Our season 2023 started with a moderate north wind that turned into 30 knots of strong wind, and it was blowing that hard without slowing down for full three days.

The first week was followed still followed by some Monsoon wind that was slowing down, and the excitement to hit the water was at its peak! For a few days, the guys had to fish a sheltered area with the decent result.

The last trip of this 2022 season started with big excitement because we finally had warm weather, and from the morning as we would enter the sea you could feel that the temperature went seriously up. 

Our second group arrived composed of our old clients/friends, this expedition lasted for 12 days. The trip started very slow compared to normal cause the first week has been very cold, but then the temperature picked up and we started to have conditions closer to normal. That reflected in fishing as we started to see more bait fish like fusiliers and fishing action after those days would pick up significantly.

Fishing on Socotra Island this season has been more challenging than usual due to colder weather fronts that have passed through the area this season. Despite these conditions, our team has been able to land a good number of great fish, including trophy GT in a generous amount, 25 Tuna of 20- 40 KG, 4 big barracuda, Spanish mackerel up to 35 kg, and all kinds of another minor trevally, grouper, etc.

Adventuring beyond your known geographic comfort zone both stretches and challenges your mind. Perhaps similar to astronomers who are tandalized to reach beyond the edge of the known, stopping the stretching isn’t an option. The surprise of discovering that which was previously unimaginable is an addiction. It can also be the catalyst to continue grabbing new opportunities.

Fishing in Saudi Arabia has been in our mind for a decade since it was closed to tourism until it opened in late 2019, and then Covid came and the country remained closed again, until now.

Los Roques has been in my mind for long time. Being attracted by any unknown destination, often in ‘’special’’ kind of countries, it might sound strange being attracted by Los Roques.

If I look at my fishing philosophy and mentality, I realize how mere and insignificant I consider the size of the catch. What I would like to be more recognized by sport fishermen is that the most important thing is not the final result but the process to get there, which means many things, learning about the breath of water, learning how an ecosystem works, learning how to fish, and why not explore new waters and keep on learning new things by observing.

The season in Socotra is finally over and the team is over the moon for the fishing experience we had during 6 weeks of fishing. Despite this season having been logistically tough, we managed to run it smoothly and came to the end with incredible results and super happy customers.