Fishing in Fiji?

[Cool Texan]

Anyone know anything about the fishing in Fiji? I am going there in November.

[Snagly]

I've not been, but there are billfish, dogtooth tuna (toughest fish that swim by many accounts), giant trevally (toughest fish that swim by all the other accounts) and yellow fin tuna. There's also quite a bit of commercial fishing and some of the fish I've mentioned are seasonal.

The Australians are big fans of Fiji. One lure maker I know is fishing there right now. His name is Steve Badman (owner of Demon Jigs), and you can contact him c/o his website www.demonjigs.com or mjb@demonjigs.com. Steve is very generous with his time and will suggest charter captains, timing and the like.

[Oakie Drifter]

Fiji, wow, spent a month there a few years back. Did alot of snorkeling but no fishing. If you do go into the water, just be careful and know that the deadly poisonious fish, the Black Shole fish resides, buried just under the sand, in the shallow reef areas! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]
Always wanted to go back. I still remember the heat and humidity there and the smell when I got off the plane!
Have a great trip!!!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]