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BROADBILL RECORDS South Africans breaking ground in Kenya and Oman The Du Plessis brothers — Calvin and Bobby — of Soolyman Charters have been doing incredibly well running charters in Kenya and Oman and have had some noteworthy catches of broadbill swordfish in recent months ... By Bobby du Plessis
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T has long been a burning passion of mine to catch an Arabian broadbill swordfish, with many a long dark night spent trolling and drifting off Fujairah as well as Muscat in Oman. For a long time I was left with headaches and heartache but no success. Having seen the odd one caught by the commercial guys, I had no doubt
that these fish must have come up from the rich waters further south off Muscat. After chatting to many fishermen over the years and hearing of confirmed sightings of broadbill basking on the surface, I just knew that these fish lived in our waters and that I had to catch them. Those who know me personally will attest to the fact that I became obsessed with swordfish, living, breathing and incessantly talking about them in my quest to catch the Richard Skinner and Bobby du Plessis with the first recreationally caught broadbill in Oman. SKI-BOAT March/April 2020 • 61
