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Big Game
Obviously, Austria doesn't come to
mind if you talk about Game Fishing, however there is a quite skilled
group of people who loves fishing for the big ones, and endeavours every
year to different locations around the globe to catch that dream fish.
Frequent locations include Kenya,
Mauritius, and the Grand Canary Islands, however some trips in the past
have widened the choices with excellent catches in the Kap Verdes about
600 nautical miles west of Senegal in the Atlantic, where Robert Skala
caught the fish of his life in 2003 - a Blue Marlin with 1034 lbs.
Also, this little group can look back
to quite a number of successes in international competitions, and just
this year in May the Austrian Team 1 has won the World Championships in
Big Game in Sodwana Bay, South Africa.
13th
World Championships Big Game, South Africa, Sodwana Bay
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Teams of 15 Nationes took part in this Competition, and after a few
years of absence a couple of Austrian Teams made the trip down to
South Africa.
Team
Austria 1: Ingo
Heinelt, Johann Fink, Horst Schmöller
Team
Austria 2: Hans Steinbrecher, Erich Wiche, Karl Zeitelberger
Excellent results could be achieved: Team Austria 2 came in on rank 14.,
an
Team Austria 1
World Champions 2004!!!
Check for the full story in the report / photo section.
Cape
Verdes, May 2004
A
group of 6 fisho's took of for a week and went down to the Kap
Verdes again this year. In 6 Fishing days they managed to tag and
release a total of 13 Marlin, most of which weighed in excess of
500lbs. There was also a fight of one and a half hours on with a
fish that was estimated to be another grander, but he managed to
pull the hook before coming too close to the boat.
Malindi,
Kenya, Jan. 2004
A
fixpoint on the calendar of some of our members, third week of January
seems to be the month for Sails and Wahoos just off Malindi on the north
coast of Kenya.
A
great amount of fish could be taken, including Yellowfin Tunas, nice
dolphin fish, and a couple of Karambesis, the local name for Giant
Trevally.
Cape
Verdes, May 2003
The
first documented Blue Marlin over 1000 lbs for a member of our club has been caught by Robert
Skala. Congratulations for this wonderful fish. Check out the full
story in the reports / photo section.
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