Full of allure and mystery deep sea fishing or sport fishing as they like to call it now has long been a sport for the rich and famous, who fly around the globe in search of a world record catch.
Made popular by American author Ernest Hemingway in his 1952 Pulitzer Prize winning book The Old Man and the Sea the quest to land a Marlin is on the bucket list of just about every fisherman.
When it comes to migratory species of fish the Atlantic Blue marlin is the king of the crop travelling thousands of miles between African and the Caribbean in search of food and warm water.
It’s not only the elusive marlin that graces Lanzarote with its presence during the summer months but schools of tuna who pass by the Spanish archipelago on their annual Atlantic
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This combined with a copiousness of available nutrient-rich food for the fish to feed on makes Lanzarote an excellent year-round fishing destination.
While Lanzarote may not have the appeal of Venezuela’s La Guaira Bank, Mexico’s Cozumel or Bimini in the Bahamas, it does offer something that these other fishing hot spots don’t have and that it the ability to be in deep water soon after leaving the dock.
When you look into how boat captains price their fishing trips one of the biggest contributing factors in how much they need to charge is the cost of fuel. Migratory fish like to travel in deep water, which means you may have to burn through 20 minutes of fuel before even getting the lures in the water. This is not the case with Lanzarote though, where thanks to is volcanic origins you are in 400m deep water just a mile from shore.
The cost of chartering a boat does not come cheap, and while Lanzarote may not be as expensive as other locations around the world you can expect to pay around for 500€ for a half days (four hours) private charter