KENYA FISHING

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KENYA FISHING

As well as inland fishing on lakes, rivers and streams, where the angler's rewards include giant nile perch, black bass, rainbow and brown trout; Kenya's Indian ocean sport fishing, extending all the way from the old-world Lamu in the north to Shimoni and the Pemba channel bordering Tanzania in the south, has developed over the recent years into a major tourism industry in its own right.

Many international deep-sea sportsmen, from as far as Australia and Japan, the United States, Canada and Europe, as well as neighbouring African countries, now visit the Kenya Coast simply to fish, and their numbers continue to grow with sophisticated charter boats and crews operating the length of the coast. The main focus for visiting fishermen are Malindi and Watamu in the north, Mtwapa Creek and neighbouring Mombasa in the Middle and Diani, Shimoni and thew Pemba Channel in the South.

These places offer ready availability of fleets of charter vessels and shoreline accommodation which ranges from the comparatively modest to the five-star resorts.

However, there is also an unsurpassed variety of superb deep-sea and in-shore creek fishing to be had all along the coast. Nevertheless it must also be accepted that many of the record-breaking marlin catches - blue, black and striped - have been made the Pemba Channel, while Malindi boasts of a year-round sailfish population, comparatively close in, that is judged by many as being the best in the world.

Further out, between 30 and 50 km, on the Malindi and Watamu rips and the north banks, the marlin hunter also finds rich rewards: giant yellowfin tuna,often exceeding the 75 kg mark, sought-after mako and sharks, as well as a host of other sport fish.

Indeed, it is this unsurpassed variety, which includes the rare broadbill for the overnight adventurers, kingfish, wahoo, barracuda, dorado, giant trevally and a host of bottom fish when angling for the spot, coupled with an extensive season stretching from early August right through to the end of April; which makes Kenya's deep-sea fishing unique and ever more competitive with many of the world's best known and long-established resorts.

For the overseas visitor, enjoying a very favourable rate of exchange against the Kenya shilling, the prices are extremely competitive and compare with the best that is available else where in the world. There is an ever-growing body of international sports fisherman who have learned that the possibility of combining a deep-sea fishing with a wildlife safari, is what makes Kenya not only a first-class destination, but a unique and unusual one too.