Absolute amazing fishing trip at Bolgoda Lake for our regular Japanese angler Fumiaki san with some big Barramundi like this one (93 cm).
Stay tuned, fishing report coming soon !!
Nico - Head Fishing Guide
Exploring fishing trip with Oli, Cédric & Jason
First saltwater trip of the season with Oli & Cédric from France and Jason from Australia.
Found some good popping spots, but action on surface was a bit slow, fortunately we have good action on jig, with some good catch like dogtooth tuna and Gt's the first day, very promising.
I was spending most of the time searching and looking for good spots on my new fishing ground, but I have the opportunity to fish a couple of time and I was lucky enough to caught some Gt's, an amberjack and a big African Pompano. We have also a great diversity of fish with many different groupers.
We also missed and lost some nice fish, but it's a part of the game, we will catch them later with our next clients.
Apart from the fishing we saw a good sea life, watching turtle, dolphin, manta ray and a whale shark.
The new area look very promising and I am so impatient to go again on sea !!
Tight Line
Capt. Nico
Sugimoto & Hashimoto are back for a week end at Bolgoda Lake
Our regular expat japanese anglers Sugimoto and Hashimoto were back at Bolgoda for the week end and they have a good fishing trip.
Saturday, morning session was slow till Sugimoto break the ice with a beautiful 70 cm barramundi, in the afternoon he caught his first featherback, a weird fish according to him. Hashimoto caught some Mangrove Jack, but the Sunday morning he missed a first barramundi and lost a beast over 90 cm on the first jump. Fortunately, he landed some usual Mangrove jack and caught some nice ladyfish.
And Sugimoto ? He caught another nice 60 cm Wild Golden Barramundi after he missed 2 others.
Another great fishing trip at Bolgoda Lake. Sugimoto has already plan his next fishing week end in April, see you soon then.
Nico - Head Fishing Guide
Nice day fishing for Andreas at Bolgoda Lake
Great day fishing for Andreas, who was travelling in Sri Lanka and fished at Bolgoda Lake with our fishing guide Shaktivel.
He caught a very nice Barramundi and also some nice Mangrove Jack.
Congratulations and see you again at Bolgoda lake for your next trip in Sri Lanka.
Nico - Head Fishing Guide
Takahiro san is back to fish Bolgoda Lake !!!
Good fishing trip for Takahiro san who was coming to fish Bolgoda Lake for the second time during 3 days.
He came back with a mission to fly fish only to target the Wild Golden Barramundi, but condition were a bit tough for flyfishing, mainly due to the wind, he didn't catch the elusive barramundi but some ladyfish and lost a very big one. Fortunately Takahiro knew, he needed some good conditions for flyfishing and in case he took with him some casting rod also and he caught some really nice barramundi in the 65 cm range, and some nice Mangrove jack.
Takahiro enjoyed again his fishing trip on Bolgoda Lake and plan to come back for his revenge on fly.
Nico - Head Fishing Guide
Amazing trip at Bolgoda Lake for our regular Japanese couple !!!
Kiyoshi san and his wife live in Thailand have a very good time for their second trip at Bolgoda Lake.
Their first trip was also good, but this time with our fishing guide Shaktivel, they landed plenty of fish and Kiyoshi san caught a superb 86 cm Wild Golden Barramundi on DUO Realis Jerkbait.
Congratulations from Sportfishing Lanka team and see you soon for another good fishing trip at Bolgoda Lake !!!
Nico - Head Fishing Guide
How to finish a good tourist trip in Sri Lanka
Great day fishing at Bolgoda Lake for Stephen & Diane from UK with 3 Golden Barramundi and a bunch of nice Mangrove Jack.
Stephen review : "Diane and I are back home now and just wanted to thank you once again for the wonderful day we experienced on Bolgoda Lake. We really enjoyed the tranquility, the beauty of the surroundings and of course a very successful and enjoyable day’s fishing. Wishing you all the best and hoping that you successfully realise your plans for 2019"
Lure of the day : RAPALA Flat Rap
Nico - Head Fishing Guide
Great trip at Bolgoda Lake with Japanese anglers !!
We received Yamada san and 3 of his friends for a 3 days fishing trip at Bolgoda Lake.
It was a great trip for our japanese anglers, they caught Golden barramundi, their main target, and also some featherback which were active compare to the last days fishing we have before them.
Strangily the Mangrove Jack were not very active as usual, they caught some but nice size mainly up to the 40 cm mark.
Two big barramundi were missed right on the boat, it's for that you must finish to retrieve your lure till the boat !!! Anyway like I say it was a great fishing trip, with good fishing action, some fun, good souvenirs and for sure we will see you again at Bolgoda Lake or maybe for a sea fishing trip on our new boat which will be delivery in a couple of weeks now.
Nico - Head Fishing Guide
When a drone give you another perspective of our fishing ground...
Yesterday was the last fishing day of a 3 days trips with our regular angler Yamada san from Japan.
Our friend Devinda came to join us also with his drone and took some stunning shots. Full report will come soon.
Nico - Head Fishing Guide
Another great fishing day at Bolgoda Lake with Hiro & Miyazaki san !!
With a bit of late, report of the great fishing day with our regular japanese anglers Hiro and Miyazaki. After a week of rain and strong wind due to a cyclone passage, it was our first beautiful sunny day and fish were hungry.
We started the day with a Barramundi caught by Hiro san, follow up by a spotted featherback and some nice lady fish. Just before lunch Hiro san caught a nice wild golden barramundi and on the same spot Miyazaki caught another one of similar size.
After lunch we reach the fishing spot where we found good activity at the end of morning. Plenty of lady fish were caught and Miyazaki caught the fish of the day an absolute beautiful Wild Golden Barramundi of 80 cm. The fish gave an amazing fight to Miyazaki on his light rod and several time we thought he will lost it.
After that catch, we decide to focus on featherback, we reach our special fishing spot where the knive fish were rolling in surface. On the first cast Hiro and Miyazaki caught two big Mangrove jack of 46 cm and 49 cm.
After a while Miyazaki finally caught his first ever spotted featherback and it was a big one.
We finish the day just before night and Hiro lost a big fish, which seems to be another big barramundi, never mind this fishing day was great and our two japanese have already plan their next fishing day after their holidays in Japan. See you soon guys for another great day fishing at Bolgoda Lake !!!
Nico - Head Fishing Guide