Also known as Game Fishing or OffShore Fishing, this is a novel enterprise emerging in recent times to add to the ancient art of fishing in Sri Lanka from Stilt fishing, Oar fishing in the rivers & lakes and the standard small boat fishing off the coasts, it is certainly quite apart from the traditional methods. Far Eastern & International commercial fish markets and their demand for large fish has enabled this modern venture into deep sea fishing in the Ocean surrounding Sri Lanka.

It involves the launch of Larger fishing vessels such as Trawlers & frigades with a length of at least 30 feet to be able to sail into the deeper ends of the Ocean, spread out large nets in order to sweep into large widths & the depths of the selected area of ‘calm’ in order to ‘catch’ large fish with massive mass. The types of fish thus caught are typically Tuna, Shark, Wahoo, Sailfish, Sword fish & blue Marlin.

Although deep sea fishing is considered to be a leisure activity, it actually demands a lot of observation & tests of Ocean ‘patches’, plenty of strategy, still patience, strength to handle cables to lift huge weights of large creatures, common fishing skills, common sense and tons of experience. This is certainly an exciting exercise to watch as the vessel rocks over the calm & unpredictable waves of the ‘still’ water.