With many years fishing experience in St. Lucia, Maans from Astrix, is a veteran (sorry ... maybe Maans is probably not that old) at surf launching, game and bottom fishing from St. Lucia Estuary, iSimangaliso Wetlands Park, and with many successful fishing trips under his collar. His Boat Astrix is Big enough to be comfortable and small enough to be exclusive.
With more than a 100 Bill Fish catches record on Astrix, Maans also has the reputation in Zululand as being one of the top Queen Mackerel (Natal Snoek) and couta fishermen. Maans encourages tag and release of Bill Fish, but the fish the customer catches is his to keep provided it is within the law.
The Wahoo was only 18kg (only? ... what a Fish) caught of the coast of iSimangaliso Wetlands Park.
Dorado (Coryphaena hippurus) or Dolphin Fish and some places called The mahi-mahi weighs 15 kg. (In the photo above) It is a big one since most catches ranges between 5 and 7 kg. A hell of a fighter with tail walks and jumps. Dorado are among the fastest-growing fish. They spawn in warm ocean currents throughout much of the year, and their young are commonly found in seaweed. Mahi-mahi are carnivorous, feeding on flying fish, crabs, squid, mackerel, and other forage fish. They have also been known to eat zooplankton and crustaceans.
In the US people are very health conscious and The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) classifies mahi-mahi as a "moderate mercury" fish or shellfish (its second lowest of four categories), and suggests eating six servings or fewer per month. (if only ...)
This Sail Fish was caught on Saturday morning pulling the scale at 27kg. Year to date St. Lucia has produced quite a few sail fish catches from the Charter Boats.
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