hi guys ain't been on the site for awhile as been flat out sorting my land out back in aitutaki...
an what a great surprise to see a post, an by the looks a couple of nice wish where caught, Ive been lucky enough to fish this great island for most of my life, my father is a cook islander born in aitutaki that moved to Sydney looking for work in the late 70s who found more then just a job lol he also found a wife, which lucky for me an my siblings we get to call this place our second home,
GT fishing is slowly starting to grow there (being the main reason i joined this site for info) an lucky for the fish they are no longer a table fish as they carry cicatrice, sorry not to sure how to spell it right, so the locals dint chase them any more but i can remember as a kid my dad an uncles catching monsters on spear, so there definitely still a few there, my trip this year i was only able to fish 2 days due to 40 knot winds but still landed plenty smaller fish an a 30 plus which is a Pb for me as I'm a novice when it comes to GTs, but i do see alot of potential in the years to come, just need the right direction from local charters an guides, being probably the main reason i have chose to build a home back there on my family land an hopefully in the very near future set up a charter bussines strictly for fishing GTs as most locals main source of charters are bonefish an pelagics.....I'm heading back in jan to finish my house an i will make sure to take the go pro an get plenty of footage an pics to give a better look for future travellers
i might sound bias but i cant rage on about how good this island is for fishing an holidaying you have the lagoon to snorkel over the amazing reefs an fish life an if winds are blowing u stay in and catch blue fin travs on almost every cast which is a ball on light gear an keeps me busy most trips, with the occasional GT that smokes you in 2 secs flat lol from the great out side fishing on pelagic an GTs
so please if any guys need an info on aitutaki I'm more then willing to help
p.s on a sad note my father just returned Saturday an told me that a resident big black GT bit 2 tourist that where in the water watching as the guides feed the other fish so they speared it, very sad what do they expect being in the water with burly all around