Hey Guys, just returned from a two day trip in Vanuatu on OceanBlue's 32 foot Edgewater, popping and jigging the amazing waters that surround the northern areas of the island of Efate.
With some super strong winds causing grief, the first day was spent fishing some calmer protected waters which resulted in a nice Coral Trout and a Trevally that I'm having trouble identifying.
Day two arrived and i was glad to see the wind had eased a little. We began our journey out to a seamount to try our luck at jigging Doggies. After leaving the sheltered waters that were protected by the islands, we were confronted by a very big, angry sea. With the wind still blowing strong and a hefty swell i became an instant human burley maching, only stopping while jigging and then starting again with every boat repositioning. After a short time jigging the decision was made to go and pop the much calmer waters to see if we can find some GT's.
Feeling better to be back in sheltered waters, It was time to get casting. The area we fished was a reefy area with many isolated bommies which led to a deep channel in between islands.
It only took a few casts to tempt this 40kg beast out from its reefy lair.
Awesome way to open the account and already beaten my existing personal best by a few kg's.
We slowly powered further down the reef where i casted toward a group of bommies that looked very fishy, a GT that can only be described as unstopable steam trained with my favourite wahoo gt3 popper straight into the shallows shredding my line on one the jagged bommies. We got a glimpse of this fish when it grabbed the popper and it was huge.
We restarted the run down the reef again and half way down i picked up this little guy that punched well above his weight and put up a great fight.
As we were reaching the end of the reef i noticed a large amount of nervous bait, so a cast was made right into the middle and after two pops it was annihilated by a massive GT. With deep water all around it was a grinding battle lifting the big fish inch by inch until it was boatside. Another PB, over 50kg of pure beauty.
Some quick photos and a speedy release it was high five all around and the perfect way to end a great days fishing.
It was great to have a day by day charter option in a family friendly environment so close to home. I would like to take this chance to thank David and Andrea from OceanBlue for making this trip so memorable.
