Regarded as the lost continent, Madagascar is the fourth largest island on the planet, behind Greenland, New Guinea and Borneo, and is renowned for its unique and captivating natural splendor. An incredibly diverse country, 80% of its often bizarre flora and fauna is endemic and occurs nowhere else in the world. Lemurs, chameleons and the seemingly upside down baobab trees being the most well known to the rest of the world. All that natural splendour and diversity on land extends into the tropical oceans that surround this massive landmass. Every type of saltwater angling environment imaginable exists in Madagascar; extensive white sand flats lined with coral reef, intricate mangrove estuaries and lagoons, deep underwater walls and reefs and an explosive blue water fishery.
In the north, massive, hulking, granitic mountains rise straight out of the sea, creating mind-blowing backdrops that tower high above the surrounding ocean. The big Madagascan players are GT’s, dogtooth tuna and sailfish, but a host of other powerful and sought after predatory species frequent these waters, such as Indian Ocean trevally, snapper and grouper species, king mackerel, jobfish, wahoo, tuna, dorado and marlin. There are more than forty different species available to the intrepid saltwater fly
Contributed By
Graeme Field
Madagascar Fishing Adventures is based on picturesque Sakatia Island, right in the heart of the prime fishing areas in the northwest corner of the country. I’ve also been fortunate to be part of a number of exploratory DIY style trips with Madagascar Fishing Adventures to the remote archipelagos to the north and south of Sakatia. Our most recent and exciting discovery has been a harsh and inhospitable collection of islands, atolls and mangroves that has felt very little human pres sure over the years.
Inspired by the contrasting juxtaposition of tropical flats and azure seas with harsh, barren and windswept landmasses reminiscent of Patagonia, we dubbed this area “Madagonia” A spectacularly photogenic place that just begs to be explored, Madagascar keeps us fresh, inspired and motivated to search for and hopefully uncover many more gems that lie hidden beneath the surface of this large and fascinating island.
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