The Fiji islands enjoy a whole variety of sport fish species from reef dwelling coral trout to oceanic blue marlin. Whilst we usually target particular species aboard our offshore game fishing vessel Bite Me at Matava in Fiji, we sometimes take resort guests out simply to catch dinner and have fun doing so.

Its general fishing (Otherwise known as “I don’t care what I catch just as long as its big and tasty”) so we cover all our bases and target a variety of different species.

Offshore, we run 15kg (30lb) Penn International 30Ts on Penn Millennium rods with a 9ft double connected to a short leader. In the winter time, (May – September) most lures are rigged on a wire trace because of the wahoo packs that congregate along the barrier reef.

The sample spread below should give you an idea of how we fish the outer barrier reef slopes and offshore blue water for anything and everything found out there.

Sample “I don’t care” spread from our Offshore DeepV big game boat ‘Bite Me’

1. Halco Laser Pro 190 Crazy Deep – Silver (mullet), Target – Mackerel, Barracuda Tuna, GT's
   
   

2. Wellsys Talai (Medium) – Purple,Target – Wahoo, Sailfish
   
   

1. Lurestreet Raptor or Classic – Green / Gold or Red / White, Target – Wahoo, Mackerel, Barracuda, Tuna
   
   

2. Halco Laser Pro 190 minnow – Redhead, Target – Wahoo, Mackerel, Barracuda, Tuna
   
   

SHORT RIGGER

1. Wellsys Turbojet - Blue Silver / Green Gold (Evil), Target – Wahoo, Mackerel, Sailfish, Mahi mahi
   
   

LONG RIGGER

1. Lurestreet Yahoowahoo – Lumo Green or Blue/White, Target – Wahoo, Sailfish, Mahi mahi
   
   

SHOTGUN

1. Wellsys Micro Bullet – Red black / Pink, Target – Tuna
   
   

2. Pakula Sprocket – Lumo Green, Target – Wahoo, Sailfish
   
   

Species Variety:

Mackerel

• Narrow Barred (Spanish) Mackerel
  
  

• Shark Mackerel
  
  

• Double lined Mackerel
  
  

Tuna

• Yellowfin Tuna
  
  

• Skipjack Tuna
  
  

• Mackerel Tuna (Kawakawa)
  
  

• Bigeye Tuna
  
  

• Albacore.
  
  

Barracuda

• Great Barracuda
  
  

• Chevron Barracuda
  
  

• Bigeye Barracuda
  
  

Where we get our Offshore lures :

Wellsys Tackle

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Adrian was born on the island of Cyprus and graduated to his first rod & reel at the age of five. Having fished around the world from the Arabian Gulf to the North sea and English Channel, he finally settled for the tropical waters of the South Pacific around the island of Kadavu, Fiji Islands. Director of Matava Resort Gamefishing, he skippers 'Bite Me', the resort's 31ft DeepVee Gamefishing vessel and thoroughly enjoys exploring the light and heavy tackle fishing around the island and Great Astrolabe Barrier Reef. An IGFA Certified Captain, he advocates tag & release and is a keen supporter of the IGFA and the Billfish Foundation.

Adrian Watt
IGFA Captain
info@matava.com
http://www.Matava.com
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