Savusavu

Had a nice break away, but it is always nice to arrive back into Savusavu, although I thought I would be stuck in Nadi as there was a threat of a cyclone approaching Fiji.

Thankfully I did arrive back on the booked flight &the cyclone developed as it left Fiji waters

We did manage to get out last week for a fish with a young couple from Canada,
The morning was lovely when we left the dock, a little later then planed (taxi didn't turn up).

On getting to the sea mount there wasn' t any sign of birds working or sign of fish around, we did the usual run up & down & around the mount, but nothing was happening.

We did a stint along the reef but again nothing happened, so made our way back to the mount. Just as we thought we would have a drink, one reel went off peeling yards of line.

All of a sudden the boat came alive, bringing in spare lines while the husband sat in the game chair & Terry hands him the rod.

The Marlin now jumps out of the water & we all get a good look at it, again the line reels out as it does another run in the other direction, now it  is time to wind the line in. Sadly the line now goes slack, it has snapped, Marlin has gone with a new lure.

At least it is there for hopefully us to have a try at playing it again another day, we finally caught a couple tuna on the way home.

The best sight of the day was seeing pods of whales on the way home, some  only about 5 meters from the boat, I think the lack of fish was made up by seeing these wonderful creatures.

Sunset in Savusavu

We had some wild weather go through last Thursday, fortunately nothing major happened.

The waves were breaking over the seawall & one inflatable ended up on the road near the MH supermarket.

On Friday morning it was such a lovely morning you wouldn't believe we had all that wind & rain the night before.

Had Searov up doing the anti fouling over the week end as the King tides were here again, it was such a beautiful sunset, while we waited for the high tide to come back in so we could re float her.

On the last fishing charter  the day before the wind & rain came, we did manage to catch a couple of yellowfin tuna & barracuda, we  saw some bigger yellowfin but they were doing the trick of avoiding the lures again.

Mahimahi

Weather here in Savusavu has been extremely hot over the last week or so, thankfully we got some heavy rain yesterday to cool things down & fill the water tanks.

Fishing hasn't been the best, guess it is too hot even for the fish.

Had a trip across to Koro Island on Thursday to pick up guests, on the way over & back there wasn't a bird to be seen, this is very unusual, we usually see something working out there.

Have had a couple of fishing charters, saw big Yellowfin but only the smaller ones were taking the lure, did manage to get a couple of very nice Mahimahi though.

Time to antifoul Searov again there are very high tides start on Friday so weather permitting Terry will be busy scraping all the oyster shells off the hull & changing stern drive oil.

We don't have anywhere to pull her out so have to beach her to do all the work so it takes 2 days, one day for each side.

Savusavu Welcomes Sun Princess

On Monday Savusavu welcomed the first Cruise ship to it's shores for 2014.

This year there will be about 9 ships visiting our shores, this is good news for all the local people that make a living selling handy crafts, these visits bring in much needed revenue to the town & neighbouring villages

Fortunately it was a lovely day here in Savusavu so all the people were able to go on the tours then walk around our little town.

We were lucky to have the Captain go out with us, & it was a pleasure to meet such a gracious man.

Our friend Steven who came in with his catch  of the day, nice one Steven.

Happy New Year

Happy New Years to all, may 2014 bring health, peace & good fortune to all

We had a quiet New Years Eve, about 11.55pm people started to send off rockets & huge fire crackers
that would have woken the dead, fortunately we were still awake so didn't give us such a shock when it went off.

Around the town today it is pretty quiet, most taking it easy after the celebrations held at the different clubs & private homes last nigh.

It is a very hot day here in Savusavu, don't want too many of these days as it is likely to bring a cyclone close to our area, we could do with  some rain to cool the placel down .

Had another trip to Koro Island on Saturday, but because there was a delay with flights  we didn't leave until after 1pm. Didn't manage to put a line ouy on the way back, as we were trying to get back into Savusavu before sunset.

As it would happen there were birds working on the way in, & it was a hard decision not to put the lines out, think we made the right call not to, as it was after 6.30 when we got in.

We caught some good fish in 2013, hope 2014 will be as good for us.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone.

It was a quiet Christmas in the Hidden Paradise. most enjoyed the day with family

I guess a lot of people cooked the Christmas meal in a Lovo, this is the most popular way of preparing the food in the Islands.

We are all keeping a eye on the weather as a depression is hovering around just north west of us, we should know in a day or so if it will develop into anything.

Haven't been out fishing the last week though have heard of a very nice Yellowfin  Tuna being caught, Terry managed to get a look at it & said its should have weighed in over 70kgs?

Well that is all the news from this end of the world.

Be safe

                 This was taken on the hill above our house overlooking Savusavu town.

Returning From Koro Island

We have had a few charters over the last couple of week, not the usual fishing charters, but transferring guest to Namena Island Resort, & taking Vodafone technicians to do repairs on the tower located on Koro island.

After dropping off the guests at Namena Island, we were able to fish on the way home, we caught a couple of yellowfin for lunch then on Saturday we were fortunate to catch a very nice Mahimahi.

It weigh in just over 12kg, the first time Terry tried to gaff it it got off, but fortunately it was still on the line so he was able to get it into the boat on the second attempt.

We were late coming home from the Koro trip so weren't able to fish,  the truck they hired had a problem, so had a very long drive back from the tower.

Anyway we had a beautiful calm trip back & saw a rainbow just as we got close to the lighthouse.