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Gabon
The offshore waters of this West African country teem with all tropical gamefish, including blue marlin, but there are few facilities for offshore angling. The marine estuaries, however, are home to the world’s biggest tarpon during November-April, plus cubera snapper, various forms of trevally (known in Southern Africa as kingfish), the spectacular giant threadfin, and many other species. We’d love to say you can pursue these 250 lb-plus tarpon on fly, but the deepness of the estuaries and the leaf-stained water make that unrealistic; they’re mostly caught on drifted deadbaits or by casting surface plugs.
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