Foz Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 (edited) Hi all, First post on here but have been reading the wealth of info for some time now. Hope it doesn't bore you all. Just got back from a family holiday to Vanuatu and managed a morning charter on my final day. Fished a couple of fads offshore, one in 1100m and the other in about 600m, and trolled in between. water temps were around 26-27 and an awesome blue colour. As we headed out there was plenty of bird action and flying fish so all was looking promising. Before even putting the lures out the skipper says put the gimbal belts on........ that sort of optimism was very encouraging. I asked the skipper what we could expect, the response was "just about anything..... Blue Marlin, Dolphin Fish, Yellowfin, wahoo, dogtooth tuna....... excitement level through the roof! Trolled a 4 lure spread, 3 skirts and one diver at about 6-7kn, hooked first doly near the 11OOm FAD and it went 12kg. I was pumped. Shortly after my mate landed a nice 24kg yellow fin, before I dropped what the skipper called a "bigger yellowfin" which took the long rigger and screamed line for a minute or so but after having to take evasive action with another boat who was also hooked up, line went slack and fish was free. Gutted but knew there was more fish to be had. Bird action went quiet and we left for the shallower fad where the action heated up again and dollies seen jumping right near the fad. Couple of minutes later we were on, long rigger again, 9 inch blue, gold and white skirt again doing the damage. Fish took to the air a few times and the iridescent blue/yellow was incredible as the fish fought on the surface before heading deeper closer to the boat. About 10 mins later we boated a cracker, this 17kg dolpin fish and the biggest fish I have ever landed, Wind got up after that and we headed in. Great end to a great holiday. Learnt a lot on the charter and hope to use some of this knowledge to chase a few good fish back here in the future. Cheers Foz Edited August 3, 2015 by Foz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Top Dolly there Foz and I wasn't bored one bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Great first post Foz! And an awesome dolly to go with it. Welcome from behind the scenes and hope to see a lot more posts! Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest no one Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Well - it's not exactly small hey! What a quality fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camo1808 Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Wowww!!!! What a cracker!! And awesome first report mate. Look forward to alot more and learning some of that info you picked up on. Welcome to fishraider ) Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamestown Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Well done mate. Where about Vanuatu did you fish? I just come back from Santo and had an awesome time out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foz Posted August 3, 2015 Author Share Posted August 3, 2015 Well done mate. Where about Vanuatu did you fish? I just come back from Santo and had an awesome time out there. Fished east of Port Havannah on Efate, the main island. Would love to spend a week there chasing fish. Also tried my luck off a kayak (jigs, poppers, minnows, plastics) on the fringe reefs out from the resort near Port Villa for no luck though, Fishy looking places but didn't even see any decent fish let alone catch anything. Wowww!!!! What a cracker!! And awesome first report mate. Look forward to alot more and learning some of that info you picked up on. Welcome to fishraider ) Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk Main things I learnt were probably already common knowledge to most game fisho's on here but mainly to do with birds and how they behave above fish, as well as how to set, and subsequently clear a lure spread after strike, as well as what to do with the boat once hooked up etc, can read all the books in the world but learn a lot more in practice I found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raysway Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Great post mate Great fish. Me and a few mates are planning a fishing trip to Vanuatu early next year. I'm yet to fight a dogtooth tuna and a G.T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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