Hey guys, this is a late report, been at work every day since I got back 3 1/2 weeks ago
Fished with LPB for 3 days liveaboard a few hours south of Noumea. Very windy the whole trip, never got below 15knots and we were often fishing in 20+ knots which didnt help but we managed ok
The guides (Rudy and Sebastian) were great, very knowledgeable, helpful and nice guys to have a beer with at the end of the day
The fishing the first day was great...I got a 15kg GT after about 6 casts, and managed 4 GT, a nice goldspot trev, and a few reefies in the first 2 1/2 hour session...the rest of the day was nice reefies, a GT bust off (lost my only I-Cup which had done all teh damage until then) and a nice trout (12kg+) for my mate...the rest of the trip, sadly, the fish just didn't live up to that first day..managed a few new species (5 all up for the 3 days), 2 more GT and Dave and I both lost BIG YFT on jigs (we saw some from the school jump, easily 35kg+) but it just didn't fire..biggest GT was only just over 20kg too, so they weren't monster fish but good fun...they sure do fight hard over there.....Rudy was puzzled as to why there weren't more fish and he tried really hard, but that is fishing....the location, service and potential means I will definately be back
Capture of the week probably went to the decky, Sebastian, who landed a 13kg GT off the back of the boat one night on a soft plastic and a PE3 rod...it took him right around the boat and back, and somehow stayed away from the big bommie we were anchored only 20m from
It was also good because I took the family and got big brownie points for putting them up on the Isle of Pines whilst I went fishing
