Thresher Caught on Nikita
Shark catches on Nikita in Mossel Bay
On 2 January 2011 the young fisherman Sarudo Bonafede ( 14 years old)) was the lucky one who got a Thresher (sambokhaai) hooked while waiting for cob to bite. This was an early birthday present as he turned 15 the next day. Congratulations Sarudo, with your birthday and also landing this immaculate shark. The skipper Japie, of fishing boat Nikita brought Sarudo and his fellow fishermen to the fishing spot. A few under size Cob and red fish were caught as well as a number of Barbels. Another Thresher was hooked but the angler was not able to land the shark.
Mossel Bay Fishing
This time of the year one can catch a good selection of fish from boats in the Mossel Bay waters. Deep Sea Adventures make use of three vessels to take people on fishing trips in the Mossel Bay area. Dreamcatcher, Nikita and Dankie Pa
Shark Catches in Mossel Bay
shark catches mossel bay
Deep Sea Adventures is the biggest fishing charter company in the area from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town
We are the biggest fishing charter company in our area from PE to Cape Town and the only charter business which started from our commercial fishing. Biggest: meaning that we can charter up to 40 customers at any single moment, making use of four vessels at once, but we are just as keen on taking even one customer to sea with the same dedication to catch all the options available on the day.
Deep Sea Adventures in Mossel Bay are specialists in catching big Cob
Bottom fish such as Santer, Red Roman, Miss Lucy, Rockod, Cape salmon and Cob is mainly caught with Big Cob being our main objective, as can be seen on most of our photos.
shark catches mossel bay
A selection of realy large sharks have been caught by the boats of deep sea adventures in Mossel Bay
Game fish species like yellowtail and Bonito also occur in these waters, some years from November to April. Big Shark such as the beautiful Thresher with it’s tailfin as long as the rest of its body we have had magical fights with the fish breaching three or four times before being brought to the boat. Other breaching sharks such as the Mako and off course the Mighty Great White also occur in these waters, as it is known world wide. Other big sharks such as the Ragged Tooth , Hammer Head and Blue shark, which can all grow up to a few hundred kilo’s have also been hooked.
shark catches mossel bay
Sharks a caught a a catch and release basis and are handled with care
All sharks and rays are handled with great respect and gently released after being brought to the boat. Hooks are removed and only quick degradable hooks are used on our expeditions and no stainless steel or galvanized gear.
Deep Sea adventures are Eco friendly
Our boats are designed by South Africans and build for the South African commercial conditions, in that they are large, but light they do not need massive engines to be powered, 90 to 115 horsepower does the job very significantly. We’ve turned eco friendly in that we switched to four stroke technologies which make an even more enjoyable journey without two stroke fumes, nothing to spoil the fresh ocean breeze in your face.
All our boats are catamarans and renewed for stability on the water, which has seen to the pleasure of thousands of happy clients and a 100% safety record since our existence about 12 years ago.
