Gone Fishing

Gone Fishing is Fuerteventura's newest fishing tackle shop, and it can be found on the taxi rank side of the Centro Commercial El Castillo in Caleta de Fuste. The photo of the tower shows the location of the shop from the taxi rank. See the Caleta de Fuste map for the exact location.

The owners of the shop are Aram and Sara, and during a holiday in Caleta de Fuste in 2005 Aram had difficulty finding replacement tackle, so they moved to Fuerteventura from Sheffield to open their fishing tackle shop.

Aram has been fishing for 28 years and began his fishing in the Mediterranean before going on to fish in the Red Sea, and then the lakes within reach of Sheffield, where he specialised in fishing for carp.

Local Knowledge

Being based in a shop that provides easy access to equipment for the locals Aram has already built up a good understanding of what works well in the area, and has his finger on the pulse with respect to what is happening in terms of the methods and baits that are succeeding at any given time.

The photo shows a tuna caught from the local rocks by Billy, one of the locals. Besides 6kg Tuna it is possible to catch a whole host of species including Parrot Fish (Vieja), Variety of Snappers, including the common Bream, Mullet, Garfish, Needle Fish, Blue Fish, Bonito Tuna, Barracuda, Wahoo & Sting Rays. All these can be caught from the rocks in Caleta or beaches. Further out, the big game include Blue & White Marlin (up to 450Kg), Sword Fish, Bluefin Tuna (upto 350 Kg), Dolphin Fish, Sharks (Blue, Mako & Hammer Head). To see photographs of some of these species have a look at the fishing in Fuerteventura page.

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The Best Tackle

The shop carries a wide range of equipment and for less than €20 it is possible to purchase complete starter kits for children, or 10' telescopic rods that collapse down to 18" for easy transportation. Reels start from less than €10, but as the case with the rods, serious anglers are catered for with top of the range items. Some of the brands that gone fishing carry are Tica, Kali Kunan, Renzo Valdieri, Shakespear, Yo-Zuri, Penn International, Siglon, Grauvell, Vercelli, Okuma & Mustad. The shop also stocks Beuchat & Ness snorkelling and diving equipment, and all the best baits for local fishing are sold at the shop.

Boat Trips

For those of you that want to go out to sea for your fishing experience the shop can book you on to one of three trips that last between Four and a half and six hours. The shorter trips are in the morning and the longer one, which concentates on fishing for larger game species commences at 6 pm and the boat is out until midnight.

Brace of Dolfin fish and a Wahoo

Gone Fishing Opening Hours

DAY	MORNING	EVENING
Monday	10:00-15:00	18:00-22:00
Tuesday	10:00-15:00	18:00-22:00
Wednesday	CLOSED	CLOSED
Thursday	10:00-15:00	18:00-22:00
Friday	10:00-15:00	18:00-22:00
Saturday	10:00-15:00	18:00-22:00
Sunday	10:00-15:00	CLOSED

Contact Details

Gone Fishing
Centro Comercial "El Castillo" Local B
El Castillo
Costa Caleta
35610
Antigua
Fuerteventura
Canary Islands

Tel/Fax (+34) 928 160 149
Mob (+34) 669 088 337

Email info@gonefishing.tv

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Aram and Sara outside their shop.

The shop sign can be seen below the tower.

Nick Hancock who hosted the "They Think it's All Over" sports quiz show, and "Nick Hancock’s Fishing School", becomes Gone Fishing's first celebrity customer, October 2007.

The shop has all an angler on Fuerteventura needs.

Some of the reels available.

Aram and Sara's dog

A brace of bocanegra