The word for perch in Swahili is sangara. Each day, we went out in the hopes of catching a sangara kubwa sana, but the very big perch eluded us. Instead we caught a bunch of babies, relatively speaking. Sangara kidogo.
Nile Perch
The Island
Rubondo is the Jurassic Park of Tanzania. A relatively unspoiled island teeming with birds, mammals and reptiles. In the complete absence of predators they have been allowed to proliferate, kept in check by the harshness of the dense forest. Rubondo has a healthy population of a few species of African mammals. Many of them were transplanted to the island […]
Rubondo Island
With the collapse of the perch fishery imminent and inevitable, we figured we best try our luck as soon as possible. After all, from Dar es Salaam, Lake Victoria is easier to reach than Egypt’s Lake Nasser.
Manipulating Variables
““When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.” – John Muir Imagine stocking one of the largest lakes on the planet, already lush with life adapted to its unique habitats, with an invasive eating machine capable of reaching more than 300lb. Couple that with a surrounding population of […]
An African Adventure
Upon seeing that the school year would begin with a 5-day break because of Eid, the end of Ramadan, my first thought was “Where can I go fishing?” By chance, I stumbled upon some information regarding a species of huge fish that can be found, at least for the time being, in a relatively nearby body of freshwater: Lake […]
Anyone Have a Plankton Fly?
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to live out a dream from my childhood. I was\am fascinated by animals, and sharks took up a considerable amount of my imagination as a kid. Particularly enthralling were images of divers swimming along with whale sharks. Swimming with them moved to near the top of my to-do list when we signed our […]
New Digs – Africa
Three years on a tiny Caribbean island left my girlfriend and I satisfied with our experiences there. We were able to travel throughout the region, make some lifelong friends, have more than our fair share of adventure and catch some incredible fish. One of the best things about it was having Mark and Adam down to take advantage of the […]