Clint O'Ryan was fishing with blind Freddie and Rita in the gap between the tip of the cape and the Muiron islands on the perfect day this week, when the water turned to absolute glass. He was testing his new Saltiga reel that he bought and had a floating mulie astern. It didn't take long before the reel began the sing as the line began to peel off.

A sailfish began jumping and Clint was about to christen his new reel. The crew landed and released the fish and then set out another bait. This time the reel screamed as a fish took over 300m of line off the spool! Thankfully this fish, which was most likely a large mackerel, broke the line close to the hook. However, it took Clint about five long minutes to wind it back on the reel!

Meanwhile a new charter operator in town, Ningaloo Fusion, has taken off with a flying start. Last week when the tides were big the reef fishing wasn't very productive, so they thought they would try their luck at trolling. They set some gardies out on a slow troll and managed to get a dolphin fish, followed by a sailfish and then the whopping great big 35kg mackerel that is pictured this week.

The anglers were Graeme and Betty Cadd. We're not sure who was more excited, the anglers or the operator? It is the time of year for big mackerel in the gulf areas with big females roaming the fish-rich waters.

It's about time the baitschools start showing up in the gulf and the pods of sailfish shouldn't be too far behind. I'm sure we will get some more recaptures of tagged sailfish for the season. A marlin that was tagged by Geoff Moyle during Gamex this year in March has been recaptured off India. We received the details after it was caught by a long-liner 149 days later. Interestingly it had travelled 2830nm in the 149days! It is on someone's plate now, but this also shows more information on these amazing creatures and how our efforts with the tagging through catch and release of fish does work.

Squid are in! Yes, the Michaels family went out yesterday north of the marina and picked up five thumpers in no time. The squid were that big that they decided to stop fishing and save the rest for other anglers. Apparently the squid have been harassing the flyfishermen at Bundegi as well, so get the jigs out for some calamari dinners.