FIJI

[bdowdy]

hi keechie i fished daily landbased at plantation,mostly poppers and soft plastics , that platform you are talking about is still there and theres plenty of small bluefin trevally around there. i usually walked out to the reef at low tide and fished the edge and surrouding reefs for small cod, and reefys etc....ONE THING I MUST SAY IS WATCH OUT FOR STINGRAYS while i was there i heard of 2 different people getting stung,hit while walking the shallows...OUCH apparently one bloke got one straight threw his foot. cheers bdowdy..brett

[Dorado]

Sounds like you had a great time of it Brett! What did I tell ya about local knowledge? Some nice fish there mate and good you got onto a few unstopables too. Plantation Island or mololo lai lai is a superb spot to stay and fish and castaway is even better!

Cheers,
Dorado.

[bdowdy]

dorado you are right,,LOCAL KNOWLEDGE IS ALWAYS THE GO,,,,had agreat trip now planning for nz great to fish new countrys, new fish. cheers bdowdy..brett

[rc@hinze]

Sounds like a good holiday Brett and a great variety of fish. It must have been nice for you to have a change from the freshwater. cheers Richard

[bdowdy]

thanks richard it is nice to have a change from freshwater,, i dont do alot of saltwater fishing so i enjoy it when i get down to the gold coast or away.want to catch a billfish this coming year so ANYONE wants to do a weekend cod fishing for a billfish let me know,,, ill gaurantee a cod.. cheers bdowdy..brett

[Joe-90]

Has anyone fished Waya island? I'm heading over in a fortnight and wondering wether to take gear or not. It would be a shame to drag all my gear over there to be told that theres no fishing from the shore allowed, due to snorkelling reefs etc.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[bdowdy]

hi joe-90 mate id take the gear anyhow,have heard that some islands dont allow landbased fishing ,,but ask someone local on the island and you should be right you may have to buy some kava or some cash to do atrip but youll have a ball, there will be a fisho somewhere close.cheers bdowdy..brett

[Horse]

That sounds like a great holiday destination and the fish are certainly out of the ordinary. I always thought of Fiji as the sort of place you would need to charter a game boat to catch fish.
What do you think the freshwater fish were?

Cheers

Neil

[imnotoriginal]

Some great photos there mate. Sounds like this was just the scouting party, can't wait to see what happens when you go in all guns blazing .
Joel

[bdowdy]

HI HORSE the freshwater fish were some sort of gudgen or perch the males were black and red with purples and the females a goldy rainbow... they grow up to 40 odd cm ,,,,JOEL this trip is a scout trip and look out when i return theres so many fish and places to fish.... me and the wife next time.. found a place were the fish are visible under your floor and the fishing great,,, will see was also thinking of a phuket trip so any one got any info would be appreciated. cheers bdowdy..brett

[bdowdy]

heres a few more photos from fiji hope you enjoy, theres so many great places and things to see and do .cheers bdow[ATTACH]sum[/ATTACH]

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[yellahunter]

great report Brett,
looks like a great spot, hopefully i can get there one day.

Mate do you know if they get bonefish there......?

cheers,

Ben

[bdowdy]

top spot yellahunter,apparently you can get to christmas island cheap from fiji and theres heaps of bonefish there. cheers bdowdy..brett

[Lancair]

Man sounds like you got it good in Fiji.

Was that Joe you went out with in the little longboat ?

I went to Plantation last year for a week, went out twice on the islands boat game fishing but each time we got NADA, not a friggin bump. The second time the skipper gave us most of our money back as he'd NEVER, in 30 odd years fishing Fiji, gone on 2 trips in 2 days and got nothing. Another guy staying there went with Joe to Cloudbreak and other reefs and got nothing.
But a mate of mine went a few months after me, stayed at castaway and got smashed everytime he put a lure near the water. He also went with Joe and smashed as well, and had a few great waves near cloudbreak.

Those Fijian men know how to stay up late getting wasted on kava and ganga dont they Brett !

[bdowdy]

hi lancair hes name was big john and he took us out to the break and thats were the big gts were,,i only went there because the surfers were telling me about all the yellowfin tuna and trevally,,,so atrip was lined up....and yes the fijians do drink alot of kava..HAD A FEW MYSELF.. the fishing was also slow on the game boats when i was there,,,thats why i went with big john i heard he was the gun fisho ,,,surfer bloke who would get me fish...BLOODY GREAT FUN AND GREAT SPOT ....CHEERS BDOWDY..BRETT