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# flyfishing south pacific Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea
greenspoon 20:21 UTC 28 Jan 2012 | Like the title says, does anybody have experience with any good locations to go flyfishing in the south pacific? I don't see alot of information about this. I am wondering if it is because the area is not good for it or if there are just other preferred ways like hand line fishing. Looking at travelling end of may/beginning June. Destination/dates not firm at this time. Thanks! Any feedback is much appreciated! Thanks! |
h2ooh 20:52 UTC 28 Jan 2012 | There's a guy named Butch that has a flyfishing guide service on Aitutaki. Also Google up "Aitutaki flyfishing" esp. videos and you'll get some nice videos of flyfishing there. Now, if you're a dyed-in-the-wool no-holds-barred hard-core bonefish hunter, there are some places in the Northern Cooks that have lots of bonefish. Very hard to reach but virtually untouched except for the locals that net them and eat them raw. I haven't been there yet but would be interested in participating in a group effort to put a trip together. Price tag will probably be around 10,000USD ea for a 10-day trip. | 1
lagoon 21:06 UTC 28 Jan 2012 | Bonefishing is fast becoming a popular activity on Aitutaki, Cook islands. The island gained a promotional boost last year through a technique and skills training workshop led by overseas enthusiasts. Local guides, the Davey family, are also involved in salt-water flyfishing on Aitutaki lagoon. June is an excellent time to visit Aitutaki heading into their winter when both heat and humidity are reduced. | 2
greenspoon 00:00 UTC 29 Jan 2012 | AWESOME! Thanks so much for the responses. So exciting to hear that it is an activity there. Great info and we will look into. The nothern trip sounds amazing, but unfortuntaly at this time a bit too rich for us. What would make the trip so $$? the guides? That is $1k/day. But we love the out of the way experience and the catch your dinner type experience as well. Are bonefish good eating? I know in Belize they are catch & release. | 3
peter_n_margaret 05:30 UTC 29 Jan 2012 | There is also Bonefish fishing by fly in Kiribati. http://www.kiribatitourism.gov.ki/index.php/thingstodo/fishing Cheers, Peter | 4
h2ooh 06:17 UTC 29 Jan 2012 | @3... The Northern Group of the Cooks doesn't have regular scheduled flight so a charter is necessary along with accommodations with the locals and boat transportation with guides to some uninhabited islands. You'd need a group of four or five to make it work. The 10K is a WAG on my part. | 5
h2ooh 06:27 UTC 29 Jan 2012 | @3... eating bonefish... There's only two common ways that I have heard or seen concerning bonefish for table fare. In the cooks they just cut them up and eat them raw after marinating them in lime juice. I think it's considered a delicacy and not a staple item. In the Florida the old-timers there would beat the heck out of them with an abalone mallet and then squeeze the meat out of a slit cut near the tail. Then they would roll the minced meat into balls, bread it, and fry them up. I haven't killed one (on purpose) since 1958 but I have had black-tip sharks take them off my line occasionally and had a barracuda slice on in half once. | 6