 20th 2008
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The last 9
days we have been fishing with a big group of Danish anglers. There is a lot of baitfish out in the deep water and we are raising 10 to 20 Sailfish a day. We are catching most of them on pitch bait and Stella reels. We also got two Blues and raised three more. For a few days also some tuna showed up, so when we saw them we had to get the teasers in and put some lures out. We caught 11 tuna the last 9 days between 150 and 200 lb.Today we caught 7 Sails on Stellas, pulled the hook on one Blue and caught another 350 lb on 30 lb line test. Thomas pitched the bait perfectly and he saw a Blue Marlin fight as good as it can get. The fish was never more than 50 meters away from the boat and more in the air than in the water.
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Tight lines,
Matthias
April 3rd 2008
Last week we fished with a group from Denmark. We caught 3 Blues and raised 4 more. We also did a bit of inshore fishing, catching Tuna and Amberjack. We have four days without fishing now before we start our last two weeks of fishing for the season.
Tight lines,
Matthias Henningsen
March 27th 2008
The last days we raised two Blues which never switched to the bait. Yesterday we got a nice one on our teaser. She failed three times to eat the pitch bait and, on the forth attempt, we got her on. Movie-fish for Eduardo on stand-up, jumping like crazy. We estimated her at 850 lb.
Tight lines,
Matthias
March 23rd 2008
We are fishing with Eduardo from Italy right now.
Day one we caught 2 Sails on pitch bait. We raised three more Sails and one Blue that never switched to the bait. In the afternoon he caught also his first Wahoo.
Day two was slow: just one Sail and a few Amberjack. Shy had a 700 lb Blue.
Day three we caught a few Yellowfin Tuna and Edu had his first Blue of 450 lb stand up. Shy had one bite of a Blue.
Tight lines,
Matthias
March 18th 2008
Today Morten caught one Blue and one Sail. We raised a few more Sails The weather is beautiful and perfect for Morten's stand-up fishing.
Shy went 1 for 3 Blues and also had a few Sails.
Tight lines,
Matthias
March 17th 2008
Fishing was good today. We went two for five on Blues and raised another one. We also caught one Sail.
Shy lost one Blue, raised three more, caught one Sail, lost a few more Sails and one Mako.
Tight lines,
Matthias Henningsen
March 16th 2008
The last three days were strange. We raised four Blues and saw another one but we did not get a bite out of a single one of them. Hope our luck changes soon and the fish get more agressive.
Shy also raised one Blue which did not bite.
Tight lines,
Matthias
March 13th 2008
Today we went two for four and raised another two Blues. The biggest fish was around 500lb. Per caught his first Marlin ever and Rune caught the second one. Hope fishing stays like this. Shy had two bites but pulled the hook on both.
Tight lines,
Matthias
March 11th 2008
The last two days we lost two Blues, one of them was a nice one. We also raised two more Marlin who weren't interested to bite the lures. There are a few Saits around too. Sea condition was flat calm, almost unreal for Ascension.
Tight lines,
Matthias
March 10th 2008
The last four days Oddvar and Tom both caught their first Blue on stand up. We also caught a few Tuna, Wahoo and Mahi Mahi. Shy caught two Blues the last four days too.
Tight lines,
Matthias Henningsen
March 7th 2008
We have finished 5 days of fishing with Eddie, Trevor and David. We went three days for Marlin and there was not much going on. Day one we raised one Sail and caught a Dorado. Day two we raised a Blue of 500lb and had two bites of Sails on lures. Day three we had a Blue coming up but he missed the lure on the bite and never came back again. We raised another 10 Sails. The last two days we were fishing inshore and caught several Amberjack, Tuna and Wahoo.
After a two-day break we start fishing with Morten and his Norweigian Vikings.
Shy had no success on the Marlin either.
Tight lines,
Matthias
February 28th 2008
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The last four days were pretty slow fishing. We only caught one Sailfish and pulled the hook on a Blue. Jigging was OK with plenty of Amberjack and a few Tuna. Today it looked better again. We first raised a 500 pounder and later Alberto caught his first Blue of 350 lb.
Gracias chicos, Ale petit!!!
Tight lines,
Matthias
February 22nd 2008
We are fishing right now with Jordi, Josep and Alberto from Barcelona. It is their second time in Ascension and they love the variety of fish they can catch. Marlin was pretty slow the last two days, we pulled the hook on one and saw another one. We caught one Sailfish and plenty of Amberjacks and a couple of tuna on jigs.
Shy also lost one Blue the last two days and raised another one.
Tight lines,
Matthias
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February 19th 2008The last four days we caught two Blue Marlin and plenty of Amberjack on jigs. Shy had three Blues the last four days. Phil and Andy have left now and are alraedy looking foward to be here next year again. We have two days off now and start again on Friday 22nd.
Tight lines,
Matthias
February 14th 2008
Yesterday Andy caught a nice one of 900 lb. We also raised two more of 500 and 600 lb and caught one sailfish. Last year Phil had a nice fish of 950 plus, so Andy is very
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happy that he got his big one this year.Today we saw one of 400 which never bit and had also one more bite but never saw the fish.
Shy caught two Marlin today.
Tight lines,
Matthias Henningsen
February 12th 2008
The last two days we caught two Blues and pulled the hooks on another two.
Tight lines,
Matthias
February 10th 2008
The last three days we have been fishing with Phil and Andy from England. We have caught 3 Blues between 300 lb and 450 lb and pulled the hooks on another two. Shy caught one of 600 lb two days ago.
Tight lines,
Matthias Henningsen
February 6th 2008
It was Tim's last day and he had great fun today catching 2 Blues of 300 lb. We had 2 more bites, both fish of around 600 lb. Shy caught 1 Blue of 700 lb. We are not fishing the next 2 days.
Tight lines,
Matthias
February 5th 2008
The last two days we fished the southwest of the island. There are plenty of bonitos around and we caught a small Blue Marlin. Shy had two Blues fishing the same place.
Thing lines,
Matthias
February 2nd 2008
We are fishing now with Jim Twiddy, who is in Ascension for the first time. Today we released a 700 pounder (by far the biggest one he's ever caught) and also had a few Tuna. In the afternoon it was looking very good with a lot of bait around.
Tight lines,
Matthias Henningsen
January 31st 2008
We are not very lucky with the Marlin. The last three days we raised two and pulled the hooks on a third one. All fish were big, from 600 to 800 pounds. Yesterday Shy also raised two fish, both over 600lb.
Jigging was good, as usual, and we were catching plenty of tuna.
Tight lines,
Matthias Henningsen
January 29th 2008
We are back on Ascension and are fishing for the last few days with our very good friends from Italy, Stefano, Jacopo and Massimo. Marlin fishing is not hot but the fish we see is big. Today we pulled the hook on a 500 to 600, two days ago we raised a 700 plus and the day before we jumped one off 20 meters from the leader of about 500 plus. Jigging goes quite good for us and we have been catching Amberjacks up to 60 pounds and tuna around the same size. Shy caught a nice fish of 850 pounds two days ago.
Tight lines,
Matthias Henningsen
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April 26th 2007
We have finished our season in Ascension. Harmattan is safe on land and we are busy doing some maintenance on tackle and boat. We will be back end of October and start fishing on the 1st of november again. November can have some outstanding fishing with huge Blue Marlin, so we hope to get you some good reports then. Thanks again to all the great guys who came down here to fish with us and to all people who follow our fishing reports with interest.
Tight Lines,
Matthias Henningsen
April 24th 2007
Yesterday we had a bite of a 350 lb Blue, later we caught a Sailfish and pulled the hook on 2 more Sails. In the late afternoon we did some jigging. Every second drop we were catching Amberjacks between 20 to 30 pounds. In the evening there were plenty of tuna at the bouy. We ended up catching around 15 and one Six Gill. Today we pulled the hook on a 600 pounder and raised 2 more fish both over 600 lb. There are plenty of tuna and small scad around, so the Marlin are not very agressive. In the afternoon we did one hour of jigging and caught around 10 Amberjacks.
Tight lines,
Matthias Henningsen
April 21st 2007
After a 2-day break we fished yesterday again with Bjoern, Volker and Andy from Germany. In the morning we hooked a very nice Blue and fought her for one hour before she went down and died. We tried to play her up but the fish kept sinking. Finally, with full drag and both hands on the spool, the hook pulled. I would have loved to see this fish closer. Later Volker caught his first Blue ever of 300 pounds. Today we released one Blue and later we caught 6 yellowfin tuna.
Tight lines,
Matthias Henningsen
April 17th 2007
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Our second group from Norway has finished their Ascension trip. They have caught 8 Blue Marlin, Amberjacks and uncountable numbers of tuna during the evening fishing. The biggest Blue was around 800 lb. Half of the Blues, including the biggest one, were caught on stand up tackle.
More coming up soon.
Tight lines,
Matthias Henningsen
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April 10th 2007The last 4 days we have been fishing with our second group from Norway. For a few of them it is their first game fishing trip. So far we caught 2 Blues, 1 Sailfish, a few Amberjacks and we also lost a few more Blues. Tomorrow we start with some nightfishing to catch some Tuna and Six Gills for the boys.
Tight lines,
Matthias Henningsen
April 7th 2007
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Our norwegian anglers have just finished their week in Ascension... They had a good time catching 3 Blue Marlin, a few Sailfish, Tuna, Amberjacks and Six Gills. We lost a few more Blues also and had some days with a lot of Sailfish action.
Tight lines,
Matthias Henningsen
March 30th 2007
On our first day with our Norwegian anglers we went 1 for 3 on Blue Marlin and 1 for 7 on Saifish. We raised one more Blue and several other Sails. Shy lost a nice Blue Marlin over 600.
Tight lines,
Matthias Henningsen
March 29th 2007
Today was the last day for our italian friends. Jacopo caught a 300 lb Blue and we raised another one. We also had some bites of Sailfish. Shy went 2 for 3 on Blues.
Tight lines,
Matthias Henningsen
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March 28th 2007Today we went only Marlin fishing and went 2 for 4. The fish were 250 and 800lb. We also caught one Sailfish. Shy also caught 2 Blue Marlin. There is plenty of Sailfish but they are not biting the lures. The 800 pounder was Massimo's first Blue Marlin.
Tight lines,
Matthias Henningsen
March 27th 2007
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The last two days we did a mixed fishing of inshore and Marlin trolling. We saw a lot of sailfish but the fish was just not biting. They didn't follow the teaser at all. Inshore we did some jigging and caught a lot of Amberjack. Today Stefano caught a really nice one of 130lb.
Tight lines,
Matthias Henningsen
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March 25th 2007Yesterday we did some inshore fishing and caught Wahoo, Tuna and Amberjacks. Later on we went for Marlin trolling and saw a 500 pounder that didn't bite. We also had another bite but never saw what it was.
Today we raised over 20 Sailfish, had 8 bites and caught 2. We also released a 400lb Blue Marlin, once again on the Ascension Project. On the way in we stopped for 20 minutes of jigging and caught a few Amberjacks up to 40 pounds.
Tight lines,
Matthias Henningsen
March 23rd 2007
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Today we started fishing with our friends from Italy, Stefano, Massimo, Jacopo and Alvise, who visit Ascension for the third time. The whole morning was pretty quiet and slow. In the afternoon we found a large school of Yellowfin Tuna of 60 to 100 pound. After 15 minutes of trolling around them, we jumped a Blue Marlin off well over 500lb. Later on we caught a Wahoo and, on the way back to the Pierhead, we decided to drop some jigs down and caught two Amberjacks of 20 and 35lb.
Tight lines,
Matthias Henningsen
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March 22nd 2007Today we finished our 8 days fishing with a Danish group and a Swedish group, each one of 4 guys. For half of all them guys it was the first time fishing in tropical waters, so we did some mixed fishing. All together we caught 4 Blue Marlin, 2 Sailfish, Tuna, Wahoo, Amberjack, Dorado, Oilfish and 1 Sixgill Shark, so the boys had a good time and got a good taste of what this kind of fishing has to offer.
Tight lines,
Matthias Henningsen
March 16th 2007
Another big fish caught in Ascension Island.... This time it was Shy III who landed a nice one. Since the pierhead's crane was on inspections, we had to think of another way to lift the fish. With the help of a lot of people, we finally managed to drag the fish up the pierhead steps with a jeep from one of the locals. One of the guys who works at the pierhead came with a forklift and helped to lift the fish up to weigh her. It was already 10:00 p.m. when the scale marked 918lb. Congratulations to Olaf, Albi and Dietmar from Shy III.
March 14th 2007
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For Gerd, Thomas and Jens from Germany it was the first fishing trip to Ascension Island. They wanted to fish different species so we did some trolling, jigging and night fishing. The Marlin fishing is still slow but there are some Sailfish around. They caught Wahoo, Tuna, Amberjack and Sailfish. Shy had one nice Blue Marlin today of 700lb. Tomorrow we start fishing with a mixed group of Danish and Swedish guys who visit Ascension for the first time too.
More soon,
Matthias Henningsen
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March 9th 2007
The last 8 days were really slow. We only saw 4 Blue Marlin and a few Sailfish. We also did some inshore fishing and caught some Tuna, Wahoo and a Mako Shark. Today we were doing some Wahoo trolling on the east side of the island when Shy called us to say they had caught a 350 lb Blue, a Sailfish, raised another Blue and a few more Sailfish..... All this happened on the Southwest. I hope this means the fishing is getting hotter again.
Tight lines,
Matthias Henningsen
February 28th 2007
Our luck has not been quite the same with our last anglers. Our Russian friends caught 3 Blue Marlin during their first 4 days of fishing, 300, 400 and 600 pounds, and the last 3 days were pretty slow: we only hooked 3 Blue Marlin, all between 500 and 600, but they all came loose. We hope our luck will change the next days. Shy released a 700 pounder and a 900 pounder on another day, which means they are still swimming around.
Tight lines,
Matthias Henningsen
February 20th 2007
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Phil and Andy left tonight back to England. Yesterday we started late and the day's result was that we jumped one Blue off over 600 lb. Today we had a bite of a 700 pounder which pulled the hook right away. A bit later we hooked up on one that looked pretty nice and released it to see an 800 pounder. 10 mintes later we had another bite of a Blue. Later we hooked up again and released another fish of 800 pound. In the afternoon we pulled the hook on a small Blue and raised a Sailfish. I can say with certainty that Phil and Andy had a great fishing trip, catching 7 Blues, 3 of them of 800 and one of 950 plus.Tight lines, Matthias
Feburary 17th 2007
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We are fishing right now with Phil and Andy from England, who visited Ascension to fish with us in november 2005. The day before yesterday we had a good day with Andy catching a 200 lb Blue and later we had another bite and finally Phil got a 800 plus pounder, his biggest fish ever. Today we went out at 08:30 and fished in front of Georgtown. Shy came out a bit later and went a bit more north raising a small Blue right away, pulling the hooks on another one 10 minutes later and another 10 minutes later releasing a 400 pounder. After these 30 minutes of action neither Shy nor we saw anything. I stayed in the area waiting for the action to start again. At 14:30 we raised a small Blue which finally knocked out the long rigger lure, but did not hook up. 10 minutes later I saw a nice fish on the Ascension pro Jet Lure on the long left. On the second attempt we hooked up and the fish jumped twice and took some 200 meters of the reel. I estimated the fish over 800. We had a long and hard fight with the fish, getting some 4 jumps after 30 minutes of fighting. After one hour and 20 minutes of fighting with 55 lb of drag the fish was still swimming strong and pulling line when we got the leader. We got her to the side of the boat, cut the hook and let her go. It was one of the nice Ascension Blues and I call her 950 pound. Shy was 30 meters away taking some videos and Olaf was sure the fish was easy over the mark. All in all it was a great day for all of us and congratulations to Phil who has toped his 800 pounder from 2 days ago.
Tight lines to everybody,
Matthias Henningsen
February 6th 2007
We had the honor to fish with Tim Choate, former owner of Artmarina Fishing in Guatemala and Brasil. We caught with him 4 Blue Marlin out of 8 bites and raised a few more. Shy also caught 4 Blues the last 6 days. The biggest fish we saw was around 600lb and Shy caught one around 700 and pulled the hooks on a 800 plus.
Tight Lines,
Matthias Henningsen
January 31st 2007
We have finished our first 6 days of fishing in the 2007 season. Walter, Marc and Martin, who have been in Ascension for he 4th time, love the inshore fishing on light line so we spent the first 4 days pretty much on catching Tuna, Wahoo and Dorado. The last 2 days we went with them Marlin fishing and caught 2 out of 4 bites. We raised 3 more Blues durig these 2 days which did not bite. Shy went 1 for 5 for the last 2 days, but their fish was a nice one of 700 lb.
Tight lines,
Matthias Henningsen
January 2nd 2007
We are coming closer to starting the new season. On 16th January we fly down to Ascension and on 24th we start fishing until the end of April. Check our site for the fishing reports from end of January. We are sure Ascension will once again bring a lot of exciting moments for our anglers.
We take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy New Year. We hope that each one of you had a wonderful Holiday Season.
Tight lines,
Matthias Henningsen