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Captain Adrian Watt
Kadavu, Fiji Islands
Phone: 679 3336 222
Email: info@matava.com
www.matava.com

IGFA Certified Sport Fishing Captains - Best Charter Captains in the World

Fiji Islands Saltwater Fishing Report – November 2008

• Average Water Temp – 27.0
• Average Weather - excellent for gamefishing, calm, light overcast, just the occasional breezy day.
• Water Clarity – Variable inshore after tropical rain, good offshore

It has been an excellent spring for us with just about everything on the species list available to anglers. The wahoo and sailfish packs have thinned but the first of the Christmas Yellowfin schools are now moving in.

With the windy winter weather behind us now, the hot tropical calm is moving onto Fiji waters, ideal conditions for the GT popper casting and deepwater jigging fans. Summer’s almost here with glassy seas and barely noticable swell, just enough to keep the barrier reef breakers visible.

All being well, the current excellent popper conditions should last right through to April. With such calm conditions, its easy to spot the fusilier shoals being harrassed by GTs, bluefin trevally and narrow barred mackerel. The calm also makes it easy to work jigs down to 120m with little or no drift.

This summer we will be working the Kadavu seamount over with larger 400g droppers for dogtooth, amberjack and a whole host of wild and wacky deepwater species. At 150m its a deep drop but easy enought in the summertime.

Trolling small baits is still producing wahoo, sails, mackerel and mahi mahi whilst switching to big baits close in to the barrier reef is producing good yellowfin to 100lbs and black marlin to 300lbs.

The blue marlin average size is rising quickly and by January an average blue tagged should be well over 500lbs.

The biggest problem for anglers aboard Bite Me cruising up to a mass of boiling yellowfin will be deciding whether to flick a metal slug out on a casting rod and hang on tight or bridle up a live-bait for the inevitable blue marlin working the edges.

Not such a bad problem to have. Im looking forward to worrying about it. :)

Capt Adrian Watt
Bite Me Gamefishing
www.GameFishingFiji.com

Denarau Game & Sport Fishing Club

Denarau Game & Sport Fishing Club
P.O Box 13, Port Denarau Post Office, Denarau, Fiji Islands

From the President

Bula!!!!

Its gives me great pleasure to bring you the first newsletter for the New Year, I hope you all enjoy our new look tight lines
newsletter, my thanks to all the committee members and contributors who helped get this going.

First on a sad note one of Fijis long standing fisherman Bill Williams sadly passed away, Bills knowledge, history and
passion for game fishing in Fiji will be sorely missed. Bill was an active member of our committee and weigh master for the
club, our thoughts go out to Phyllis and family on this very sad occasion.

On the home front, the tuna season has started with reports of numerous yellow fin being caught outside the main reef
down towards Momi and up towards the Mana passage, Sunday the 13th of April is the next club comp and we look
forward to some exciting fishing! Just a reminder that only members are entitled to points in the competitions so bring
your friends along and sign up!!!

Till then tight lines!!!!!

President:
Marc McElrath
Ph: 9997 230 Fax: 3308 674
mmcelrath@mcdonalds.com.fj

Secretary:
Dave Bloxham
Ph: 9926 147
mps@connect.com.fj


Membership Types :

Family
Subscription

Individual
Subscription

Associate
Subscription

Corporate
Subscription

FJ $150.00 FJ $75.00 FJ $50.00 FJ $200.00

Make cheques payable to: Denarau Game & Sport Fishing Club

Denarau Game & Sport Fishing Club

IGFA 25th Annual International Auction & Banquet

IGFA’s premier fundraiser, the 25th Annual International Auction & Banquet is scheduled for Friday, January 23, 2009 at The Breakers in Palm Beach, Fla.

In celebrating our “Silver Anniversary”, we are already receiving donations and reservations for this special event. This year’s “featured artist” is renowned marine artist, conservationist and marine biologist, Dr. Guy Harvey. Guy has been an IGFA Trustee for many years and has supported our annual fundraiser in grand style. This year, he promises a special piece to commemorate the milestone. Each guest will receive a signed and numbered print of this original.

Other donations have begun arriving at IGFA headquarters, including an original sculpture by past featured artist, David Wirth, a week for two at the fantastic Tropic Star Lodge, a safari for two to Zulu Nyala in South Africa, an original bronze sculpture by Bodo Muche, a seven-day wels catfishing trip for two to Europe, fishing charters, rods and reels, tackle, jewelry, resorts, and much more.

Tickets are $175 per person or you may purchase a Corporate Table for 10 persons for $3000 that includes preferred table placement, a full-page ad in the auction program, table signage and table favors.

To make reservations, if you need further information or would like to donate to the 25th Annual International Auction & Banquet, please contact Ms. Lesley Arico at (954) 924-4222 or email larico@igfa.org.
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www.matava.com



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