Fishing Intelligence
Seasonal fishing analysis in the Canary Islands
We take something away from every trip, and by the end of a season that already changes how we read the next one. Over the years we are building our own record of how this water behaves.
The ocean changes. So does our strategy.
Each season we study how migrations and distribution have shifted from one year to the next. All of it gets written down, and it weighs as much as the rods and reels when we decide where to start a day.
We do not follow a calendar. We follow the fish.
This is the first thing to understand about this calendar: it is a reference, not a prediction. Pelagic migrations shift every year and the routes do not repeat exactly.
ICCAT data and historical records are the starting point, but where the fish actually is gets determined each season from commercial and sport fleet reports, weather, water temperature, currents, bait presence and the shape of each island.
So we do not guarantee dates, locations or catches. What we do is move (between islands when necessary) towards wherever the activity appears.
The real windows, species by species
Bluefin tuna (BFT). The main window here runs roughly from March to 5 May, with April usually the best month. December and January can hold fish, but deeper and worked differently. Entry routes change each year: the fish may come in through different areas, early or late. Marlin. May through October or November. The best odds fall between June and October, particularly off Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. There are reports almost year-round, so no month is a guarantee. The other tunas. Strongest in winter and spring, roughly February to late May. Which species and when changes with currents and routes.The first clear signals of a season come from catches and fleet reports, not from a calendar.
What each season tends to bring
Spring belongs to the bluefin migration. Summer and early autumn to the billfish. Autumn brings the wahoo. The cooler months bring bigeye and put the emphasis on deep techniques. Amberjack fills the gaps all year.
These are tendencies, not a timetable. Every one of them has arrived late or early within living memory.
From many data points to one fishing decision
All the layers go over the same chart, from water temperature to bathymetry, and we look at where the most things line up. Nobody knows whether the fish is there. What we do know is that the area looks better than the ones beside it, and with eight hours ahead of you that decides the day.
We don't wait for the fish. We follow them.
Tell us when you are coming
Send us your dates and the species you are after. We will tell you honestly what the ocean is likely to be doing.