I was fishing with Capt. Laurie Wright on the reef, and we had a big black marlin on; I was down to my last wrap when Wright said, “Go ahead and break it off; she’s under a grand,” just as I had let ...

There have been plenty of black marlin around, and some stripeys too, in the waters ranging from the North Kenya banks through Ngomeni, Malindi and Watamu. They have been spotted both close in and ...