lly01

Can someone suggest a trip of a lifetime for my 24 yr old son and 55 yr old husband? They would love to fish, but are prone to seasickness. As a sideline, they would also like golf and maybe wild game viewing, but the primary objective would be fabulous fishing...(ie, the "sidelines" aren't required). This could be anywhere in the world and needs to be in July, about 1.5 to 2 weeks.

roadwarriorafrica

There is great fishing from Hemingways Resort in Watamu, Kenya, but this is sea fishing. When we went, we were given sea sick pills at breakfast, and also wrist bands.

Near Watamu is Malindi airport, and from there you can fly to the Masai Mara to go on safari.

Another option is to go to the Masai Mara on Safari, and then fly to Lake Victoria's Rusinga Island. There is good fishing at Lake Victoria - mainly Nile Perch and Tilapia.

matnikstym

tiger fishing on the Zambezi River either Zambia or Zimbabwe side. Those tiger fish put up a real fight! No golf but plenty of game viewing.

afrigalah

I'd go along with Dennis on that. I haven't fished on the Zambezi, but I would equate it with barramundi fishing in the Northern Territory of Australia. The latter is worth investigating if you don't want to go to Africa. No big game in the NT, except the crocs are bigger. The barra (no relation at all to the barracouda or barracoutta) is a very tasty fighting fish. I've read that farmed barra is now making a hit in the US.

John
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luangwablondes

As said, a tiger fishing trip on the Zambezi River near Mana Pools, add canoeing and game viewing trip around the park. The tiger fish is an excellent game fish and the Kanyemba section is famous. Several good fishing lodges around there.

luangwablondes

This is just one of several fishing lodges. www.imbambala.co.za/kanyemba.html

mkhonzo

One week up the Mozambique coast. July is not the greatest month...But still would produce some good catches of game species: I would send them up top Matemo of Rani Resorts allowing them to hit the St Lazarus banks for an overnight..best fishing ground in the world.

Then I'd send them to the coast of Mozambique to sample the Atlantic for cubera, tarpon and sails...

If that is too exotice, send them to Panama, fish with Pesac Panam out of David. Its days of action.

If they are avid anglers then they will know that tyhey should ish around feb mar, so maybe change your dates.

Perhaps a trip to Alaska is best at that time of year?
You need to be more specific as river fishing is quite different to the ocean.

dssxxxx

If you want no seasickness and want fishing and golf. Only 2 - Scotland and/or Ireland.

Fishing - Alaska.

Plain & simple.

I now this is Africa forum, but those are the answers for the questions asked.....

Garreth

I can suggest catching large tigers and bream on the upper Zambezi when the water comes off the flood plains as well as excellent tiger fishing during a small catfish run that occurs in the same area.. The pleasure is that the Chobe river is around the corner for excellent game viewing.
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stakerk

ALASKA (in July)!

Halibut fishing off the Kenai Peninsula and then King and Red Salmon fishing out of Glenallen/Gakona Junction. It was the best fishing ever. (Note: we have fished the Yellowstone for trout during spawning and off the Kona coast for marlin and tuna). Alaska is better.

Kevin

RonHB

Go to the Kamchatka Peninsula in Siberia.
This area is totally un fished as the old Soviet Nuclear sub fleet was based in this area and was off limits to everyone.
They only allow 6 fishermen on a river per week and you can only fish from mid June to September as it becomes too cold. The area has been open a few years so most of the fish have never seen a "fly". They are still doing exploratory trips to see what the fishery really is. All catch and release.
A biologist from the Wild Salmon Conservatory" monitors the rivers and they are doing DNA testing to see where all these fish have come from. Huge trout, salmon, graying etc.
The accomodations are improving but you have to remember you are in Siberia. We slept in small A frames 10 X 10ft with wood stoves, two men to a structure. They now have jet boats that can move you about the river. There are absolutely no roads...we flew in on a Russian helicopter about 2hours in and were dropped off for a week with our guides.
We flew from San Francisco to Anchorage and caught a flight to Kamchatka the next morning (one flight per week) I understand they have stopped the flights from Anchorage so you now have to get there from Korea or Moscow. If they want an adventure, this is it...
We booked thru " The Fly Shop" in Redding California (look on the web)about$4,500 -$5,250 pp depending on which of the three or four rivers you pick.

afrigalah

Ron, that beats everything else hands down!!! If I hadn't sold all my fishing gear to help finance photo equipment.....

John

mkhonzo

Ron sound as if you fished in Siberia?
If so what was the catch & hook-up ratio?
My knowledge of the area tells a tail of depleted fishing grounds......
The adventure and complete with awful food etc doesn't IMO demand the cost.

basto

I guess another option is the Kola Peninsula in Russia. In my book some of the best Atlantic Salmon fishing in the world. Similar to Kamchatka in that nobody has fished for many years due to the Marine base in Murmansk.

But I think the lodging and operations are a bit more developed than Kamchatka. But still you fly out in helicopter and you won´t see anybody but your fishing companions. We went to Acha river (tributary to Ponoi) and in horrible conditions caught 20 + salmons per person. Horrible = to early in the season, so we had some days with -5 degrees and snowstorm, not exaktly prime conditions for flyfishing... It is not impossible to get 50 - 100 salmon in a good prime time week.

Have not been to Kamchatka so I can not compare the fishing, but it seems that both provide excellent fishing in very untouched wilderness.

For more info take a look at www.lax-a.is and go to Russia.

/Tom

fishee

I think this totally depends on what kind of anglers they are. Do they mostly value size (i.e. sportfishing), technical difficulty, scenery, or eating quality? Sounds like they'd prefer to stay off the ocean unless it's in a relatively calm bay? Do they cook/eat what they catch? Are they interested in fly fishing or do they strictly use spinning reels? What does their budget look like?

If they want to stay off the ocean, Alaska makes a lot of sense if they're interested in both size and eating quality (expensive, however). I love the range of options that the Florida keys offered me -- bridge/pier fishing, deep sea charters, pontoon charters on the calm bay, flats fishing -- but July was sheer hell in terms of heat and mosquitos and should probably be avoided. Being out on the water was gorgeous, however -- it was having to come back to shore that was unpleasant.

Florida keys was really inexpensive for airfare and lodging (we rented a condo type thing on the water and could use their canoe and kayak to fish from) and we loved the variety of fish we could target: mahi and tuna for deep sea fishing, snapper and large grouper from the bridges and piers, barracuda everywhere, bonefish in the flats.

My next trip will be either Alaksa (again, expensive so I'm saving up) or Nantucket in order to target Striper (this wouldn't be a lifetime destination for most people).

I have a book called "50 Places to Fly Fish Before You Die" that has great pictures, 2-3 pg narrative on each place and brief section of bullet points on when to go, accomodations, etc. You might want to check it out.

Destinations include:

Alaska, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bahamas, British Columbia, Chile, Cuba, Iceland, Montana, New Zealand, Zambia, etc.