BigHorse Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 (edited) Hello raiders, during the holidays i was fortunate to go out to fiji with my family. We ended up going on a fishing charter where we went reef fishing and trolling. along with the charter we had made a friend in the village in we traded our old rugby boots for her son for a fishing spot, a win win. Reef action - We woke up at 6:30 as departual time from the jetty was 7. But the captain was 40 min late which i will talk about later so we ended up leaving at 7:40. so we headed out and ended up finding a reef to fish. we where on the boat along with the captain, deckhand, a husband a wife and another father and son. the son got a nice fish first drop i forget speices but it was 40 odd cm. nothing much happened over the next hour. we where using bontio fillet i remember fishing in 60m water. i wanted to use a jig but the captin insisted i stayed with bait. My dad eneded up bringing up a 60cm emperor which i wont show photo for privacy reason. Game Fishing - Then after seeing birds and an unanimous decision we all decided to go for a trawl as the other day the other boat had caught 6 mahi mahi. After not long trolling we drove into some birds. then out of nowhere a big mahi mahi jumps out of the water..... then it hits the lure and the reel screams for 5 seconds before i goes silent. im guessing it hit the lure and not the hooks. after another hit we got nothing for a while. during this period i climbed up into the flypit and holy, it was a beautiful sight. this was my first time fishing offshore and i felt at home. i absolutely loved it. After looking for birds in the flypit we noticed a bunch of birds coming towards us all of us get exited and eyes are glued to the wash from the boat. Watching from the flu=ypit was the best. i saw a big black shape follow the left outrigger. i screamed out fish behind left outrigger thinking to myself this aint a mahi mahi this is something big. then zzzzzzzz the reel goes off. then a jump. it was the first time other then a flattie jump that i had seen a fish jump in person, and the rush of adrenaline was amazing. sadly it wasnt my dedicated rod so all i could do was offer encouragement to the angler. i thought it was a marlin but as the fish got closer it was obvious it was a sailfish, also the fight wasn't as good it only lasted 10 or so minutes. After the fish was gaffed we steamed back home to the resort, where we each took a fillet the the rest was given the the local village.  Estuary - After making the trade with to lady from the village we headed away from the resort as it had a no fishing policy. we ended up fishing a little creek where i got my first Gt on a mmd splash prawn, also my first on topwater and a moses perch which was taken on a hardbody deep diver.  Overall, it was an amazing trip and i am sad to come back to this miserable weather 🤣 BTW the captin i think was etheir high, drunk or on fiji time and luckly none of us got hurt so all good!  Edited July 19, 2022 by mrsswordfisherman Pics resized 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrRaymondSnapper Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 He'd probably been getting stuck into the kava. Its pretty popular in Fiji. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Ct Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Great report mate, brilliant fish. Well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squidless Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Looks like an awesome trip. Thanks the report, all these reports to great places definitely keeps the mind off work and the poor weather here. Â 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Flatty Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Nice report @BigHorse. Always good to get the chance to wet a line overseas! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Great sailfish. Â 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Top report and love the photos well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Great report. That Sailfish is a decent size, must have had some pretty heavy gear to bring it aboard in 10 minutes. Cheers, bn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Super report. Top photos. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerialangler Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Thanks for sharing the highlights of the trip to Fiji!  well done  I'm heading there in October, got my hopes up now 😃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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