November Report 2025
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🌦 Weather Overview
- Sea Conditions: Very calm seas throughout the month
- Water Temperature: 25-26.5 degrees
- Wind: mostly very still with mainly light north wind 5-8 knots
- Rainfall: very dry month
🐟 Target Species This Month
|
Species |
Size Range |
Notes |
|
Yellowfin Tuna |
5kg-50kg |
Good numbers offshore and drop offs best bites early morning |
|
Dorado (Mahi-Mahi) |
5–15kg |
Low numbers Found far out |
|
Wahoo |
10–30kg |
Active all month on drop offs |
|
Giant Trevally (GT) |
5–40kg |
Active on poppers near reefs |
|
Dogtooth Tuna |
8–30kg |
Some reports on banks. 1-2 very large ones |
|
Blue Marlin |
100–300kg |
Sporadic action, better on west coast and at end of month |
⚓ Notable Catches & Reports
Marlin have started arriving with the warmer water and large numbers of bonito. Tuna bite slowed down a bit. Some very good days. Lots of sharks on drop offs and banks making fishing quite tough.
Grand Baie yacht club competition was won by team Sportfisher with 1 Marlin released.
Other fish in the competition:
-2 spearfish released by Stephane Piat
- 140lbs tuna caught by Max Daruty
- 38lbs wahoo caught by Dylan Slome
- lots of dorado and big bonito
🐟 Catch of the Month
- 407lbs blue marlin caught by Stephane Piat on Reel’Ease
🛠 Gear & Techniques
- Best Lures/Bait: artificial lures and live bait
📅 Outlook for Next Month
- Expect maintained very calm conditions; tuna bite likely to get better around full moon
- Marlin season approaching with a mix of smaller and mid size fish
- Marlin World Cup 17-19 December fished exclusively on 50lbs line test
