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Europeans new destination of Big Game Fishing is Jezera. The village is located about 90 km north - west of Split on peninsula Murter. Between May and November we go for Red Tuna, up to 400 kg, Swordfish, Thresher Shark, Amberjack, Albacore and Palamidas. The first fishing area is Kornati which takes about 30 minutes to reach.

After this island group we have open sea till Italy. On two day turns we are going fishing near an island which is 45 miles away and uninhabited. Out there we have 200 meters depth. At day light we fish  Tuna and night we fish Swordfish and Sharks. The weight of Swordfish comes up to 90 kg, Thresher Sharks come up to 150 kg and Blue Sharks are over 100 kg.

Boats are 28 - 35 feet long with high speed about 20 knots. The boats equipment is complete with radar, fish finder, deep - sensors and GPS. Also we have a fighting chair:Outriggers and  Downriggers, rods and two-speed rods from 30 - 130 lbs. The most time we practice drift - fishing on Tuna and Sharks.

PRICES:

Full charter (ca. 8 hours; boats for 2-6 fishermen) - price 550 - 650 EUR

Night-fishing and two-day turns - Ask for the price send mail to info@solitum.hr

Self - drives with a regular license could rent a 20 feet long boat with a 230 PS Volvo machine. Ask for the Price send mail to info@solitum.hr

Jezera have a lot of nice bays with crystal clear water and so it’s perfect for the family too.

In these days it is not usual to see ship full of fish. But today was my lucky day. And fishermans too. This small group of people living from sea and its fruits was today specialy happy as they caught around 3 tones of anchovies last night, just when they wanted to go home, after five days on sea without result.

Few days ago Croatian government allowed Italian and Slovenian fishermans after presuer from the EU, to fish in Croatian part of Adriatic Sea. Many fishermans are angry because of that decision, their boats are smaller, slower, and so they cannot keep up with the competition. There is an old expression that fisherman’s bread is bread with 7 crusts; it just got one more.