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Fiji Islands Saltwater Fishing Report – July 2008

Charter Operator – Matava Resort Gamefishing Average Water Temp – 25.5 Average Winds - 20kts, Sea State – 50% Slight to Moderate / 50% Rough Water Clarity – Poor inshore, good offshore The...

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Yellowfin Tuna Fishing the Hard Way

I recently had the pleasure of taking Carl-Johan Nilsson out for a bit of a fish in our inshore game fishing vessel ‘Offensive Tackle'. The weather was a bit gnarly outside the reef so we spent the first...

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How to catch Yellowfin Tuna in Fiji

The Fiji Islands are fortunate enough to enjoy Yellowfin tuna fishing pretty much all year round. The tuna migrate North past Fiji to the spawning grounds in the Indian Ocean and then come back through our...

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Pacific Sailfish Lures That Work

When targeting Pacific Sailfish, we mostly use bait & Switch techniques or troll rigged skip baits. Sometimes however we want to cover more ground and increase by-catch of other species such as Wahoo, Spanish...

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How to catch wahoo and sailfish

Though we catch wahoo and sailfish all year round, May through to September is our hot bite season with numerous packs of wahoo and sailfish gathering all along the Great Astrolabe Barrier Reef. When fishing...

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Inshore Fishing Lure Spread in Fiji

The Fiji islands enjoy a whole variety of sport fish species from reef dwelling coral trout to oceanic blue marlin. Whilst we usually target particular species aboard our game fishing vessels here at Matava in...

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Tricks Of The Trade Yellowfin Tuna

Most of the lures we run here in Fiji are highly active lures. Marlin, sailfish, wahoo and mackerels all seem to prefer a noisy erratic lure with a strong bubble trail. Yellowfin are different. They will...

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Fiji Islands Saltwater Fishing Report – May 2008

Boat Names - Bite Me (Offshore) and Offensive Tackle (Inshore) Average Water Temp - 28.5C Average Sea State - 50% light breeze / 50% wind chop 2ft, ground swell to 4ft Average Winds - 50%, 10 - 15kts ...

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A Beginners Guide to Saltwater Gamefishing

The following guidance assumes you are fairly new to big game saltwater fishing and are out fishing on a charter boat. This type of information is given to all guests aboard our game boats if they are not...

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How to catch Pacific Blue Marlin

Although most of the Gamefishing my clients enjoy aboard Bite Me is light to medium tackle, I occasionally get the opportunity to break out the bent butt 80s and go after marlin. Every encounter with these...

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