{"id":11093,"date":"2008-05-05T09:26:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-05T09:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/tackling-the-big-ones-that-dont-get-away-2\/"},"modified":"2008-05-05T09:26:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-05T09:26:00","slug":"tackling-the-big-ones-that-dont-get-away-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2008\/05\/tackling-the-big-ones-that-dont-get-away-2\/","title":{"rendered":"TACKLING THE BIG ONES THAT DON\u2019T GET AWAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SB7SsD5C-PI\/AAAAAAAADG8\/8MsH5b0-dnk\/s1600-h\/africanangler-768149.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SB7SsD5C-PI\/AAAAAAAADG8\/8MsH5b0-dnk\/s320\/africanangler-768149.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A fishing safari\u00a0\u00a0that sees your first catch of the week a fighting 55-pound (25kg) Nile Perch, is\u00a0\u00a0something most anglers only dream about. <\/p>\n<p>But more and more\u00a0\u00a0Australians are heading to Egypt to fish for these Barramundi-like monsters that\u00a0\u00a0are known locally as &#8220;buffaloes,&#8221; and one who returned home recently told of a\u00a0\u00a0total bag of over forty fish amongst a six-man team \u2013 the biggest catch a\u00a0\u00a0whopping 103-pounds (46-plus kilograms.) <\/p>\n<p>Keen amateur Andrew\u00a0\u00a0Warton \u2013 an overseas-based Australian Federal Public Service officer \u2013 joined\u00a0\u00a0the other international enthusiasts on Lake Nasser as part of a team with fishing\u00a0\u00a0safari company, The African Angler. <\/p>\n<p>Andrew landed his\u00a0\u00a055-pound Nile Perch at sunset on his first day, lost another\u00a0\u00a0estimated at around 100-pounds (45kg)\u00a0\u00a0the second day, and was with another angler in one of the four safari fishing\u00a0\u00a0boats who landed the biggest catch of the week, a 103-pounder (46kg) on day\u00a0\u00a0four. <\/p>\n<p>All fish caught\u00a0\u00a0during the week were photographed and released alive; Andrew Warton&#8217;s diary,\u00a0\u00a0from details of catches to dining experiences and the hospitality of the guide\u00a0\u00a0team, can be accessed on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fishntrips.net.au\/\">www.fishntrips.net.au<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The African Anglers\u00a0\u00a0is run by brothers Peter and Tim Baily who were born and raised in Kenya; their\u00a0\u00a0&#8216;Africa style&#8217; fishing safaris use live-aboard fishing boats skippered by expert\u00a0\u00a0Nubian guides, and are accompanied by well-appointed mother ships with all\u00a0\u00a0facilities including excellent dining and cold drinks. <\/p>\n<p>For full details and\u00a0\u00a0prices phone The African Anglers&#8217; Australian office (02) 9966 9316 or email\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:peter@african-angler.net\">peter@african-angler.net<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fishing safari\u00a0\u00a0that sees your first catch of the week a fighting 55-pound (25kg) Nile Perch, is\u00a0\u00a0something most anglers only dream about. But more and more\u00a0\u00a0Australians are heading to Egypt to fish for these Barramundi-like monsters that\u00a0\u00a0are known locally as &#8220;buffaloes,&#8221; and one who returned home recently told of a\u00a0\u00a0total bag of over forty fish [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11093\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}