This last week Murchison Falls National Park hosted the thrilling Invitation Fishing Tournament which is a catch and release experience that takes place every year.
This year 2023 tournament attracted 6 adventurous clusters in 21 groups. This time a total of 1672.4kg of fish was caught and released back into the water. This year’s catch indicated an improvement in the net catch compared to last year’s catch of 972kgs.
This sport fishing tournament was won by Team Tango Samani. The winning catch was 246.77kgs who were followed by the Flying Dutchman who came with 171.3kgs, and the Dream Team taking the scooped the third position with 82.5kgs catch.
UWA awarded a gorilla and Rhino tracking permit to the winner, an annual fishing permit to the first runner-up; and a Chimpanzee tracking permit for the third-best.
Sports Fishing in Murchison Falls National Park
Being Uganda’s largest National Park by size, Murchison Falls National Park doubles with being the most visited National Park in Uganda. Am the thrillers of the park is the mighty Victoria Nile that flows to form the Africa’s unique Murchison Falls National Park. Alongside the game drives, boat cruises, hiking, visiting the top of the falls and many others adventures done here, even sports fishing lines among the thriller to engage in when visited the park.
Along the Big Five expectation of the park, sports fishing makes a wonderful adventure to the park. Sport fishing experiences at Murchison falls national park involves the use baits and casting lures, tourists here have a wider opening to catch amazing fish species in particular Nile perch the main catch as well cat fish and tiger fish.
Travelers are accompanied by a guide using small motorized boats rid at the banks of the river or at the rocks on the foot hills of the falls and at the Nile delta. The catch can weigh about 50kg, after the catch take photographs weigh your clasp and discharge the back in waters.
Visitors engrossed in fishing activities come with three meter or 2.4 meter rod with a mounted spool or multiplier fishing reel, seven rotating rod with 3/5 kilogram line for catching small fish species and for cat fish and the Nile perch, you can use any fixed spool or multiplier with 30 to 35Ib line.
You will need a sport fishing permit to allow you partake this most exhilarating adventure in Murchison falls national park which will also offer you opportunity to catch at least a 108kgs Nile perch.
Sport Fishing permits at Murchison Falls
When wishing for a sport fishing adventure, it can be done throughout the year. There are three categories of permits to purchase when interested in the adventure. The first permit is a one day fishing permit costs $50, there is a 4 day fishing permit which costs $150, and an annual fishing permit costing $300. All these costs exclude park entrance fees. With an annual permit, it means at any time in Murchison Falls you can go and fish on the Victoria Nile.