Well, I guess I am home for sure now, hmmmmm..... different weather here for sure, heading out of Akld Airport last night was a very rude shock!
On the last day before I left I headed out with Joe for a last fling around the reefs with him.Had some great fun with some nice fish, especially around double island, dropped several, and landed some very pretty fish....
This gold-spot trev chased the rover for about 30m out from the reef before nailing it, all on the surface, really exciting stuff.
Moved on to the nest spot, cast at fish we could see chasing baitfish, and whammo, again, this time with this....
These fish were nailing big schools of small garfish, packed so dense that an accurate cast into the school by Joe bagged this monster.....
There really has been no doubt that this trip has proven that stickbaits are the equal of poppers, somethnig I would have treated with considerable skepticism before this trip.
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The wall of Doom.....
That dorado coloured Rover (green'yellow speckle) there, I rigged with a single big hook in the tail.... totally buggered up the action of the lure, do not do that folks, maybe try the single on the belly perhaps, but not at the tail.
All in all, it has been a great trip. Nothing out of the very ordinary was caught, pretty much all standard stuff, but plenty of action to keep me happy, and it was a delight just sitting on the deck of my bungalow there of an evening, watching the world go by....
, all the time surrounded by peace and quiet. No jetskis, no hordes of screaming tourists, just love the place.
If you guys ever want to try some place a little different from Big game trolling on regulation NZ style gameboats, try so fishing a little outside the norm like mangrove Jacks, river fishing, flats fishing or whatever, I suggest you try to picture yourself standing in this picture.......
Come January, I'll be back there as well!
Zipolo Habu Resort, www.zipolohabu.com.sb