Guinea Bissau 27th Feb - 8th March

Stan as usual a fantastic report and I am very glad you and the guys enjoyed yourself .

In answer to the question about catch and release , we are 90 kms from the nearest shop and have 25 staff to feed on the island and also the clients , however my guys are absolutely great with realeasing fish and we always take sufficient for the camp but normally on a big day , pretty much all the fish will be realeased once they have a few for the camp .

However we are 150kms from the nearest hospital and i will never allow the boys to bring a live barracuda into the boat because it can be extremely dangerous for inexperienced clients. It can also be very dangerous for the crew trying to unhook large barras with a lot of trebles stuck in them . However the guys do make best efforts to release all small fish and any that are lightly hooked,

I also have strict rules on Tarpon , Sharks , guitarfish and stingrays , they are always released . All slow growing fish .

I fished with two boat three weeks ago and we had a bumper day on pompanos and cassavas , my boat landed 25 and we took 3 and ass boat landed 30 plus pompanos and took 2 and both of those were deep hooked.

The second issue is that refidgeration is not easy , so we do take fresh fish each day as most clients are not happy to eat day old fish . But rest assured that every last morsel that we dont eat goes straight to the local village were the families of most of our staff live.

Hope that clarifies the situation , I have absolutely no vested interest in ruining my own fishery and neither have my crews

Richard

stan that was a brilliant report .and a lot of hard work and sweat id say you would need a holiday after that. whats not mentioned is the night life ?are there bars you can have a few cold ones after a hard day on the high seas .do you need to bring all your gear with you or are there there outlets you can replenish your lost tackle at.and also what is the acccomadation ?

Hi Twinkle, here is an outline of the hotel and life on the island



Life on Orango
The Orango Hotel consists of a dining area plus bar, a breakfast area near the beach and two blocks containing ensuite bedrooms.
A typical day consists of getting up around 7.30 and heading down for breakfast. This consisted of freshly baked bread, fruit ( mango, banana, apple ), fruit juice , coffee and cake.

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At 8.30-9.00 we set sail for the days fishing. Lunch was either on the boat of a local beach. It varied from day to day but usually consisted on a bun or rice plus some fish or fish cakes. We also ate the latest fish that we caught.

Usually we returned to the camp between 19.00-19.30. After a shower in cold water we had a couple of beers and ate diner. This consisted of fish by and large with rice or spuds plus some of the days catch. One day we had a piglet and on another a goat. The cooking was excellent.

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Dinner normally finished around 21.30 and most people were in bed by 22.30. I know that this sounds early but after a long days fishing everybody was knackered.

It is a very peaceful holiday centred totally around fishing.

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it certainly looks like paradise stan and im sure you would be falling asleep after dinner with the days fishing and hauling
giant fish all day the wildlife alone would be enough for me. do you get to see much of it?what about the crocs ?do you see many?the meals might be a problem for me but i could turn veggie for a few weeks[actually i could lose a few stone] the rice no prob but i dont eat fish. if you had to choose which would you go for. there, or norway my own dream trip is giant halibut in alaska this has been a dream since seening all the pictures as a child in the abu tightlines book.the report you put up had me thinking like i did when i was a child i in tend to fulfill my dreams eventually its just a matter of deciding which one will surfice and which one i would most enjoy. most kids dream about disneyland.mine were all about fishing being pulled along in a rib by king salmon and huge halibut.and that was before the drug era

Fantastis report, well done