Port Gentil Tarpon Fishing Fresh off a tough week at Sette Cama, our group arrived in Port Gentil eager to see what Gabon’s giant tarpon grounds had to offer. It didn’t disappoint. A Record Fish to Open the Season The first fish of the trip was the largest tarpon we’ve landed at Port Gentil. After...

Fly Fishing for Tarpon in Africa A big brown snapper at last light. A baby tarpon from chocolate-brown water. A bull shark on the final night. This week at Sette Cama, on Gabon’s wild Atlantic coast, every fish was earned. The Crew and the Setup This week’s group of eight brought together friends from the...

Night Fishing in Gabon – A 20kg Threadfin From the Dark Water at Sette Cama Night fishing in Gabon produced the fish our guides kept talking about this week: a threadfin of around 20kg (44lb), taken after dark inside the river mouth at Sette Cama. It was a quieter camp than usual. Wang Haoyu from...

Fly Fishing for Tigerfish After their second trip to the Mnyera and Ruhudji Rivers in as many years, Chris and John became our first guests of the season at Shangaa Camp on the Nyerere Dam (also known as Lake Nyerere) in Tanzania’s Nyerere National Park. Their trip was a tigerfish double-header, and it shows both...

Gabon Surf Fishing Gabon surf fishing has a habit of making you adapt, and this week at Sette Cama was a good example. Neap tides and a stubborn sandbar made the usual water difficult to fish, forcing eight South African anglers to change their approach. What followed included steady lagoon fishing, a rare wildlife encounter...

Tanzania Tigerfish Fishing Tanzania tigerfish fishing is underway for another season at Dhala & Samaki, and after months of preparation, there is always something satisfying about seeing the first guests settle into camp and the boats push off on day one. The fishing made everyone work this week, but that became only one part of...

Tarpon Fishing From the Beach in Gabon Tarpon fishing from the beach became the focus at Sette Cama this week, with Taru, Roan, Russel and James fishing a mix of conventional and fly gear through a new moon. Spring tides, no rain and a moderate sea kept most of the attention on the surf, where...

Fly Fishing the Orange River There is far more to Fly Fishing the Orange River than the fishing alone, and our first guest of the season understood that from the outset. Rob arrived ready to step away from normal life, settle into the rhythm of the river and take the week as it came. After...

Gabon Safari When most people picture an African safari, they imagine vast savannahs, dusty game drives and the familiar wildlife of East or Southern Africa. A Gabon safari is something entirely different. Along the Atlantic coast of Central Africa lies one of the continent’s last truly wild landscapes, where rainforest meets the ocean and wildlife...

Gabor Dome Gabon Fishing If you’ve recently discovered Gabor Dome Gabon Fishing through his latest YouTube adventure, you’ll have seen just how unpredictable life at Sette Cama can be. One moment the beach is quiet, and the next it descends into complete chaos as tarpon, giant African threadfin and bull sharks all demand attention at...