Vanuatu Visverslagen

Today we headed North to a rocky outcrop 25 miles from the Marina. We started the day by hooking a nice Blue Marlin around 150KGs, we fought the fish to within tagging range and then with an acrobatic airbourne display he threw the hook and went on his way, no worse for the experience. Soon after this we caught several nice Mahi Mahi on our way to the rock. The rock was qiueter than normal, but offered spectacular scenery as always. It did at least produce one Wahoo and it was a good one, weighing in at 24KGs. The Ocean was flat calm and as we trolled back we raised two of the smallest Blue Marlin I have ever seen. Both these midgets had eyes much bigger than their stomachs, trying desperately to take on 2 of the largest "Koya Lures" in the spread. A "Poi Dog" short corner and an "861" on the long corner, all we could do was laugh at their tenacity and unrewarded effort. Hopefully I'll meet these two again when they measure up.

Caught 1-1 this afternoon. A healthy little Blue Marlin around 150lbs on a bait and bird combination on the long rigger. The coolest part was that we were only 5 miles from the marina. The fishing in Vanuatu really is on your doorstep. I Love it!!!

Fished today with Stuart & Lisa Reid from "Fishabout Charters" in Sydney, Australia. We raised 5 Blue Marlin, caught a Black Marlin and a Mahi Mahi. At one point we switched a Blue off the teaser and at the same time a Black ate the bait on the rigger. Both fish were up and jumping, but it didnt take long for the Blue to throw the hook. Leaving Lisa to catch her first Black Marlin, with Stuart doing an expert job of talking her through it. To get a double header of 2 species of Marlin is pretty rare worldwide, and just goes to show the variety of fishing available in Vanuatu. A very cool experience ideed!

We started the day well by catching a Blue Marlin in the first few minutes of trolling. After spending the next hour or so looking for another Marlin we decided to change things up and try our luck with some baits on light tackle. This turned out to be a very good manouvre, resulting in half a dozen Mahi Mahi and a flurry of activity on deck that lasted well over the next hour! Everybody went home with plenty of fish for dinner, even me!

We caught this 45kg Yellowfin today, and also had another double header on as well. The sharks were out in force and ate the double header in minutes, which was a shame but its hard to beat mother nature....despite the interference from the Sharks our Angler was very pleased with his Yellowfin, and particularly excited about the Sashimi!

So todays adventure involved Marlin fishing in the rain. The Marlin showed up but he didnt listen to the plan, he ate a little bait lure on spinning tackle. It took a while but we managed to catch the fish on 80 lb leader and little stainless 5/0 hook. An awesome achivement for a very happy angler!