29 Mar 2009

Storm Chasing in Fiji

The weather in Fiji is generally pretty nice all round but what with me being a Storm Chaser at heart, I am always on the look-out for interesting weather. Being out in a gamefishing boat way out at sea I get to see some pretty spectaculour sights.Warning signs - Inflow and rotation
The South Pacific Convergance Zone (SPCZ) sometimes sinks down over Fiji in the summer months (Jan - Apr) leading to hot, humid unstable air and sometimes superb thunderstorms. When the wind blows from the North and this unstable air hits the Kadavu Island peaks, the lee side of the island is the place to be to see wall coulds, scud clouds and sometimes the occasional water spout.

A funnel cloud forms


Close up with adjusted contrast to see the funnel

Time to bug out...

23 Mar 2009

Coconut Crusted Wahoo

A great recipe used at Matava - Fiji's Premier Eco Adventure Resort:

Coconut Crusted Wahoo
(Serves 4)
8 pieces of 3-oz. slices of wahoo
2 limes
8 oz. coconut flakes
4 oz. flour
3 eggs
2 oz. chopped basil
2 tsp. chopped garlic
15 fluid oz. coconut milk
Salt and pepper (fresh ground)

Marinate wahoo in coconut milk and lime juice for 4 hours.

Mix coconut flakes with basil and garlic.

Bread the marinated fish first with flour, then eggs, then coconut flake mix.

Pan-fry in medium-high heat or until golden and crispy.

Best Fish Recipes - Best Seafood Recipes - Tuna, Dorado, Mahi, Wahoo, Swordfish, Snapper, Squid, Calamari

13 Mar 2009

Monster 44kg GT!

Superb blue water game fishing for wahoo sailfish and marlin with Bite Me Fishing Charters awaits you at Matava in Kadavu Fiji Islands.

Captain Adrian Watt – Matava Resort Gamefishing
www.GameFishingFiji.com
www.GameFishingFiji.blogspot.com

Monster 44kg 3

Superb blue water game fishing for wahoo sailfish and marlin with Bite Me Fishing Charters awaits you at Matava in Kadavu Fiji Islands.

Captain Adrian Watt – Matava Resort Gamefishing
www.GameFishingFiji.com
www.GameFishingFiji.blogspot.com

8 Mar 2009

Angler's Pro Shop GT Expedition to Fiji Feb 2009

Some great photos!

APS Kadavu, Fiji Trip (Apr/May 2009)

6 days fishing with Capt Adrian Watt on the Bite Me, a 31' Sportsfisher on Kandavu Island.

As usual, it will be a GT popping and Dogtooth Tuna jigging trip, it will be 3 anglers including myself.

Itinerary:

17 Feb - Arrive Nadi, transfer domestic flight to Kandavu Island
18-22 Feb - 5 days Fishing
23 Feb - Depart Kandavu Island for Nadi, Depart Nadi

The cost of this trip is US$2500. This includes all transfers, accomodation, meals and fees. Domestic flight from Nadi to Kandavu is not included, one way cost between $62 to $140.

Interested please email me at randy@anglers-proshop.com NO PMs PLEASE, THANK YOU.
Attached Images
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File Type: pdf Fiji Kandavu Full Map.pdf (62.4 KB, 15 views)
File Type: pdf Fiji South Kandavu.pdf (82.0 KB, 9 views)
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APS Kadavu, Fiji - Feb 2009 - Jigging and Popping Forum



APS Kadavu, Fiji - Feb 2009 - Jigging and Popping Forum

APS Kadavu, Fiji - Feb 2009 - Jigging and Popping Forum


APS Kadavu, Fiji - Feb 2009 - Jigging and Popping Forum

APS Kadavu, Fiji - Feb 2009 - Jigging and Popping Forum

i had a great successful trip to Kadavu in FIJI, as a matter of fact i think it is the best GT trip i ever had , i know Randy is biting his finger right now as he is supposed to be on this trip but due to his tennis elbow's problem i replaced him.

well i will try to make it short but i have a lot of small detail that will make you guys happy, i met David Foyle in LA and we started our journey to Fiji, on our second day we took the flight to Kandavu to arrive and catch a boat ride to the lodge, the ride was 45 minutes in the lagoon, amazing scenery and beautiful water that make living on this earth worth every second,
at our arrival we get greeted by the staff and our Capt Adrian Watt, we landed over 56 GT and lost around 2 dozens due to a cut off or a bad hook up , we even straightened GT record and decoy hooks, the fishing is amazing, something that i never seen before, you have 3 to 4 Gt chasing your lures and that simply put you on fire we couldn't have lunch or even take a break, that is how good it was, in my memory i am still rewinding those magnificent image, we did a bit of jigging but couldn't concentrate much as the popping is great.

the run is only 15 minutes away from the lodge so we start fishing the west side of the reef and every day we kept on pouching farther west as we were suppose to leave the last 2 days to do the east and the condition at the beginning was on our favor until the last 2 days when mother nature turns against us, the east is where the Great Astrolabe Reef is located and i think that is where the big mama are hanging but unfortunately we couldn't fish that area.

on my first day i landed a 40kg and on the third a 44kg and on the last day a 42kg, the fish measured at 50,48,47 inches
on our second day David had a nice fish on and unfortunately broke his fisherman monster CC, and to those of you that still believe that the accurate is a good reel, well a brand new accurate SR30 start grinding and all of a sudden the handle jammed so now David's back up is gone, those reel are not made up to fight heavy drag, in the last year i encounter 3 occasion like that, so again do your homework before committing.

i only used the Ocean Revolution GT rods and they performed beyond my expectation, so i am very happy with the result.
i had the pleasure to fish with with David Foyle he is an amazing humble guys that remind me a lot by David Irving.

i am not going to do more talking and i will let the picture do the magic but i will take the opportunity to thank all the staff at Matava resort and a big thank you to Capt Adrian Watt, i highly recommend the trip picture will be posted shortly

APS Kadavu, Fiji - Feb 2009 - Jigging and Popping Forum

5 Mar 2009

Townsville GFC aboard Bite Me

Anthony & Bridie Florence

Anthony with a nice bull mahi mahi


We have had such perfect weather this summer that anglers fishing aboard Bite Me have been spoilt for choice. Anthony and Bridie Florence from Townsville Queensland made the most of their stay and caught a wide range of sportfish species from offshore mahi mahi ro reef dwelling GTs on the popper rods.Bridie catches and releases a healthy GT on the popper

Bridie with a nice wahoo
Anthony is the Townsville Game Fishing Club Weighmaster and Bridie an excellent angler so no Kadavu gamefish was safe !
The blue marlin were unusually quiet but everybody else jumped on Bite Me's spread.

Anthony with a very respectable Yellowfin Tuna

Thanks for fishing with us aboard Bite Me. Hope you both had a ball !

My mate Glen was over again recently with his delightful wife Cherie. Cherie was mostly here for the sun, sea, sangria and diving but poped out one day for a bit of fun with the yellowfin tuna.

Cheri makes all the guests happy with some sashimi for dinner

Glen wanted to test out his new Okuma V Series reel on his new Daiwa Monster Mesh rod and the Kadavu GTs were happy to oblige.....So far the reel has stood up to expectations.

Glen was also kind enough to bring my Deckie Joeli a rather nice Christmas present. He hand made Joe a custom Stickfacewrangler GT popper rod. We coupled that with a reel kindly given to Joe from another guest, Dan Ryan and Joe was goo to go after his first big GT.


Joe's first GT with his new Stickfacewrangler custom rod
Course, now Joe's hankering after a Shimano T Curve GT Special and Shimano Stella....
Ther's no pleasing some people !