A Sea Mountain exists approx 90 kms north-east of Shimoni and has excellent Broadbill fishing opportunities.  Sea Mountain Fishing trips have resulted in numerous strikes from Marlin, as well as Sharks and other game fish.  On one trip alone we landed over 750kg of Big-eye Tuna in less than 2 hours.  Fishing trips to the sea mountain can be arranged on White Otter.

The only time you are likely to hook up with a Broadbill is at night, as they are ferocious night feeders and your chances increase if there is little or no moon.  They are fierce fighters and very stubborn.  They can run, jump and plunge to great depths rapidly.  This coupled with the fact they have a very soft fleshy mouth from which the hook can easily be dislodged, it makes them, in our opinion, the most elusive and challenging game fish in the ocean.

This trip offers some of the most exciting fishing anywhere and under the tranquil umbrella of the star studded African night, it makes a fishing trip to be well remembered.

This can be a 24 or 30 hour round trip, so we recommend this for only those with good sea legs.  Your destination will be an underwater sea mountain some 55 miles north east of Shimoni.  Its location and distance from the shore means that it is seldom fished by anyone.  This being the case, our few safaris to the mountain have been very fruitful indeed, with a fantastic number of strikes and enough excitement to keep you awake all night.

Broadbill are the main fish we look for, but other fish you are likely to catch on the way to and at the mountain are many types of sharks including Tiger and Mako, Black, Blue and Striped Marlin, Big-eye Tuna, and a plethora of lesser game fish.  On previous trips up to 15 strikes per night have not been uncommon.  There is one more prerequisite for this trip.  With the availability of satellite telephones it is no longer a prerequisite to have a second boat.

Kenyan Charter boat operators have been working on and perfecting flyfishing techniques for Marlin, Sailfish and Broadbill, together with the small game fish.  Kenya was the first country in the world to take a Braodbill on fly and we continue to perfect our techniques and catch rates.  PCFC was the first place in Africa where a Striped Marlin was been taken on fly.  One of our guests – world-renowned fly fisherman Billy Pate – caught a 124 lb Striped Marlin on 12 lb tippet.  Billy has over 1000 billfish caught on fly to his name.  After fishing for a week from the Club Billy went on to say he had never fished in such prolific Striped Marlin waters in his life.  John Costello, author of our flyfishing article, took a 107lb Striped Marlin on 20 lb tippet.  These were very exciting days and all our crews are conversant with flyfishing regulations.

Fly fishing for billfish is a fast-growing sport in Kenya.  Records have already been set from the Pemba Channel Fishing Club in the all Africa categories.  Join us to set a new billfish record.

An abundance of baitfish helps you to prepare your hookless teasers.  The bait rods start jumping as you exit to the ocean.  These fish are hauled on board and filleted into hookless strip bait, which are used to tease the fish.  The experienced, English-speaking crew, use their well-trained eyes to spot the fish, vying with modern depth sounders.  Then, as the fish are enticed with the bait, the hand-to-hand combat and the fun and excitement that is blue water fly fishing begins.

The Pemba Channel is rapidly becoming one of the favourite destinations for major salt water fly fishing.  Broadbill swordfish, Blue, Black and Striped Marlin, Sailfish and also Shortbill Spearfish can be caught as well as Dorado, Wahoo and Yellowfin Tuna.  As fly fishing tackle varies in choice so much we advise fly fishermen to bring their own.

While this is considered a little esoteric by some, this is a technique which is heavily weighted in favour of the fish and against the angler!

Firstly, the fish have to be raised by trolling hookless teasers behind the boat.  As soon as a marlin rises to the teasers, the teasers are recovered as quickly as possible, ensuring that the marlin does not loose interest.  As soon as the marlin is in casting range, the boat engines are taken out of gear, the teasers removed as quickly as possible and the fisherman then casts to the risen fish.  This is known as ‘the switch’.  If the hook-up is successful, the fish then has to be played on light tackle, itself a very demanding technique.