Maldives

Mention fishing in Maldives and images of crystal clear water, turquoise seas rich with marine life, deserted islands with white powdery sandy beaches comes to mind.

So does beautiful and often expensive water villas and resorts!

This live-aboard fishing safari in the Maldives takes away the resort part and makes the price more down-to-earth. You get to have a week long vacation in this tropical paradise with accommodation and all meals included. Not forgetting fishing, too!

Peter Hayes in Maldives
Peter Hayes in foreground, prepares to go fish with Nick Ooi, Yusaku San and the rest of the crew still munching on their lunch in the background.

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A wide range of fish inhabit the Maldivian seas, such as amberjack, barracuda, bluefin trevally, bonefish, giant trevally, groupers of all sorts, tuna including dogtooth tuna, marlin, sailfish, permit, wahoo and more.

We have 2 types of trips, Live-aboard Hosted Trips and Self-guided Island Stay Trips.

  1. Maldives live-aboard fishing hosted trip
  2. Stay on island and fishing nearby islands
Maldives live-aboard mother boat
The motherboat

LIVE ABOARD HOSTED TRIP

These trips can be a group or you can come alone and join others.

This is not a luxury cruise but the 110-foot (33.5 meters) long motherboat is spacious and comfortable. Air-conditioned cabins are in the lower deck, with the rest of the amenities on the upper deck including a spacious open deck area on the bow allowing you to relax and soak-in the view.

Fishing can be done all around the motherboat, from the small tender and on the flats and surf.

Anglers can indulge in a wide range of fishing styles, be they fly fishing or spin fishing, jigging, popping, and so on. Some say that you can fish 24 hours if you wish to.

These trips allow you to fish and experience different islands and locations, and see more of the atolls.

Heading out to the surf and reef edge for giant trevally
Casting lures or fly fishing for giant trevally in the reef or surfs can be challenging and rewarding
Irhamy with a giant trevally on fly
Flats bound fly fishers
Azure allure – anchored just off a sandbar
Maldives live aboard
The motherboat anchored near an island
JW and a grouper from jigging just before dinner time from the rear deck of the motherboat
Nighttime jigging from the motherboat can sometime be very productive
Doggies or dogtooth tuna can show up and many big ones have been lost
A giant trevally with jig
Inside the upper deck looking towards the stern
View from the dining area out through a side door
Lower deck of the motherboat houses the cabins
Cabins are equipped with its own air-conditioning, fan and en suite bathroom
Sunset and lazing on the deck
Bliss to just relax on the pool chair out on the front deck after a long hard day of fishing
Taking snapshots of the sunset over the horizon and admiring the day’s fishing photos while waiting for dinner to be served
JW playing a fish with a fly rod at the stern of the motherboat
Breakfast in the motherboat to start another day of sun, sea and sand, and fishing!
Lunch break on the island
Lunch served on a sandbar island
A quick meal break inside the bushes of an uninhabited island
Dinner aboard
Local delicacies
Freshly caught seafood is a regular serving

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STAY ON ISLAND AND FISHING NEARBY ISLANDS

This is a self-guided trip. You stay in an apartment style house throughout the duration and is taken out fishing in surrounding islands.

Paul Arden of Sexyloops’ first Maldives experience is a fish and stay on island with some friends from Malaysia
Paul Arden walking off to look for more bonefish
Maldives guesthouse accommodation rooms
Island guesthouse accommodation preferred by some

WHAT TO EXPECT

The weather can be hot here. Especially if you come from colder climate countries, so have proper attires, sun protection and stay hydrated. You do not want to take chances and get dehydrated or a heatstroke, that will spoil your holiday. 

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This is not an effect, the photo just came out this way due to glare and reflection. The bonefish is one of the trickiest fish to photograph due to their mirror-finish body.

Bonefish in the Maldives

This is not Kiribati, Bahamas, Belize, the Seychelles and the like, where catching bonefish is dare I say… easy, where you often spot huge schools of bonefish.

You likely won’t be catching hundreds of bonefish in Maldives. Nonetheless, spotting huge schools of bonefish does happen and there are bonefish in the Maldives.

Some of our guests commented the other attraction when fishing in Maldives is the variety of species they catch, besides bonefish.

Male island, the capital of Maldives

Come fish with us in beautiful tropical Maldives!

Should you have any questions, wish to make a booking or enquire about available dates, please contact Juan or use the contact form below.

If you fly fish, check out Fly Fishing Asia for post on Maldives.

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