Hi all,
Lifou is one of the loyalties islands of New Caledonia and situated at 1 hour flight from Noumea.
There we met Renato, owner and skipper of a 34 Blackwatch, and decide to go to one of the many seamount 20 miles away to do some jigging and popping.
On the way, we do some troling and caught an est 80 kg stripped marlin.
Due to a strong wind, 15-20 kt, bad sea, and a seasick member, we have to cancel the far seamount and try another under the protection of a small island. There, we do some popping with only a doggie behind a stickbait without hookup, and no result on jig. So we change and try another seamount not far, raising from 200 m to 45 m.
First pass, 3 jigs lost. second pass, 3 more.
5 jigs later for me, I caught a doggie that weight 24 kg gutted.
Losing more jigs cause of sharks and 1 rod, we decide to change the place and be back later.
After some infructuous popping near the island, we go back to the seamount. On the second pass, we have a big hookup that nearly emptied the stella, but after a few effort my friend boated a big doggie that was sharked. I let you guess the weight.
After that, it was time to go.
The second day was cancelled, the wind increasing.
That's it, not bad for only one day of fishing and bad weather.
See ya
fred
