Croatia and the Adriatic sea is a unique place in Europe for sea fishing big Game. The Adriatic sea has a long fishing season and a mild climate, perfect for fishing. To the Republic of Croatia is the Eastern portion, which extends from Prevlaka in the South to Cape Savudrija in the West, including all Islands, islets and reefs along the coast and the archipelago Palagruza.
Trophy fishing in the Adriatic is the blue shark, Golden mackerel, thresher shark, albacore, yellowtail, etc., but the most desired trophy of the Adriatic is bluefin tuna. The largest tuna caught in the Adriatic sea, weighed 475 lbs.
Croatia is perhaps the only place on the Adriatic coast, where it is possible without problems for a very short time to get to the fishing spot and start to hunt for blue tuna, shark or swordfish. Within the Adriatic sea, only in the town of Jezera are held annual competitions in Big Game fishing, in which fishermen arrive from all points of the planet. Very popular in these places of the Adriatic fishing for squid.
Active fishing season for bluefin tuna run from early July to late October. This time, the migration of bluefin tuna and at this time large shoals of this fish move along the coast of Croatia.
Big tuna comes in the Adriatic sea and migrates along the Croatian coast from November to February. However, at this time on the coast starts the season of strong winds and fishing on bluefin tuna in Croatia, in this period difficult. But if the weather is nice and the sea relatively calm good trophy fishing is possible in winter.
Climate
On the territory
of Croatia it is possible to distinguish two types of
climate: on the coast of the Adriatic sea is Mediterranean, with hot and dry summers and warm and wet winters in the country is moderately continental, with cold winters and moderately warm summers.
How to get there
From may to September, the company WINDROSE performs direct flights to Kyiv-Split-Kiev. From Split airport you can order a group or individual transfer
Trophies
Shark the Fox,
Blue shark,
Albacore,
Amberjack,
Barracuda,
Dentex,
Ponce,
Sword fish,
Serial,
Tuna small,
Tuna blue.
High season
Albacore |
Jan |
Jul |
Feb |
Aug |
Mar |
Sep |
Apr |
Oct |
May |
Nov |
Jun |
Dec |
Barracuda |
Jan |
Jul |
Feb |
Aug |
Mar |
Sep |
Apr |
Oct |
May |
Nov |
Jun |
Dec |
Ponce |
Jan |
Jul |
Feb |
Aug |
Mar |
Sep |
Apr |
Oct |
May |
Nov |
Jun |
Dec |
Sword fish |
Jan |
Jul |
Feb |
Aug |
Mar |
Sep |
Apr |
Oct |
May |
Nov |
Jun |
Dec |
Serial |
Jan |
Jul |
Feb |
Aug |
Mar |
Sep |
Apr |
Oct |
May |
Nov |
Jun |
Dec |
Dentex |
Jan |
Jul |
Feb |
Aug |
Mar |
Sep |
Apr |
Oct |
May |
Nov |
Jun |
Dec |
Tuna small |
Jan |
Jul |
Feb |
Aug |
Mar |
Sep |
Apr |
Oct |
May |
Nov |
Jun |
Dec |
Tuna blue |
Jan |
Jul |
Feb |
Aug |
Mar |
Sep |
Apr |
Oct |
May |
Nov |
Jun |
Dec |
Shark the Fox |
Jan |
Jul |
Feb |
Aug |
Mar |
Sep |
Apr |
Oct |
May |
Nov |
Jun |
Dec |
Blue shark |
Jan |
Jul |
Feb |
Aug |
Mar |
Sep |
Apr |
Oct |
May |
Nov |
Jun |
Dec |
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Albacore |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Barracuda |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ponce |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sword fish |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Serial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dentex |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tuna small |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tuna blue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shark the Fox |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Blue shark |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The fishing season starts in March. In the spring months, March, April and may, trolling is the best trolling technique also caught mainly small tuna. This period is good for vertical ghiga with depths of more than 50m (amberjack, dentex). In June the bulk of the tuna migrate into the Mediterranean, and at that time mainly use vertical jigging, popping, good time for deep sea fishing. Since July, the tuna returned, and November, drifting is the main technique of fishing. In October, when the sea becomes colder, ongoing tuna fishing with drifting and can be caught vertical jig amberjack and dentex. The fishing season ends in November, when the weather deteriorates.