Great Day Fishing

This is a continuation of the last blog.

Ahead of me in the distance, I could see what looked like a frenzy of fish.
It surely was, there were birds & fish everywhere.

We had some really good strikes, but lost about 5 lures in the process, caught a few more large skipjack tuna, but nothing big was staying on.

It went dead after a while so went looking again.
Shortly, there was another group of birds working, so made our way towards them.
Wasn't long before one of the lines went screaming out.

All the other lines were brought in & Paul took the chair.

Another Fishing Day

19th October

When our clients booked to go out today, we thought it might be canceled in the morning, as the weather forecast was predicting strong winds.

This didn't happen thank goodness, so we left the dock a little after 6.30.

About 5 minutes out from the lighthouse, some birds were spotted, & a few fish were seen jumping, so lines were put out to see if we could attract something.

Nothing did, so we pulled lines in & headed off to the usual spot.

To start off, nothing much was working, we had a few strikes of skip jack tuna, & landed a couple.

After a while of working the area we moved away for a while to see if something was working elsewhere, it was.

Savusavu Fishing

15th October.

The day started fine, but by the time we had the boat ready, & were waiting for the Guest to arrive, the heavens opened, & the rain just poured down.

We really didn't expect them to arrive, as a lot of the people that book charters, aren't really fishing people, most just like to do something different while on holiday.

Anyway this couple liked to fish, so the rain didn't deter them one little bit.
Once out of the harbour the rain disappeared, but there was still a swell running, this also didn't worry them, so we were heading off to find some fish.

The day ended up with them catching 6 yellowfin tuna & 4 skippjack tuna, plus a barracuda.
They left for the resort with half of the fish, before I could take a picture of the whole catch.

Savusavu Cruise

1st October.

Business has been fairly slow the last few weeks, what with the Airport closure & weather, we haven't manage to get out fishing.

We did have a harbour cruise, but this was early in the morning so the pictures are a bit dark.
We didn't put out a line as it was inside the bay.

With the Airport still closed, we have had 4 trips to Labasa airport, picking & dropping of friends.

This is a long trip for someone that has come in from the US, & if the plane is delayed, like it was on Friday, it makes the day even longer.

Everyone is hoping that our airport will open on time next month.
If this happens, we may have more tourist visiting our hidden paradise.

Fishing in Savusavu With Mike

20th

Set out this morning just a little after 7.00am, seas were nice & calm, but looked like we could be heading into some rain.
About a hour into the charter, we had a couple of small yellowfin & 1 skipjack tuna on board, then it went dead.
After half a hour looking around & seeing nothing, we moved to another spot.

Soon we saw birds working, & as we reached the spot we had a double hook up, while Mike & Terry were working the rods, I saw 4 more Mahimahi jump out of the water, & swim right across the lines.
Mike lost his fish just at the boat, so Terry gave him, his fish, then tried to sort out the lines.
Fish in the boat & lines untangled, we set out again, we had 3 more in the boat in a little while but also loosing a few.

In the distance I spotted a good work up, it took a while to reach as they were moving really fast.
It was worth it, as Mike landed a nice 8 & 10kg Albacore.
Now it was time to head home, Mike had had too much Kava at the resort last night, so wasn't feeling too well.

On the way home we lost another Mahimahi just at the boat, & landed another.
We came home with 5 Mahimahi, 2 Yellowfin, 1 Skippy, & 2 Albacore.
A good days fishing.

Short Fishing Charters

Last week the trade winds started to blow quite strong again, & as usual people wanted to go out fishing.
The first charter on Friday morning had to be canceled because the winds were blowing a steady 20knts.
Saturday, the 4 people arrived at the dock, but 1 Lady was showing signs of having had a heavy night, not good for the conditions.
Once pass the Lighthouse, the seas started getting rougher.
About 15mins after the lines were in the water, we were into a school of yellowfin.
The first fish was just on board when, the Lady called out, to take the boat back to shore, now.
That was the end of that charter, the other couple were fishing people, so were disappointed that it ended that way, but there isn't much we can do when someone is throwing up all over the place.
Thank goodness the charter on Sunday was better & they managed to catch fish, mind you, we lost a few, & Terry had a Repala just miss his throat. The Mahimahi was by the boat & Terry was going to gaff it, when it through the hook.

Great Day Fishing

27th August.

I am a bit late writing this one up.
It was such a beautiful day, Terry & I decided to take Searov out to give the engines a run, as we hadn't been out for over a week.

We were a little late getting away, & when we got to the mount, only small fish seemed to be around.

After working the area for a hour & only getting small yellow fin, we thought we would move away, when suddenly, one line went screaming out, then we saw it, a nice Mahimahi.

We were a lot happier now, that we had that on board.
It wasn't long before, we had 2 more Mahimahi.

After this, we decided to head for home, as it was getting really hot, out on the water.

On the way home we picked up another 2 Mahimahi, so that was a great days fishing. 5 Mahimahi & 4 yellow fin.
The biggest Mahimahi weighed in just under 15kg.