{"id":1073,"date":"2026-10-16T22:36:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T22:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reelzy.co\/blog\/half-day-or-full-day-fishing-trip-mauritius\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T22:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T22:37:10","slug":"half-day-or-full-day-fishing-trip-mauritius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reelzy.co\/blog\/half-day-or-full-day-fishing-trip-mauritius\/","title":{"rendered":"Half Day or Full Day Fishing Trip in Mauritius: Which to Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book a half day<\/strong> in Mauritius if it is your first time at sea, you have children or non-anglers with you, or you want the afternoon free. Book a full day<\/strong> if you are after marlin or a big tuna, or you want to try more than one way of fishing. On the boats listed on Reelzy, a half day is really a 4 to 7 hour morning, and a full day is 8 to 10 hours that simply keeps going into the afternoon.<\/p>\n

The short answer<\/h2>\n

The full day does not start at a nicer hour. On almost every boat in Mauritius both trips leave at the same time, between 4:00 and 6:00 in the morning, and the full day just comes back three or four hours later. So the real question is not “morning or all day”, it is “do I want to be back for lunch or for mid-afternoon tea”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That changes the decision. You are not paying for a better morning, you are buying extra hours on the water: time to run further offshore, to fish more than one spot, or to switch from trolling to jigging or bottom fishing when the bite slows.<\/p>\n

What “half day” and “full day” mean on real boats<\/h2>\n

These are the trip lengths and times the captains themselves set on their Reelzy listings, as of October 2026. Durations are the hours on the trip; where the captain gave a time window, it is shown.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Boat<\/th>\nPort<\/th>\nShorter trip<\/th>\nLonger trip<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Pyramide<\/a><\/td>\nTrou-aux-Biches<\/td>\n6 h, 4:30 to 10:30<\/td>\n10 h, 4:30 to 14:30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fishing on Ivan<\/a><\/td>\nTrou-aux-Biches<\/td>\n6 h, 5:30 to 11:30<\/td>\n9 h, 5:30 to 14:30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
La Rochelle Fishing Charters<\/a><\/td>\nTrou-aux-Biches<\/td>\n4:00 to 11:00<\/td>\n4:00 to 14:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
One and only<\/a><\/td>\nTrou-aux-Biches<\/td>\n6:00 to 12:00<\/td>\n6:00 to 15:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Big game fishing<\/a><\/td>\nTrou-aux-Biches<\/td>\n6 h from 5:00<\/td>\n9 h from 5:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yan<\/a><\/td>\nTrou-aux-Biches<\/td>\n6 h from 9:00<\/td>\n10 h from 9:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Baywatch<\/a><\/td>\nTrou-aux-Biches<\/td>\n6:00 to about 12:00<\/td>\nnone listed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ti bato<\/a><\/td>\nCap Malheureux<\/td>\n8:30 to 13:00<\/td>\n8:00 to 15:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Last Cast<\/a><\/td>\nGrand Baie<\/td>\n4 h or 6 h from 5:00<\/td>\n8 h from 5:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Full Day Big Game<\/a><\/td>\nGrand Baie<\/td>\nnone listed<\/td>\n9 h from 6:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flying Kiss Cruise<\/a><\/td>\nPointe aux Piments<\/td>\n6 h from 5:30<\/td>\n10 h from 5:30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Small Game Fishing<\/a><\/td>\nMah\u00e9bourg<\/td>\n4 h from 6:00<\/td>\n6 h from 6:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Giant Trevally Popping<\/a><\/td>\nMah\u00e9bourg<\/td>\nnone listed<\/td>\n6 h from 6:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Big Game Fishing<\/a><\/td>\nRivi\u00e8re Noire<\/td>\n4 h from 9:00<\/td>\nnone listed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n

Three things stand out. Most “half days” are six hours, not four. A few boats (Yan, ti bato, the Rivi\u00e8re Noire boat) start between 8:00 and 9:00, which is the easiest option if you have small children or a long drive to the port. And two trips are only sold one way: the Grand Baie big game trip is a full day by design, and the Mah\u00e9bourg popping trip is a fixed six hours.<\/p>\n

Why the extra hours matter offshore<\/h2>\n

Mauritius drops steeply into deep water past the reef, so blue water is not far away. A study published through the FAO describes the island’s fish aggregating devices, the anchored buoys that hold bait and draw tuna and dorado, set 3 to 10 nautical miles from shore. A six hour morning reaches that water easily and still leaves most of the trip with lines in.<\/p>\n

What a full day buys is range and patience. Marlin are hunted by trolling big lures over a lot of water, and every extra hour is another stretch of ocean covered. The Grand Baie full day boat targets blue and black marlin with Tiagra 30 and 50 reels and a fighting chair, which is gear for a long fight, not a quick bite. The Rivi\u00e8re Noire listing names bluefin, yellowfin and bigeye tuna, blue and black marlin and sailfish as its targets.<\/p>\n

On a half day the boat mostly trolls for what is around: skipjack and yellowfin tuna, dorado, wahoo, trevally. Our Mauritius fishing seasons guide<\/a> covers when each of these is closest to the island.<\/p>\n

Choose a half day if<\/h2>\n